[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22022]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 155
[USCG-1998-3417]
RIN 1625-AA19
Salvage and Marine Firefighting Requirements; Vessel Response
Plans for Oil
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Rule; information collection approval.
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SUMMARY: On December 31, 2008, the Coast Guard amended the vessel
response plan salvage and marine firefighting requirements for tank
vessels carrying oil. The amendment triggered information collection
requirements affecting vessel response planholders required to
establish evidence that they have properly planned to mitigate oil
outflow and to provide that information to the Coast Guard for its use
in emergency response. This notice announces that the collection of
information has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and may now be enforced. The OMB Control Number is 1625-0066.
DATES: The collection of information requirements under 33 CFR 155,
subpart I will be enforced beginning September 3, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
document, contact Lieutenant Commander Ryan Allain at 202-372-1226 or
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing the docket
(USCG-1998-3417), call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 31, 2008, the Coast Guard
published a final rule entitled ``Salvage and Marine Firefighting
Requirements; Vessel Response Plans for Oil'' (73 FR 80618). This final
rule amended the vessel response plan salvage and marine firefighting
requirements for tank vessels carrying oil. Those revisions clarified
the salvage and marine firefighting services that must be identified in
vessel response plans and set new response time requirements for each
of the required salvage and marine firefighting services. The changes
ensured that the appropriate salvage and marine firefighting resources
were identified and available for responding to incidents up to and
including the worst-case discharge scenario. Those revisions triggered
information collection requirements under 33 CFR 155, subpart I (see
155.4020). This provision requires that planholders show evidence that
they have properly planned to mitigate oil outflow and to provide that
information to the Coast Guard for its use in emergency response. This
evidence includes name and contact information for resource providers
for each vessel with appropriate equipment and resources located in
each zone of operation, marine firefighting pre-fire plans, and
certification that the responders are qualified and have given
permission to be included in the vessel response plan. The Coast Guard
will use this information to determine whether a vessel meets the
salvage and marine firefighting requirements.
With the exception of this collection of information, the Salvage
and Marine Firefighting Requirements; Vessel Response Plans for Oil
final rule became effective on January 30, 2009. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the preamble to
the final rule stated that the Coast Guard would not enforce the
collection of information requirements occurring under 33 CFR 155,
subpart I until the collection of information request was approved by
OMB, and also stated that the Coast Guard would publish a notice in the
Federal Register announcing that OMB approved and assigned a control
number for the requirement.
The Coast Guard submitted the information collection request to OMB
for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. On
August 20, 2010, OMB approved the collection of information and
assigned the collection OMB Control Number 1625-0066 entitled ``Vessel
and Facility Response Plans (Domestic and Int'l), and Additional
Response Requirements for Prince William Sound, Alaska.'' The approval
for this collection of information expires on August 31, 2013. A copy
of the OMB notice of action is available in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: August 30, 2010.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2010-22022 Filed 9-2-10; 8:45 am]
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