[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22932]
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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; clarification.
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SUMMARY: On September 3, 2010, the Coast Guard announced the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection
associated with the vessel response plan salvage and marine
firefighting requirements for tank vessels carrying oil. That
announcement indicated that the collection of information requirements
would be enforced beginning September 3, 2010. This document clarifies
that although OMB has approved the information collection, the
compliance date for updates to vessel response plans required by the
Salvage and Marine Firefighting final rule remains February 22, 2011.
DATES: The collection of information approved under OMB Control Number
1625-0066 became enforceable beginning September 3, 2010. The
compliance date for updates to vessel response plans required by the
Salvage and Marine Firefighting final rule remains February 22, 2011.
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). The final
rule amended the vessel response plan salvage and marine firefighting
requirements for tank vessels carrying oil. The final rule included
information collection requirements affecting OMB Control Number 1625-
0066 that could not be enforced without approval by OMB. In the final
rule the Coast Guard stated that it would publish notice in the Federal
Register announcing OMB's decision to approve, modify, or disapprove
the collection.
On August 31, 2009, the Coast Guard published another final rule
concerning vessel response plans, ``Vessel and Facility Response Plans
for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology
Revisions'' (74 FR 45004). One of the effects of this rule was to defer
the compliance date for the salvage and marine firefighting
requirements from June 1, 2010, to February 22, 2011.
The information collection associated with OMB Control Number 1625-
0066 affects a variety of vessel response plans, not just salvage and
marine firefighting requirements. On August 20, 2010, OMB approved the
Coast Guard's requested revisions to OMB Control Number 1625-0066, and
on September 3, 2010, the Coast Guard published a notice announcing
this approval (75 FR 54026). OMB approval of this information
collection does not alter the existing compliance date for vessel
response plan salvage and marine firefighting requirements for tank
vessels carrying oil.
Dated: September 9, 2010.
Kathryn Sinniger,
Acting Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law.
[FR Doc. 2010-22932 Filed 9-14-10; 8:45 am]
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