[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8119]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
46 CFR Parts 115, 170, 176, and 178
[USCG-2007-0030]
RIN 1625-AB20
Passenger Weight and Inspected Vessel Stability Requirements
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Rule; information collection approval.
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SUMMARY: On December 14, 2010, the Coast Guard amended its regulations
governing the maximum weight and number of passengers that may safely
be permitted on board a vessel and other stability regulations,
including increasing the Assumed Average Weight per Person (AAWPP) to
185 lb. The amendment triggered new information collection requirements
affecting documentation needed from certain inspected vessels as part
of the Coast Guard commercial vessel safety program. This document
announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved
changes to the collections of information with control numbers 1625-
0057 and 1625-0064, which will now be enforced.
DATES: Changes to the collection of information requirements with OMB
control numbers 1625-0057 and 1625-0064 will be enforced under 46 CFR
parts 115, 170, 176, and 178 beginning April 7, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
document, contact Mr. William Peters at 202-372-1371 or
[email protected]. If you have questions about viewing the
docket (USCG-2007-0030), call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the exception of revised collection of
information provisions, the Passenger Weight and Inspected Vessel
Stability Requirements rule became effective on March 14, 2011. Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information until the
collection is approved by OMB. Accordingly, the preamble to the final
rule stated that the Coast Guard would not enforce the new collection
of information requirements in 46 CFR parts 115, 170, 176, and 178
until the collection of information requests were approved by OMB, and
also stated that the Coast Guard would publish a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the effective date of those requirements after OMB
approved the collections.
The Coast Guard submitted the information collection requests to
OMB for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. OMB approved the collections of information on March 4, 2011, for
1625-0064, and on March 14, 2011, for 1625-0057. The approval for these
collections of information expires on March 31, 2014. Copies of the OMB
notices of action are available in our online docket (USCG-2007-0030)
at http://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: March 30, 2011.
F.J. Sturm,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast
Guard.
[FR Doc. 2011-8119 Filed 4-6-11; 8:45 am]
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