[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 28, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 44176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21935]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Part 159

[CGD 93-055]
RIN 2115-AE58


Approval of Inflatable Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) for 
Recreational Boaters

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice; approval of information collection requirements.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is announcing that the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection requirements 
contained in the final rule on approval of inflatable personal 
flotation devices for recreational boaters. The final rule was 
published in the Federal Register of March 28, 1996 (61 FR 13924).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Kurt J. Heinz, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, 
Lifesaving and Fire Safety Standards Division (G-MSE-4), telephone 
(202) 267-1444, facsimile (202) 267-1069, or electronic mail 
``Kurt__Heinz/[email protected]''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of March 28, 1996 
(61 FR 13924), the Coast Guard published a final rule establishing 
procedures for approval of inflatable personal flotation devices (PFDs) 
for recreational boaters. In the preamble to the final rule, the Coast 
Guard announced that an information collection requirement in 46 CFR 
159.010-7 had been submitted to OMB for review under section 3504(h) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and that the 
Coast Guard would publish a notice in the Federal Register when it was 
approved. Persons are not required to respond to a collection of 
information unless it has a currently valid OMB control number.

    On May 10, 1996 OMB sent the Coast Guard a notice of action stating 
that the collection of information requirement in 46 CFR 159.010-7 
(Recognized independent laboratory: Memorandum of Understanding) is 
approved for use through July 31, 1999, under OMB control number 2115-
0141.

    Dated: August 21, 1996.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 96-21935 Filed 8-27-96; 8:45 am]
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