[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9627]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published in 63 FR 4687, January 30, 1998.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Office of Information Management, telephone 202-267-2326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

United States Coast Guard

    Title: Recreational Boating Safety Survey.
    Type of Request: NEW Information Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-NEW.
    Affected Public: Voluntary participants interested in recreational 
boating.
    Abstract: The United States Coast Guard has concerns with the 
number of deaths related to the lack of boating safety education and 
drownings due to not wearing personal floatation devices (PFDs). A 
survey has been developed to collect information from participants 
interested in recreational boating, to help determine whether or not to 
set Federal requirements for boaters to wear PFDs or for vessel 
operators to attend boating safety training.
    Need and Use for Information: Under 46 U.S.C. 4302, the Coast Guard 
is authorized to issue regulations to establish minimum safety 
requirements for recreational vessels and to require the carriage or 
use of associated equipment.
    Frequency: One time.
    Annual Burden Estimate: 2560 Burden Hours.
    Send all comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention USCG Desk Officer. Comments are invited 
on: the need for the proposed collection of information for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 3, 1998.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-9627 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am]
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