[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24851]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG 1998-4436]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard has submitted for emergency processing an 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act. The ICR concerns safety approval of cargo containers. OMB approval 
of the ICR was requested by August 28, 1998.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before November 16, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Docket Management Facility, 
(USCG-1998-4436), U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001; or deliver them to room 
PL-401, located on the Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the same 
address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
document. Comments will become part of this docket and will be 
available for inspection or copying at room PL-401, located on the 
Plaza Level of the Nassif Building at the same address between 10 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may 
also access this docket on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Copies 
of the complete Information Collection Request are available through 
this docket on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov and also from 
Commandant (G-SII-2), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, room 6106, (Attn: 
Barbara Davis), 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-001. The 
telephone number is 202-267-2326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For questions on this document, contact Barbara Davis, Office of 
Information Management, 202-267-2326. For questions on this docket, 
contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets, 202-366-9330.

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard encourages interested persons to submit written 
comments. Persons submitting comments should include their names and 
addresses, identify this document (USCG-1998-4436) and the specific 
Information Collection Request (ICR) to which each comment applies, and 
give the reason(s) for each comment. Please submit all comments and 
attachments in an unbound format no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, 
suitable for copying and electronic filing. Persons wanting 
acknowledgment of receipt of comments should enclose a stamped, self-
addressed postcard or envelope.

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Safety Approval of Cargo Containers.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0094.
    SUMMARY: The information collection requires owners and 
manufacturers of cargo containers to submit information and keep 
records to make it possible for the Coast Guard or its appointed agents 
to conduct the approval process. The reporting requirements are 
necessary to provide the Coast Guard the information it needs to 
approve new equipment and designs. The recordkeeping requirements are 
necessary to assist the Coast Guard in its inspections of containers 
following approval.
    Need: This collection of information addresses the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements for containers in 49 CFR Parts 450-453. 
These rules are necessary because the U.S. is signatory to the 
International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC). These rules 
prescribe only the minimum requirements of the CSC.
    Respondents: Container owners; container manufacturers; 
organizations to which the Coast Guard delegates its approval 
authority.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 71,504.85 hours annually.

    Dated: September 10, 1998.
S.A. Richardson,
Acting Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 98-24851 Filed 9-15-98; 8:45 am]
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