[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57181-57182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27664]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1999-6334]


Collection of Information by Agency Under Review by Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. 3501-3520, the Coast Guard

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intends to request the approval of the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for the renewal of two information Collection Requests (ICRs). 
These ICRs comprise: 1. Vessel Reporting Requirement, and 2. Report of 
Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge. Before submitting the ICRs to 
OMB, the Coast Guard is asking for comments on the collections 
described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before December 21, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Docket Management System (DMS) 
[USCG-1999-6334], U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 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 9 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 
Request. 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 9 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 ICRs 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 20593-0001. The telephone number is 
202-267-2326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, Office of Information 
Management, 202-267-2326, for questions on this document. With 
questions on the docket, ask Dorothy Walker, Chief, Documentary 
Services Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, 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-1999-6334] and the specific 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 stamped, self-addressed postcards or envelopes.

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Vessel Reporting Requirement.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0551.
    Summary: The collection of information requires the owner, 
charterer, managing operator, or agent of a vessel of the United States 
to immediately notify the Coast Guard if there is a reason to believe 
that his or her vessel may be lost or imperiled. The person must follow 
the report with written communication submitted to the Coast Guard 
within 24 hours.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 2306 authorizes the Coast Guard to implement 
the reporting requirements necessary to determine whether a vessel is 
in distress or lost and to take appropriate action to provide needed 
assistance.
    Respondents: Owners, charterers, managing operators, or agents of 
U.S. vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 137 hours annually.
    2. Title: Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0137.
    Summary: The collection of information requires any person in 
charge of a vessel or an onshore or offshore facility to report to the 
National Response Center, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any 
discharge of oil or a hazardous substance.
    Need: Titles 33 CFR 153.203, 40 CFR 263.30 and 264.56, and 49 CFR 
171.15 mandate that the National Response Center be the central place 
to report all polluting spills by the public.
    Respondents: Persons in charge of vessels or onshore or offshore 
facilities.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 7,917 hours annually.

    Dated: October 15, 1999.
G. N. Naccara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 99-27664 Filed 10-21-99; 8:45 am]
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