[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7095-7096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3156]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-1999-6334]


Information Collection by Agency Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded the 
Information Collection Reports (ICRs) abstracted below to OMB for 
review and comment. Our ICRs describe the information that we seek to 
collect from the public. Review and comment by OMB ensure that we 
impose only paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of 
duties.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before March 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to both (1) the Docket Management 
System (DMS), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001, and (2) the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, to the 
attention of the Desk Officer for the USCG.
    Copies of the complete ICRs are available for inspection and 
copying in public docket USCG-1999-6334 of the Docket Management 
Facility between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays; for inspection and printing on the internet at http://dms.dot.gov; and for inspection from the Commandant (G-SII-2), U.S. 
Coast Guard, room 6106, 2100 Second Street S.W., Washington, DC, 
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, Office of Information 
Management, 202-267-2326, for questions on this document; Dorothy 
Walker, Chief, Documentary Services Division, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 202-366-9330, for questions on the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory History

    This request constitutes the 30-day notice required by OMB. The 
Coast Guard has already published [64 FR 57181 (October 22, 1999)] the 
60-day notice required by OMB. That request elicited no comments.

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard invites comments on the proposed collections of 
information to determine whether the collections are necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the Department. In particular, 
the Coast Guard would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical 
utility of the collections; (2) the accuracy of the Department's 
estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information that is the subject of the 
collections; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collections on 
respondents, including the use of

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automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments, to DMS or OIRA, must contain the OMB Control Numbers of 
all ICRs addressed. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of 
this request, USCG 1999-6334. Comments to OIRA are best assured of 
having their full effect if OIRA receives them 30 or fewer days after 
the publication of this request.

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Vessel Reporting Requirement.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0551.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners, charterers, managing operators, or agents 
of U.S. vessels.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Abstract: 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 
up the report with written communication submitted to the Coast Guard 
within 24 hours.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 137 hours 
annually.
    2. Title: Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0137.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Persons in charge of vessels, onshore or offshore 
facilities.
    Forms: N/A.
    Abstract: The collection of information requires that any person in 
charge of a vessel, an onshore or offshore facility report to the 
National Response Center, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any 
discharge of oil or a hazardous substance.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 7,917 hours 
annually.

    Dated: February 4, 2000.
G.N. Naccara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Information and Technology.
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