[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10143-10144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4492]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-1999-6581]


Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): 2115-0042 and 2115-0010

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 
two 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 27, 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 S.W., Washington, DC 20590-0001, and (2) the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street N.W., 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-1999-6581 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 68408 (December 7, 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

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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 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 1999-6581. 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: Certificate of Discharge to Merchant Mariners.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0042.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Masters or mates of shipping companies and 
merchant mariners.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Abstract: The collection of information requires a master or mate 
of a shipping company to submit information on merchant mariners to the 
U.S. Coast Guard that: (1) establishes their sea service time; (2) sets 
forth their qualifications for original credentials, or for upgrading 
existing credentials; and (3) sets forth their qualifications for 
retirement or insurance benefits.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 4,500 hours 
annually.
    2. Title: Recreational Boating Accident Report.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0010.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Operators of recreational boats.
    Forms: N/A.
    Abstract: The information collected identifies possible 
manufacturers' defects in boats or equipment, helps develop boat 
manufacturing standards and safe-boating-education programs, and 
furnishes accident statistics.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 4,232 hours 
annually.

    Dated: February 17, 2000.
Daniel F. Sheehan,
Director of Information and Technology.
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