[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30184-30185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11706]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2000-7330]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers 2115-0506, and 2115-0505

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Coast Guard intends to request the approval of OMB for the renewal of 
two Information Collection Requests (ICRs). These ICRs comprise (1) 
Declaration of Inspection; and (2) Plan Approval and Records for Tank, 
Passenger, Cargo and Miscellaneous Vessels, Mobile Offshore Drilling 
Units, Nautical Schools, Oceanographic Vessels, and Electrical 
Engineering. 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 July 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Docket Management System (DMS) 
[USCG 2000-7330], 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 DMS maintains the public docket for these requests. Comments 
will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or 
copying in room PL-401, located on the Plaza Level of the Nassif 
Building at the above 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; Dorothy 
Walker, Chief, Documentary Services Division, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 202-366-9330, for questions on the docket.

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 2000-7330] 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: Declaration of Inspection.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0506.
    Summary: The Coast Guard uses Declarations of Inspection (DOIs) to 
help prevent spills of oil and hazardous materials, and prevent damage 
to facilities or vessels. Persons-in-charge of transfers must review 
and certify compliance with procedures specified by the terms of the 
DOIs.
    Need: 33 U.S.C. 1221 authorizes the Coast Guard to establish rules 
to prevent the discharge of oil and hazardous material from vessels and 
facilities. (The rules for DOIs appear at 33 CFR 156.150 and 46 CFR 
35.35-30.) The Coast Guard uses the Declarations to ensure the 
integrity of facilities and vessels.
    Respondents: Persons-in-charge of transfers.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 28,332 hours annually.
    2. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Tank, Passenger, Cargo and 
Miscellaneous Vessels, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, Nautical 
Schools, Oceanographic Vessels, and Electrical Engineering.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0505.
    Summary: This collection of information requires the shipyard, 
designer, or manufacturer for the construction of a vessel to submit 
plans, technical information, and operating manuals to the Coast Guard.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3301 and 3306 make the Coast Guard responsible for 
enforcing rules that promote the safety of life and property in marine 
transportation. The Coast Guard uses the information collected to 
ensure that a vessel meets the applicable standards of construction, 
arrangement, and equipment.
    Respondents: Shipyards, designers, and manufacturers of certain 
vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 5,286 hours annually.


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    Dated: May 1, 2000.
Daniel F. Sheehan,
Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 00-11706 Filed 5-9-00; 8:45 am]
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