[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54880-54881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23258]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2000-7821]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers 2115-0628 and 2115-0015

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 seek the approval of OMB for the renewal of two 
Information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs comprise Navigation 
Safety Equipment and Emergency Instructions for Certain Towing Vessels, 
and Shipping Articles. Before submitting the ICRs to OMB, the Coast 
Guard is requesting comments on the collections described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before November 13, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Docket Management System (DMS) 
[USCG 2000-7821], 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 this request. 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-CIM-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

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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 2000-7821], and give the reason 
for the 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 Request

    1. Title: : Navigation Safety Equipment and Emergency Instructions 
for Certain Towing Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0628.
    Summary: Rules on Navigation safety equipment help assure that the 
mariner piloting a towing vessel has adequate equipment, charts, maps, 
and other publications. For inspected towing vessels, a muster list and 
emergency instructions provide effective plans and references for crew 
to follow in an emergency.
    Need: The purpose of the rules is to improve the safety of towing 
vessels and the crews that operate them.
    Respondents: Owners, operators, and masters of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 281,998 hours annually.
    2. Title: Shipping Articles.
    OMB No. 2115-0015.
    Summary: The collection of information requires merchant mariners 
to complete form CG-705A, Shipping Articles, before entering the 
service of a shipping company.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 10103,10302, 10303, 10304, and 10307 require a 
master of a vessel to have each crewmember make a shipping-article 
agreement in writing before proceeding on a voyage.
    Respondents: Merchant mariners.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 18,000 hours annually.

    Dated: September 5, 2000.
V.S. Crea,
Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 00-23258 Filed 9-8-00; 8:45 am]
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