[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 185 (Friday, September 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57421-57422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24384]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2000-7933]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers 2115-0571, 2115-0552, 2115-0565, 
2115-0589, and 2115-0613

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 five 
Information Collection Requests (ICRs). They comprise: (1) Alternative 
Provisions for Reinspection of Offshore Supply Vessels in Foreign 
Ports, (2) Waterfront Facilities Handling Liquefied Natural Gas and 
Liquefied Hazardous Gas, (3) Working Freeboard of Hopper Dredges--Load 
Lines and Stability, (4) Plan Approval and Records for Subdivision and 
Stability, and (5) Discharge of Refuse from Ships. 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 21, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Docket Management System (DMS) 
[USCG 2000-7933], 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 
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 2000-7933], and give the reason 
for the comments. 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: Alternative Provisions for Reinspection of Offshore 
Supply Vessels in Foreign Ports.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0571.
    Summary: This collection of information provides a mechanism for 
owners and operators of offshore supply vessels (OSVs) based overseas 
to submit certified examination reports and statements to the Coast 
Guard as alternatives to reinspection by the Coast Guard.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3307 and 3308 require vessels subject to inspection 
to be examined on a periodic basis. The requirements for inspections of 
OSVs appear in 46 CFR Part 126.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 143 hours a year.
    2. Title: Waterfront Facilities Handling Liquefied Natural Gas and 
Liquefied Hazardous Gas.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0552.
    Summary: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other Liquefied Hazardous 
Gases (LHGs) present a risk to the public when handled at waterfront 
facilities. These rules should either prevent accidental releases at 
waterfront facilities or mitigate their results. They are necessary to 
promote and verify compliance with safety standards.
    Need: 33 CFR Part 127 prescribes safety standards for design, 
construction, equipment, operations, maintenance, personnel training, 
and fire protection at waterfront facilities handling LNG or LHG.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of waterfront facilities that 
transfer LNG or LHG.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 3,272 hours a year.
    3. Title: Working Freeboard of Hopper Dredges--Load Lines and 
Stability.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0565.
    Summary: This collection of information provides a mechanism for 
owners and operators of self-propelled hopper dredges to request 
working freeboards.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3306 authorizes the U.S. Coast Guard to prescribe 
rules for the safety of navigation and vessels. These rules ensure that 
self-propelled hopper dredges meet certain standards for structure and 
stability.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of self-propelled hopper dredges.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 46 hours a year.
    4. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Subdivision and Stability.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0589.
    Summary: This collection of information requires owners, operators, 
or masters of certain inspected vessels to obtain or post various 
documents as part of the program of the Coast Guard for the safety of 
commercial vessels.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3306 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe rules 
for the safety of certain vessels. 46 CFR Subchapter S contains the 
rules regarding subdivision and stability.
    Respondents: Owners, operators, and masters, of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 10,003 hours a year.

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    5. Title: Discharge of Refuse from Ships.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0613.
    Summary: The Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 
1987 requires the keeping of records on the discharge of refuse by 
oceangoing commercial vessels that are 40 feet in length or more. The 
rules appear in 33 CFR 151.55.
    Need: This collection of information is needed as part of the Coast 
Guard's program for compliance with rules on pollution prevention.
    Respondents: Owners, operators, masters, and persons-in-charge of 
vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 523,302 hours a year.

    Dated: September 15, 2000.
S.A. Richardson,
Acting Director of Information and Technology.
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