[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 48157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23259]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2001-10613]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number 2115-0003

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 one 
Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR comprises Information on 
Marine Casualties; Testing Personnel of Commercial Vessels for Drugs 
and Alcohol; and Management Information Systems. Before submitting the 
ICR to OMB, the Coast Guard is requesting comments on it.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before November 19, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to the Docket Management System (DMS) 
[USCG 2001-10613], 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 ICR 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; or Dorothy 
Beard, Chief, Documentary Services Division, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 202-366-5149, 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 2001-10613], 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: Information on Marine Casualties; Testing Personnel of 
Commercial Vessels for Drugs and Alcohol; and Management Information 
Systems.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0003.
    Summary: The Coast Guard needs information with which it can 
investigate mishaps to commercial vessels causing death, extensive 
damage, and the like, as mandated by Congress. It needs information 
from chemical testing so it can detect and reduce the use of drugs and 
alcohol by mariners, also as mandated by Congress. And it needs certain 
information on management so it can evaluate the effectiveness of its 
programs.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 6101 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe rules 
for reporting of marine casualties. 46 CFR parts 4 and 16 prescribe the 
rules governing marine casualties and chemical testing.
    Respondents: The owner, agent, master, operator, or person-in-
charge of a vessel involved in a marine casualty.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 19,195 hours a year.

    Dated: Septmeber 12, 2001.
V.S. Crea,
Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 01-23259 Filed 9-17-01; 8:45 am]
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