[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24234]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2001-9764]


Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): 2115-0633

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 one 
Information Collection Report (ICR), abstracted below, to OMB for 
review and comment. Our ICRs describe the information 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 October 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to (1) the Docket Management System 
(DMS), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001; and (2) the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, to the 
attention of the Desk Officer for the USCG.
    Copies of complete ICRs are available for inspection and copying in 
public dockets. A copy of this complete ICR is available in docket USCG 
2001-9764 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-CIM-2), U.S. Coast Guard, room 6106, 2100 Second 
Street SW., 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 
Beard, Chief, Documentary Services Division, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 202-366-5149, 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 (66 FR 30040 (June 4, 2001)) the 60-
day notice required by OMB. That request elicited the comment treated 
in the next two paragraphs:
    The comment stated that, after the company had spent considerable 
resources to implement the Streamlined Inspection Program (SIP) in 
1998, the Coast Guard changed the program and made it more burdensome. 
The comment further stated that the program had changed so far that the 
company would withdraw from it.
    The SIP is a voluntary program with the goal of providing owners 
and operators of vessels registered or documented in the United States 
an alternative method of complying with requirements of the Coast Guard 
for inspection. The Coast Guard initiated the SIP as a series of local 
pilot programs, but soon recognized the need for standardized, national 
guidelines. To ease the burden of converting from local to national 
guidelines, the Coast Guard provided a three-year period for 
conversion. The guidelines aim at establishing the baseline to properly 
maintain a national program. Because the SIP is voluntary, each owner 
or operator of a vessel must decide whether continued participation is 
cost-effective for it. On September 10, 2001, we sent a reply to the 
submitter and sent a copy of it to OMB.

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard invites comments on the proposed collection of 
information to determine whether the collection is 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 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 Number of 
the ICR. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of this 
request, USCG 2000-7821. 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: Streamlined Inspection Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0633.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Operators and owners of vessels registered or 
documented in the United States.
    Forms: This collection of information does not require the public 
to fill out Coast Guard forms, but operators or owners of vessels that 
choose to participate in the SIP will maintain their covered vessels in 
compliance with Company Action Plans (CAPs) and Vessel Action Plans 
(VAPs) and have their own personnel periodically perform many of the 
tests and examinations normally conducted by marine inspectors of the 
Coast Guard.
    Abstract: The Coast Guard established the SIP to provide owners and 
operators of vessels registered or documented in the United States an 
alternative method of complying with requirements of the Coast Guard 
for inspection. Participation in the SIP was and is voluntary.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 32,244 hours 
a year.

    Dated: September 20, 2001.
V.S. Crea,
Director of Information and Technology.
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