[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11156-11157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5806]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2002-11724]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers 2115-0071 and 2115-0038

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 (1) Official 
Logbook, and (2) Applications for Private Aids to Navigation and for 
Class I Private Aids to Navigation on Artificial Islands and Fixed 
Structures. Before submitting the ICRs to OMB, the Coast Guard is 
inviting comments on them as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before May 13, 2002.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG 2002-11724] more than once, please submit them 
by only one of the following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 
20590-0001. Caution: Because of recent delays in the delivery of mail, 
your comments may reach the Facility more quickly if you choose one of 
the other means described below.
    (2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
notice. Comments and material received from the public, as well as 
documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, 
will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or 
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket 
on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

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    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 these documents; 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 2002-11724], and give the 
reasons 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: Official Logbook.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0071.
    Summary: The official logbook contains information about the 
voyage, the vessel's crew, drills, and operations conducted during the 
voyage. Its entries identify all particulars of the voyage, including 
the name of the ship, the official number, the port of registry, the 
tonnage, the names and the numbers of the merchant mariners' documents 
of the master and crew, the nature of the voyage, and the class of 
ship. It also contains entries for the vessel's drafts, maintenance of 
watertight integrity of the ship, drills and inspections, crew list and 
report of character, a summary of laws applicable to Logbooks, and 
miscellaneous entries.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. Chapter 113 requires that most merchant vessels 
maintain an official logbook. The logbook contains information about 
the vessel, voyage, and crew. Lack of these particulars would make it 
difficult for a seaman to verify vessel employment and wages, and for 
the Coast Guard to verify compliance with laws and regulations 
concerning vessel operations and safety procedures. The logbook serves 
as an official record of recordable events occurring at sea such as 
births, deaths, marriages, disciplinary actions etc. Absent the logbook 
there would be no official civil record of these events. Log entries 
are accepted by the courts as proof that the event recorded occurred. 
If this information was not collected, the Coast Guard's program for 
safety of commercial vessels would suffer, as there would be no 
official record of voyages by U.S. merchant vessels. Similarly, those 
seeking to prove that an event occurred would not have any record 
available.
    Respondents: Shipping companies.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 1,750 hours a year.
    2. Title: Applications for Private Aids to Navigation and for Class 
I Private Aids to Navigation on Artificial Islands and Fixed 
Structures.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0038.
    Summary: The collection of information requires respondents to 
provide to the Coast Guard, on two applications (CG-2554 and CG-4143), 
vital information about private aids to navigation.
    Need: 33 CFR parts 66 and 67 authorize the Coast Guard to collect 
and process the information furnished from applications for private 
aids to ensure that the aids appropriately mark the associated hazard 
or waterway.
    Respondents: Owners of private aids to navigation.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 3,037 hours a year.

    Dated: March 4, 2002.
N. S. Heiner,
Acting Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 02-5806 Filed 3-11-02; 8:45 am]
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