[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16065-16066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7995]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2003-14779]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers 1625-0070, 1625-0047, 1625-0077, 
and 1625-0084

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

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 four 
information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs comprise (1) Vessel 
Identification System, (2) Vital System Automation, (3) Security of 
Passenger Vessels and Passenger Terminals, and (4) Audit Reports under 
the International Safety Management Code. 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 June 2, 2003.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG 2003-14779] 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 (DOT), 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 Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    The 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.
    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; 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 comments. 
Persons submitting comments should include their names and addresses, 
identify this document [USCG 2003-14779], 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 Requests

    1. Title: Vessel Identification System.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0070.

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    Summary: The Coast Guard must establish a nationwide vessel-
identification system (VIS) and centralize certain vessel-documentation 
functions. VIS provides participating States and territories with 
access to data on vessels numbered by States and territories. 
Participation in it is voluntary.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 12501 mandates the establishment of a VIS. 33 CFR 
Part 187 prescribes the requirements of VIS.
    Respondents: Governments of States and territories.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 6,045 hours a year.
    2. Title: Vital System Automation.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0047.
    Summary: This collection pertains to the vital-system automation on 
commercial vessels that is necessary to protect personnel and property 
on board U.S.-flag vessels.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3306 authorizes the Coast Guard to promulgate rules 
for the safety of personnel and property on board vessels. Various 
sections within parts 52, 56, 58, 62, 110, 111, and 113 of Title 46 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations contain these rules.
    Respondents: Designers, manufacturers, and owners of vessels and 
shipyards.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 57,375 hours a year.
    3. Title: Security of Passenger Vessels and Passenger Terminals.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0077.
    Summary: The purpose of rules on the security of passenger vessels 
and passenger terminals is to deter or mitigate the results of 
terrorism and other unlawful acts against these vessels and terminals. 
The rules should reduce the likelihood of such acts and should reduce 
the damage to property and injury to persons, if such acts occur.
    Need: 33 U.S.C. 1231 authorizes the Coast Guard to issue rules for 
the safety of ports and waterways. 33 CFR Parts 120 and 128 contain 
these rules.
    Respondents: Owners, operators, and charterers of passenger vessels 
and passenger terminals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 3,549 hours a year.
    4. Title: Audit Reports under the International Safety Management 
Code.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0084.
    Summary: This information helps to determine whether U.S. vessels, 
subject to SOLAS 74, engaged in international trade, are in compliance 
with that treaty. Organizations recognized by the Coast Guard conduct 
ongoing audits of vessels' and companies' safety-management-systems.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3203 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe rules 
regarding safety-management systems. 33 CFR part 96 contains the rules 
for those systems and hence the safe operation of vessels.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels, and organizations 
authorized to issue certificates of compliance with the ISM Code for 
the United States.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 8,440 hours a year.

    Dated: March 25, 2003.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 03-7995 Filed 4-1-03; 8:45 am]
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