[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 22407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10289]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2003-14928]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number 1625-0003, Lifesaving, Report of 
Recreational-Boating Accident

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 one 
Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR concerns Lifesaving, 
Report of Recreational-Boating Accident. Before submitting the ICR to 
OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting comments on it.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before June 27, 2003.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket (USCG 2003-14928) 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 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 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 comments. 
Persons submitting comments should include their names and addresses, 
identify this document (USCG 2003-14928), 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

    Title: Lifesaving, Report of Recreational-Boating Accident.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0003.
    Summary: The information collected from this report helps the Coast 
Guard to identify possible manufacturers' defects in boats or 
equipment, develop boat-manufacturing standards, formulate rules on 
safety, support programs in boating-safety education and awareness, and 
publish accident statistics.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 6102(a) requires a uniform system for reporting 
marine casualties with rules prescribing reportable casualties and the 
manner of reporting. The statute requires States to compile and submit 
to the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating (who delegated the responsibility to the Commandant) reports, 
information, and statistics on casualties reported to them. Federal 
rules (33 CFR 173.55) require the operator of any vessel that is 
numbered or used for recreational purposes to submit a report on a 
recreational-boating accident to the State authority where the accident 
occurred when either--
    (a) A person dies;
    (b) A person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first 
aid;
    (c) Damage to the vessel and other property totals $2,000 or more, 
or there is a complete loss of a vessel; or
    (d) A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that 
indicate death or injury.
    Respondents: Operators of recreational vessels involved in 
accidents.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 3,250 hours a year.

    Dated: April 21, 2003.
Nathaniel S. Heiner,
Acting Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 03-10289 Filed 4-25-03; 8:45 am]
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