[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44091-44093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18922]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2003-14496]


Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers 1625-0063 (formerly 2115-0586), 
1625-0014 (formerly 2115-0053), 1625-0009 (formerly 2115-0025), and 
1625-0002 (formerly 2115-0007)

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and 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 the 
four Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. Our ICRs describe 
the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comment 
by OIRA ensures that we impose only paperwork burdens commensurate with 
our performance of duties.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before August 25, 2003.

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ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG 2003-14496] more than once, please submit them 
by only one of the following means:
    (1)(a) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 
20590-0001. (b) By mail to OIRA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 
20503, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard. 
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)(a) By delivery to room PL-401 at the address given in paragraph 
(1)(a) above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329. (b) By delivery 
to OIRA, at the address given in paragraph (1)(b) above, to the 
attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (3) By fax to (a) the Facility at 202-493-2251 and (b) OIRA at 202-
395-5806, or e-mail to OIRA at [email protected] attention: Desk 
Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (4)(a) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket 
Management System at http://dms.dot.gov. (b) OIRA does not have a 
website on which you can post your comments.
    (5) Electronically through Federal eRule Portal: http://www.regulations.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 (Plaza level), 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 for inspection and 
copying in public dockets. They are available in docket USCG 2003-14496 
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:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this request for comment by 
submitting comments and related materials. We will post all comments 
received, without change, to http://dms.dot.gov, and they will include 
any personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with 
DOT to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see DOT's ``Privacy 
Act'' paragraph below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your 
name and address, identify the docket number for this request for 
comment [USCG-2003-14496], indicate the specific section of this 
document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each 
comment. You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, 
mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address 
under ADDRESSES but please submit your comments and material by only 
one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an 
unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for 
copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would 
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, 
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and 
material received during the comment period. We may change this 
proposed rule in view of them.
    Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as 
documents mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, 
go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time and conduct a simple search using 
the docket number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in 
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.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments 
received in dockets by the name of the individual submitting the 
comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the Privacy 
Act Statement of DOT in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 [65 FR 19477], or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

Regulatory History

    This request constitutes the 30-day notice required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard has already published (68 FR 8324, February 20, 2003) the 
60-day notice required by OIRA. That notice elicited no comments.

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard invites comments on the proposed collections of 
information to determine whether the collections are 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 collection 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 addressed. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of 
this request, USCG 2003-14496. 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 Request

    1. Title: Marine Occupational Health and Safety Standards for 
Benzene--46 CFR Part 197, Subpart C.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0063.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Form: This collection of information does not require the public to 
fill out forms, but does require that information collected be maintain 
and made available for Coast Guard inspection.
    Abstract: To protect marine workers from exposure to toxic benzene 
vapor, the Coast Guard implemented 46 CFR Part 197, Subpart C.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 59,766 hours 
a year.
    2. Title: Request for Designation and Exemption of Oceanographic 
Research Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0014.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners or operators of vessels.
    Form: This collection of information does not require the public to 
fill out forms, but does require the information to be in written 
format to the Coast Guard.

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    Abstract: 46 U.S.C. 2113 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation 
to exempt Oceanographic Research Vessels, by rule, from certain parts 
of Subtitle II of Title 46, Shipping, of the United States Code, 
concerning vessels and seamen. This information is necessary to ensure 
that a vessel qualifies for exemption.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 21 hours a 
year.
    3. Title: Oil Record Book for Ships.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0009.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Operators of vessels.
    Form: CG-4602A.
    Abstract: The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and the 
International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, 
as modified by the 1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), 
require the entry into an Oil Record Book (CG-4602A) of information 
about oil carried as cargo or fuel. The maintenance of the Book 
constitutes the collection of information. The requirement for it 
appears at 33 CFR 151.25.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 29,048 hours 
a year.
    4. Title: Application for Vessel Inspection and Waiver.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0002.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners, operators, agents, or masters of vessels, 
or interested Federal agencies.
    Form: CG-2633 and CG-3752.
    Abstract: The collection of information requires the owner, 
operator, agent, or master of a vessel to apply in writing to the Coast 
Guard before the commencement of the inspection for certification, or 
when, in the interest of national defense, a waiver from the 
requirements of navigation and vessel inspection seems desirable
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 677 hours a 
year.

    Dated: July 17, 2003.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 03-18922 Filed 7-24-03; 8:45 am]
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