[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44540-44541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19258]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2003-15096]


Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0046 (Formerly 2115-0545), 
and 1625-0071 (Formerly 2115-0611)

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

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 the 
two 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 28, 2003.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG 2003-15096] 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.
    (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 Web 
site 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 2003-15096 
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.

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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-
15096], 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 25898 (May 14, 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 2003-15096. 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: Financial Responsibility for Water Pollution (Vessels).
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0046.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Operators or owners of vessels over 300 gross 
tons.
    Form: CG-5585, CG-5586, CG-5586-1, CG-5586-2, CG-5586-3, CG-5586-4, 
and CG-5586-5.
    Abstract: The collection of information requires operators of 
vessels over 300 gross tons to submit to the U.S. Coast Guard evidence 
of their financial responsibility to meet the maximum amount of 
liability in case of a spill of either oil or hazardous substances.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 2,162 hours 
a year.
    2. Title: Boat Owner's Report, Possible Safety Defect.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0071.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and users of recreational boats and of 
items of designated associated equipment.
    Form: CG-5578.
    Abstract: The collection of information provides a form for 
consumers who believe their recreational boats or designated associated 
equipment either contains substantial-risk defects or fails to comply 
with Federal safety standards to report the deficiencies to the Coast 
Guard for investigation and possible remedy.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 10 hours a 
year.

    Dated: July 23, 2003.
Nathaniel S. Heiner,
Acting Director of Information & Technology.
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