[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45833-45834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19749]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2003-15778]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0023 (Formerly 2115-0092), 
1625-0017 (Formerly 2115-0056), 1625-0044 (Formerly 2115-0542) and 
1625-0008 (Formerly 2115-0017)

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 Barge 
Fleeting Facility Records, Various International Agreement Safety 
Certificates and Documents, and Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
Activities--Title 33 CFR Subchapter N and Regattas and Marine Parades. 
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 October 3, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG 2003-15778] 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.
    (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.
    (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 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

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Division, DOT, 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-2003-15778], 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 into any of our 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.

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0023.
    Summary: This collection of information requires the person-in-
charge of a barge fleeting facility to keep records of twice daily 
inspections of barge moorings and movements of barges and hazardous 
cargo in and out of the facility.
    Need: 33 CFR 165.803 requirements are intended to prevent barges 
from breaking away from a fleeting facility and drifting downstream out 
of control in the congested Lower Mississippi River waterway system.
    Respondents: Operators of barge fleeting facilities.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 32,092 hours a year.

    2. Title: Various International Agreement Safety Certificates and 
Documents.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0017.
    Summary: Eleven forms were created due to the adoption of the 
International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS). The 
11 forms are evidence of compliance with this convention for U.S. 
vessels on international voyages. Without the proper certificates or 
documents, a U.S. vessel could be detained in foreign ports.
    Need: SOLAS applies to all mechanically propelled cargo vessels of 
500 or more gross tons (GT), and to all mechanically propelled 
passenger vessels carrying more than 12 passengers that engage in 
international voyages. SOLAS and title 46 CFR 2.01-25 list certificates 
and documents that may be issued to vessels.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 16 hours a year.

    3. Title: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities--Title 33 CFR 
Subchapter N.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0044.
    Summary: The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended, 
authorizes the Coast Guard to promulgate and enforce regulations 
promoting the safety of life and property on OCS facilities. Title 33 
Subchapter N promulgate the regulations.
    Need: The information is needed to ensure compliance with the 
safety regulations related to OCS activities. The regulations include 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements for annual inspections of 
fixed OCS facilities, employee citizenship records, station bills, and 
emergency evacuation plans.
    Respondents: Operators of facilities and vessels engaged in 
activities on the OCS.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 5,767 hours a year.

    4. Title: Regattas and Marine Parades.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0008.
    Summary: Title 46 U.S.C. 1233 authorizes the Coast Guard to issue 
regulations to promote the safety of life on navigable waters during 
regattas or marine parades. Title 33 CFR 100.15 promulgate the 
regulations for providing needed information for permitting regattas 
and marine parades to the Coast Guard.
    Need: The Coast Guard needs to determine whether a marine event may 
present a substantial threat to the safety of human life on navigable 
waters and which measures are needed to ensure the safety of life 
during the events. The requirement for sponsors of these events to 
provide specific information on their events is an efficient means for 
the Coast Guard to learn of the events and to address environmental 
impacts of events requiring permits.
    Respondents: Sponsors of marine events.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 3,000 hours a year.

    Dated: July 29, 2003.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Director of Information and Technology.
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