[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48403-48405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20650]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2003-15169]


Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0039 (Formerly 2115-0506), 
1625-0038 (Formerly 2115-0505), 1625-0066 (Formerly 2115-0595), and 
1625-0012 (Formerly 2115-0042)

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 
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 September 12, 2003.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not

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enter the docket [USCG 2003-15169] 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 2003-15169 
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-2003-15169], 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 31723 (May 28, 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 2003-15169. 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: Declaration of Inspection Before Transfer of Liquid Cargo 
in Bulk.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0039.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Persons in charge of transfers.
    Form: This collection of information does not require the public to 
fill out forms, but does require the completion of a Declaration of 
Inspection (DOI) to ensure safety during transfer of liquid cargo.
    Abstract: A DOI documents the transfer of oil and hazardous 
materials, to help prevent spills and damage to a facility or vessel. 
Persons in charge of transfers must review and certify compliance with 
procedures specified by the terms of the DOI.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 66,223 hours 
a year.
    2. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Tank, Passenger, Cargo, and 
Miscellaneous Vessels, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, Nautical School 
Vessels, Oceanographic Research Vessels, and Electrical Engineering--46 
CFR Subchapters D, H, I, I-A, J, R, and U.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0038.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Shipyards, and designers and manufacturers of 
certain vessels.
    Form: This collection of information does not require the public to 
fill out

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forms, but does require the submittal of information to the Coast Guard 
in written format.
    Abstract: This information collected requires the shipyard, or the 
designer or manufacturer for the construction of a vessel, to submit 
plans, technical information, and operating manuals to the Coast Guard.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 8,835 hours 
a year.
    3. Title: Vessel Response Plans, Facility Response Plans, Shipboard 
Oil Pollution Emergency Plans, and Additional Response Requirements for 
Prince William Sound.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0066.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels and facilities.
    Form: This collection of information does not require the public to 
fill out forms, but does require the submittal of information to the 
Coast Guard in written format.
    Abstract: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) required the 
development of Vessel and Facility Response Plans to minimize the 
impact of oil spills. It required added measures for Prince William 
Sound. About the same time, the treaty known in short as MARPOL 
required Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans of other vessels to 
minimize impacts of oil spills.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 137,199 
hours a year.
    4. Title: Certificate of Discharge to Merchant Mariners
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0012.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Masters or mates of shipping companies and 
merchant mariners.
    Form: CG-718A.
    Abstract: The information collected requires a master or mate of a 
shipping company to submit information on merchant mariners to the 
Coast Guard that: (1) Establishes their sea-service time; (2) sets 
forth their qualifications for their original, or for upgrading their 
existing, merchant-mariner credentials; and (3) sets forth their 
qualifications for retirement or insurance benefits.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 4,500 hours 
a year.

    Dated: August 6, 2003.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Director of Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. 03-20650 Filed 8-12-03; 8:45 am]
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