[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57478-57479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25186]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2003-15506]


Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0052 (Formerly 2115-0563), 
1625-0057 (Formerly 2115-0578), 1625-0033 (Formerly 2115-0135), 1625-
0026 (Formerly 2115-0106), and 1625-0065 (Formerly 2115-0592)

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 
five 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 November 3, 2003.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG 2003-15506] 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 
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 2003-15506 
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; Andrea M. 
Jenkins, Program Manager, U.S. Department of Transportation, 202-366-
0271, 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 the paragraph on 
DOT's ``Privacy Act'' below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your 
name and address, identify the docket number for this request for 
comment [USCG-2003-15506], 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 them 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 the documents supporting this 
collection of information or even the underlying requirements 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.

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Regulatory History

    This request constitutes the 30-day notice required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard has already published [68 FR 40280 (July 7, 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 2003-15506. 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: Nondestructive Testing of Certain Cargo Tanks on Unmanned 
Barges.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0052.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners of tank barges.
    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 Coast Guard uses the results of nondestructive 
testing to evaluate the suitability of older pressure-vessel-type cargo 
tanks of unmanned barges to remain in service. Once every ten years, it 
subjects such a tank on an unmanned barge 30 years old or older to 
nondestructive testing.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 72 hours a 
year.
    2. Title: Small Passenger Vessels--46 CFR Subchapters K and T.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0057.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and operators of small passenger vessels.
    Form: CG-841, CG-854, CG-948, CG-949, CG-3752 and CG-5256.
    Abstract: The information is necessary for the proper 
administration and enforcement of the program on safety of commercial 
vessels as it affects small passenger vessels. Collecting it affects 
small passenger vessels (under 100 gross tons) that carry more than 6 
passengers.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 366,798 
hours a year.
    3. Title: Display of Fire-Control Plans for Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0033.
    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 the posting and updating of general 
arrangement plans of certain vessels to minimize danger to personnel 
onboard, damage to the vessel and the safety of the port and 
environment.
    Abstract: This collection of information takes the form of the 
posting or display of specific plans on certain categories of 
commercial vessels. The availability of these plans aids firefighters 
and damage-control efforts in response to emergencies.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 911 hours a 
year.
    4. Title: Approval of Plans and Records for Foreign Vessels 
Carrying Oil in Bulk.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0026.
    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 the submittal of information to the 
Coast Guard in written format.
    Abstract: The Coast Guard collects plans and records to determine 
whether foreign tank vessels comply with applicable standards for 
design and construction.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 157 hours a 
year.
    5. Title: Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs)--46 CFR Subchapter L.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0065.
    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 the submittal of information to the 
Coast Guard in written format.
    Abstract: Requirements are necessary to instruct those on board of 
actions to take in an emergency. These requirements help verify 
compliance with rules without inspectors' presence to witness routine 
matters; they even enable OSVs based overseas to stay in compliance 
without undergoing reinspection here.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 6,175 hours 
a year.

    Dated: September 30, 2003.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Director of Information and Technology.
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