[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61456-61457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27127]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2003-16327]


Collections of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: (1) 1625-0074 (Formerly 2115-
0617), (2) 1625-0041 (Formerly 2115-0518), (3) 1625-0064 (Formerly 
2115-0589), (4) 1625-0049 (Formerly 2115-0552), and (5) 1625-0007 
(Formerly 2115-0016).

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 five 
Information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs comprise (1) Direct 
User Fees for Inspection or Examination of U.S. and Foreign Commercial 
Vessels, (2) Certificates and Documents for Safety under Various 
International Agreements, (3) Plan Approval and Records for Rules on 
Subdivision and Stability, (4) Waterfront Facilities Handling Liquefied 
Natural Gas and Liquefied Hazardous Gas, and (5) Characteristics of 
Liquid Chemicals Proposed for Movement in Bulk by Water. 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 December 29, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG 2003-16327] 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 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 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 2003-16327], 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. They may lead us to change 
the estimated ``information'' burden.
    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: Direct User Fees for Inspection or Examination of U.S. 
and Foreign Commercial Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0074.
    Summary: This collection requires the submission of identifying 
information such as a vessel's name and identification number, and of 
the owner's choice whether or not to pay fees for future years. A 
written request to the Coast Guard is necessary.
    Need: The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990, which amended 46 
U.S.C. 2110, requires the Coast Guard to collect user fees from 
inspected vessels. To properly collect and manage these fees, the Coast 
Guard must have current information on identification. This collection 
helps to ensure that we get

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that information and manage it efficiently.
    Respondents: Owners of vessels.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 3,167 hours a year.
    2. Title: Certificates and Documents for Safety under Various 
International Agreements.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0041.
    Summary: The information collected aids in the prevention of 
pollution from ships. An International Oil Pollution Prevention 
Certificate and other records enable the Coast Guard to verify ships' 
compliance with certain international and domestic rules on shipping.
    Need: 33 U.S.C. 1901-1911 require that domestic rules implement 
requirements of MARPOL 73/78.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion and every five years.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 6,616 hours a year.
    3. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Rules on Subdivision and 
Stability, 46 CFR subchapter S.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0064.
    Summary: This collection of information requires owners, operators, 
or masters of certain inspected vessels to obtain or post various 
documents as part of the Coast Guard's program for safety of commercial 
vessels.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3306 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe rules 
for the safety of certain vessels. 46 CFR subchapter S contains the 
rules regarding subdivision and stability.
    Respondents: Owners, operators, or masters of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 10,003 hours a year.
    4. Title: Waterfront Facilities Handling Liquefied Natural Gas 
(LNG) and Liquefied Hazardous Gas (LHG).
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0049.
    Summary: LNG and LHG present a risk to the public when handled at 
waterfront facilities. These rules should either prevent accidental 
releases at waterfront facilities or mitigate their results. They are 
necessary to promote and verify compliance with safety standards.
    Need: 33 CFR part 127 prescribes standards for the safe design, 
construction, equipment, operations, maintenance, personnel training, 
and fire protection at waterfront facilities handling LNG or LHG.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of waterfront facilities that 
transfer LNG or LHG.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 3,540 hours a year.
    5. Title: Characteristics of Liquid Chemicals Proposed for Movement 
in Bulk by Water.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0007.
    Summary: The Coast Guard requires manufacturers of new chemicals to 
submit data on new materials. From these data, the Coast Guard 
determines the appropriate precautions to take.
    Need: 46 CFR parts 30 to 40, 151, 153, and 154 govern the 
transportation of hazardous materials. The chemical industry constantly 
produces new materials that must move by water. Each of these new 
materials has unique characteristics that require special attention to 
their mode of shipment.
    Respondents: Manufacturers of chemicals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden is 129 hours a year.

    Dated: October 20, 2003.
Dave McLeish,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, 
Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 03-27127 Filed 10-27-03; 8:45 am]
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