[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64909-64911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28616]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2003-15778]


Information Collections Under Review by the 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, 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 December 17, 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)(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)

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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 2003-15778 
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-2003-15778], 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 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.

Regulatory History

    This request constitutes the 30-day notice required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard has already published [68 FR 45833 (August 4, 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 2003-15778. 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: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0023.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Operators of barge fleeting facilities.
    Form: This collection of information does not require the public to 
fill out forms, but does require barge facilities to keep records of 
daily inspections.
    Abstract: 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.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 32,092 hours 
a year.
    2. Title: Various International Agreement Safety Certificates and 
Documents.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0017.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Form: CG-967, CG-968, CG-968A, CG-969, CG-3347, CG-3347B, CG-4359, 
CG-5643, CG-5679, CG-5679A, CG-5680.
    Abstract: This collection of information accounts for 11 
certificates and documents associated with the International Convention 
for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS). Each of certain U.S.-flag 
vessels on international voyages needs one or more of these 
certificates or documents to demonstrate compliance with SOLAS. Without 
proper certificates and documents, such a vessel could find itself 
detained in a foreign port. The certificates and documents associated 
with this collection issue primarily to deep-draft vessels, and thus 
the annual hour-burden estimated below is relatively small for these 
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recordkeeping--which in practice is just posting. The factors that 
result in the relatively small burden are (a) the limited number of 
vessels in the affected population; (b) the brief amount of time, no 
more than five minutes for any certificate or document, necessary for 
this posting; and (c) the limited frequency with which these 
certificates and documents issue--many only once in five years.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 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.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Operators of facilities and vessels engaged in 
activities on the OCS.
    Form: CG-5432.
    Abstract: 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.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 5,767 hours 
a year.
    4. Title: Regattas and Marine Parades.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0008.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Sponsors of marine events.
    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 or electronic format.
    Abstract: 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.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 3,000 hours 
a year.

    Dated: November 7, 2003.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, Computers 
and Information Technology.
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