[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32362-32363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12967]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2004-17971]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0019, 1625-0041, 1625-0062, 
1625-0088, and 1625-0092

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) 1625-
0019, Alternative Compliance for International and Inland Navigation 
Rules--33 CFR Parts 81 and 89; (2) 1625-0041, Various International 
Agreement Pollution Prevention Certificates and Documents, and 
Equivalency Certificates; (3) 1625-0062, Approval of Alterations to 
Marine Portable Tanks; Approval of Non-Specification Portable Tanks; 
(4) 1625-0088, Voyage Planning for Tank Barge Transits in the Northeast 
United States; and (5) 1625-0092, Sewage and Graywater Discharge 
Records for Certain Cruise Vessels Operating on Alaskan Waters. 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 August 9, 2004.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2004-17971] 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. Caution: Because of recent delays in the delivery of 
mail, your comments may reach the Facility more quickly if you choose 
one of the other means described below.
    (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 Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    The Docket Management 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 ICR are available through this docket on the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov, and also from Commandant (CG-611), U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, room 6106 (Attn: Mr. Arthur Requina), 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is 
202-267-2326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Arthur Requina, Office of 
Information Management, 202-267-2326, for questions on these documents; 
or Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, U.S. DOT, 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-2004-17971], 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 notice 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.

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Alternative Compliance for International and Inland 
Navigation Rules--33 CFR Parts 81 and 89.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0019.
    Summary: The information collected provides an opportunity for an 
owner, operator, builder, or agent of a unique vessel to present their 
reasons why the vessel cannot comply with existing International/Inland 
Navigation Rules and how alternative compliance can be achieved. If 
appropriate, a Certificate of Alternative Compliance is issued.
    Need: Certain vessels cannot comply with the International 
Navigation Rules (33 U.S.C. 1601-1608) and Inland Navigation Rules (33 
U.S.C. 2001-2073). The Coast Guard thus provides an opportunity for 
alternative compliance. However, it is not possible to determine 
whether alternative compliance is appropriate, or what kind of 
alternative procedures might be necessary, without this collection.
    Respondents: Vessel owners, operators, builders and agents.
    Frequency: One-time application.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 180 hours a year.
    2. Title: Various International Agreement Pollution Prevention

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Certificates and Documents, and Equivalency Certificates.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0041.
    Summary: Required by the adoption of the International Convention 
for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78), these 
certificates and documents 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 a 
foreign port.
    Need: Compliance with MARPOL 73/78 aids in the prevention of 
pollution from ships.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 6,780 hours a year.
    3. Title: Approval of Alterations to Marine Portable Tanks; 
Approval of Non-Specification Portable Tanks.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0062.
    Summary: The information will be used to evaluate the safety of 
proposed alterations to marine portable tanks and non-specification 
portable tank designs used to transfer hazardous materials during 
offshore operations, e.g., drilling rigs.
    Need: Approval by the Coast Guard of alterations to marine portable 
tanks ensures that the altered tank retains the level of safety to 
which it was originally designed. In addition, rules that allow for the 
approval of non-specification portable tanks ensure that innovation and 
new designs are not frustrated by the regulation.
    Respondents: Owners of marine portable tanks and owners/designers 
of non-specification portable tanks.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 18 hours a year.
    4. Title: Voyage Planning for Tank Barge Transits in the Northeast 
United States.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0088.
    Summary: The information collection requirement for a voyage plan 
serves as a preventive measure and assists in ensuring the successful 
execution and completion of a voyage in the First Coast Guard District. 
This rule (33 CFR 165.100) applies to primary towing vessels engaged in 
towing certain tank barges carrying petroleum oil in bulk as cargo.
    Need: The information for a voyage plan will provide a mechanism 
for assisting vessels towing tank barges to identify those specific 
risks, potential equipment failures, or human errors that may lead to 
accidents.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of towing vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimates: The estimated burden is 420 hours a year.
    5. Title: Sewage and Graywater Discharge Records for Certain Cruise 
Vessels Operating on Alaskan Waters.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0092.
    Summary: To comply with Title XIV of Public Law 106-554, 114 STAT. 
2763A-315, this information collection is needed to enforce sewage and 
graywater discharges requirements from certain cruise ships operating 
on Alaskan waters.
    Need: Title 33 CFR part 159 subpart E prescribes regulations 
governing the discharge of sewage and graywater from cruise vessels, 
requires sampling and testing of sewage and graywater discharges, and 
establishes reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimates: The estimated burden is 910 hours a year.

    Dated: May 27, 2004.
Clifford I. Pearson,
Assistant Commandant for C4 and Information Technology.
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