[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44670-44672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17054]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2004-17511]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0025 [Formerly 2115-0100], 
1625-0030 [Formerly 2115-0120], 1625-0072 [Formerly 2115-0613], 1625-
0078 [Formerly 2115-0623] and 1625-0082 [Formerly 2115-0628]

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 five 
Information Collection Reports (ICRs)--1625-0025, Carriage of Bulk 
Solids

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Requiring Special Handling--46 CFR part 148; 1625-0030, Oil and 
Hazardous Materials Transfer Procedures; 1625-0072, Waste Management 
Plans, Refuse Discharge Logs, and Letters of Instruction for Certain 
Persons-in-Charge (PIC); 1625-0078, Licensing and Manning Requirements 
for Officers on Towing Vessels; and 1625-0082, Navigation Safety 
Equipment and Emergency Instructions for Certain Towing Vessels--
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 August 26, 2004.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2004-17511] 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 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 completed ICRs 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, Docket Operations, 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-2004-17511], 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.
    Regulatory History: This request constitutes the 30-day notice 
required by OIRA. The Coast Guard has already published (69 FR 19446, 
April 13, 2004) the 60-day notice required by OIRA. That notice 
elicited no comments.
    Request for Comments: The Coast Guard invites comments on the 
proposed collection 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 collections 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 Information Collection Reports (ICR) addressed. Comments to DMS 
must contain the docket number of this request, USCG 2003-16251 
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 Requests

    1. Title: Carriage of Bulk Solids Requiring Special Handling--46 
CFR part 148.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0025 [Formerly 2115-0100].
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels that carry certain 
bulk solids.
    Form: None.
    Abstract: The Coast Guard administers and enforces statutes and 
rules for the safe transport and stowage of hazardous materials, 
including bulk solids. Under 46 CFR part 148, the Coast Guard may issue 
special permits for the carriage of bulk solids requiring special 
handling.
    Burden Estimates: The estimated burden is 1,130 hours a year.
    2. Title: Oil and Hazardous Materials Transfer Procedures.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0030 [Formerly 2115-0120].
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels.

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    Form: None.
    Abstract: Title 33 U.S.C. 1231 authorizes the Coast Guard to 
prescribe regulations related to the prevention of pollution. Title 33 
CFR part 155 prescribe pollution prevention regulations including those 
related to transfer procedures.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 89 hours a year.
    3. Title: Waste Management Plans, Refuse Discharge Logs, and 
Letters of Instruction for Certain Persons-in-Charge (PIC).
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0072 [Formerly 2115-0613].
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners, operators, masters, and persons-in-charge 
of vessels.
    Form: None.
    Abstract: This collection of information is needed as part of the 
Coast Guard's pollution prevention compliance program.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 55,484 hours a year.
    4. Title: Licensing and Manning Requirements for Officers of Towing 
Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0078 [Formerly 2115-0623].
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and operators of towing vessels.
    Form: None.
    Abstract: Title 46 CFR part 10 prescribe regulations for the 
licensing of maritime personnel. This information collection is 
necessary to ensure that a mariner's training information is available 
to assist in determining his or her overall qualifications to hold 
certain licenses.
    Burden Estimates: The estimated burden is 17,159 hours a year.
    5. Title: Navigation Safety Equipment and Emergency Instructions 
for Certain Towing Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0082 [Formerly 2115-0628].
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners, operators, and masters of vessels.
    Form: None.
    Abstract: The purpose of the regulations is to improve the safety 
of towing vessels and the crews that operate them.
    Burden Estimates: The estimated burden is 367,701 hours a year.

    Dated: July 15, 2004
Nathaniel S. Heiner,
Acting Assistant Commandant for C4 and Information Technology.
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