[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56782-56783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21246]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2004-19085]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0036, 1625-0058, and 1625-
0061

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 
three Information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs comprise (1) 
1625-0036, Plan Approval and Records for U.S. and Foreign Tank Vessels 
Carrying Oil in Bulk; (2) 1625-0058, Application for Permit to 
Transport Municipal and Commercial Waste; (3) 1625-0061, Commercial 
Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Regulations. 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 November 22, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket (USCG-2004-19085) 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 complete 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 Policy'' below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your 
name and address, identify the docket number for this request for 
comment (USCG-2004-19085), 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

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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: Plan Approval and Records for U.S. and Foreign Tank 
Vessels Carrying Oil in Bulk.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0036.
    Summary: This information collection aids the Coast Guard in 
determining if a vessel complies with certain safety and environmental 
protection standards. Plans/records for construction or modification of 
U.S. or foreign vessels submitted and/or maintained on board are needed 
for compliance with these standards.
    Need: Section 3703 of 46 U.S.C. provides the Coast Guard with the 
authority to regulate design, construction, alteration, repair, 
maintenance, operation, equipping, personnel qualification, and manning 
of vessels carrying oil in bulk.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 582 hours a year.
    2. Title: Application for Permit to Transport Municipal and 
Commercial Waste.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0058.
    Summary: This information collection provides the basis for issuing 
or denying a permit for the transportation of municipal or commercial 
waste in the coastal waters of the United States.
    Need: In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 2602, the U.S. Coast Guard 
issued regulations, 33 CFR 151.1009, requiring an owner or operator of 
a vessel to apply for a permit to transport municipal or commercial 
waste in the United States and to display an identification number or 
other marking on their vessel.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: Every 18 months.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 69 hours a year.
    3. Title: Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0061.
    Summary: This information collection is intended to improve safety 
on board vessels in the commercial fishing industry. The requirements 
apply to those vessels and to seamen on them.
    Need: Under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 6104, the U.S. Coast Guard 
has promulgated regulations in 46 CFR part 28 to reduce the 
unacceptably high level of fatalities and accidents in the commercial 
fishing industry. The rules allowing the collection also provide means 
of verifying compliance and enhancing safe operation of fishing 
vessels.
    Respondents: Owners, agents, individuals-in-charge of commercial 
fishing vessels, and insurance underwriters.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 7,720 hours a year.

    Dated: September 13, 2004.
David McLeish,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, 
Computers and Information Technology.
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