[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8399-8400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3118]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-20338]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0067 and 1625-0068

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 two 
Information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs comprise (1) 1625-
0067, Claims Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and (2) 1625-0068 
State Access to The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund For Removal Costs 
Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 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 April 19, 2005.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2005-20338] 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.

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    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: Ms Barbara Davis), 2100 
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is 
202-267-2326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Barbara Davis, Office of 
Information Management, telephone 202-267-2326, fax 202-267-4814 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-2005-20338], 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: Claims Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0067.
    Summary: The Coast Guard will use the information collected under 
this information collection request to (1) determine whether oil-spill-
related claims submitted to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund are 
compensable and, (2) if they are, to ensure proper compensation for the 
claimant.
    Need: If the requested information is not collected, the Coast 
Guard will be unable to comply with the provisions of OPA [33 U.S.C. 
2708, 2713 and 2714] to ensure the making of fair and reasonable 
payments to claimants of fully substantiated claims and to protect the 
interest of the Federal Government.
    Respondents: Claimants and responsible parties of oil spills.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has been increased from 
13,722 hours to 14,800 hours a year.
    2. Title: State Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for 
Removal Costs Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0068.
    Summary: The Coast Guard will use information provided by the State 
to the Coast Guard National Pollution Funds Center to determine whether 
expenditures submitted by the state to the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund are compensable and, if they are, to ensure payment of the correct 
amount of funding from the Fund.
    Need: Under the authority of 33 U.S.C. 2712, Coast Guard has 
promulgated regulations detailing the manner in which to obligate the 
Fund. To ensure fair and reasonable payments to States and to protect 
the interests of the Federal Government, States must fully substantiate 
all expenditures that they submit and must follow the procedures for 
presentation of those expenditures to the Fund.
    Respondents: State Governments.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains the same, 3 hours a 
year.

    Dated: February 11, 2005.
Nathaniel S. Heiner,
Acting, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, 
Computers and, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 05-3118 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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