[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21806-21807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8452]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-21003]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number: 1625-0040

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 one

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Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR comprise 1625-0040, 
Continuous Discharge Book, Merchant Mariner Application, Physical 
Examination Report, Sea Service Report, Chemical Testing and Entry 
Level Physical Report. Before submitting the ICR to OMB, the Coast 
Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before June 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2005-21003] 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 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. 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: 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, or fax 202-267-4814 for 
questions on the document; or telephone 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 respond to 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-2005-21003], 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: Continuous Discharge Book, Merchant Mariner Application, 
Physical Examination Report, Sea Service Report, Chemical Testing and 
Entry Level Physical Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0040.
    Summary: Title 46, U.S.C. 7302(b) mandates that the Coast Guard may 
issue a Continuous Discharge Book (CG Form 719A) upon request from an 
individual. Title 46, CFR 10.205(a), 10.207(a), 10.209(a)(1) and 12.02-
9(a) mandate that each applicant for a license, certificate of registry 
or merchant mariner document shall make written application on a Coast 
Guard furnished form (CG Form 719B). Title 46, CFR 10.205(d), 
10.207(e)(2), 10.209(d)(2), 12.05-5 and 12.15-5, mandate that each 
applicant for a license or merchant mariner document shall present a 
completed Coast Guard physical examination report (CG Form 719K) 
executed by the physician. Title 46, CFR 10.211 mandates criteria (CG 
Form 719S) for documenting sea service on vessels of less than 200 
gross registered tons. Title 46, CFR 10.202(i) and 12.02-9(f) mandates 
that each applicant shall produce evidence (CG Form 719P) of having 
passed a chemical test for dangerous drugs. Title 46, CFR 12.02-17(e) 
requires entry-level merchant mariner document applicants to provide a 
statement (CG Form 719K/E) from a qualified practitioner attesting to 
the applicant's medical fitness to perform the functions for which the 
document is issued.
    Need: The Coast Guard will use the information collected solely for 
the purpose of determining eligibility for issuance of a merchant 
mariner credential(s) that is, license, certificate of registry or 
merchant mariner document.
    Respondents: Merchant Mariners.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has been increased from 
21,358 hours to 21,875 hours a year.

    Dated: April 20, 2005.
Dr. Nathaniel Heiner,
Acting, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications 
Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 05-8452 Filed 4-26-05; 8:45 am]
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