[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30764-30765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10589]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-21202]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number: 1625-0018

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 
Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR comprises (1) 1625-0018, 
Official Logbook. Before submitting the ICR to OMB, the Coast Guard is 
inviting comments on it as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before July 26, 2005.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2005-21202] 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

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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: 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 these documents; 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-2005-21202], 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: Official logbook.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0018.
    Summary: The Official Logbook contains information about the 
voyage, the vessel's crew, drills, and operations conducted during the 
voyage. Official Logbook entries identify all particulars of the 
voyage, including the name of the ship, official number, port of 
registry, tonnage, names and merchant mariner document numbers of the 
master and crew, the nature of the voyage, and class of ship. In 
addition, it also contains entries for the vessel's drafts, maintenance 
of watertight integrity of the ship, drills and inspections, crew list 
and report of character, a summary of laws applicable to Logbooks, and 
miscellaneous entries.
    Need: Title 46, United States Code (USC) 11301 requires most 
merchant vessels to maintain an Official Logbook. The manner of making 
entries and penalties are set forth in 46 U.S.C. 11302 and 11303. The 
Official Logbook contains information about the vessel, voyage, and 
crew. Lack of these particulars would make it difficult for a seaman to 
verify vessel employment and wages, and for the Coast Guard to verify 
compliance with laws and regulations concerning vessel operations and 
safety procedures. The Official Log serves as an official record of 
recordable events transpiring at sea such as births, deaths, marriages, 
and disciplinary actions. Absent the Official Log, there would be no 
official civil record of these events. The courts accept log entries as 
proof that the logged event occurred. If this information was not 
collected, the Coast Guard's commercial vessel safety program would 
suffer, as there would be no official record of U.S. merchant vessel 
voyages. Similarly, those seeking to prove that an event occurred would 
not have any record available.
    Respondents: Shipping Companies.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains the same, 1,750 hours 
a year.

    Dated: May 19, 2005.
Dr. Nathaniel Heiner,
Acting, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, 
Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 05-10589 Filed 5-26-05; 8:45 am]
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