[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40048-40049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13648]


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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): 1625-0040

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 one 
Information Collection Request--1625-0040, Continuous Discharge Book, 
Merchant Mariner Application, Physical Examination Report, Sea Service 
Report, Chemical Testing and Entry Level Physical Report--abstracted 
below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the 
Office of Management and Budget for review and comment. Our ICR 
describes 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 11, 2005.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
reach the docket [USCG-2005-21003] or Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affiars (OIRA) more than once, please submit them by only 
one of the following means:
    (1)(a) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department 
of Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (b) By mail to OIRA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503, to 
the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (2)(a) By delivery to room PL-401 at the address given in paragraph 
(1)(a) above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-9329.
    (b) By delivery to OIRA, at the address given in paragraph (1)(b) 
above, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (3) By fax to (a) the Facility at (202) 493-2298 and (b) OIRA at 
(202) 395-6566, or e-mail to OIRA at [email protected] attention: 
Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (4)(a) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket 
Management System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    (b) OIRA does not have a Web site on which you can post your 
comments.
    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 Information Collection Request (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 Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins, Program 
Manager, Docket

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Operations, (202) 366-0271, for questions on the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The Coast Guard invites comments on the proposed collection of 
information to determine whether the collection is 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 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 Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Control Number of the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
addressed. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of this 
request, [USCG 2005-21003]. For your comments to OIRA to be considered, 
it is best if OIRA receives them on or before the August 11, 2005.
    Public participation and request for comments: We encourage you to 
respond to this request for comments 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 their 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 or the ICR 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.
    The Coast Guard and OIRA 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.

Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard has already published the 60-day notice required by 44 
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2) (70 FR 21806, April 27, 2005). That notice elicited 
no comments.

Information Collection Request

    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.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Affected Public: Merchant Mariners.
    Forms: CG-719A, CG-719B, 719K, CG-719S, and CG-719P.
    Abstract: 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.
    Burden Estimates: The estimated burden has increased from 21,358 
hours to 21,875 hours a year.

    Dated: July 5, 2005.
Nathaniel S. Heiner,
Acting, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, 
Computers and Information Technology.
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