[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47217-47219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16015]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-22049]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0035 and 1625-0051

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 are for 1625-0035, 
Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, Electrical, and Engineering 
Equipment, Construction and Materials & Marine

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Sanitation Devices, and 1625-0051, A) Reports of MARPOL 73/78 Oil, 
Noxious Liquid Substances (NLS) and Garbage Discharge; B) Application 
for Equivalents, Exemptions and Alternatives; and C) Voluntary Reports 
of Pollution Sightings. 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 October 11, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2005-22049] 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: 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 comments by 
submitting comments and related materials. We will post all comments 
received, without change, to http://dms.dot.gov; 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 [USCG-2005-22049], 
indicate the specific section of the 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 Request

    1. Title: Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, Electrical, and 
Engineering Equipment, Construction and Materials & Marine Sanitation 
Devices.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0035.
    Summary: This information is used by the Coast Guard to ensure that 
regulations governing specific types of safety equipment, material and 
Marine Sanitation Devices (MSDs) installed on commercial vessels and 
pleasure crafts are met. Manufacturers are required to submit drawings, 
specifications, and laboratory test reports to the Coast Guard before 
any approval is given.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, and 4302 authorize the 
Coast Guard to establish safety equipment and material regulations. 
Title 46 CFR parts 159 to 164 prescribe these requirements. Title 33 
U.S.C. 1322 authorizes the Coast Guard to establish MSD regulations. 
Title 33 CFR Part 159 prescribes these rules. This information will be 
used to determine whether manufacturers are in compliance with Coast 
Guard regulations. When the Coast Guard approves any safety equipment, 
material or MSD for use on a commercial vessel or pleasure craft, the 
manufacturer is issued a Certificate of Approval.
    Respondents: Manufacturers of safety equipment, materials and 
marine sanitation devices.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 16,880 
hours to 20,529 hours a year.
    2. Title: (A) Reports of MARPOL 73/78 Oil, Noxious Liquid 
Substances (NLS) and Garbage Discharge; (B) Application for 
Equivalents, Exemptions and Alternatives; and (C) Voluntary Reports of 
Pollution Sightings.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0051.
    Summary: The information is needed by the Coast Guard to ensure 
compliance with pollution prevention standards and to respond and 
investigate pollution incidents.
    Need: Title 33 U.S.C. 1231 and 1903 authorize the Coast Guard to 
establish regulations to promote the protection of the environment. 
Title 33 CFR, Subchapter O (parts 151 to 159) prescribe the Coast Guard 
pollution prevention regulations
    Respondents: Vessel owners and operators for (A) and (B), and the 
public for (C).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains the same, 10 hours a 
year.


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    Dated: August 5, 2005.
Nathaniel S. Heiner,
Acting, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, 
Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 05-16015 Filed 8-11-05; 8:45 am]
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