[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47219-47220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16017]


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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): 1625-0018

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 (ICR)--1625-0018, Official Logbook--
abstracted below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 September 12, 2005.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
reach the docket [USCG-2005-21202] or 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 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 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 OMB Control Number of the 
Information Collection Request (ICR) addressed. Comments to DMS must 
contain the docket number of this request, [USCG 2005-21202]. For your 
comments to OIRA to be considered, it is best if OIRA receives them on 
or before September 12, 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-2005-21202], 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 (70 FR 30764, May 
27, 2005) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That notice elicited one 
comment. The commenter states that the Coast Guard should ``make every 
merchant vessel carry a logbook and suggest that no

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merchant vessel should be exempt.'' The Coast Guard is tasked with the 
commercial vessel safety program. As part of this tasking, Title 46 
United States Code (U.S.C.) 11301--11303 and supporting regulations 
require most merchant vessels to maintain an Official Logbook. The 
Official Logbook provides the vehicle through which any statutory and 
regulatory record keeping requirements are maintained.
    For vessels not required to maintain and Official Logbook, it is 
accepted industry practice for shipping companies to require their 
vessels to maintain log books. Entries in these logs usually document 
chronological records of the operation of the vessels and events that 
occur in the ordinary course of business.

Information Collection Request

    Title: Official Logbook.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0018.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Shipping Companies.
    Forms: CG-706.
    Abstract: 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.
    Burden Estimates: The estimated burden remains the same, 1,750 
hours a year.

    Dated: August 5, 2005.
Nathaniel S. Heiner,
Acting, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications 
Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 05-16017 Filed 8-11-05; 8:45 am]
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