[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76319-76320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7793]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-23285]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Number 1625-0048

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
U.S. Coast Guard intends to seek the approval of OMB for the renewal of 
an Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR is 1625-0048, Vessel 
Reporting Requirements. 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 February 21, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2005-23285] 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

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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: Mr. Arthur Requina), 2100 
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is 
202-475-3523.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Arthur Requina, Office of 
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3523, or fax 202-475-3929, 
for questions on these documents; or telephone Ms. Renee V. Wright, 
Program Manager, Docket Operations, 202-493-0402, 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-2005-23285], 
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: Vessel Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0048.
    Summary: The information obtained from these reports will be used 
by the Coast Guard to determine if the vessel reported on is in 
distress and if so, to take action to provide needed assistance. These 
reports (a) increase the likelihood of timely assistance to vessels in 
distress, especially those that cannot communicate their distress to 
the vessel's owner or others in a position to help, and (b) to place a 
burden of responsibility upon the owner, charterer, managing operator 
or agent for the safety of the vessels. This is of the utmost 
importance since these persons are often the only ones with knowledge 
of the vessels' intended movements.
    Need: Paragraph (a) of 46 U.S.C. 2306 requires the owner, 
charterer, managing operator or agent of a vessel of the United States 
to immediately notify the Coast Guard if there is reason to believe 
that the vessel may have been lost or imperiled. Further, the owner, 
charterer, managing operator or agent of a vessel required to report to 
the United States Flag Merchant Vessel Location Filing System (USMER) 
must immediately notify the Coast Guard if more than 48 hours have 
passed since last receiving communication from the vessel. These 
reports must be followed by written communication submitted to the 
Coast Guard within 24 hours. Paragraph (c) of 46 U.S.C. 2306 gives the 
Secretary of Transportation authority to prescribe regulations to carry 
out 46 U.S.C. 2306. The Secretary has delegated this 46 U.S.C. 2306 
responsibility to the Coast Guard in Department of Homeland Security 
Delegation No. 0170-2(92)(a). The Coast Guard has implemented these 
reporting requirements for all vessels regulated under Title 46 CFR. 
The implementing regulations are 46 CFR Part 4.
    Respondents: Owners, charterers, managing operators or agents of a 
vessel of the United States.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 137 hours a year.

    Dated: December 19, 2005.
R.T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, 
Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E5-7793 Filed 12-22-05; 8:45 am]
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