[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6516-6517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1643]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-23736]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Numbers 1625-0047, 1625-0063, 1625-0070, and 
1625-0084

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 
four Information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs are: (1) 1625-
0047, Plan Review and Records for Vital System Automation; (2) 1625-
0063, Marine Occupational Health and Safety Standards for Benzene--46 
CFR 197 Subpart C; (3) 1625-0070, Vessel Identification System; and (4) 
1625-0084, Audit Reports under the International Safety Management 
Code. 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 April 10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2006-23736] 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.

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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, (Attn: Mr. Arthur Requina), 1900 Half 
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-2006-23736], 
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: Plan Review and Records for Vital System Automation.
    Omb Control Number: 1625-0047.
    Summary: This collection pertains to the vital system automation on 
commercial vessels that is necessary to protect personnel and property 
on board U.S. flag vessels.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3306 authorizes the Coast Guard to promulgate 
regulations for the safety of personnel and property on board vessels. 
Various sections within parts 52, 56, 58, 62, 110, 111, and 113 of 46 
CFR contain these rules.
    Respondents: Designers, manufacturers, and owners of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 57,375 
hours to 65,400 hours a year.

    2. Title: Marine Occupational Health and Safety Standards for 
Benzene--46 CFR 197 Subpart C.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0063.
    Summary: To protect marine workers from exposure to toxic Benzene 
vapor, the Coast Guard implemented 46 CFR 197 Subpart C.
    Need: This information collection is vital to verifying compliance.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 59,766 hours a year.

    3. Title: Vessel Identification System.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0070.
    Summary: The Coast Guard established a nationwide Vessel 
Identification System (VIS). VIS provides participating States and 
Territories with access to data on vessels numbered by States and 
Territories. Participation in VIS is voluntary.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 12501 mandates the establishment of a VIS. 33 CFR 
part 187 prescribe the requirements of VIS.
    Respondents: Governments of States and Territories.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 6,045 
hours to 5,829 hours a year.

    4. Title: Audit Reports under the International Safety Management 
(ISM) Code.
    Omb Control Number: 1625-0084.
    Summary: This information helps to determine whether U.S. vessels, 
subject to International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 
(SOLAS) 74, engaged in international trade, are in compliance with that 
treaty. Organizations recognized by the Coast Guard conduct ongoing 
audits of vessels' and companies' safety management systems.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3203 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe 
regulations regarding safety management systems. 33 CFR part 96 
contains the rules for those systems and hence the safe operation of 
vessels.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels, and organizations 
authorized to issue ISM Code certificates for the U.S.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 8,440 
hours to 12,676 hours a year.

    Dated: February 2, 2006.
R.T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
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