[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30683-30684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8220]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-24850]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Numbers 1625-0066 and 1625-0069

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 submit an Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request their 
approval of a revision of the following collections of information: (1) 
1625-0066, Vessel and Facility Response Plans (Domestic and Int'l), and 
Additional Response Requirements for Prince William Sound, Alaska; and 
(2) 1625-0069, Ballast Water Management for Vessels with Ballast Tanks 
Entering U.S. Waters. 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 July 31, 2006.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2006-24850] 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 2nd Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is 
202-475-3523.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Barbara Davis, 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-2006-24850], 
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 and Facility Response Plans (Domestic and Int'l), 
and Additional Response Requirements for Prince William Sound, Alaska.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0066.
    Summary: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), 33 U.S.C. 2701 to 
2761, required the development of Vessel and Facility Response Plans to 
minimize the impact of oil spills. OPA 90 also required additional 
response requirements for Prince William Sound. Shipboard Oil Pollution 
Emergency

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Plans are required of other vessels to minimize impacts of oil spills.
    Need: This information is needed to ensure that vessels and 
facilities are prepared to respond in the event of an oil spill 
incident. The information will be reviewed by the Coast Guard to assess 
the effectiveness of the response plan.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels and facilities.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 137,199 
hours to 220,559 hours a year.
    2. Title: Ballast Water Management for Vessels with Ballast Tanks 
Entering U.S. Waters.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0069.
    Summary: The information is needed to carry out the reporting 
requirements of 16 U.S.C. 4711 regarding the management of ballast 
water, to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance 
species into U.S. waters.
    Need: The information is needed to ensure compliance with the 
requirements in 33 CFR part 151, subparts C and D. The information will 
also be used for research and periodic reporting to Congress.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of certain vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 106,193 
hours to 60,769 hours a year.

    Dated: May 19, 2006.
R.T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers, and Information Technology.
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