[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32113-32114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8540]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-24047]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Number 1625-0046

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Reopening comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 7, 2006, the Coast Guard published a notice in the 
Federal Register requesting comments on our intent to submit an 
Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB to seek their renewal of an 
approval of a collection of information under OMB control number 1625-
0046, Financial Responsibility for Water Pollution (Vessels). In that 
notice we stated that the complete ICR would be available through both 
our online docket and at a Coast Guard facility in Washington, DC. 
Because the complete ICR was not made available online during the 
stated comment period we are reopening the comment period until July 3, 
2006.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before July 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2006-24047] 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 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, (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 this document; 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-2006-24047], 
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.

Previous Request for Comments

    On March 7, 2006, the Coast Guard published a notice in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 11437) requesting comments on our intent to submit an 
Information Collection Request to OMB to seek their renewal of an 
approval of a collection of information under OMB control number 1625-
0046, Financial Responsibility for Water Pollution (Vessels). We stated 
in that notice, the complete ICR would be made available both in our 
online docket and at a Coast Guard facility in Washington, DC The 
complete ICR, however, was not made available on-line during the stated 
comment period, so we are reopening the comment period until July 3, 
2006.

Information Collection Request

    Title: Financial Responsibility for Water Pollution (Vessels).
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0046.
    Summary: The Coast Guard will use the information collected under 
this information collection request to issue a Certificate of Financial 
Responsibility as required by the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), specifically 
under 33 U.S.C. 2716, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), specifically under 42 U.S.C. 
9608.
    Need: If the requested information is not collected, the Coast 
Guard will be unable to comply with the provisions of OPA and CERCLA to 
ensure that responsible parties can be held accountable for cleanup 
costs and damages when there is an oil spill or threat of a spill.
    Respondents: Legally responsible operators of vessels subject to 33 
U.S.C. 2716 and 42 U.S.C. 9608 or their designees, approved insurers, 
and financial guarantors.

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    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 2,262 hours a year.

    Dated: May 24, 2006.
C.S. Johnson, Jr.,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
 [FR Doc. E6-8540 Filed 6-1-06; 8:45 am]
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