[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40527-40528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11206]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-25282]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Number 1625-0104 and 1625-0110

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 an 
extension of approval for the following collections of information: 
1625-0104, Barges Carrying Bulk Hazardous Materials, and 1625-0110, 
Maritime Identification Credentials--Title 33 CFR Part 125. Before 
submitting the ICRs to OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting comments on 
them as described below.

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DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before September 15, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2006-25282] 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-2006-25282], 
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: Barges Carrying Bulk Hazardous Materials.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0104.
    Summary: This information is needed to ensure the safe shipment of 
bulk hazardous liquids in barges. The requirements are necessary to 
ensure that barges meet safety standards and to ensure that barge 
crewmembers have the information necessary to operate barges safely.
    Need: 46 U.S.C. 3703 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe rules 
related to the carriage of liquid bulk dangerous cargoes. 46 CFR part 
151 prescribes rules for barges carrying bulk liquid hazardous 
materials.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of tank barges.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 13,255 hours a year.

    2. Title: Maritime Identification Credentials--Title 33 CFR Part 
125.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0110.
    Summary: This information is needed to control access to certain 
waterfront facilities and ensure that an individual, before entry to 
one of these facilities--(1) possesses an identification credential 
listed or approved pursuant to Title 33 CFR part 125, and (2) that the 
identity information is vetted by the Transportation Security 
Administration.
    Need: 50 U.S.C. 191 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe rules 
to safeguard vessels, ports and waterfront facilities during national 
emergencies.
    Respondents: Operators of port facilities.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 43,796 
hours to 14,476 hours a year.

    Dated: July 6, 2006.
R.T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E6-11206 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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