[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 970-971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-57]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-26741]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Numbers 1625-0007, 1625-0049, 1625-0064 and 
1625-0074

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 Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request an 
extension of their approval of the following collections of 
information: (1) 1625-0007, Characteristics of Liquid Chemicals 
Proposed for Bulk Water Movement; (2) 1625-0049, Waterfront Facilities 
Handling Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Liquefied Hazardous Gas (LHG); 
(3) 1625-0064, Plan Approval and Records for Subdivision and Stability 
Regulations--Title 46 CFR Subchapter S; and (4) 1625-0074, Direct User 
Fees for Inspection or Examination of U.S. and Foreign Commercial 
Vessels. Before submitting these ICRs to OMB, the Coast Guard is 
inviting comments on them as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before March 12, 2007.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG-2006-26741] 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 10-1236 (Attn: Mr. Arthur Requina), 
2100 2nd 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,

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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-2006-26741], 
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: Characteristics of Liquid Chemicals Proposed for Bulk 
Water Movement.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0007.
    Summary: The Coast Guard requires manufacturers of new chemicals to 
submit data on new materials. From the data, the Coast Guard determines 
the appropriate precautions to take.
    Need: Title 46 CFR parts 30 to 40, 151, 153, and 154 govern the 
transportation of hazardous materials. The chemical industry constantly 
produces new materials that must be moved by water. Each of these new 
materials has unique characteristics that require special attention to 
their mode of shipment.
    Respondents: Manufacturers of chemicals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 108 hours 
to 78 hours a year.

    2. Title: Waterfront Facilities Handling Liquefied Natural Gas 
(LNG) and Liquefied Hazardous Gas (LHG).
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0049.
    Summary: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other Liquefied Hazardous 
Gases (LHG) present a risk to the public when handled at waterfront 
facilities. These rules should either prevent accidental releases at 
waterfront facilities or mitigate their results. They are necessary to 
promote and verify compliance with safety standards.
    Need: Title 33 CFR Part 127 prescribe safety standards for the 
design, construction, equipment, operations, maintenance, personnel 
training, and fire protection at waterfront facilities handling LNG or 
LHG.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of waterfront facilities that 
transfer LNG or LHG.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 3,540 
hours to 2,838 hours a year.

    3. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Subdivision and Stability 
Regulations--Title 46 CFR Subchapter S.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0064.
    Summary: This collection of information requires owners, operators, 
or masters of certain inspected vessels to obtain and/or post various 
documents as part of the Coast Guard commercial vessel safety program.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 3306 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe 
rules for the safety of certain vessels. Title 46 CFR Subchapter S, 
parts 170 through 174, contain the rules regarding subdivision and 
stability.
    Respondents: Owners, operators, or masters of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from is 6,474 
hours to 4,539 hours a year.

    4. Title: Direct User Fees for Inspection or Examination of U.S. 
and Foreign Commercial Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0074.
    Summary: This collection requires the submission of identifying 
information such as a vessel's name and identification number, and of 
the owner's choice whether or not to pay fees for future years. A 
written request to the Coast Guard is necessary.
    Need: Section 10401 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1990 [Pub. L. 101-508], which amended 46 U.S.C. 2110, requires the 
Coast Guard to collect user fees from inspected vessels. To properly 
collect and manage these fees, the Coast Guard must have current 
information on identification. This collection helps to ensure we get 
that information and manage it efficiently.
    Respondents: Owners of vessels.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 3,167 
hours to 4,268 hours a year.

    Dated: January 3, 2007.
R.T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
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