[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 135 (Monday, July 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38839-38840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13731]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2007-28578]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0089

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) requesting re-
instatement, with change, of a previously-approved collection of 
information: 1625-0089, National Recreational Boating Survey. Before 
submitting this ICR to OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as 
described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before September 14, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material do not enter 
the docket [USCG-2007-28578] more than once, please submit them by only 
one of the following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
    (2) By delivery to room W12-140 at the address given in paragraph 
(1)(a) above, 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 Facility at (202) 493-2298.
    (4) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket Management 
System (DMS) 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 W12-140 on the West Building Ground Floor level, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue, SE., 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, 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, Docket Operations, 202-366-9826, for questions on the 
docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to respond to this request 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 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-2007-28578], 
indicate the specific section of the document to which each comment 
applies, providing a 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: Go to http://dms.dot.gov to view 
comments and documents mentioned in this notice as being available in 
the docket. Conduct a simple search using the docket number. You may 
also visit the Docket Management Facility in room W12-140 on the West 
Building Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 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

    Title: National Recreational Boating Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0089.
    Summary: The Coast Guard National Recreational Boating Survey 
collects data on recreational boating participation and exposure to 
hazards. The goal is for the Office of Boating Safety to draw a general 
statistical profile of the U.S. recreational boating population. Of 
particular importance will be statistics on the type of boats used, the 
activities these boats are used for, boat operators' knowledge of 
safety measures, and the duration of a typical boating day (referred to 
as ``exposure''). Exposure data will be used to derive a reliable 
measure of the risk associated with recreational boating that can be 
used in all jurisdictions.
    Need: The Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 determines the framework 
of the Coast Guard recreational boating safety program. This program as 
set forth in 46 U.S.C., Chapter 131, requires the Coast Guard to 
``encourage greater State participation and uniformity in boating 
safety efforts, and particularly to permit the States to assume a 
greater share of boating safety education, assistance, and enforcement 
activities.'' See 46 U.S.C. 13102. The Coast Guard Office of Boating 
Safety achieves these goals by providing timely and relevant 
information on boating activities that occur in each respective 
jurisdiction. The boating information provided by the Coast Guard 
enables each State agency to tailor and implement safety initiatives 
addressing specific needs of boaters in local jurisdictions. The 
primary objective of this collection is to provide the Coast Guard with 
the required information in a format suitable to effectively manage the 
program.
    Respondents: Recreational boating participants and owners of 
recreational vessels.
    Frequency: Every 2 years.

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    Burden Estimate: This is a bi-ennial requirement. In the year the 
survey is conducted, the burden is estimated to be 67,619 hours.

    Dated: July 3, 2007.
D.T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
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