[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 220 (Thursday, November 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64233-64235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22367]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2007-0045]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0005, 1625-0020, 1625-0029, 1625-
0031, and 1625-0085

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Sixty-Day notice requesting 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) requesting an 
extension of their approval for the following collections of 
information: (1) 1625-0005, Application and Permit to Handle Hazardous 
Materials; (2) 1625-0020, Security Zones, Regulated Navigation Areas, 
and Safety Zones; (3) 1625-0029, Self-propelled Liquefied Gas Vessels; 
(4) 1625-0031, Plan Approval and Records for Electrical Engineering 
Regulations--Title 46 CFR Subchapter J; and (5) 1625-0085, Streamlined 
Inspection Program. Before submitting these ICRs to OMB, the Coast 
Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before January 14, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material do not enter 
the docket [USCG-2007-0045] more than once, please submit them by only 
one of the following means:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Mail or Hand deliver to: Docket Management Facility (M-30), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand 
deliver between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    (3) Fax to: Docket Management Facility, 202-493-2251. 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, 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://www.regulations.gov.
    Copies of complete ICRs are available through this docket on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are 
available from Commandant (CG-611), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
(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. Contact Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket

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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 by submitting comments and related materials. 
We will post all comments received, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov. They will include any personal information you 
provide. We have an agreement with DOT to use their Docket Management 
Facility. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy Act Policy'' 
below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number for this request [USCG-2007-0045], indicate the specific 
section of the document to which each comment applies, providing a 
reason for each comment. We recommend you include your name, mailing 
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body 
of your document to ensure that you can be identified as the submitter. 
This also allows us to contact you in the event further information is 
needed or if there are questions. For example, if we cannot read your 
submission due to technical difficulties and you cannot be contacted, 
your submission may not be considered. 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://www.regulations.gov to 
view documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the 
docket. Click on ``Search for Dockets,'' and enter the docket number 
[USCG-2007-0045] in the Docket ID box, and click enter. 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://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.

Information Collection Request

    1. Title: Application and Permit to Handle Hazardous Materials.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0005.
    Summary: The information sought by this collection, which includes 
form CG-4260, ensures the safe handling of explosives and other 
hazardous materials around ports and aboard vessels.
    Need: Sections 1225 and 1231 of 33 U.S.C. authorize the Coast Guard 
to establish standards for the handling, storage, and movement of 
hazardous materials on a vessel and waterfront facility. Regulations in 
33 CFR 126.17, 49 CFR 176.100, and 176.415 prescribe the rules for 
facilities and vessels.
    Respondents: Shipping agents and terminal operators that handle 
hazardous materials.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 145 hours 
to 185 hours a year.
    2. Title: Security Zones, Regulated Navigation Areas, and Safety 
Zones.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0020.
    Summary: The Coast Guard collects this information only when 
someone seeks a security zone, a regulated navigation area, or safety 
zone. It uses the information to assess the need to establish one of 
these areas.
    Need: Sections 1226 and 1231 of 33 U.S.C.; 50 U.S.C. 191 and 195; 
and parts 6 and 165 of 33 CFR give the Coast Guard Captain of the Port 
(COTP) the authority to designate security zones in the United States 
for as long as deemed necessary to prevent damage or injury. Section 
1223 of 33 U.S.C. authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe rules to 
control vessel traffic in areas he or she deems hazardous because of 
reduced visibility, adverse weather, or vessel congestion. Section 1225 
of 33 U.S.C. authorizes the Coast Guard to establish rules to allow the 
designation of safety zones where access is limited to authorized 
persons, vehicles, or vessels to protect the public from hazardous 
situations.
    Respondents: Federal, State, and local government agencies, vessels 
and facilities.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 194 hours 
to 295 hours a year.
    3. Title: Self-propelled Liquefied Gas Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0029.
    Summary: To ensure compliance with our rules for the design and 
operation of liquefied gas carriers, the Coast Guard needs the 
information sought in this collection utilizing agency form numbers CG-
4355 and CG-5148.
    Need: Sections 3703 and 9101 of 46 U.S.C. authorize the Coast Guard 
to establish regulations to protect life, property, and the environment 
from the hazards associated with the carriage of dangerous liquid cargo 
in bulk. Part 154 of 46 CFR prescribes these rules for the carriage of 
liquefied gases in bulk on self-propelled vessels by governing the 
design, construction, equipment, and operation of these vessels and the 
safety of personnel aboard them.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of self-propelled vessels 
carrying liquefied gas.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 5,416 
hours to 6,566 hours a year.
    4. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Electrical Engineering 
Regulations--Title 46 CFR Subchapter J.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0031.
    Summary: The information sought is required to ensure compliance 
with our rules on electrical engineering for the design and 
construction of U.S. flag commercial vessels.
    Need: Sections 3306 and 3703 of 46 U.S.C. authorize the Coast Guard 
to establish rules to promote the safety of life and property in 
commercial vessels. The electrical engineering rules appear at 46 CFR 
chapter I, subchapter J (parts 110 through 113).
    Respondents: Owners, operators, and builders of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 1,151 
hours to 3,529 hours a year.
    5. Title: Streamlined Inspection Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0085.
    Summary: The Coast Guard established an optional Streamlined 
Inspection Program (SIP) to provide owners and operators of U.S. 
vessels an alternative method of complying with inspection requirements 
of the Coast Guard.
    Need: Section 3306 of 46 U.S.C. authorizes the Coast Guard to 
prescribe regulations necessary to carry out inspections of vessels 
required under 46 U.S.C. 3301. Within the same subtitle, 46 U.S.C. 3103 
allows the Coast Guard to rely on reports, documents, and records of 
other persons/methods determined to be reliable, to ensure

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compliance with vessels and seamen requirements. The SIP regulations 
under 46 CFR part 8, subpart E, offer owners and operators of inspected 
vessels an alternative to traditional Coast Guard inspection 
procedures. Owners and operators of vessels opting to participate in 
the program will maintain them in compliance with a Company Action Plan 
(CAP) and Vessel Action Plan (VAP). They will have their own personnel 
periodically perform many of the tests/examinations conducted by marine 
inspectors of the Coast Guard, who expect participating vessels will 
continuously meet a higher level of safety/readiness throughout the 
inspection cycle.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion. Application and plan development occur only 
once, at time of enrollment. Updates and revisions are required to be 
made every two years by the applicant. The Officer in Charge, Marine 
Inspection (OCMI) and the company SIP agent will review the plans every 
five years.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 2,138 
hours to 2,496 hours a year.

    Dated: November 8, 2007.
D.T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E7-22367 Filed 11-14-07; 8:45 am]
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