[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 201-203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25491]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2007-0180]


Information Collection Request to Office of Management and 
Budget; OMB Control numbers: 1625-0001, 1625-0013, and 1625-0096

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) and Analyses to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
requesting an extension of their approval for the following collections 
of information: (1) 1625-0001, Marine Casualty Information & Periodic 
Chemical Drug and Alcohol Testing of Commercial Vessel Personnel; (2) 
1625-0013, Plan Approval and Records for Load Lines, and (3) 1625-0096, 
Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge; and Report of 
Suspicious Maritime Activity. 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 March 3, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number USCG-2007-0180 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation. To avoid

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duplication, please use only one of the following methods:
    (1) On-line: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Mail: 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.
    (3) Hand delivery: Room W12-140 on the Ground Floor of the West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The 
telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    (4) Fax: 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 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://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 [USCG-2007-0180], 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, an e-mail 
address, or a phone number in the body of your document so that we can 
contact you if we have questions regarding your submission. 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-2007-0180) 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: Marine Casualty Information & Periodic Chemical Drug and 
Alcohol Testing of Commercial Vessel Personnel.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0001.
    Summary: Marine casualty information is needed for CG 
investigations of commercial vessel casualties involving death, vessel 
damage, etc., as mandated by Congress. Chemical testing information is 
needed to improve CG detection/reduction of drug use by mariners. The 
following forms are associated with this collection: CG-2692, CG-2692A, 
and CG-2692B.
    Need: Section 6101 of 46 U.S.C., as delegated by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to the Commandant, authorizes the Coast Guard to 
prescribe regulations for the reporting of marine casualties involving 
death, serious injury, material loss of property, material damage 
affecting the seaworthiness of a vessel, or significant harm to the 
environment. It also requires information on the use of alcohol be 
included in a marine casualty report. Section 7503 of 46 U.S.C. 
authorizes the Coast Guard to deny the issuance of licenses, 
certificates of registry, and merchant mariner's documents (seaman's 
papers) to users of dangerous drugs. Similarly, 46 U.S.C. 7704 requires 
the Coast Guard to revoke such papers when a holder of the same has 
been shown to be a drug user unless the holder provides satisfactory 
proof that the holder is cured.
    Respondents: Vessel owners and operators.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 18,876 
hours to 15,753 hours a year.
    2. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Load Lines.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0013.
    Summary: This information collection is required to ensure certain 
vessels are not overloaded--as evidenced by the submerging of their 
assigned load line. In general, vessels over 150 gross tons or 24 
meters (79 feet) in length engaged in commerce on international or 
coastwise voyages by sea, are required to obtain a Load Line 
Certificate. This collection also incorporates the Great Lakes load 
lines rule.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 5101 to 5116 provides the Coast Guard with 
the authority to enforce provisions of the International Load Line 
Convention, 1966. Title 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter E--Load Lines, 
contain the relevant regulations.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 1,681 
hours to 1,699 hours a year.
    3. Title: Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge; and 
Report of Suspicious Maritime Activity.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0096.
    Summary: Any discharge of oil or a hazardous substance must be 
reported to the National Response Center (NRC) so that the pre-
designated on-scene coordinator can be informed and appropriate spill 
mitigation action carried out. The NRC also receives

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suspicious activity reports from the public and disseminates this 
information to appropriate entities.
    Need: Titles 33 CFR 153.203, 40 CFR 263.30 and 264.56; and 49 CFR 
171.15 mandates NRC to be the central place for the public to report 
all pollution spills. Title 33 CFR 101.305 mandates owners/operators of 
vessels or facilities required, have security plans report activities 
that may result in a Transportation Security Incident (TSI) and 
breaches of security to the NRC. Voluntary reports are also accepted.
    Respondents: Persons-in-charge of a vessel or onshore/offshore 
facility; owners or operators of vessels or facilities required to have 
security plans; and the public.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden: The estimated burden has increased from 9,105 hours to 
13,017 hours a year.

    Dated: December 21, 2007.
D.T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
 [FR Doc. E7-25491 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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