[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60708-60709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24329]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2008-1009]


Information Collection Request to Office of Management and 
Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0035

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 an Information Collection Request 
(ICR) and Analysis to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
requesting an extension of their approval for the following collection 
of information: 1625-0035, Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, 
Electrical, and Engineering Equipment, Construction and Materials & 
Marine Sanitation Devices (33 CFR part 159). 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 December 15, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket [USCG-2008-
1009], please use only one of the following means:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (DMF) (M-30), U.S. Department 
of Transportation (DOT), West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Hand deliver: Same as mail address above, 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 DMF 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.
    A copy of the completed ICR is 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

    The Coast Guard invites comments on whether this information 
collection request should be granted based on it being necessary for 
the proper performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the 
Coast Guard would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical 
utility of the collections; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of 
the collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of information subject to the collections; and (4) ways to minimize the 
burden of collections on respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    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 
DMF. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy Act Policy'' below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number [USCG-2008-1009], 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 other contact information in the body of your document so 
that we can contact you if we have questions regarding your

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submission. You may submit your comments and material by electronic 
means, mail, fax, or delivery to the DMF 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. Enter the docket number [USCG-2008-1009] in the Search box, and 
click, ``Go>>.'' You may also visit the DMF 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 a Privacy Act 
Notice regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008 issue of 
the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information Collection Request

    Title: Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, Electrical, and 
Engineering Equipment, Construction and Materials & Marine Sanitation 
Devices (33 CFR part 159).
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0035.
    Summary: This information is used by the Coast Guard to ensure 
regulations governing specific types of safety equipment, material, and 
Marine Sanitation Devices (MSDs) installed on commercial vessels and 
pleasure craft are met. Manufacturers are required to submit drawings, 
specifications, and laboratory test reports to the Coast Guard before 
any approval is given.
    Need: Sections 2103, 3306, 3703, and 4302 of 46 U.S.C. authorize 
the Coast Guard to establish safety equipment and material regulations. 
These regulations are contained in 46 CFR parts 159 to 164. Section 
1322 of 33 U.S.C. authorizes the Coast Guard to establish MSD 
regulations that are contained in 33 CFR part 159. This information 
will be used to determine whether manufacturers are in compliance with 
Coast Guard regulations. When the Coast Guard approves any safety 
equipment, material, or MSD for use on a commercial vessel or pleasure 
craft, the manufacturer is issued a Certificate of Approval.
    Forms: CGHQ-10030, USCG Certificate of Approval.
    Respondents: Manufacturers of safety equipment, materials, and 
marine sanitation devices.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 20,529 
hours to 103,121 per year.

    Dated: October 7, 2008.
D.T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
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