[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 106 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26872-26873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12975]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2009-0412]


Information Collection Request to Office of Management and 
Budget; OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0016, 1625-0023, 1625-0027, and 1625-
0052

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 its approval for the following collections 
of information: (1) 1625-0016, Welding and Hot Work Permits; Posting of 
Warning Signs; (2) 1625-0023, Barge Fleeting Facility Records; (3) 
1625-0027,Vessel Documentation; and (4) 1625-0052, Nondestructive 
Testing of Certain Cargo Tanks on Unmanned Barges. 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 August 3, 2009.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket [USCG-2009-
0412], 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 the 
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 the docket on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Copies of the ICRs are available through the docket on the Internet 
at

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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 these ICRs should be 
granted based on the collections 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 the 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 ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number [USCG-2009-0412], 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 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 and will 
address them accordingly.
    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 for this Notice [USCG-2009-0412] 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 the Privacy 
Act statement regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008 
issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information Collection Request

    1. Title: Welding and Hot Work Permits; Posting of Warning Signs.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0016.
    Summary: This information collection helps to ensure waterfront 
facilities and vessels are in compliance with safety standards. A 
permit must be issued prior to welding or hot work on certain 
waterfront facilities; and, the posting of warning signs is required on 
such facilities.
    Need: The information is needed to ensure safe operations on 
certain waterfront facilities and vessels.
    Forms: CG-4201.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of certain waterfront facilities 
and vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 226 hours 
to 425 hours a year.
    2. Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0023.
    Summary: This collection of information requires the person-in-
charge of a barge fleeting facility to keep records of twice-daily 
inspections of barge moorings, movements of barges, and hazardous cargo 
in and out of the facility.
    Need: Title 33 CFR 165.803 requirements are intended to prevent 
barges from breaking away from a fleeting facility and drifting 
downstream out of control in the congested lower Mississippi River 
waterway system.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Operators of barge fleeting facilities.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 61,919 
hours to 60,390 hours a year.
    3. Title: Vessel Documentation.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0027.
    Summary: The information collected will be used to establish the 
eligibility of a vessel to: (a) Be documented as a ``vessel of the 
United States,'' (b) engage in a particular trade, and/or (c) become 
the object of a preferred ship's mortgage. The information collected 
concerns citizenship of owner/applicant, build, tonnage, and markings 
of a vessel.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. Chapters 121, 123, 125, and 313 requires 
documentation of vessels. A Certificate of Documentation is required 
for operation of a vessel in certain trades, serves as evidence of 
vessel nationality, and permits a vessel to be subject to preferred 
mortgages.
    Forms: CG-1258, CG-1261, CG-1270, CG-1280, CG-1340, CG-1356, CG-
4593, CG-5397, and CG-5542.
    Respondents: Owners/builders of yachts and commercial vessels of at 
least five-net tons.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 50,531 
hours to 54,466 hours a year.
    4. Title: Nondestructive Testing of Certain Cargo Tanks on Unmanned 
Barges.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0052.
    Summary: The Coast Guard uses results of nondestructive testing to 
evaluate the suitability of older pressure-vessel-type cargo tanks of 
unmanned barges to remain in service. Such a tank, on an unmanned 
barge, 30 years and older is subjected to nondestructive testing once 
every 10 years.
    Need: Under Title 46 U.S.C. 3703, the Coast Guard is responsible 
for ensuring safe shipment of liquid dangerous cargoes and has 
promulgated regulations for certain barges to ensure meeting of safety 
standards.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Owners of tank barges.
    Frequency: Every 10 years.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 104 hours 
to 130 hours a year.

    Dated: May 28, 2009.
M.B. Lytle,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-12975 Filed 6-3-09; 8:45 am]
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