[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22022]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 155

[USCG-1998-3417]
RIN 1625-AA19


Salvage and Marine Firefighting Requirements; Vessel Response 
Plans for Oil

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Rule; information collection approval.

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SUMMARY: On December 31, 2008, the Coast Guard amended the vessel 
response plan salvage and marine firefighting requirements for tank 
vessels carrying oil. The amendment triggered information collection 
requirements affecting vessel response planholders required to 
establish evidence that they have properly planned to mitigate oil 
outflow and to provide that information to the Coast Guard for its use 
in emergency response. This notice announces that the collection of 
information has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) and may now be enforced. The OMB Control Number is 1625-0066.

DATES: The collection of information requirements under 33 CFR 155, 
subpart I will be enforced beginning September 3, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, contact Lieutenant Commander Ryan Allain at 202-372-1226 or 
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing the docket 
(USCG-1998-3417), call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 31, 2008, the Coast Guard 
published a final rule entitled ``Salvage and Marine Firefighting 
Requirements; Vessel Response Plans for Oil'' (73 FR 80618). This final 
rule amended the vessel response plan salvage and marine firefighting 
requirements for tank vessels carrying oil. Those revisions clarified 
the salvage and marine firefighting services that must be identified in 
vessel response plans and set new response time requirements for each 
of the required salvage and marine firefighting services. The changes 
ensured that the appropriate salvage and marine firefighting resources 
were identified and available for responding to incidents up to and 
including the worst-case discharge scenario. Those revisions triggered 
information collection requirements under 33 CFR 155, subpart I (see 
155.4020). This provision requires that planholders show evidence that 
they have properly planned to mitigate oil outflow and to provide that 
information to the Coast Guard for its use in emergency response. This 
evidence includes name and contact information for resource providers 
for each vessel with appropriate equipment and resources located in 
each zone of operation, marine firefighting pre-fire plans, and 
certification that the responders are qualified and have given 
permission to be included in the vessel response plan. The Coast Guard 
will use this information to determine whether a vessel meets the 
salvage and marine firefighting requirements.
    With the exception of this collection of information, the Salvage 
and Marine Firefighting Requirements; Vessel Response Plans for Oil 
final rule became effective on January 30, 2009. As required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the preamble to 
the final rule stated that the Coast Guard would not enforce the 
collection of information requirements occurring under 33 CFR 155, 
subpart I until the collection of information request was approved by 
OMB, and also stated that the Coast Guard would publish a notice in the 
Federal Register announcing that OMB approved and assigned a control 
number for the requirement.
    The Coast Guard submitted the information collection request to OMB 
for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. On 
August 20, 2010, OMB approved the collection of information and 
assigned the collection OMB Control Number 1625-0066 entitled ``Vessel 
and Facility Response Plans (Domestic and Int'l), and Additional 
Response Requirements for Prince William Sound, Alaska.'' The approval 
for this collection of information expires on August 31, 2013. A copy 
of the OMB notice of action is available in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: August 30, 2010.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
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