[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54025-54026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22026]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 154 and 155

[USCG-2001-8661]
RIN 1625-AA26


Vessel and Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal 
Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology Revisions

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Rule; information collection approval.

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SUMMARY: On August 31, 2009, the Coast Guard amended its requirements 
for oil-spill removal equipment associated with vessel response plans 
and marine transportation-related facility response plans. 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 154.1065 
and 155.1070 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-2001-8661), call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 31, 2009, the Coast Guard 
published a final rule entitled ``Vessel and Facility Response Plans 
for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology 
Revisions'' (74 FR 45004). This final rule amended its requirements for 
oil-spill removal equipment associated with vessel response plans and 
marine transportation-related facility response plans. Those updates 
were based on a review of those requirements conducted by the Coast 
Guard pursuant to its regulations. The changes added requirements for 
new response technologies and revised methods and procedures for 
responding to oil spills upon the navigable waters of the United 
States, adjoining shorelines, and the exclusive economic zone. Those 
revisions triggered information collection requirements under 33 CFR 
154.1065 and 155.1070. 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 oil 
spill responders for each vessel or facility with appropriate equipment 
and resources located in each zone of operation; specific lists of 
equipment that the resource providers will make available in case of an 
incident in each zone; and certification that the responders are 
qualified and have given permission to be included in the plan. Oil 
Spill Removal Organizations (ORSOs) will also need to update contracts 
and their own records to add dispersant capabilities when appropriate. 
The Coast Guard will use this information to determine whether a vessel 
or facility meets the salvage and marine firefighting requirements.
    With the exception of this collection of information, the Vessel 
and Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment 
Requirements and Alternative Technology Revisions final rule became 
effective on September 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

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154.1065 and 155.1070 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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