[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22932]



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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; clarification.

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SUMMARY: On September 3, 2010, the Coast Guard announced the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection 
associated with the vessel response plan salvage and marine 
firefighting requirements for tank vessels carrying oil. That 
announcement indicated that the collection of information requirements 
would be enforced beginning September 3, 2010. This document clarifies 
that although OMB has approved the information collection, the 
compliance date for updates to vessel response plans required by the 
Salvage and Marine Firefighting final rule remains February 22, 2011.

DATES: The collection of information approved under OMB Control Number 
1625-0066 became enforceable beginning September 3, 2010. The 
compliance date for updates to vessel response plans required by the 
Salvage and Marine Firefighting final rule remains February 22, 2011.

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). The final 
rule amended the vessel response plan salvage and marine firefighting 
requirements for tank vessels carrying oil. The final rule included 
information collection requirements affecting OMB Control Number 1625-
0066 that could not be enforced without approval by OMB. In the final 
rule the Coast Guard stated that it would publish notice in the Federal 
Register announcing OMB's decision to approve, modify, or disapprove 
the collection.
    On August 31, 2009, the Coast Guard published another final rule 
concerning vessel response plans, ``Vessel and Facility Response Plans 
for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology 
Revisions'' (74 FR 45004). One of the effects of this rule was to defer 
the compliance date for the salvage and marine firefighting 
requirements from June 1, 2010, to February 22, 2011.
    The information collection associated with OMB Control Number 1625-
0066 affects a variety of vessel response plans, not just salvage and 
marine firefighting requirements. On August 20, 2010, OMB approved the 
Coast Guard's requested revisions to OMB Control Number 1625-0066, and 
on September 3, 2010, the Coast Guard published a notice announcing 
this approval (75 FR 54026). OMB approval of this information 
collection does not alter the existing compliance date for vessel 
response plan salvage and marine firefighting requirements for tank 
vessels carrying oil.

    Dated: September 9, 2010.
Kathryn Sinniger,
Acting Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law.
[FR Doc. 2010-22932 Filed 9-14-10; 8:45 am]
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