[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8119]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

46 CFR Parts 115, 170, 176, and 178

[USCG-2007-0030]
RIN 1625-AB20


Passenger Weight and Inspected Vessel Stability Requirements

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Rule; information collection approval.

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SUMMARY: On December 14, 2010, the Coast Guard amended its regulations 
governing the maximum weight and number of passengers that may safely 
be permitted on board a vessel and other stability regulations, 
including increasing the Assumed Average Weight per Person (AAWPP) to 
185 lb. The amendment triggered new information collection requirements 
affecting documentation needed from certain inspected vessels as part 
of the Coast Guard commercial vessel safety program. This document 
announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved 
changes to the collections of information with control numbers 1625-
0057 and 1625-0064, which will now be enforced.

DATES: Changes to the collection of information requirements with OMB 
control numbers 1625-0057 and 1625-0064 will be enforced under 46 CFR 
parts 115, 170, 176, and 178 beginning April 7, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this 
document, contact Mr. William Peters at 202-372-1371 or 
[email protected]. If you have questions about viewing the 
docket (USCG-2007-0030), call Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 
Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With the exception of revised collection of 
information provisions, the Passenger Weight and Inspected Vessel 
Stability Requirements rule became effective on March 14, 2011. Under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), an agency 
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information until the 
collection is approved by OMB. Accordingly, the preamble to the final 
rule stated that the Coast Guard would not enforce the new collection 
of information requirements in 46 CFR parts 115, 170, 176, and 178 
until the collection of information requests were approved by OMB, and 
also stated that the Coast Guard would publish a notice in the Federal 
Register announcing the effective date of those requirements after OMB 
approved the collections.
    The Coast Guard submitted the information collection requests to 
OMB for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. OMB approved the collections of information on March 4, 2011, for 
1625-0064, and on March 14, 2011, for 1625-0057. The approval for these 
collections of information expires on March 31, 2014. Copies of the OMB 
notices of action are available in our online docket (USCG-2007-0030) 
at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: March 30, 2011.
F.J. Sturm,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast 
Guard.
[FR Doc. 2011-8119 Filed 4-6-11; 8:45 am]
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