[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58529-58531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24171]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2011-0869]


Information Collection Requests to Office of Management and 
Budget

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) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval of 
revisions to the following collections of information: 1625-0067, 
Claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990; and 1625-0068, State Access 
to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for Removal costs under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990. Our ICRs describe the information we seek to 
collect from the public. Before submitting these ICRs to OIRA, the 
Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before November 21, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2011-0869] to the Docket Management Facility (DMF) at the 
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). To avoid duplicate 
submissions, please use only one of the following means:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Mail: DMF (M-30), DOT, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Hand delivery: 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. To ensure your comments are received in a 
timely manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk Officer for the Coast 
Guard.

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    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 http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from: 
COMMANDANT (CG-611), ATTN PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT MANAGER, US COAST 
GUARD, 2100 2ND ST SW STOP 7101, WASHINGTON DC 20593-7101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Ms. Kenlinishia Tyler, Office of 
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3652, 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

    This Notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to 
OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard 
collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information 
describing the Collection's purpose, the Collection's likely burden on 
the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection, 
and other important information describing the Collections. There is 
one ICR for each Collection.
    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. In response to your comments, we may revise these ICRs or 
decide not to seek approval for the Collections. We will consider all 
comments and material received during the comment period.
    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments 
and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of 
the ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG-2011-0869], and 
must be received by November 21, 2011. 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-
2011-0869], indicate the specific section of the document to which each 
comment applies, providing a reason for each comment. You may submit 
your comments and material online (via http://www.regulations.gov), by 
fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. If 
you submit a comment online via http://www.regulations.gov, it will be 
considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit 
the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be 
considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is 
received at the DMF. 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. To submit your comment online, go 
to http://www.regulations.gov, and type ``USCG-2011-0869'' in the 
``Keyword'' box. If you submit your comments by mail or hand 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 comments 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: To view comments, as well as 
documents mentioned in this Notice as being available in the docket, go 
to http://www.regulations.gov, click on the ``read comments'' box, 
which will then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box 
insert ``USCG-2011-0869'' and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket 
Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. You may also visit the DMF in Room 
W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of 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 a Privacy Act statement 
regarding Coast Guard public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of 
the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0067.
    Summary: This information collection provides the means to develop 
and submit a claim to the National Pollution Funds Center to seek 
compensation for removal costs and damages incurred resulting from an 
oil discharge or substantial threat of discharge. This collection also 
provides the requirements for a responsible party to advertise where 
claims may be sent after an incident occurs.
    Need: This information collection is required by 33 CFR part 136, 
for implementing 33 U.S.C. 2713(e) and 33 U.S.C. 2714(b).
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Individuals, Businesses, Federal government, state 
government, local government, Indian tribes, responsible parties, 
guarantors.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 14,800 to 
8,267 hours a year.
    2. Title: State Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for 
Removal costs under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0068.
    Summary: This information collection is the mechanism for a 
Governor, or their designated representative, of a state to make a 
request for payment from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF) in 
an amount not to exceed $250,000 for removal cost consistent with the 
National Contingency Plan required for the immediate removal of a 
discharge, or the mitigation or prevention of a substantial threat of 
discharge, of oil.
    Need: This information collection is required by, 33 CFR part 133, 
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implementing 33 U.S.C. 2712(d)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 
90). The information provided by the State to the NPFC is used to 
determine whether expenditures submitted by the state to the OSLTF are 
compensable, and, where compensable, to ensure the correct amount of 
reimbursement is made by the OSLTF to the state. If the information is 
not collected, the Coast Guard and the National Pollution Funds Center 
will be unable to justify the resulting expenditures, and thus be 
unable to recover costs from the parties responsible for the spill when 
they can be identified.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Governor of a state or their designated 
representative.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden will remain at 3 hours per 
year.

    Dated: September 14, 2011.
R. E. Day,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-24171 Filed 9-20-11; 8:45 am]
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