[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28093-28094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10896]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-1097]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0027

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the 
U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), 
abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval of a 
revision to the following collection of information: 1625-0027, Vessel 
Documentation. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect 
from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose 
paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before June 
8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2015-1097] to the Coast Guard using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, you 
may submit comments to OIRA using one of the following means:
    (1) Email: [email protected].
    (2) Mail: OIRA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 
attention Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (3) Fax: 202-395-6566. To ensure your comments are received in a 
timely manner, mark the fax, attention Desk Officer for the Coast 
Guard.
    A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from: 
COMMANDANT (CG-612), ATTN: PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT MANAGER, U.S. COAST 
GUARD, 2703 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVE. SE., STOP 7710, WASHINGTON, DC 
20593-7710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of 
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-372-8405, 
for questions on these documents.

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 Collection. There is one 
ICR for each Collection. The Coast Guard invites comments on whether 
this ICR should be granted based on the Collection being necessary for 
the proper performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the 
Coast Guard would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical 
utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of 
the Collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of information subject to the Collection; and (4) ways to minimize the 
burden of the Collection on respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of

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information technology. These comments will help OIRA determine whether 
to approve the ICR referred to in this Notice.
    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments 
and related materials. Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the 
OMB Control Number of the ICR. They must also contain the docket number 
of this request, [USCG-2015-1097], and must be received by June 8, 
2016.

Submitting Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be 
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate 
instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice, and all public 
comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and 
can be viewed by following that Web site's instructions. Additionally, 
if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will 
be notified when comments are posted.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the 
docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal 
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal 
Register (70 FR 15086).
    OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain after the comment period for each ICR. An OMB Notice 
of Action on each ICR will become available via a hyperlink in the OMB 
Control Number: 1625-0027.

Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (81 FR 3152, January 20, 2016) 
required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no comments. 
Accordingly, no changes have been made to the Collections.

Information Collection Request

    Title: Vessel Documentation.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0027.
    Summary: The information collected will be used to establish the 
eligibility of a vessel to: (a) Be documented as a ``vessel of the 
United States'', (b) engage in a particular trade, and/or (c) become 
the object of a preferred ship's mortgage. The information collected 
concerns citizenship of owner/applicant and build, tonnage and markings 
of a vessel.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. Chapters 121, 123, 125 and 313 requires the 
documentation of vessels. A Certificate of Documentation (COD) is 
required for the operation of a vessel in certain trades, serves as 
evidence of vessel nationality and permits a vessel to be subject to 
preferred mortgages.
    Forms: CG-1258, Application for Initial, Exchange, or Replacement 
of Certificate of Documentation/Redocumentation; CG-1258, Section A--
Additional Vessels; CG-1258, Section H--Additional Owners; CG-1258, 
Section L--Attachment to Limited Liability Company; CG-1258, Section 
L--Attachment to Partnership; CG-1258, Section L--Attachment to Joint 
Venture or Association; CG-1258, Section L--Attachment to Trust 
Arrangement; CG-1261, Builder's Certification and First Transfer of 
Title; CG-1270, Certificate of Documentation; CG-1280, Vessel Renewal 
Notification Application for Renewal; CG-1340, Bill of Sale; CG-1356, 
Bill of Sale by Government Entity Pursuant to Court Order or 
Administrative Degree of Forfeiture; CG-4593, Application, Consent, and 
Approval for Withdrawal of Application for Documentation or Exchange of 
Certificate of Documentation; CG-5542, Optional Application for Filing; 
CG-7042, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions; and CG-7043, 
Abstract of Title/Certified COD Request.
    Respondents: Owners/builders of yachts and commercial vessels of at 
least 5 net tons.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 
67,882 hours to 77,619 hours a year due to an increase in the estimated 
annual number of responses. With one exception, there is no proposed 
change to the reporting or recordkeeping requirements of this 
collection. This ICR is revised to account for the recordkeeping burden 
of form CG-1270 (Certificate of Documentation (COD)). A COD is issued 
by the Coast Guard to a vessel owner. We estimate the recordkeeping 
burden of 3 minutes per response. CODs were issued in the past, but not 
accounted for under Information Collection 1625-0027. The reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, and the methodology for calculating burden, 
remain unchanged.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: April 29, 2016.
Thomas P. Michelli,
U.S. Coast Guard, Deputy Chief Information Officer.
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