[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51283-51284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23971]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0109; Control Number: 1625-0030]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget; OMB

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 for 
reinstatement, without change, of the following collection of 
information: 1625-0030, Oil and Hazardous Materials Transfer 
Procedures. 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 
December 4, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2017-0109] 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.
    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: 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. 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 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-2017-0109], and must be received by December 4, 
2017.

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).

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    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: 1625-0030.

Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard published the 60-day Notice (82 FR 35980, August 2, 2017) 
required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2).
    We received three comments from two commenters to the 60-day 
Notice. The first comment was about the language used in our Notice. 
The commenter stated that the 33 CFR 155.720 transfer procedure 
requirements apply to a vessel with a capacity of 250 barrels or more 
of oil or hazardous materials, rather than our Notice language of a 
vessel with a cargo capacity of 250 barrels or more of oil or hazardous 
materials (emphasis added). We agree and have revised the language in 
our 30-day Notice to correct the error. While the language we used in 
the 60-day Notice was inaccurate, our burden calculation did include 
vessels with a capacity of 250 barrels or more of oil or hazardous 
materials.
    The second and third comments were about the lightering 
requirements in 33 CFR 156.210(b). While these comments relate to ICR 
1625-0042 ``Requirements for Lightering of Oil and Hazardous Material 
Cargoes'' and not the subject of this ICR Notice, we have responded to 
the comments below. The second comment stated that the Coast Guard 
should update the Headquarters point of contact (POC) in the 
regulations for submitting hazardous material lightering operation 
requests. We agree that the POC is unclear; submissions should be made 
to Commandant (CG-ENG) vice Commandant (CG-5). We will revise this item 
in an upcoming technical amendment rulemaking. The third comment 
requested that the Coast Guard update the regulation that they consider 
outdated. We will consider updating this requirement in a future 
rulemaking. The comments result in no changes to the Collection.

Information Collection Request

    Title: Oil and Hazardous Materials Transfer Procedures.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0030.
    Summary: Vessels with a capacity of 250 barrels or more of oil or 
hazardous materials must develop and maintain transfer procedures. 
Transfer procedures provide basic safety information for operating 
transfer systems with the goal of pollution prevention.
    Need: Title 33 U.S.C. 1231 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe 
regulations related to the prevention of pollution. Title 33 CFR 155 
prescribes pollution prevention regulations including those related to 
transfer procedures.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Operators of certain vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 160 
hours to 149 hours a year due to a decrease in the estimated annual 
number of responses.

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

    Dated: October 31, 2017.
James D. Roppel,
U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-23971 Filed 11-2-17; 8:45 am]
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