[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22509-22510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10244]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0135]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0068

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 an extension 
of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0068, 
State Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for removal costs 
under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990; without change. 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 
14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2018-0135] 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.

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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. 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 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-2018-0135], and must be received by June 14, 
2018.

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 website'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: 1625-0068.

Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (83 FR 9012, March 2, 2018) 
required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no comments. 
Accordingly, no changes have been made to the Collection.

Information Collection Request

    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, 
for 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.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated annual burden remains 3 hours a 
year.

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

    Dated: May 8, 2018.
James D. Roppel,
Acting Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-10244 Filed 5-14-18; 8:45 am]
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