[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7096-7097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03651]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2018-0881]
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management
and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0003
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: 1625-0003,
Boating Accident Report; 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 April
1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number [USCG-2018-0881] to the Coast Guard using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://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 https://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. 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
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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. Consistent with the requirements of Executive
Order 13771, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs, and
Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda, the
Coast Guard is also requesting comments on the extent to which this
request for information could be modified to reduce the burden on
respondents. 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-2018-0881], and must be received by April 1,
2019.
Submitting Comments
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be
submitted using https://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 https://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 https://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 https://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: 1625-0003.
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 58588, November 20,
2018) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That notice elicited one
comment from the National Association of State Boating Law
Administrators (NASBLA). NASBLA suggested that there are changes to the
information collection request because the associated BAR form was
updated with standardized terminology and numbering implemented by the
2012 rulemaking titled ``Changes to Standard Numbering System, Vessel
Identification System, and Boating Accident Report Database'' (77 FR
18689). The standardized language should improve the utility of the
form, but does not change the estimated need, frequency or burden on
the public for purposes of this request to OMB. The NASBLA also
mentioned that a project workgroup is developing recommendations for
the maritime reporting structure and systems, but the recommendations
would not be ready by the end of the 60 day comment period on that
notice. We welcome the recommendations in this notice's 30 comment
period as well as in future renewals of this ICR. Without any
substantive recommendations, no changes have been made to the
Collections.
Information Collection Request
Title: Boating Accident Report.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0003.
Summary: The Coast Guard Boating Accident Report form (CG-3865, OMB
Control Number 1625-0003) is the data collection instrument that
ensures compliance with the implementing regulations and Title 46
U.S.C. 6102(b) that require the Secretary to collect, analyze and
publish reports, information, and statistics on marine casualties.
Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 6102(a) requires a uniform marine casualty
reporting system, with regulations prescribing casualties to be
reported and the manner of reporting. The statute requires a State to
compile and submit to the Secretary (delegated to the U.S. Coast Guard)
reports, information, and statistics on casualties reported to the
State. Implementing regulations are contained in Title 33 CFRs
Subchapter S--Boating Safety, Part 173--Vessel Numbering and Casualty
and Accident Reporting, Subpart C--Casualty and Accident Reporting and
Part 174--State Numbering and Casualty Reporting Systems, Subpart C--
Casualty Reporting System Requirements, and Subpart D--State reports.
States are required to forward copies of the reports or
electronically transmit accident report data to the Coast Guard within
30 days of their receipt of the report as prescribed by 33 CFR 174.121
(forwarding of casualty or accident reports). The accident report data
and statistical information obtained from the reports submitted by the
State reporting authorities are used by the Coast Guard in the
compilation of national recreational boating accident statistics.
Forms: CG-3865, Recreational Boating Accident Report.
Respondents: Federal regulations (33 CFR 173.55) require the
operator of any uninspected vessel that is numbered or used for
recreational purposes to submit an accident report to the State
authority when:
(1) A person dies; or
(2) A person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first
aid; or
(3) Damage to the vessel and other property totals $2,000 or more,
or there is a complete loss of the vessel; or
(4) A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that
indicate death or injury.
Frequency: On occasion.
Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated annual burden remains 2,500
hours a year.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: February 21, 2019.
James D. Roppel,
U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Information Management.
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