[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.
[FR Doc. 2019-03651 Filed 2-28-19; 8:45 am]
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