[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54914-54915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22294]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0498]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0071

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, with changes, of the following collection of 
information: 1625-0071, Recreational Boat Safety Defect Report, 
previously titled Boat Owner's Report, Possible Safety Defect Report. 
Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. 
This request provides a second 30-day comment period addressing the 
changes we made in response to public comments that we received on the 
last notice requesting comments. 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 
November 12, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2018-0498] 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.
    (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 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 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-2018-0498], and must be received by November 12, 
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 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: 1625-0071.

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Previous Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard published a 60-day notice (84 FR 5459, February 21, 
2019) and a 30-day notice (84 FR 19097, May 3, 2019) requesting 
comments, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). The 30-day notice 
elicited two comments which can be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov in the docket USCG-2018-0498. This request provides 
a second 30-day comment period to address the public comments that we 
received and to solicit comments on the changes we made to the 
information collection request in response to the comments.
    The first commenter noted that there is a workgroup developing 
recommendations for improving recreational boating incident reporting 
and opening communication between the Coast Guard and all levels of 
enforcement. The commenter noted that the current form requires the 
owner of the vessel to fill out the form and submit it to the Coast 
Guard, but there is no efficient way for the states to require 
recreational boat owners who are unwilling or unable to submit the 
safety defect report to the Coast Guard.
    The Coast Guard supports allowing additional entities to report 
safety defects, and proposes to change the name of the report from 
``Consumer Safety Defect Report'' to ``Recreational Boat Safety Defect 
Report''. The respondants for this new form will expand from receiving 
information from consumers (boat owners) to receiving information from 
any source, including boat owners, law enforcement, marine 
investigators, boat manufacturers, and the public. We will change the 
``who is reporting'' section of the form to include places for names, 
addresses, and contact info for a company or agency and add check boxes 
for these additional sources to identify themselves as on the report, 
such as owner, manufacturer, law enforcement officer, investigator, and 
other. We will also collect vessel type, hull material, propulsion 
type, engine drive type and fuel using the 33 CFR 173/174 terms for 
those categories.
    The second commenter said that the reporting form should not have 
negative financial impacts on small business, service providers, or 
individuals and that someone should compensate these entities for their 
research. The commenter also noted that associated equipment can be 
dangerous to owners and operators. We agree that defective equipment is 
dangerous to vessel owners and operators. The purpose of submitting a 
safety defect report to the Coast Guard is so that the Coast Guard can 
look into the accuracy of the report and advise manufacturers in 
repairing defects in their equipment before they become catastrophic 
defects. The Safety Defect Report is not intended to cause negative 
financial impact on those entities. Safety defect reporting advances 
our maritime safety missions by asking vessel operators, and other 
entities, to report any suspected safety defects to the Coast Guard. 
The commenter did not give any suggestions on how to improve the 
collection of information or the form. No changes to this collection 
have been made at this time as a result of the second comment

Information Collection Request

    Title: Recreational Boat Safety Defect Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0071.
    Summary: The collection of information provides a means for boat 
owners, law enforcement officers, marine investigators, boat 
manufacturers and members of the public who believe a recreational boat 
or piece of associated equipment contains a substantial risk defect or 
fails to comply with Federal safety standards to report the 
deficiencies to the Coast Guard for investigation and possible remedy.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 4310 gives the Coast Guard the authority to 
require manufacturers of recreational boats and certain items of 
associated equipment to notify owners and remedy: (1) Defects that 
create a substantial risk of personal injury to the public; and (2) 
failures to comply with applicable Federal safety standards.
    Forms: CG-5578, Recreational Boat Safety Defect Report.
    Respondents: Recreational boat owners, law enforcement officers, 
marine investigators, boat manufacturers and members of the public who 
use, build, enforce safety standards or investigate accidents of 
recreational boats and designated associated equipment.
    Frequency: One time.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 18 
hours to 12 hours a year due to a decrease in the estimated annual 
number of respondents.

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

    Dated: October 8, 2019.
James D. Roppel,
Chief, Office of Information Management, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2019-22294 Filed 10-10-19; 8:45 am]
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