
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45012-45013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16416]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Parts 97 and 160

46 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. USCG-2000-7080]
RIN 1625-AA25 [Formerly RIN 2115-AF97]


Cargo Securing Manuals

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Interim rule; information collection approval.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that it has received approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget for an information collection 
request associated with the Cargo Securing Manuals interim rule we 
published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2016. In that rule, we 
stated the interim rule will impose new information collection 
requirements and that we would submit these new information collection 
requirements to OMB for its review and publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing the results of OMB's review. OMB approved 
this new collection of information, entitled Cargo Securing Manuals, on 
June 23, 2016, and assigned it OMB control number 1625-0122.

DATES: On June 23, 2016, OMB approved the Coast Guard's collection of 
information request associated with the Cargo Securing Manuals interim 
rule published May 9, 2016 at 81 FR 27992. OMB's approval for this 
collection of information expires on June 30, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, 
call or email Mr. Ken Smith, Environmental Standards Division (CG-OES-
2), U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 202-372-1413, email 
Ken.A.Smith@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Viewing Items Associated With This Document

    To view OMB's approval memo or the Cargo Securing Manuals interim 
rule, go to www.regulations.gov, type the docket number, USCG-2000-
7080, in the

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``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Open Docket Folder'' in 
the first item listed. Use the following link to go directly to the 
docket: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2000-7080.

Background

    On May 9, 2016, the Coast Guard published an interim rule (81 FR 
27992) that implemented cargo securing manual requirements. Part 97, 
subpart A, and Sec.  160.215 of 33 CFR and 46 CFR 97.12-10 in that rule 
contain collection-of-information provisions that require approval by 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. On June 23, 2016, the OMB approved 
the Coast Guard's collection of information request for this interim 
rule and assigned OMB Control Number 1625-0122 to the new collection 
entitled, Cargo Securing Manuals. The approval for this collection of 
information expires on June 30, 2019.
    This document is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    Dated: July 6, 2016.
F.J. Sturm,
Acting Director, Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2016-16416 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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