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[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2007-29053]

 
Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Number: 1625-0024, 1625-0036, 1625-0061, and 
1625-0100

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting an 
extension of their approval for the following collections of 
information: (1) 1625-0024, Safety Approval of Cargo Containers; (2) 
1625-0036, Plan Approval and Records for U.S. and Foreign Tank Vessels 
Carrying Oil in Bulk; (3) 1625-0061, Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel 
Safety Regulations; and (4) 1625-0100, Advance Notice of Vessel 
Arrival. Before submitting these ICRs to OMB, the Coast Guard is 
inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before December 4, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material do not enter 
the docket [USCG-2007-29053] more than once, please submit them by only 
one of the following means:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.

    (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Hand delivery: Room W12-140 on the Ground Floor of the West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The 
telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    (4) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
notice. Comments and material received from the public, as well as 
documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, 
will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or 
copying at room W12-140 on the West Building Ground Floor, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket 
on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Copies of the completed ICRs are available through this docket on 
the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are 

available from Commandant (CG-611), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
(Attn: Mr. Arthur Requina), 2100 2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-
0001. The telephone number is 202-475-3523.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Arthur Requina, Office of 
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3523, or fax 202-475-3929, 
for questions on these documents. Contact Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, 202-366-9826, for questions on the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments 
and related materials. We will post all comments received, without 
change, to http://www.regulations.gov. They will include any personal 

information you provide. We have an agreement with DOT to use the 
Docket Management Facility. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy 
Act Policy'' below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number [USCG-2007-29053], indicate the specific section of the 
document to which each comment applies, providing a reason for each 
comment. We recommend that you include your name, mailing address, and 
an e-mail address or other contact information in the body of your 
document to ensure that you can be identified as the submitter. This 
also allows us to contact you in the event further information is 
needed or if there are questions. For example, if we cannot read your 
submission due to technical difficulties and you cannot be contacted, 
your submission may not be considered. You may submit your comments and 
material by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket 
Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit 
them by only one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit 
them in an unbound format, no larger than 8-\1/2\ by 11 inches, 
suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail 
and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a 
stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all 
comments and material received during the comment period. We may change 
the documents supporting this collection of information or even the 
underlying requirements in view of them.
    Viewing comments and documents: Go to http://www.regulations.gov to 

view comments and documents mentioned in this notice as being available 
in the docket. Conduct a simple search using the docket number. You may 
also visit the Docket Management Facility in room W12-140 on the West 
Building Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments 
received in dockets by the name of the individual submitting the 
comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the Privacy 
Act Statement of DOT in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.


Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Safety Approval of Cargo Containers.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0024.
    Summary: This information collection requires owners/manufacturers 
of cargo containers to submit information and keep records associated 
with their approval/inspection. This information is required to ensure 
compliance with the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC); 
29 U.S.T. 3707; T.I.A.S. 9037.
    Need: This collection of information addresses the reporting/
recordkeeping requirements for containers in 49 CFR parts 450 through 
453. These rules are necessary since the U.S. is signatory to the CSC, 
which requires all containers to be safety approved prior to being used 
in trade. These rules prescribe only the minimum requirements of the 
CSC.
    Respondents: Owners and manufacturers of containers and 
organizations the Coast Guard delegates to act as an approval 
authority.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 73,272 
hours to 105,920 hours a year.
    2. Title: Plan Approval and Records for U.S. and Foreign Tank 
Vessels Carrying Oil in Bulk.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0036.
    Summary: This information collection aids the Coast Guard in 
determining if a vessel complies with certain safety and environmental 
protection standards. Plans, to include records, for construction or 
modification of U.S. or foreign vessels submitted and

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maintained on board are required for compliance with these standards.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 3703 provides the Coast Guard with the 
authority to regulate design, construction, alteration, repair, 
maintenance, operation, equipping, personnel qualification, and manning 
of vessels carrying oil in bulk. See 33 CFR part 157, Rules for the 
Protection of the Marine Environment Relating to Tank Vessels Carrying 
Oil in Bulk, and 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter D, Tank Vessels.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 582 hours 
to 1,253 hours a year.
    3. Title: Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0061.
    Summary: This information collection is intended to improve safety 
on board vessels in the commercial fishing industry. Requirements apply 
to those vessels and to seamen on them.
    Need: Under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 6104, the Coast Guard has 
promulgated regulations in 46 CFR part 28 to improve the overall safety 
of commercial fishing industry vessels. The rules allowing the 
collection provide a means of verifying compliance and enhancing safe 
operation of fishing vessels.
    Respondents: Owners, agents, individuals-in-charge of commercial 
fishing vessels, and insurance underwriters.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 7,720 
hours to 5,917 hours a year.
    4. Title: Advance Notice of Vessel Arrival.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0100.
    Summary: The Ports and Waterways Safety Act authorizes the Coast 
Guard to require pre-arrival messages from any vessel entering a port 
or place in the United States.
    Need: This information is required under 33 CFR part 160 subpart C 
to control vessel traffic, develop contingency plans, and enforce 
regulations.
    Respondents: Vessel owners and operators.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 175,525 
hours to 199,889 hours a year.

    Dated: September 27, 2007.
D. T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E7-19674 Filed 10-4-07; 8:45 am]

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