

[Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)]
[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 Numbers: 1625-0024, 1625-0036, 1625-0061, and 
1625-0100

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
request for comments announces that the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding 
four Information Collection Requests (ICRs), abstracted below, to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of 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. Our 
ICRs describe 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: Please submit comments on or before February 25, 2008.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material do not enter 
the Coast Guard docket [USCG-2007-29053] or OIRA more than once, please 
submit them by only one of the following means:
    (1) Electronic submission. (a) To Coast Guard docket at http://www.regulations.gov.
 (b) To OIRA by e-mail to: nlesser@omb.eop.gov.

    (2) Mail or Hand delivery. (a) To 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. 
Hand deliver between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329. 
(b) To OIRA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, to the 
attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (3) Fax. (a) To Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251 (b) To: 
OIRA at 202-395-6566. To ensure your comments are received in time, 
mark the fax to the attention of Mr. Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer for 
the Coast Guard.
    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 complete 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: The Coast Guard invites comments on whether 
these information collection requests

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should be granted based on it being necessary in the proper performance 
of Departmental functions. In particular, the Coast Guard would 
appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical utility of the 
collections; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the 
collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
information subject to the collections; and (4) ways to minimize the 
burden of collections on respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments to the Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB Control 
Number of the ICRs addressed. Comments to the Coast Guard must contain 
the docket number [USCG 2007-29053]. For your comments to OIRA to be 
considered, it is best if OIRA receives them on or before the February 
25, 2008.
    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 their 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 you include your name, mailing address, an e-mail 
address, or other contact information in the body of your document so 
that we can contact you if we have questions regarding your submission. 
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.
    The Coast Guard and OIRA 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 documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the 
docket. Click on ``Search for Dockets,'' and enter the docket number 
(USCG-2007-29053) in the Docket ID box, and click enter. 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.


Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard has published the 60-day notice (72 FR 57053, October 5, 
2007) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That notice elicited no 
comments.
    Information Collection Request
    1. Title: Safety Approval of Cargo Containers.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0024.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and manufacturers of containers and 
organizations the Coast Guard delegates to act as an approval 
authority.
    Abstract: 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 
International Convention for Safe Containers (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.
    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.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Abstract: Section 3703 of 46 U.S.C. 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.
    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.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners, agents, individuals-in-charge of 
commercial fishing vessels, and insurance underwriters.
    Abstract: 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.
    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.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Vessel owners and operators.
    Abstract: This information is required under 33 CFR part 160 
subpart C to control vessel traffic, develop contingency plans, and 
enforce regulations.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 175,525 
hours to 199,889 hours a year.

    Dated: January 14, 2008.
D.T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-1132 Filed 1-23-08; 8:45 am]

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