
[Federal Register: January 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 3)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2008-0929; Control Number: 1625-0040]

 
Information Collection Request to Office of Management and 
Budget; OMB

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Reopening comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 23, 2008, the U.S. Coast Guard published a notice 
in the Federal Register requesting comments on our intent to submit an 
Information Collection Request (ICR) and Analysis to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) requesting a revision of its approval for 
the following collection of information: 1625-0040, Continuous 
Discharge Book, Application, Physical Exam Report, Sea Service Report, 
Chemical Testing, Entry Level Physical. That notice stated the complete 
ICR would be available through both the online docket and at the Coast 
Guard facility in Washington, DC. Because the complete ICR was not made 
available online during the stated comment period, we are reopening it 
until February 5, 2008.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before February 5, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket [USCG-2008-
0929], please use only one of the following means:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations. gov.
    (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (DMF) (M-30), U.S. Department 
of Transportation (DOT), West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Hand deliver: Same as mail address above, 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 DMF 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.
    A copy of the ICR is 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.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    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.
    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 
DMF. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy Act Policy'' below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number [USCG-2008-0929], 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 DMF 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 and will 
address them accordingly.
    Viewing comments and documents: Go to http://www.regulations.gov to 
view documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the 
docket. Enter the docket number for this notice [USCG-2008-0929] in the 
Search box, and click ``Go >>.'' You may also visit the DMF 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 regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008 
issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316)

Previous Request for Comments

    On September 23, 2008, the Coast Guard published a notice in the 
Federal Register (73 FR 54853) requesting comments on our intent to 
submit an ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting a 
revision of its approval for the following collection of information: 
1625-0040, Continuous Discharge Book, Application, Physical Exam 
Report, Sea Service Report, Chemical Testing, Entry Level Physical. It 
stated the ICR would be made available both in the online docket and at 
a Coast Guard facility in Washington, DC. However, the ICR was not made 
available online during the stated comment period, so the comment 
period is reopened until February 5, 2008.

Information Collection Request

    Title: Continuous Discharge Book, Application, Physical Exam 
Report, Sea Service Report, Chemical Testing, Entry Level Physical.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0040.
    Summary: Title 46 U.S.C. 7302(b) authorizes the Coast Guard to 
issue a Continuous Discharge Book (CG Form 719A) upon request from an 
individual. Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), paragraphs 
10.205(a), 10.207(a), 10.209(a)(1), 12.02-9(a), and 12.02-27(a)(1) 
mandate that each applicant for a license, certificate of registry, or 
merchant mariner document shall make written application on a Coast 
Guard furnished form Application for License as Officer, Staff Officer, 
Operator, and Merchant Mariner's Document (CG Form 719B); sections 
10.205(d), 12.05-5, and 12.15-5 require each applicant requesting a 
license or merchant mariner document must present a completed Coast 
Guard physical examination report, Merchant Mariner Physical 
Examination Report (CG Form 719K) executed by the physician. Sections 
10.207(e)(2) and 10.209(d)(2) of 46 CFR state the report may be 
required. Further, paragraph 10.211(a) mandates criteria Small Vessel 
Sea Service Form (CG Form 719S) for documenting sea service on vessels 
of less than 200 gross registered tons. Paragraphs 10.202(i) and 12.02-
9(f) mandates that each applicant shall produce evidence, DOT/USCG 
Periodic Drug Testing Form (CG Form 719P) of having passed a chemical 
test for dangerous drugs. Paragraph 12.02-17(e) requires entry-level 
merchant mariner document applicants to provide a statement from a 
qualified practitioner attesting to the applicant's medical fitness to 
perform the functions for which the document is issued Entry Level 
Physical (CG Form 719K/E).
    Need: The Coast Guard will use the information collected solely for 
the purposes of determining issuance eligibility of a merchant mariner 
credential(s), i.e., license, certificate of registry, or merchant 
mariner document.
    Forms: CG Form 719A, Continuous Discharge Book; CG Form 719B, 
Application for License as Officer, Staff Officer, Operator, and 
Merchant Mariner's Document; CG Form 719K, Merchant Mariner Physical 
Examination Report; CG Form 719K/E, Entry Level Physical; CG Form 719S, 
Small Vessel Sea Service Form; and CG Form 719P, DOT/USCG Periodic Drug 
Testing Form.
    Respondents: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 329,356 
hours to 10,833 hours a year.

    Dated: December 29, 2008.
D.T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
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