60 Day Federal Register Notice

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Ballast Water Management for Vessels with Ballast Tanks Entering U.S. Waters

60 DAY FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE

OMB: 1625-0069

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[Federal Register: May 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 103)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


Coast Guard


[USCG-2006-24850]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget: OMB Control Numbers 1625-0066 and 1625-0069


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 an Information Collection Request

(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request their

approval of a revision of the following collections of information: (1)

1625-0066, Vessel and Facility Response Plans (Domestic and Int'l), and

Additional Response Requirements for Prince William Sound, Alaska; and

(2) 1625-0069, Ballast Water Management for Vessels with Ballast Tanks

Entering U.S. Waters. Before submitting the ICRs to OMB, the Coast

Guard is inviting comments on them as described below.


DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before July 31, 2006.


ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not

enter the docket [USCG-2006-24850] more than once, please submit them

by only one of the following means:

(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC 20590-0001.

(2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif

Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5

p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone

number is 202-366-9329.

(3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.

(4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management

System at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov.


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 PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street SW., 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://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov.


Copies of the complete ICRs are available through this docket on

the Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov, and also from Commandant (CG-611),


U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, room 6106 (Attn: Ms. Barbara Davis),

2100 2nd Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is

202-475-3523.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Barbara Davis, Office of

Information Management, telephone 202-475-3523, or fax 202-475-3929,

for questions on these documents; or telephone Ms. Renee V. Wright,

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 202-493-0402, for questions on the

docket.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:


Public Participation and Request for Comments


We encourage you to respond to this request for comments by

submitting comments and related materials. We will post all comments

received, without change, to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov; they will include any


personal information you have provided. 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 your

name and address, identify the docket number [USCG-2006-24850],

indicate the specific section of the document to which each comment

applies, and give the reason for each comment. 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: To view comments, as well as

documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, go

to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov at any time and conduct a simple search using the


docket number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in

room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh

Street SW., 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://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov.



Information Collection Request


1. Title: Vessel and Facility Response Plans (Domestic and Int'l),

and Additional Response Requirements for Prince William Sound, Alaska.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0066.

Summary: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), 33 U.S.C. 2701 to

2761, required the development of Vessel and Facility Response Plans to

minimize the impact of oil spills. OPA 90 also required additional

response requirements for Prince William Sound. Shipboard Oil Pollution

Emergency


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Plans are required of other vessels to minimize impacts of oil spills.

Need: This information is needed to ensure that vessels and

facilities are prepared to respond in the event of an oil spill

incident. The information will be reviewed by the Coast Guard to assess

the effectiveness of the response plan.

Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels and facilities.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 137,199

hours to 220,559 hours a year.

2. Title: Ballast Water Management for Vessels with Ballast Tanks

Entering U.S. Waters.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0069.

Summary: The information is needed to carry out the reporting

requirements of 16 U.S.C. 4711 regarding the management of ballast

water, to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance

species into U.S. waters.

Need: The information is needed to ensure compliance with the

requirements in 33 CFR part 151, subparts C and D. The information will

also be used for research and periodic reporting to Congress.

Respondents: Owners and operators of certain vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 106,193

hours to 60,769 hours a year.


Dated: May 19, 2006.

R.T. Hewitt,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command,

Control, Communications, Computers, and Information Technology.

[FR Doc. E6-8220 Filed 5-26-06; 8:45 am]


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