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[Federal Register: April 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 71)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2008-0221]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0006

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 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) and Analysis to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of

information: 1625-0006, Shipping Articles. Before submitting this ICR

to OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before June 10, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2008-0221] to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S.

Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one

of the following methods:

(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, D.C. 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 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 complete 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request For Comments

The Coast Guard invites comments on whether this information

collection

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request should be granted based on it being necessary for 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.

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-2008-0221], 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. 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. Enter the docket number for this notice [USCG-2008-0221] 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 of DOT in the Federal Register published on April 11,

2000 (65 FR 19477), or by visiting http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.

Information Collection Request

Title: Shipping Articles (CG-705A).

OMB Control Number: 1625-0006.

Summary: Sections 10302 and 10502 of 46 U.S.C. and 46 CFR 14.201

mandate that the owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or

individual in charge shall make a shipping agreement in writing with

each seaman before commencing employment. Section 14.313 of 46 CFR

mandates that shipping companies maintain the shipping articles and

that after 3 years deliver them to Coast Guard custody for storage at

the Federal Records Center in Suitland, MD. In addition, shipping

companies must provide copies of shipping articles to the Coast Guard

upon request.

Need: The information collected provides verification,

identification, location, and employment records of U.S. merchant

seamen to the following: (1) Federal, state, and local law enforcement

agencies for use in criminal or civil law enforcement purposes; (2)

shipping companies; (3) labor unions; (4) seaman's authorized

representatives; (5) seaman's next of kin; and (6) whenever the

disclosure of such information would be in the best interest of the

seaman's family.

Respondents: Business or other for-profit companies.

Frequency: Voyage.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 18,000 hours a year.

Dated: April 3, 2008.

D. T. Glenn,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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