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[Federal Register: May 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 99)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2007-0180]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget: OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0001, 1625-0013, and 1625-0096

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

three 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) 1625-0001, Marine

Casualty Information & Periodic Chemical Drug and Alcohol Testing of

Commercial Vessel Personnel; (2) 1625-0013, Plan Approval and Records

for Load Lines, and (3) 1625-0096, Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance

Discharge; and Report of Suspicious Maritime Activity. 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 June 20, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2007-0180] to the Docket Management Facility (DMF) at the

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) or to OIRA. To avoid

duplication, please submit your comments by only one of the following

means:

(1) Electronic submission. (a) To Coast Guard docket at http://

www.regulation.gov. (b) To OIRA by e-mail to: [email protected].

(2) Mail or hand delivery. (a) DMF (M-30), DOT, 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 DMF, 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 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.

Copies of the 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

this information collection 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.

Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB Control Number

of the ICR addressed. Comments to Coast Guard must contain the docket

number of this request, [USCG 2007-0180]. For your comments to OIRA to

be considered, it is best if they are received on or before June 20,

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 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-2007-0180], 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 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. The Coast Guard and OIRA will

consider all comments and material received during the comment period.

Viewing comments and documents: Go to http://www.regulations.gov to

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view documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the

docket. Enter the docket number [USCG-2007-0180] in the Search box,

E464 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.

Previous Request for Comments

This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The

Coast Guard has published the 60-day notice (73 FR 201, January 2,

2008) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That notice elicited no

comments.

Information Collection Request

1. Title: Marine Casualty Information & Periodic Chemical Drug and

Alcohol Testing of Commercial Vessel Personnel.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0001.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Vessel owners and operators.

Abstract: 46 U.S.C. 6101, as delegated by the Secretary of the

Department of Homeland Security to the Commandant, authorizes the Coast

Guard to prescribe regulations for the reporting of marine casualties

involving death, serious injury, material loss of property, material

damage affecting the seaworthiness of a vessel, or significant harm to

the environment. It also requires information on the use of alcohol be

included in a marine casualty report. 46 U.S.C. 7503 authorizes the

Coast Guard to deny the issuance of licenses, certificates of registry,

and merchant mariners' documents (seamen's papers) to users of

dangerous drugs. Similarly, 46 U.S.C. 7704 requires the Coast Guard to

revoke such papers when a holder of the same has been shown to be a

drug user, unless the holder provides satisfactory proof stating the

holder is cured.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 18,876

hours to 15,753 hours a year.

2. Title: Plan Approval and Records for Load Lines.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0013.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels.

Abstract: 46 U.S.C. 5101 to 5116 provides the Coast Guard with the

authority to enforce provisions of the International Load Line

Convention, 1966. Subchapter E of 46 CFR chapter I, contains the

relevant load line regulations.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 1,681

hours to 1,699 hours a year.

3. Title: Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge; and

Report of Suspicious Maritime Activity.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0096.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Persons-in-charge of a vessel or onshore/offshore

facility, owners or operators of vessels, or facilities required to

have security plans; and the public.

Abstract: 33 CFR 153.203, 40 CFR 263.30/264.56, and 49 CFR 171.15

mandate the National Response Center (NRC) to be the central place for

the public to report all pollution spills. 33 of CFR 101.305 mandates

owners/operators of vessels or facilities to have security plans and

report activities or breaches that may result in a Transportation

Security Incident (TSI) to the NRC. Voluntary reports are also

accepted.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 9,105

hours to 13,017 hours a year.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: May 2, 2008.

D.T. Glenn,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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