1625-0035 60-Day FRN

[Federal Register: October 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 199)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2008-1009]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0035

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 their approval for the following collection

of information: 1625-0035, Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving,

Electrical, and Engineering Equipment, Construction and Materials &

Marine Sanitation Devices (33 CFR part 159). 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 December 15,

2008.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket [USCG-2008-

1009], 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 completed 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 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-2008-1009], 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

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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 [USCG-2008-1009] 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 a Privacy Act

Notice regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008 issue of

the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information Collection Request

Title: Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, Electrical, and

Engineering Equipment, Construction and Materials & Marine Sanitation

Devices (33 CFR part 159).

OMB Control Number: 1625-0035.

Summary: This information is used by the Coast Guard to ensure

regulations governing specific types of safety equipment, material, and

Marine Sanitation Devices (MSDs) installed on commercial vessels and

pleasure craft are met. Manufacturers are required to submit drawings,

specifications, and laboratory test reports to the Coast Guard before

any approval is given.

Need: Sections 2103, 3306, 3703, and 4302 of 46 U.S.C. authorize

the Coast Guard to establish safety equipment and material regulations.

These regulations are contained in 46 CFR parts 159 to 164. Section

1322 of 33 U.S.C. authorizes the Coast Guard to establish MSD

regulations that are contained in 33 CFR part 159. This information

will be used to determine whether manufacturers are in compliance with

Coast Guard regulations. When the Coast Guard approves any safety

equipment, material, or MSD for use on a commercial vessel or pleasure

craft, the manufacturer is issued a Certificate of Approval.

Forms: CGHQ-10030, USCG Certificate of Approval.

Respondents: Manufacturers of safety equipment, materials, and

marine sanitation devices.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 20,529

hours to 103,121 per year.

Dated: October 7, 2008.

D.T. Glenn,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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