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[Federal Register: October 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 193)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2007-29053]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget: OMB Control Number: 1625-0024, 1625-0036, 1625-0061, and

1625-0100

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 Information Collection Requests

(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting an

extension of their approval for the following collections of

information: (1) 1625-0024, Safety Approval of Cargo Containers; (2)

1625-0036, Plan Approval and Records for U.S. and Foreign Tank Vessels

Carrying Oil in Bulk; (3) 1625-0061, Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel

Safety Regulations; and (4) 1625-0100, Advance Notice of Vessel

Arrival. Before submitting these ICRs to OMB, the Coast Guard is

inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before December 4,

2007.

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

the docket [USCG-2007-29053] more than once, please submit them by only

one of the following means:

(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, DC 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 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 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 completed 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:

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 the

Docket Management Facility. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy

Act Policy'' below.

Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the

docket number [USCG-2007-29053], indicate the specific section of the

document to which each comment applies, providing a reason for each

comment. We recommend that you include your name, mailing address, and

an e-mail address or other contact information in the body of your

document to ensure that you can be identified as the submitter. This

also allows us to contact you in the event further information is

needed or if there are questions. For example, if we cannot read your

submission due to technical difficulties and you cannot be contacted,

your submission may not be considered. 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: Go to http://www.regulations.gov to

view comments and documents mentioned in this notice as being available

in the docket. Conduct a simple search using the docket number. You may

also visit the Docket Management Facility 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 you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.

Information Collection Requests

1. Title: Safety Approval of Cargo Containers.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0024.

Summary: This information collection requires owners/manufacturers

of cargo containers to submit information and keep records associated

with their approval/inspection. This information is required to ensure

compliance with the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC);

29 U.S.T. 3707; T.I.A.S. 9037.

Need: This collection of information addresses the reporting/

recordkeeping requirements for containers in 49 CFR parts 450 through

453. These rules are necessary since the U.S. is signatory to the CSC,

which requires all containers to be safety approved prior to being used

in trade. These rules prescribe only the minimum requirements of the

CSC.

Respondents: Owners and manufacturers of containers and

organizations the Coast Guard delegates to act as an approval

authority.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 73,272

hours to 105,920 hours a year.

2. Title: Plan Approval and Records for U.S. and Foreign Tank

Vessels Carrying Oil in Bulk.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0036.

Summary: This information collection aids the Coast Guard in

determining if a vessel complies with certain safety and environmental

protection standards. Plans, to include records, for construction or

modification of U.S. or foreign vessels submitted and

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maintained on board are required for compliance with these standards.

Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 3703 provides the Coast Guard with the

authority to regulate design, construction, alteration, repair,

maintenance, operation, equipping, personnel qualification, and manning

of vessels carrying oil in bulk. See 33 CFR part 157, Rules for the

Protection of the Marine Environment Relating to Tank Vessels Carrying

Oil in Bulk, and 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter D, Tank Vessels.

Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 582 hours

to 1,253 hours a year.

3. Title: Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Regulations.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0061.

Summary: This information collection is intended to improve safety

on board vessels in the commercial fishing industry. Requirements apply

to those vessels and to seamen on them.

Need: Under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 6104, the Coast Guard has

promulgated regulations in 46 CFR part 28 to improve the overall safety

of commercial fishing industry vessels. The rules allowing the

collection provide a means of verifying compliance and enhancing safe

operation of fishing vessels.

Respondents: Owners, agents, individuals-in-charge of commercial

fishing vessels, and insurance underwriters.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 7,720

hours to 5,917 hours a year.

4. Title: Advance Notice of Vessel Arrival.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0100.

Summary: The Ports and Waterways Safety Act authorizes the Coast

Guard to require pre-arrival messages from any vessel entering a port

or place in the United States.

Need: This information is required under 33 CFR part 160 subpart C

to control vessel traffic, develop contingency plans, and enforce

regulations.

Respondents: Vessel owners and operators.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 175,525

hours to 199,889 hours a year.

Dated: September 27, 2007.

D. T. Glenn,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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