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[Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)]

[Notices]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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 Numbers: 1625-0024, 1625-0036, 1625-0061, and

1625-0100

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

four 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) 1625-0024, 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. 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 February 25, 2008.

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

the Coast Guard docket [USCG-2007-29053] or OIRA more than once, please

submit them by only one of the following means:

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

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

(2) Mail or Hand delivery. (a) To 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.

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 Docket Management Facility at 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 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 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

these information collection requests

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should be granted based on it being necessary in 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 the Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB Control

Number of the ICRs addressed. Comments to the Coast Guard must contain

the docket number [USCG 2007-29053]. For your comments to OIRA to be

considered, it is best if OIRA receives them on or before the February

25, 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 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 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 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.

The Coast Guard and OIRA 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. Click on ``Search for Dockets,'' and enter the docket number

(USCG-2007-29053) in the Docket ID box, and click enter. 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.

Previous Request for Comments

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

Coast Guard has published the 60-day notice (72 FR 57053, October 5,

2007) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That notice elicited no

comments.

Information Collection Request

1. Title: Safety Approval of Cargo Containers.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0024.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Owners and manufacturers of containers and

organizations the Coast Guard delegates to act as an approval

authority.

Abstract: 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

International Convention for Safe Containers (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.

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.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Owners and operators of vessels.

Abstract: Section 3703 of 46 U.S.C. 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.

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.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Owners, agents, individuals-in-charge of

commercial fishing vessels, and insurance underwriters.

Abstract: 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.

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.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Vessel owners and operators.

Abstract: This information is required under 33 CFR part 160

subpart C to control vessel traffic, develop contingency plans, and

enforce regulations.

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

hours to 199,889 hours a year.

Dated: January 14, 2008.

D.T. Glenn,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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