1625-0023 60-Day FRN

[Federal Register: June 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 106)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2009-0412]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0016, 1625-0023, 1625-0027, and 1625-

0052

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 Information Collection Requests

(ICRs) and Analyses to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

requesting an extension of its approval for the following collections

of information: (1) 1625-0016, Welding and Hot Work Permits; Posting of

Warning Signs; (2) 1625-0023, Barge Fleeting Facility Records; (3)

1625-0027,Vessel Documentation; and (4) 1625-0052, Nondestructive

Testing of Certain Cargo Tanks on Unmanned Barges. 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 August 3, 2009.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket [USCG-2009-

0412], 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 the

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 the docket on the Internet

at http://www.regulations.gov.

Copies of the ICRs are available through the docket on the Internet

at

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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 these ICRs should be

granted based on the collections 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 the 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 ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.

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

docket number [USCG-2009-0412], 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 and will

address them accordingly.

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-2009-0412] 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 regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008

issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information Collection Request

1. Title: Welding and Hot Work Permits; Posting of Warning Signs.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0016.

Summary: This information collection helps to ensure waterfront

facilities and vessels are in compliance with safety standards. A

permit must be issued prior to welding or hot work on certain

waterfront facilities; and, the posting of warning signs is required on

such facilities.

Need: The information is needed to ensure safe operations on

certain waterfront facilities and vessels.

Forms: CG-4201.

Respondents: Owners and operators of certain waterfront facilities

and vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 226 hours

to 425 hours a year.

2. Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0023.

Summary: This collection of information requires the person-in-

charge of a barge fleeting facility to keep records of twice-daily

inspections of barge moorings, movements of barges, and hazardous cargo

in and out of the facility.

Need: Title 33 CFR 165.803 requirements are intended to prevent

barges from breaking away from a fleeting facility and drifting

downstream out of control in the congested lower Mississippi River

waterway system.

Forms: None.

Respondents: Operators of barge fleeting facilities.

Frequency: Daily.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 61,919

hours to 60,390 hours a year.

3. Title: Vessel Documentation.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0027.

Summary: The information collected will be used to establish the

eligibility of a vessel to: (a) Be documented as a ``vessel of the

United States,'' (b) engage in a particular trade, and/or (c) become

the object of a preferred ship's mortgage. The information collected

concerns citizenship of owner/applicant, build, tonnage, and markings

of a vessel.

Need: Title 46 U.S.C. Chapters 121, 123, 125, and 313 requires

documentation of vessels. A Certificate of Documentation is required

for operation of a vessel in certain trades, serves as evidence of

vessel nationality, and permits a vessel to be subject to preferred

mortgages.

Forms: CG-1258, CG-1261, CG-1270, CG-1280, CG-1340, CG-1356, CG-

4593, CG-5397, and CG-5542.

Respondents: Owners/builders of yachts and commercial vessels of at

least five-net tons.

Frequency: Annually.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 50,531

hours to 54,466 hours a year.

4. Title: Nondestructive Testing of Certain Cargo Tanks on Unmanned

Barges.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0052.

Summary: The Coast Guard uses results of nondestructive testing to

evaluate the suitability of older pressure-vessel-type cargo tanks of

unmanned barges to remain in service. Such a tank, on an unmanned

barge, 30 years and older is subjected to nondestructive testing once

every 10 years.

Need: Under Title 46 U.S.C. 3703, the Coast Guard is responsible

for ensuring safe shipment of liquid dangerous cargoes and has

promulgated regulations for certain barges to ensure meeting of safety

standards.

Forms: None.

Respondents: Owners of tank barges.

Frequency: Every 10 years.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 104 hours

to 130 hours a year.

Dated: May 28, 2009.

M.B. Lytle,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant Commandant for Command,

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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