1625-0040 60-day Frn

[Federal Register: September 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 185)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2008-0929]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0040

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 a revision of its approval for the following collection of

information: 1625-0040, Continuous Discharge Book, Application,

Physical Exam Report, Sea Service Report, Chemical Testing, Entry Level

Physical. 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 November 24,

2008.

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

0929], 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 complete 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-2008-0929], 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. 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 for this notice [USCG-2008-0929] 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

Title: Continuous Discharge Book, Application, Physical Exam

Report, Sea Service Report, Chemical Testing, Entry Level Physical.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0040.

Summary: Title 46 U.S.C. 7302(b) authorizes the Coast Guard to

issue a Continuous Discharge Book (CG Form 719A) upon request from an

individual. Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), paragraphs

10.205(a), 10.207(a), 10.209(a)(1), 12.02-9(a), and 12.02-27(a)(1)

mandate that each applicant for a license, certificate of registry, or

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merchant mariner document shall make written application on a Coast

Guard furnished form (CG Form 719B). 46 CFR, sections 10.205(d), 12.05-

5, and 12.15-5 require each applicant requesting a license or merchant

mariner document must present a completed Coast Guard physical

examination report (CG Form 719K) executed by the physician. Sections

10.207(e)(2) and 10.209(d)(2) of 46 CFR state the report may be

required. Further, paragraph 10.211(a) mandates criteria (CG Form 719S)

for documenting sea service on vessels of less than 200 gross

registered tons. Paragraphs 10.202(i) and 12.02-9(f) mandates that each

applicant shall produce evidence (CG Form 719P) of having passed a

chemical test for dangerous drugs. Paragraph 12.02-17(e) requires

entry-level merchant mariner document applicants to provide a statement

from a qualified practitioner attesting to the applicant's medical

fitness to perform the functions for which the document is issued (CG

Form 719K/E).

Need: The Coast Guard will use the information collected solely for

the purposes of determining eligibility for issuance of a merchant

mariner credential(s), i.e. license, certificate of registry, or

merchant mariner document.

Forms: CG Form 719A, Continuous Discharge Book; CG Form 719B,

Application for License as Officer, Staff Officer, Operator, and

Merchant Mariner's Document; CG Form 719K, Merchant Mariner Physical

Examination Report; CG Form 719K/E, Entry Level Physical; CG Form 719S,

Small Vessel Sea Service Form; and CG Form 719P, DOT/USCG Periodic Drug

Testing Form.

Respondents: Individuals and households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 329,356

hours to 10,833 hours a year.

Dated: September 15, 2008.

D.T. Glenn,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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