1625-0089 30-Day FRN--Correction

[Federal Register: August 10, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 153)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2010-0231]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0089

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day Notice requesting comments; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard is issuing a correction to a Federal

Register Notice published on July 9, 2010 to extend the comment period

for ten (10) additional days, and address previous comments received on

this collection of information: 1625-0089, National Recreational

Boating Survey. The Notice stated that no comments were received from

the public when in fact we received four. The comment period for the

Notice, which closes August 9, 2010, is now extended to August 19,

2010. All comments and related material must either be submitted to our

online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before August 19,

2010, or reach the Docket Management Facility (DMF) by that date.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before August 19, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2010-0231] to the DMF at the U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT) or to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs (OIRA). To avoid duplicate submissions, please use only one of

the following means:

(1) Online: (a) To Coast Guard docket at http://www.regulation.gov.

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

(2) Mail or Hand delivery. (a) DMF (M-30), DOT, 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,

attention Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.

(3) Fax. (a) To DMF, 202-493-2251. (b) To OIRA at 202-395-5806. To

ensure your comments are received in a timely manner, mark the fax,

attention Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.

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.

A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the Internet

at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from:

Commandant (CG-611), ATTN Paperwork Reduction Act Manager, U.S. Coast

Guard, 2100 2nd St., SW., Stop 7101, Washington, DC 20593-7101.

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 is issuing this correction

to an earlier Notice published on July 9, 2010, (75 FR 39552) in order

to extend ten (10) additional days to the comment period and address

previous comments received on this collection of information: 1625-

0089, National Recreational Boating Survey.

Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB Control Number

of the ICR. They must also contain the docket number of this request,

[USCG-2010-0231]. For your comments to OIRA to be considered, it is

best if they are received on or before August 19, 2010.

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 DMF. Please see the

``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.

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

docket number [USCG-2010-0231], indicate the specific section of the

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

comment. You may submit your comments and material online (via http://

www.regulations.gov) or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use

only one of these means. If you submit a comment online via

www.regulations.gov, it will be considered received when you

successfully transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail

your comment, it will be considered received by the Coast Guard when it

is received at the DMF. 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.

To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,

click on the ``submit a comment'' box, which will then become

highlighted in blue. In the ``Document Type'' drop down menu, select

``Notices'' and insert ``USCG-2010-0231'' in the ``Keyword'' box. Click

``Search'' then click on the balloon shape in the ``Actions'' column.

If you submit your comments by mail or hand 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 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. Click on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become

highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG-2010-0231''

and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the

``Actions'' column. 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. To find out OIRA's decision on this ICR, visit http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain after the comment period. An OMB

notice of action on this request will become available on that Web site

through a hyperlink in the OMB Control Number: 1625-0089. 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

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January 17, 2008 issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Previous Request for Comments

The Coast Guard published the 60-day Notice (75 FR 19413, April 14,

2010) as required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited four

comments from the public. We diligently reviewed each of the comments

received, and made changes to our survey's supporting statement where

deemed appropriate. The present document provides a summary of public

comments, our responses thereto, and changes made to the supporting

statement.

i. General Supportive Comments

All comments supported the National Recreational Boating Survey's

broad goals, and reiterated the importance of collecting more targeted

data in response to the elements included in the National Recreational

Boating Safety (NRBS) Program's strategic plan. This Plan calls for the

collection of participation/exposure data to develop reliable national

and state level measures of the risk incidental to recreational

boating. Valid comparisons of injury or fatality rates across States or

other geographic entities, which have always been of interest, require

the use of participation/exposure data as common base for calculating

rates' denominators. This survey will make exposure data available to

the boating community, in addition to collecting various other boating

participation data broken down by various boat characteristics

including type and length.

ii. The Survey and the Strategic Plan Objectives

One commenter indicated that the current survey does not account

for the more recent developments in the NRBS strategic planning

efforts. While it is accurate that the NRBS strategic plan is

undergoing some changes, the Coast Guard had to base the design of its

survey on the latest version of the Plan that was adopted by the

National Boating Safety Advisory Council. However, it is expected that

subsequent iterations of the survey will be updated as new versions of

the Plan are adopted.

iii. Survey Costs

A number of comments raised a concern that the cost for conducting

this survey was unduly high, suggesting the questionnaires could be

trimmed substantially to the point of collecting only information that

is critical to the implementation of the NRBS strategic plan. It is

accurate that government surveys are increasingly expensive, especially

when conducted by mail/telephone. But the definitive costs of the 2011

survey have not yet been determined, and will ultimately be negotiated

with the Coast Guard's contractor ICF-Macro. The Coast Guard will

negotiate the lowest price possible for each survey iteration without

significantly altering data requirements as specified by its boating

partners from States, academia, and industry. To reduce survey costs,

the Coast Guard will encourage survey participants to take the web

version of the survey whenever possible. Another option for reducing

cost is not to produce state-level statistics for those not providing

registration data to the Coast Guard. Collecting data in States with

legislation that precludes them from releasing boat registration to the

Coast Guard will increase data collection costs dramatically. However,

it appears essential to the Coast Guard to satisfy all its boating

partners who put in the effort to express their data needs.

iv. Collection of 2010 Data

Some comments indicated that Coast Guard's effort to collect 2010

data in the first survey cycle, where participants will have to recall

a year's worth of information will result in poor data quality. It is

accurate that in addition to collecting the 2011 data on a monthly

basis, the Coast Guard will ask questions regarding the 2010 boating

season. While accurate 2010 exposure data will be difficult to obtain,

the Coast Guard expects to be able to collect accurate and useful 2010

information on boat ownership and demographic data on the boating

population. This data will be compiled and made available much faster

than the 2011 data which will be collected until the beginning of 2012.

v. Miscellaneous

[diams] A commenter pointed out the difficulty most boaters have in

identifying life jacket types they use. The Coast Guard's contractor

discovered this problem during the pilot test. The decision was made to

eliminate the lifejacket type question from the telephone survey.

However, this question will remain on the web version of the trip

survey, where respondents will be able to visualize the different

lifejacket types.

[diams] Another comment questioned the need to ask boaters whether

lifejackets were worn during the outing, when the Coast Guard's

observational study collects the same information. This survey is not

duplicating other Coast Guard information collection efforts. The

objective here is to understand the reasons why boaters do not wear

lifejackets, or the reasons why they wear them when they do.

[diams] A comment was made regarding the estimated time to complete

the different survey questionnaires that may be understated. While

survey questionnaires were field-tested by our contractor, times

reported on the Supporting Statement are estimated averages across

questionnaires and across survey respondents. It is understood that

some survey questionnaires will take longer to complete than others.

Moreover, even respondents taking the same survey will spend varying

amounts of time depending on the information being reported. It is

anticipated that some respondents with limited involvement in boating

may take less than five minutes to complete a questionnaire that may

take 15 to 20 minutes for respondents who are heavy boaters.

Information Collection Request

Title: National Recreational Boating Survey.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0089.

Type of Request: Re-instatement with change.

Respondents: Recreational boating participants/owners of

recreational boaters/vessels.

Abstract: The Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 determines the

framework of the Coast Guard Recreational Boating Safety Program. This

Program, as set forth in 46 U.S.C., Chapter 131, requires the Coast

Guard to ``encourage greater State participation and uniformity in

boating safety efforts, and particularly to permit the States to assume

a greater share of boating safety education, assistance, and

enforcement activities.'' (See 46 U.S.C. 13102.) The Coast Guard Office

of Boating Safety achieves these goals by providing timely and relevant

information on subject activities that occur in each respective

jurisdiction. The boating information provided by the Coast Guard

enables each State agency to tailor and implement safety initiatives

addressing specific needs of boaters in local jurisdictions. The

primary objective of this collection is to provide the Coast Guard with

the required information in a format suitable to effectively manage the

Program.

Forms: None.

Burden Estimate: This is a biennial requirement. In the year the

survey is conducted, the burden is estimated to be 10,880 hours.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended.

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Dated: August 3, 2010.

R.E. Day,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

[FR Doc. 2010-19632 Filed 8-9-10; 8:45 am]

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