60 Day Federal Register

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]

[Notices]

[Pages 5816-5817]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2012-2548]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2012-0016]

Information Collection Requests to Office of Management and

Budget

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) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of

its approval for the following collections of information: 1625-0035,

Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, Electrical, Engineering and

Navigation Equipment, Construction and Materials & Marine Sanitation

Devices (33 CFR part 159); and 1625-0079, Standards of Training,

Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1995 and 1997

Amendments to the International Convention. Our ICRs describe the

information we seek to collect from the public. Before submitting these

ICRs to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before April 6, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2012-0016] to the Docket Management Facility (DMF) at the

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). To avoid duplicate

submissions, please use only one of the following means:

(1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.

(2) Mail: DMF (M-30), DOT, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

(3) Hand delivery: 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. To ensure your comments are received in a

timely manner, mark the fax, to 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.

Copies of the ICRs are 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: Ms. Kenlinishia Tyler, Office of

Information Management, telephone (202) 475-3652, 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

This Notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to

OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard

collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information

describing the Collection's purpose, the Collection's likely burden on

the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection,

and other important information describing the Collections. There is

one ICR for each Collection.

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. In response to your comments, we may revise these ICRs or

decide not to seek approval for the Collections. We will consider all

comments and material received during the comment period.

We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments

and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of

the ICR and the docket number of this

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request, [USCG-2012-0016], and must be received by April 6, 2012. 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-

2012-0016], 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), 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 by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit

the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be

considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is

received at the DMF. We recommend you include your name, mailing

address, an email 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. To submit your comment online, go

to http://www.regulations.gov, and type ``USCG-2012-0016'' in the

``Keyword'' box. 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 comments 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: To view comments, as well as

documents mentioned in this Notice as being available in the docket, go

to http://www.regulations.gov, click on the ``read comments'' box,

which will then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box

insert ``USCG-2012-0016'' and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket

Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. You may also visit the DMF in Room

W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Privacy Act

Anyone can search the electronic form of 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 a Privacy Act statement

regarding Coast Guard public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of

the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information Collection Requests

1. Title: Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, Electrical,

Engineering and Navigation Equipment, Construction and Materials &

Marine Sanitation Devices (33 CFR part 159).

OMB Control Number: 1625-0035.

Summary: This information is used by the Coast Guard to ensure that

regulations governing specific types of safety equipment, material and

Marine Sanitation Devices (MSDs) installed on commercial vessels and

pleasure craft are met. Manufacturers are required to submit drawings,

specifications, and laboratory test reports to the CG before any

approval is given.

Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, and 4302 authorize the

Coast Guard to establish safety equipment and material regulations.

Title 46 CFR parts 159 to 164 prescribe these requirements. Title 33

U.S.C. 1322 authorizes the Coast Guard to establish MSD regulations.

Title 33 CFR part 159 prescribes these rules. NVIC 8-01 (Chg 2)

prescribes the standards for navigation equipment. This information

will be used to determine whether manufacturers are in compliance with

Coast Guard regulations. When the Coast Guard approves any safety

equipment, material or MSD for use on a commercial vessel or pleasure

craft, the manufacturer is issued a Certificate of Approval.

Forms: CGHQ-10030.

Respondents: Manufacturers of safety equipment, materials and

marine sanitation devices.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 103,289

hours to 58,414 hours a year.

2. Title: Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for

Seafarers (STCW), 1995 and 1997 Amendments to the International

Convention

OMB Control Number: 1625-0079.

Summary: This information is necessary to ensure compliance with

the international requirements of the STCW Convention, and to maintain

an acceptable level of quality in activities associated with training

and assessment of merchant mariners.

Need: Chapter 71 of 46 U.S.C. authorizes the Coast Guard to issue

regulations related to licensing of merchant mariners. These

regulations are contained in 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter B.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection for the

existing STCW requirements. NOTE--The Coast Guard has an ongoing

rulemaking related to STCW [USCG-2004-17914; RIN 1625-AA16]. Comments

related to that rulemaking are outside the scope of this extension

request.

Forms: None.

Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels, training

institutions, and mariners.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 17,927 hours a year.

Dated: January 27, 2012.

R.E. Day,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

[FR Doc. 2012-2548 Filed 2-3-12; 8:45 am]

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