60 Day FRN

[Federal Register: November 19, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 223)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2010-1020]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control numbers: 1625-0108.

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 an extension of its approval for the following collection of

information: 1625-0108, Standard Numbering System for Undocumented

Vessels. 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 January 18,

2011.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket [USCG-2010-

1020], please use only one of the following means:

(1) Online: http:[sol][sol]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.

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

at http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov. Additionally, a copy is

available from: Commandant (CG-611), Attn Paperwork Reduction Act

Manager, US 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:

Public participation and request for comments: The Coast Guard

invites comments on whether this ICR should be granted based on the

collection 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:[sol][sol]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-2010-1020], 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

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all comments and material received during the comment period and will

address them accordingly.

Viewing comments and documents: Go to

http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov to view documents mentioned in this

Notice as being available in the docket. Enter the docket number for

this Notice [USCG-2010-1020] 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: Standard Numbering System for Undocumented Vessels.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0108.

Summary: The Standard Numbering System (SNS) collects information

on undocumented vessels and vessel owners operating on waters subject

to the jurisdiction of the United States. Federal, State, and local law

enforcement agencies use information daily or as warranted from the

system for enforcement of boating laws or theft and fraud

investigations. Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the

United States, the need has increased for identification of

undocumented vessels to meet port security and other missions to

safeguard the homeland.

Need: Subsection 12301(a) of Title 46, United States Code, requires

undocumented vessels equipped with propulsion machinery of any kind to

be numbered in the State where the vessel is principally operated.

Title 46 U.S.C. 12302(a) authorized the Secretary to prescribe, by

regulation, a SNS that may be implemented by the States to perform this

function on behalf of the Federal Government. The Secretary shall

approve a State numbering system that is consistent with the SNS. The

Secretary has delegated his authority under 46 U.S.C. 12301 and 12302

to the Coast Guard (DHS Delegation No. 0170.1). Regulations requiring

the numbering of undocumented vessels are in 33 CFR part 173; those

establishing the SNS for States to voluntarily carry out this function

are contained in part 174. For States that do not have an approved

system, the Coast Guard administers vessel numbering. Currently, all 56

States and Territories have approved numbering systems. The approximate

number of undocumented vessels registered by the States in 2009 was

nearly 13 million. States submit reports annually to the Coast Guard on

the number, size, construction, etc., of vessels they have numbered.

This information is used by the Coast Guard in (1) publication of an

annual ``Boating Statistics'' report required by 46 U.S.C. 6102(b), and

(2) for allocation of Federal funds to assist States in carrying out

the Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Program established by 46 U.S.C.

chapter 131. When encountering a vessel suspected of illegal activity,

information from the SNS increases safety by assisting boarding

officers in determining how best to approach a vessel. Since, the

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the need has

increased for identification of undocumented vessels and their owners

for port security and other missions to safeguard the homeland; this

statutory requirement dates back to 1918.

Forms: None.

Respondents: Owners of all undocumented vessels propelled by

machinery. ``Owners'' may include individuals or households, non-profit

organizations, and small businesses (e.g., liveries that offer

recreational vessels for rental by the public) or other for-profit

organizations.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains the same at 286,458

hours a year.

Dated: November 10, 2010.

R.E. Day,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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