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[Federal Register: March 2, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 41)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2011-0017]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0003

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

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

its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0003,

Coast Guard Boating Accident Form (CG-3865).

Our ICR describe the information we seek to collect from the

public. Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting

comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before May 2, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2011-0017], 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.

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, US COAST

GUARD, 2100 2ND ST SW. STOP 7101, WASHINGTON DC 20593-7101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 an extension of 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

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

ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG-2011-0017], and must

be received by May 2, 2011. 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-

2011-0017], 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 http://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 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. To submit your comment online, go

to http://www.regulations.gov, and type ``USCG-2011-0017'' 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-2011-0017'' 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: Coast Guard Boating Accident Form (CG-3865).

OMB Control Number: 1625-0003.

Summary: The Coast Guard Boating Accident Report form (CG-3865, OMB

control number 1625-0003) is the data collection instrument that

ensures compliance with the implementing regulations and Title 46 USC

6102(b) that requires the Secretary to collect, analyze and publish

reports, information, and statistics on marine casualties.

Need: Title 46 USC 6102(a) requires a uniform marine casualty

reporting system, with regulations prescribing casualties to be

reported and the manner of reporting. The statute requires a State to

compile and submit to the Secretary (delegated to the Coast Guard)

reports, information, and statistics on casualties reported to the

State. Implementing regulations are contained in Title 33, Code of

Federal Regulations, SUBCHAPTER S--BOATING SAFETY, PART 173--VESSEL

NUMBERING AND CASUALTY AND ACCIDENT REPORTING, Subpart C--Casualty and

Accident Reporting and PART 174--STATE NUMBERING AND CASUALTY REPORTING

SYSTEMS, Subpart C--Casualty Reporting System Requirements, and Subpart

D--State reports.

States are required to forward copies of the reports or

electronically transmit accident report data to the Coast Guard within

30 days of their receipt of the report as prescribed by 33 CFR 174.121

(Forwarding of casualty or accident reports). The accident report data

and statistical information obtained from the reports submitted by the

State reporting authorities are used by the Coast Guard in the

compilation of national recreational boating accident statistics.

Form: CG-3865.

Respondents: Federal regulations (33 CFR 173.55) require the

operator of any uninspected vessel that is numbered or used for

recreational purposes to submit an accident report to the State

authority when:

(1) A person dies; or

(2) A person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first

aid; or

(3) Damage to the vessel and other property totals $2,000 or more,

or there is a complete loss of the vessel; or

(4) A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that

indicate death or injury.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 2,500 hours a year.

Dated: January 28, 2011.

R.E. Day,

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

Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

[FR Doc. 2011-4653 Filed 3-1-11; 8:45 am]

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