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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2012)]

[Notices]

[Pages 27472-27473]

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

[FR Doc No: 2012-11238]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


Coast Guard


[USCG-2012-0231]



Information Collection Request 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 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: 1625-0046,

Certificates of Financial Responsibility under the Oil Pollution Act of

1990. Our ICR describes 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 July 9, 2012.


ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2012-0231] 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 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 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 Collection. There is one

ICR for each Collection. 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 Collection; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of

the Collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of information subject to the Collection; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the Collection on respondents, including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of information technology. In

response to your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not to seek

an extension of approval for the Collection. 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 request, [USCG-2012-0231, and

must be received by July 9, 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-2012-0231], 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), 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-2012-0231'' in the

``Keyword'' box. If you submit your comments 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


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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-2012-0231'' and click

``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column.

You may also visit the DMF in Room W12-140 on the 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 Request


Title: Certificates of Financial Responsibility under the Oil

Pollution Act of 1990.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0046.

Summary: The information collection requirements described in this

supporting statement are necessary to provide evidence of a

respondent's ability to pay for removal costs and damages associated

with discharges or substantial threats of discharges of hazardous

material or oil into the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines or the

exclusive economic zone of the United States. The requirements are

imposed generally on operators and financial guarantors of vessels over

300 gross tons.

Need: If the requested information is not collected, the Coast

Guard will be unable to comply with the provisions of OPA and CERCLA to

ensure that responsible parties have the ability to pay for cleanup

costs and damages when there is an oil or hazardous material spill or

threat of a spill.


Legal authority: Section 1002 of OPA 90, as limited by section

1004(a), or section 107(a)1) of CERCLA.


Forms: CG-5585, CG-5586-1, -2, -3, -4.

Respondents: Vessel operators and approved insurers.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 3,400 hours a year.


Dated: May 3, 2012.

R.E. Day,

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

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

[FR Doc. 2012-11238 Filed 5-9-12; 8:45 am]

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