[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16044-16045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6491]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2012-0149]
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 collection of information: 1625-0095,
Oil and Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention and Safety Records,
Equivalents/Alternatives and Exemptions. Additionally, the U.S. Coast
Guard requests approval of a revision to the following collections of
information: 1625-0099, Requirements for the Use of Liquefied Petroleum
Gas and Compressed Natural Gas as Cooking Fuel on Passenger Vessels and
1625-0103, Mandatory Ship Reporting System for the Northeast and
Southeast Coasts of the United States. 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 May 18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number [USCG-2012-0149] 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: 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
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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 request, [USCG-2012-0149], and
must be received by May 18, 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-
2012-0149], 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-2012-0149'' 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-2012-0149'' 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: Oil and Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention and
Safety Records, Equivalents/Alternatives and Exemptions.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0095.
Summary: The information is used by the Coast Guard to ensure that
an oil or hazardous material requirement alternative or exemption
provides an equivalent level of safety and protection from pollution.
Need: Under 33 U.S.C. 1321 and Executive Order 12777 the Coast
Guard is authorized to prescribe regulations to prevent the discharge
of oil and hazardous substances from vessels and facilities and to
contain such discharges. Coast Guard regulations in 46 CFR parts 154-
156 are intended to: (1) Prevent or mitigate the results of an
accidental release of bulk liquid hazardous materials being transferred
at waterfront facilities; (2) ensure that facilities and vessels that
use vapor control systems are in compliance with the safety standards
developed by the Coast Guard; (3) provide equipment and operational
requirements for facilities and vessels that transfer oil or hazardous
materials in bulk to or from vessels with a 250 or more barrel
capacity; and (4) provide procedures for vessel or facility operators
who request exemption or partial exemption from the requirements of the
pollution prevention regulations.
Forms: None.
Respondents: Owners and operators of bulk oil and hazardous
materials facilities and vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 1,440 hours a year.
2. Title: Requirements for the Use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and
Compressed Natural Gas as Cooking Fuel on Passenger Vessels.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0099.
Summary: The collection of information requires passenger vessels
to post two placards that contain safety and operating instructions on
the use of cooking appliances that use liquefied gas or compressed
natural gas.
Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 3306(a)(5) authorizes the Coast Guard to
prescribe regulations for the use of vessel stores of a dangerous
nature. These regulations are prescribed in both uninspected and
inspected passenger vessel regulations.
Forms: None.
Respondents: Owners and operators of passenger vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 5,288
hours to 5,948 hours a year.
3. Title: Mandatory Ship Reporting System for the Northeast and
Southeast Coasts of the United States.
OMB Control Number: 1625-0103.
Summary: The information is needed to reduce the number of ship
collisions with endangered northern right whales. Coast Guard rules at
33 CFR part 169 establish two mandatory ship-reporting systems off the
northeast and southeast coasts of the United States.
Need: The collection involves ships' reporting by radio to a shore-
based authority when entering the area covered by the reporting system.
The ship will receive, in return, information to reduce the likelihood
of collisions between themselves and northern right whales--an
endangered species--in the areas established with critical-habitat
designation.
Forms: None.
Respondents: Operators of certain vessels.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 211 hours
to 200 hours a year.
Dated: March 12, 2012.
R.E. Day,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command,
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-6491 Filed 3-16-12; 8:45 am]
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