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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 28 / Monday, February 11, 2013 / Notices
Dated: February 5, 2013.
Melanie J. Gray,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

[FR Doc. 2013–02938 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am]

[Docket No. USCG–2012–1066]

Coast Guard

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

Draft Guidance Regarding Voluntary
Inspection of Vessels for Compliance
With the Maritime Labour Convention,
2006

National Institutes of Health

AGENCY:

Office of the Director, National
Institutes of Health; Notice of Closed
Meeting

SUMMARY:

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Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: Office of Research
Infrastructure Programs Special Emphasis
Panel; NIH Support for Conferences and
Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13).
Date: March 21–22, 2013.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892.
Contact Person: Mohan Viswanathan,
Deputy Director, Office of Grants
Management & Scientific Review, National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
(NCATS), National Institutes of Health, 6701
Democracy Blvd., Democracy 1, Room 1084,
Bethesda, MD 20892–4874, 301–435–0829,
[email protected].
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research
Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research
Loan Repayment Program for Individuals
from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232,
Loan Repayment Program for Research
Generally; 93.39, Academic Research
Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan
Repayment Program; 93.187, Undergraduate
Scholarship Program for Individuals from
Disadvantaged Backgrounds, National
Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: February 5, 2013.
David Clary,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
The Coast Guard announces
the availability of a draft Navigation and
Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) that
sets forth the Coast Guard’s policies and
procedures regarding the inspection of
U.S. vessels for voluntary compliance
with the Maritime Labour Convention,
2006 (Convention), which enters into
force on August 20, 2013. The NVIC will
provide guidance to the maritime
industry, Coast Guard marine
inspectors, and other affected parties on
how the Coast Guard intends to
implement the new voluntary
inspection program. This notice solicits
public comment on the impacts that the
policies and procedures contained in
the NVIC would have on applicable
vessels and other affected parties. This
notice also solicits public comment on
the collection of information associated
with the new voluntary inspection
program.

Comments and related material
on the draft NVIC must either be
submitted to our online docket via
http://www.regulations.gov on or before
March 13, 2013 or reach the Docket
Management Facility by that date. For
the collection of information associated
with the new voluntary inspection
program, comments and related material
must either be submitted to our online
docket via http://www.regulations.gov
on or before April 12, 2013 or reach the
Docket Management Facility by that
date.

DATES:

You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2012–1066 using any one of the
following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: 202–493–2251.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility
(M–30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail
address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except

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Federal holidays. The telephone number
is 202–366–9329.
To avoid duplication, please use only
one of these four methods. See the
‘‘Public Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below for instructions on submitting
comments.
If
you have questions on this notice, email
Lieutenant Commander Christopher
Gagnon, Domestic Vessels Division, U.S.
Coast Guard at [email protected]. If you
have questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Docket
Operations at 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Public Participation and Request for
Comments
We encourage you to submit
comments and related material on the
draft NVIC on Voluntary Inspection of
Vessels under the Maritime Labour
Convention, 2006 and the collection of
information associated with the
issuance of the Statement of Voluntary
Compliance, Declaration of Maritime
Labour Compliance—Part II. All
comments received will be posted,
without change, to http://
www.regulations.gov and will include
any personal information you have
provided.
Submitting comments: If you submit a
comment, please include the docket
number for this notice (USCG–2012–
1066) and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You
may submit your comments and
material online, or by fax, mail or hand
delivery, but please use only one of
these means. We recommend that you
include your name and a mailing
address, an email address, or a
telephone number in the body of your
document so that we can contact you if
we have questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
http://www.regulations.gov and use
‘‘USCG–2012–1066’’ as your search
term. Locate this notice in the search
results and click the corresponding
‘‘Comment Now’’ box to submit your
comment. If you submit your comments
by mail or hand delivery, submit them
in an unbound format, no larger than 8c
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 all
comments and material received during
the comment period.

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Viewing the comments and draft
NVIC: To view the comments and draft
NVIC, go to http://www.regulations.gov
and use ‘‘USCG–2012–1066’’ as your
search term. Use the filters on the left
side of the page to search the docket for
public comments and other documents.
If you do not have access to the Internet,
you may view the docket online by
visiting the Docket Management Facility
in Room W12–140 on the ground floor
of the Department of Transportation
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. We
have an agreement with the Department
of Transportation to use the Docket
Management Facility.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the
electronic form of comments received
into any of our 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, system of records notice
regarding our public dockets in the
January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal
Register (73 FR 3316).

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Background and Purpose
The 94th (Maritime) session of the
International Labour Conference (ILC)
(Geneva, February 2006) adopted the
Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, a
new international agreement that
consolidates almost all of the 70 existing
International Labour Organization (ILO)
maritime labour instruments into a
single, modern, globally applicable legal
instrument. The Convention establishes
comprehensive minimum requirements
for working conditions of seafarers,
including, among other things,
conditions of employment, hours of
work and rest, accommodations,
recreational facilities, food and catering,
health protection, medical care, welfare,
and social security protection. It
combines rights and principles with
specific standards and detailed
guidance on how to implement these
standards at the national level. The
Convention is comprised of three
different, but related parts: The Articles,
the Regulations, and the Code. The
Articles and Regulations set out the core
rights and principles, and the basic
obligations of members ratifying the
Convention. The Code is comprised of
a Part A (mandatory standards) and a
Part B (non-mandatory guidelines).
To date, the U.S. government has not
ratified the Convention. Unless and
until the U.S. ratifies the Convention,
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vessels or foreign vessels while on the
navigable waters of the U.S.
Article V, paragraph 7 of the
Convention contains a ‘‘no more
favorable treatment clause,’’ which
requires the governments of ratifying
nations to impose Convention
requirements on vessels from nonratifying nations. As a result, a U.S.
vessel that is not able to demonstrate
compliance with the Convention may be
at risk for Port State Control actions
(including detention) when operating in
a port of a ratifying nation.
Draft NVIC
In order to assist U.S. vessels in
avoiding Port State Control actions in
foreign ports of nations that have
ratified the Convention, the Coast Guard
plans to implement a voluntary
compliance inspection program and
issue Statements of Voluntary
Compliance. To promote consistency
and standardization of Coast Guard
policies and procedures, this draft NVIC
provides guidance to the maritime
industry and Coast Guard marine
inspectors on how the Coast Guard
intends to implement this new
voluntary inspection program.
Applicable U.S. vessels are highly
encouraged to comply with the
Convention and obtain Statements of
Voluntary Compliance.
We request comments from all
interested parties to ensure that the full
range and significance of issues
addressed in the draft NVIC are
identified.
Collection of Information
This notice contains a collection of
information under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520). As defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
‘‘collection of information’’ comprises
reporting, recordkeeping, monitoring,
posting, labeling, and other, similar
actions. The title and description of the
information collections, a description of
those who must collect the information,
and an estimate of the total annual
burden follow. The estimate covers the
time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing sources of data,
gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing
the collection.
This notice details a new collection of
information. A summary of the
collection follows.
Title: Various International
Agreement Certificates and Documents.
OMB Control Number: 1625–new.
Summary of the Collection: This
information collection is associated
with the Maritime Labour Convention,
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establish a voluntary inspection
program for vessels wishing to
document compliance with the
requirements of the Convention. U.S.
commercial vessels that operate on
international routes will be eligible to
participate.
Need for Information: The
information is needed to determine if a
vessel is in compliance with the
Convention.
Proposed Use of Information: The
Coast Guard intends on issuing
voluntary compliance certificates as
proof of compliance with the
Convention.
Description of Respondents: Vessel
owners and operators.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
We estimate two responses per
respondent, one for the Convention
application and one for the
recordkeeping of a Coast Guard-issued
Statement of Voluntary Compliance.
Burden of Response: 4.15 hours per
respondent.
Estimate of Total Annual Burden:
4,150 hours.
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507(d)), we will submit a copy of this
notice to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for its review of the
collection of information.
We ask for public comment on the
proposed collection of information to
help us determine how useful the
information is; whether it can help us
perform our functions better; whether it
is readily available elsewhere; how
accurate our estimate of the burden of
collection is; how valid our methods for
determining burden are; how we can
improve the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information; and how we
can minimize the burden of collection.
If you submit comments on the
collection of information, submit them
to the Docket Management Facility
where indicated under ADDRESSES, by
the date under DATES.
You need not respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid control number from
OMB. Before the Coast Guard could
enforce the collection of information
requirements in this notice, OMB would
need to approve the Coast Guard’s
request to collect this information.
This notice is issued under authority
of 33 U.S.C. 1221(c)(3) and 5 U.S.C.
552(a).
Dated: January 25, 2013.
Paul F. Thomas,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Inspections & Compliance.
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