60 Day Federal Register Notice

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]

[Notices]

[Pages 15233-15234]

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

[FR Doc No: 2015-06585]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2015-0070; OMB Control Number 1625-0006]

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 approval of a

revision to the following collections of information: 1625-0006,

Shipping Articles and 1625-0018, Official Logbook. 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 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2015-0070] 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-612), ATTN PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT MANAGER, U.S. COAST

GUARD, 2703 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVE. SE., STOP 7710, WASHINGTON DC

20593-7710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of

Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-475-3929,

for questions on these documents. Contact Ms. Cheryl Collins, 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

Collections, 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 approval of revisions of 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-2015-0070], and

must be received by May 22, 2015. 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-

2015-0070], 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-2015-0070'' 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-2015-0070'' and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket

Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. You may also visit the DMF in

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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: Shipping Articles.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0006.

Summary: Title 46 United States Code 10302 and 10502 and Title 46

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 14.201 requires applicable owners,

charterers, managing operators, masters, or individuals in charge to

make a shipping agreement in writing with each seaman before the seaman

commences employment. Additionally, 46 CFR 14.313 requires shipping

companies to submit to the Coast Guard Shipping Articles three years

after the article was generated; or submitted by shipping companies

that go out of business or merges with another company; or upon request

by the Coast Guard. Upon receipt and acceptance, Shipping Articles are

transferred and archived at the Federal Records Center in Suitland,

Maryland.

Need: This collection provides verification, identification,

location and employment information of U.S. merchant mariners to the

following: (1) Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies for

use in criminal or civil law enforcement purpose, (2) shipping

companies, (3) labor unions, (4) seaman's authorized representatives,

(5) seaman's next of kin, (6) whenever the disclosure of such

information would be in the best interest of the seaman or his/her

family.

Forms: CG-705A.

Respondents: Shipping companies.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 18,000 hours a year.

2. Title: Official Logbook.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0018.

Summary: The Official Logbook contains information about the

voyage, the vessel's crew, drills, watches and operations conducted

during the voyage. Official Logbook entries identify particulars of the

voyage, including the name of the ship, official number, port of

registry, tonnage, names and merchant mariner credential numbers of the

master and crew, the nature of the voyage, and class of ship. In

addition, it also contains entries for the vessel's drafts, maintenance

of watertight integrity of the ship, drills and inspections, crew list

and report of character, a summary of laws applicable to Official

Logbooks, and miscellaneous entries.

Need: Title 46 United States Code (U.S.C.) 11301, 11302, 11303, and

11304 require applicable merchant vessels to maintain an Official

Logbook. The Official Logbook contains information about the vessel,

voyage, crew, and watch. Lack of these particulars would make it

difficult for a seaman to certify vessel employment and wages, and for

the Coast Guard to verify compliance with laws and regulations

concerning vessel operations and safety procedures. The Official

Logbook serves as an official record of recordable events transpiring

at sea such as births, deaths, marriages, disciplinary actions, etc.

Absent the Official Logbook, there would be no official civil record of

these events. The courts accept log entries as proof that the logged

event occurred. If this information was not collected, the Coast

Guard's Commercial Vessel Safety Program would be negatively impacted,

as there would be no official record of U.S. merchant vessel voyages.

Similarly, those seeking to prove that an event required to be logged

occurred would not have an official record available.

Forms: CG-706B.

Respondents: Shipping companies.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 1,750 hours a year.

Dated: March 17, 2015.

Thomas P. Michelli,

Chief Information Officer, Acting, U.S. Coast Guard.

[FR Doc. 2015-06585 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]

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