1625-0046 30-Day Federal Register Notice

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]

[Notices]

[Pages 72441-72442]

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

[FR Doc No: 2015-29579]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0473]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0046

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the

U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR),

abstracted below, 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 without change. Our ICR describe the information we seek to

collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only

impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before

December 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2015-0473] to the Coast Guard using the Federal

eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, you

may submit comments to OIRA using one of the following means:

(1) Email: [email protected].

(2) Mail: OIRA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,

attention Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.

(3) Fax: 202-395-6566. To ensure your comments are received in a

timely manner, mark the fax, attention Desk Officer for the Coast

Guard.

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-612), ATTN: PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT MANAGER, U.S. COAST

GUARD, 2100 2ND STREET SW., STOP 7710, WASHINGTON, DC 20593-7710.

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

Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-372-8405,

for questions on these documents.

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. These

comments will help OIRA determine whether to approve the ICR referred

to in this Notice.

We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments

and related materials. Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the

OMB Control Number of the ICR. They must also contain the docket number

of this request, [USCG-2015-0473], and must be received by December 21,

2015.

Submitting Comments

We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be

submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate

instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice, and all public

comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and

can be viewed by following that Web site's instructions. Additionally,

if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will

be notified when comments are posted.

We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted

without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any

personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the

docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal

Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal

Register (70 FR 15086).

OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain after the comment period for each ICR. An OMB Notice

of Action on each ICR will become available via a hyperlink in the OMB

Control Number: 1625-0046.

Previous Request for Comments

This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The

Coast Guard has published the 60-day notice (80 FR 45667, July 31,

2015) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no

comments. Accordingly, no changes have been made to the Collections.

Information Collection Request

1. 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

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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, Application for Vessel Certificate of Financial

Responsibility (Water Pollution); CG-5586, Insurance Guaranty; CG-5586-

1, Master Insurance Guaranty; CG-5586-2, Surety Bond Guaranty; CG-5586-

3, Financial Guaranty; and CG-5586-4, Master Financial Guaranty.

Respondents: Vessel operators and approved insurers. Respondents

are estimated at 3,300.

Frequency: Annually, to include collection of information on a

three year cycle.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated annual burden remains 3,400

hours a year.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.

chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: November 10, 2015.

Thomas P. Michelli,

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

[FR Doc. 2015-29579 Filed 11-18-15; 8:45 am]

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