1625-0112 60-Day FR Notice

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Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness via Electronic Transmission of Vessel Transit Data

1625-0112 60-Day FR Notice

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]

[Notices]

[Page 64437]

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

[FR Doc No: 2015-27038]




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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


Coast Guard


[Docket No. USCG-2015-0911



Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0112


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 approval for

reinstatement, with change, of the following collection of information:

1625-0112, Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness via Electronic

Transmission of Vessel Transit Data. Our ICR describe 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 December 22,

2015.


ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2015-0911] to the Coast Guard using the Federal

eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public

participation and request for comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for further instructions on submitting comments.

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

20593-7710.


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

Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-273-8405,

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. In response to

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

reinstatement of 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-2015-0911], and

must be received by December 22, 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).

Information Collection Request

1. Title: Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness via Electronic

Transmission of Vessel Transit Data.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0112.

Summary: The Coast Guard collects, stores, and analyzes data

transmitted by Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) and

Automatic Identification System (AIS) to enhance maritime domain

awareness (MDA). Awareness and threat knowledge are critical for

securing the maritime domain and the key to preventing adverse events.

Data is also used for marine safety and environmental protection

purposes.

Need: To ensure port safety and security and to ensure the

uninterrupted flow of commerce.

Forms: None.

Respondents: Owners or operators of certain vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 204

hours to 47,245 hours a year due to an increase in the estimated annual

number of responses. The increase in responses is due to the inclusion

of AIS into this ICR.


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

Chapter 35, as amended.


Dated: October 18, 2015.

Thomas P. Michelli,

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

[FR Doc. 2015-27038 Filed 10-22-15; 8:45 am]

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