1625-0009 60-Day Federal Register Notice

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

[Notices]

[Page 72451]

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

[FR Doc No: 2015-29573]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0756]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0009

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:

1625-0009, Oil Record Book for Ships. 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 January 19,

2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2015-0756] 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, 2100 2nd Street SW., Stop 7101, Washington, DC 20593-7710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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. 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-2015-0756], and

must be received by January 19, 2016.

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: Oil Record Book for Ships.

Omb Control Number: 1625-0009.

Summary: The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and the

International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973,

as modified by the 1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78),

requires that information about oil cargo or fuel operations be entered

into an Oil Record Book (CG-4602A). The requirement is contained in 33

CFR 151.25.

Need: This information is used to verify sightings of actual

violations of the APPS to determine the level of compliance with MARPOL

73/78 and as a means of reinforcing the discharge provisions.

Forms: CG-4602A; Oil Record Book for Ships.

Respondents: Operators of vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from

20,221 hours to 28,536 hours a year due to an increase in the estimated

annual number of responses.

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

chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: November 10, 2015.

Thomas P. Michelli,

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

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