1625-0027 30-Day Federal Register Notice

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]

[Notices]

[Pages 28093-28094]

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

[FR Doc No: 2016-10896]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-1097]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0027

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 approval of a

revision to the following collection of information: 1625-0027, Vessel

Documentation. Our ICR describes 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 June

8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2015-1097] 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, 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 202-372-8405,

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

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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-2015-1097], and must be received by June 8,

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).

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: 1625-0027.

Previous Request for Comments

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

Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (81 FR 3152, January 20, 2016)

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

Title: Vessel Documentation.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0027.

Summary: The information collected will be used to establish the

eligibility of a vessel to: (a) Be documented as a ``vessel of the

United States'', (b) engage in a particular trade, and/or (c) become

the object of a preferred ship's mortgage. The information collected

concerns citizenship of owner/applicant and build, tonnage and markings

of a vessel.

Need: Title 46 U.S.C. Chapters 121, 123, 125 and 313 requires the

documentation of vessels. A Certificate of Documentation (COD) is

required for the operation of a vessel in certain trades, serves as

evidence of vessel nationality and permits a vessel to be subject to

preferred mortgages.

Forms: CG-1258, Application for Initial, Exchange, or Replacement

of Certificate of Documentation/Redocumentation; CG-1258, Section A--

Additional Vessels; CG-1258, Section H--Additional Owners; CG-1258,

Section L--Attachment to Limited Liability Company; CG-1258, Section

L--Attachment to Partnership; CG-1258, Section L--Attachment to Joint

Venture or Association; CG-1258, Section L--Attachment to Trust

Arrangement; CG-1261, Builder's Certification and First Transfer of

Title; CG-1270, Certificate of Documentation; CG-1280, Vessel Renewal

Notification Application for Renewal; CG-1340, Bill of Sale; CG-1356,

Bill of Sale by Government Entity Pursuant to Court Order or

Administrative Degree of Forfeiture; CG-4593, Application, Consent, and

Approval for Withdrawal of Application for Documentation or Exchange of

Certificate of Documentation; CG-5542, Optional Application for Filing;

CG-7042, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions; and CG-7043,

Abstract of Title/Certified COD Request.

Respondents: Owners/builders of yachts and commercial vessels of at

least 5 net tons.

Frequency: Annually.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from

67,882 hours to 77,619 hours a year due to an increase in the estimated

annual number of responses. With one exception, there is no proposed

change to the reporting or recordkeeping requirements of this

collection. This ICR is revised to account for the recordkeeping burden

of form CG-1270 (Certificate of Documentation (COD)). A COD is issued

by the Coast Guard to a vessel owner. We estimate the recordkeeping

burden of 3 minutes per response. CODs were issued in the past, but not

accounted for under Information Collection 1625-0027. The reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, and the methodology for calculating burden,

remain unchanged.

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

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: April 29, 2016.

Thomas P. Michelli,

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

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