Waterfront Facilities Handling Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Liquefied Hazardous Gas (LHG)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. COAST GUARD

Waterfront Facilities Handling
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and
Liquefied Hazardous Gas (LHG)

OMB No. 1625-0049
Exp: 10/31/2016

Who must comply?

Owners and operators of waterfront facilities that transfer LNG or LHG.

What is this collection
about?

This information is used by the Coast Guard (CG) to determine if the
proper safety precautions are being taken to protect the facility,
workers and public from hazards associated with the transfer and
storage of certain hazardous materials.

Where do I find the
requirements for this
information?

Title 33 CFR Part 127, is available at—http://www.eCFR.gov, select
TITLE 33 – NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS, and follow to
Part 127.

When must information be An owner/operator must submit information to the local CG Captain of
submitted to the Coast
the Port (COTP) at least one year before construction of, or
Guard?
modification to, a facility.
How is the information
submitted?

By mail, fax, or electronically via e-mail to the COTP at the local CG
Sector Office. Contact info for CG Sector Offices can be found at—
http://www.uscg.mil/top/units/.

What happens when
complete information is
received?

The COTP will review the information and determine if the facility is
suitable for operation. The COTP will advise the owner/operator in
writing.

For additional information, Your local CG Sector Office.
contact-• A list of Coast Guard sectors, as part of a comprehensive list
of Coast Guard units, can be found at
http://www.uscg.mil/top/units/.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it
displays a valid OMB control number.
The Coast Guard estimates that the average burden per response for this report varies per information collection—about
30 minutes for a Declaration of Inspection; 2 hours per Operations or Emergency Manual amendment; 2.5 hours for a
Letter of Intent or personnel qualifications recordkeeping; 8.5 hours for maintenance recordkeeping; 10 hours for an
alternatives or appeal request; 20 hours for developing an Operations or Emergency Manual; and up to 704 hours to
develop a waterways suitability assessment. You may submit any comments concerning the accuracy of this burden
estimate or any suggestions for reducing the burden to: Commandant (CG-OES), U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703
Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509 or Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction
Project (1625-0049), Washington, DC 20503.