1625-0001 60-Day FR Notice

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

[Notices]

[Pages 64430-64431]

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

[FR Doc No: 2015-27019]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0910]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0001

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 of

revisions to the following collection of information: 1625-0001, Marine

Casualty Information & Periodic Chemical Drug and Alcohol Testing of

Commercial Vessel Personnel. 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-2015-0910] 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:

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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 202-372-8405,

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 approval of

revisions 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-2015-0910], 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: Marine Casualty Information & Periodic Chemical Drug and

Alcohol Testing of Commercial Vessel Personnel.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0001.

Summary: Marine casualty information is needed for Coast Guard

investigations of commercial vessel casualties involving death, vessel

damage, etc., as mandated by Congress. Chemical testing information is

needed to improve CG detection/reduction of drug use by mariners.

Need: Section 6101 of 46 U.S.C., as delegated by the Secretary of

Homeland Security to the Commandant, authorizes the Coast Guard to

prescribe regulations for the reporting of marine casualties involving

death, serious injury, material loss of property, material damage

affecting the seaworthiness of a vessel, or significant harm to the

environment. It also requires information on the use of alcohol being

included in a marine casualty report. Section 7503 of 46 U.S.C.

authorizes the Coast Guard to deny the issuance of licenses,

certificates of registry, and merchant mariner's documents (seaman's

papers) to users of dangerous drugs. Similarly, 46 U.S.C. 7704 requires

the Coast Guard to revoke such papers unless a holder provides

satisfactory proofs that the holder is cured.

Forms: CG-2692, Report of Marine Casualty, Commercial Diving

Casualty, or OCS-related Casualty; CG-2692A, Barge Addendum; CG-2692B,

Report of Mandatory Chemical Testing Following a Serious Marine

Incident Involving Vessels in Commercial Service; CG-2692C, Personnel

Casualty Addendum; CG-2692D, Involved Persons and Witnesses Addendum.

Why Is The Coast Guard Proposing To Add 2 New Forms: The Coast

Guard recently reviewed its regulations and policies with respect to

the marine casualty reporting requirements found in 46 CFR part 4.

During this project, an evaluation of comments and feedback from the

maritime industry and general public, as well as an internal assessment

of current statutory and regulatory requirements and Coast Guard

policies, identified the need to revise the form used by the public to

submit written reports of marine casualties, the form CG-2692

(currently titled Report of Marine Accident, Injury or Death) and its

Addendum forms.

The resulting proposal to revise these forms, which includes

revising the title name of the form and taking certain sections of the

CG-2692 and moving them to two new Addendum forms (facilitates multiple

entry capability not currently available) have been drafted with the

following goals in mind:

Reduce the overall amount of information required to be

entered to submit reports for marine casualties while still meeting all

statutory and regulatory requirements.

Clarify what types of incidents require the submission of

the written report and seek the inclusion of additional information,

entered on one or more of the Addendum forms, only when it is

necessary.

Reformat and organize the information on the forms such

that it is more adaptable to the development of an alternate electronic

means of submission.

Respondents: Vessel owners and operators.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from

20,986 hours to 23,586 hours a year due to an increase in the estimated

number of responses.

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. 2015-27019 Filed 10-22-15; 8:45 am]

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