Special Request: Exemption and Waivers

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

Direct User Fees for Inspection or Examination of U.S. and Foreign Commercial Vessels

OMB No. 1625-0074 Exp: 02/28/2017

Who must comply?	Owners of certain inspected vessels.
What is this collection about?	This information is used by the Coast Guard (CG) to properly manage the collection of user fees from inspected vessels.
Where do I find the requirements for this information?	Title 46 CFR Part 2, is available at—https://www.eCFR.gov, select TITLE 46 – SHIPPING, and follow it to Part 2. Subpart 2.10 contains the requirements about user fees.
When must information be submitted to the Coast Guard?	An owner must submit information to the CG along with the user fee payment annually, per 46 CFR 2.10-20 & 2.10-101.
How is the information submitted?	User fee payments, along with the vessel name and its vessel identification number, can be sent by mail, fax or wire transfer to the CG. Special requests can be sent by mail, fax or electronically submitted by e-mail to the CG. For more details about payment options, visit— https://www.fincen.uscg.mil/VIF.htm.
What happens when complete information is received?	The CG will update your record so that the vessel is eligible for inspection.
For additional information, contact--	The CG Finance Center, for questions or payment details at— https://www.fincen.uscg.mil/VIF.htm Or your local CG Sector Office. A list of Coast Guard sectors, as part of a comprehensive list of Coast Guard units, can be found at https://www.uscg.mil/Units/Organization/.

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 3 minutes to review a Payment Receipt Letter; 6 minutes to pay an Overseas Inspection, Foreign Tank Vessel or Foreign MODU fee; 9 minutes to pay a user fee; and up to 30 minutes to prepare and submit an Exemption, Waiver, Prepayment or Refund request. You may submit any comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate or any suggestions for reducing the burden to: Commandant (CG-CVC), U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7501, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC 20593-7501 or Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (1625-0074), Washington, DC 20503.