1625-0119 30-Day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 201 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]

[Notices]

[Pages 48720-48721]

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

[FR Doc No: 2017-22703]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0598]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0119

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 for

reinstatement, without change, of the following collection of

information: 1625-0119, Coast Guard Exchange System Scholarship

Application. 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

November 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2016-0598] 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.

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: 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,

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including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of

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-2016-0598], and must be received by November 20,

2017.

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: 1625-0119.

Previous Request for Comments

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

Coast Guard has published the 60-day notice (81 FR 95154, December 27,

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: Coast Guard Exchange System Scholarship Application.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0119.

Summary: This information collected on this form allows the Coast

Guard Exchange System Scholarship Program Committee to evaluate and

rank scholarship applications in order to award the annual

scholarships.

Need: Commandant Instruction, COMDTINST 1780.1 (series), provides

policy and procedure for the award of annual scholarships from the

Coast Guard Exchange System to dependents of Coast Guard members and

employees. The information collected by this form allows for the

awarding of scholarships based upon the criteria and procedures

outlined in the Instruction under the auspices of 5 U.S.C. 301.

Forms: CG-5687, Coast Guard Exchange System Scholarship Program

Application.

Respondents: Coast Guard dependents.

Frequency: Annually.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated annual burden remains 120 hours

per year.

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

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: October 12, 2017.

James D. Roppel,

U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Information Management.

[FR Doc. 2017-22703 Filed 10-18-17; 8:45 am]

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