1625-0030 30-Day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]

[Notices]

[Pages 51283-51284]

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

[FR Doc No: 2017-23971]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0109; Control Number: 1625-0030]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB

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: 1625-0030, Oil and Hazardous Materials Transfer

Procedures. 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

December 4, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2017-0109] 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. 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. 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-2017-0109], and must be received by December 4,

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).

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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: 1625-0030.

Previous Request for Comments

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

Coast Guard published the 60-day Notice (82 FR 35980, August 2, 2017)

required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2).

We received three comments from two commenters to the 60-day

Notice. The first comment was about the language used in our Notice.

The commenter stated that the 33 CFR 155.720 transfer procedure

requirements apply to a vessel with a capacity of 250 barrels or more

of oil or hazardous materials, rather than our Notice language of a

vessel with a cargo capacity of 250 barrels or more of oil or hazardous

materials (emphasis added). We agree and have revised the language in

our 30-day Notice to correct the error. While the language we used in

the 60-day Notice was inaccurate, our burden calculation did include

vessels with a capacity of 250 barrels or more of oil or hazardous

materials.

The second and third comments were about the lightering

requirements in 33 CFR 156.210(b). While these comments relate to ICR

1625-0042 ``Requirements for Lightering of Oil and Hazardous Material

Cargoes'' and not the subject of this ICR Notice, we have responded to

the comments below. The second comment stated that the Coast Guard

should update the Headquarters point of contact (POC) in the

regulations for submitting hazardous material lightering operation

requests. We agree that the POC is unclear; submissions should be made

to Commandant (CG-ENG) vice Commandant (CG-5). We will revise this item

in an upcoming technical amendment rulemaking. The third comment

requested that the Coast Guard update the regulation that they consider

outdated. We will consider updating this requirement in a future

rulemaking. The comments result in no changes to the Collection.

Information Collection Request

Title: Oil and Hazardous Materials Transfer Procedures.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0030.

Summary: Vessels with a capacity of 250 barrels or more of oil or

hazardous materials must develop and maintain transfer procedures.

Transfer procedures provide basic safety information for operating

transfer systems with the goal of pollution prevention.

Need: Title 33 U.S.C. 1231 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe

regulations related to the prevention of pollution. Title 33 CFR 155

prescribes pollution prevention regulations including those related to

transfer procedures.

Forms: None.

Respondents: Operators of certain vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 160

hours to 149 hours a year due to a decrease in the estimated annual

number of responses.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 35,

as amended.

Dated: October 31, 2017.

James D. Roppel,

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

[FR Doc. 2017-23971 Filed 11-2-17; 8:45 am]

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