1625-0068 30-day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]

[Notices]

[Pages 22509-22510]

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

[FR Doc No: 2018-10244]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0135]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0068

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 an extension

of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0068,

State Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for removal costs

under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990; without change. 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 June

14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2018-0135] 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.

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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. 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-2018-0135], and must be received by June 14,

2018.

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 website'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: 1625-0068.

Previous Request for Comments

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

Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (83 FR 9012, March 2, 2018)

required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no comments.

Accordingly, no changes have been made to the Collection.

Information Collection Request

Title: State Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for

removal costs under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0068.

Summary: This information collection is the mechanism for a

Governor, or their designated representative, of a state to make a

request for payment from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF) in

an amount not to exceed $250,000 for removal cost consistent with the

National Contingency Plan required for the immediate removal of a

discharge, or the mitigation or prevention of a substantial threat of

discharge, of oil.

Need: This information collection is required by, 33 CFR part 133,

for implementing 33 U.S.C. 2712 (d) (1) of the Oil Pollution Act of

1990 (OPA 90). The information provided by the state to the NPFC is

used to determine whether expenditures submitted by the state to the

OSLTF are compensable, and, where compensable, to ensure the correct

amount of reimbursement is made by the OSLTF to the state. If the

information is not collected, the Coast Guard and the National

Pollution Funds Center will be unable to justify the resulting

expenditures, and thus be unable to recover costs from the parties

responsible for the spill when they can be identified.

Forms: None.

Respondents: Governor of a state or their designated

representative.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated annual burden remains 3 hours a

year.

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

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: May 8, 2018.

James D. Roppel,

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

[FR Doc. 2018-10244 Filed 5-14-18; 8:45 am]

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