1625-0096 30-day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 217 (Thursday, November 8, 2018)]

[Notices]

[Pages 55909-55910]

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

[FR Doc No: 2018-24439]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0282]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0096

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: 1625-0096, Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge;

and Report of Suspicious Maritime Activity. 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 10, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2018-0282] to the Coast Guard using the Federal

eRulemaking Portal at https://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 https://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, 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-2018-0282], and must be received by December 10,

2018.

Submitting Comments

We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking

Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be

submitted using https://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 https://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 https://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,

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2005, issue of the Federal Register (70 FR 15086).

OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs online at https://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: 1625-0096.

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 29563, June 25, 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: Report of Oil or Hazardous Substance Discharge; and Report

of Suspicious Maritime Activity.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0096.

Summary: Any discharge of oil or a hazardous substance must be

reported to the National Response Center (NRC) so that the pre-

designated on-scene coordinator can be informed and appropriate spill

mitigation action carried out. The NRC also receives suspicious

activity reports from the public and disseminates this information to

appropriate entities.

Need: Title 33 CFR 153.203, 40 CFR 263.30 and 264.56, and 49 CFR

171.15 mandate that the NRC be the central place for the public to

report all pollution spills. Title 33 CFR 101.305 mandates that owners

or operators of those vessels or facilities required to have security

plans, report activities that may result in a Transportation Security

Incident (TSI) or breaches of security to the NRC. Voluntary reports

are also accepted.

Forms: N/A.

Respondents: Persons-in-charge of a vessel or onshore/offshore

facility; owners or operators of vessels or facilities required to have

security plans; and the public.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 3,144

hours to 1,980 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.

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: October 11, 2018.

James D. Roppel,

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

[FR Doc. 2018-24439 Filed 11-7-18; 8:45 am]

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