1625-0095 30-day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2018)]

[Notices]

[Pages 53071-53072]

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

[FR Doc No: 2018-22787]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0785]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0095

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: 1625-0095,

Oil and Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention and Safety Records,

Equivalents/Alternatives and Exemptions; 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

November 19, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2018-0785] 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: 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-2018-0785], and must be received by November 19,

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, 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: 1625-0095.

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 39768, August 10, 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: Oil and Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention and Safety

Records, Equivalents/Alternatives and Exemptions.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0095.

Summary: The information is used by the Coast Guard to ensure that

an oil or hazardous material requirement alternative or exemption

provides an equivalent level of safety and protection from pollution.

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Need: Under 33 U.S.C. 1321 and Executive Order 12777 the Coast

Guard is authorized to prescribe regulations to prevent the discharge

of oil and hazardous substances from vessels and facilities and to

contain such discharges. Coast Guard regulations in 33 CFR parts 154-

156 are intended to: (1) Prevent or mitigate the results of an

accidental release of bulk liquid hazardous materials being transferred

at waterfront facilities; (2) ensure that facilities and vessels that

use vapor control systems are in compliance with the safety standards

developed by the Coast Guard; (3) provide equipment and operational

requirements for facilities and vessels that transfer oil or hazardous

materials in bulk to or from vessels with a 250 or more barrel

capacity; and (4) provide procedures for vessel or facility operators

who request exemption or partial exemption from the requirements of the

pollution prevention regulations.

Forms: N/A.

Respondents: Owners and operators of bulk oil and hazardous

materials facilities and vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 1,440

hours to 1,720 hours a year due to an increase in the estimated number

of respondents.

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. 2018-22787 Filed 10-18-18; 8:45 am]

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