1625-0006 6-Day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2018)]

[Notices]

[Pages 53642-53643]

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

[FR Doc No: 2018-23167]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0790]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0006

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request

(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an

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extension of its approval for the following collection of information:

1625-0006, Shipping Articles; without change. Our ICR describes the

information we seek to collect from the public. Before submitting this

ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before December 24,

2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2018-0790] to the Coast Guard using the Federal

eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public

participation and request for comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for further instructions on submitting comments.

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. In response to

your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not to seek an

extension of approval for the Collection. We will consider all comments

and material received during the comment period.

We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments

and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of

the ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG-2018-0790], and

must be received by December 24, 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 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 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).

Information Collection Request

Title: Shipping Articles.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0006.

Summary: Title 46 United States Code Sec. 10302 and 10502 and

Title 46 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 14.201 requires applicable

owners, charterers, managing operators, masters, or individuals in

charge to make a shipping agreement in writing with each seaman before

the seaman commences employment. Additionally 46 CFR 14.313 requires

shipping companies to submit to the Coast Guard Shipping Articles three

years after the article was generated; or submitted by shipping

companies that go out of business or merges with another company; or

upon request by the Coast Guard. Upon receipt and acceptance, Shipping

Articles are transferred and archived at the Federal Records Center in

Suitland, Maryland.

Need: This collection provides verification, identification,

location and employment information of U.S. merchant mariners to the

following: (1) Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies for

use in criminal or civil law enforcement purposes, (2) shipping

companies, (3) labor unions, (4) seaman's authorized representatives,

(5) seaman's next of kin, (6) whenever the disclosure of such

information would be in the best interest of the seaman or his/her

family.

Forms: CG-705A; Shipping Articles.

Respondents: Shipping companies.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated annual burden remains 18,000

hours a year.

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

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: October 18, 2018.

James D. Roppel,

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

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