1625-0015 60-day FR Notice

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]

[Notices]

[Pages 3834-3835]

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

[FR Doc No: 2022-01409]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0041; OMB Control Number: 1625-0015]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and

Budget;

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 extension of

its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0015,

Bridge Permit Application Guide; 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 March 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket

number [USCG-2022-0041] 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.

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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-6P), 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: A.L. Craig, Office of Privacy

Management, telephone 202-475-3528, 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. 3501 et seq., 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-2022-0041], and

must be received by March 28, 2022.

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

submissions in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking System

of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020).

Information Collection Request

Title: Bridge Permit Application Guide.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0015.

Summary: The collection of information is a request for a bridge

permit submitted as an application for approval by the Coast Guard of

any proposed bridge project. An applicant must submit to the Coast

Guard a letter of application along with letter-size drawings (plans)

and maps showing the proposed project and its location.

Need: 33 U.S.C. 401, 491, and 525 authorize the Coast Guard to

approve plans and locations for all bridges and causeways that go over

navigable waters of the United States.

Forms: None.

Respondents: Public and private owners of bridges over navigable

waters of the United States.

Frequency: On occasion.

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden for the period FY18-FY20

is 10,306 hours, which averages to 3,435 hours per year. The previous

submission for this request (FY15-FY17) included permit pre-application

coordination between the Bridge Program and the applicant that is

required as an application is prepared for submission. Recognition of

this work more accurately captured the work of the Bridge Program and

significantly increased the total burden hours. Unfortunately the Coast

Guard was unable to continue to support the antiquated database that

was used to capture this data and a new database solution is not

expected to be fully operational until 2022, therefore reliable data

for the full data period is unavailable. This submission does not

include pre-application work and will therefore show a drastic decrease

in burden hours from 17,607 to 3,435 due to this omission.

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

35, as amended.

Dated: January 19, 2022.

Kathleen Claffie,

Chief, Office of Privacy Management, U.S. Coast Guard.

[FR Doc. 2022-01409 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]

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