Requirements for Lightering of Oil and Hazardous Material Cargoes, and Advancce Notice of Transfer

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. COAST GUARD

Requirements for Lightering of Oil and Hazardous Material Cargoes, and Advance Notice of Transfer

OMB No. 1625-0042 Exp: 07/31/2023

Who must comply?	Owners, masters and agents of lightering vessels, and certain facility operators.
What is this collection about?	An owner, master or agent of a vessel must provide the Coast Guard (CG) pre-arrival information in advance of lightering operations. Certain facility operators must notify the Coast Guard in advance of each transfer operation.
Where do I find the requirements for this information?	Title 33 CFR Part 156 is available at— https://www.eCFR.gov, select TITLE 33 – NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS, and follow to sections 156,118, 156.215 and 156.415-420.
When must information be submitted to the Coast Guard?	For lightering, the information must be provided to the CG at least 24-hours in advance of lightering operations. For advance notice of a facility transfers, the information must be provided to the CG at least 4-hours in advance.
How is the information submitted?	In writing or electronically by--telephone, marine radio, fax or e-mail. Information is submitted to the CG Captain of the Port (COTP) at the local Sector Office. A comprehensive list of contact info for Coast Guard units is found at: https://www.uscg.mil/Units/Organization/.
What happens when complete information is received?	The CG will review the information for completeness, and schedule a vessel boarding if appropriate.
For additional information, contact--	Your local CG Sector Office. A list of Coast Guard sectors, as part of a comprehensive list of Coast Guard units, can be found at https://www.uscg.mil/Units/Organization/.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.

The Coast Guard estimates that the average burden per response for this report varies per information collection—about 6 minute per advance notice of transfer; and about 10 minutes per lightering or Ship-to-Ship transfer operation. You may submit any comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate or any suggestions for reducing the burden to: Commandant (CG-CVC), U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7501, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC 20593-7501 or Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (1625-0042), Washington, DC 20503.