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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. Consistent with 

the requirements of Executive Order 

13771, Reducing Regulation and 

Controlling Regulatory Costs, and 

Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the 

Regulatory Reform Agenda, the Coast 

Guard is also requesting comments on 

the extent to which this request for 

information could be modified to reduce 

the burden on respondents. 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–2020–0664], and must 

be received by February 11, 2021. 

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 to the Coast Guard 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 to the Coast Guard in 

response to this document, see DHS’s 

eRulemaking System of Records notice 

(85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). For 

more about privacy and submissions to 

OIRA in response to this document, see 

the https://www.reginfo.gov, commentsubmission web page. 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: 1625–0119. 

Previous Request for Comments 

This request provides a 30-day 

comment period required by OIRA. The 

Coast Guard published the 60-day 

notice (85 FR 66574, October 20, 2020) 

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: Coast Guard Exchange System 

Scholarship Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0119. 

Summary: This information collected 

on this form allows the Coast Guard 

Exchange System Scholarship Program 

Committee to evaluate and rank 

scholarship applications in order to 

award the annual scholarships. 

Need: Community Services Command 

Staff Instruction, CSCINST 1780 (series), 

provides policy and procedure for the 

award of annual scholarships from the 

Coast Guard Exchange System to 

dependents of Coast Guard members 

and employees. The information 

collected by this form allows for the 

awarding of scholarships based upon 

the criteria and procedures outlined in 

the Instruction under the auspices of 5 

U.S.C. 301. 

Forms: CG–5687. 

Respondents: Coast Guard 

dependents. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden remains 120 hours per year. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: January 7, 2021. 

Kathleen Claffie, 

Chief, Office of Privacy Management, U.S. 

Coast Guard. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00429 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2020–0181] 

Guidance for Voluntarily Obtaining 

Merchant Mariner Credential 

Endorsements for Basic and Advanced 

Operations on Vessels Subject to the 

International Code of Safety for Ships 

Using Gases or Low Flashpoint Fuels 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

the availability of CG–MMC Policy 

Letter 01–21, titled ‘‘Guidelines for 

Obtaining STCW Endorsements for 

Basic and Advanced IGF Code 

Operations.’’ This policy provides 

guidance for the issuance of Merchant 

Mariner Credential endorsements in 

accordance with the International 

Convention on Standards of Training, 

Certification and Watchkeeping for 

Seafarers, 1978, as amended, and with 

the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping Code, for Basic and 

Advanced Operations on vessels subject 

to the International Code of Safety for 

Ships Using Gases or Low Flashpoint 

Fuels. 

DATES: CG–MMC Policy Letter 01–21 

was issued January 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Policy Letter 01–21 is 

available in docket number USCG– 

2020–0181 on http://

www.regulations.gov, and also on the 

National Maritime Center website at 

https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/policy_

regulations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this policy, contact 

James Cavo, U.S. Coast Guard Mariner 

Credentialing Program Policy Division 

(CG–MMC–2); telephone (202) 372– 

1205, email James.D.Cavo@uscg,mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The International Maritime 

Organization (IMO) adopted the 

International Code of Safety for Ships 

Using Gases or Other Low Flashpoint 

Fuels (IGF Code). The IGF Code 

addresses safety and environmental 

requirements for vessels using gases or 

other low flashpoint fuels as well as the 

level of training required for personnel 

serving on these vessels. Additionally, 

in order to define the training 

requirements supporting the IGF Code, 

IMO developed amendments to the 

International Convention on Standards 

of Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as 

amended (STCW Convention) and to the 

Seafarers’ Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping Code, as amended 

(STCW Code)—the instruments that 

provide the international standards for 

mariner training. These amendments 

provide minimum standards of 

competence, sea service, and training 

for certification at the basic and 

advanced levels in IGF Code 

Operations. 

The IGF Code and the associated 

amendments to the STCW Convention 

and to the STCW Code entered into 

force on January 1, 2017. These 

provisions set minimum standards of 

competence, sea service, and training 

for certification at the basic and 

advanced levels in IGF Code 

Operations. These minimum standards 


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1This policy letter is available at https://

www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/ 

5p/5ps/MMC/CG-MMC-2%20Policies/

CG%20OES%20Policy%20Letter%2001- 

15%20signature%20with%20Enclosures.pdf?

ver=2018-06-07-131254-300. 

2See Federal Register Notice, ‘‘Policy Letters: 

Guidance for the Use of Liquefied Natural Gas as 

a Marine Fuel’’, which announced the availability 

of CG–OES Policy Letter 01–15 (80 FR 10131). 

3https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20

Documents/5p/5ps/MMC/CG-MMC-2%20Policies/ 

CG-MMC%2002-19%20IGF%20

Vessels.pdf?ver=2019-04-23-131748-703. 

4CG–MMC Policy Letter 01–21 is available in the 

docket where indicated under the ADDRESSES

portion of this notice. 

5 Due to the COVID–19 pandemic applications are 

only being accepted via email. Under normal 

conditions applications may be submited in person 

at a Regional Examination Center or via email at the 

mariner’s convenience. 

6https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_

mariner_credential/ provides detailed instructions 

on how to submit an MMC application to the 

National Maritime Center. 

7According to the Liquefied Gas Carrier National 

Center, an annual average of approximately 508 

mariners would need STCW endorsements for Basic 

or Advanced IGF Code Operations over the 10-year 

period from 2020–2029. See Coast Guard ‘‘IGF Code 

Policy Letter Cost Analysis,’’ which is available in 

the docket where indicated under the ADDRESSES

portion of this notice. This can be found in the 

docket USCG–2020–0181 under ‘‘IGF Code Policy 

Letter Cost Analysis.’’ 

apply to personnel on vessels subject to 

the IGF Code who have designated 

safety duties associated with or 

immediate responsibility for the care, 

use, or emergency response to the fuels 

on board a vessel using gases or low 

flashpoint fuels. 

On February 19, 2015, the Coast 

Guard issued CG–OES Policy Letter 01– 

15,1 ‘‘Guidelines for Liquefied Natural 

Gas Fuel Transfer Operations and 

Training of Personnel on Vessels Using 

Natural Gas as Fuel,’’ to provide 

voluntary guidance on fuel transfer 

operations and the training of personnel 

working on U.S. and foreign vessels that 

use natural gas as fuel and conduct 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel transfer 

operations in waters subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction.2

On April 23, 2019, the Coast Guard 

issued CG–MMC Policy Letter 02–19,3

‘‘Guidelines for Training of Personnel 

on Vessels Using Natural Gas and Other 

Low Flash Point Fuels.’’ This policy 

republished the training guidance 

provided in CG–OES Policy Letter 01– 

15 without any change to the content, 

but aligned the policy name with the 

organizational structure of the Merchant 

Mariner Credentialing program, which 

was reorganized in 2016. 

CG–OES Policy Letter 01–15 and CG– 

MMC Policy Letter 02–19 were interim 

measures to better ensure that U.S. 

mariners were sufficiently trained to 

work aboard vessels using natural gas 

and other low flash point fuels. The 

Coast Guard did not issue endorsements 

to mariners who completed training in 

accordance with either policy. 

Discussion of Policy Letter CG–MMC 

Policy Letter 01–21 

The Coast Guard will now begin 

issuing STCW endorsements in Basic 

and Advanced IGF Code Operations to 

mariners who voluntarily meet the 

STCW requirements for certification at 

the basic and advanced levels in IGF 

Code Operations. CG–MMC Policy 

Letter 01–21 4 provides information on 

how to qualify for and request the 

endorsements. The Coast Guard is 

issuing these endorsements in response 

to industry requests and to facilitate 

maritime commerce. These 

endorsements are not currently 

mandated by Coast Guard regulation. 

However, because the United States is 

signatory to the STCW Convention, 

vessel owners and operators should be 

aware that their vessels are subject to 

foreign port state control actions, 

including detention, if mariners are not 

compliant with the STCW Convention 

and the STCW Code. 

CG–MMC Policy Letter 01–21 was 

issued January 4, 2021. The National 

Maritime Center will begin accepting 

applications for IGF Code Operations 

endorsements when this notice is 

published. 

The difference between CG–MMC 

Policy Letter 02–19 and CG–MMC 

Policy Letter 01–21 is that the Coast 

Guard will now issue MMC 

endorsements for Basic and Advanced 

IGF Code Operations to mariners who 

have voluntarily met the requirements 

for the endorsements. The Coast Guard 

expects that industry has already 

incurred costs from attending training 

for Basic and Advanced IGF Code 

Operations. However, we do not have 

data on how many mariners have 

completed training in IGF Code 

Operations, or how many would 

ultimately complete training due to the 

issuance of CG–MMC Policy Letter 01– 

21. Therefore, we present here the total 

costs that may have occurred or would 

occur if our estimated population 

completes training for either Basic or 

Advanced IGF Code Operations. 

The Coast Guard estimates this policy 

will generate a total cost to industry and 

the Federal Government of $11,068,608 

($10,917,059 for costs to industry and 

$151,549 for costs to the Federal 

Government) in 2019 dollars discounted 

at 7 percent over the next 10 years. 

Table 1 presents the affected 

population, costs, and benefits 

associated with the implementation of 

the CG–MMC Policy Letter 01–21. Table 

1 below demonstrates these costs. 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF AFFECTED

POPULATION, COSTS, AND BENEFITS

FOR ISSUING STCW ENDORSEMENTS FOR IGF CODE OPERATIONS

Affected population 

(annual average) 

Annual 

average of 

508 mariners 

and 4 STCW 

training 

providers 

Total Costs Annualized (7% 

discount rate) .................... $1,575,921 

Total 10-year (7% discount 

rate) ................................... 11,068,608 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF AFFECTED

POPULATION, COSTS, AND BENEFITS

FOR ISSUING STCW ENDORSEMENTS FOR IGF CODE OPERATIONS—Continued 

Affected population 

(annual average) 

Annual 

average of 

508 mariners 

and 4 STCW 

training 

providers 

Total Costs to Industry 

Annualized (7% discount 

rate) ................................... 1,554,344 

Total 10-year (7% discount 

rate) ................................... 10,917,059 

Total Costs to the Federal 

Government Annualized 

(7% discount rate) ............. 21,577 

Total 10-year (7% discount 

rate) ................................... 151,549 

The affected population may choose 

to submit CG–719B Application for 

Merchant Mariner Credential for an 

MMC endorsement in Basic or 

Advanced IGF Code Operations to the 

U.S. Coast Guard. Applications are 

submitted to a Coast Guard Regional 

Examination Center in accordance with 

46 CFR 10.209.5 6 There is no fee 

associated with adding an STCW 

endorsement to an MMC. We estimate 

that 508 mariners would voluntarily 

submit MMC applications to the U.S. 

Coast Guard on an annual basis.7 The 

Coast Guard further estimates that this 

could lead to an increase of mariners’ 

annual hourly burden for submitting 

documentation by approximately 42 

hours (508 mariners × 0.083 hours). 

CG–MMC Policy Letter 01–21 is not a 

substitute for applicable legal 

requirements, nor is it itself a rule. The 

Coast Guard does not currently require 

any mariner to obtain the endorsements 

discussed in CG–MMC Policy Letter 01– 

21. In other words, it is possible to 

comply with U.S. domestic legal 

obligations without undertaking the 

specific trainings, or obtaining the 


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specific endorsements, described in CG– 

MMC Policy Letter 01–21. 

Before creating any such requirement, 

the Coast Guard would undertake a 

separate rulemaking. 

We issue this notice of availability in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 

under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 7101. 

If you have questions about the policy 

letter, or believe that changes are 

necessary, please contact the person in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. 

Dated: January 7, 2021. 

Jeffrey G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00372 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2020–0663] 

Collection of Information Under 

Review by Office of Management and 

Budget; OMB Control Number 1625– 

0109 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting 

comments. 

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: 1625–0109, Drawbridge 

Operation Regulations; 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: You may submit comments to 

the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before 

February 11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments to the Coast 

Guard should be submitted using the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Search for docket 

number [USCG–2020–0663. Written 

comments and recommendations to 

OIRA for the proposed information 

collection should be sent within 30 days 

of publication of this notice to https:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

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. 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. Consistent with 

the requirements of Executive Order 

13771, Reducing Regulation and 

Controlling Regulatory Costs, and 

Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the 

Regulatory Reform Agenda, the Coast 

Guard is also requesting comments on 

the extent to which this request for 

information could be modified to reduce 

the burden on respondents. 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–2020–0663], and must 

be received by February 11, 2021. 

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 to the Coast Guard 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 to the Coast Guard in 

response to this document, see DHS’s 

eRulemaking System of Records notice 

(85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). For 

more about privacy and submissions to 

OIRA in response to this document, see 

the https://www.reginfo.gov, commentsubmission web page. 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: 1625–0109. 

Previous Request for Comments 

This request provides a 30-day 

comment period required by OIRA. The 

Coast Guard published the 60-day 

notice (85 FR 66572, October 20, 2020) 

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: Drawbridge Operation 

Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0109. 

Summary: The Bridge Program 

receives approximately 412 requests 

from bridge owners per year to change 

the operating schedule of various 

drawbridges across the navigable waters 

of the United States. The information 

needed for the change to the operating 

schedule can only be obtained from the 

bridge owner and is generally provided 

to the Coast Guard in either written or 

electronic format. 


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