[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 87 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25973-25974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11157]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2000-6847]


Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): 2115-0053, 2115-0025, and 2115-0607

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded the 
three Information Collection Reports (ICRs) abstracted below to OMB for 
review and comment. Our ICRs describe the information that we seek to 
collect from the public. Review and comment by OMB ensure that we 
impose only paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of 
duties.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before June 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to both (1) the Docket Management 
System (DMS), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001, and (2) the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, to the 
attention of the Desk Officer for the USCG.
    Copies of the complete ICRs are available for inspection and 
copying in public docket USCG-2000-6847 of the Docket Management 
Facility between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays; for inspection and printing on the internet at http://dms.dot.gov; and for inspection from the Commandant (G-SII-2), U.S. 
Coast Guard, room 6106, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC, between 
10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, Office of Information

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Management, 202-267-2326, for questions on this document; Dorothy 
Walker, Chief, Documentary Services Division, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 202-366-9330, for questions on the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory History

    This request constitutes the 30-day notice required by OMB. The 
Coast Guard has already published [65 FR 7094 (February 11, 2000)] the 
60-day notice required by OMB. That request elicited the following 
comments.
    The comment concerned ICR 2115-0025--Oil Record Book for Ships. It 
suggested the following changes to the Oil Record Book for Ships: (1) 
``On page 13 the instructions say to `circle one' and then present the 
choice of cargo/ballast of machinery space. On the remaining pages 
there is no choice given.'' (2) ``Under the code and item numbers for 
tankers, the instructions under the letter K lists the operations to be 
documented when discharging clean ballast. These operations are written 
to confirm [sic] to Marpol regulations where clean ballast does not 
have to be monitored. Under 33 CFR 157.43 clean ballast [sic] 
discharges must go thru the cargo monitor. It would follow that a 
listed operation such as H 37 `[sic] Was the discharge monitoring and 
control system in operation' should be included under H.''
    The Coast Guard has reviewed and concurs with the first suggested 
change and will make the corrections when the book is revised. While 
the second suggestion is a good one, the Coast Guard will consider it 
when it reviews the book for the next revision. On April 6, 2000, we 
replied to the commentor and sent copies to OMB.

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard invites comments on the proposed collections of 
information to determine whether the collections are necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the Department. In particular, 
the Coast Guard would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical 
utility of the collections; (2) the accuracy of the Department's 
estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information that is the subject of the 
collections; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collections on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments, to DMS or OIRA, must contain the OMB Control Numbers of 
all ICRs addressed. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of 
this request, USCG-2000-6847. Comments to OIRA are best assured of 
having their full effect if OIRA receives them 30 or fewer days after 
the publication of this request.

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Request for Designation and Exemption of Oceanographic 
Research Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0053.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owner or operator of vessel.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Abstract: This information is necessary to ensure that a vessel 
qualifies for the designation.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 29 hours 
annually.

    2. Title: Oil Record Book for Ships.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0025.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Operators of vessels.
    Forms: N/A.
    Abstract: The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and the 
International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, 
as modified by the 1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), 
require that information about oil (cargo or fuel) be entered into an 
Oil Record Book (CG-4602A). The requirement appears at 33 CFR 151.25.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 35,828 hours 
annually.
    3. Title: Vessel Identification System.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0607.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Governments of States and territories.
    Forms: N/A.
    Abstract: The Secretary of Transportation must establish a 
nationwide vessel-identification system (VIS) and centralize certain 
vessel-documentation functions. VIS provides participating States and 
territories with access to their own data on numbered vessels. 
Participation in VIS is voluntary.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 5,697 hours 
annually.
    Forms: N/A.
    Abstract: To protect marine workers from exposure to toxic Benzene 
vapor, the Coast Guard implemented 46 CFR part 197, subpart C.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 5,697 hours 
annually.

    Dated: April 19, 2000.
Daniel F. Sheehan,
Director of Information and Technology.
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