[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 95 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27832-27833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9494]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2007-28121]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget: OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0025 and 1625-0058

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting an 
extension of their approval for the following collections of 
information: (1) 1625-0025, Carriage of Bulk Solids Requiring Special 
Handling--46 CFR part 148; and (2) 1625-0058, Application for Permit to 
Transport Municipal and Commercial Waste. Before submitting these ICRs 
to OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before July 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material do not enter 
the docket [USCG-2007-28121] more than once, please submit them by only 
one of the following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
aTransportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 
DC 20590-0001.
    (2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
notice. Comments and material received from the public, as well as 
documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, 
will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or 
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket 
on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Copies of complete ICRs are available through this docket on the 
Internet at

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http://dms.dot.gov, and also from Commandant (CG-611), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, room 10-1236 (Attn: Mr. Arthur Requina), 2100 2nd Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is 202-475-3523.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Arthur Requina, Office of 
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3523, or fax 202-475-3929, 
for questions on these documents; or telephone Ms. Renee V. Wright, 
Program Manager, Docket Operations, 202-493-0402, for questions on the 
docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments 
and related materials. We will post all comments received, without 
change, to http://dms.dot.gov; they will include any personal 
information you provided. We have an agreement with DOT to use the 
Docket Management Facility. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy 
Act Policy'' below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your 
name and address, identify the docket number [USCG-2007-28121], 
indicate the specific section of the document to which each comment 
applies, providing a reason for each comment. You may submit your 
comments and material by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to 
the Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but 
please submit them by only one means. If you submit them by mail or 
delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them 
by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please 
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will 
consider all comments and material received during the comment period. 
We may change the documents supporting this collection of information 
or even the underlying requirements in view of them.
    Viewing comments and documents: View comments and documents 
mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, go to http://dms.dot.gov to view at any time and conduct a simple search using the 
docket number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in 
room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh 
Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments 
received in dockets by the name of the individual submitting the 
comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the Privacy 
Act Statement of DOT in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

Information Collection Request

    1. Title: Carriage of Bulk Solids Requiring Special Handling--46 
CFR Part 148.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0025.
    Summary: The information specified in 46 CFR part 148 for an 
application for a Special Permit allows Coast Guard to determine the 
manner of safe carriage of unlisted materials. The information required 
by Dangerous Cargo Manifests and Shipping Papers permits vessel crews 
and emergency personnel to properly/safely respond to accidents 
involving hazardous substances. See Sec. Sec.  148.02-1 and 148.02-3.
    Need: The Coast Guard administers and enforces statutes and rules 
for the safe transport and stowage of hazardous materials, including 
bulk solids. See 49 U.S.C. 5103.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels that carry certain 
bulk solids.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 1,130 
hours to 899 hours a year.
    2. Title: Application for Permit to Transport Municipal and 
Commercial Waste.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0058.
    Summary: This information collection provides the basis for issuing 
or denying a permit for the transportation of municipal or commercial 
waste in the coastal waters of the United States.
    Need: In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 2602, the U.S. Coast Guard 
issued regulations requiring a vessel owner or operator to apply for a 
permit to transport municipal or commercial waste in the United States. 
Accordingly, the vessel owner or operator is required to display an 
identification number or other marking on their vessel as indicated in 
33 CFR part 151, subpart B.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels.
    Frequency: Every 18 months.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 69 hours 
to 116 hours a year.

    Dated: May 8, 2007.
C.S. Johnson, Jr.,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications Computers and Information Technology.
 [FR Doc. E7-9494 Filed 5-16-07; 8:45 am]
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