[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20520]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on May 15,1997 [62 FR, 26845].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 4, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Office of Information Management, telephone (202) 267-2326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

United States Coast Guard (USCG)

    Title: Recordkeeping of Refuse Discharges From Ships.
    OMB No. 2115-0613.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Affected Public: Masters or persons-in-charge of U.S. ships, and 
fixed or floating platforms.
    Abstract: The collection of Information requires certain U.S. ships 
and fixed or floating platforms to maintain and record into a refuse 
record book, the discharge and disposal operations of their generated 
waste.
    Need: 33 CFR 151.55 gives the Coast Guard the authority to 
prescribe regulations to require certain U.S. ships, fixed or floating 
platforms, to maintain onboard, documentation of the disposal of their 
generated waste.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 526,624.
    Addressee: Send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention USCG Desk Officer. Comments are 
invited on: The need for the proposed collection of information for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 30, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-20520 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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