[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16044-16045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6491]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2012-0149]


Information Collection Requests to Office of Management and 
Budget.

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 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), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of 
its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0095, 
Oil and Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention and Safety Records, 
Equivalents/Alternatives and Exemptions. Additionally, the U.S. Coast 
Guard requests approval of a revision to the following collections of 
information: 1625-0099, Requirements for the Use of Liquefied Petroleum 
Gas and Compressed Natural Gas as Cooking Fuel on Passenger Vessels and 
1625-0103, Mandatory Ship Reporting System for the Northeast and 
Southeast Coasts of the United States. Our ICRs describe the 
information we seek to collect from the public. Before submitting these 
ICRs to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before May 18, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2012-0149] to the Docket Management Facility (DMF) at the 
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). To avoid duplicate 
submissions, please use only one of the following means:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Mail: DMF (M-30), DOT, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (4) Fax: 202-493-2251. To ensure your comments are received in a 
timely manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk Officer for the Coast 
Guard.
    The DMF 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 the 
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room W12-140 
on the West Building Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. You may also find the docket on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Copies of the ICRs are available through the docket on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from: 
COMMANDANT (CG-611), ATTN PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT MANAGER, U.S. COAST 
GUARD, 2100 2ND ST SW STOP 7101, WASHINGTON, DC 20593-7101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Ms. Kenlinishia Tyler, Office 
of Information Management, telephone 202-475-3652, or fax 202-475-3929, 
for questions on these documents. Contact Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, 202-366-9826, for questions on the docket.

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 Collections. There is 
one ICR for each Collection.
    The Coast Guard invites comments on whether these ICRs should be 
granted based on the Collections being necessary for the proper 
performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the Coast Guard 
would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical utility of the 
Collections; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the 
Collections; (3) ways to enhance the

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quality, utility, and clarity of information subject to the 
Collections; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the Collections on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. In response to your comments, we 
may revise these ICRs or decide not to seek approval for the 
Collections. We will consider all comments and material received during 
the comment period.
    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments 
and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of 
the ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG-2012-0149], and 
must be received by May 18, 2012. We will post all comments received, 
without change, to http://www.regulations.gov. They will include any 
personal information you provide. We have an agreement with DOT to use 
their DMF. Please see the ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.

Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number [USCG-
2012-0149], 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 online (via http://www.regulations.gov), by 
fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. If 
you submit a comment online via www.regulations.gov, it will be 
considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit 
the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be 
considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is 
received at the DMF. We recommend you include your name, mailing 
address, an email address, or other contact information in the body of 
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding 
your submission.
    You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, 
mail, fax, or delivery to the DMF at the address under ADDRESSES; but 
please submit them by only one means. To submit your comment online, go 
to http://www.regulations.gov, and type ``USCG-2012-0149'' in the 
``Keyword'' box. If you submit your comments by mail or hand 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 comments 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 
and will address them accordingly.
    Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as 
documents mentioned in this Notice as being available in the docket, go 
to http://www.regulations.gov, click on the ``read comments'' box, 
which will then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box 
insert ``USCG-2012-0149'' and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket 
Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. You may also visit the DMF in Room 
W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of 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 a Privacy Act statement 
regarding Coast Guard public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of 
the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Oil and Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention and 
Safety Records, Equivalents/Alternatives and Exemptions.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0095.
    Summary: The information is used by the Coast Guard to ensure that 
an oil or hazardous material requirement alternative or exemption 
provides an equivalent level of safety and protection from pollution.
    Need: Under 33 U.S.C. 1321 and Executive Order 12777 the Coast 
Guard is authorized to prescribe regulations to prevent the discharge 
of oil and hazardous substances from vessels and facilities and to 
contain such discharges. Coast Guard regulations in 46 CFR parts 154-
156 are intended to: (1) Prevent or mitigate the results of an 
accidental release of bulk liquid hazardous materials being transferred 
at waterfront facilities; (2) ensure that facilities and vessels that 
use vapor control systems are in compliance with the safety standards 
developed by the Coast Guard; (3) provide equipment and operational 
requirements for facilities and vessels that transfer oil or hazardous 
materials in bulk to or from vessels with a 250 or more barrel 
capacity; and (4) provide procedures for vessel or facility operators 
who request exemption or partial exemption from the requirements of the 
pollution prevention regulations.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of bulk oil and hazardous 
materials facilities and vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 1,440 hours a year.
    2. Title: Requirements for the Use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and 
Compressed Natural Gas as Cooking Fuel on Passenger Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0099.
    Summary: The collection of information requires passenger vessels 
to post two placards that contain safety and operating instructions on 
the use of cooking appliances that use liquefied gas or compressed 
natural gas.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 3306(a)(5) authorizes the Coast Guard to 
prescribe regulations for the use of vessel stores of a dangerous 
nature. These regulations are prescribed in both uninspected and 
inspected passenger vessel regulations.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of passenger vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 5,288 
hours to 5,948 hours a year.
    3. Title: Mandatory Ship Reporting System for the Northeast and 
Southeast Coasts of the United States.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0103.
    Summary: The information is needed to reduce the number of ship 
collisions with endangered northern right whales. Coast Guard rules at 
33 CFR part 169 establish two mandatory ship-reporting systems off the 
northeast and southeast coasts of the United States.
    Need: The collection involves ships' reporting by radio to a shore-
based authority when entering the area covered by the reporting system. 
The ship will receive, in return, information to reduce the likelihood 
of collisions between themselves and northern right whales--an 
endangered species--in the areas established with critical-habitat 
designation.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Operators of certain vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 211 hours 
to 200 hours a year.

    Dated: March 12, 2012.
R.E. Day,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-6491 Filed 3-16-12; 8:45 am]
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