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with disabilities as provided under

section 101(f)(2)(A) of TWWIIA.

The meeting of the Panel scheduled

for September 26–27, 2000 in

Alexandria, Virginia is cancelled. Please

disregard the notice and agenda

published in the Federal Register on

September 12, 2000.

The Panel will reschedule a public

meeting pending the publication of the

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

to implement TWWIIA. Public comment

will be taken on the NPRM at a future

meeting that will be announced in the

Federal Register. For updates on these

and other related meetings, check the

web site of SSA’s Office of Employment

Support Programs at http://

www.ssa.gov/work/ResourcesToolkit/

resourcestoolkit.html for future

scheduling of the Panel’s public

meetings.

Dated: September 19, 2000.

Susan M. Daniels,

Deputy Commissioner for Disability and

Income Security Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–24536 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2000–7933]

Collection of Information Under

Review by Office of Management and

Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers

2115–0571, 2115–0552, 2115–0565,

2115–0589, and 2115–0613

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Coast Guard intends to seek the

approval of OMB for the renewal of five

Information Collection Requests (ICRs).

They comprise: (1) Alternative

Provisions for Reinspection of Offshore

Supply Vessels in Foreign Ports, (2)

Waterfront Facilities Handling Liquefied

Natural Gas and Liquefied Hazardous

Gas, (3) Working Freeboard of Hopper

Dredges—Load Lines and Stability, (4)

Plan Approval and Records for

Subdivision and Stability, and (5)

Discharge of Refuse from Ships. Before

submitting the ICRs to OMB, the Coast

Guard is requesting comments on the

collections, described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast

Guard on or before November 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to

the Docket Management System (DMS)

[USCG 2000–7933], U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT), room PL–401,

400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC 20590–0001, or deliver them to room

PL–401, located on the Plaza Level of

the Nassif Building at the same address

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

The telephone number is 202–366–

9329.

The DMS maintains the public docket

for this request. Comments will become

part of this docket and will be available

for inspection or copying in room PL–

401, located on the Plaza Level of the

Nassif Building at the above address

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

You may also access this docket on the

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

Copies of the complete ICRs are

available through this docket on the

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov and also

from Commandant (G–CIM–2), U.S.

Coast Guard Headquarters, room 6106

(Attn: Barbara Davis), 2100 Second

Street SW., Washington, DC 20593–

0001. The telephone number is 202–

267–2326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Davis, Office of Information

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.

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to submit written

comments. Persons submitting

comments should include their names

and addresses, identify this document

[USCG 2000–7933], and give the reason

for the comments. Please submit all

comments and attachments in an

unbound format no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. Persons wanting

acknowledgment of receipt of comments

should enclose stamped, self-addressed

postcards or envelopes.

Information Collection Request

1. Title: Alternative Provisions for

Reinspection of Offshore Supply Vessels

in Foreign Ports.

OMB Control Number: 2115–0571.

Summary: This collection of

information provides a mechanism for

owners and operators of offshore supply

vessels (OSVs) based overseas to submit

certified examination reports and

statements to the Coast Guard as

alternatives to reinspection by the Coast

Guard.

Need: 46 U.S.C. 3307 and 3308

require vessels subject to inspection to

be examined on a periodic basis. The

requirements for inspections of OSVs

appear in 46 CFR Part 126.

Respondents: Owners and operators

of vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden: The estimated burden is 143

hours a year.

2. Title: Waterfront Facilities

Handling Liquefied Natural Gas and

Liquefied Hazardous Gas.

OMB Control Number: 2115–0552.

Summary: Liquefied Natural Gas

(LNG) and other Liquefied Hazardous

Gases (LHGs) present a risk to the public

when handled at waterfront facilities.

These rules should either prevent

accidental releases at waterfront

facilities or mitigate their results. They

are necessary to promote and verify

compliance with safety standards.

Need: 33 CFR Part 127 prescribes

safety standards for design,

construction, equipment, operations,

maintenance, personnel training, and

fire protection at waterfront facilities

handling LNG or LHG.

Respondents: Owners and operators

of waterfront facilities that transfer LNG

or LHG.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden: The estimated burden is

3,272 hours a year.

3. Title: Working Freeboard of Hopper

Dredges—Load Lines and Stability.

OMB Control Number: 2115–0565.

Summary: This collection of

information provides a mechanism for

owners and operators of self-propelled

hopper dredges to request working

freeboards.

Need: 46 U.S.C. 3306 authorizes the

U.S. Coast Guard to prescribe rules for

the safety of navigation and vessels.

These rules ensure that self-propelled

hopper dredges meet certain standards

for structure and stability.

Respondents: Owners and operators

of self-propelled hopper dredges.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden: The estimated burden is 46

hours a year.

4. Title: Plan Approval and Records

for Subdivision and Stability.

OMB Control Number: 2115–0589.

Summary: This collection of

information requires owners, operators,

or masters of certain inspected vessels

to obtain or post various documents as

part of the program of the Coast Guard

for the safety of commercial vessels.

Need: 46 U.S.C. 3306 authorizes the

Coast Guard to prescribe rules for the

safety of certain vessels. 46 CFR

Subchapter S contains the rules

regarding subdivision and stability.

Respondents: Owners, operators, and

masters, of vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden: The estimated burden is

10,003 hours a year.

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5. Title: Discharge of Refuse from

Ships.

OMB Control Number: 2115–0613.

Summary: The Marine Plastic

Pollution Research and Control Act of

1987 requires the keeping of records on

the discharge of refuse by oceangoing

commercial vessels that are 40 feet in

length or more. The rules appear in 33

CFR 151.55.

Need: This collection of information

is needed as part of the Coast Guard’s

program for compliance with rules on

pollution prevention.

Respondents: Owners, operators,

masters, and persons-in-charge of

vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden: The estimated burden is

523,302 hours a year.

Dated: September 15, 2000.

S.A. Richardson,

Acting Director of Information and

Technology.

[FR Doc. 00–24384 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD–2000–7951]

Information Collection Available for

Public Comments and

Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Maritime

Administration’s (MARAD) intentions

to request approval for three years of an

existing information collection entitled

‘‘Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel

Rescue System (AMVER).’’

DATES: Comments should be submitted

on or before November 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Walter Lockland, Chief, Division of

Operations Support, Office of Ship

Operations, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Room 2123, Washington, D.C. 20590,

telephone number—202–366–5735.

Copies of this collection can also be

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Automated

Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue

System (AMVER).

Type of Request: Three-year approval

of an existing information collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133–0025.

Form Number: CG–4796 (MA) (Rev.

8–88).

Expiration Date of Approval: Three

years from the date of approval.

Summary of Collection of

Information: This collection of

information is used to gather

information regarding the location of

U.S.-flag vessels and certain other U.S.

citizen-owned vessels for the purpose of

Search and Rescue in the saving of lives

at sea and for the marshalling of ships

for National Defense and safety

purposes. This collection consists of

vessels that transmit their positions

through the following means: (1)

Electronic mail via the internet sent by

satelite or HF radio; (2) AMVER/SEAS

‘‘compressed message’’ sent via

INMARSAT–C; (3) HF telex via U.S.

Coast Guard communications stations;

(4) HF radio via U.S. contractual

agreement with Mobile Marine Radio;

(5) telex via either satelite or HF radio;

and (6) telefacsimile directly to U.S.

Coast Guard AMVER Operations Center.

This location data is then read into a

database and is accessed only by the

U.S. Coast Guard and MARAD to

determine the location of a particular

ship.

Need and Use of the Information:

This information collection is necessary

for maintaining a current plot of U.S.-

flag and U.S.-owned vessels in order to

facilitate immediate marshalling of

ships for National Defense purposes and

for the purpose of maintaining a current

plot for Search and Rescue purposes for

safety of life at sea.

Description of Respondents: U.S.-flag

and U.S. citizen-owned vessels which

are required to respond under current

statute and regulation.

Annual Responses: 32,480 responses.

Annual Burden: 2,598 hours.

Comments: Signed written comments

should refer to the docket number that

appears at the top of this document and

must be submitted to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, D.C.

20590. Specifically, address whether

this information collection is necessary

for proper performance of the function

of the agency and will have practical

utility, accuracy of the burden

estimates, ways to minimize this

burden, and ways to enhance quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected. All comments received

will be available for examination at the

above address between 10 a.m. and 5

p.m., et. Monday through Friday, except

Federal Holidays. An electronic version

of this document is available on the

World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: September 19, 2000.

Murray A. Bloom,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–24428 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD–2000–7935]

Requested Administrative Waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws

AGENCY: Maritime Administration,

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Invitation for public comments

on a requested administrative waiver of

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel

Aboriginal.

SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–

383, the Secretary of Transportation, as

represented by the Maritime

Administration (MARAD), is authorized

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build

requirement of the coastwise laws under

certain circumstances. A request for

such a waiver has been received by

MARAD. The vessel, and a description

of the proposed service, is listed below.

Interested parties may comment on the

effect this action may have on U.S.

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S.

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD

determines that in accordance with Pub.

L. 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations at

46 CFR Part 388 (65 FR 6905; February

11, 2000) that the issuance of the waiver

will have an unduly adverse effect on a

U.S.-vessel builder or a business that

uses U.S.-flag vessels, a waiver will not

be granted.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

October 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2000–7935.

Written comments may be submitted by

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401,

Department of Transportation, 400 7th

St., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590–0001.

You may also send comments

electronically via the Internet at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments

will become part of this docket and will

be available for inspection and copying

at the above address between 10 a.m.

and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through

Friday, except federal holidays. An

electronic version of this document and

all documents entered into this docket

is available on the World Wide Web at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gordon Angell, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime