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quality, utility, and clarity of 

information subject to the Collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the Collection on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

In response to your comments, we 

may revise this ICR or decide not to seek 

an extension of approval for the 

Collection. 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–2022–0109], and must 

be received by May 3, 2022. 

Submitting Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. If your material 

cannot be submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, contact the person 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document for 

alternate instructions. Documents 

mentioned in this notice, and all public 

comments, are in our online docket at 

https://www.regulations.gov and can be 

viewed by following that website’s 

instructions. Additionally, if you go to 

the online docket and sign up for email 

alerts, you will be notified when 

comments are posted. 

We accept anonymous comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

submissions in response to this 

document, see DHS’s eRulemaking 

System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, 

March 11, 2020). 

Information Collection Request 

Title: Direct User Fees for Inspection 

or Examination of U.S. and Foreign 

Commercial Vessels. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0074. 

Summary: This collection requires the 

submission of identifying information 

such as a vessel’s name and 

identification number, and of the 

owner’s choice whether or not to pay 

fees for future years. A written request 

to the Coast Guard is necessary. 

Need: The Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101– 

508, 104 Stat. 1388], which amended 46 

U.S.C. 2110, requires the Coast Guard to 

collect user fees from inspected vessels. 

To properly collect and manage these 

fees, the Coast Guard must have current 

information on identification. This 

collection helps to ensure that we get 

that information and manage it 

efficiently. 

Forms: None. 

Respondents: Owners of vessels. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden has increased from 2,999 hours 

to 3,086 hours a year, due to an increase 

in the estimated annual number of 

responses. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: February 24, 2022. 

Kathleen Claffie, 

Chief, Office of Privacy Management, U.S. 

Coast Guard. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2022–0043] 

Recertification of Prince William Sound 

Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of recertification. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

the recertification of the Prince William 

Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory 

Council (PWSRCAC) as an alternative 

voluntary advisory group for Prince 

William Sound, Alaska. This 

certification allows the PWSRCAC to 

monitor the activities of terminal 

facilities and crude oil tankers under an 

alternative composition, other than 

prescribed, the Prince William Sound 

Program established by the Oil Terminal 

and Oil Tanker Environmental 

Oversight and Monitoring Act of 1990. 

DATES: This recertification is effective 

for the period from March 1, 2022 

through February 28, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this document, call or 

email LT Ben Bauman, Seventeenth 

Coast Guard District (dpi), by phone at 

(907) 463–2809 or email at 

Benjamin.A.Bauman@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

The Coast Guard published guidelines 

on December 31, 1992 (57 FR 62600), to 

assist groups seeking recertification 

under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker 

Environmental Oversight and 

Monitoring Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2732) 

(the Act). The Coast Guard issued a 

policy statement on July 7, 1993 (58 FR 

36504), to clarify the factors that the 

Coast Guard would be considering in 

making its determination as to whether 

advisory groups should be certified in 

accordance with the Act, and the 

procedures which the Coast Guard 

would follow in meeting its certification 

responsibilities under the Act. Most 

recently, on September 16, 2002 (67 FR 

58440), the Coast Guard changed its 

policy on recertification procedures for 

regional citizen’s advisory council by 

requiring applicants to provide 

comprehensive information every three 

years. For each of the two years between 

the triennial application procedures, 

applicants submit a letter requesting 

recertification that includes a 

description of any substantive changes 

to the information provided at the 

previous triennial recertification. 

Further, public comment is only 

solicited during the triennial 

comprehensive review. 

The Alyeska Pipeline Service 

Company pays the PWSRCAC $3.7 

million annually in the form of a longterm contract. In return for this funding, 

the PWSRCAC must annually show that 

it ‘‘fosters the goals and purposes’’ of 

OPA 90 and is ‘‘broadly representative 

of the communities and interests in the 

vicinity of the terminal facilities and 

Prince William Sound.’’ The PWSRCAC 

is an independent, nonprofit 

organization founded in 1989. Though it 

receives federal oversight like many 

independent, nonprofit organizations, it 

is not a federal agency. The PWSRCAC 

is a local organization that predates the 

passage of OPA 90. The existence of the 

PWSRCAC was specifically recognized 

in OPA 90 where it is defined as an 

‘‘alternative voluntary advisory group.’’ 

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company 

funds the PWSRCAC, and the Coast 

Guard ensures the PWSRCAC operates 

in a fashion that is broadly consistent 

with OPA 90. 

Recertification 

By letter dated February 28, 2022, the 

Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard 

District, certified that the PWSRCAC 

qualifies as an alternative voluntary 

advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o). 

This recertification terminates on 

February 28, 2023. 

Dated: February 28, 2022. 

Nathan A. Moore, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Seventeenth Coast Guard District. 

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