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###### Department of Homeland Security

###### Coast Guard

          - [Docket No. USCG-2017-0951]

# AGENCY:

Coast Guard, DHS.

# ACTION:

Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

# SUMMARY:

                        In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, 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: 1625-0109, Drawbridge Operation Regulations; without change. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens                               ( print page 3006)                            commensurate with our performance of duties.                    

# DATES:

Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before February 21, 2018.

# ADDRESSES:

                        You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number [USCG-2017-0951] to the Coast Guard using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at                         *http://www.regulations.gov.*                         Alternatively, you may submit comments to OIRA using one of the following means:                    

                        (1)                         *Email: dhsdeskofficer@omb.eop.gov.*

                        (2)                         *Mail:*                         OIRA, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, attention Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.                    

                        A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the internet at                         *http://www.regulations.gov.*                         Additionally, copies are available from: Commandant (CG-612), Attn: Paperwork Reduction Act Manager, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7710, Washington, DC 20593-7710.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-372-8405, for questions on these documents.

# 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 Collection. There is one ICR for each Collection.

The Coast Guard invites comments on whether this ICR should be granted based on the Collection being necessary for the proper performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the Coast Guard would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the Collection; (3) ways to enhance the 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. These comments will help OIRA determine whether to approve the ICR referred to in this Notice.

We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments and related materials. Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB Control Number of the ICR. They must also contain the docket number of this request, [USCG-2017-0951], and must be received by February 21, 2018.

## Submitting Comments

                    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at                     *http://www.regulations.gov.*                     If your material cannot be submitted using                     *http://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                     *http://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                     *http://www.regulations.gov*                     and will include any personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the                     **Federal Register**                     (70 FR 15086).                

                    OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs online at                     *http://www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain*                     after the comment period for each ICR. An OMB Notice of Action on each ICR will become available via a hyperlink in the OMB Control Number: 1625-0109.                

## Previous Request for Comments

This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (82 FR 49641, October 26, 2017) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no comments. Accordingly, no changes have been made to the Collections.

## Information Collection Request

*Title:*                     Drawbridge Operation Regulations.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     1625-0109.                

*Summary:*                     The Bridge Program receives approximately 150 requests from bridge owners or the general public per year to change the operating schedule of various drawbridges across the navigable waters of the United States. The information needed for the change to operating schedule can only be obtained from the bridge owner and is generally provided to the Coast Guard in a written format.                

*Need:*33 U.S.C. 499 authorizes the Coast Guard to change the operating schedules drawbridges that cross navigable waters of the United States.                

*Forms:*                     None.                

*Respondents:*                     The public and private owners of bridges over navigable waters of the United States.                

*Frequency:*                     On occasion.                

*Hour Burden Estimate:*                     The estimated annual burden remains 150 hours a year.                

Authority:The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: January 16, 2018.

James D. Roppel,

Acting Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Information Management.

[FR Doc. 2018-00955 Filed 1-19-18; 8:45 am]

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