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###### Department of Homeland Security

###### Coast Guard 

          - [USCG-2005-22049] 

# AGENCY:

Coast Guard, DHS. 

# ACTION:

Request for comments. 

# SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded two Information Collection Requests (ICRs)—(1) 1625-0035, Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, Electrical, and Engineering Equipment, Construction and Materials & Marine Sanitation Devices, and (2) 1625-0051, (A) Reports of MARPOL 73/78 Oil, Noxious Liquid Substances (NLS) and Garbage Discharge; (B) Application for Equivalents, Exemptions and Alternatives; and (C) Voluntary Reports of Pollution Sightings—abstracted below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comment by OIRA ensures that we impose only paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties. 

# DATES:

Please submit comments on or before December 1, 2005. 

# ADDRESSES:

To make sure that your comments and related material do not reach the docket [USCG-2005-22049] or OIRA more than once, please submit them by only one of the following means: 

(1)(a) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. (b) By mail to OIRA, 725 17th St NW., Washington, DC 20503, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard. 

(2)(a) By delivery to room PL-401 at the address given in paragraph (1)(a) above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-9329. (b) By delivery to OIRA, at the address given in paragraph (1)(b) above, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard. 

                        (3) By fax to (a) the Facility at (202) 493-2298 and (b) OIRA at (202) 395-6566, or e-mail to OIRA at                         *oira-docket@omb.eop.gov*                         attention: Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.                     

                        (4)(a) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket Management System at                         *http://dms.dot.gov*. (b) OIRA does not have a Web site on which you can post your comments.                     

                        The Docket Management Facility 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 this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find 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 (CG-611), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, room 6106 (Attn: Ms. Barbara Davis), 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is (202) 267-2326.                     

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Ms. Barbara Davis, Office of Information Management, telephone (202) 267-2326 or fax (202) 267-4814, for questions on these documents; or Ms. Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket                               ( print page 65923)                            Operations, (202) 366-0271, for questions on the docket.                     

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Coast Guard invites comments on the proposed collection of information to determine whether the collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department. 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 quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is the subject of the collections; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 

Comments to DMS or OIRA must contain the OMB Control Number of the Information Collection Requests (ICRs) addressed. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of this request, [USCG 2005-22049]. For your comments to OIRA to be considered, it is best if OIRA receives them on or before December 1, 2005. 

*Public participation and request for comments:*                     We encourage you to respond to this request for comments by submitting comments and related materials. We will post all comments received, without change, to                     *http://dms.dot.gov*, and they will include any personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with DOT to use their Docket Management Facility. Please see the paragraph on DOT's “Privacy Act Policy” below.                 

*Submitting comments:*                     If you submit a comment, please include your name and address, identify the docket number for this request for comment [USCG-2005-22049], indicate the specific section of this document or the ICR to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under                     **ADDRESSES**                    , but please submit them by only one means. If you submit them by mail or 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 them by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope.                 

The Coast Guard and OIRA will consider all comments and material received during the comment period. We may change the documents supporting this collection of information or even the underlying requirements in view of them. 

*Viewing comments and documents:*                     To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, go to                     *http://dms.dot.gov*                     at any time and conduct a simple search using the docket number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.                 

## Privacy Act 

                    Anyone can search the electronic form of all 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 the Privacy Act Statement of DOT in the                     **Federal Register**                     published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit ­                    *http://dms.dot.gov*.                 

## Previous Request for Comments 

This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The Coast Guard has already published the 60-day notice (70 FR 47217, August 12, 2005) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That notice elicited no comment. 

## Information Collection Request 

                    1.                     *Title:*Title 46 CFR Subchapter Q: Lifesaving, Electrical, and Engineering Equipment, Construction and Materials & Marine Sanitation Devices.                 

*OMB Control Number:*                     1625-0035.                 

*Type of Request:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                 

*Affected Public:*                     Manufacturers of safety equipment, materials and marine sanitation devices.                 

*Form:*                     CGHQ-10030.                 

*Abstract:*                     This information is used by the Coast Guard to ensure that regulations governing specific types of safety equipment, material and Marine Sanitation Devices (MSDs) installed on commercial vessels and pleasure crafts are met. Manufacturers are required to submit drawings, specifications, and laboratory test reports to the Coast Guard before any approval is given.                 

*Burden Estimate:*                     The estimated burden has increased from 16,880 hours to 20,529 hours a year.                 

                    2.                     *Title:*                     (A) Reports of MARPOL 73/78 Oil, Noxious Liquid Substances (NLS) and Garbage Discharge; (B) Application for Equivalents, Exemptions and Alternatives; and (C) Voluntary Reports of Pollution Sightings.                 

*OMB Control Number:*                     1625-0051.                 

*Type of Request:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                 

*Affected Public:*                     Vessel owners and operators for (A) and (B), and the public for (C).                 

*Form:*                     None.                 

*Abstract:*                     The information is needed by the Coast Guard to ensure compliance with pollution prevention standards and to respond and investigate pollution incidents.                 

*Burden Estimate:*                     The estimated burden remains the same, 10 hours a year.                 

Dated: October 24, 2005. 

R.T. Hewitt, 

Rear Admiral, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 05-21719 Filed 10-31-05; 8:45 am] 

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