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###### Department of Transportation

###### Coast Guard 

          - [USCG 2001-10613] 

# AGENCY:

Coast Guard, DOT. 

# 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 one                               ( print page 65020)                            Information Collection Report (ICR) 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 January 16, 2002. 

# ADDRESSES:

To make sure that your comments and related material do not enter the docket [USCG 2001-10613] 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, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. (b) OIRA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard. Caution: Because of recent delays in the delivery of mail, your comments may reach the Facility more quickly if you choose one of the other means described below. 

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

(3) By fax to (a) the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251 or (b) OIRA 202-395-7285, 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 website 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 (Plaza level), 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 ICR are available for inspection and copying in public dockets. A copy of it is available in docket USCG 2001-10613 of the Docket Management Facility between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays; for inspection and printing on the internet at                         *http://dms.dot.gov;*                         and for inspection from the Commandant (G-CIM-2), U.S. Coast Guard, room 6106, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.                     

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Davis, Office of Information Management, 202-267-2326, for questions on this document; Dorothy Beard, Chief, Documentary Services Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, 202-366-5149, for questions on the docket. 

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## Regulatory History 

This request constitutes the 30-day notice required by OIRA. The Coast Guard has already published [66 FR 48157 (September 18, 2001)] the 60-day notice required by OIRA. That notice elicited no comments. 

## Request for Comments 

The Coast Guard invites comments on the proposed collection of information to determine whether the collection is 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 collection; (2) the accuracy of the Department's estimated burden of the collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is the subject of the collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collection 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 ICR addressed. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of this request, USCG 2001-10613. Comments to OIRA are best assured of having their full effect if OIRA receives them 30 or fewer days after the publication of this request. 

## Information Collection Requests

                    1.                     *Title:*                     Information on Marine Casualties; Testing Personnel of Commercial Vessels for Drugs and Alcohol; and Management Information Systems.                 

*OMB Control Number:*                     2115-0003.                 

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

*Affected Public:*                     The owner, agent, master, operator, or person-in-charge of a vessel involved in a marine casualty.                 

*Forms:*                     CG-2692, CG-2692A, CG-2692B, and CG-5573.                 

*Abstract:*                     The Coast Guard needs information with which it can investigate mishaps to commercial vessels causing death, extensive damage, and the like, as mandated by Congress. It needs information from chemical testing so it can detect and reduce the use of drugs and alcohol by mariners, also as mandated by Congress. And it needs certain information on management so it can evaluate the effectiveness of its programs.                 

*Annual Estimated Burden Hours:*                     The estimated burden is 19,195 hours a year.                 

Dated: December 11, 2001. 

J.E. Evans, 

*Acting Director of Information & Technology.*

[FR Doc. 01-31013 Filed 12-14-01; 8:45 am] 

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