Document ID: USCG-2015-1033-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625–0023
Posted Date: 2016-01-20T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3148-3149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01008]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-1033]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and 
Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0023

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval of 
revisions to the following collection of information: 1625-0023, Barge 
Fleeting Facility Records. Our ICR describes the information we seek to 
collect from the public. Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast 
Guard is inviting comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before March 21, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2015-1033] to the Coast Guard using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public 
participation and request for comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section for further instructions on submitting comments.
    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. In response to 
your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not to seek approval of 
revisions of 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-2015-1033], and 
must be received by March 21, 2016.

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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 Web site'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).

Information Collection Request

    Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0023.
    Summary: The regulations require the person-in-charge of certain 
barge fleeting facilities to keep records of twice daily inspections of 
barge moorings and movements of barges and hazardous cargo in and out 
of a facility.
    Need: Title 33 CFR 165.803 requirements are intended to prevent 
barges from breaking away from a fleeting facility and drifting 
downstream out of control in the congested Lower Mississippi River 
waterway system.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Operators of barge fleeting facilities. It is 
estimated that there are 47 respondents annually for this information 
collection.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 
50,453 hours to 11,076 hours a year due to a decrease in the estimated 
annual number of respondents and number of responses.

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

    Dated: January 12, 2016.
Thomas P. Michelli,
Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Coast Guard.
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