Document ID: USCG-2016-0801-0007
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625- 0086
Posted Date: 2017-07-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34318-34319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15400]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0801]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0086

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

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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 approval for 
reinstatement, with change, of the following collection of information: 
1625-0086, Great Lakes Pilotage. Our ICR describes the information we 
seek to collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we 
only impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of 
duties.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before August 
23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2016-0801] 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-2016-0801], and must be received by August 23, 
2017.

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).

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    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: 1625-0086.

Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard has published the 60-day notice (81 FR 85984, November 29, 
2016) 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: Great Lakes Pilotage.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0086.
    Summary:The Office of Great Lakes Pilotage is seeking a revision of 
OMB's current approval for Great Lakes Pilotage data collection 
requirements for the three U.S. pilot associations it regulate. This 
revision would require continued submission of data to an electronic 
collection system. This system is identified as the Great Lakes 
Electronic Pilot Management System which will eventually replace the 
manual paper submissions currently used to collect data on bridge 
hours, vessel delay, vessel detention, vessel cancellation, vessel 
movement, pilot travel, revenues, pilot availability, and related data. 
This revision ensures the required data is available in a timely manner 
and allows immediate accessibility to data crucial from both an 
operational and rate-making standpoint.
    Need: To comply with the statutory and regulatory requirements 
respecting the rate-making and oversight functions imposed upon the 
agency.
    Forms: CG-4509, Application for Registration as United States 
Registered Pilot.
    Respondents: The three U.S. pilot associations regulated by the 
Office of Great Lakes Pilotage and members of the public applying to 
become Great lakes Registered Pilots.
    Frequency: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-annually, 
Annually, On occasion; Frequency dictated by marine traffic levels and 
association staffing.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 18 
hours to 19 hours a year.

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

    Dated: July 18, 2017.
Marilyn Scott-Perez,
Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-15400 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
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