Document ID: USCG-2013-0519-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-07-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42535-42537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16961]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2013-0519]

Information Collection Requests to Office of Management and 
Budget

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 Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval of 
revisions to the following collections of information: 1625-0074, 
Direct User Fees for Inspection or Examination of U.S. and Foreign 
Commercial Vessels; 1625-0084, Audit Reports under the International 
Safety Management Code and 1625-0093, Facilities Transferring Oil or 
Hazardous

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Materials in Bulk--Letter of Intent and Operations Manual. Our ICRs 
describe the information we seek to collect from the public. Before 
submitting these ICRs to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as 
described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before September 16, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2013-0519] to the Docket Management Facility (DMF) at the 
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). To avoid duplicate 
submissions, please use only one of the following means:
    (1) Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Mail: DMF (M-30), DOT, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (4) Fax: 202-493-2251. To ensure your comments are received in a 
timely manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk Officer for the Coast 
Guard.
    The DMF 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 the 
docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room W12-140 
on the West Building Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. You may also find the docket on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Copies of the ICRs are 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, 2100 2nd St. SW., STOP 7101, Washington, DC 20593-7101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of 
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-475-3929, 
for questions on these documents. Contact Ms. Barbara Hairston, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, 202-366-9826, for questions on the docket.

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 Collections. There is 
one ICR for each Collection.
    The Coast Guard invites comments on whether these ICRs should be 
granted based on the Collections being necessary for the proper 
performance of Departmental functions. 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 
information subject to the Collections; and (4) ways to minimize the 
burden of the Collections on respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. In response to your comments, we may revise these ICRs or 
decide not to seek approval for the Collections. 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-2013-0519], and 
must be received by September 16, 2013. We will post all comments 
received, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov. They will 
include any personal information you provide. We have an agreement with 
DOT to use their DMF. Please see the ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.

Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number [USCG-
2013-0519], indicate the specific section of the document to which each 
comment applies, providing a reason for each comment. You may submit 
your comments and material online (via http://www.regulations.gov), by 
fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. If 
you submit a comment online via www.regulations.gov, it will be 
considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit 
the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be 
considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is 
received at the DMF. We recommend you include your name, mailing 
address, an email address, or other contact information in the body of 
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding 
your submission.
    You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, 
mail, fax, or delivery to the DMF at the address under ADDRESSES; but 
please submit them by only one means. To submit your comment online, go 
to http://www.regulations.gov, and type ``USCG-2013-0519'' in the 
``Keyword'' box. If you submit your comments by mail or hand 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 comments by 
mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please 
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will 
consider all comments and material received during the comment period 
and will address them accordingly.
    Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as 
documents mentioned in this Notice as being available in the docket, go 
to http://www.regulations.gov, click on the ``read comments'' box, 
which will then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box 
insert ``USCG-2013-0519'' and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket 
Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. You may also visit the DMF in Room 
W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of 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 a Privacy Act statement 
regarding Coast Guard public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of 
the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Information Collection Requests

    1. Title: Direct User Fees for Inspection or Examination of U.S. 
and Foreign Commercial Vessels.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0074.
    Summary: This collection requires the submission of identifying 
information such as a vessel's name and identification number, and of 
the owner's choice whether or not to pay fees for future years. A 
written request to the Coast Guard is necessary.
    Need: The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101-
508], which amended 46 U.S.C. 2110,

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requires the Coast Guard to collect user fees from inspected vessels. 
To properly collect and manage these fees, the Coast Guard must have 
current information on identification. This collection helps to ensure 
that we get that information and manage it efficiently.
    Forms: N/A.
    Respondents: Owners of vessels.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 4,160 
hours to 2,782 hours a year due to a reduction in the estimated annual 
number of response.
    2. Title: Audit Reports under the International Safety Management 
Code.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0084.
    Summary: This information helps to determine whether U.S. vessels, 
subject to SOLAS 74, engaged in international trade, are in compliance 
with that treaty. Organizations recognized by the Coast Guard conduct 
ongoing audits of vessels' and companies' safety management systems.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 3203 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe 
regulations regarding safety management systems. Title 33 CFR part 96 
contains the rules for those systems and hence the safe operation of 
vessels.
    Forms: N/A.
    Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels, and organizations 
authorized to issue ISM Code certificates for the United States.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 18,610 
hours to 17,660 hours a year due to a reduction in the estimated annual 
number of respondents.
    3. Title: Facilities Transferring Oil or Hazardous Materials in 
Bulk--Letter of Intent and Operations Manual.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0093.
    Summary: A Letter of Intent is a notice to the Coast Guard Captain 
of the Port that an operator intends to operate a facility that will 
transfer bulk oil or hazardous materials to or from vessels. An 
Operations Manual (OM) is also required for this type of facility. The 
OM establishes procedures to follow when conducting transfers and in 
the event of a spill.
    Need: Under 33 U.S.C. 1321 and Executive Order 12777 the Coast 
Guard is authorized to prescribe regulations to prevent the discharge 
of oil and hazardous substances from facilities and to contain such 
discharges. The Letter of Intent regulation is contained in 33 CFR 
154.110 and the OM regulations are contained in 33 CFR part 154 subpart 
B.
    Forms: N/A.
    Respondents: Operators of facilities that transfer oil or hazardous 
materials in bulk.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 84,247 
hours to 45,748 hours a year due to a reduction in the estimated annual 
number of respondents.

    Dated: July 3, 2013.
R.E. Day,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, 
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.
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