[Federal Register: June 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 122)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2002-11724]

 
Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB): 2115-0071 and 2115-0038

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded the 
two Information Collection Reports (ICRs) abstracted below to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. Our ICRs describe 
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 July 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not 
enter the docket [USCG 2002-11724] 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) By mail to 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) 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 Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251 
and (b) OIRA at 202-395-5806, 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 (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 ICRs are available for inspection and 
copying in public dockets. They are available in docket USCG 2002-11724 
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 [67 FR 11156 (March 12, 2002)] 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 2002-11724. 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 Request

    1. Title: Official Logbook.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0071.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Shipping companies.
    Form: CG-706B.
    Abstract: The official logbook contains information about the 
voyage, the ship's crew, drills, and operations conducted during the 
voyage. Its entries identify all particulars of the voyage, including 
the name of the ship, the official number, the port of registry, the 
tonnage, the names and the numbers of the merchant mariners' documents 
of the master and crew, the nature of the voyage, and the class of 
ship. It also contains entries for the ship's drafts, maintenance of 
watertight integrity of the ship, drills and inspections, crew list and 
report of character, a summary of laws applicable to logbooks, and 
miscellaneous entries.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 1,750 hours 
a year.
    2. Title: Applications for Private Aids to Navigation and for Class 
I Private Aids to Navigation on Artificial Islands and Fixed 
Structures.
    OMB Control Number: 2115-0038.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Owners of private aids to navigation.
    Forms: CG-2554 and CG-4143.

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    Abstract: The collection of information requires respondents to 
provide to the Coast Guard, on two applications (CG-2554 and CG-4143), 
vital information about private aids to navigation.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: The estimated burden is 3,037 hours 
a year.

    Dated: June 18, 2002.
N.S. Heiner,
Acting Director of Info. & Tech.
[FR Doc. 02-15906 Filed 6-24-02; 8:45 am]
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