Federal Register: September 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 180)
DOCID: fr18se09-76 FR Doc E9-22461
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
USC ID: [USCG-2009-0846]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr18se09-76
DOCUMENT ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0100
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before November 17, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit Information Collection Request (ICR) and Analysis to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of information: 16250100, Advanced Notice of Vessel Arrival. Before submitting this ICR to OMB, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Public Participation and Request for Comments
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 collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments and related materials. 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 [USCG20090846], indicate the specific section of the document to which each comment applies, providing a reason for each comment. 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. If you submit them by mail or 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 them by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and material received during the comment period and will address them accordingly.
Viewing comments and documents: Go to http://www.regulations.gov to view documents mentioned in this Notice as being available in the docket. Click on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become highlighted in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG20090846'' and click ``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. You may also visit the DMF in room W12140 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.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all 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 the Privacy
Act statement regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008 issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Information Collection Request
Title: Advance Notice of Vessel Arrival.
OMB Control Number: 16250100.
Summary: The Ports and Waterways Safety Act authorizes the Coast Guard to require prearrival messages from any vessel entering a port or place in the United States.
Need: This information is required to control vessel traffic, develop contingency plans, and enforce regulations.
Forms: None.
Respondents: Vessel owners and operators.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 175,525 hours to 199,889 hours a year.
Dated: September 11, 2009.
C. J. Meade,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant Commandant for Command,
Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology. [FR Doc. E922461 Filed 91709; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Contact Mr. Arthur Requina, Office of Information Management, telephone 2024753523, or fax 2024753929, for questions on these documents. Contact Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 2023669826, for questions on the docket.