Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary

(OST).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published on

July 3, 1996 [FR 61, page 34920].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 9, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, U.S. Coast Guard,

Office of Information Management, telephone (202) 267-2326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

United States Coast Guard

Title: Application for Tonnage Measurement of Vessels.

OMB No. 2115-0086.

Affected Public: Vessel owners.

Abstract: The collection of information requires vessel owners to

submit application for tonnage measurement to the Coast Guard or an

organization delegated by the Coast Guard. Additional information may

be required if an owner requests certain tonnage treatment.

Need: 46. U.S.C. 14104 requires that before a vessel is documented

or recorded under laws of the United States, or where the application

of law of the United States to a vessel is determined by its tonnage,

the vessel must be measured for tonnage.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 44,000 hours annually.

Title: Oil and Hazardous Material Pollution Prevention and Safety

Records, Equivalent/Alternatives and Exemptions.

OMB No. 2115-0096.

Affected Public: Operators of vessels and owners of waterfront

facilities.

Abstract: The collection of information requires the inspection of

discharge removal equipment on vessels and requires monitoring,

reporting and recordkeeping regarding discharges of oil or hazardous

materials by facilities and vessels. The regulated industry has the

option of requesting, in writing, either equivalent or alternative

procedures, methods or equipment standards in lieu of any requirement

or a full or partial exemption of any requirement.

Need: Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and Executive

Order 12777, Coast Guard has the authority to issue regulations to

prevent the discharge of oil or hazardous materials from waterfront

facilities and vessels.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 1,840 hours annually.

Title: Records Relation to Citizenship of Personnel on Units

Engaged in Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities.

OMB No.: 2115-0143.

Affected Public: Employers of persons engaged in Outer Continental

Shelf activities.

Abstract: The collection of information requires employers of

vessels and units engaged in exploration and exploitation of offshore

resources on the OCS such as gas and oil to ascertain the citizenship

of their employees and to maintain records of same.

Need: 43 U.S.C. 1356 authorizes the Coast Guard to issue

regulations to man

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or crew outer continental shelf (OCS) facilities with U.S. citizens or

permanent resident aliens.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 1,510 hours annually.

Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20503, Attention OST Desk Officer.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 5, 1996.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 96-23074 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]

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