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).

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

Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have 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. These ICRs include: 1. Defect/Noncompliance Report and Campaign

Update Report, OMB Control Number 2115-0035; 2. Private Aids to

Navigation Application and Application for Class 1 Private Aids to

Navigation on Artificial Islands and Fixed Structures, OMB Control

Number 2115-0038; 3. Course Approvals for Merchant Marine Training

Schools, OMB Control Number 2115-0111; 4. Plan Approval and Records for

Existing Tank Vessels of 20,000 to 40,000 Deadweight Tons Carrying Oil

in Bulk, OMB Control Number 2115-0520; 5. International Oil Pollution

Prevention (IOPP) Certificates, OMB Control Number 2115-0526; and 6.

Barges Carrying Bulk Hazardous Materials, OMB Control Number 2115-041.

The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collections of information was published on

July 24, 1996 [FR 61, page 38507-38507].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 1, 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 (USCG)

1. Title: Defect/Noncompliance Report and Campaign Update Report.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2115-0035.

Form Numbers: CG-4917 and CG-4918.

Affected Public: Manufacturers of boats and associated equipment.

Abstract: The collection of information requires manufacturers of

boats and associated equipment to provide information to the Coast

Guard when their products contain a defect or fail to comply with

applicable safety standards and regulations.

Need for Information: Under Title 46 U.S.C. Chapter 43, the Coast

Guard has the authority to monitor defect notification and recall

campaigns being conducted by manufacturers of boats and associated

equipment.

Estimated Annual Burden: The estimated burden is 495 hours

annually.

2. Title: Private Aids to Navigation Application and Application

for Class 1 Private Aids to Navigation on Artificial Islands and Fixed

Structures.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2115-0038.

Form Numbers: CG-2554 and CG-4143.

Affected Public: Owners of Private Aids to Navigation.

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.

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Need for Information: 33 CFR Parts 66 and 67 authorize the Coast

Guard to collect and process the information furnished from the private

aids applications to ensure that private aids to navigation

appropriately mark the associated hazard or waterway.

Estimated Annual Burden: The estimated burden is 3,200 hours

annually.

3. Title: Course Approvals for Merchant Marine Training Schools.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2115-0111.

Affected Public: Merchant Marine Training Schools.

Abstract: The collection of information requires the approval of

course materials and the inspection of training facilities.

Need for Information: Title 46 U.S.C. 7315, authorizes the Coast

Guard to review course materials from approved training schools and to

inspect training facilities to ensure they meet the minimum standards.

Estimated Annual Burden: The estimated burden is 3,460 hours

annually.

4. Title: Plan approval and Records for Existing Tank Vessels of

20,000 to 40,000 Deadweight Tons Carrying Oil in Bulk.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2115-0520.

Affected Public: U.S. and foreign tank vessel owners.

Abstract: The Collection of Information requires owners of U.S.

vessels to submit documents such as plans, calculations, specifications

and manuals to the Coast Guard for its review and that foreign vessel

owners may also submit these documents in order to obtain Coast Guard

certification that their vessels comply with the standards.

Need for Information: 46 U.S.C. 3703 provides the Coast Guard with

general authority to regulate the design, construction, alteration,

repair, maintenance, operation and equipping of vessels carrying oil in

bulk.

Estimated Annual Burden: The estimated burden is 22 hours annually.

5. Title: International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP)

Certificates.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2115-0526.

Affected Public: Ship owners/operators engaging in international

voyages.

Abstract: The Collection of Information requires U.S. and foreign

oil tankers of 150 gross tons and above and other ships of 400 gross

tons and above (that are party to MARPOL 73/78), to be surveyed during

inspection or reinspection and after a satisfactory survey, be issued

an International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate by the Coast

Guard, to be maintained on board the ship.

Need for Information: Title 33 U.S.C. 1901-1911 gives the Coast

Guard the authority to ensure that all ships engaging in international

voyages comply with the International Oil Pollution Prevention

Certificate requirements.

Estimated Annual Burden: The estimated burden is 125 hours

annually.

6. Title: Barges Carrying Bulk Hazardous Material.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2115-0541.

Affected Public: Barges Carrying Bulk Hazardous Material.

Abstract: The Collection of Information requires tank barges to

submit an application for inspection, new tank vessels over 300 feet in

length must have loading information approved by the Coast Guard and

new or modified barges stability calculations must be approved by the

Coast Guard.

Need for Information: Under 46 U.S.C. 3703, the Coast Guard was

delegated the authority to implement regulations to ensure the safe

transport of bulk hazardous materials on tank barges.

Estimated Annual Burden: The estimated burden is 12,009 hours

annually.

ADDRESS: 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.

Comments are Invited on: Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the Department, including whether the information will have practical

utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility

and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize

the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including

the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 26, 1996.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 96-25134 Filed 10-1-96; 8:45 am]

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