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: United States Coast Guard, 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 Request

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

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

of the information collection and its expected burden. The Federal

Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the

following collection of information was published on May 15, 1997 (FR

62, page 26845).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 20, 1997.

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: Financial Responsibility for Water Pollution Vessels.

OMB No.: 2115-0545.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Form(s): CG5585, CG5586, CG5586-1, CG5586-2, CG5586-3, CG5586-4,

CG5586-5.

Affected Public: Operators or Owners of vessels over 300 gross

tons.

Abstract: The collection of information requires operators of

vessels over 300 gross tons to submit to the Coast Guard evidence of

their financial responsibility to meet the maximum amount of liability

in case of an oil spill or hazardous substances.

Need for Information: Under 22 U.S.C. 2716 and 42 U.S.C. 9608, the

Coast Guard has the authority to ensure that those persons directly

subject to these rules are in compliance with the provisions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 2,162 hours annually.

Addresses: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention USCG Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: The need for the proposed collection of

information for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility; the

accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information including the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; 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 those who are to respond, including the

use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 16, 1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-19118 Filed 7-18-97; 8:45 am]

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