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: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 [62 FR, 26845].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 4, 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 (USCG)

Title: Recordkeeping of Refuse Discharges From Ships.

OMB No. 2115-0613.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Affected Public: Masters or persons-in-charge of U.S. ships, and

fixed or floating platforms.

Abstract: The collection of Information requires certain U.S. ships

and fixed or floating platforms to maintain and record into a refuse

record book, the discharge and disposal operations of their generated

waste.

Need: 33 CFR 151.55 gives the Coast Guard the authority to

prescribe regulations to require certain U.S. ships, fixed or floating

platforms, to maintain onboard, documentation of the disposal of their

generated waste.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 526,624.

Addressee: 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 30, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-20520 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]

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