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 January 30, 1998 [FR 63, page 4687].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 22, 1998.

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: Boating Statistics Questionnaire.

OMB No.: 2115-0618

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Recreational Boaters, Federal and State Officials,

Safety Professional Boating Organizations and Boating Industry

Representatives.

Abstract: The U.S. Coast Guard publishes a report, Boating

Statistics annually on recreational boating accidents. The report is

distributed to approximately 7,000 people. The Coast Guard will conduct

a survey to determine customer's information needs and measure their

satisfaction with the Boating Statistics report.

Need: Under 46 U.S.C. 6102(b), the Coast Guard is authorized to

collect, analyze, and annually publish statistical information on

recreational boating accidents.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 320.

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 April 16, 1998.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-10732 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]

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