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 (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 March 23, 1998 [FR

63, 13903].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 10, 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

Title: Vessel Documentation.

OMB Control Number: 2115-0110.

Form(s): CG-1258, CG-1261, CG-1270, CG-1280, CG-1280B, CG-1340, CG-

1356, CG-4593, CG-5542, and MA-899.

Type Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Owners/builders of yachts and commercial vessels

at least 5 net tons.

Abstract: The information collected will be used to establish the

eligibility of a vessel to: (a) be documented as a ``vessel of the

United States,'' (b) engage in a particular trade, and/or `` become the

object of a preferred ship's mortgage. The information collected

concerns citizenship of owner/applicant and build, tonnage and markings

of a vessel.

Need: 46 U.S.C. Chapters 121, 123, 125 and 313 requires the

documentation of vessels. A Certificate of Documentation is required

for the operation of a vessel in certain trades, serves as evidence of

vessel nationality and permits a vessel to be subject to preferred

mortgages.

Burden Estimates: The estimated burden is 50,092 hours.

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.

A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if it is

received by OMB within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 5, 1998.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-15458 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]

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