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 in 63 FR 4687, January 30, 1998.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 13, 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: Recreational Boating Safety Survey.

Type of Request: NEW Information Collection.

OMB Control Number: 2115-NEW.

Affected Public: Voluntary participants interested in recreational

boating.

Abstract: The United States Coast Guard has concerns with the

number of deaths related to the lack of boating safety education and

drownings due to not wearing personal floatation devices (PFDs). A

survey has been developed to collect information from participants

interested in recreational boating, to help determine whether or not to

set Federal requirements for boaters to wear PFDs or for vessel

operators to attend boating safety training.

Need and Use for Information: Under 46 U.S.C. 4302, the Coast Guard

is authorized to issue regulations to establish minimum safety

requirements for recreational vessels and to require the carriage or

use of associated equipment.

Frequency: One time.

Annual Burden Estimate: 2560 Burden Hours.

Send all 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 3, 1998.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-9627 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am]

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