30 Day FR Notice

[Federal Register: July 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 140)]

[Notices]

[Page 41458-41460]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-24525]

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management

and Budget: OMB Control Number 1625-0087

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

request for comments announces that the Coast Guard is forwarding one

Information Collection Request (ICR),

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abstracted below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

(OIRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request a

reinstatement of a previously-approved collection of information: 1625-

0087, U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol (IIP) Customer Survey.

Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public.

Review and comment by OIRA ensures that we impose only paperwork

burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before August 21, 2006.

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your comments and related material do not

reach the docket [USCG-2006-24525] or OIRA more than once, please

submit them by only one of the following means:

(1)(a) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department

of Transportation (DOT), Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590-0001. (b) By mail to OIRA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, to the attention of the Desk Officer for the

Coast Guard.

(2)(a) By delivery to room PL-401 at the address given in paragraph

(1)(a) above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-9329. (b) By

delivery to OIRA, at the address given in paragraph (1)(b) above, to

the attention of the Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.

(3) By fax to (a) the Facility at (202) 493-2298 and (b) OIRA at

(202) 395-6566. To ensure your comments are received in time, mark the

fax to the attention of Mr. Nathan Lesser, Desk officer for the Coast

Guard.

(4)(a) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket

Management System (DMS) at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov. (b). By e-mail to

nlesser@omb.eop.gov.

The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this

notice. Comments and material received from the public, as well as

documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket,

will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or

copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket

on the Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov.

Copies of the complete ICR is available through this docket on the

Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov, and also from Commandant (CG-611), U.S.

Coast Guard Headquarters, Room 1236 (Attn: Ms Barbara Davis), 2100 2nd

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The telephone number is (202)

475-3523.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms Barbara Davis, Office of

Information Management, telephone (202) 475-3523 or fax (202) 475-3929,

for questions on these documents; or Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program

Manager, Docket Operations, (202) 493-0402, for questions on the

docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard invites comments on the

proposed collection of information to determine whether the collection

is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the

Department. In particular, the Coast Guard would appreciate comments

addressing: (1) The practical utility of the collection; (2) the

accuracy of the estimated burden of the collection; (3) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is the

subject of the collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of

collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information technology.

Comments to DMS or OIRA must contain the OMB Control Number of the

ICR. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of this request,

[USCG 2006-24525]. For your comments to OIRA to be considered, it is

best if OIRA receives them on or before the August 21, 2006.

Public participation and request for comments: We encourage you to

respond to this request for comments by submitting comments and related

materials. We will post all comments received, without change, to

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov, and they will include any personal information you

have provided. We have an agreement with DOT to use their Docket

Management Facility. Please see the paragraph on DOT's ``Privacy Act

Policy'' below.

Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your

name and address, identify the docket number for this request for

comment [USCG-2006-24525], indicate the specific section of this

document or the ICR to which each comment applies, and give the reason

for each comment. You may submit your comments and material by

electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management

Facility at the address under ADDRESSES, but please submit them by only

one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an

unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for

copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would

like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,

self-addressed postcard or envelope.

The Coast Guard and OIRA will consider all comments and material

received during the comment period. We may change the documents

supporting this collection of information or even the underlying

requirements in view of them.

Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, as well as

documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, go

to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov at any time and conduct a simple search using the

docket number. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in

room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments

received in dockets by the name of the individual submitting the

comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an

association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the Privacy

Act Statement of DOT in the Federal Register published on April 11,

2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://dms.dot.gov.

Previous Request for Comments.

This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The

Coast Guard has already published the 60-day notice (71 FR 23939, April

25, 2006) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That notice elicited no

comments.

Information Collection Request

Title: U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol (IIP) Customer

Survey.

OMB Control Number: 1625-0087.

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously-approved collection.

Affected Public: Masters, crewmembers, scientists, government

employees, or other persons using International Ice Patrol products.

Forms: None.

Abstract: The International Ice Patrol monitors the extent of the

iceberg danger near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and provides

iceberg warnings to the maritime community by broadcasting the

southeastern, southern, and southwestern limits of all known ice in two

message bulletins and one radiofacsimile chart each day. Customer

satisfaction surveys are required by Executive Order 12862 to evaluate

services and customer satisfaction.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 125 hours

to 120 hours a year.

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Dated: July 18, 2006.

R.T. Hewitt,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command,

Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology.

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