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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

USC ID: [USCG-2006-25747]

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Request for comments.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget: OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0086

DATES: Please submit comments on or before January 22, 2007.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request a revision of a currently approved collection of information. The ICR is 16250086, Great Lakes Pilotage. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensures that we impose only paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

SUMMARY: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,

SUPPLEMENTAL 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 collections; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is the subject of the collections; 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 ICRs addressed. Comments to DMS must contain the docket number of this request, [USCG 200625747]. For your comments to OIRA to be considered, it is best if OIRA receives them on or before January 22, 2007.

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://dms.dot.gov, 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 [USCG200625747], 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, selfaddressed 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://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 PL401 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
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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://dms.dot.gov. Previous Request for Comments

This request provides a 30day comment period required by OIRA. The Coast Guard has already published the 60day notice (71 FR 57986, October 2, 2006) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That notice elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request

Title: Great Lakes Pilotage.

OMB Control Number: 16250086.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Three U.S. Pilot Associations and Individual Pilots on the Great Lakes.

Forms: None.

Abstract: The Office of Great Lakes Pilotage is seeking OMB's approval to change Great Lakes Pilotage data collection requirements for the three U.S. pilot associations it regulates. This change would require submission of data to an electronic data collection system. This new system is identified as the Great Lakes Electronic Pilot Management System. This electronic system replaces the manual paper submissions previously used to collect data on bridge hours, vessel delay, detention, cancellation/movement, pilot travel, revenues, pilot availability, and related data. This change will ensure that the required data is available in a timely manner and will allow immediate accessibility to data crucial from both an operational and ratemaking standpoint. Currently, this information is being recorded manually.

Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 18 hours a year.

Dated: December 15, 2006.
R. T. Hewitt,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology. [FR Doc. E621835 Filed 122006; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr. Arthur Requina, Office of Information Management, telephone (202) 4753523 or fax (202) 4753929, for questions on these documents; or Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, (202) 4930402, for questions on the docket.