[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67027-67028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26813]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 151, 155 and 160
[Docket No. USCG-2008-1070]
RIN 1625-AB27
Nontank Vessel Response Plans and Other Response Plan
Requirements
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Rule; information collection approval.
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SUMMARY: On September 30, 2013, the Coast Guard amended regulations on
response plans for nontank vessels. The amendment triggered information
collection requirements affecting an existing OMB-approved information
collection requirement on vessel and facility response plans. This
notice announces that the collection of information has been approved
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and can now be enforced.
The OMB control number is 1625-0066.
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DATES: The collection of information requirement under 33 CFR 155.5023,
155.5025, and 155.5055 through 155.5075 can be enforced beginning
November 8, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
document, contact Lieutenant Commander John Peterson, Coast Guard,
Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, Vessel Response Plan Review
Team; telephone 202-372-1226, email [email protected]. If you have questions
about viewing the docket (USCG-2008-1070), call Ms. Barbara Hairston,
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30, 2013, the Coast Guard
published the Nontank Vessel Response Plans and Other Response Plan
Requirements final rule, implementing the statutory requirement for an
owner or operator of a self-propelled, nontank vessel of 400 gross tons
or greater, which operates on the navigable waters of the United
States, to prepare and submit an oil spill response plan to the Coast
Guard (78 FR 60100). Among other things, this rule applied vessel
response plan requirements to nontank vessels. Under those
requirements, a nontank vessel owner or operator needs to prepare and
submit to the Coast Guard a nontank vessel response plan in accordance
with 33 CFR part 155, subpart J. The content of the response plan
includes the requirement to plan for responding to a worst-case
discharge and a substantial threat of such a discharge. Additionally,
submissions of international Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plans
(SOPEPs) for certain U.S.-flag nontank and tank vessels requires
alignment with updated SOPEP rules. With the exception of this
collection of information, the rule became effective on October 30,
2013.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information until the
collection is approved by OMB. Accordingly, the preamble to the final
rule stated that the Coast Guard would not enforce the collection of
information requirements occurring under 33 CFR 155.5023, 155.5025, and
155.5055 through 155.5075 until the collection of information request
was approved by OMB, and also stated that the Coast Guard would publish
a notice in the Federal Register announcing that OMB approved and
assigned a control number for the requirement.
The Coast Guard submitted the information collection request to OMB
for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. On
September 3, 2013, OMB approved the collection of information and
assigned the collection OMB Control Number 1625-0066 entitled ``Vessel
and Facility Response Plans (Domestic and Int'l), and Additional
Response Requirements for Prince William Sound, Alaska''. The approval
for this collection of information expires on September 30, 2016. A
copy of the OMB notice of action is available in our online docket
(USCG-2008-1070) at http://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: November 1, 2013.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2013-26813 Filed 11-7-13; 8:45 am]
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