81 FR 8085 - Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0040

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 31 (February 17, 2016)

Page Range		8085-8086
FR Document		2016-03291

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval for reinstatement, without change, of the following collection of information: 1625-0040, Application for Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC), Application for Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate, Applications for Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate for Entry Level Ratings, Small Vessel Sea Service Form, DOT/USCG Periodic Drug Testing Form, Disclosure Statement for Narcotics, DWI/DUI, and/or Other Convictions, Merchant Mariner Medical Certificates, Recognition of Foreign Certificate. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0694]


Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management 
and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0040

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Thirty-day notice requesting comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the 
U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), 
abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval for 
reinstatement, without change, of the following collection of 
information: 1625-0040, Application for Merchant Mariner Credential 
(MMC), Application for Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate, 
Applications for Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate for Entry Level 
Ratings, Small Vessel Sea Service Form, DOT/USCG Periodic Drug Testing 
Form, Disclosure Statement for Narcotics, DWI/DUI, and/or Other 
Convictions, Merchant Mariner Medical Certificates, Recognition of 
Foreign Certificate. Our ICR describes the information we seek to 
collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only 
impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before March 
18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number [USCG-2015-0694] to the Coast Guard using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, you 
may submit comments to OIRA using one of the following means:
    (1) Email: [email protected].
    (2) Mail: OIRA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 
attention Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.
    (3) Fax: 202-395-6566. To ensure your comments are received in a 
timely manner, mark the fax, attention Desk Officer for the Coast 
Guard.
    A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from: 
Commandant (CG-612), Attn: Paperwork Reduction Act Manager, U.S. Coast 
Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., STOP 7710, Washington, DC 
20593-7710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of 
Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-372-8405, 
for questions on these documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    This Notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to 
OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard 
collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information 
describing the Collection's purpose, the Collection's likely burden on 
the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection, 
and other important information describing the Collection. There is one 
ICR for each Collection. The Coast Guard invites comments on whether 
this ICR should be granted based on the Collection being necessary for 
the proper performance of Departmental functions. 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 information subject to the Collection; and (4) ways to minimize the 
burden of the Collection on respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. These 
comments will help OIRA determine whether to approve the ICR referred 
to in this Notice.
    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments 
and related materials. Comments to Coast Guard or OIRA must contain the 
OMB Control Number of the ICR. They must also contain the docket number 
of this request, [USCG-2015-0694], and must be received by March 18, 
2016.

Submitting Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be 
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate 
instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice, and all public 
comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and 
can be viewed by following that Web site's instructions. Additionally, 
if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will 
be notified when comments are posted.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the 
docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal 
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal 
Register (70 FR 15086).
    OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain after the comment period for each ICR. An OMB Notice 
of Action on each ICR will become available via a hyperlink in the OMB 
Control Number: 1625-0040.

Previous Request for Comments

    This request provides a 30-day comment period required by OIRA. The 
Coast Guard published the 60-day notice (80 FR 62079, October 15, 2015) 
required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That Notice elicited no comments. 
Accordingly, no changes have been made to the Collections.

Information Collection Request

    Title: Application for Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC), 
Application for Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate, Application for 
Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate for Entry Level Ratings, Small 
Vessel Sea Service Form, DOT/USCG Periodic Drug Testing Form, 
Disclosure Statement for Narcotics, DWI/DUI, and/or Other Convictions, 
Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate, Recognition of Foreign 
Certificate.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0040.
    Summary: The Application for Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC), 
Application for Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate, Application for 
Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate for Entry Level Ratings, Small 
Vessel Sea Service Form, DOAT/USCG Periodic Drug Testing Form, 
Disclosure Statement for Narcotics, DWI/DUI, and/or Other Convictions, 
contains the following information: signature of

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applicant and supplementary material required to show that the mariner 
meets the mandatory requirements for the credential or medical 
certificate sought; proof of applicant passing all applicable vision, 
hearing, medical, and/or physical exams; negative chemical test for 
dangerous drugs; discharges or other documentary evidence of sea 
service indicating the name, tonnage, propulsion mode and power of the 
vessels, dates of service, capacity in which the applicant served, and 
on what waters; and disclosure documentation for narcotics, DWI/DUI, 
and/or other convictions.
    Need: Title 46 United States Code (U.S.C.) Subtitle II, Part E, 
Title 46 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 10, Subpart B, and 
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and 
Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW Convention) and the 
STCW Code, including the STCW Final Rule (Docket No. USCG-2004-17914) 
published on December 24, 2013, requires MMC and Medical Certificate 
applicants to apply at one of the Coast Guard's seventeen Regional 
Examination Centers located nationwide. MMCs are established for 
individuals who are required to hold a credential under Subtitle II. 
The Coast Guard's National Maritime Center (NMC), Medical Evaluation 
Division is responsible for evaluating fitness for duty of all merchant 
mariners, in order to minimize safety risk to the Mariner 
Transportation System. The Coast Guard NMC has the task of issuing MMCs 
and Medical Certificates to applicants found qualified as to age, 
character, habits of life, experience, professional qualifications, and 
physical fitness. The instruments contained within OMB Control No. 
1625-0040 serve as a means for the applicant to apply for a MMC and 
Medical Certificate.
    Forms: CG-719B, Application for Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC); 
CG-719C, Disclosure Statement for Narcotics, DWI/DUI, and/or Other 
Convictions; CG-719K, Application for Merchant Mariner Medical 
Certificate; CG-719K/E, Application for Merchant Mariner Medical 
Certificate for Entry Level Ratings; CG-719S, Small Vessel Sea Service 
Form; CG-719P, DOT/USCG Periodic Drug Testing Form.
    Respondents: Applicants for MMC, whether original, renewal, 
duplicate, raise of grade, or a new endorsement on a previously issued 
MMC. Applicants for Medical Certificates to include National and STCW 
credentialed mariners, and first-class pilots.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 47,444 hours a 
year (CG-719B = 8,475 hours, CG-719K = 16,440 hours, CG-719K/E = 2,283 
hours, CG-719S = 14,125 hours, CG-719P = 4,708 hours, and CG-719C = 
1,413).

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: January 26, 2016.
Thomas P. Michelli,
U.S. Coast Guard, Deputy Chief Information Officer.
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applicant and supplementary material (CG–719B = 8,475 hours, CG–719K = proposed notice at 79 FR 73621,
required to show that the mariner meets 16,440 hours, CG–719K/E = 2,283 hours, proposing flood hazard determinations
the mandatory requirements for the CG–719S = 14,125 hours, CG–719P = for St. Clair County, Alabama, and
credential or medical certificate sought; 4,708 hours, and CG–719C = 1,413). Incorporated Areas. FEMA is
proof of applicant passing all applicable Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act withdrawing the proposed notice.
vision, hearing, medical, and/or of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4104; 44 CFR 67.4.
physical exams; negative chemical test
Dated: January 26, 2016. Date: January 22, 2016.
for dangerous drugs; discharges or other
Thomas P. Michelli, Roy E. Wright,
documentary evidence of sea service
indicating the name, tonnage, U.S. Coast Guard, Deputy Chief Information Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance
Officer. and Mitigation, Department of Homeland
propulsion mode and power of the
vessels, dates of service, capacity in [FR Doc. 2016–03291 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] Security, Federal Emergency Management
which the applicant served, and on BILLING CODE 9110–04–P Agency.
what waters; and disclosure [FR Doc. 2016–03225 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am]
documentation for narcotics, DWI/DUI, BILLING CODE 9110–12–P
and/or other convictions. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
Need: Title 46 United States Code SECURITY
(U.S.C.) Subtitle II, Part E, Title 46 Code DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
Federal Emergency Management SECURITY
of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 10,
Agency
Subpart B, and International Convention
on Standards of Training, Certification [Docket ID FEMA–2016–0002; Internal Federal Emergency Management
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1453] Agency
as amended (STCW Convention) and the [Docket ID FEMA–2016–0002; Internal
STCW Code, including the STCW Final Proposed Flood Hazard Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1539]
Rule (Docket No. USCG–2004–17914) Determinations for St. Clair County,
published on December 24, 2013, Alabama, and Incorporated Areas Proposed Flood Hazard
requires MMC and Medical Certificate AGENCY: Federal Emergency Determinations
applicants to apply at one of the Coast Management Agency, DHS. AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Guard’s seventeen Regional ACTION: Proposed Notice; withdrawal. Management Agency; DHS.
Examination Centers located
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency ACTION: Notice; correction.
nationwide. MMCs are established for
individuals who are required to hold a Management Agency (FEMA) is SUMMARY: On October 27, 2015, FEMA
credential under Subtitle II. The Coast withdrawing its proposed notice published in the Federal Register a
Guard’s National Maritime Center concerning proposed flood hazard proposed flood hazard determination
(NMC), Medical Evaluation Division is determinations, which may include the notice at 80 FR 65789 that contained a
responsible for evaluating fitness for addition or modification of any Base table which included a Web page
duty of all merchant mariners, in order Flood Elevation, base flood depth, address through which the Preliminary
to minimize safety risk to the Mariner Special Flood Hazard Area boundary or Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and
Transportation System. The Coast Guard zone designation, or regulatory where applicable, the Flood Insurance
NMC has the task of issuing MMCs and floodway (herein after referred to as Study (FIS) report for the communities
Medical Certificates to applicants found proposed flood hazard determinations) listed in the table could be accessed.
qualified as to age, character, habits of on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps and, The information available through the
life, experience, professional where applicable, in the supporting
Web page address has been updated.
qualifications, and physical fitness. The Flood Insurance Study reports for St.
Subsequently, FEMA is no longer
instruments contained within OMB Clair County, Alabama, and
proposing flood hazard determination
Control No. 1625–0040 serve as a means Incorporated Areas.
changes for the City of Atlanta as
for the applicant to apply for a MMC DATES: This withdrawal is effective identified in the above-referenced
and Medical Certificate. February 17, 2016. publication. The table provided here
Forms: CG–719B, Application for ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, represents the proposed flood hazard
Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC); identified by Docket No. FEMA–B– determinations and communities
CG–719C, Disclosure Statement for 1453, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, affected for Clayton County, Georgia,
Narcotics, DWI/DUI, and/or Other Engineering Management Branch, and Incorporated Areas.
Convictions; CG–719K, Application for Federal Insurance and Mitigation
DATES: Comments are to be submitted
Merchant Mariner Medical Certificate; Administration, Federal Emergency
CG–719K/E, Application for Merchant on or before May 17, 2016.
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Mariner Medical Certificate for Entry Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–4064, ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and
Level Ratings; CG–719S, Small Vessel or (email) where applicable, the FIS report for
Sea Service Form; CG–719P, DOT/USCG Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. each community are available for
Periodic Drug Testing Form. inspection at both the online location
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis and the respective Community Map
Respondents: Applicants for MMC,
Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Repository address listed in the table
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whether original, renewal, duplicate,
Management Branch, Federal Insurance below. Additionally, the current
raise of grade, or a new endorsement on
and Mitigation Administration, Federal effective FIRM and FIS report for each
a previously issued MMC. Applicants
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C community are accessible online
for Medical Certificates to include
Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, through the FEMA Map Service Center
National and STCW credentialed
(202) 646–4064, or (email) at www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
mariners, and first-class pilots.
Frequency: On occasion. Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov. You may submit comments, identified
Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On by Docket No. FEMA–B–1539, to Luis
burden remains 47,444 hours a year December 11, 2014, FEMA published a Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering

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Action		Thirty-day notice requesting comments.
Dates		Comments must reach the Coast Guard and OIRA on or before March 18, 2016.
Contact		Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of Information Management, telephone 202-475-3532, or fax 202-372-8405, for questions on these documents.
FR Citation		81 FR 8085

81 FR 8085 - Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0040

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITYCoast Guard

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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