Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0072
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OM...
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0072, Waste Management Plans, Refuse Discharge Logs, Letters of Designation for Certain Persons-in-Charge (PIC) and Great Lakes Dry Cargo Residue Recordkeeping; without change. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.
DATES:
Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before July 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number USCG-2025-0396 to the Coast Guard using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov.
See the “Public participation and request for comments” portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for further instructions on submitting comments.
A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the internet at
https://www.regulations.gov.
Additionally, copies are available from: Commandant (CG-C5I-P), ATTN: Paperwork Reduction Act Manager, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, STOP 7710, Washington, DC 20593-7710.
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
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(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.
In response to your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not to seek an extension of approval for the Collection without change. We will consider all comments and material received during the comment period.
We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of the ICR and the docket number of this request, USCG-2025-0396, and must be received by July 20, 2026
Submitting Comments
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov.
If your material cannot be submitted using
https://www.regulations.gov,
contact the person in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this document for alternate instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, and all public comments, are in our online docket at
https://www.regulations.gov
and can be viewed by following that website's instructions. 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. Comments we post to
https://www.regulations.gov
will include any personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020).
Information Collection Request
Title:
Waste Management Plans, Refuse Discharge Logs, Letters of Designation for Certain Persons-in-Charge (PIC) and Great Lakes Dry Cargo Residue Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number:
1625-0072.
Summary:
This information is needed to ensure that: (1) certain U.S. oceangoing vessels develop and maintain a waste management plan; (2) certain U.S. oceangoing vessels maintain refuse discharge records; (3) certain individuals that act as person-in-charge of the transfer of fuel receive a letter of designation, for prevention of pollution; and (4) certain Great Lakes vessels comply with dry cargo residue requirements.
Need:
This collection of information is needed as part of the Coast Guard's pollution prevention compliance program.
Forms:
N/A.
Respondents:
Owners, operators, masters, and persons-in-charge of vessels.
Frequency:
On occasion.
Hour Burden Estimate:
The estimated burden has decreased from 116,690 hours to 110,541 hours a year, due to an estimated decrease in the annual number of respondents.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: May 13, 2026.
Bradley E. White,
Chief, Office of Privacy Management, U.S. Coast Guard.
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91 FR 29977
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0072,” thefederalregister.org (May 21, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-10204/information-collection-request-to-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-control-number-1625-0072.