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notice. Federal law requires that these
response plans be prepared and
submitted to the Coast Guard no later
than August 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on the Navigation
and Vessel Inspection Circular, call the
Vessel Response Plan Program staff at
telephone 202–267–6714. If you have
questions on viewing material in the
docket, call Ms. Renee K. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations,
telephone 202–366–0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 9, 2004, the President
signed the Coast Guard and Marine
Transportation Act of 2004 (Pub. L.
108–293) (2004 Act). Section 701 of the
2004 Act amends section 311(a) and (j)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to require the preparation and
submission of oil response plans for
nontank vessels. The 2004 Act defines
‘‘nontank vessel’’ as a self-propelled
vessel of 400 gross tons or greater, other
than a tank vessel, that carries oil of any
kind as fuel for main propulsion and
that is a vessel of the United States or
operates on the navigable waters of the
United States. Under the 2004 Act,
response plans must be submitted to the
Coast Guard by August 8, 2005.
The 2004 Act requires the Coast
Guard to issue response plan
regulations. However, to assist industry
in meeting the August 8, 2005, deadline,
the Coast Guard has issued guidance, in
the form of a Navigation and Vessel
Inspection Circular (NVIC), for use in
the preparation and submission of
response plans until regulations are in
effect. As there are already certain
provisions in the existing statute that
these response plans must meet, the
NVIC identifies those requirements, as
well as the Coast Guard’s
recommendations.
Access to the NVIC
A copy of the nontank vessel response
plan NVIC can be found in the docket
at https://dms.dot.gov/ and at https://
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nvic/. For those
individuals without Internet access, a
copy of the NVIC may be obtained by
contacting the VRP Program staff at the
number above, or your local U.S. Coast
Guard Marine Safety Office.
Dated: February 10, 2005.
T. H. Gilmour,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant
Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and
Environmental Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements: Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review;
Application for Participation in
Biometric Device Performance
Qualification Testing Program
Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), DHS.
ACTION: Notice of emergency clearance
request.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, Transportation
Security Administration, has submitted
a request for emergency processing of a
new public information collection to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 35). This
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to OMB for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected burden.
DATES: Send your comments by March
18, 2005. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: DHS–TSA Desk
Officer, at (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katrina Wawer, Information Collection
Specialist, Office of Transportation
Security Policy, TSA–9, Transportation
Security Administration, 601 South
12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202–4220;
telephone (571) 227–1995; facsimile
(571) 227–2559.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA)
Title: Application for Participation in
Biometric Device Performance
Qualification Testing Program.
Type of Request: Emergency
processing request of new collection.
OMB Control Number: Not yet
assigned.
Forms(s): Biometric Product
Qualification Application Form.
Affected Public: Biometric Device
Manufacturers.
Abstract: Section 4011—Provision for
the Use of Biometric or Other
Technology, of Title IV—Transportation
Security, in the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Pub.
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L. 108–458, 12/17/2004, S.2845–75),
directs TSA to issue guidance for use of
biometric technology in airport access
control systems including a list of
qualified biometric device products and
vendors by March 31, 2005. In
compliance, TSA has developed a
process that examines the fitness of the
technology for application to airport
access controls systems. TSA will ask
biometric device manufacturers, who
wish to have their devices considered
for use in airport access control systems,
to submit an application containing
detailed information describing their
devices.
TSA intends to make the forms,
which provide the basis for the device
manufacturer’s application to this
process, widely available to the
interested manufacturers through
‘‘Current Opportunities’’ in the
‘‘Business Opportunities’’ link within
the TSA Web site: https://www.tsa.gov/
public. The online application would be
made via that Web site. TSA will use
the information to evaluate the
products’ readiness for performance
testing. TSA is seeking emergency
processing of this collection to comply
with the statutory mandate to issue
biometric guidance.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 800 hours annually.
TSA is soliciting comments to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on February
9, 2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements: Agency
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Application for
Participation in Biometric Device Performance Qualification Testing
Program
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), DHS.
ACTION: Notice of emergency clearance request.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation
Security Administration, has submitted a request for emergency
processing of a new public information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 35). This
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to OMB for review and comment. The
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
burden.
DATES: Send your comments by March 18, 2005. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: DHS-TSA
Desk Officer, at (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina Wawer, Information Collection
Specialist, Office of Transportation Security Policy, TSA-9,
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-1995; facsimile (571)
227-2559.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Title: Application for Participation in Biometric Device
Performance Qualification Testing Program.
Type of Request: Emergency processing request of new collection.
OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
Forms(s): Biometric Product Qualification Application Form.
Affected Public: Biometric Device Manufacturers.
Abstract: Section 4011--Provision for the Use of Biometric or Other
Technology, of Title IV--Transportation Security, in the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-458, 12/17/
2004, S.2845-75), directs TSA to issue guidance for use of biometric
technology in airport access control systems including a list of
qualified biometric device products and vendors by March 31, 2005. In
compliance, TSA has developed a process that examines the fitness of
the technology for application to airport access controls systems. TSA
will ask biometric device manufacturers, who wish to have their devices
considered for use in airport access control systems, to submit an
application containing detailed information describing their devices.
TSA intends to make the forms, which provide the basis for the
device manufacturer's application to this process, widely available to
the interested manufacturers through ``Current Opportunities'' in the
``Business Opportunities'' link within the TSA Web site: https://
www.tsa.gov/public. The online application would be made via that Web
site. TSA will use the information to evaluate the products' readiness
for performance testing. TSA is seeking emergency processing of this
collection to comply with the statutory mandate to issue biometric
guidance.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 800 hours annually.
TSA is soliciting comments to--
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on February 9, 2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
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