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Background and Purpose
In accordance with the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance
Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (as
reauthorized and amended by the
National Invasive Species Act of 1996
(NISA)), the Coast Guard promulgated
ballast water management (BWM)
regulations in 33 CFR part 151, subparts
C and D. As part of NISA, Congress
authorized the Coast Guard to require
BWM reporting and recordkeeping so
that we can monitor discharge trends
and practices as well as monitor
compliance with BWM regulations.
Subpart C of 33 CFR part 151 applies
to vessels carrying ballast water after
operating outside of the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) that enter the
Snell Lock at Massena, New York, or
vessels that navigate north of the George
Washington Bridge on the Hudson
River. In accordance with 33 CFR
151.1516 and 151.2041(b)(1)–(2), vessels
entering the Great Lakes or Hudson
River, north of the George Washington
Bridge, must submit BWM reports at
least 24 hours prior to arrival.
The regulations in subpart D apply to
all vessels, foreign and domestic,
equipped with ballast tanks that operate
in U.S. waters and are bound for U.S.
ports or places. 33 CFR 151.2041
contains specific BWM reporting
requirements. To accompany these
regulations, we also published
Navigation and Vessel Inspection
Circular (NVIC) 07–04, change 1 entitled
‘‘Ballast Water Management for the
Control of Aquatic Nuisance Species in
the Waters of the United States.’’ NVIC
07–04, CH–1 also provides additional
guidance on the equivalent reporting
program for vessels operating
exclusively within the EEZ (as
established in 33 CFR 151.2043),
allowing approved vessels to submit
reports on a monthly basis, as opposed
to the standard schedule required by 33
CFR 151.2041.
These BWM reporting requirements
are currently being reviewed for
potential revisions. In this review
process, the Coast Guard is interested in
receiving comments on current
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements contained in the
mandatory BWM regulations in 33 CFR
part 151, subparts C and D. Specifically,
the Coast Guard is seeking public
comments on the current ballast water
management reporting submission
requirements, including comments on
vessel types currently required to
submit ballast water management
reporting forms. Also, the Coast Guard
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is seeking comments on the ballast
water reporting form itself to determine
whether or not the form should be
updated. Comments submitted to the
docket may or may not be used to
amend these ballast water management
reporting requirements.
Dated: January 10, 2007.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of National and International
Standards, Assistant Commandant for
Prevention, U.S. Coast Guard.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[USCG–2007–26862]
Chemical Transportation Advisory
Committee; Subcommittee Meeting
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
meeting of the Subcommittee of the
Chemical Transportation Advisory
Committee (CTAC) on the National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA) 472
Standard. The Subcommittee on the
NFPA 472 Standard will meet to discuss
the formation of a new marine
emergency responder chapter in NFPA
472, Professional Competence of
Responders to Hazardous Materials
Incidents. This meeting will be open to
the public.
DATES: The Subcommittee on the NFPA
472 Standard will meet on Thursday,
February 8, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(Central Standard Time). This meeting
may close early if all business is
finished. Written material and requests
to make oral presentations should reach
the Coast Guard on or before February
1, 2007. Requests to have a copy of your
material distributed to each member of
the Subcommittee should reach the
Coast Guard on or before February 1,
2007.
The Subcommittee on the
NFPA 472 Standard will meet at
Marathon Oil Corporation Headquarters,
5555 San Felipe Road, Houston, TX
77056, on the tenth floor. Send written
material and requests to make oral
presentations to Commander Richard J.
Raksnis, Executive Director of CTAC,
Commandant (CG–3PSO–3), U.S. Coast
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street
SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001. This
notice is available on the Internet at
https://dms.dot.gov.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Commander Richard J. Raksnis,
Executive Director of CTAC telephone
202–372–1425, fax 202–372–1926.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
these meetings is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463).
Agenda of the NFPA 472
Subcommittee Meeting on Tuesday,
February 8, 2007:
(1) Introduce Subcommittee members
and attendees.
(2) Prepare draft chapter for future
incorporation into the NFPA 472
Standard, Professional Competence of
Responders to Hazardous Materials
Incidents.
Procedural
Coast Guard
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This meeting is open to the public.
Please note that the meeting may close
early if all business is finished. At the
discretion of the Chair, members of the
public may make oral presentations
during the meetings. If you would like
to make an oral presentation at a
meeting, please notify the Executive
Director and submit written material on
or before February 1, 2007.
Information on Services for Individuals
With Disabilities
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with
disabilities, or to request special
assistance at the meeting, telephone the
Executive Director as soon as possible.
Dated: January 10, 2007.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of National and International
Standards, Assistant Commandant for
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a proposed revised
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information collection. In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the end-of-course evaluation
form used to evaluate all National Fire
Academy traditional classroom training.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Fire Academy (NFA) is
mandated under the Fire Prevention and
Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–
498) to provide training and education
to the Nation’s fire service and
emergency service personnel. The stateof-the-art programs offered by the NFA
serve as models of excellence and state
and local fire service agencies rely
heavily on the curriculum to train their
personnel. To maintain the quality of
these training programs, it is critical that
courses be evaluated to determine
student satisfaction and reaction to the
course materials, instructional delivery,
and the training environment.
Collection of Information
Title: National Fire Academy End of
Course Evaluation Form.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0032.
Form Numbers: FEMA Form 95–20,
National Fire Academy End of Course
Evaluation Form.
Abstract: The NFA End of Course
Evaluation Form is used to evaluate all
traditional classroom based course
deliveries. The data provided by student
evaluating NFA courses are used to
determine the need for course
improvements and the degree of student
satisfaction with the training
experience. All on-campus resident
courses will use an online electronic
form and all off-campus courses
delivered at the state and local level will
use a paper-based version of the form.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,500.
ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Project/activity (survey, form(s), focus group,
worksheet, etc.)
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
responses
Burden hours
per respondent
Annual
responses
Total annual
burden hours
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) = (A×B)
(E) = (C×D)
5,000
9,000
1
1
.25
.25
5,000
9,000
1,250
2,250
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FF 95–20 Off-campus students .......................
FF 95–20 On-campus students .......................
14,000
1
.25
14,000
3,500
Estimated Cost: The annualized cost
to respondents for the hour burden is
$65,800.
Comments: Written comments are
solicited to (a) evaluate whether the
proposed data collection is necessary for
the proper performance of the agency,
including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. Comments must be
submitted on or before March 20, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons should
submit written comments to Chief,
Records Management and Privacy,
Information Resources Management
Branch, Information Technology
Services Division, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Room 316, Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terry Gladhill, Program Analyst, United
States Fire Administration, National
Fire Academy, (301) 447–1239 for
additional information. You may
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contact the Records Management
Branch for copies of the proposed
collection of information at facsimile
number (202) 646–3347 or e-mail
address: FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov.
Dated: January 11, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management and Privacy,
Information Resources Management Branch,
Information Technology Services Division,
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5125–N–03]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
to Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for possible use to
assist the homeless.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 19, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Room 7262,
PO 00000
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451 Seventh Street SW., Washington,
DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234;
TTY number for the hearing- and
speech-impaired (202) 708–2565 (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free), or
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 1–800–927–7588.
In
accordance with the December 12, 1988
court order in National Coalition for the
Homeless v. Veterans Administration,
No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD
publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,
identifying unutilized, underutilized,
excess, and surplus Federal buildings
and real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the
purpose of announcing that no
additional properties have been
detemined suitable or unsuitable this
week.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: January 11, 2007.
Mark R. Johnston,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs.
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Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
to comment on a proposed revised
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information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the end-of-course
evaluation form used to evaluate all National Fire Academy traditional
classroom training.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Fire Academy (NFA) is mandated
under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-498)
to provide training and education to the Nation's fire service and
emergency service personnel. The state-of-the-art programs offered by
the NFA serve as models of excellence and state and local fire service
agencies rely heavily on the curriculum to train their personnel. To
maintain the quality of these training programs, it is critical that
courses be evaluated to determine student satisfaction and reaction to
the course materials, instructional delivery, and the training
environment.
Collection of Information
Title: National Fire Academy End of Course Evaluation Form.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0032.
Form Numbers: FEMA Form 95-20, National Fire Academy End of Course
Evaluation Form.
Abstract: The NFA End of Course Evaluation Form is used to evaluate
all traditional classroom based course deliveries. The data provided by
student evaluating NFA courses are used to determine the need for
course improvements and the degree of student satisfaction with the
training experience. All on-campus resident courses will use an online
electronic form and all off-campus courses delivered at the state and
local level will use a paper-based version of the form.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,500.
Annual Burden Hours
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Project/activity (survey, form(s), focus group, worksheet, Number of Frequency of Burden hours Annual Total annual
etc.) respondents responses per respondent responses burden hours
(A) (B) (C) (D) = (AxB) (E) = (CxD)
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FF 95-20 Off-campus students.................................. 5,000 1 .25 5,000 1,250
FF 95-20 On-campus students................................... 9,000 1 .25 9,000 2,250
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Total..................................................... 14,000 1 .25 14,000 3,500
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Estimated Cost: The annualized cost to respondents for the hour
burden is $65,800.
Comments: Written comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether
the proposed data collection is necessary for the proper performance of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) 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, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. Comments must be submitted on or before March
20, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Chief,
Records Management and Privacy, Information Resources Management
Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Gladhill, Program Analyst,
United States Fire Administration, National Fire Academy, (301) 447-
1239 for additional information. You may contact the Records Management
Branch for copies of the proposed collection of information at
facsimile number (202) 646-3347 or e-mail address: FEMA-Information-
Collections@dhs.gov.
Dated: January 11, 2007.
John A. Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management and Privacy, Information Resources Management
Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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