Availability of Coast Guard Data to the Public in Implementation of the Open Government Data Act and To Support Coast Guard Rulemaking, 65187-65188 [2023-20477]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 182 / Thursday, September 21, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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. In response to your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not to seek an extension of approval for the Collection. 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–2023–0587], and must be received by November 20, 2023. 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, and all public comments, are in our online docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that website’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 https:// www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this document, see DHS’s eRulemaking VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Sep 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Information Collection Request Coast Guard Title: Official Logbook. OMB Control Number: 1625–0018. Summary: The Official Logbook contains information about the voyage, the vessel’s crew, drills, watches, and operations conducted during the voyage. Official Logbook entries identify particulars of the voyage, including the name of the ship, official number, port of registry, tonnage, names and merchant mariner credential numbers of the master and crew, the nature of the voyage, and class of ship. In addition, it also contains entries for the vessel’s drafts, maintenance of watertight integrity of the ship, drills and inspections, crew list and report of character, a summary of laws applicable to Official Logbooks, and miscellaneous entries. Need: 46 U.S.C. 11301, 11302, 11303, and 11304 require applicable merchant vessels to maintain an Official Logbook. The Official Logbook contains information about the vessel, voyage, crew, and watch. Lack of these particulars would make it difficult for a seaman to verify vessel employment and wages, and for the Coast Guard to verify compliance with laws and regulations concerning vessel operations and safety procedures. The Official Logbook serves as an official record of recordable events transpiring at sea such as births, deaths, marriages, disciplinary actions, etc. Absent the Official Logbook, there would be no official civil record of these events. The courts accept log entries as proof that the logged event occurred. If this information was not collected, the Coast Guard’s commercial vessel safety program would be negatively impacted, as there would be no official record of U.S. merchant vessel voyages. Similarly, those seeking to prove that an event required to be logged occurred would not have an official record available. Forms: CG–706B Official Logbook. Respondents: Shipping companies. Frequency: On occasion. Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains at 1,750 hours a year. Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. Dated: September 7, 2023. Kathleen Claffie, Chief, Office of Privacy Management, U.S. Coast Guard. [FR Doc. 2023–20401 Filed 9–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–04–P PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 65187 [Docket No. USCG–2023–0589] Availability of Coast Guard Data to the Public in Implementation of the Open Government Data Act and To Support Coast Guard Rulemaking Coast Guard, DHS. Notice of availability and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: The Coast Guard announces the availability of Coast Guard data to the public in implementation of the Open Government Data Act and in support of Coast Guard rulemaking. The Coast Guard anticipates that the online data and geospatial dashboard will empower the general public, affected entities, and other interested parties to engage more effectively in Coast Guard rulemakings. We encourage you to submit comments describing what additional resources or data would help you participate in Coast Guard rulemakings. DATES: Comments must be submitted to the online docket via https:// www.regulations.gov on or before January 19, 2024. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG– 2023–0589 using the Federal DecisionMaking 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document call or email Evan Morris, Coast Guard Office Standards Evaluation and Development; telephone 571–608–6719, email Evan.Morris@uscg.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Public Participation and Comments We encourage you to submit comments on your data needs to participate more effectively in Coast Guard rulemakings. We will consider all submissions and may adjust our public facing resources to improve public participation in the rulemaking process based on your comments. Submitting comments. We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal Decision-Making Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. To do so, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2023–0589 in the search box and click ‘‘Search.’’ Next, look for this E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1 65188 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 182 / Thursday, September 21, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 document in the Search Results column, and click on it. Then click on the Comment option. 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. Viewing material in docket. Public comments will also be placed in our online docket and can be viewed by following instructions on the https:// www.regulations.gov Frequently Asked Questions web page. We review all comments received, but we may choose not to post off-topic, inappropriate, or duplicate comments that we receive. Personal information. 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). Discussion The Coast Guard Office of Standards Evaluation and Development (CG–REG) is endeavoring to provide to the public as much U.S. Coast Guard data as possible and practicable—resource permitting—in implementation of Title II within the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, named the Open Government Data Act. The Open Government Data Act guides federal agencies to make data open by default, subject to certain provisions such as (i) risks and restrictions related to the disclosure of personally identifiable information and (ii) security considerations. This notice shares several U.S. Coast Guard websites where our data resources are available to the public. The ‘‘Annual Vessel Statistics’’ page provides the public with access to the universe of commercial vessels the U.S. Coast Guard regulates. The statistics available at the time of this notice are for 2021 and 2022; future year statistics will be provided as available. This page also allows you to download a list of publicly available information of these vessels by the vessel’s commercial service. On this page, we present the aggregated information. We have also analyzed this information and created a dashboard which help any user quickly understand the scale and change in vessel populations by routes, responsible districts, and classification. The web address for the ‘‘Annual Vessel Statistics’’ page is https:// dco.uscg.afpims.mil/Our-Organization/ Assistant-Commandant-for-PreventionPolicy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations- VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Sep 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 Standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-StandardsEvaluation-and-Development-CG-REG/ Annual-Vessel-Statistics/2022-AnnualVessel-Statistics/. In addition, we have created an interactive geospatial dashboard on ArcGIS Pro that displays significant maritime incidents that involved the U.S. Coast Guard from 2012 to 2022. This dashboard defines a significant maritime incident as an incident that resulted in at least $100,000 of property damage or an incident that resulted in three or more injuries or one fatality. This data comes from the Coast Guard’s Marine Investigation Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE) database. This information is displaying publicly available information from the Coast Guard’s Port State Information eXchange system: https:// cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/Default.aspx. The web address for the Significant Maritime Incident GIS Dashboard is https://dco.uscg.afpims.mil/OurOrganization/Assistant-Commandantfor-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/ Commercial-Regulations-Standards-CG5PS/Office-of-Standards-Evaluationand-Development-CG-REG/AnnualVessel-Statistics/GIS/. This Significant Maritime Incident Dashboard is a visual aid which can help end users better understand specific aspects of the affected populations for the ongoing Coast Guard rulemakings that are on the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (https://www.reginfo.gov). The data may be useful for public participation in our current Unified Agenda regulatory actions, such as Claims Procedures Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Regulatory Identification Number: 1625–AA03), Marine Casualty Reporting on the Outer Continental Shelf (1625–AB99), Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast (1625–AC57), Safety Management Systems for Domestic Passenger Vessels (1625–AC65), and Towing Vessel Firefighting Training (1625–AC64). We encourage you to submit comments describing your data needs to participate more effectively in Coast Guard rulemaking. In particular, the U.S. Coast Guard requests responses to the following questions: 1. What data could the U.S. Coast Guard provide that would encourage your participation in rulemakings? 2. What data could the U.S. Coast Guard provide that would help your academic research to inform future rulemakings? 3. In addition to the Unified Agenda, how do you recommend the U.S. Coast PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Guard publicize information about rulemaking activities? Based on public comment, other factors, and available USCG resources, we may continue to expand the availability of U.S. Coast Guard data resources that may be useful for participating in the rulemaking process. This notice is issued under authority of 44 U.S. Code 3506(b)(6). T. Brown, Office Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Standards Evaluation and Development. [FR Doc. 2023–20477 Filed 9–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–04–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–6427–N–01] Statutorily Mandated Designation of Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for 2024 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, HUD. ACTION: Notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0589]


Availability of Coast Guard Data to the Public in Implementation 
of the Open Government Data Act and To Support Coast Guard Rulemaking

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of Coast Guard data 
to the public in implementation of the Open Government Data Act and in 
support of Coast Guard rulemaking. The Coast Guard anticipates that the 
online data and geospatial dashboard will empower the general public, 
affected entities, and other interested parties to engage more 
effectively in Coast Guard rulemakings. We encourage you to submit 
comments describing what additional resources or data would help you 
participate in Coast Guard rulemakings.

DATES: Comments must be submitted to the online docket via https://www.regulations.gov on or before January 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2023-0589 using the Federal Decision-Making 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email Evan Morris, Coast Guard Office Standards Evaluation and 
Development; telephone 571-608-6719, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments on your data needs to 
participate more effectively in Coast Guard rulemakings. We will 
consider all submissions and may adjust our public facing resources to 
improve public participation in the rulemaking process based on your 
comments.
    Submitting comments. We encourage you to submit comments through 
the Federal Decision-Making Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. To 
do so, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type USCG-2023-0589 in the 
search box and click ``Search.'' Next, look for this

[[Page 65188]]

document in the Search Results column, and click on it. Then click on 
the Comment option. 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.
    Viewing material in docket. Public comments will also be placed in 
our online docket and can be viewed by following instructions on the 
https://www.regulations.gov Frequently Asked Questions web page. We 
review all comments received, but we may choose not to post off-topic, 
inappropriate, or duplicate comments that we receive.
    Personal information. 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).

Discussion

    The Coast Guard Office of Standards Evaluation and Development (CG-
REG) is endeavoring to provide to the public as much U.S. Coast Guard 
data as possible and practicable--resource permitting--in 
implementation of Title II within the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act 
of 2018, named the Open Government Data Act. The Open Government Data 
Act guides federal agencies to make data open by default, subject to 
certain provisions such as (i) risks and restrictions related to the 
disclosure of personally identifiable information and (ii) security 
considerations. This notice shares several U.S. Coast Guard websites 
where our data resources are available to the public.
    The ``Annual Vessel Statistics'' page provides the public with 
access to the universe of commercial vessels the U.S. Coast Guard 
regulates. The statistics available at the time of this notice are for 
2021 and 2022; future year statistics will be provided as available. 
This page also allows you to download a list of publicly available 
information of these vessels by the vessel's commercial service. On 
this page, we present the aggregated information. We have also analyzed 
this information and created a dashboard which help any user quickly 
understand the scale and change in vessel populations by routes, 
responsible districts, and classification. The web address for the 
``Annual Vessel Statistics'' page is https://dco.uscg.afpims.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-Standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Standards-Evaluation-and-Development-CG-REG/Annual-Vessel-Statistics/2022-Annual-Vessel-Statistics/.
    In addition, we have created an interactive geospatial dashboard on 
ArcGIS Pro that displays significant maritime incidents that involved 
the U.S. Coast Guard from 2012 to 2022. This dashboard defines a 
significant maritime incident as an incident that resulted in at least 
$100,000 of property damage or an incident that resulted in three or 
more injuries or one fatality. This data comes from the Coast Guard's 
Marine Investigation Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE) database. This 
information is displaying publicly available information from the Coast 
Guard's Port State Information eXchange system: https://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/Default.aspx. The web address for the Significant Maritime 
Incident GIS Dashboard is https://dco.uscg.afpims.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-Standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Standards-Evaluation-and-Development-CG-REG/Annual-Vessel-Statistics/GIS/.
    This Significant Maritime Incident Dashboard is a visual aid which 
can help end users better understand specific aspects of the affected 
populations for the ongoing Coast Guard rulemakings that are on the 
Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (https://www.reginfo.gov). The data may be useful for public participation in 
our current Unified Agenda regulatory actions, such as Claims 
Procedures Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Regulatory 
Identification Number: 1625-AA03), Marine Casualty Reporting on the 
Outer Continental Shelf (1625-AB99), Shipping Safety Fairways Along the 
Atlantic Coast (1625-AC57), Safety Management Systems for Domestic 
Passenger Vessels (1625-AC65), and Towing Vessel Firefighting Training 
(1625-AC64).
    We encourage you to submit comments describing your data needs to 
participate more effectively in Coast Guard rulemaking. In particular, 
the U.S. Coast Guard requests responses to the following questions:
    1. What data could the U.S. Coast Guard provide that would 
encourage your participation in rulemakings?
    2. What data could the U.S. Coast Guard provide that would help 
your academic research to inform future rulemakings?
    3. In addition to the Unified Agenda, how do you recommend the U.S. 
Coast Guard publicize information about rulemaking activities?
    Based on public comment, other factors, and available USCG 
resources, we may continue to expand the availability of U.S. Coast 
Guard data resources that may be useful for participating in the 
rulemaking process.
    This notice is issued under authority of 44 U.S. Code 3506(b)(6).

T. Brown,
Office Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Standards Evaluation and Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-20477 Filed 9-20-23; 8:45 am]
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