This information is necessary to ensure compliance with the international requirements of the STCW Convention, and to maintain an acceptable level of quality in activities associated with training and assessment of merchant mariners. Respondents are owners and operators of vessels, training institutions, and mariners.
US Code:
46 USC 2103
Name of Law: Superintendence of The Merchant Marine
US Code:
46 USC 71
Name of Law: Licenses and Certificates ofRegistry
US Code:
46 USC 73
Name of Law: Merchant Mariners Documents
The Coast Guard published on August 1, 2011, a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) entitled "Implementation of the Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and Changes to Domestic Endorsements" [Docket No. USCG-2004-17914; RIN 1625-AA16; 76 FR 45908]. The rulemaking proposed to-
⢠change the medical exam requirements for STCW endorsed mariners from once every five years to once every two years;
⢠require documented evidence of training or knowledge for two groups of mariners â personnel with security duties (except Vessel Security Officers, VSO) and all other mariners working aboard a vessel; and, recognize STCW endorsements issued by foreign governments.
As a signatory to the STCW Convention, the STCW FR is necessary to demonstrate to the International Maritime Organization that the United States has in place certain specific regulations that implement the international requirements and related amendments to the STCW Convention. The Coast Guard received no collection of information-related comments.
In the near future, the Coast Guard will publish the STCW Final Rule [xx FR xxxxx].
The total annual recordkeeping burden is 31,730 hours for 32,623 respondents of which 13,803 hours are the result of the STCW Final Rule changes.
The STCW final rule will increase the annual burden on 18,000 respondents submitting medical examination forms by approximately 25 minutes each. The total additional hours requested for this rulemaking is 7,500 [18,000 x (25/60)]. For the approximately 1,800 mariners holding STCW endorsements issued by foreign governments, this final rule will increase the annual burden by 105 respondents by approximately 15 minutes each. The total additional hours requested for this rulemaking is 450 [1,800 x (15/60)]. For other personnel with security training or awareness, this one-time requirement will impose a burden on 316 respondents by 15 minutes each, or approximately 5,853 hours [23,413 mariners x (15/60)].
$332,802
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David DuPont 202 372-1497
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
1625-0079_StatA.pdf
1625-0079_SS_r2_2013_stcw-fr.doc
Recording of training and assessment record books