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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Proposed Rules territories.45 All governmental jurisdictions that would potentially be directly regulated by this rule have populations greater than 50,000. These entities are not considered to be small entities based on the Small Business Administrations definition of what is a small governmental jurisdiction.46
Therefore, the Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605b that this proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
If you think that your business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity and that this rule would have a significant economic impact on it, please submit a comment to docket at the address in the ADDRESSES section of this preamble. In your comment, explain why you think it qualifies and how and to what degree this rule would economically affect it.
C. Assistance for Small Entities Under section 213a of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, Public Law 104
121, we want to assist small entities in understanding this proposed rule so that they can better evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking.
If the proposed rule would affect your small business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction and you have questions concerning its provisions or options for compliance, please contact the person in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this proposed rule. The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small entities that question or complain about this proposed rule or any policy or action of the Coast Guard.
D. Collection of Information This proposed rule would require a modification of an existing collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA, 44 U.S.C.
35013520. As defined in 5 CFR
1320.3c, collection of information comprises reporting, recordkeeping, monitoring, posting, labeling, and other similar actions. The title and description of the information collection, a description of those who must collect the information, and an estimate of the total annual burden follow. The estimate covers the time for 45 See 46 U.S.C. 123. The only issuing authorities are the 56 States. Tribal governments are excluded legally as authorities from numbering and titling vessels.
46 Small governmental jurisdictions are defined as governments of cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special districts with a population of less than 50,000.

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reviewing instructions, searching existing sources of data, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection.
Title: Vessel Identification System.
OMB Control Number: 16250070.
Summary of the Collection of Information: Public Law 100710 46
U.S.C. 12501 requires the establishment of a nationwide vessel identification system VIS. The VIS provides participating States with access to data of vessels numbered by States. States voluntarily provide the VIS data. The States, boating public, and law enforcement would be the primary beneficiaries. To become part of the VIS, States must submit a Memorandum of Agreement MOA to the Coast Guard.
Need for Information: The VIS
collects State-numbered vessel identification and ownership data and provides that data to law enforcement agencies in the States that choose to participate in the VIS. Participation in the VIS is entirely voluntary. In order to participate, States must comply with certain requirements to ensure the integrity and uniformity of the information provided to the VIS.
Proposed Use of Information: The Coast Guard would use this information to track vessel information and facilitate the recovery of stolen or missing vessels.
Description of the Respondents: The 50 States, District of Columbia, and 5
territories. The Coast Guard describes these as 56 States.
Number of Respondents: As a result of the proposal, the Coast Guard anticipates that there would be two additional States joining the VIS
annually until all States join. Over a 10
year period, this proposed rule would increase the number of respondents from 38 States to 56 States.
Frequency of Response: The number of responses per year of this proposed rule would vary by participating States.
New MOA applications, VIS user requests, and VIS data uploads are required with the initial MOA
application process. For existing participants, VIS user requests and VIS
data uploads are required. Based on the current collection of VIS information data, the Coast Guard anticipates that each new participant will submit an MOA application once, a VIS user request once a year, and upload VIS
data every 2 weeks.
Burden of Response: The burden of response includes three components MOA applications, VIS data uploads, and VIS user requests. The burden for an MOA application, VIS data upload and VIS new user request form are: 16

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hours, 0.6 hour, and 0.1 hour, respectively. An MOA application and a VIS new user request form would be prepared by a manager. A computer technician would handle the VIS data upload.
Estimate of Total Annual Burden:
This proposed rule would require additional hours for VIS data uploads 32 hours annually,47 MOAs 32 hours annually, and VIS user requests 1 hour annually.48 The proposed rule would increase the total burden by 64 hours rounded from the actual 63.3 hours, from 5,792 hours to 5,856 hours.49
As required by 44 U.S.C. 3507d, we will submit a copy of this proposed rule to OMB for its review of the collection of information.
We ask for public comment on the proposed collection of information to help us determine, among other things:
1 How useful the information is;
2 Whether it can help us perform our functions better;
3 Whether it is readily available elsewhere;
4 How accurate our estimate of the burden of collection is;
5 How valid our methods for determining burden are;
6 How we can improve the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information; and 7 How we can minimize the burden of collection.
If you submit comments on the collection of information, submit them to both the OMB and to the docket where indicated under ADDRESSES.
You need not respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number from OMB. Before the Coast Guard could enforce the collection of information requirements in this proposed rule, OMB would need to approve the Coast Guards request to collect this information.
E. Federalism A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132
Federalism if it has a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. We have analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order 13132 and have determined that it is consistent with the fundamental federalism principles and preemption requirements described in Executive Order 13132. Our analysis follows.
47 Rounded
from the actual 31.2 hours.
from the actual 0.2 hour.
49 Rounded from the actual 5,855.3 hours.
48 Rounded
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