Coast Guard Wants to Keep Collecting Ship Waste Logs
Published Date: 5/21/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Coast Guard wants to keep collecting info about waste management and ship logs without changing the rules. This affects ship operators who must keep records and submit reports. They’re asking for your thoughts by July 20, 2026, and there’s no new cost or extra paperwork planned.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Vessel Recordkeeping Requirements Continue
Owners, operators, masters, and persons-in-charge of certain U.S. oceangoing vessels and certain Great Lakes vessels must continue to keep and maintain waste management plans, refuse discharge logs, letters of designation for persons-in-charge of fuel transfer, and Great Lakes dry cargo residue records under OMB Control Number 1625-0072. The Coast Guard is seeking an extension of the existing information collection approval “without change.”
Estimated Paperwork Burden Falls
The Coast Guard estimates the total annual hour burden for this information collection decreased from 116,690 hours to 110,541 hours per year, a reduction of 6,149 hours, due to an estimated drop in the annual number of respondents.
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