80 FR 30056 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 100 (May 26, 2015)

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civil Works announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30056-30057]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12536]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID USA-2015-0018]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civil Works announces 
a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on 
the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
information collection on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 27, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory 
and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
9010.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the US Army Corps of 
Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Casey Building, 8801 
Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315, ATTN Meredith Bridgers or call 
703-428-8458.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Recreation Use Survey; 
Generic Collection OMB Control Number 0710-XXXX.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to produce recreation visitation and local expenditure estimates at US 
Army Corps of Engineers Water Resource Projects.
    Affected Public: Public visitors to US Army Corps of Engineers 
managed recreation areas.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,768 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 19,050.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.11.
    Average Burden per Response: 5.5 minutes (0.09 hours).

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                                                                  Annual  number
                           Survey name                                  of          Minutes per    Annual burden
                                                                    respondents      response          hours
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Full Recreation Use Survey Only.................................          16,550               5           1,379
Abbreviated Bus/Bike Survey Only................................             450               2              15
Full Recreation Use plus Follow-up Economic Survey *............           2,000              11             367
Abbreviated Bus/Bike plus Follow-up Economic *..................              50               8               7
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    Total.......................................................          19,050  ..............           1,768
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* Individuals who participate in the Full Recreation Use Survey or the Bus or Bike survey have the option to
  receive a follow-up economic survey. Approximately 11% of the respondents are expected to complete both
  surveys.

    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondents to this generic collection are public visitors to US 
Army Corps of Engineers Recreation Areas. Visitors exiting the 
recreation area by vehicle are stopped as potential respondents. 
Participation is voluntary. Respondents are asked questions in the 
following categories; characteristics of visit, quantity of people in 
the vehicle, description of overnight stay, activity participation, 
demographics, willingness to participate in follow-up Web survey. The 
follow-up Web survey asks questions in the following

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categories; total party size, trip frequency, activity equipment 
characteristics.

    Dated: May 19, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-12536 Filed 5-22-15; 8:45 am]
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