80_FR_45084 80 FR 44940 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

80 FR 44940 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 144 (July 28, 2015)

Page Range44940-44940
FR Document2015-18543

In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of the Army announces a proposed revision of a 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 Issue 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-18543]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID: USA-2015-0027]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Department of the Army announces a proposed revision of a 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 
September 28, 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 U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20314-1000, Attn: CECW-CO-
R, or call Department of the Army Reports clearance officer at (703) 
428-6440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Application for a 
Department of the Army Permit; ENG Form 4345, OMB Control Number 0710-
0003.
    Needs and Uses: Information collected is used to evaluate, as 
required by law, proposed construction or filing in waters of the 
United States that result in impacts to the aquatic environment and 
nearby properties, and to determine if issuance of a permit is in the 
public interest. Respondents are private landowners, businesses, non-
profit organizations, and government agencies. Respondents also include 
sponsors of proposed and approved mitigation banks and in-lieu fee 
programs.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms; Federal government; State; 
local or tribal government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 880,000.
    Number of Respondents: 80,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 11 hours.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The Corps of Engineers is required by three federal laws, passed by 
Congress, to regulate construction-related activities in waters of the 
United States. This is accomplished through the review of applications 
for permits to do this work.

    Dated: July 23, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-18543 Filed 7-27-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                    whales to acoustic deterrent devices.                    DATES:   Consideration will be given to all           government; State; local or tribal
                                                    Takes may occur by close approach to                     comments received by September 28,                    government.
                                                    collect photographs, recordings of                       2015.                                                   Annual Burden Hours: 880,000.
                                                    vocalizations, biopsy samples, prey                      ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
                                                                                                                                                                     Number of Respondents: 80,000.
                                                    parts, sloughed skin, to attach suction                  identified by docket number and title,                  Responses per Respondent: 1.
                                                    cup tags, and to document response to                                                                            Average Burden per Response: 11
                                                                                                             by any of the following methods:
                                                    acoustic deterrents. Sei (Balaenoptera                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal:http://               hours.
                                                    borealis), blue (Balaenoptera musculus),                 www.regulations.gov. Follow the                         Frequency: On occasion.
                                                    minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata),                      instructions for submitting comments.                   The Corps of Engineers is required by
                                                    sperm (Physeter microcephalus), and                         • Mail: Department of Defense, Office              three federal laws, passed by Congress,
                                                    North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena                    of the Deputy Chief Management                        to regulate construction-related
                                                    japonica) may be taken by close                          Officer, Directorate of Oversight and                 activities in waters of the United States.
                                                    approach to collect photographs and                      Compliance, Regulatory and Audit                      This is accomplished through the
                                                    biopsy samples. Other species of marine                  Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon,                review of applications for permits to do
                                                    mammals might be incidentally                            Washington, DC 20301–9010.                            this work.
                                                    harassed during research activities. A                      Instructions: All submissions received               Dated: July 23, 2015.
                                                    minor amendment to the permit (No.                       must include the agency name, docket                  Aaron Siegel,
                                                    14296–01) was issued on June 19, 2012                    number and title for this Federal                     Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
                                                    to allow researchers to attach tags using                Register document. The general policy                 Officer, Department of Defense.
                                                    a carbon fiber wind surfing mast (i.e., a                for comments and other submissions                    [FR Doc. 2015–18543 Filed 7–27–15; 8:45 am]
                                                    pole).                                                   from members of the public is to make                 BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
                                                      The current minor amendment (No.                       these submissions available for public
                                                    14296–02) extends the duration of the                    viewing on the Internet at http://
                                                    permit through July 31, 2016, but does                   www.regulations.gov as they are                       DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                                    not change any other terms or                            received without change, including any
                                                    conditions of the permit.                                personal identifiers or contact                       Office of the Secretary
                                                      Dated: July 9, 2015.                                   information.
                                                                                                                Any associated form(s) for this                    National Commission on the Future of
                                                    Julia Harrison,
                                                                                                             collection may be located within this                 the Army; Notice of Federal Advisory
                                                    Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,                                                                      Committee Meeting
                                                    Office of Protected Resources, National                  same electronic docket and downloaded
                                                    Marine Fisheries Service.                                for review/testing. Follow the                        AGENCY:  Deputy Chief Management
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–18454 Filed 7–27–15; 8:45 am]              instructions at http://                               Officer, Department of Defense (DoD).
                                                                                                             www.regulations.gov for submitting
                                                    BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                                                                         ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
                                                                                                             comments. Please submit comments on
                                                                                                                                                                   Committee Meeting.
                                                                                                             any given form identified by docket
                                                                                                             number, form number, and title.                       SUMMARY:   The DoD is publishing this
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                   notice to announce two days of
                                                                                                             request more information on this                      meetings of the National Commission on
                                                    Department of the Army                                   proposed information collection or to                 the Future of the Army (‘‘the
                                                                                                             obtain a copy of the proposal and                     Commission’’). The meetings will be
                                                    [Docket ID: USA–2015–0027]                               associated collection instruments,                    partially closed to the public.
                                                    Proposed Collection; Comment                             please write to U.S. Army Corps of                    DATES: Date of the Closed Meeting:
                                                    Request                                                  Engineers, 441 G Street NW.,                          Monday, August 17, 2015, from 11:00
                                                                                                             Washington, DC 20314–1000, Attn:                      a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
                                                    AGENCY:   Department of the Army, DoD.                   CECW–CO–R, or call Department of the                    Date of the Open Meeting: Tuesday,
                                                    ACTION:   Notice.                                        Army Reports clearance officer at (703)               August 18, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
                                                                                                             428–6440.                                             p.m.
                                                    SUMMARY:    In compliance the Paperwork                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            ADDRESSES:
                                                    Reduction Act of 1995, the Department                       Title; Associated Form; and OMB                      Address of Closed Meeting, August
                                                    of the Army announces a proposed                         Number: Application for a Department                  17, 2015: Rm 12110, 5th Floor, Zachary
                                                    revision of a public information                         of the Army Permit; ENG Form 4345,                    Taylor Building, 2530 Crystal Dr.,
                                                    collection and seeks public comment on                   OMB Control Number 0710–0003.                         Arlington, VA 22202.
                                                    the provisions thereof. Comments are                        Needs and Uses: Information                          Address of Open Meeting, August 18,
                                                    invited on: (a) Whether the proposed                     collected is used to evaluate, as required            2015: Polk Conference Room, Room
                                                    collection of information is necessary                   by law, proposed construction or filing               12158, James Polk Building, 2521 S.
                                                    for the proper performance of the                        in waters of the United States that result            Clark St., Arlington, VA 22202.
                                                    functions of the agency, including                       in impacts to the aquatic environment
                                                                                                                                                                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
                                                    whether the information shall have                       and nearby properties, and to determine
                                                    practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the               if issuance of a permit is in the public              Don Tison, Designated Federal Officer,
                                                    agency’s estimate of the burden of the                   interest. Respondents are private                     National Commission on the Future of
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                                                    proposed information collection; (c)                     landowners, businesses, non-profit                    the Army, 700 Army Pentagon, Room
                                                    ways to enhance the quality, utility, and                organizations, and government agencies.               3E406, Washington, DC 20310–0700,
                                                    clarity of the information to be                         Respondents also include sponsors of                  Email: dfo.public@ncfa.ncr.gov. Desk
                                                    collected; and (d) ways to minimize the                  proposed and approved mitigation                      (703) 692–9099. Facsimile (703) 697–
                                                    burden of the information collection on                  banks and in-lieu fee programs.                       8242.
                                                    respondents, including through the use                      Affected Public: Individuals or                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   This
                                                    of automated collection techniques or                    households; business or other for-profit;             meeting will be held under the
                                                    other forms of information technology.                   not-for-profit institutions; farms; Federal           provisions of the Federal Advisory


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesConsideration will be given to all comments received by September 28, 2015.
ContactTo request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20314-1000, Attn: CECW-CO- R, or call Department of the Army Reports clearance officer at (703) 428-6440.
FR Citation80 FR 44940 

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