81_FR_23353 81 FR 23277 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

81 FR 23277 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 76 (April 20, 2016)

Page Range23277-23277
FR Document2016-09109

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 81 Issue 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

[Docket ID: USA-2016-HQ-0014]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 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 June 20, 
2016.

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: ODCMO, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 
4800 Mark Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 24, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    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 Compendium of 
Questions Generic Clearance; OMB Control Number 0710-XXXX.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
for planning and feasibility studies; understanding of recreation 
visitor demands, experiences and facility use; input to recreation area 
management and operations; recreation visitation estimation; and 
economic estimates at US Army Corps of Engineers Water Resource 
Projects.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 8,333 hours
    Number of Respondents: 25,000
    Responses per Respondent: 2
    Annual Responses: 50,000
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes (0.17 hours)
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Surveys developed from this generic clearance may be delivered by 
any of the following information collection formats, as well as others 
not mentioned herein: comment cards, paper surveys (on site, mail, 
email), web-based surveys, interviews (on site, telephone), or focus 
groups. Potential respondents may include current or future 
recreational visitors; regional residents; and stakeholders, state/
local government agencies, and dependent industries or businesses that 
operate in or around USACE Water Resource Projects. Potential 
respondents may be contacted by mail, phone, or in person and invited 
to participate in the information collection. Respondents may access 
collection instruments via technology, paper, or by speaking to a USACE 
employee or representative. Respondents may return the collection 
instrument electronically, by paper mail, or orally. Appropriate 
disclosures (Privacy Act Statement) may be provided to the respondent 
visually (in writing on paper) or orally (in spoken word by a USACE 
employee or representative).

    Dated: April 15, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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                                             under the ESA, and bird species                         agency’s estimate of the burden of the                  Affected Public: Individuals or
                                             protected under the Migratory Bird                      proposed information collection; (c)                  households, business or other for-profit,
                                             Treaty Act.                                             ways to enhance the quality, utility, and             not-for-profit institutions, and State,
                                                NMFS is also evaluating a second                     clarity of the information to be                      Local or Tribal Government.
                                             type of no-action alternative that                      collected; and (d) ways to minimize the                 Annual Burden Hours: 8,333 hours
                                             considers no Federal funding for field                  burden of the information collection on                 Number of Respondents: 25,000
                                             fisheries and ecosystem research                        respondents, including through the use                  Responses per Respondent: 2
                                             activities. This is called the No Research              of automated collection techniques or                   Annual Responses: 50,000
                                             Alternative to distinguish it from the                  other forms of information technology.                  Average Burden per Response: 10
                                             No-Action/Status Quo Alternative. The                                                                         minutes (0.17 hours)
                                                                                                     DATES: Consideration will be given to all
                                             No-Action/Status Quo Alternative will                                                                           Frequency: On occasion.
                                                                                                     comments received by June 20, 2016.                     Surveys developed from this generic
                                             be used as the baseline to compare all
                                                                                                     ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                   clearance may be delivered by any of
                                             of the other alternatives. Potential direct
                                             and indirect effects on the environment                 identified by docket number and title,                the following information collection
                                             are evaluated under each alternative in                 by any of the following methods:                      formats, as well as others not mentioned
                                             the DPEA. The environmental effects on                    • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://               herein: comment cards, paper surveys
                                             the following resources are considered:                 www.regulations.gov. Follow the                       (on site, mail, email), web-based
                                             Physical environment, special resource                  instructions for submitting comments.                 surveys, interviews (on site, telephone),
                                             areas, fish, marine mammals, birds, sea                   • Mail: ODCMO, Directorate for                      or focus groups. Potential respondents
                                             turtles, invertebrates, and the social and              Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark                   may include current or future
                                             economic environment. Cumulative                        Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 24,                       recreational visitors; regional residents;
                                             effects of external actions and the                     Alexandria, VA 22350–1700.                            and stakeholders, state/local
                                             contribution of fisheries research                         Instructions: All submissions received             government agencies, and dependent
                                             activities to the overall cumulative                    must include the agency name, docket                  industries or businesses that operate in
                                             impact on the aforementioned resources                  number and title for this Federal                     or around USACE Water Resource
                                             is also evaluated in the DPEA for the                   Register document. The general policy                 Projects. Potential respondents may be
                                             three main geographic regions in which                  for comments and other submissions                    contacted by mail, phone, or in person
                                             SEFSC surveys are conducted. NMFS                       from members of the public is to make                 and invited to participate in the
                                             requests comments on the DPEA for                       these submissions available for public                information collection. Respondents
                                             Fisheries and Ecosystem Research                        viewing on the Internet at http://                    may access collection instruments via
                                             Conducted and Funded by the National                    www.regulations.gov as they are                       technology, paper, or by speaking to a
                                             Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast                     received without change, including any                USACE employee or representative.
                                             Fisheries Science Center. Please                        personal identifiers or contact                       Respondents may return the collection
                                             include, with your comments, any                        information.                                          instrument electronically, by paper
                                             supporting data or literature citations                    Any associated form(s) for this                    mail, or orally. Appropriate disclosures
                                             that may be informative in                              collection may be located within this                 (Privacy Act Statement) may be
                                             substantiating your comment.                            same electronic docket and downloaded                 provided to the respondent visually (in
                                                                                                     for review/testing. Follow the                        writing on paper) or orally (in spoken
                                               Dated: April 15, 2016.
                                                                                                     instructions at http://                               word by a USACE employee or
                                             Bonnie Ponwith,                                         www.regulations.gov for submitting                    representative).
                                             Director, Southeast Fisheries Science Center,           comments. Please submit comments on
                                             National Marine Fisheries Service.                                                                              Dated: April 15, 2016.
                                                                                                     any given form identified by docket                   Aaron Siegel,
                                             [FR Doc. 2016–09154 Filed 4–19–16; 8:45 am]             number, form number, and title.
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                                                                                                                                                           Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
                                                                                                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                   Officer, Department of Defense.
                                                                                                     request more information on this                      [FR Doc. 2016–09109 Filed 4–19–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                     proposed information collection or to                 BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
                                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                   obtain a copy of the proposal and
                                             [Docket ID: USA–2016–HQ–0014]                           associated collection instruments,
                                                                                                     please write to the US Army Corps of                  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                             Proposed Collection; Comment                            Engineers, Institute for Water Resources,
                                             Request                                                 Casey Building, 8801 Telegraph Road,                  Office of the Secretary
                                                                                                     Alexandria VA 22315 ATTN Meredith
                                             AGENCY:    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,                                                                      Defense Policy Board; Notice of
                                                                                                     Bridgers or call 703–428–8458.
                                             DoD.                                                                                                          Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
                                                                                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                             ACTION:   Notice.
                                                                                                       Title; Associated Form; and OMB                     AGENCY:  Office of the Under Secretary of
                                             SUMMARY:   In compliance with the                       Number: Recreation Compendium of                      Defense (Policy), Department of
                                             Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the                    Questions Generic Clearance; OMB                      Defense.
                                             Office of the Assistant Secretary of                    Control Number 0710–XXXX.                             ACTION: Federal advisory committee
                                             Defense for Civil Works announces a                       Needs and Uses: The information                     meeting notice.
                                             proposed public information collection                  collection requirement is necessary for
                                             and seeks public comment on the                         planning and feasibility studies;                     SUMMARY:   The Department of Defense
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                                             provisions thereof. Comments are                        understanding of recreation visitor                   (DoD) is publishing this notice to
                                             invited on: (a) Whether the proposed                    demands, experiences and facility use;                announce the following Federal
                                             collection of information is necessary                  input to recreation area management                   advisory committee meeting of the
                                             for the proper performance of the                       and operations; recreation visitation                 Defense Policy Board (DPB). This
                                             functions of the agency, including                      estimation; and economic estimates at                 meeting will be closed to the public.
                                             whether the information shall have                      US Army Corps of Engineers Water                      DATES: Quarterly Meeting: Monday, May
                                             practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the              Resource Projects.                                    9, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.


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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 June 20, 2016.
ContactTo 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.
FR Citation81 FR 23277 

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