81 FR 60348 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 170 (September 1, 2016)
Department of the Army
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 170 (September 1, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-21089 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 60348-60349] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-21089] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army [Docket ID: USA-2015-0018] Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the [[Page 60349]] functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 October 31, 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: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 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 Use and Expenditure Survey; 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: Individuals or households, business or other for- profit, and not-for-profit institutions. Annual Burden Hours: 2,115 hours. Number of Respondents: 19,050. Responses per Respondent: 1.11. Annual Responses: 21,146. Average Burden per Response: 6 minutes (0.1 hours). Recreation Use Survey--5 min per response. Abbreviated Bus/Bike Survey--2 minutes per response. Web-Based Follow-up Economic Survey--11 minutes per response. Frequency: On occasion. Respondents 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 categories; total party size, trip frequency, activity equipment characteristics. 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: August 29, 2016. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2016-21089 Filed 8-31-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3710-08-P
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based on the best scientific and delisted or reclassified from endangered recent status review. Categories of
commercial data available at the time of to threatened or from threatened to requested information include: (1)
the review. Therefore, we request endangered. Delisting a species must be Species biology including, but not
submission of any such information on supported by the best scientific and limited to, population trends,
Mediterranean monk seals that has commercial data available and only distribution, abundance, demographics,
become available since their original considered if such data substantiates and genetics; (2) habitat conditions
listing as endangered in June 1970. that the species is neither endangered including, but not limited to, amount,
Based on the results of this 5-year nor threatened for one or more of the distribution, and important features for
review, we will make the requisite following reasons: (1) The species is conservation; (3) status and trends of
determination under the ESA. considered extinct; (2) the species is threats; (4) conservation measures that
DATES: To allow us adequate time to considered to be recovered; and/or (3) have been implemented that benefit the
conduct this review, we must receive the original data available when the species, including monitoring data
your information no later than October species was listed, or the interpretation demonstrating effectiveness of such
31, 2016. However, we will continue to of such data, were in error. Any change measures; (5) need for additional
accept new information about any listed in Federal classification would require a conservation measures; and (6) other
species at any time. separate rulemaking process. The new information, data, or corrections
ADDRESSES: You may submit regulations in 50 CFR 424.21 require including, but not limited to, taxonomic
information on this document identified that we publish a notice in the Federal or nomenclatural changes, identification
by NOAA–NMFS–2016–0104 by either Register announcing those species of erroneous information contained in
of the following methods: currently under active review. This the list of endangered and threatened
• Electronic submission: Submit all notice announces our active review of species, and improved analytical
electronic public comments via the the Mediterranean monk seal currently methods for evaluating extinction risk.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to listed as endangered (56 FR 1463; If you wish to provide information for
www.regulations.gov/ January 14, 1991). this 5-year review, you may submit your
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2016- Background information on information and materials electronically
0104, click on the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ Mediterranean monk seals including the or via mail (see ADDRESSES section). We
endangered listing is available on the request that all information be
icon, complete the required fields, and
NMFS Office of Protected Species Web accompanied by supporting
enter or attach your comments.
• Mail or hand-deliver written site at: http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ documentation such as maps,
comments to Brendan Newell, NMFS pr/species/mammals/seals/ bibliographic references, or reprints of
Office of Protected Resources, 1315 mediterranean-monk-seal.html. pertinent publications. We also would
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD Determining if a Species Is Threatened appreciate the submitter’s name,
20910. or Endangered address, and any association,
Instructions: Comments must be institution, or business that the person
Section 4(a)(1) of the ESA requires
submitted by one of the above methods represents; however, anonymous
that we determine whether a species is
to ensure that the comments are submissions will also be accepted.
endangered or threatened based on one
received, documented, and considered or more of the five following factors: (1) Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
by NMFS. Comments sent by any other The present or threatened destruction, Dated: August 29, 2016.
method, to any other address or modification, or curtailment of its
individual, or received after the end of Angela Somma,
habitat or range; (2) overutilization for Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
the comment period, may not be commercial, recreational, scientific, or
considered. All comments received are of Protected Resources, National Marine
educational purposes; (3) disease or Fisheries Service.
a part of the public record and will predation; (4) the inadequacy of existing
generally be posted for public viewing [FR Doc. 2016–21069 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am]
regulatory mechanisms; or (5) other
on www.regulations.gov without change. natural or manmade factors affecting its
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All personal identifying information continued existence. Section 4(b) also
(e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential requires that our determination be made
business information, or otherwise DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
on the basis of the best scientific and
sensitive or protected information commercial data available after taking
submitted voluntarily by the sender will Department of the Army
into account those efforts, if any, being
be publicly accessible. NMFS will made by any State or foreign nation, to [Docket ID: USA–2015–0018]
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ protect such species.
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to Proposed Collection; Comment
remain anonymous). Public Solicitation of New Information Request
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To ensure that the 5-year review is AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Brendan Newell, NMFS Office of complete and based on the best DoD.
Protected Resources, 301–427–7710. available scientific and commercial ACTION: Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the information, we are soliciting new
ESA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service information from the public, SUMMARY: In compliance with the
maintains a list of endangered and governmental agencies, Tribes, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
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threatened wildlife and plant species at scientific community, industry, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
50 CFR 17.11 (for animals) and § 17.12 environmental entities, and any other Defense for Civil Works announces a
(for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the interested parties concerning the status proposed public information collection
ESA requires that we conduct a review of Mediterranean monk seals. The 5- and seeks public comment on the
of listed species at least once every five year review considers the best scientific provisions thereof. Comments are
years. On the basis of such reviews and commercial data and all new invited on: Whether the proposed
under section 4(c)(2)(B), we determine information that has become available collection of information is necessary
whether or not any species should be since the listing determination or most for the proper performance of the
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functions of the agency, including Affected Public: Individuals or ADDRESSES: The Board of Visitors
whether the information shall have households, business or other for-profit, meeting will be held at Marshall Hall,
practical utility; the accuracy of the and not-for-profit institutions. Building 62, Room 155B, the National
agency’s estimate of the burden of the Annual Burden Hours: 2,115 hours. Defense University, 300 5th Avenue
proposed information collection; ways Number of Respondents: 19,050. SW., Fort McNair, Washington, DC
to enhance the quality, utility, and Responses per Respondent: 1.11. 20319–5066.
clarity of the information to be Annual Responses: 21,146. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
collected; and ways to minimize the Average Burden per Response: 6 point of contact for this notice of open
burden of the information collection on minutes (0.1 hours). meeting is Ms. Joycelyn Stevens at (202)
respondents, including through the use Recreation Use Survey—5 min per 685–0079, Fax (202) 685–3920 or
of automated collection techniques or response. StevensJ7@ndu.edu.
other forms of information technology. Abbreviated Bus/Bike Survey—2 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
DATES: Consideration will be given to all minutes per response. meeting is being held under the
comments received by October 31, 2016. Web-Based Follow-up Economic provisions of the Federal Advisory
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Survey—11 minutes per response. Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.
identified by docket number and title, Frequency: On occasion. Appendix, as amended), the
by any of the following methods: Respondents are public visitors to US Government in the Sunshine Act of
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// Army Corps of Engineers Recreation 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
www.regulations.gov. Follow the Areas. Visitors exiting the recreation 41 CFR 102–3.150. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
instructions for submitting comments. area by vehicle are stopped as potential 552b and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through
• Mail: Department of Defense, Office respondents. Participation is voluntary. 102–3.165, and the availability of space,
of the Deputy Chief Management Respondents are asked questions in the this meeting is open to the public. The
Officer, Directorate for Oversight and following categories; characteristics of future agenda will include discussion
Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, visit, quantity of people in the vehicle, on accreditation compliance,
Mailbox #24, Alexandria, VA 22350– description of overnight stay, activity organizational management, strategic
1700. participation, demographics, planning, resource management, and
Instructions: All submissions received willingness to participate in follow-up other matters of interest to the National
must include the agency name, docket web survey. The follow-up web survey Defense University. Limited space made
number and title for this Federal asks questions in the following available for observers will be allocated
Register document. The general policy categories; total party size, trip on a first come, first served basis.
for comments and other submissions frequency, activity equipment Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
from members of the public is to make characteristics. Appropriate disclosures 102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of the
these submissions available for public (Privacy Act Statement) may be Federal Advisory Committee Act of
viewing on the Internet at http:// provided to the respondent visually (in 1972, written statements to the
www.regulations.gov as they are writing on paper) or orally (in spoken committee may be submitted to the
received without change, including any word by a USACE employee or committee at any time or in response to
personal identifiers or contact representative). a stated planned meeting agenda by
information. FAX or email to the point of contact
Any associated form(s) for this Dated: August 29, 2016. person listed in FOR FURTHER
collection may be located within this Aaron Siegel, INFORMATION CONTACT. (Subject Line:
same electronic docket and downloaded Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Comment/Statement to the NDU BOV).
for review/testing. Follow the Officer, Department of Defense.
Dated: August 29, 2016.
instructions at http:// [FR Doc. 2016–21089 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am]
Aaron Siegel,
www.regulations.gov for submitting BILLING CODE 3710–08–P
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
comments. Please submit comments on Officer, Department of Defense.
any given form identified by docket [FR Doc. 2016–21075 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 a.m.]
number, form number, and title. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
Office of the Secretary
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to Notification of an Open Meeting of the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
obtain a copy of the proposal and National Defense University Board of
associated collection instruments, Visitors (BOV) Department of the Navy
please write to the US Army Corps of
Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, AGENCY: National Defense University, Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
Casey Building, 8801 Telegraph Road, DoD. Patent License; Microsphere Material
Alexandria VA 22315, ATTN Meredith ACTION: Notice of open meeting. Solutions, LLC.
Bridgers or call 703–428–8458. AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
publishing this notice to announce that ACTION: Notice.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Recreation Use and the following Federal Advisory SUMMARY: The invention listed below is
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Expenditure Survey; OMB Control Committee meeting of the National assigned to the United States
Number 0710–XXXX. Defense University Board of Visitors Government as represented by the
Needs and Uses: The information (BOV) will take place. Secretary of the Navy. The Department
collection requirement is necessary to DATES: The meeting will be held on of the Navy hereby gives notice of its
produce recreation visitation and local Thursday, September 29, 2016 from intent to grant to Microsphere Material
expenditure estimates at US Army 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and will Solutions, LLC., a revocable,
Corps of Engineers Water Resource continue on Friday, September 30, 2016, nonassignable, exclusive license to
Projects. from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. practice in the United States, the
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| 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. | |
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