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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Rapid Ordinary High Water Mark Field Identification Datasheet; ENG Form 6250; OMB Control Number 0710-OHWM.
Type of Request:
New.
Number of Respondents:
45,001.
Responses per Respondent:
1.
Annual Responses:
45,001.
Average Burden per Response:
30 minutes.
Annual Burden Hours:
22,500.5.
Needs and Uses:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its Regulatory Program, regulates certain activities in waters of the United States. Waters of the United States are defined under 33 CFR part 328. In order for the Corps to determine the amount and extent of waters of the United States at a site, aquatic resources must be geographically delineated in accordance with established Regulatory regulations, policy, and guidance. Non-tidal, non-wetland waters of the United States must be delineated to the extent of the ordinary high water mark (OHWM), which is defined at 33 CFR 328.3(7). The OHWM defines the lateral extent of non-tidal aquatic features in the absence of adjacent wetlands in the United States. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has drafted the first national manual that provides and describes indicators and a methodology which will help improve consistency in the identification and delineation of the OHWM by (1) providing consistent definitions of OHWM indicators; (2) outlining a clear, step-by-step process for identifying the OHWM using a Weight-of-Evidence approach; and (3) providing a datasheet for logging information at a site. Information collected on OHWM datasheets help inform the lateral limits of the Corps' jurisdiction in non-tidal, non-wetland aquatic resources (
e.g.,
streams or rivers). This information can then be used to inform jurisdictional determinations or permit evaluations. Applicants for Corps permits are generally required to submit delineations of aquatic resources as part of their permit application or in support of the permit evaluation process. The OHWM form will provide applicants with a tool to easily document and submit this information in a consistent format.
Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Frequency:
As required.
Respondent's Obligation:
Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer:
Mr. Vlad Dorjets.
You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
Instructions:
All submissions received must include the agency name, Docket ID 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.
DOD Clearance Officer:
Ms. Angela Duncan.
Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at
whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-collections@mail.mil.
Dated: October 25, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.