Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: May 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 86)

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Docket No. USA-2007-0033

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

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DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by June 2, 2008.

Title, Form, and OMB Number: Description of Vessels, Description of

Operations; ENG Forms 3931 and 3932; OMB Control Number 0710-0009.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 3,058.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 3,058.

Average Burden per Response: 40 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 2,048.

Needs and Uses: The Corps of Engineers uses ENG Forms 3931 and 3932 as the basic instruments to collect vessel and operating descriptions for use in waterborne commerce statistics. These data constitute the sole source for domestic vessel characteristics and operating descriptions for domestic vessels operating on U.S. navigable waterways. These data are collected from vessel operating companies.

These data are essential to plans for maintaining U.S. navigable waterways. These data are also critical to the enforcement of the

``Harbor maintenance Tax'' authorized under section 1402 of Public Law 99-662.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Jim Laity.

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent to Mr. Laity at the Office of Management and

Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by the following method:

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.

Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

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.

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management

Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 22209-2133.

Dated: April 25, 2008.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

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