Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: October 5, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 192)]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

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).

Title and OMB Number: Corps of Engineers Civil Works Questionnaires--Generic Clearance; OMB Number 0710-0001.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Number of Respondents: 112,400.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 112,400.

Average Burden Per Response: 6 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 10,817.

Needs and Uses: The Army Corps of Engineers uses public surveys for collecting primary data for planning, program evaluation, and basic research to improve formulation and design of resource projects and the management of their operations. Information is needed to formulate and evaluate alternative water resources development plans; to determine the effectiveness and evaluate the impacts of Corps projects; and in the case of flood damage mitigation, to obtain information on flood damages incurred, with or without a flood damage reduction project. Surveys of the public are also essential to the Corps recreation research and management program. Respondents are typically flood victims; other floodplain residents and business managers; shippers of waterborne commodities; waterway operators; local officials who work with the Corps of Engineers on planning and managing water resource projects and services; and, individual users of Corps recreation areas.

Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Business or Other For- Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions; Farms; State, Local, or Tribal Government.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. James A. 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 U.S. Army, COE, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

Dated: September 29, 1998. Patricia L. Toppings, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

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