[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50909-50910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25711]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    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, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Description of Vessels, 
Description of Operations; ENG Forms 3931, 3932; OMB Number 0710-0009.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 2,500.
    Average Burden per Response: 48 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,000 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is the basic data from 
which the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) compiles and publishes the 
``Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States'' (WTLUS), 
Volumes 1, 2 and 3. This publication provides information on the vessel 
operators and their American flag vessels operating or available for 
operation in the transportation of freight and passengers. The 
following information is included in this publication: (a) Summary of 
U.S. vessel inventory for current and previous year; (b) names of 
vessel operators with business address of each operator; (c) 
descriptive information for each vessel in the domestic fleet; and (d) 
a description of operations which includes the area of operation and 
principle commodities carried. The data is used extensively by the COE 
as a quality control mechanism by the Enforcement Office of the 
Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center. The data is also used by the 
U.S. Coast Guard and other Federal and State agencies involved in 
transportation.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Jim Laity.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed

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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 22, 1997.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-25711 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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