[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24079]


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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: Lock Performance Monitoring 
System (PMS) Waterway Traffic Report; ENG Forms 3102C and 3102D; OMB 
Number 0710-0008.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Responses Per Respondent: 232 (average).
    Annual Responses: 695,304.
    Average Burden Per Response: 2.5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 28,507.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers utilizes the data 
collected to monitor and analyze the use and operation of federally 
owned and operated locks. Owners, agents, and masters of vessels 
provide general data about vessels and estimated tonnage and 
commodities carried. The information is used for sizing and scheduling 
replacement or maintenance for locks and canals. The data are used 
primarily by the Corps of Engineers in conducting a system-wide 
approach to planning and management of the waterway. The Headquarters, 
Division, and District Offices use the information specifically to 
assist in making determinations on: adequate staffing for operations 
and maintenance of the navigation locks and dams; to justify the hours 
of locks operations; to provide a basis to justify continued funding as 
set out in the President's Operation and Maintenance; the General 
Budget; to schedule routine maintenance and repairs; to serve as a 
basis for studies and plans for improvement; for lock operating 
procedures; to provide data to be used in analysis for major 
modifications or replacements to lock and dam structures; and, to 
forecast the impact that delays, downtime, and proposed changes have on 
the diversion of waterborne commerce to other transportation modes.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 1, 1998.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-24079 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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