[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26506]


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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 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.
[FR Doc. 98-26506 Filed 10-2-98; 8:45 am]
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