[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60348-60349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21089]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID: USA-2015-0018]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civil Works announces 
a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on 
the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the

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functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have 
practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    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.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the US Army Corps of 
Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Casey Building, 8801 
Telegraph Road, Alexandria VA 22315, ATTN Meredith Bridgers or call 
703-428-8458.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Recreation Use and 
Expenditure Survey; OMB Control Number 0710-XXXX.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to produce recreation visitation and local expenditure estimates at US 
Army Corps of Engineers Water Resource Projects.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, and not-for-profit institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,115 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 19,050.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.11.
    Annual Responses: 21,146.
    Average Burden per Response: 6 minutes (0.1 hours).

Recreation Use Survey--5 min per response.
Abbreviated Bus/Bike Survey--2 minutes per response.
Web-Based Follow-up Economic Survey--11 minutes per response.

    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondents are public visitors to US Army Corps of Engineers 
Recreation Areas. Visitors exiting the recreation area by vehicle are 
stopped as potential respondents. Participation is voluntary. 
Respondents are asked questions in the following categories; 
characteristics of visit, quantity of people in the vehicle, 
description of overnight stay, activity participation, demographics, 
willingness to participate in follow-up web survey. The follow-up web 
survey asks questions in the following categories; total party size, 
trip frequency, activity equipment characteristics. Appropriate 
disclosures (Privacy Act Statement) may be provided to the respondent 
visually (in writing on paper) or orally (in spoken word by a USACE 
employee or representative).

    Dated: August 29, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016-21089 Filed 8-31-16; 8:45 am]
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