[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65373-65374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20599]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2023-OS-0084]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment (USD(A&S)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 60-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation 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 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 November 
21, 2023.

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 Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, 
4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, 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

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received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact 
information.

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 Office of Local 
Defense Community Cooperation, 2231 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, 
ATTN: Ms. Michelle Volkema, or call 703-697-2176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Community Noise Mitigation 
Program Grant Proposals; OMB Control Number 0704-CNMP.
    Needs and Uses: Section 8120 of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117-103) provided $75 million to the Office of Local 
Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) of the Department of Defense to 
``make grants to communities impacted by military aviation noise for 
the purpose of installing noise mitigating insulation at covered 
facilities.'' These funds expire if they are not obligated prior to 
September 30, 2025.
    To implement this congressional direction, OLDCC may award grants 
to local governments under the competitive Community Noise Mitigation 
Program (CNMP) for the purpose of reducing the impact of fixed wing 
military aviation noise on ``covered'' facilities. Covered facilities 
include hospitals, daycare facilities, schools, facilities serving 
senior citizens, and private residences. Covered facilities that are 
considered potentially eligible are located either within one (1) mile 
of a military installation boundary or within an area experiencing day-
night average sound level of 65 decibels or greater due to military 
fixed-wing aviation noise. Information collection from the public is 
necessary to facilitate the awarding of grants under CNMP. Respondents 
will be states, territories, counties, municipalities, other political 
subdivisions of a state, special purpose units of a state or local 
government, other instrumentalities of a state or local government, and 
tribal nations supporting a military installation. The collection 
instrument is a grant proposal package prepared in accordance with the 
CNMP Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement posted on the 
Grants.gov website (https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=349858). The Notice of Funding Opportunity 
Forecast details the elements that will be required for a proposal to 
be considered complete.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,000.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 50.
    Average Burden per Response: 40 hours.
    Frequency: Once.

    Dated: September 18, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-20599 Filed 9-21-23; 8:45 am]
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