[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3385-3386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00898]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

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


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by February 
20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lane Purvis, (571) 372-0460, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Community Noise Mitigation 
Program Grant Proposals; OMB Control Number: 0704-CNMP.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 50.
    Average Burden per Response: 40 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,000.
    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 DoD 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

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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.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID 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.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Lane Purvis.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Purvis at [email protected].

    Dated: January 10, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-00898 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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