[Federal Register: June 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the 
Army, (OAA-RPA), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Department of the Army announces a proposed public 
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions 
thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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 August 
19, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to USACE, Directorate of Civil 
Works, Institute for Water Resources, 7701 Telegraph Road/Casey 
Building, Alexandria, Virginia 22315-3868. ATTN: (Virginia R. Pankow). 
Consideration will be given to all comments received within 60 days of 
the date of publication of this notice.

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 above address, 
or call Department of the Army Reports Clearance Officer at (703) 602-
0636.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Terminal and transfer 
Facilities Description; IWR FORMS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9; OMB Control 
Number 0710-0007.
    Needs and Uses: Data gathered and published as one of the 56 Port 
Series Reports, relating to terminals, transfer facilities, storage 
facilities, and intermodal transportation. This information is used in 
navigation, planning, safety, National Security, emergency operations, 
and general interest studies and activities. Respondents are terminal 
and transfer facility operators. These data are essential to the 
Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center in exercising their enforcement 
and quality control responsibilities in the collection of data from 
vessel reporting companies.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, state, local or 
tribal government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 372.
    Number of Respondents: 1,489.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The data is used by the Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with 
other navigation information of waterway freight and passenger traffic, 
to evaluate the impact of redefining ``the justified level of service'' 
of the channel maintenance program. These data are also essential to 
the Waterborne Commerce Statistic Center in exercising their 
enforcement and quality control responsibilities in the collection of 
data from vessel reporting companies.

    Dated: June 10, 2005.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 05-12065 Filed 6-17-05; 8:45 am]

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