67712 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 223 / Friday, November 19, 2004 / Notices 

amended in 40 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR), parts 1500–1508, 

Corps principals and guidelines as 

defined in Engineering Regulation (ER) 

1105–2–100, Planning Guidance 

Notebook, ER200–2–2, Procedures for 

Implementing NEPA, and other 

applicable Federal and State 

environmental laws for the proposed 

Athens Navigation Project, Village of 

Athens, Greene County, NY.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, New York District, 26 

Federal Plaza, Room 2146, New York, 

NY 10278–0090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bonnie Hulkower, Project Biologist, 

Planning Division—Environmental 

Branch, at (212) 264–5798 or 

bonnie.hulkower@usace.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

project is a modification to the Hudson 

River to Waterford project, authorized 

and directed by Section 110 of the 

Energy and Water Development 

Appropriations Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 

104–206). 

1. A Public Scoping Meeting was held 

in May 2002 and the results were 

collected in the Public Scoping 

Document. These results are available 

for review. All results from public and 

agency scoping coordination will be 

addressed in the DEIS. Parties interested 

in receiving the Scoping Document 

should contact Bonnie Hulkower (see

ADDRESSES). 

2. A DEIS is scheduled for completion 

by January 2005. 

3. Federal agencies interested in 

participating as a Cooperating Agency 

are requested to submit a letter of intent 

to COL Richard J. Polo, Jr., District 

Engineer, (see ADDRESSES).

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Information Collection Activity; 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, EAC announces 

the 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 on or before close of 

business (5:30 p.m. e.s.t.) on Monday, 

December 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20005, ATTN: 

Mr. Brian Hancock or may be submitted 

by facsimile transmission at (202) 566–

3127.

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 

Mr. Brian Hancock at (202) 566–3100. 

Title and OMB Number: Military and 

Overseas Absentee Ballot Survey, OMB 

Number 6820–0NEW. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

meet a requirement of the Help America 

Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

15301 et seq.). Section 703 of HAVA 

requires the states and local election 

jurisdictions to ‘‘submit a report to the 

Election Assistance Commission * * * 

on the combined number of absentee 

ballots transmitted to absent uniformed 

services voters and overseas voters for 

the election and the combined number 

of such ballots which were returned by 

such voters and cast in the election 

***’’ HAVA further directs EAC to 

develop a form for the report of these 

statistics. 

Affected Public: State or Local 

Government. 

Annual Burden Hours: 5060 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 55. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden Per Reslponse: 92 

hours. 

Frequency: Following each federal 

general election (Bi-annually).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

HAVA created the Election Assistance 

Commission and enacted numerous 

provisions aimed at improving the 

administration of federal elections. This 

survey seeks information regarding the 

ballots requested and cast by military 

personnel and overseas citizens in the 

November 2, 2004 election. In addition, 

this information will assist EAC in 

studying the administration of that 

federal election, will provide insight 

into issues or problems that may require 

additional study and consideration, and 

will assist the EAC in providing a 

complete report to Congress on the 

successes and challenges related to the 

November 2, 2004 election. The 

following categories of information are 

requested on a countylocal election 

jurisdiction and State level: 

Contact Information 

State, name, title, address, phone, email, and date of submission. 

Absentee Ballots 

• Number of absentee ballots 

transmitted to (a) domestic military, (b) 

overseas military, and (c) overseas 

citizens; 

• Number of absentee ballots returned 

by (a) domestic military, (b) overseas 

military, and (c) overseas citizens; 

• Number of advance or special write 

in ballots sent to military and overseas 

citizens; 

• Number of absentee ballots returned 

by (a) mail, (b) fax, and (c) e-mail; 

• Number of absentee ballots 

counted; 

• Number of absentee ballots rejected 

for each of the following reasons, 

respectively: (a) Lacked postmark, (b) 

lacked voter’s signature, (c) contained 

no verifiable signature, (d) had no date 

of signature, (e) had no notary or 

witness signature, (f) had no date of 

notary or witness signature, (g) was 

received after the state deadline, (h) was 

returned as undeliverable, or (i) was 

rejected for another reason; 

• Number of Federal Write-In 

Absentee Ballots (FWAB). 

Jurisdictions Responding 

Total number of local jurisdictions, 

total number of local jurisdictions 

reporting, reasons for missing data, and 

the name and contact information for 

each local election jurisdiction official 

that provided information for the 

purpose of responding to the survey.

DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., 

Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission.

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