34452 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 30, 2000 / Notices

Dated: May 23, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 00–13405 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 50001–10–C

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Deputy Chief of Staff for

Personnel (DAPE–ZXI–RM), U.S. Army,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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 July 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the United States Army Recruiting

Command, Program analysis &

Evaluation Directorate, Building 1307

3rd Avenue, Fort Knox, Kentucky 4012–

2726, ATTN: (Mary H. Baker).

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) 614–0454.

Title: Survey of Army Applicants

Who were ‘‘Qualified Not Enlisted’’

(QNE) or Those Who entered the

Delayed Entry Program (DEP) but Chose

Not to complete the Enlistment Process.

Needs and Uses: A very large number

of individuals make a decision to enlist

in the Army and, although qualified, do

not complete the enlistment process.

Another group of individuals actually

enlists, and become members of the

Delayed Entry Program, then later

changes their mind prior to actual ship

date and become a loss. Understanding

the reasons for these losses may place

the Army Recruiting Command in a

better position to provide the necessary

number of recruits to maintain end

strength.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Burden Hours: 784.

Number of Respondents: 8000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 21

minutes.

Frequency: Annually.

Supplementary Information: The

survey effort will track the role that

expectations play in an individual’s

decision to become a loss. The model

employed in this effort was derived

from literature pertaining to

organizational socialization, motivation,

and decision-making, and posits that

Delayed Entry Program attrition is a

function of personal characteristics, as

well as changes in a recruit’s attitudes,

perceptions, and valued outcomes. This

survey effort will collect expectation

metrics concerning the value of Army

enlistment incentives, training, and job/

occupational choices.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Tillamook Bay and Estuary Flood

Damage Reduction and Ecosystem

Restoration, Tillamook County, Oregon

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this action is

to determine the feasibility of

implementing flood control measures

and ecosystem restoration actions

within the Tillamook Bay watershed. A

reconnaissance study for the Tillamook

Bay & Estuary watershed was initiated

in March 1998 to determine if there was

a Federal interest in conducting a

detailed feasibility study for flood

damage reduction, ecosystem

restoration and other related purposes.

The reconnaissance report, approved by

Corps of Engineers headquarters on 21

December 1998, found that various

measures could be implemented to

benefit the environment. These include

improving habitat for coastal coho

salmon, a species listed as threatened

under the Endangered Species Act.

These measures could also improve

water quality and reduce sedimentation

entering the bay. In addition, flood

damage reduction would most likely be

provided by these and other measures.

An extensive analysis of the estuary and

watershed was conducted under the

Tillamook Bay National Estuary Project

that resulted in identification of four

primary goals that are consistent with

the Corps’ study authority. These goals

include restoration of critical habitat for

salmon species, reduction of

sedimentation of spawning and rearing

habitat, reduction of bacterial

contamination of shellfish, and

reduction of magnitude, frequency and

impact of flood events.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the DEIS can be

directed to U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Portland District,

Environmental Resources Branch, P.O.

Box 2946, Portland, Oregon 97208–

2946, Attention: Steven J. Stevens,

phone: (503) 808–4768.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tillamook

Bay is an 8,400 acre estuary which is

formed by the convergence of five rivers

flowing from the crest of the Coast

Range. The bay averages only 6.6 feet in

depth and is the terminus of a 570

square mile watershed.

The natural resources of the

watershed, which initially attracted

Euro-American settlers in the mid1800’s, continue to serve as the basis for

the primary industries in the county—

timber harvest, fishing, and dairy

production.

Although the economy depends on

the prime conditions for development

and use of natural resources, the natural

systems have been significantly

impacted by human activities and

events including four large forest fires in

the 1930’s–1950’s, timber harvest,

agriculture and urban development.

These events and activities have led to

increased erosion and sedimentation

rates and landslide potential in the

forest slopes as well as reduced wetland

and riparian habitat. All five rivers

entering Tillamook Bay exceed

temperature and/or bacteria standards

established by Oregon Department of

Environmental Quality.