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Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: May 22, 2000.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 00–13287 Filed 5–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5001–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35).

Title, Form Number, and OMB

Number: Medical Screening of Military

Personnel; DD Forms 2807–1, 2807–2;

OMB Number 0704–[To Be

Determined].

Type of Request: New Collection.

Number of Respondents: 850,000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 850,000.

Average Burden per Response: 9.6

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 135,833.

Needs and Uses: Title 10 USC 504,

505, 507, 532, 978, 1201, 1202, and

4346, require military applicants to

meet medical accession standards for

enlistment, induction, and appointment

to the Armed Forces. This information

collection is the basis for determining

medical eligibility of applicants based

upon their current and past medical

history. The General Accounting Office

report, ‘‘Military Attrition—DoD Could

Save Millions by Better Screening

Enlisted Personnel,’’ dated January

1997, instructed the Department of

Defense to develop a better method for

medically screening military applicants.

As a result, the DD Form 2807–1,

‘‘Report of Medical History’’ and the DD

Form 2807–2, ‘‘Medical Prescreen of

Medical History Report,’’ will be the

forms used to collect the necessary data

needed from the military applicants to

elicit a more accurate picture of their

well being and medical history. The

information obtained on the DD Form

2807–2 will also identify any medical

disqualifying condition(s) prior to the

application process and meets the

Congressional requirements to obtain

the applicant’s health care provider and

insurance provider.

Affected Public Individuals or

Households; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: May 22, 2000.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 00–13288 Filed 5–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement;

Airfield Repairs, Landing Systems

Improvements, and Adjustments to

Aircrew Training at Altus Air Force

Base, Oklahoma

The United States Air Force intends

to prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) to evaluate potential

environmental impacts of the following

proposed actions at the 97th Air

Mobility Wing, Altus Air Force Base,

Oklahoma:

• Repair of the west runway (Runway

17 Right/35 Left) and associated

taxiways;

• Installation of an Instrument

Landing System (ILS) for the east

runway (Runway 17 Left/35 Right) and

a Microwave Landing System (MLS) on

the assault landing strip;

• Increase C–17 and KC–135 training

while phasing out C–141 aircrew

training and reducing C–5 training.

Deterioration of airfield pavements

over the years has increased the

potential for loose material damage to

the aircraft that use the west runway

and associated taxiways. During the

nearly three-year phased runway repair

program, some increased use of the east

runway would be necessary. During an

approximate four-month period, the

west runway would be closed and the

east runway would be used for all

essential aircraft operations.

An instrument approach is a series of

predetermined maneuvers for the

orderly transfer of an aircraft from the

beginning of the initial approach to a

landing, or to a point from which a

landing may be made visually or a

missed approach is executed. Currently,

Altus AFB has ILS approaches only to

each end of the west runway. ILS

equipment transmits information to

aircraft to guide the aircraft to the

runway. This ILS approach capability

would be lost during the repair phase

when the west runway would be closed.

Thus, installing ILS equipment on the

east runway before the west runway is

closed for repair would allow continued

ILS approach training at Altus AFB.

Over the long-term, the increased

availability of ILS approaches on both

runways, as opposed to only the west

runway, would improve aircrew

training efficiency at the base. Aircrews

currently use simulators for MLS

approaches since the base does not have

MLS equipment on the airfield. MLS

approach capability to the assault

landing strip would allow aircrews to

perform MLS approaches in the C–17

aircraft. This equipment would also

complement simulator training.

As C–141 aircraft are phased out of

the Air Force inventory, the Air Force’s

need for C–17 and KC–135 aircrew

training will increase and need for C–5

aircrew training will decrease from

levels previously forecast and

environmentally assessed. The net effect

will be an increased need for flying

training at Altus AFB. Altus AFB

aircrews would continue using ClintonSherman Industrial Airpark, Burns Flat,

Oklahoma, for practice approaches,

takeoffs, landings, and closed patterns.

In addition to the Proposed Action,

the EIS will evaluate the potential

environmental impacts of alternatives.

One alternative is identical to the

Proposed Action except that C–5 aircraft

operations at the base would be reduced

during the period when the west

runway is closed. A second alternative

is identical to the Proposed Action

except that KC–135 aircraft operations

at the base would be reduced during the

period when the west runway is closed.

These two alternatives would result in

increased operations at ClintonSherman Industrial Airpark during the

period of runway repair. The flying

training adjustments identified for the