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summary of a crewmember’s flight 

history. This form is submitted along 

with DD Form 2627 as part of the 

supporting documentation for the 

request for qualification training. 

The DD Form 2628 is used by 

contractors to request aircrew 

qualification for contractor 

crewmembers. The contractor verifies 

the crewmember’s training completion 

and requests government approval for 

specific aircrew qualification in a 

particular type of government aircraft. 

The 2628 and supporting 

documentation can be provided in hard 

or soft copy. 

The DD Form 3062 is used by 

contractors to request approval of flights 

under contract. The 3062 can be 

provided in hard or soft copy. Without 

the approval from the government, the 

contractor cannot fly under the liability 

coverage provided by DFARS 252.228– 

7001, Ground and Flight Risk. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: DD Forms 1821, 2627, and 

2628 are completed once to verify a 

contractor’s aircrew qualification. DD 

Form 3062 is completed as needed to 

request approval of flights under 

contract. 

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: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. Duncan at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: September 18, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20606 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2023–OS–0025] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

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 October 23, 2023. 

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: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Department of Defense 

Education Activity (DoDEA) 

Employment Opportunities for 

Educators; DoDEA Forms 5010, 5011, 

and 5013; OMB Control Number 0704– 

0370. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 54,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 54,000. 

Average Burden per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 22,500. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

obtain information on prospective 

applicants for educator positions with 

the Department of Defense Education 

Activity. The information is used to 

verify employment history of educator 

applicants and to determine creditable 

previous experience for pay-setting 

purposes on candidates selected for 

positions. In addition, the information is 

used to ensure that those individuals 

selected for employment with the 

Department of Defense Education 

Activity possess the abilities which give 

promise of outstanding success under 

the unusual circumstances they will 

find working abroad. Completion of all 

forms is entirely voluntary. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

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: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. Duncan at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: September 18, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20608 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Feasibility Report and Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Cedar Port 

Navigation District Channel Deepening 

Project, Baytown, TX 

AGENCY: Corps of Engineers, Department 

of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

draft feasibility study and 

environmental impact statement for the 

Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement 

District Channel Deepening Project, 

Baytown, TX. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended, the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Galveston District 

(USACE) intends to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Cedar Port Navigation and 


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Improvement District Channel 

Deepening Project. The EIS would be 

prepared in association with a 

feasibility report prepared by a NonFederal Interest (NFI)—the Cedar Port 

Navigation and Improvement District 

(CPNID) under authority granted by 

section 203 of WRDA 1986. The study 

will identify and evaluate the feasibility 

of providing a deep-water connection 

between the Houston Ship Channel 

(HSC) and a planned future deepwater 

terminal facility at Cedar Port Industrial 

Park while enhancing efficient, safe, and 

reliable navigation in the Cedar Bayou 

Navigation Channel and HSC to existing 

stakeholder terminals. This notice 

announces the USACE’s intent to 

determine the scope of the issues to be 

addressed and identify the significant 

environmental issues related to the 

proposed action. 

DATES: Public scoping comments should 

be submitted on or before October 23, 

2023, electronically or mailed as written 

letters. Three public scoping meetings 

will be held between September and 

October 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit all electronic public 

comments via email to: CESWG-Cedar_

Port_EIS@usace.army.mil. Written 

comments may be mailed to: ATTN: Mr. 

Christopher Ford, P.O. Box 1229, 

Galveston, TX 77553–1229. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the proposed Draft 

EIS can be addressed by contacting Mr. 

Christopher (Brandon) Ford by phone at 

(409) 766–3079, or by email at 

Christopher.b.ford@usace.army.mil. 

Pertinent information about the study 

can be found at: 

www.cedarportchannelproject.com or 

after publication of the draft EIS at: 

https://www.swg.usace.army.mil/ 

Business-With-Us/PlanningEnvironmental-Branch/Documents-forPublic-Review/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Authority. The Cedar Port 

Navigation District Channel Deepening 

Study is authorized under section 203 of 

WRDA 1986. Section 203 authorizes the 

NFI to perform feasibility studies (FSs) 

of proposed water resources 

development projects for submission 

directly to the Secretary of the Army. 

Once submitted, the Assistant Secretary 

of the Army for Civil Works (ASA[CW]) 

evaluates the FS and prepares a report 

for congressional committees that 

describes whether the project is feasible, 

including recommendations concerning 

project design or conditions for 

construction. The feasibility study 

phase is 100% funded by the NFI. 

2. Background. The potential project 

area includes Cedar Bayou Navigation 

Channel, and portions of Tabbs Bay, 

Trinity Bay and Galveston Bay 

(Galveston Bay System) adjacent to the 

HSC in Chambers and Harris Counties, 

Texas. The project area also includes the 

existing Cedar Port terminal at Cedar 

Port Industrial Park in Baytown, Texas. 

The Cedar Bayou Navigation Channel is 

a federally authorized 5-mile shallow 

water barge channel that supports more 

than 1.5 million tons of cargo per year. 

The channel primarily serves chemical, 

aggregate, steel, and asphalt industries, 

as well as container-on-barge movement 

with connections to the Port of Houston 

container terminal. The Cedar Bayou 

Navigation Channel is separated into 5 

Reaches. Reach 1 begins at the HSC 

between Hog Island and Atkinson 

Island. Reach 2 extends most of the way 

across the Cedar Bayou Channel in 

Galveston Bay. Reach 3 provides access 

from the Bay to Cedar Point. Reaches 4 

and 5 extend northeast into Cedar 

Bayou to the CPNID Barge Dock and 

Trans Global Solutions Finger Lakes 

Dock, among other industrial facilities 

and stakeholder barge terminals. 

The HSC is the busiest waterway in 

the U.S. and receives 8,000 vessel calls 

annually, transporting more than 230 

million tons of cargo (PAAC 2022). Due 

to the rising vessel fleet size and cargo 

tonnage, the current HSC navigational 

system and port facilities have 

experienced higher congestion than 

forecast, and it is anticipated that the 

volume of throughput will continue to 

grow over the next ten to twenty years. 

The purpose of the project is to evaluate 

the feasibility of and Federal Interest in 

providing a deep-water connection 

between the HSC and a planned future 

deepwater terminal facility at Cedar Port 

Industrial Park while enhancing 

efficient, safe, and reliable navigation in 

the Cedar Bayou Navigation Channel 

and HSC to existing stakeholder 

terminals. The Cedar Port deepwater 

terminal would provide an alternative 

port facility to accommodate projected 

volumes and alleviate congestion within 

the upper reaches of the HSC. The 

problems identified in the study area are 

(1) restricted access for deep and nonbarge shallow-draft vessel to the existing 

Cedar Port, (2) navigational constraints 

and safety, (3) inefficient cargo 

movements, and (4) scarcity of 

environmentally acceptable dredged 

material for beneficial use. 

Expected impacts include short- and 

long-term impacts to existing aquatic 

habitats, fish and wildlife including 

federally protected species and their 

habitat, water quality, air quality, noise, 

and recreation features. Impacts to 

aquatic habitats are anticipated to 

require compensatory mitigation. 

Additional details related to sediment 

testing will be described in the Draft 

EIS. 

3. Alternatives. The study will 

evaluate alternatives that would provide 

alternative water routes to the 

deepwater terminal facility. A No 

Action Alternative is also being 

considered consistent with the 

requirements of NEPA. The study 

examines possible channel widening 

and deepening to provide for safe and 

efficient deep draft vessel transit 

through Reaches 1–3 of the Cedar Bayou 

Navigation Channel, or approximately 3 

miles. The study also will investigate 

deepening opportunities and widening 

within the Galveston Bay System to 

connect HSC to Cedar Bayou Navigation 

Channel at Reaches 2 and 3. 

Alternatives to be considered in Draft 

EIS are as follows: 

• No Action: As required by Section 

203 and NEPA, a no action alternative 

must be considered. Under No Action, 

no channel deepening or widening 

would occur. 

• Northern Route: This Alterative 

considers deepening and widening 

portions of the existing shallow-draft 

Cedar Bayou Navigation Channel. 

• Mid-Route(s): Up to two alternative 

routes would be considered in this area. 

Both alternatives would include 

excavating a new deep-draft channel 

from the HSC north of the Blue Water 

Atoll through the existing bay bottom in 

Upper Galveston Bay to near the mouth 

of Cedar Bayou. 

• Southern Route: This Alternative 

considers excavating a new deep-draft 

channel route from the HSC south of 

Blue Water Atoll through the existing 

bay bottom in Upper Galveston Bay to 

near the mouth of Cedar Bayou. 

The study will evaluate potential 

benefits and impacts of the reasonable 

array of alternatives including direct, 

indirect, and cumulative effects to the 

human and natural environments that 

balance the interests of flood damage 

reduction and environmental impacts. 

4. Public Participation. Scoping 

completed prior to and after publication 

of this NOI will be used to develop the 

EIS. The scoping comment period will 

begin on September 22, 2023 and will 

end 30 days after publication of this 

notice. All comments received during 

the scoping period are being used to 

identify additional measures and 

alternatives, significant resources, and 

impacts that should be considered in 

the EIS. Additional comments received 

outside the scoping period will be 

considered prior to the Draft EIS public 

review period, to the extent possible. 

For comments that cannot be addressed 

prior to the public review period, the 


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comments will be included with the 

public review period comments and 

addressed at that time. In October 2023, 

Cedar Port in conjunction with the 

USACE will host two in person Public 

Scoping Meetings, one in Chambers 

County and one in Harris County, and 

a virtual meeting. A Public Notice is 

available on the project website: 

www.cedarportchannelproject.com and 

in the Legal Notices section of the 

Houston Chronicle. Public news 

releases announcing the scoping period 

timeframe; public meeting dates, times, 

and locations; and where to send 

comments were published in the 

appropriate local newspapers, on the 

project website, and were distributed to 

the local stakeholders and known 

interested parties. 

5. Coordination. USACE will prepare 

the EIS based on information and 

analyses provided by Cedar Point or 

analyses conducted by USACE as part 

an agreement with Cedar Point under 

the authority of Section 203 of WRDA 

1986. Other Federal and state agencies 

have been invited to participate 

throughout the study process as 

Coordinating or Participating Agencies. 

Further coordination with 

environmental agencies will be 

conducted by USACE under the NEPA, 

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 

the Endangered Species Act, the Clean 

Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the 

National Historic and Preservation Act, 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, and 

the Coastal Zone Management Act. 

6. Availability of Draft EIS. The Draft 

EIS is estimated to be available for 

public review and comment during the 

fall or early winter of 2023/24. At that 

time a 45-day public review period will 

be provided for individuals and 

agencies to review and comment. 

USACE will notify all interested 

agencies, organizations, and individuals 

of the availability of the draft document 

at that time. To request a hard copy of 

the Draft EIS, please email Information@

cedarportchannelproject.com or send a 

request to Cedar Port Channel Project, 

P.O. Box 741, Rockport, Texas 783. 

Please include your mailing address. 

Wesley E. Coleman, Jr., 

Programs Director, Southwestern Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20598 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID: USN–2023–HQ–0012] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

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 October 23, 2023. 

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: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Marine Corps Marathon Race 

Applications; OMB Control Number 

0712–0005. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 58,600. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 58,600. 

Average Burden per Response: 5 

minutes (MCM Kids Race, MCM 17.75K, 

Belleau Wood 8K, Quantico 12K, and 

Turkey Trot registrations); 10 minutes 

(MCM Weekend and Historic Half 

Weekend registrations). 

Annual Burden Hours: 8,992. 

Needs and Uses: The Marine Corps 

Marathon Organization (MCMO) is 

tasked with the management of the 

Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) races on 

behalf of the Marine Corps. The MCM 

Race Application collection is necessary 

to register individuals for MCM races, 

identify participants for timing and 

results purposes, determine award 

categories, and to ensure appropriate 

contact information is on file if 

emergency treatment is required. The 

collection serves a secondary purpose to 

foster marketing relationships for the 

Marine Corps and provide participation 

data for future event planning and 

promotion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

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: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. Duncan at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: September 18, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20602 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID: USN–2022–HQ–0027] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

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 October 23, 2023. 

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 


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