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NMFS published in the Federal Register 

(71 FR 57701). The FLCC submitted a 

fishing capacity reduction plan (plan) 

subsequently approved by NMFS. A 

referendum concerning the fees 

necessary for repayment of the $35 

million loan followed the offer and 

acceptance process. Approval of the 

industry fee system required at least 

two-thirds of the votes cast in the 

referendum to be in favor before the 

program could be implemented and 

payment tendered. 

II. Present Status 

NMFS mailed ballots to 39 qualified 

referendum voters on March 21, 2007, 

after approving the plan. The voting 

period opened on March 21, 2007, and 

closed on April 6, 2007. NMFS received 

34 timely and valid votes. All of the 

votes approved the fees. This exceeded 

the two-thirds minimum required for 

industry fee system approval. 

Consequently, this referendum was 

successful and approved the industry 

fee system. Accordingly, the reduction 

contracts are in full force and effect and 

NMFS is now preparing to tender and 

disburse reduction payments to selected 

offerors. 

III. Purpose 

NMFS publishes this notification to 

inform the public before tendering 

reduction payments to the four accepted 

offers. NMFS will tender reduction 

payments on May 29, 2007. When 

NMFS tenders a reduction payment to a 

selected offeror, the selected offeror 

must permanently stop all further 

fishing with each reduction license and 

reduction privilege vessel the offeror 

has relinquished. NMFS will then: 

(a) Permanently revoke the groundfish 

reduction permit and any other 

reduction permit(s); 

(b) Notify the National Vessel 

Documentation Center to permanently 

revoke the reduction privilege vessel’s 

fisheries trade endorsement; 

(c) Notify the U.S. Maritime 

Administration to make the reduction 

privilege vessel permanently ineligible 

for the approval of requests to place the 

vessel under a foreign country’s 

authority; and 

(d) Record that the reduction fishing 

history represented by any documented 

harvest fishing history accrued on, 

under, or as a result of the operation of 

the reduction privilege vessel and/or 

reduction fishing vessel, the groundfish 

reduction permit, and the reduction 

permit(s) which could ever qualify the 

offeror for any future limited access 

fishing license, fishing permit, or any 

other harvesting privilege of any kind 

shall never again be available to anyone 

for any fisheries purpose. 

The selected offeror has, in 

accordance with the reduction contract 

agreed to notify all creditors or other 

parties with interests in the reduction 

privilege vessel and/or any of the 

reduction permit(s) specified in the 

reduction contract that the selected 

offeror has entered into the reduction 

contract with respect to such vessel and 

permit(s). 

This notice provides the public 

(including creditors or other parties) 30 

days from May 29, 2007 to advise NMFS 

in writing of any holding, owning, or 

retaining claims that conflict with the 

representations of offers as presented by 

the FLCC. 

IV. Selected Offerors, Vessels, and 

Licenses 

The table below establishes: 

(a) The names of the selected offerors; 

(b) The names and official numbers of 

the reduction privilege vessels whose 

worldwide fishing privileges the 

selected offerors relinquished; and 

(c) The area endorsements and license 

numbers of the reduction permits the 

selected offerors relinquished. 

Selected Offeror Vessel Name and Official Number Area Endorsements License Number 

Northern Aurora Fisheries, Inc. Northern Aurora, 596308 BSAI groundfish, CPHAL LLG 2678, FFP 1613 

Horizon Fisheries, LLC Horizon, 586183 BSAI groundfish, Central Gulf 

groundfish, Western Gulf groundfish, 

CPHAL, BSAI Opilio crab 

LLG 3843, LLC 3844, FFP 1301 

Western Queen Fisheries, LLC Western Queen, 284906 BSAI groundfish, CPHAL LLG 3936,FFP 2647 

Ocean Prowler, LLC - Inactive License only Not Applicable BSAI groundfish, Cental Gulf 

groundfish, CPHAL 

LLG 3961 

Authority 

The authority for this action is 5 

U.S.C. 561, 16 U.S.C. 1801, 16 U.S.C. 

1861a(b) through (e), 46 App. U.S.C. 

1279f and 1279g, section 144(d) of 

Division B of Pub. L. 106–554, section 

2201 of Pub. L. 107–20, section 205 of 

Pub. L. 107–117, Pub. L. 107–206, Pub. 

L. 108–7, Pub. L. 108–199, and Pub. L. 

108–447. 

Dated: April 20, 2007. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistanat Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 020607A] 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to Specified Activities; Repair of the 

South Jetty at the Mouth of the 

Columbia River, Clatsop County, 

Oregon 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of an 

incidental harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with provisions 

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) as amended, notification is 

hereby given that an Incidental 

Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take 

marine mammals, by harassment, 

incidental to repair work on the South 

Jetty at the Mouth of the Columbia River 

(MCR) in Clatsop County, Oregon, has 

been issued to the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (ACOE), Portland District for 

a period of 1 year. 

DATES: This authorization is effective 

from April 15, 2007 until October 31, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the application, 

IHA, Environmental Assessment (EA), 

and/or the Biological Opinions may be 

obtained by writing to P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910–3225, or by 


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telephoning the contact listed here (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

CONTACT). The application and its 

related documents are also available at 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Guan, NMFS, (301)713–2289, ext 

137, or Bridgette Lohrman, NMFS 

Oregon State Habitat Office, (503)230–

5422. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and 101(a)(5)(D) 

of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) 

direct the Secretary of Commerce to 

allow, upon request, the incidental, but 

not intentional, taking of small numbers 

of marine mammals by U.S. citizens 

who engage in a specified activity (other 

than commercial fishing) within a 

specified geographical region if certain 

findings are made and either regulations 

are issued or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, notice of a proposed 

authorization is provided to the public 

for review. 

An authorization shall be granted if 

NMFS finds that the taking will have a 

negligible impact on the species or 

stock(s) and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

subsistence uses, and if the permissible 

methods of taking and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such taking are set 

forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible 

impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as ’’...an 

impact resulting from the specified 

activity that cannot be reasonably 

expected to, and is not reasonably likely 

to, adversely affect the species or stock 

through effects on annual rates of 

recruitment or survival.’’

Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA 

established an expedited process by 

which citizens of the United States can 

apply for an authorization to 

incidentally take small numbers of 

marine mammals by harassment. Except 

with respect to certain activities not 

pertinent here, the MMPA defines 

‘‘harassment’’ as: any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance 

which (i) has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild 

[Level A harassment]; or (ii) has the potential 

to disturb a marine mammal or marine 

mammal stock in the wild by causing 

disruption of behavioral patterns, including, 

but not limited to, migration, breathing, 

nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering 

[Level B harassment]. 

Section 101(a)(5)(D) establishes a 45–

day time limit for NMFS review of an 

application followed by a 30–day public 

notice and comment period on any 

proposed authorizations for the 

incidental harassment of small numbers 

of marine mammals. Within 45 days of 

the close of the comment period, NMFS 

must either issue or deny issuance of 

the authorization. 

Summary of Request 

On October 23, 2006, NMFS received 

a request from the ACOE Portland 

District for an IHA to take small 

numbers of Steller sea lions 

(Eumetopias jubatus), California sea 

lions (Zalophus californianus), and 

Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina 

richardsi), by Level B harassment, 

incidental to conducting repair work on 

the MCR South Jetty in Clatsop County, 

Oregon. The propose of the proposed 

work is to ensure the continuing 

function of the South Jetty by repairing 

critical trunk portions of the jetty. The 

premise of the jetty repair is to repair 

the most vulnerable areas of the South 

Jetty, where the consequences of jetty 

failure is high and would rapidly and 

significantly degrade navigation through 

the MCR. The intent of the proposed 

project is three-fold: (1) Improve the 

stability of the foundation (toe) of the 

jetty as affected by scour, (2) Improve 

the side slope (above and below water) 

stability, and (3) Improve the dynamic 

stability of the jetty as affected by wave 

forces impinging on the jetty. 

Interim repairs in 2007 at the MCR 

South Jetty consist of placing 

approximately 70,000 tons of stone on 

the north and south slopes of the jetty. 

A detailed description of these activities 

was published in the Federal Register 

on January 3, 2007 (72 FR 124). No 

change has been made to these proposed 

activities. 

The proposed project is planned to 

occur from April through October, 2007. 

The contractor will work 7 days per 

week, sunrise to sunset depending on 

weather and wave conditions. 

Comments and Responses 

A notice of receipt and request for 30–

day public comment on the application 

and the proposed authorization was 

published on January 3, 2007 (72 FR 

124). One comment from a private 

citizen was received during the 30–day 

public comment period. The Marine 

Mammal Commission (the Commission) 

also provided for comments on the 

proposed action. 

Comment: One private citizen 

opposes the project out of concern that 

marine mammals would be killed as a 

result of the ACOE’s activity. 

Response: As described in detail in 

the Federal Register notice of receipt of 

the application (72 FR 124, January 3, 

2007), the request submitted by the 

ACOE only requests authorization to 

harass a small number of marine 

mammals as a result of planned 

construction activities and does not 

allow for lethal or Level A takes. No 

take by mortality, injury, or temporary 

hearing threshold shift of marine 

mammals is expected or authorized for 

this proposed activity. Incidental taking 

will be limited to a temporary and 

localized disturbance of animals from 

elevated sound levels and visual 

stimulus from construction activities 

from rehabilitation of the Columbia 

River South Jetty. 

The Commission recommends that 

NMFS issue the IHA to the ACOE, 

provided that the monitoring and 

mitigation activities proposed in the 

previous notice (72 FR 124, January 3, 

2007) are carried out as described. 

Description of the Marine Mammals 

Potentially Affected by the Activity 

The marine mammals most likely to 

be found in MCR area are the Eastern 

U.S. stock of Steller sea lions, California 

sea lions, and Pacific harbor seals. The 

Steller sea lion eastern stock is listed as 

threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) and is designated as 

‘‘depleted’’ under MMPA. The 

California sea lions and harbor seals are 

not ESA-listed, nor are they depleted. 

General information of these species 

and stocks are provided in the January 

3, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 124). 

Therefore, it is not repeated here. More 

detailed information on these species 

and stocks can be found in Caretta et al. 

(2006) and Angliss and Outlaw (2005), 

which is available at the following URL: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ 

po2005.pdf and http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ 

ak2005.pdf, respectively. 

Potential Effects on Marine Mammals 

and Their Habitat 

ACOE and NMFS have determined 

that the proposed repair work at MCR 

South Jetty has the potential to result in 

behavioral harassment of those Steller 

sea lions, California sea lions, and 

Pacific harbor seals that may be present 

in the project vicinity. 

The potential takes of these three 

marine mammal species will be from 

noise generated by operation of 

construction equipment and related 

activities, and from the presence of 

trucks, excavators, construction 

machinery, and personnel in the 

proximity to the animals. 

The anticipated impact upon the sea 

lions and harbor seals include 

temporary disturbance and 

displacement of animals to other parts 

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until work is discontinued. Other haulouts are available for harbor seals 

throughout the Columbia River estuary, 

and for sea lions on other parts of the 

south jetty, the North Jetty, or rocky 

headlands in northern Oregon or 

southern Washington states. 

Observations in the past have shown 

that animals that are disturbed into the 

water did not leave the vicinity, instead, 

they would move to other parts of the 

jetty. 

It has been observed that Steller sea 

lions moved into water when 

approached by a boat within 300 ft (91 

m) or less, however, in other occasions 

there was no change in Steller sea lion 

behavior when approached within the 

same distance or less. It is also noted 

that majority of Steller sea lions use the 

far end of the jetty, which is broken off 

from the main stretch of the jetty and 

formed an island. It is estimated that 

maximum of 10% Steller sea lions at 

South Jetty will occur within range of 

disturbance, and none would occur 

within the range of disturbance during 

the first month. Therefore, the total 

number of Steller sea lion that 

potentially could be taken, calculated 

from the recorded data of Steller sea 

lion at South Jetty from 1995 - 2004, 

would be 204 animals. 

California sea lions are known to use 

areas of the jetty more shoreward than 

Steller sea lions. It is assumed that all 

California sea lions and harbor seals 

hauled out in the vicinity of the 

proposed project would be taken by 

Level B harassment. Based on the 

average number of pinnipeds recorded 

on the MCR South Jetty between 1995 

and 2004 (Hodder, 2005), it is estimated 

that a total of 336 California sea lions 

and 4 Pacific harbor seals would be 

taken by Level B harassment as a result 

of the proposed jetty repair work. 

Repairing the South Jetty by adding 

more rocks will not reduce the 

availability or accessibility of habitat for 

Steller and California sea lions and 

harbor seals, as rock replacement would 

occur at the existing jetty footprint. 

Seals and sea lions use the existing tip 

of the jetty that is built of concrete 

blocks, and are easily able to climb up 

several vertical feet from one block to 

the next. The MCR South Jetty is not 

designated as critical habitat for the 

Steller sea lion under the ESA. 

There is no subsistence harvest of 

marine mammals in the proposed 

project area, therefore, there will be no 

impact of the activity on the availability 

of the species or stocks of marine 

mammals for subsistence uses. 

Mitigation and Monitoring 

As a mitigation measure to reduce 

potential Level B harassment to marine 

mammals as a result of the proposed 

project, NMFS requires that during 

land-based rock placement at South 

Jetty, the contractor vehicles and 

personnel should avoid direct approach 

towards pinnipeds that are hauled out 

as much as possible. If it is absolutely 

necessary for the contractor to make 

movements towards pinnipeds, the 

contractor must approach in a slow and 

steady manner to reduce the behavioral 

harassment to the animals as much as 

possible. 

The ACOE will monitor marine 

mammals before, during, and after the 

proposed South Jetty repair project in 

the MCR area. Steller and California sea 

lions and harbor seals in the MCR area 

will be monitored for 1 week before, 

during, and 4 and 8 weeks after the 

proposed construction work. Pinniped 

species, numbers, behavior, any 

observed disturbances during the jetty 

repair construction, and recolonization 

by pinnipeds of the project area after the 

construction activities will be noted. 

Reporting 

The ACOE will report the number of 

sea lions and seals present on the South 

Jetty for 1 week before starting work. 

During construction, the ACOE will 

provide weekly reports to NMFS which 

will include a summary of the previous 

week’s numbers of sea lions and seals 

that may have been disturbed as a result 

of the jetty repair construction activities. 

These reports will provide dates, time, 

tidal height, number of pinnipeds on the 

haul road to the point of work and as 

far as one can see oceanward from the 

point of work, any observed 

disturbances, and the type of activities 

that caused the disturbances. The ACOE 

also will provide a description of 

construction activities at the time of 

observation. The ACOE will submit a 

report to NMFS within 90 days of 

completion of the 2007 phase of the 

project. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

In January, 2005, ACOE prepared the 

Final Environmental Assessment Repair 

of North and South Jetties Mouth of the 

Columbia River, Clatsop County, Oregon 

and Pacific County, Washington (EA). 

NMFS has reviewed this EA and 

determined that it satisfies the standards 

for an adequate statement under the 

NMFS regulations and is consistent 

with the Council on Environmental 

Quality’s regulations and NOAA’s 

Administrators Order 216–6 for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of the NEPA (40 CFR sec. 1508.3). 

NMFS decided to adopt this EA and has 

issued a Finding of No Significant 

Impact statement. NMFS has 

determined that preparation of an 

environmental impact statement on this 

activity is not necessary. 

ESA 

The NMFS Northwest Regional Office 

(NWRO) prepared a Biological Opinion 

(BO) upon conducting a section 7 

consultation with the ACOE in July 

2004. In the BO, NMFS concluded that 

the proposed action is not likely to 

jeopardize the continued existence of 

thirteen species of ESA-listed salmonid 

fishes, Snake River (SR) fall-run 

Chinook salmon, SR spring/summer-run 

Chinook salmon, SR sockeye salmon, SR 

steelhead, Lower Columbia River (LCR) 

Chinook salmon, Upper Columbia River 

(UCR) spring-run Chinook salmon, 

Upper Willamette River (UMR) Chinook 

salmon, Columbia River chum salmon, 

Middle Columbia River steelhead, LCR 

steelhead, UWR steelhead, UCR 

steelhead, and LCR coho salmon, or 

destroy or adversely modify designated 

critical habitat. 

On April 2, 2004, NMFS NWRO 

issued a ‘‘may affect, but not likely to 

adversely affect’’ determination for the 

effects to marine mammals and sea 

turtles listed under the ESA from the 

rehabilitation of the north and south 

jetties at the MCR area to the ACOE. On 

October 18, 2005, ACOE contacted 

NMFS to discuss new information 

regarding Steller sea lions hauling out 

on the South Jetty closer to the work site 

than previously observed. The ACOE 

requested NMFS’ concurrence with a 

determination of ‘‘may affect, but not 

likely to adversely affect’’ Steller sea 

lions with regard to this new 

information. After conversations with 

NMFS concerning this determination, 

the ACOE initiated formal consultation 

for the Steller sea lion on November 30, 

2005, for carrying out the rehabilitation 

of the South Jetty at the MCR. On 

September 27, 2006, NMFS NWRO 

issued a BO based on the reinitiation of 

an ESA section 7 consultation on Steller 

sea lions. In this BO, NMFS concluded 

that the proposed action is not likely to 

jeopardize the continued existence of 

the Eastern U.S. stock of Steller sea lion. 

The BO also concurred that no Steller 

sea lion critical habitat exists within the 

proposed action area. 

Determinations 

For the reasons discussed in this 

document and in previously identified 

supporting documents, NMFS has 

determined that the impact of jetty 


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repair construction at the MCR South 

Jetty should result, at worst, in the Level 

B harassment of small numbers of 

Steller sea lions, California sea lions, 

and Pacific harbor seals that haul-out in 

the vicinity of the proposed project area. 

While behavioral modifications, 

including temporarily vacating the area 

around the construction site, may be 

made by these species to avoid the 

resultant visual and acoustic 

disturbance, the availability of alternate 

areas within MCR and haul-out sites has 

led NMFS to determine that this action 

will have a negligible impact on Steller 

sea lion, California sea lion, and Pacific 

harbor seal populations in the area. 

In addition, no take by Level A 

harassment (injury) or death is 

anticipated and harassment takes 

should be at the lowest level practicable 

due to incorporation of the mitigation 

measures mentioned previously in this 

document. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an IHA, pursuant to 

section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA, to the 

ACOE for the potential harassment of 

small numbers of Steller sea lions, 

California sea lions, and harbor seals 

incidental to repair construction at the 

MCR South Jetty in Clatsop County, 

Oregon, provided the previously 

mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements are incorporated. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Board of Regents of the Uniformed 

Services University of the Health 

Sciences 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, 

Uniformed Services University of the 

Health Sciences 

ACTION: Quarterly meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: On April 10, 2007 (72 FR 

17881), the Department of Defense 

published a notice with the subject 

heading ‘‘Department of Defense Task 

Force on the Future of Military Health 

Care’’ which should have read ‘‘Board of 

Regents of the Uniformed Services 

University of the Health Sciences’’. This 

notice corrects the title for that notice. 

All other information remains 

unchanged. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND BASE

ACCESS PROCEDURES CONTACT: Janet S. 

Taylor, Designated Federal Officer. 

Dated: April 23, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

[FR Doc. 07–2072 Filed 4–24–07; 10:49 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Service 

Contracting (OMB Control Number 

0704–0231) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), DoD announces the 

proposed extension of a public 

information collection requirement and 

seeks public comment on the provisions 

thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of DoD, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the 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 the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved this information 

collection requirement for use through 

September 30, 2007. This proposal also 

includes 5 burden hours related to audit 

services, presently approved under 

OMB Control Number 0704–0187 for 

use through February 28, 2009. DoD 

proposes that OMB extend its approval 

for these collections for 3 additional 

years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by June 25, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0231, using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: dfars@osd.mil. Include 

OMB Control Number 0704–0231 in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (703) 602–0350. 

• Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Ms. Amy 

Williams, OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 

IMD 3C132, 3062 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3062. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Defense 

Acquisition Regulations System, Crystal 

Square 4, Suite 200A, 241 18th Street, 

Arlington, VA 22202–3402. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Williams, (703) 602–0328. The 

information collection requirements 

addressed in this notice are available on 

the World Wide Web at: http:// 

www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/ 

index.htm. Paper copies are available 

from Ms. Amy Williams, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), IMD 3C132, 

3062 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 

237, Service Contracting, and the 

associated clauses at DFARS 252.237; 

DD Form 2063, Record of Preparation 

and Disposition of Remains; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0231. 

Needs and Uses: This requirement 

provides for the collection of necessary 

information from contractors regarding 

the results of the embalming process 

under contracts for mortuary services. 

The information is used to ensure 

proper preparation of the body for 

shipment and burial. In addition, this 

requirement provides for the collection 

of information to enable a contracting 

officer to verify that the apparently 

successful offeror, in response to a 

solicitation for audit services, has the 

appropriate license for operation of its 

professional practice. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 405. 

Number of Respondents: 810. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 810. 

Average Burden Per Response: .5 

hour. 

Frequency: On occasion. 


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