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Secretary of Defense for Industrial 

Policy, 241 18th Street South, Crystal 

Square 4, Suite 501, ATTN: Dawn 

Vehmeier, Arlington, VA 22202, or email us at Industrial_Policy@osd.mil. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Foreign Sourcing for Defense 

Applications; OMB Number 0704–0419. 

Needs and Uses: The Deputy Under 

Secretary of Defense (Industrial Policy) 

has been assigned responsibility to 

determine the extent of foreign sourcing 

and any relevant impact to on-going 

programs producing precision 

munitions, consumables and selected 

high interest force protection programs. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Number of Respondents: 500. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 500. 

Average Burden Per Response: 5 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,500. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Specifically, ODUSD(IP) will evaluate 

the: (1) Extent of foreign sourcing within 

a sampling of operationally-important 

products; (2) impact of foreign sourcing 

on military readiness; and (3) extent to 

which DoD actions encourage or 

discourage use of foreign sources. To 

ensure that it addresses emerging 

foreign sourcing issues, the Department 

of Defense (DoD) will collect 

information from prime contractors and 

first and second tier subcontractors. 

Dated: May 1, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2008–HA–0046] 

Proposed New Collection, Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs announces a proposed 

new 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 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and or RIN 

number and title, by either of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or Regulatory 

Information Number (RIN) 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 of contact 

information. 

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 Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

Force Health Protection and Readiness, 

ATTN: Caroline Miner, 5113 Leesburg 

Pike, Suite 901, Falls Church, VA, 

22041, or call (703) 575–2677. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Researcher Responsibilities 

Form; OMB Number 0720–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: This collection 

instrument serves to document 

researcher’s understanding and 

acceptance of the regulatory and ethical 

responsibilities for including humans as 

subjects in research. Principal and coprincipal investigators must have the 

proposed, signed form on file before 

they may engage in research conducted, 

sponsored, or supported by entities 

under the purview of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness. 

Affected Public: Federal government; 

business or other for-profit; not-forprofit institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 293. 

Number of Respondents: 585. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: .50. 

Frequency: On occasion; original 

document submitted one time per 

researcher. Once their document is on 

file, a researcher may reaffirm their 

commitment every three years 

electronically if they remain engaged in 

human subject research. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Federal Government institutions 

wishing to conduct, sponsor, or support 

research on human subjects must first 

submit for approval to duly designated 

authorities an Assurance that they will 

comply with established guidelines in 

such research. Such Assurances are 

granted by components of DoD and by 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). New DoD guidance now 

requires principal and co-principal 

investigators individually and explicitly 

to acknowledge that they understand 

and accept responsibility for protecting 

the rights and welfare of human 

research subjects. All principal and coprincipal investigators engaged in 

research supported or conducted under 

the purview of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

must read and sign a document that 

attests to their commitment to abide by 

the provisions of: (a) The Belmont 

Report: Ethical Principles and 

Guidelines for the Protection of Human 

Subjects of Research; (b) the U.S. 

Department of Defense (DoD) 

regulations for the protection of human 

subjects at Title 32, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 219 and DoD Directive 

3216.02; (c) the Assurance of the 

engaged institution; relevant 

institutional policies and procedures 

where appropriate; and other Federal, 

State, or local regulations where 

appropriate. The Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 

announces the intent to establish and 

use a new document format for this 

purpose and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Respondents are 

professionals who have been designated 

as principal or co-principal 

investigators. When preparing to initiate 

work on their first human subject 

research protocol, each principal 

investigator and co-principal 

investigators must assure they have the 

proposed Researcher Responsibilities 

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Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness Component Designated 

Official Office. In the first year this may 

require new forms from approximately 

585 investigators, most already doing 

research. After the first year, the burden 

will level off to approximately 85. The 

form is two pages in length including 

statements agreed to and half a page for 

respondent signature and contact 

information. Respondents generally will 

be required to have the signed form 

scanned and forwarded electronically. 

The form will be filed electronically and 

form completion will be logged into a 

database. After three years, if a 

researcher still is engaged in research 

with the Office of the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 

he/she will be asked to reaffirm his/her 

commitment electronically. This 

information collection does not involve 

sensitive personal information and 

requires no special confidentiality 

measures. 

Dated: May 1, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Threat Reduction Advisory Committee 

Closed Meeting 

AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction 

Agency, Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Acquisition, Technology and 

Logistics); Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Federal Advisory Committee 

meeting notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

published an announcement of a closed 

session of the Threat Reduction 

Advisory Committee on April 23, 2008 

(73 FR 21920–21921). The meeting date 

was incorrect. This notice is being 

published to provide the correct 

meeting date of June 26, 2008. All other 

information in the previous notice 

remains the same. 

DATES: Thursday, June 26, 2008 (8 a.m. 

to 4 p.m.). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Mr. Eric Wright, Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency/AST, 8725 John J. 

Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, 

VA 22060–6201, Phone: (703) 767–5717, 

Fax: (703) 767–5701, E-mail: 

eric.wright@dtra.mil. 

Dated: May 1, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for Grow the Army (GTA) Actions at 

Fort Carson, CO 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: As part of the GTA effort, the 

U. S. Army intends to prepare an EIS to 

analyze the environmental and 

socioeconomic impacts resulting from 

the decision to station a new Infantry 

Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) at Fort 

Carson. The EIS will also analyze Fort 

Carson’s Butts Army Airfield (BAAF) as 

a potential location for stationing a 

Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in the 

future. 

ADDRESSES: For questions regarding the 

EIS, please contact Ms. Deb Owings or 

Ms. Robin Renn, Fort Carson National 

Environmental Policy Act Coordinators, 

1638 Elwell Street, Building 6236, Fort 

Carson, CO 80913–4000. Written 

comments may be mailed to that 

address or e-mailed to 

CARSDECAMNEPA@conus.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dee McNuff, Fort Carson Public Affairs 

Office at (719) 526–1269, during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort 

Carson consists of approximately 

137,000 acres of DOD-managed land 

south of Colorado Springs (east of the 

Rocky Mountain Front Range) and 

occupies portions of El Paso, Pueblo, 

and Fremont counties. The Pinon 

Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) is the 

primary maneuver training area for Fort 

Carson. In addition to the units 

stationed there, Fort Carson and the 

PCMS also provide training to Reserve 

units and the National Guard. The 

PCMS is located approximately 150 

miles southeast of Fort Carson and 

consists of approximately 235,000 acres. 

The stationing of additional BCTs and 

other force structure realignment actions 

across the Army was analyzed in the 

2007 Final Programmatic EIS for Army 

Growth and Force Structure 

Realignment. The Record of Decision 

determined that Fort Carson would 

receive an additional IBCT contingent 

on site specific NEPA analysis. The Fort 

Carson GTA EIS will analyze 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts as a result of this decision. Also 

analyzed will be the potential stationing 

of a CAB and newly identified projects 

that would be required to support GTA 

actions. 

Implementing these requirements 

would involve constructing new 

facilities at Fort Carson to support an 

IBCT (approximately 4,500 additional 

Soldiers and their dependents), the 

potential stationing of a CAB 

(approximately 2,800 Soldiers and their 

dependents) and upgrading ranges. 

Increased use of live-fire training ranges 

and maneuver areas would occur at Fort 

Carson and the PCMS. 

The Fort Carson GTA EIS will analyze 

the impact of several alternatives 

including the No Action Alternative. 

Alternatives to be examined by the EIS 

may consist of alternative siting 

locations within Fort Carson for facility/ 

utility construction projects, renovation 

and use of existing facilities. The EIS 

will also examine increases in land use 

intensity resulting from training 

activities connected with GTA 

stationing decisions. Under the No 

Action Alternative, the stationing of a 

new IBCT and CAB at Fort Carson 

would not be implemented. 

Impacts analyzed will include a wide 

range of environmental resource areas 

including, but not limited to, air quality, 

traffic, noise, water resources, biological 

resources, cultural resources, 

socioeconomics, utilities, land use, solid 

and hazardous materials/waste, and 

cumulative environmental effects. 

Additional resources and conditions 

may be identified as a result of the 

scoping process initiated by this NOI. 

The public will be invited to 

participate in the scoping process which 

includes several scoping meetings to 

provide input on the proposed actions 

and alternatives in the EIS. The public 

will also be invited to review and 

comment on the Draft EIS. These public 

involvement opportunities will be 

announced in the local news media. 

Comments from the public will be 

considered before any decision is made 

regarding implementing the proposed 

action at Fort Carson. 

Dated: May 1, 2008. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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