Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 101 / Friday, May 24, 2013 / Notices 31521 

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

Economic and Environmental 

Principles and Guidelines for Water 

and Related Land Resources 

Implementation Studies; Extension of 

Public Comment Period on the 

Interagency Guidelines 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: Section 2031 of the Water 

Resources Development Act of 2007 

(Pub. L. 110–114) directed the Secretary 

of the Army to revise the ‘‘Economic 

and Environmental Principles and 

Guidelines for Water and Related Land 

Resources Implementation Studies’’ 

(Principles and Guidelines), dated 

March 10, 1983, consistent with several 

considerations enumerated in the Act. 

The revised Principles and Guidelines 

consist of three key components: (1) The 

Principles and Requirements (formerly 

called Principles and Standards), setting 

out broad policy and principles that 

guide investments; (2) the Interagency 

Guidelines, providing guidance to 

Federal agencies for determining the 

applicability of the Principles and 

Guidelines and for developing agencyspecific implementing procedures for 

formulating, evaluating, and comparing 

water resources projects, programs, 

activities, and related actions; and (3) 

the Agency Specific Procedures, 

outlining agency-specific procedures for 

incorporating the Principles and 

Requirements into agency missions and 

programs. 

Per the March 27, 2013 notice, at 78 

FR 18562 interested individuals and 

organizations are invited to submit 

comments on the draft Interagency 

Guidelines, one key component of the 

Principles and Guidelines. The draft 

Interagency Guidelines are available for 

review and comments can be submitted 

through the Web site, 

www.whitehouse.gov/administration/ 

eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/. With this 

notice, we are pleased to inform you 

that this comment period (originally 60 

days in duration) has been extended by 

30 days. The new deadline for public 

comment on the draft Interagency 

Guidelines is June 27, 2013. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 27, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: www.whitehouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/ 

PandG. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ilana Cohen, Council on Environmental 

Quality, at (202) 395–5750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

2031 of the Water Resources 

Development Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110– 

114) directed the Secretary of the Army 

to revise the ‘‘Economic and 

Environmental Principles and 

Guidelines for Water and Related Land 

Resources Implementation Studies,’’ 

dated March 10, 1983, consistent with 

several considerations enumerated in 

the Act. 

Additional information on the 

revision process is available at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/administration/ 

eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG. 

Dated: May 17, 2013. 

Nancy H. Sutley, 

Chair, Council on Environmental Quality. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12285 Filed 5–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3225–F3–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0102] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

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

Reduction act of 1995, the Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service 

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 

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 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

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. 

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 Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service ATTN: DFAS–IN/ 

ZPFA, 8899 East 56th St., Indianapolis, 

IN 46249–0500. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Statement of Claimant 

Requesting Recertified Check, DD Form 

2660; OMB Number 0730–0002. 

Needs and Uses: In accordance with 

TFM Volume 1, Part 4, Section 7060.20 

and DoD 7000.14–R, Volume 5, there is 

a requirement that a payee identify 

himself/herself and certify as to what 

happened to the original check issued 

by the government (non-receipt, loss, 

destruction, theft, etc.). This collection 

will be used to identify rightful 

reissuance of government checks to 

individuals or businesses outside the 

Department of Defense. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofit. 

Annual Burden Hours: 3,180 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 38,157. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The Statement of Claimant Requesting 

Recertified Check is used to ascertain 

pertinent information needed by the 

Department of Defense in order to 

reissue checks to payees, if the checks 

have not been negotiated to financial 

institutions within one (1) year of the 

date of issuance, when an original check 

has been lost, not received, damaged, 

stolen, etc. The form will be completed 

by the payee who was issued the 

original check. The information 

provided on this form will be used in 

determining whether a check may be 

reissued to the named payee. 

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