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

**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 andGuidelines 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

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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 orhouseholds; 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.