64364 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 234 / Friday, December 5, 1997 / Notices

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD

ACTION: Notice to Add a System of

Records.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary

proposes to add a system of records

notice to its existing inventory of record

systems subject to the Privacy Act of

1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The

system is identified as DHA 08, Health

Affairs Survey Data Base.

DATES: This proposed action will be

effective without further notice on

January 5, 1998 unless comments are

received which result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to OSD

Privacy Act Coordinator, Washington

Headquarters Services, Correspondence

and Directives Directorate, Directives

and Records Division, 1155 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

David Bosworth at (703) 695–0970 or

DSN 225–0970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of the Secretary systems of records

notices subject to the Privacy Act of

1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have

been published in the Federal Register

and are available from the address

above.

The proposed system report, as

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was

submitted on November 21, 1997, to the

House Committee on Government

Reform and Oversight, the Senate

Committee on Governmental Affairs,

and the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c

of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A–

130, ‘Federal Agency Responsibilities

for Maintaining Records About

Individuals,’ dated February 8, 1996,

(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).

Dated: November , 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

DHA 08

SYSTEM NAME:

Health Affairs Survey Data Base.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Primary location: Directorate of

Information Management, Fort Detrick,

MD 21702–5020.

Secondary locations: Survey

distribution and response tracking files

are located at the contractor facilities.

Survey result data files are located at

the Office of the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Health Affairs), the

Commanders and Intermediate

Commanders of the Services Medical

Treatment Facilities, the Surgeons

General of the Military Services and

Regional Managers of TRICARE

facilities. The addresses for the

secondary locations may be obtained

from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Health Budgets and Programs),

Five Skyline Place, Suite 810, 5111

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–

3206.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Annual Beneficiary Survey:

Individuals eligible for health care

under Title 10 (including active duty

personnel, reserve personnel and their

family members (dependents); retired

Armed Forces personnel and their

family members; surviving dependents

of deceased active duty and retired

personnel; and certain others including

individuals and their dependents

affiliated with the U.S. Coast Guard,

U.S. Public Health Service and the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration.

Customer Satisfaction Survey: Active

duty members of the Armed Forces,

civilian personnel, and contract

personnel serving as health care

providers for individuals eligible for

health care under Title 10 in military

medical and dental treatment facilities

and other treatment settings.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Annual Beneficiary Survey: Name,

rank, age, gender, race, address, sponsor

Social Security Number and family

member prefix code of individuals who

will be surveyed; verification that a

survey has been completed and returned

by the individual; and response data

from the completed surveys.

Customer Satisfaction Survey:

Medical and dental care provider name,

provider type, specialty and rank;

medical treatment facility, and clinic

where care was provided; and response

data from the completed surveys.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental

Regulations; 10 U.S.C. 138, Assistant

Secretaries of Defense; 10 U.S.C. 1071

(NOTE); 10 U.S.C. Chapter 55; and E.O.

9397 (SSN).

PURPOSE(S):

Annual Beneficiary Survey: The

survey collects information concerning

beneficiary attitudes, perceptions, and

opinions about their individual health

and health care (including access to

care, health status, use of care,

familiarity with programs and services

available, and satisfaction with care

received) in order to assess, plan,

evaluate, and improve quality,

efficiency, convenience and cost

effectiveness of health care services.

This process includes analyses of

information related to special interest

health care subjects, including health

status, in order to validate current and/

or forecast future health care needs or to

implement plans in response to new

health care requirements. Retaining

beneficiary specifics allows for

individual follow-up to improve

response rates; scientific analysis of the

data; and to validate survey responses

by comparing responses to independent

sources of data.

Customer Satisfaction Survey: The

survey collects information concerning

beneficiary attitudes, perceptions, and

opinions about health care provided

during specific visits (including access

to care, quality of care, satisfaction with

how care was delivered, satisfaction

with the specific care provider, and

satisfaction with care received) in order

to assess, plan, evaluate, and improve

quality, efficiency, convenience and

cost effectiveness of health care

services. This process includes analyses

of information related to special interest

health care subjects, including health

status, in order to validate current and/

or forecast future health care needs or to

implement plans in response to new

health care requirements. Specific care

provider information is analyzed in

order to alert medical authorities to

potential problem areas where

additional educational and corrective

measures may be required in order to

improve customer satisfaction.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records

may specifically be disclosed outside

the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:

The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set forth at

the beginning of OSD’s compilation of

systems of records notices apply to this

system.
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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Electronic records stored on magnetic

and/or optical media.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Annual Beneficiary Survey:

1. Beneficiary Records: Records of

beneficiaries who have or have not

responded to the survey may be

retrieved by patient identifiers such as

name, address, sponsor Social Security

Number, family member prefix code,

and demographic categories such as age,

sex, military rank group (officer/

enlisted/civilian).

2. Response Records: Survey data is

normally retrieved using demographic

or other non-personalized elements.

3. The beneficiary and response

records contain a randomly generated

code which permits the identification of

the survey respondent.

Customer Satisfaction Survey:

1. Beneficiary Records: Records of

beneficiaries who have been mailed a

survey may be retrieved by name and

address, but the beneficiary identifying

personal data is deleted 20 days after

the mailing of the survey when followup correspondence (a reminder) is sent

to all individuals being surveyed.

2. Response Records: Records of care

providers who furnished care at a

specific facility/clinic may be retrieved

only by the facility/clinic commander

by name, rank (if military), provider

type (e.g., physician, clinical nurse, etc.)

and specialty (e.g., pediatrician.

SAFEGUARDS:

Media at the primary location are

stored in a locked cage in a controlled

access area when not in use; when

maintained at the contract location,

media are stored in cabinets or storage

areas when not being used and are

placed in a locked container or space

within a building that is secured after

hours. Result data that includes patient

or provider identification is maintained

in locked storage cabinets or locked

areas in buildings that are secured after

hours. Only authorized personnel who

have received Privacy Act training are

permitted access to information in the

system.

Specific instructions are provided

MTF commanders on the safeguards

required in handling and maintaining

Customer Satisfaction Survey

information.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Hard copy surveys are destroyed after

the information contained in survey

responses is entered into a computer

system.

Annual Beneficiary Survey: Data files

with beneficiary specifics and results

will be retained until an appraisal and

schedule is obtained from the National

Archives and Records Administration.

Customer Satisfaction Survey: Data

files with results and provider specifics

will be retained until an appraisal and

schedule is obtained from the National

Archives and Records Administration.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

(Health Budgets and Programs), Five

Skyline Place, Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3206.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether this system contains

information about themselves should

address written inquiries to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health

Budgets and Programs)/Program Review

and Evaluation, Five Skyline Place,

Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls

Church, VA 22041–3206.

Annual Beneficiary Survey: A

beneficiary should provide full name,

sponsor’s Social Security Number,

family member prefix, and current

address and telephone number of the

individual.

Customer Satisfaction Survey: A

health care provider should provide

name, current address, telephone

number, and name of the medical

facility and clinic should be supplied.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to records

about themselves contained in this

system should address written inquiries

to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Health Budgets and Programs),

Five Skyline Place, Suite 810, 5111

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–

3206.

Annual Beneficiary Survey: A

beneficiary should provide full name,

sponsor’s Social Security Number,

family member prefix, and current

address and telephone number of the

individual.

Customer Satisfaction Survey: A

health care provider should provide

name, current address, telephone

number, and name of the medical

facility and clinic should be supplied.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The OSD rules for accessing records

and for contesting contents and

appealing initial agency determinations

are contained in OSD Administrative

Instruction 81; 32 CFR part 311; or may

be obtained from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Sources include Services medical and

dental treatment facilities and facilities

contracted by DoD to perform medical

care for Military members, former

members and dependents. Survey

information is provided by the

individual patient or a parent or

guardian of the individual patient.

Demographic information that may be

related to the patient is provided by the

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting

System (DEERS), the Ambulatory Data

System (ADS), and the Composite

Health Care System (CHCS).

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

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BILLING CODE 5000–04–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the

Army

Availability of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the

Proposed Rio Salado Environmental

Restoration, Salt River and Indian

Bend Wash, Cities of Phoenix and

Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Los Angeles District, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers has prepared a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement and a

Feasibility Report for the Proposed Rio

Salado Environmental Restoration

which will restore native type habitat

along a five mile stretch of the Salt River

in downtown Phoenix, and along lower

Indian Bend Wash, and along the Salt

River upstream and downstream of

Tempe Town Lake in the City of Tempe.

The proposed project will restore 550

acres in the Phoenix reach and 150 acres

in Tempe. In the Phoenix Reach, a 200

foot wide incised low flow channel will

be constructed in the river bottom to

carry storm flows of less than the ten

year event. The low flow channel will

contain four pools connected by a

perennial stream which will stretch for

2.5 miles, as well as 51 acres of aquatic

strand habitat. In addition to the low

flow channel the project calls for the

establishment of 58 acres of wetland

marsh, 99 acres of cottonwood/willow

riparian habitat, and 130 of mesquite

upland on the benches, banks and

overbanks of the river channel.

Irrigation water for the habitat will be

supplied from the shallow aquifer

through six wells located on both banks

of the river. The proposed project would