Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 150 /Wednesday, August 5, 1998 / Notices 41807

Dated: July 30, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–20820 Filed 8–4–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Request for Reference; DD

Form 370; OMB Number 0704–0167.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Number of Respondents: 43,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 43,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 7,167.

Needs and Uses: Sections 504, 505,

508, and 12102, Title 10 U.S.C.,

establish minimum standards for

enlistment into the Armed Forces. This

information collection requirement is

necessary to obtain personal reference

data, in order to request a waiver, on a

military applicant who has committed a

civil or criminal offense and would

otherwise be disqualified for entry to

the Armed Forces of the United States.

The DD Form 370 is used to obtain

reference information evaluating the

character, work habits, and attitudes of

an applicant from a person of authority

or standing within the community. The

information collected provides the

Armed Services with specific

background information on an

applicant. A history of criminal activity,

arrests, or moral offenses is

disqualifying for military service. An

applicant, with such a disqualifier, is

required to submit references from

community leaders who will attest to

his or her character, attitudes, or work

habits. The DD Form 370 is the method

of information collection which requests

an evaluation and reference from a

specific individual, within the

community, who has the knowledge of

the applicant’s habits, behaviors,

personality, and character. The

information will be used to determine

suitability of the applicant for military

service and the insurance of a waiver for

acceptance.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or Other ForProfit; State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: July 30, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–20821 Filed 8–4–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of

Engineers

Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement,

Walla Walla District Dredged Material

Management Study, Columbia, Snake,

and Clearwater Rivers, Oregon,

Washington and Idaho

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers (Corps), Walla Walla District,

intends to prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

for dredging, dredged material disposal

activities, and measures to reduce

dredging requirements within the

navigable waterways of the Walla Walla

District. This EIS will cover a twenty

year period that will being upon

completion and approval of the final EIS

and the Dredged Material Management

Plan (DMMP). The study reach

considered includes Lake Wallula above

McNary Dam on the Columbia River in

Oregon and Washington; the four lower

Snake River reservoirs extending from

the mouth of the Snake River upstream

to the communities of Lewistown,

Idaho, and Clarkston, Washington; and

the lower 2 miles of the Clearwater

River from its confluence with the

Snake River at Lewiston upstream to the

U.S. Highway 12 Bridge. The DEIS will

evaluate the environmental effects of

dredging and dredged material disposal

activities in addition to measures

proposed to reduce dredging

requirements within the study reach

over the twenty-year period. Specific

disposal sites will be identified and

initial environmental compliance

actions, including characterization of

the material to be dredged, will be

performed in an effort to reduce lead

time required prior to actual dredging

activity. Beneficial uses of dredged

material will be considered and the

environmental effects evaluated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Mr. Jack Sands, Study

Manager, Walla Walla District Corps of

Engineers, CENWW–PD–EP, 201 North

Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362,

phone (509) 527–7287 or Ms. Sandra

Simmons, NEPA Coordinator, Walla

Walla District Corps of Engineers,

CENWW–PD–EC, 201 North Third

Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, phone

(509) 527–7265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By

memorandum dated June 5, 1995, form

Corps Headquarters, Corps District

offices were directed to prepare a

Dredged Material Management Plan

(DMMP) for all navigation projects

including components of the inland

waterway system. The DMMP will

define the procedure for the next

twenty-year period for disposing of

dredged material removed for those

reaches of the Columbia, Snake and

Clearwater Rivers that make up that

portion of the Columbia/Snake Rivers

Inland Navigation Waterway withing

the Walla Walla District Boundaries.

The DEIS developed during the

planning study to define the DMMP will

include the following within its range of

alternatives:

I. Upland Disposal of Dredged Material

II. In-Water Disposal of Dredged Material

III. Various Beneficial Uses of Dredged

Material

A. Land Fill

B. Beach Replenishment

C. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Creation and

Restoration

D. Recreation

IV. Measures to Reduce Dredging

Requirements

A. In-Stream Structural Components to

Redirect Flow & Increase Stream

Velocities

B. Upland Land Treatment Programs

C. Modification of Project Pool Elevations

and/or Flow Releases During Severe

Runoff Events

D. Modification of the Height of the Levees

at Lewiston, Idaho

V. No Action