[Federal Register: January 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 19)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[No. DOD-2007-OS-0006]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) announces a new
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 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 April 2,
2007.
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, 1160
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
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 associated
collection instrument, please write to the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency, Attn: NTPR, 8725 John J. Kingman Road MSC 6201, Ft Belvoir, VA
22060-6201, or call (703) 767-2407, or e-mail NTPR@dtra.mil.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Nuclear Test Personnel
Review (NTPR) Forms; DTRA Form 150, ``Information Request and Release''
and DTRA Forms 150-A, -B, -C, ``Nuclear Test Questionnaires'; OMB
Control Number 0704-TBD.
Needs and Uses: Veterans and their representatives routinely
contact DTRA (by phone and mail) to request information regarding
participation in U.S. atmospheric nuclear testing. A release form is
required to certify the identify of the requester and authorize the
release of Privacy Act information (to the veteran or a 3rd party).
DTRA is also required to collect irradiation scenario information from
nuclear test participants to accurately determine their radiation dose
assessment.
Affected Public: Veterans and civilian test participants, and their
representatives who are filing radiogenic disease compensation claims
with the Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Justice and
require information from the Department of Defense.
Annual Burden Hours: 463.
Number of Respondents: 370.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 1.25 hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
Authority to collect this information is provided by PL 98-542
which appointed DNA (now DTRA) Executive Agent for the NTPR Program. It
is also required that the Secretary of Defense publish guidelines (see
32 CFR 218) describing DoD's process for generating radiation dose
estimates.
Dated: January 22, 2007.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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