# Proposed Collection; Comment Request
**AGENCY:**
Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, (OAA-AAHS), DoD.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the *Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,* the Department of the Army 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 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 September 22, 2009.
**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 proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to the USACE Directorate of Civil works, Institute for Water Resources, 7701 Telegraph Road/Casey Building, Alexandria, Virginia 22315-3868. ATTN: (Virginia R. Pankow), or call Department of the Army reports clearance officer at (703) 428-6440.
*Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number:* Lock Performance Monitoring System (LMPS); Waterway Traffic Report, ENG FORMS 3102C and 3102D; OMB Control Number 0710-0008.
*Needs and Uses* The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers utilizes the data collected to monitor and analyze the use and operation of federally owned and operated locks; owners, agents and masters of vessels and estimated tonnage and commodities carried. The information is used for sizing and scheduling replacement or maintenance of locks and canals.
*Affected Public:* Business or other for-profit.
*Annual Burden Hours:* 28,500.
*Number of Respondents:* 3,000.
*Responses per Respondent:* 228.
*Average Burden per Response:* 2.5 minutes.
*Frequency:* On occasion.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Summary of Information Collection**
The data is used primarily by the Corps of Engineers in conducting a system wide approach to planning and management on the waterway. The Headquarters, Division and District Offices use the information specifically to assist in making determinations on: Adequate staffing for operations and maintenance of the navigation locks and dams; to justify the hours of locks operations; to provide a basis to justify the continued funding as set out in the President's Operation and Maintenance, General Budget; to schedule route maintenance and repairs; to serve as a basis for studies and plans for improvement; for lock operating procedures; to provide data to be used in analyses for major modifications or replacements to lock and dam structures; and to forecast the impact the lock delays, downtown, and proposed changes have on the diversion of waterborne commerce to other transportation modes.
Dated: May 29, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.