Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review

ACTION: Notice.

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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 of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Title: Department of Defense Khamisiyah Survey.

Type of Request: New collection; Emergency Processing requested

with shortened public comment period ending December 7, 1996. An

approval date of December 24, 1996 is requested.

Number of Respondents: 13,783.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 13,783.

Average Burden Per Response: 7 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,608 hours.

Needs and uses: This collection of information is necessary to

facilitate investigation of the events surrounding the demolition of

munitions near Khamisiyah, Iraq from 1-15 March 1991 (immediately after

the Gulf War). This survey is part of our ongoing effort to better

understand the events during and after the Gulf War, and potential

health consequences. Respondents are current and former members of the

US military who were within 50 kilometers of the munitions storage area

near Khamisiyah, Iraq.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Allison Eydt.

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information

collection should be sent to Ms. Eydt at the Office of Management and

Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10235, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503, or via facsimile at (202) 395-6974.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William Pearce.

Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Pearce at OSD/WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, or via facsimile at (703) 604-

6270, or requested telephonically at (703) 604-4582.

Dated: December 5, 1996.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96-31342 Filed 12-9-96; 8:45 am]

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