Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force.

ACTION: Notice.

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In compliance with Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of the Air Force announces the

proposed reinstatement of a 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;

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 February

27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to HQ AFSPC/SCMA, 150 Vandenberg

Street, Suite 1105, ATTN: MSgt. Gregory D. Stevens, Peterson Air Force

Base, CO 80914-4400.

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 above address,

or call HQ AFSPC/SCMA. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Communications Mission Support Team, (719) 554-3806.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Intercontinental Ballistic

Missile Hardened Intersite Cable Right-of-Way Landowner/Tenant

Questionnaire, Air Force Form 3951, February 1996, OMB Number 0701-

0141.

Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is used to

report changes in ownership/lease information, conditions of missile

cable route and associated appurtenances, and projected building/

excavation projects. The information collected is used to ensure system

integrity and to maintain a close contact public relations program with

involved personnel and agencies.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; Farms.

Number of Respondents: 4000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.

Frequency: Biennially.

Summary of Information Collection

Respondents are landowners/tenants. This form collects updated

landowner/tenant information as well as data on local property

conditions which could adversely affect the Hardened Intersite Cable

System (HICS) such as soil erosion, projected/building projects,

excavation plans, etc. This information also aids in notifying

landowners/tenants when HICS preventive or corrective maintenance

becomes necessary to ensure uninterrupted Intercontinental Ballistic

Missile command and control capability.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-33723 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]

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