Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY:

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION:

Information collection notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 December 13, 2021.

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: DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the docket listed above.

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 Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, 2231 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, ATTN: Mr. James Holland or call 703-697-2188.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: OLDCC Military Installation Sustainability Program of Assistance Grant Proposals; OMB Control Number 0704-MISP.

Needs and Uses: The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC), in coordination with the other Federal Agencies, delivers a program of technical and financial assistance to enable states and communities to plan and carry out civilian responses to workforce, business, and community needs arising from Defense actions; cooperate with their military installations and leverage public and private capabilities to deliver public infrastructure and services to enhance the military mission, achieve facility and infrastructure savings as well as reduced operating costs; and increase military, civilian, and industrial readiness and resiliency, and support military families.

Respondents will be submitting information requesting OLDCC assistance for the Military Installation Sustainability program of assistance. Respondents will be States, United States Territories, counties, municipalities, other political subdivisions of a state, special purpose units of a state or local government, other instrumentalities of a state or local government, and tribal nations supporting a military installation or the defense industrial base. The collection instrument for the Military Installation Sustainability program of assistance will be a proposal package prepared in accordance to a Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement posted in the Federal Register . Proposals may be submitted electronically via email, or printed copy by mail or hand-delivered to OLDCC.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.

Annual Burden Hours: 480.

Number of Respondents: 12.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 12.

Average Burden per Response: 40 hours.

Frequency: Annually.

Proposals consist of the following information: A description of the proposed project, a description of the partner jurisdictions, agencies, organizations, key stakeholders, and their roles and responsibilities to carry out the proposed project, a description of the anticipated role of the installation(s) in the project and evidence of local installation support for the proposal, a summary of requested grant funds and other existing sources of funds, a sufficiently detailed project schedule, a description of metrics to be tracked and evaluated over the course of the project, evidence of the intended recipient's ability and authority to manage grant funds, and documentation that the Submitting Official is authorized by the respondent jurisdiction(s) and the respondent jurisdiction is an eligible entity to submit a proposal and subsequently apply for assistance. More specific details will be available in the Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement published in the Federal Register .