80 FR 18253 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 64 (April 3, 2015)

We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2015.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 18253]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07704]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information 
collection (1028-0079).

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995, and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This 
collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2015.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before June 2, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to 
the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648-
7197 (fax); or [email protected] (email). Please reference 
`Information Collection 1028-0079, North American Breeding Bird Survey' 
in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Pardieck, USGS Patuxent Wildlife 
Research Center, 12100 Beech Forest Road, Laurel, MD 20708-4038 (mail); 
301-497-5843 (phone); or [email protected] (email). You may also find 
information about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Respondents supply the U.S. Geological Survey with avian population 
data for more than 600 North American bird species. The raw survey 
data, resulting population trend estimates, and relative abundance 
estimates will be made available via the Internet and through special 
publications, for use by Government agencies, industry, education 
programs, and the general public. We will protect information from 
respondents considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act 
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and 
under regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ``Data and information to be made 
available to the public or for limited inspection.'' Responses are 
voluntary. No questions of a ``sensitive'' nature are asked.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0079.
    Form Number: NA.
    Title: North American Breeding Bird Survey.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: General public skilled in bird identification.
    Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2,600.
    Estimated Time per Response: 11 hours.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 28,600.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
Mileage costs are on average $57.50 per response. This includes an 
approximate 100-mile round trip for data collection.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor and you are not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number and current expiration date.

III. Request for Comments

    We are soliciting comments as to: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its 
duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize the burden 
on the respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice 
are a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing 
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from 
public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Mark Wimer,
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Director (Acting).
[FR Doc. 2015-07704 Filed 4-2-15; 8:45 am]
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