80_FR_18317 80 FR 18253 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

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)

Page Range18253-18253
FR Document2015-07704

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 Issue 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-07704]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX15LC00BM3FD00]


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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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 64 / Friday, April 3, 2015 / Notices 18253 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; American bird species. The raw survey including your personal mailing AND 43 CFR 3590. data, resulting population trend address, phone number, email address, Karen Rice, estimates, and relative abundance or other personally identifiable Acting District Manager, Idaho Falls District, estimates will be made available via the information in your comment, you Bureau of Land Management. Internet and through special should be aware that your entire Garth Smelser, publications, for use by Government comment, including your personally agencies, industry, education programs, identifiable information, may be made Forest Supervisor, Caribou-Targhee National Forest. and the general public. We will protect publicly available at any time. While information from respondents you can ask us in your comment to [FR Doc. 2015–07587 Filed 4–2–15; 8:45 am] considered proprietary under the withhold your personally identifiable BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. information from public view, we 552) and its implementing regulations cannot guarantee that we will be able to DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (43 CFR part 2), and under regulations do so. at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data and Mark Wimer, Geological Survey information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.’’ Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Director [GX15LC00BM3FD00] (Acting). Responses are voluntary. No questions [FR Doc. 2015–07704 Filed 4–2–15; 8:45 am] of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. Agency Information Collection BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P Activities: Request for Comments II. Data AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), OMB Control Number: 1028–0079. Form Number: NA. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Department of the Interior. Title: North American Breeding Bird ACTION: Notice of a revision of a Survey. Bureau of Land Management currently approved information Type of Request: Extension of a [LLCAD01000 L12100000.MD0000 collection (1028–0079). currently approved collection. 15XL1109AF] SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Affected Public: General public skilled in bird identification. Meeting of the California Desert Survey) will ask the Office of District Advisory Council Respondent’s Obligation: None. Management and Budget (OMB) to Participation is voluntary. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in approve the information collection (IC) Frequency of Collection: Annually. described below. As required by the accordance with Public Law 92–463 and Estimated Total Number of Annual Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 94–579, that the California Desert Responses: 2,600. 1995, and as part of our continuing District Advisory Council (DAC) to the Estimated Time per Response: 11 efforts to reduce paperwork and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), hours. respondent burden, we invite the Estimated Annual Burden Hours: U.S. Department of the Interior, will general public and other Federal 28,600. participate in a field tour of BLM- agencies to take this opportunity to Estimated Reporting and administered public lands on Friday, comment on this IC. This collection is Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ April 10, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 scheduled to expire on September 30, Burden: Mileage costs are on average p.m. and will meet in formal session on 2015. $57.50 per response. This includes an Saturday, April 11, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. approximate 100-mile round trip for to 4:30 p.m. in Ridgecrest, CA. Exact DATES: To ensure that your comments data collection. meeting location is yet to be are considered, we must receive them Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA determined. Agenda for the Saturday on or before June 2, 2015. (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an meeting will include updates by council ADDRESSES: You may submit comments members, the BLM California Desert on this information collection to the agency may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a District Manager, five Field Managers, Information Collection Clearance and council subgroups. The focus topic Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control for the meeting will be the BLM’s Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, ongoing planning efforts in the West VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7197 (fax); number and current expiration date. Mojave planning area. Final agenda or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email). III. Request for Comments items for the field trip, public meeting, Please reference ‘Information Collection and the meeting location will be posted We are soliciting comments as to: (a) 1028–0079, North American Breeding on the DAC Web page at http:// Whether the proposed collection of Bird Survey’ in all correspondence. www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/rac/ information is necessary for the agency FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: to perform its duties, including whether dac.html when finalized. Keith Pardieck, USGS Patuxent Wildlife the information is useful; (b) the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All DAC Research Center, 12100 Beech Forest accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the meetings are open to the public. Public Road, Laurel, MD 20708–4038 (mail); burden of the proposed collection of comment for items not on the agenda 301–497–5843 (phone); or kpardieck@ information; (c) ways to enhance the will be scheduled at the beginning of usgs.gov (email). You may also find quality, usefulness, and clarity of the the meeting Saturday morning. Time for asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES information about this ICR at information to be collected; and (d) how public comment is made available by www.reginfo.gov. to minimize the burden on the the council chairman during the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: respondents, including the use of presentation of various agenda items, automated collection techniques or and is scheduled at the end of the I. Abstract other forms of information technology. meeting for topics not on the agenda. Respondents supply the U.S. Please note that the comments While the Saturday meeting is Geological Survey with avian submitted in response to this notice are tentatively scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to population data for more than 600 North a matter of public record. Before 4:30 p.m., the meeting could conclude VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Apr 02, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03APN1.SGM 03APN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a revision of a currently approved information collection (1028-0079).
DatesTo ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive them on or before June 2, 2015.
ContactKeith 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.
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