80 FR 29334 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Cape Lookout National Seashore Cultural Resource Values and Vulnerabilities Assessment

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 98 (May 21, 2015)

We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection (IC) described below. The National Park Service is exploring ways to reduce the risk of damage to structures and natural systems from destructive storm surge and sea level rise. We will collect information from stakeholders' about their values and perceptions of climate change- related vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for managing cultural resources within the two historic districts (Portsmouth Village and Lookout Village) at Cape Lookout National Seashore (CALO). Stakeholders will be visitors at Portsmouth Village and Lookout Village, partner organizations, local community members with ties to the historic districts, federal, state and private cultural resource experts. This collection will be used to inform cultural resource adaptation planning efforts (i.e., maintenance, sustainability and post-storm recovery of historic structures and cemeteries) related to impacts of extreme weather events. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act 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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29334-29335]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12306]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-18302; PPWONRADW1, PPMRSNR1Y.NW0000 (155)]


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Cape Lookout 
National Seashore Cultural Resource Values and Vulnerabilities 
Assessment

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection (IC) described 
below. The National Park Service is exploring ways to reduce the risk 
of damage to structures and natural systems from destructive storm 
surge and sea level rise. We will collect information from 
stakeholders' about their values and perceptions of climate change-
related vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for managing cultural 
resources within the two historic districts (Portsmouth Village and 
Lookout Village) at Cape Lookout National Seashore (CALO). Stakeholders 
will be visitors at Portsmouth Village and Lookout Village, partner 
organizations, local community members with ties to the historic 
districts, federal, state and private cultural resource experts. This 
collection will be used to inform cultural resource adaptation planning 
efforts (i.e., maintenance, sustainability and post-storm recovery of 
historic structures and cemeteries) related to impacts of extreme 
weather events. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act 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.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this IC are considered, we must 
receive them on or before July 20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments to Phadrea Ponds, Information 
Collections Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, 
Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please 
reference Information Collection 1024--NEW, 2015 CALO SURVEY in the 
subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Cakir, Ph.D., NPS SER Climate 
Change, Socioeconomics, and Adaptation Coordinator, South Atlantic 
Landscape Conservation Cooperative, 1751 Varsity Dr., Raleigh, NC 27606 
(mail) or [email protected] (email).

I. Abstract

    Managers of Cape Lookout National Seashore (CALO) are interested in 
identifying ways to reduce the risk of damage to coastal buildings and 
sensitive species from storm surge, sea level rise, and shoreline 
erosion anticipated over the next 20 to 30 years. Of specific interest 
to managers are contemporary cultural resource values and perceptions 
of cultural resource vulnerability and feasible adaptation strategies 
to sustain its cultural resources for future generations. The National 
Park Service (NPS) will conduct a survey of visitors to the two 
historic districts (Portsmouth Village and Lookout Village) at Cape 
Lookout National Seashore (CALO), a survey with members of CALO's 
partner organizations, interview local community members with 
connections to the historic districts, and conduct a survey with 
cultural resource experts from federal and state agencies and 
nongovernmental organizations.
    The collection will be used to understand the values stakeholders 
place on cultural resources within the historic districts, and 
perceptions of strategies to adapt and respond to changes in cultural 
resource conditions from storms, flooding, and erosion. The information 
from this collection will provide NPS managers and planners with 
information that can be used to prepare resource management planning 
documents.
    Lessons learned from this study may be applied to support cultural 
resource adaptation planning for units across the NPS system.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
    Title: Cape Lookout National Seashore Cultural Resource Values and 
Vulnerabilities Assessment.

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    Type of Request: New.
    Affected Public: Park Visitors, Local Residents, Partner 
Organization Members, State Cultural/Historic Resource Personnel, and 
Nongovernmental Cultural Resource Organization Personnel.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 600.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 321. We estimate the public 
reporting burden for this collection will average 10 minutes per 
response for visitors; 15 minutes per response for partner 
organizations; 1 hour per response for community members, and 2.5 hours 
per response for cultural resource experts. This includes the time for 
reviewing instructions and completing the survey.

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                                                                Estimated         Estimated         Estimated
                                                                number of       response time     annual burden
                                                                responses         (minutes)          (hours)
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Visitor Survey............................................               200                10                33
Partner Organization Survey...............................               200                15                50
Community Interviews......................................                50                60                50
Cultural Resource Experts Survey..........................               150                75               188
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    Total.................................................               600  ................               321
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    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
None.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is 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 invite comments concerning this IC on:
     Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the 
information is useful;
     The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden on the respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this IC. Before including your address, phone number, 
email address, or other personal identifying information in your 
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your 
personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Dated: May 14, 2015.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-12306 Filed 5-20-15; 8:45 am]
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