80 FR 52785 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 169 (September 1, 2015)

We (the U.S. Geological Survey) are asking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the information collection request (ICR) described below. The revision includes no changes to forms or instructions. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 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 ICR. This collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2015.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52785-52786]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21617]


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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), Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) are asking Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) the information collection request (ICR) 
described below. The revision includes no changes to forms or 
instructions. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 
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 ICR. This 
collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2015.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, OMB 
must receive them on or before October 1, 2015

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information 
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the Department of the Interior, via email: 
([email protected]); or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify 
your submission with `OMB Control Number 1028-1079 NORTH AMERICAN 
BREEDING BIRD SURVEY'. Please also forward a copy of your comments and 
suggestions 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) 648-7195 (fax); or 
[email protected] (email). Please reference `OMB Information 
Collection 1028-1079: 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);

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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: Various (12 forms).
    Title: NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING BIRD SURVEY.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondent Obligation: None.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Description of Respondents: General public skilled in bird 
identification.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2,650.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that it will take 11 
hour(s) per response.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 29,150.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: The 
non-hour costs are based upon Federal Personal Vehicle Mileage costs at 
an average rate of $57.50 per response. This includes an approximate 
100-mile round trip for data collection. The total for 2,650 responses 
is $152,375.
    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. Until the OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obliged to respond.
    Comments: On April 3, 2015, we published a Federal Register notice 
(80 FR 18253) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for 
approval and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on June 2, 
2015. We received one comment from the public; however, the comment was 
not directly related to this project. It was a rejection of all 
government data collection.

III. Request for Comments

    We again invite comments concerning this ICR 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) how 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 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 the OMB in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done.

Mark Wimer,
Deputy Director, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-21617 Filed 8-31-15; 8:45 am]
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