80 FR 58499 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 188 (September 29, 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 January 31, 2016.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58499-58500]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24668]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information 
collection (1028-0082).

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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 January 31, 2016.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before November 30, 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 1028-0082, Bird Banding and Recovery Reports' 
in all correspondence.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Peterjohn, Patuxent Wildlife 
Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 12100 Beech Forest Rd,, 
Laurel, MD 20708 (mail); 301-497-5646 (phone); or [email protected] 
(email). You may also find information about this ICR at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The USGS Bird Banding Laboratory is responsible for monitoring the 
trapping and marking of wild migratory birds by persons holding Federal 
permits. The Bird Banding Laboratory collects information using three 
forms: (1) The Application for Federal Bird Marking and Salvage Permit, 
(2) The Permit Renewal Form, and (3) The Bird Banding Recovery Report.
    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: 1028-0082.
    Form Number: NA.
    Title: Bird Banding and Recovery Reports.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: General Public.
    Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 44,500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 to 30 minutes, depending on form 
used. The band recovery form receives approximately 43,900 responses 
annually. The permit application form receives approximately 100 and 
the permit renewal form receives approximately 500.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2300 hours.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this 
collection of information.
    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,
Deputy Center Director, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-24668 Filed 9-28-15; 8:45 am]
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