80_FR_67142 80 FR 66932 - Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys

80 FR 66932 - Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 210 (October 30, 2015)

Page Range66932-66933
FR Document2015-27714

We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. The National Park Service (NPS) sponsors public surveys to provide park managers with information needed for park planning, management, operations and evaluation of performance related to protecting park resources and meeting the needs of the public. In consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of the Interior (DOI), the NPS has developed a Programmatic Clearance Process for NPS-sponsored public surveys. It significantly streamlines the information collection review process. 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 ICR.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-SSB-19672; PPWONRADE2, PMP00EI05.YP0000 (166)]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored 
Public Surveys

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize 
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the 
estimated burden and cost. The National Park Service (NPS) sponsors 
public surveys to provide park managers with information needed for 
park planning, management, operations and evaluation of performance 
related to protecting park resources and meeting the needs of the 
public. In consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
and the Department of the Interior (DOI), the NPS has developed a 
Programmatic Clearance Process for NPS-sponsored public surveys. It 
significantly streamlines the information collection review process. 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 ICR.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before November 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information 
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at 
OMB--OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] 
(email) and identify your submission as 1024-0224. Please also send a 
copy of 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 1024-0224--Programmatic Clearance Renewal in the 
subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected] (email); or 970-
267-7295 (phone) and Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection Coordinator, 
National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 
(mail); or [email protected] (email). Please reference Information 
Collection 1024-0224 Programmatic Clearance Renewal in the subject 
line. You may also access this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys applies 
to surveys designed to furnish usable information to NPS managers and 
planners concerning park visitors, visitor services, potential park 
visitors, and residents of communities near parks. This information is 
intended to provide NPS managers with data that can be used to improve 
the quality and utility of agency programs, services, and planning 
efforts. Questions asked under the programmatic review process must 
show a clear tie to NPS management and planning needs. The programmatic 
review may only be used for non-controversial surveys that are unlikely 
to attract or include topics of significant public interest in the 
programmatic review process.
    To qualify for the NPS generic programmatic review process, all 
information collections must be directly tied to an area managed by the 
NPS or research that will benefit NPS management efforts. All 
collections must be reviewed by the NPS and approved by OMB before the 
survey can be initiated.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0224.
    Title: Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individual households and general 
public.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Occasionally, one time.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 41,500.

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                                                                Annual
                                                              responses
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On-site surveys............................................       20,000
Mail-back surveys..........................................       10,000
All non-response surveys...................................        6,500
Telephone surveys..........................................        1,000
Focus Groups/In person interviews..........................        1,500
Other......................................................        2,500
                                                            ------------
  Total....................................................       41,500
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    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 15 minutes per mail back 
survey; 3 minutes per non response survey, 30 minutes per telephone 
survey; 60 minutes per focus group/interview 60 minutes; Other 15 
minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,283 hours.
    Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: There are no non-hour burden 
costs associated with this collection.

III. Comments

    On May 29, 2015, a 60-day Federal Register notice (80 FR 30720) was 
published announcing this information collection. Public comments were 
solicited for 60 days ending July 28, 2015. We received one public 
comment in response to that notice. The commenter did not support the 
renewal of the collection and stated that ``once every 5 years is often 
enough to take these surveys.'' In response to this comment, NPS 
contends that this renewal is not a single annual survey; rather it 
facilitates a set of independent surveys administered at multiples 
sites for a variety of NPS management needs. This process simplifies 
and streamlines the information collection requests to OMB in a manner 
that allows the NPS to submit more requests per year than we would 
through the regular submission route. Surveys are reviewed and approved 
in an expeditious manner allowing data collection to occur more 
frequently and in a timely manner--more specifically during the 
visitation season of interest. In the 16 years of the programmatic 
approval on average, 40 new surveys have been approved each year in 
support of NPS management and planning. This is nearly five times as 
many as we would expect going through the regular submission route.
    We again invite comments concerning this information collection 
request on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of

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public record. 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 or OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: October 26, 2015.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
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                                              cannot guarantee that we will be able to                0224—Programmatic Clearance Renewal                                                                       Annual
                                              do so.                                                  in the subject line.                                                                                    responses
                                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              John Thompson,                                                                                                Other .........................................        2,500
                                                                                                      Bret_Meldrum@nps.gov (email); or 970–
                                              Deputy Chief, U.S. Geological Survey,
                                              Cooperative Research Units.                             267–7295 (phone) and Phadrea Ponds,                      Total ......................................       41,500
                                                                                                      Information Collection Coordinator,
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–27730 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                      National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge                    Estimated Completion Time per
                                              BILLING CODE 4338–11–P
                                                                                                      Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or              Response: 15 minutes per mail back
                                                                                                      pponds@nps.gov (email). Please                        survey; 3 minutes per non response
                                              DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              reference Information Collection 1024–                survey, 30 minutes per telephone
                                                                                                      0224 Programmatic Clearance Renewal                   survey; 60 minutes per focus group/
                                              National Park Service                                   in the subject line. You may also access              interview 60 minutes; Other 15 minutes.
                                                                                                      this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.                            Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                              [NPS–WASO–NRSS–SSB–19672;                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            Hours: 11,283 hours.
                                              PPWONRADE2, PMP00EI05.YP0000 (166)]                                                                             Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden
                                                                                                      I. Abstract                                           Cost: There are no non-hour burden
                                              Information Collection Request Sent to                     The Programmatic Clearance for NPS-                costs associated with this collection.
                                              the Office of Management and Budget                     Sponsored Public Surveys applies to
                                                                                                                                                                III. Comments
                                              (OMB) for Approval; Programmatic                        surveys designed to furnish usable
                                              Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public                      information to NPS managers and                              On May 29, 2015, a 60-day Federal
                                              Surveys                                                 planners concerning park visitors,                        Register notice (80 FR 30720) was
                                                                                                      visitor services, potential park visitors,                published announcing this information
                                              AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.              and residents of communities near                         collection. Public comments were
                                              ACTION:   Notice; request for comments.                 parks. This information is intended to                    solicited for 60 days ending July 28,
                                                                                                      provide NPS managers with data that                       2015. We received one public comment
                                              SUMMARY:   We (National Park Service,                   can be used to improve the quality and                    in response to that notice. The
                                              NPS) have sent an Information                           utility of agency programs, services, and                 commenter did not support the renewal
                                              Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for                     planning efforts. Questions asked under                   of the collection and stated that ‘‘once
                                              review and approval. We summarize the                   the programmatic review process must                      every 5 years is often enough to take
                                              ICR below and describe the nature of the                show a clear tie to NPS management                        these surveys.’’ In response to this
                                              collection and the estimated burden and                 and planning needs. The programmatic                      comment, NPS contends that this
                                              cost. The National Park Service (NPS)                   review may only be used for non-                          renewal is not a single annual survey;
                                              sponsors public surveys to provide park                 controversial surveys that are unlikely                   rather it facilitates a set of independent
                                              managers with information needed for                    to attract or include topics of significant               surveys administered at multiples sites
                                              park planning, management, operations                   public interest in the programmatic                       for a variety of NPS management needs.
                                              and evaluation of performance related to                review process.                                           This process simplifies and streamlines
                                              protecting park resources and meeting                      To qualify for the NPS generic                         the information collection requests to
                                              the needs of the public. In consultation                programmatic review process, all                          OMB in a manner that allows the NPS
                                              with the Office of Management and                       information collections must be directly                  to submit more requests per year than
                                              Budget (OMB) and the Department of                      tied to an area managed by the NPS or                     we would through the regular
                                              the Interior (DOI), the NPS has                         research that will benefit NPS                            submission route. Surveys are reviewed
                                              developed a Programmatic Clearance                      management efforts. All collections                       and approved in an expeditious manner
                                              Process for NPS-sponsored public                        must be reviewed by the NPS and                           allowing data collection to occur more
                                              surveys. It significantly streamlines the               approved by OMB before the survey can                     frequently and in a timely manner—
                                              information collection review process.                  be initiated.                                             more specifically during the visitation
                                              To comply with the Paperwork                                                                                      season of interest. In the 16 years of the
                                              Reduction Act of 1995, and as part of                   II. Data                                                  programmatic approval on average, 40
                                              our continuing efforts to reduce                           OMB Control Number: 1024–0224.                         new surveys have been approved each
                                              paperwork and respondent burden, we                        Title: Programmatic Clearance for                      year in support of NPS management and
                                              invite the general public and other                     NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys.                             planning. This is nearly five times as
                                              Federal agencies to take this                              Type of Request: Revision of a                         many as we would expect going through
                                              opportunity to comment on this ICR.                     currently approved collection.                            the regular submission route.
                                                                                                         Description of Respondents:                               We again invite comments concerning
                                              DATES: You must submit comments on
                                                                                                      Individual households and general                         this information collection request on:
                                              or before November 30, 2015.
                                                                                                      public.                                                      • Whether or not the collection of
                                              ADDRESSES: Send your comments and                          Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.                    information is necessary, including
                                              suggestions on this information                            Frequency of Collection: Occasionally, whether or not the information will
                                              collection to the Desk Officer for the                  one time.                                                 have practical utility;
                                              Department of the Interior at OMB—                         Estimated Annual Number of                                • The accuracy of our estimate of the
                                              OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or                         Responses: 41,500.                                        burden for this collection of
                                              OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov (email)                                                                               information;
                                              and identify your submission as 1024–                                                                    Annual      • Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
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                                              0224. Please also send a copy of your                                                                  responses  and clarity of the information to be
                                              comments to Phadrea Ponds,
                                                                                                      On-site surveys .........................          20,000 collected; and
                                              Information Collections Coordinator,                    Mail-back surveys .....................            10,000    • Ways to minimize the burden of the
                                              National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge                    All non-response surveys .........                  6,500 collection of information on
                                              Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or                Telephone surveys ...................               1,000 respondents.
                                              pponds@nps.gov (email). Please                          Focus Groups/In person inter-                                Comments that you submit in
                                              reference Information Collection 1024–                     views .....................................      1,500 response to this notice are a matter of



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                                              public record. Before including your                    Sacramento, California 95827; or by                   September. The project is designed to
                                              address, phone number, email address,                   email to ramirezj@sacsewer.com.                       deliver up to two-thirds of the
                                              or other personal identifying                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.                  maximum month demand during the
                                              information in your comment, you                        Jose Ramirez, Regional San at (916) 879–              irrigation season. The remaining
                                              should be aware that your entire                        6059, email at ramirezj@sacsewer.com;                 demand would be met by groundwater
                                              comment, including your personal                        or Mr. Douglas Kleinsmith, Bureau of                  pumping, the existing source of water
                                              identifying information, may be made                    Reclamation, (916) 978–5034, email at                 supply. As treated wastewater would be
                                              publicly available at any time. While                   dkleinsmith@usbr.gov.                                 beneficially reused, there would be a
                                              you can ask us or OMB in your                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        commensurate reduction in the
                                              comment to withhold your personal                       Project water comes from the Regional                 discharge of treated wastewater into the
                                              identifying information from public                     San Sacramento Regional Water                         Sacramento River.
                                              review, we cannot guarantee that it will                Treatment Plant (SRWTP) located in Elk                Project Objectives
                                              be done.                                                Grove, California. Presently, the SRWTP
                                                Dated: October 26, 2015.                              treats and discharges secondary effluent                 The objectives of the proposed Project
                                                                                                      into the Sacramento River and operates                are as follows:
                                              Madonna L. Baucum,
                                                                                                                                                               • Reduce groundwater pumping in
                                              Information Collection Clearance Officer,               a 5-million-gallon-per-day (mgd) Water
                                                                                                                                                            the Central Basin by supplying recycled
                                              National Park Service.                                  Recycling Facility to produce tertiary
                                                                                                                                                            water to agricultural and urban
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–27714 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]            effluent. In December 2010, the Central
                                                                                                                                                            customers in south Sacramento County.
                                                                                                      Valley Regional Water Quality Control
                                              BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P                                                                                           • Minimize conveyance costs while
                                                                                                      Board adopted new Waste Discharge
                                                                                                                                                            maximizing demand served.
                                                                                                      Requirements (WDRs) for Regional San.                    • Improve environmental resources
                                              DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              The new WDRs require treatment                        and benefit habitats and ecosystems to
                                                                                                      upgrades to be operational by December                   Æ Reduce streamflow losses in the
                                              Bureau of Reclamation                                   2023, and have prompted Regional San                  Cosumnes River by raising groundwater
                                                                                                      to evaluate a multitude of technologies               levels.
                                              [RR02030700, XXXR0680R1,                                to produce up to 181 mgd of Title 22                     Æ Support improved riparian habitat
                                              RR.17529652.MP70012]                                    disinfected tertiary recycled water or                along the Cosumnes River as a result of
                                                                                                      ‘equivalent’ quality effluent. Following              elevated groundwater levels along the
                                              Notice of Intent To Prepare an                          a pilot study of various technologies,                stream margins.
                                              Environmental Impact Report/                            one technology has been selected to                      Æ Provide recycled water to wetlands.
                                              Environmental Impact Statement for                      treat wastewater to Title 22 disinfected                 The proposed Project consists of the
                                              the Sacramento Regional County                          tertiary level, which is suitable for                 following proposed project elements
                                              Sanitation District South County Ag                     agriculture.                                          and their level of environmental
                                              Water Recycling Program                                    Title 22 disinfected tertiary recycled             evaluation in the joint EIR/EIS:
                                                                                                      water generated at the SRWTP would be                    • New pump station at the SRWTP
                                              AGENCY:   Bureau of Reclamation,
                                                                                                      conveyed to agricultural and urban                    (project-level evaluation)
                                              Interior.
                                                                                                      customers using a new pump station at                    • 30- to 60-inch transmission pipeline
                                              ACTION: Notice of intent.                               the SRWTP and through a new network                   from the pump station to Twin Cities
                                                                                                      of recycled water pipelines                           Road (project-level evaluation)
                                              SUMMARY:    The Bureau of Reclamation,
                                                                                                      (transmission, distribution, and laterals)               • Distribution mainlines from the
                                              the lead Federal agency, and the
                                                                                                      located within public road rights-of-                 transmission pipeline and lateral service
                                              Sacramento Regional County Sanitation
                                                                                                      way, private roads, and agricultural                  connections to potential customers
                                              District (Regional San), the lead state
                                                                                                      land. The proposed Project would also                 (agriculture and Stone Lakes NWR)
                                              agency, will prepare a joint
                                                                                                      include a potential recharge area to                  (program-level evaluation)
                                              Environmental Impact Report/
                                                                                                      increase recycled water usage and                        • Potential Recharge Area and wells
                                              Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/
                                                                                                      benefit the local groundwater basin                   to produce water to the meet the
                                              EIS) for the South County Ag Water
                                                                                                      through increasing groundwater table                  dilution requirements for groundwater
                                              Recycling Program (Project). The Project
                                                                                                      levels and recharging the basin; with the             recharge (program-level evaluation)
                                              would deliver approximately 45,000
                                                                                                      potential recharge area, the delivery of                 The EIR/EIS will also evaluate the No
                                              acre-feet per year of Title 22 disinfected
                                                                                                      recycled water could increase by                      Project Alternative, an alternative that
                                              tertiary treated recycled water to about
                                                                                                      approximately 5,000 acre-feet per year.               does not include funding by
                                              16,000 acres of irrigated lands in
                                                                                                      In addition, the Project includes                     Reclamation, and a smaller-scale project
                                              southern Sacramento County for
                                                                                                      provision of recycled water to support                alternative that would supply less
                                              agricultural and urban landscape uses
                                                                                                      wetland habitat at the Stone Lakes                    recycled water to a smaller area in
                                              and to the Stone Lakes National Wildlife
                                                                                                      National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to                     South Sacramento County.
                                              Refuge. The Project could also provide
                                                                                                      protect the sensitive resources at the
                                              an additional 5,000 acre-feet per year of                                                                     Previous Scoping
                                                                                                      refuge during drought conditions.
                                              recycled water for groundwater                             The average annual recycled water
                                              recharge, for a total recycled water                                                                            Regional San mailed a notice of
                                                                                                      delivered to potential customers is                   preparation of a Draft EIR regarding the
                                              delivery of 50,000 acre-feet per year.                  approximately 50,000 acre-feet per year.              proposed Project to the public on
                                              DATES: Submit written comments on the                   Recycled water would be delivered to                  January 30, 2015 and held a scoping
                                              scope of the EIR/EIS by November 30,
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                                                                                                      approximately 16,000 acres of irrigated               meeting on February 18, 2015 at the
                                              2015.                                                   lands (and some limited recharge areas)               Sacramento Farm Bureau in Elk Grove,
                                              ADDRESSES: Send written comments on                     and to managed wetlands at Stone Lakes                California.
                                              the scope of the EIR/EIS to Mr. Jose                    NWR. The actual monthly demand
                                              Ramirez, Project Manager, Sacramento                    would vary seasonally with the                        Public Disclosure
                                              County Regional Sanitation District                     maximum demand occurring during the                     Before including your address, phone
                                              (Regional San), 10060 Goethe Road,                      irrigation season, from May through                   number, email address, or other


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; request for comments.
DatesYou must submit comments on or before November 30, 2015.
Contact[email protected] (email); or 970- 267-7295 (phone) and Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please reference Information Collection 1024-0224 Programmatic Clearance Renewal in the subject line. You may also access this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
FR Citation80 FR 66932 

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