81_FR_1650 81 FR 1642 - Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request: NPS Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) General Submission, Annual Review, Amendment, and Exhibitor Forms

81 FR 1642 - Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request: NPS Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) General Submission, Annual Review, Amendment, and Exhibitor Forms

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 8 (January 13, 2016)

Page Range1642-1642
FR Document2016-00501

We (National Park Service, NPS) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve an information collection (IC) described below. This is a renewal for a collection currently consisting of four forms (General Submission, Annual Review, Amendment, and Exhibitor Submission) used by the Institutional Animal Care and use Committee (NPS IACUC/the Committee) to ensure compliance with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), its regulations (AWAR) and standards, and the Interagency Research Animal Committee (IRAC) principles for projects involving the use of vertebrate animals in research, teaching, and/or exhibition. As required by 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. We 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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-BRD-20078; PPWONRADB1, PPMRSNR1Y.NM000]


Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request: NPS 
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) General Submission, 
Annual Review, Amendment, and Exhibitor Forms

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve an information collection (IC) 
described below. This is a renewal for a collection currently 
consisting of four forms (General Submission, Annual Review, Amendment, 
and Exhibitor Submission) used by the Institutional Animal Care and use 
Committee (NPS IACUC/the Committee) to ensure compliance with the 
Animal Welfare Act (AWA), its regulations (AWAR) and standards, and the 
Interagency Research Animal Committee (IRAC) principles for projects 
involving the use of vertebrate animals in research, teaching, and/or 
exhibition. As required by 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. We 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.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this IC are considered, we must 
receive them on or before March 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments on this IC to Phadrea Ponds, 
Information Collection Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 
Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or [email protected] 
(email). Please reference Information Collection ``1024-0265 IACUC'' in 
the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Smith, NPS IACUC Administrator 
by mail at Biological Resource Division, 1201 Oakridge Dr, Suite 200, 
Fort Collins, CO, 80525 or [email protected] (email). You may also 
contact Tracy Thompson at [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    All research, teaching, and exhibition projects involving 
vertebrate animals taking place on NPS territories must be approved by 
the NPS IACUC prior to their commencement. Principal Investigators (PI) 
are required to submit the completed General Submission, Annual 
Renewal, Amendment, or Exhibitor Submission as required for approval to 
the NPS IACUC Office.

II. Data

    OMB Number: 1024-0265.
    Title: NPS Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) 
General Submission, Annual Review, Amendment, and Exhibitor Forms.
    Type of Request: Renewal.
    Affected Public: Any researcher affiliated with an academic 
research institution; or state or federal agency.
    Respondent Obligation: Mandatory.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time, on occasion.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 190.
    Annual Burden Hours: 570 hours. We expect to receive 190 annual 
responses. We estimate an average of 3 hours per response.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this 
collection of information.

III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments concerning this information collection on:
     The practical utility of the information being gathered;
     The accuracy 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.
    Please note that the comments submitted 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 OMB in your comment 
to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, 
we cannot guarantee that we will be to do so.

    Dated: January 7, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-00501 Filed 1-12-16; 8:45 am]
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1642 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2016 / Notices including your address, phone number, ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments a matter of public record. We will email address, or other personal on this IC to Phadrea Ponds, include or summarize each comment in identifying information in your Information Collection Coordinator, our request to OMB to approve this IC. comment, you should be aware that National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Before including your address, phone your entire comment, including your Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or number, email address, or other personal identifying information, may pponds@nps.gov (email). Please personal identifying information in your be made publicly available at any time. reference Information Collection ‘‘1024– comment, you should be aware that While you can ask us in your comment 0265 IACUC’’ in the subject line. your entire comment, including your to withhold your personal identifying FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: personal identifying information, may information from public review, we Aaron Smith, NPS IACUC be made publicly available at any time. cannot guarantee that we will be able to Administrator by mail at Biological While you can ask OMB in your do so. Resource Division, 1201 Oakridge Dr, comment to withhold your personal Dated: January 7, 2016. Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO, 80525 or identifying information from public Madonna L. Baucum, aaron_d_smith@nps.gov (email). You review, we cannot guarantee that we Information Collection Clearance Officer, may also contact Tracy Thompson at will be to do so. National Park Service. tracy_thompson@nps.gov (email). Dated: January 7, 2016. [FR Doc. 2016–00500 Filed 1–12–16; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Madonna L. Baucum, BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P I. Abstract Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service. All research, teaching, and exhibition [FR Doc. 2016–00501 Filed 1–12–16; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR projects involving vertebrate animals BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P taking place on NPS territories must be National Park Service approved by the NPS IACUC prior to their commencement. Principal [NPS–WASO–NRSS–BRD–20078; INTERNATIONAL TRADE Investigators (PI) are required to submit PPWONRADB1, PPMRSNR1Y.NM000] COMMISSION the completed General Submission, Proposed Information Collection: Annual Renewal, Amendment, or [Investigation Nos. 731–TA–770–773, and Comment Request: NPS Institutional Exhibitor Submission as required for 775 (Third Review)] Animal Care and Use Committee approval to the NPS IACUC Office. (IACUC) General Submission, Annual Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Italy, II. Data Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan; Review, Amendment, and Exhibitor Forms OMB Number: 1024–0265. Scheduling of Full Five-Year Reviews Title: NPS Institutional Animal Care AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. and Use Committee (IACUC) General AGENCY: United States International Submission, Annual Review, Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. Amendment, and Exhibitor Forms. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, Type of Request: Renewal. NPS) will ask the Office of Management Affected Public: Any researcher SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives and Budget (OMB) to approve an affiliated with an academic research notice of the scheduling of full reviews information collection (IC) described institution; or state or federal agency. pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the below. This is a renewal for a collection Respondent Obligation: Mandatory. Act’’ as amended) to determine whether currently consisting of four forms Frequency of Collection: One-time, on revocation of the antidumping duty (General Submission, Annual Review, occasion. orders on stainless steel wire rod from Amendment, and Exhibitor Submission) Estimated Number of Annual Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan used by the Institutional Animal Care Responses: 190. would be likely to lead to continuation and use Committee (NPS IACUC/the Annual Burden Hours: 570 hours. We or recurrence of material injury within Committee) to ensure compliance with expect to receive 190 annual responses. a reasonably foreseeable time. The the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), its We estimate an average of 3 hours per Commission has determined to exercise regulations (AWAR) and standards, and response. its authority to extend the review period the Interagency Research Animal Estimated Reporting and by up to 90 days. Committee (IRAC) principles for Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ DATES: Effective Date: January 6, 2016. projects involving the use of vertebrate Burden: We have not identified any FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred animals in research, teaching, and/or ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated Ruggles (202–205–3187), Office of exhibition. As required by the with this collection of information. Investigations, U.S. International Trade Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and III. Request for Comments Commission, 500 E Street SW., as part of our continuing efforts to Washington, DC 20436. Hearing- We invite comments concerning this reduce paperwork and respondent impaired persons can obtain information collection on: burden, we invite the general public and • The practical utility of the information on this matter by contacting other federal agencies to take this information being gathered; the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– opportunity to comment on this IC. We • The accuracy of the burden for this 205–1810. Persons with mobility may not conduct or sponsor, and a impairments who will need special asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES collection of information; person is not required to respond to, a • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, assistance in gaining access to the collection of information unless it and clarity of the information to be Commission should contact the Office displays a currently valid OMB Control collected; and of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. Number. • Ways to minimize the burden of the General information concerning the DATES: To ensure that your comments collection of information on Commission may also be obtained by on this IC are considered, we must respondents. accessing its Internet server (http:// receive them on or before March 14, Please note that the comments www.usitc.gov). 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; request for comments.
DatesTo ensure that your comments on this IC are considered, we must receive them on or before March 14, 2016.
ContactAaron Smith, NPS IACUC Administrator by mail at Biological Resource Division, 1201 Oakridge Dr, Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO, 80525 or [email protected] (email). You may also contact Tracy Thompson at [email protected] (email).
FR Citation81 FR 1642 
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