81_FR_2242 81 FR 2232 - Proposed Information Collection; National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program

81 FR 2232 - Proposed Information Collection; National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 10 (January 15, 2016)

Page Range2232-2233
FR Document2016-00713

We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection described below. 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. This IC is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2016. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NER-19995, PPNEHATUC0, PPMRSCR1Y.CU0000 (166)]


Proposed Information Collection; National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Program

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 described below. 
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. This IC is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2016. 
We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond 
to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control 
number.

DATES: To ensure we are able to consider your comments, we must receive 
them on or before March 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments on the ICR to Madonna L. Baucum, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 2C114, Mail Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 
(mail); or [email protected] (email). Please reference OMB Control 
Number ``1024-0232, NPS National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom'' in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Miller, National Manager, 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, National Park 
Service, c/o Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, 2145 Key Wallace 
Drive, Cambridge, Maryland 21613; or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Public Law 105-203 (National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom Act of 1998) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish the Network to Freedom (Network). The Network is a collection 
of sites, facilities, and programs, both governmental and 
nongovernmental, around the United States. All entities must have a 
verifiable association with the historic Underground Railroad movement. 
The National Park Service administers the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Program. The program coordinates preservation and 
education efforts Nationwide and integrates local historical places, 
museums, and interpretive programs associated with the Underground 
Railroad into a mosaic of community, regional, and national stories.
    Individuals; businesses; organizations; State, tribal and local 
governments; and Federal agencies that want to join the Network must 
complete an application form. The application and instructions are 
available on our Web site at http://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm. Respondents must (1) verify associations and characteristics 
through descriptive texts that are the result of historical research 
and (2) submit supporting documentation; e.g., copies of rare 
documents, photographs, and maps. Much of the information is submitted 
in electronic format and used to determine eligibility to become part 
of the Network.
    Upon approval by OMB of this extension request, the NPS will begin 
developing a HTML version of the 10-946, ``National Park Service 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Application Form'' on 
the Department of the Interior's Enterprise Forms System (EFS) Web 
site. The EFS will consolidate all internal forms used by the 
Department and external forms used by the public into a centralized 
automated forms program. This will

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increase efficiency and responsiveness through the centralization and 
automation of all Departmental forms. In addition, the forms process 
will be modernized through the implementation of a completely digital 
workflow, the integration of digital and electronic signatures, and the 
ability to utilize real-time workflow through the use of unified 
messaging.
    One of the principal components of the Network to Freedom Program 
is to validate the efforts of local and regional organizations, and to 
make it easier for them to share expertise and communicate with us and 
each other. The vehicle through which this can happen is for these 
local entities to become Network Partners. Partners of the Network to 
Freedom Program work alongside and often in cooperation with us to 
fulfill the program's mission. Prospective partners must submit a 
letter with the following information:
     Name and address of the agency, company or organization;
     Name, address, and phone, fax, and email information of 
principal contact;
     Abstract not to exceed 200 words describing the partner's 
activity or mission statement; and
     Brief description of the entity's association to the 
Underground Railroad.

II. Data

    OMB Number: 1024-0232.
    Title: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
    Form(s): NPS Form 10-946, ``National Park Service National 
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Application Form''.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals; businesses; nonprofit 
organizations; and Federal, State, tribal, and local governments.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                     Number of       Number of       time per      Total annual
                    Activity                        respondents      responses       response      burden hours
                                                                                      (hours)
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Network Applications............................              35              35              25             875
Partner Requests................................               2               2              .5               1
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals......................................              37              37              26             876
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.

III. Comments

    We invite comments concerning this information collection on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     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 to respondents, including use 
of automated information techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    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 us in your comment to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that it will be done.

    Dated: January 11, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
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                                                  status reviews and accompanying 12-                     to Tribes and other stakeholders in the                madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email).
                                                  month findings and to assist with                       prioritization of our upcoming                         Please reference OMB Control Number
                                                  prioritizing actions in order to develop                workload. We will continue to work                     ‘‘1024–0232, NPS National
                                                  the National Listing Workplan for each                  with Tribes as we finalize this draft                  Underground Railroad Network to
                                                  fiscal year. Below we make                              methodology and obtain the information                 Freedom’’ in the subject line of your
                                                  determinations provided for under                       necessary to accurately bin specific                   comments.
                                                  several Executive Orders and statutes                   actions and develop our National                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  that may apply where a Federal action                   Listing Workplan.                                      Diane Miller, National Manager,
                                                  is not a binding rule or regulation.                                                                           National Underground Railroad
                                                                                                          Authors
                                                  National Environmental Policy Act                                                                              Network to Freedom Program, National
                                                                                                            The primary authors of this draft
                                                  (NEPA)                                                                                                         Park Service, c/o Blackwater National
                                                                                                          policy are the staff members of the
                                                     We are analyzing this draft                                                                                 Wildlife Refuge, 2145 Key Wallace
                                                                                                          Division of Conservation and
                                                  methodology in accordance with the                                                                             Drive, Cambridge, Maryland 21613; or
                                                                                                          Classification, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
                                                  criteria of the National Environmental                                                                         via email at diane_miller@nps.gov.
                                                                                                          Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
                                                  Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                          Church, VA 22041.
                                                  seq.), the Department of the Interior                                                                          I. Abstract
                                                  regulations on Implementation of the                    Authority
                                                  National Environmental Policy Act (43                     The authority for this action is the                    Public Law 105–203 (National
                                                  CFR 46.10–46.450), and the Department                   Endangered Species Act of 1973, as                     Underground Railroad Network to
                                                  of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1–6 and                  amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).                      Freedom Act of 1998) authorizes the
                                                  8). We invite the public to comment on                                                                         Secretary of the Interior to establish the
                                                                                                            Dated: January 6, 2016.                              Network to Freedom (Network). The
                                                  the extent to which this draft
                                                                                                          Stephen Guertin,                                       Network is a collection of sites,
                                                  methodology may have a significant
                                                  impact on the human environment, or                     Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife                facilities, and programs, both
                                                                                                          Service.                                               governmental and nongovernmental,
                                                  fall within one of the categorical
                                                  exclusions for actions that have no                     [FR Doc. 2016–00616 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am]            around the United States. All entities
                                                  individual or cumulative effect on the                  BILLING CODE 4333–15–P                                 must have a verifiable association with
                                                  quality of the human environment. We                                                                           the historic Underground Railroad
                                                  will complete our analysis, in                                                                                 movement. The National Park Service
                                                  compliance with NEPA, before                            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                             administers the National Underground
                                                  finalizing this methodology.                                                                                   Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
                                                                                                          National Park Service                                  The program coordinates preservation
                                                  Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                         [NPS–NER–19995, PPNEHATUC0,                            and education efforts Nationwide and
                                                    This draft methodology does not                       PPMRSCR1Y.CU0000 (166)]                                integrates local historical places,
                                                  contain any collections of information                                                                         museums, and interpretive programs
                                                  that require approval by the Office of                  Proposed Information Collection;                       associated with the Underground
                                                  Management and Budget (OMB) under                       National Underground Railroad                          Railroad into a mosaic of community,
                                                  the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.                  Network to Freedom Program                             regional, and national stories.
                                                  3501 et seq.). This draft methodology                                                                             Individuals; businesses;
                                                                                                          AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                  will not impose recordkeeping or                                                                               organizations; State, tribal and local
                                                                                                          ACTION:   Notice; request for comments.                governments; and Federal agencies that
                                                  reporting requirements on State or local
                                                  governments, individuals, businesses, or                SUMMARY:   We (National Park Service)                  want to join the Network must complete
                                                  organizations. We may not conduct or                    will ask the Office of Management and                  an application form. The application
                                                  sponsor and you are not required to                     Budget (OMB) to approve the                            and instructions are available on our
                                                  respond to a collection of information                  information collection described below.                Web site at http://www.nps.gov/
                                                  unless it displays a currently valid OMB                As required by the Paperwork                           subjects/ugrr/index.htm. Respondents
                                                  control number.                                         Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our               must (1) verify associations and
                                                                                                          continuing efforts to reduce paperwork                 characteristics through descriptive texts
                                                  Government-to-Government                                                                                       that are the result of historical research
                                                  Relationship With Tribes                                and respondent burden, we invite the
                                                                                                          general public and other Federal                       and (2) submit supporting
                                                     In accordance with the President’s                   agencies to take this opportunity to                   documentation; e.g., copies of rare
                                                  memorandum of April 29, 1994,                           comment on this IC. This IC is                         documents, photographs, and maps.
                                                  ‘‘Government-to-Government Relations                    scheduled to expire on July 31, 2016.                  Much of the information is submitted in
                                                  with Native American Tribal                             We may not conduct or sponsor and a                    electronic format and used to determine
                                                  Governments’’ (59 FR 22951), Executive                  person is not required to respond to a                 eligibility to become part of the
                                                  Order 13175 ‘‘Consultation and                          collection of information unless it                    Network.
                                                  Coordination with Indian Tribal                         displays a valid OMB control number.                      Upon approval by OMB of this
                                                  Governments,’’ and the Department of                                                                           extension request, the NPS will begin
                                                                                                          DATES: To ensure we are able to
                                                  the Interior Manual at 512 DM 2, and                                                                           developing a HTML version of the 10–
                                                  the Department of Commerce American                     consider your comments, we must                        946, ‘‘National Park Service National
                                                                                                          receive them on or before March 15,
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                                                  Indian and Alaska Native Policy (March                                                                         Underground Railroad Network to
                                                  30, 1995), we have considered possible                  2016.                                                  Freedom Application Form’’ on the
                                                  effects on federally recognized Indian                  ADDRESSES:   Please send your comments                 Department of the Interior’s Enterprise
                                                  tribes and have preliminarily                           on the ICR to Madonna L. Baucum,                       Forms System (EFS) Web site. The EFS
                                                  determined that there are no potential                  Information Collection Clearance                       will consolidate all internal forms used
                                                  adverse effects of issuing this draft                   Officer, National Park Service, 12201                  by the Department and external forms
                                                  methodology. Our intent with this draft                 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 2C114, Mail                 used by the public into a centralized
                                                  methodology is to provide transparency                  Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or                  automated forms program. This will


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                                                  increase efficiency and responsiveness                                     become Network Partners. Partners of                              Title: National Underground Railroad
                                                  through the centralization and                                             the Network to Freedom Program work                             Network to Freedom Program.
                                                  automation of all Departmental forms.                                      alongside and often in cooperation with                           Form(s): NPS Form 10–946, ‘‘National
                                                  In addition, the forms process will be                                     us to fulfill the program’s mission.                            Park Service National Underground
                                                  modernized through the                                                     Prospective partners must submit a
                                                                                                                                                                                             Railroad Network to Freedom
                                                  implementation of a completely digital                                     letter with the following information:
                                                                                                                                • Name and address of the agency,                            Application Form’’.
                                                  workflow, the integration of digital and
                                                  electronic signatures, and the ability to                                  company or organization;                                          Type of Request: Extension of a
                                                  utilize real-time workflow through the                                        • Name, address, and phone, fax, and                         currently approved collection of
                                                  use of unified messaging.                                                  email information of principal contact;                         information.
                                                                                                                                • Abstract not to exceed 200 words
                                                    One of the principal components of                                                                                                         Description of Respondents:
                                                                                                                             describing the partner’s activity or
                                                  the Network to Freedom Program is to                                       mission statement; and                                          Individuals; businesses; nonprofit
                                                  validate the efforts of local and regional                                    • Brief description of the entity’s                          organizations; and Federal, State, tribal,
                                                  organizations, and to make it easier for                                   association to the Underground                                  and local governments.
                                                  them to share expertise and                                                Railroad.                                                         Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
                                                  communicate with us and each other.                                                                                                        obtain or retain a benefit.
                                                  The vehicle through which this can                                         II. Data
                                                  happen is for these local entities to                                         OMB Number: 1024–0232.                                         Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Completion
                                                                                                                                                                           Number of        Number of           time per    Total annual
                                                                                                      Activity                                                            respondents       responses          response     burden hours
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (hours)

                                                  Network Applications .......................................................................................                       35                35              25            875
                                                  Partner Requests .............................................................................................                      2                 2              .5              1

                                                        Totals ........................................................................................................              37                37              26            876



                                                    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden                                            Dated: January 11, 2016.                                      Collection Clearance Officer, National
                                                  Cost: None.                                                                Madonna L. Baucum,                                              Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley
                                                                                                                             Information Collection Clearance Officer,                       Drive (Room 2C114, Mail Stop 242),
                                                  III. Comments                                                              National Park Service.                                          Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or madonna_
                                                    We invite comments concerning this                                       [FR Doc. 2016–00713 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am]                     baucum@nps.gov (email). Please
                                                  information collection on:                                                 BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P                                          include ‘‘1024—New Case Incident
                                                                                                                                                                                             Report Request’’ in the subject line of
                                                    • Whether or not the collection of                                                                                                       your comments.
                                                  information is necessary, including                                        DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
                                                  whether or not the information will                                                                                                        request additional information about
                                                  have practical utility;                                                    National Park Service                                           this IC, contact Charis Wilson, National
                                                    • The accuracy of the burden for this                                    [NPS–WASO–ADIR–PMSP–20103;                                      Park Service, 12795 W. Alameda
                                                  collection of information;                                                 PPWOIRADC1, PPMPSAS1Y.YP0000 (166)]                             Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO
                                                                                                                                                                                             80225–0287 (mail); (303) 969–2959
                                                    • Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
                                                                                                                             Proposed Information Collection; Case                           (phone), or charis_wilson@nps.gov
                                                  and clarity of the information to be                                       Incident Report Request                                         (email).
                                                  collected; and
                                                                                                                             AGENCY:       National Park Service, Interior.                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                    • Ways to minimize the burden to
                                                  respondents, including use of                                              ACTION:       Notice; request for comments.                     I. Abstract
                                                  automated information techniques or                                                                                                           The NPS maintains law enforcement
                                                                                                                             SUMMARY:  We (National Park Service,
                                                  other forms of information technology.                                     NPS) will ask the Office of Management                          incident reports in the Department of
                                                    Please note that the comments                                            and Budget (OMB) to approve the                                 the Interior’s Incident and Management
                                                  submitted in response to this notice are                                   information collection (IC) described                           Reporting System (IMARS), which is a
                                                  a matter of public record. We will                                         below. As required by the Paperwork                             Privacy Act System of Records (DOI–
                                                  include or summarize each comment in                                       Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our                        10). In accordance with the Privacy Act
                                                                                                                             continuing efforts to reduce paperwork                          (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)), the NPS is barred
                                                  our request to OMB to approve this IC.
                                                                                                                             and respondent burden, we invite the                            from releasing copies of records
                                                  Before including your address, phone
                                                                                                                             general public and other Federal                                contained within IMARS, including but
                                                  number, email address, or other                                                                                                            not limited to motor vehicle accident
                                                  personal identifying information in your                                   agencies to take this opportunity to
                                                                                                                                                                                             reports, without the prior written
                                                  comment, you should be aware that                                          comment on this IC. We may not
                                                                                                                                                                                             request and/or consent of the individual
                                                  your entire comment, including your                                        conduct or sponsor and a person is not
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                                                                                                                                                                                             to whom the record pertains unless
                                                  personal identifying information, may                                      required to respond to a collection of
                                                                                                                                                                                             authorized under appropriate routine-
                                                  be made publicly available at any time.                                    information unless it displays a
                                                                                                                                                                                             use exceptions.
                                                  While you can ask us in your comment                                       currently valid OMB control number.                                The NPS requires the submission of
                                                  to withhold your personal identifying                                      DATES: You must submit comments on                              NPS Form 10–945, ‘‘Case Incident
                                                  information from public review, we                                         or before March 15, 2016.                                       Report Request’’ in order to verify a
                                                  cannot guarantee that it will be done.                                     ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the                            requester’s identity and retrieve
                                                                                                                             IC to Madonna L. Baucum, Information                            responsive records in order to respond


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Document Created: 2018-02-02 12:32:03
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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 we are able to consider your comments, we must receive them on or before March 15, 2016.
ContactDiane Miller, National Manager, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, National Park Service, c/o Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, 2145 Key Wallace Drive, Cambridge, Maryland 21613; or via email at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 2232 

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