81 FR 70437 - Proposed Information Collection; Programmatic Clearance for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Social Science Research
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 197 (October 12, 2016)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 197 (October 12, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 70437-70438] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-24567] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-HQ-R-2016-N175; FXRS126109HD000-167-FF09R23000] Proposed Information Collection; Programmatic Clearance for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Social Science Research AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 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. 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 we are able to consider your comments on this IC, we must receive them by December 12, 2016. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1018-SS Programmatic'' in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this IC, contact Tina Campbell at [email protected] (email) or 703-358-2676 (telephone). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The programmatic clearance applies to social science surveys, interviews, and focus groups designed to provide information to Service managers and practitioners to improve quality and utility of agency programs, services, and planning efforts. Data from collections undertaken through the proposed programmatic clearance would provide information for agency management, planning, and monitoring and evaluating the National Wildlife Refuge System (Refuge System) efforts generally and the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program specifically, as well as efforts of other Service programs. To ensure continuous improvement, Service activities and projects require ongoing systematic assessment of their design, implementation, and outcomes. The scope of this programmatic clearance includes individual surveys, focus groups, and interviews of refuge visitors, potential visitors, and residents of communities near Service-managed units, and stakeholders and partners, including tribal interests. We estimate that we will receive 20,333 responses to surveys at 20 minutes per survey; 833 [[Page 70438]] responses to telephone surveys at 25 minutes per survey; 784 nonresponses at 5 minutes per survey; and 59 responses from focus groups at 1 hour per focus group annually. Questions asked under the programmatic clearance must show a clear tie to Service management needs. The programmatic review may only be used for noncontroversial information collections that are unlikely to attract or include topics of significant public interest. OMB must approve all collections before we can collect the information. II. Data OMB Control Number: 1018-XXXX. Title: Programmatic Clearance for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Social Science Research. Service Form Number: None. Type of Request: Request for a new OMB control number. Description of Respondents: Persons visiting units managed by the Service; potential visitors, including ``virtual visitors'' who access content from a Service Web site; local community members; educators taking part in programs both on and off Service lands; government officials representing the local area, landowners, partners, stakeholders, and tribal interests. Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 22,009. Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to 1 hour. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 7,249. 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 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 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 we will be able to do so. Dated: October 5, 2016. Tina A. Campbell, Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2016-24567 Filed 10-11-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC for firm commitment to final closing of ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 the capital advance. It is needed to
(this is not a toll-free number) or email assist HUD in determining the Owner’s SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of eligibility and capacity to finalize the Service) will ask the Office of
the proposed forms or other available development of a housing project under Management and Budget (OMB) to
information. Persons with hearing or the Section 202 and Section 811 Capital approve the information collection (IC)
speech impairments may access this Advance Programs. described below. As required by the
number through TTY by calling the toll- Respondents: Multifamily HUD- Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– sponsored property owners. as part of our continuing efforts to
8339. Estimated Number of Respondents: reduce paperwork and respondent
195. burden, we invite the general public and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Estimated Number of Responses: other Federal agencies to take this
Alicia Anderson, Branch Chief, New
7,809. opportunity to comment on this IC. We
Grants & Funding, Department of
Frequency of Response: Occasion. may not conduct or sponsor and a
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour. person is not required to respond to a
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410;
Total Estimated Burden: 8,348. collection of information unless it
email: alicia.anderson@hud.gov or
displays a currently valid OMB control
telephone: 202–402–5787. This is not a B. Solicitation of Public Comment number.
toll-free number. Persons with hearing
This notice is soliciting comments DATES: To ensure that we are able to
or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the toll- from members of the public and affected consider your comments on this IC, we
free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– parties concerning the collection of must receive them by December 12,
8339. information described in Section A on 2016.
Copies of available documents the following: ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
submitted to OMB may be obtained (1) Whether the proposed collection IC to the Information Collection
from Ms. Pollard. of information is necessary for the Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
proper performance of the functions of Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
the agency, including whether the Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
notice informs the public that HUD is
information will have practical utility; 3803 (mail); or tina_campbell@fws.gov
seeking approval from OMB for the
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s (email). Please include ‘‘1018–SS
information collection described in
estimate of the burden of the proposed Programmatic’’ in the subject line of
Section A.
collection of information; your comments.
A. Overview of Information Collection (3) Ways to enhance the quality, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
Title of Information Collection: utility, and clarity of the information to request additional information about
Section 202 Housing for Elderly and be collected; and this IC, contact Tina Campbell at tina_
Section 811 Housing for Disabled. (4) Ways to minimize the burden of campbell@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0470. the collection of information on those 2676 (telephone).
Type of Request: Extension of who are to respond; including through
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
currently approved collection. the use of appropriate automated
Form Number: HUD-: 2328; 2453.1– collection techniques or other forms of I. Abstract
CA; 2530; 2554; 2880; 935.2; 9832; information technology, e.g., permitting The programmatic clearance applies
9839–A; 9839–B; 9839–C; 51994; electronic submission of responses. to social science surveys, interviews,
90163–CA; 90163.1–CA; 90164–CA; HUD encourages interested parties to and focus groups designed to provide
90165–CA; 90166–CA; 90166a–CA; submit comment in response to these information to Service managers and
90167–CA; 90169–CA; 90169.1–CA; questions. practitioners to improve quality and
90170–CA; 90171–CA; 90172–A–CA; Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork utility of agency programs, services, and
90172–B–CA; 90173–A–CA; 90173–B– Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. planning efforts. Data from collections
CA; 90173–C–CA; 90175–CA; 90175.1– Dated: October 3, 2016. undertaken through the proposed
CA; 90176–CA; 90177–CA; 90178–CA; Janet M. Golrick, programmatic clearance would provide
90179–CA; 91732–A–CA; 92013; 92013– Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary information for agency management,
SUPP; 92264; 92330; 92330–A; 92329; for Housing-Associate Deputy Federal planning, and monitoring and
92331; 92403.1; 92403–CA; 92408–M; Housing Commissioner. evaluating the National Wildlife Refuge
92412–CA, 92433–CA; 92434–CA; [FR Doc. 2016–24528 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am] System (Refuge System) efforts generally
92435–CA; 92437; 92442–CA; 92442–A– BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
and the Urban Wildlife Conservation
CA; 92443–CA; 92448; 92450–CA; Program specifically, as well as efforts
92452; 92452a; 92452–CA; 92457; of other Service programs. To ensure
92458; 92464; 92466–CA; 92466.1–CA; continuous improvement, Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
92476–A; 92476–A–CA; 92485; 92580– activities and projects require ongoing
CA; 93432–CA; 93479; 93480–CA; Fish and Wildlife Service systematic assessment of their design,
93481; 93566–CA; 93566.1–CA; 27054; implementation, and outcomes. The
50080–CAH, SF–425; SF–1199a; SF– [FWS–HQ–R–2016–N175; scope of this programmatic clearance
FXRS126109HD000–167–FF09R23000] includes individual surveys, focus
LLL; and FM–1006.
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Description of the need for the Proposed Information Collection; groups, and interviews of refuge
information and proposed use: This Programmatic Clearance for U.S. Fish visitors, potential visitors, and residents
submission is to permit the continued and Wildlife Service Social Science of communities near Service-managed
processing of all Sections 202 and 811 Research units, and stakeholders and partners,
capital advance projects that have not including tribal interests. We estimate
yet been finally closed. The submission AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, that we will receive 20,333 responses to
includes processing of the application Interior. surveys at 20 minutes per survey; 833
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responses to telephone surveys at 25 identifying information in your represent the Federal Government, state
minutes per survey; 784 nonresponses comment, you should be aware that and local governments, including state
at 5 minutes per survey; and 59 your entire comment, including your membership entities, non-governmental
responses from focus groups at 1 hour personal identifying information, may organizations, including those whose
per focus group annually. be made publicly available at any time. primary mission is professional/
Questions asked under the While you can ask us in your comment scientific and those whose primary
programmatic clearance must show a to withhold your personal identifying mission is conservation and related
clear tie to Service management needs. information from public review, we scientific and advocacy activities,
The programmatic review may only be cannot guarantee that we will be able to American Indian tribes and other Native
used for noncontroversial information do so. American entities, academia,
collections that are unlikely to attract or Dated: October 5, 2016.
landowners, businesses, and
include topics of significant public organizations representing landowners
Tina A. Campbell,
interest. OMB must approve all or businesses. Duties of the committee
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and include: (A) Advising on the contents of
collections before we can collect the Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
information. Service.
a national strategy identifying key
science priorities to advance the
II. Data [FR Doc. 2016–24567 Filed 10–11–16; 8:45 am]
management of natural resources in the
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX. face of climate change; (B) advising on
Title: Programmatic Clearance for U.S. the nature, extent, and quality of
Fish and Wildlife Service Social Science relations with and engagement of key
Research. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
partners at the regional/CSC level; (C)
Service Form Number: None. Geological Survey advising on the nature and effectiveness
Type of Request: Request for a new of mechanisms to ensure the
OMB control number. [GX17EN05ESB0500] identification of key priorities from
Description of Respondents: Persons management partners and to effectively
visiting units managed by the Service; Announcement of Advisory Committee deliver scientific results in useful forms;
potential visitors, including ‘‘virtual on Climate Change and Natural (D) advising on mechanisms that may be
visitors’’ who access content from a Resource Science Meeting employed by the NCCWSC to ensure
Service Web site; local community AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, high standards of scientific quality and
members; educators taking part in Department of the Interior. integrity in its products, and to review
programs both on and off Service lands; ACTION: Notice of meeting. and evaluate the performance of
government officials representing the individual CSCs, in advance of
local area, landowners, partners, SUMMARY: In accordance with the opportunities to re-establish expiring
stakeholders, and tribal interests. requirements of the Federal Advisory agreements; and (E) coordinating as
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, we appropriate with the Landscape
Frequency of Collection: On occasion. announce that the Advisory Committee Conservation Cooperatives Council.
Estimated Number of Annual on Climate Change and Natural More information about the ACCCNRS
Responses: 22,009. Resource Science will hold a meeting. is available at https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/
Estimated Completion Time per DATES: Meeting: The meeting will be acccnrs.
Response: Varies from 5 minutes to 1 held as follows: Wednesday, November Meeting Agenda: The objectives of
hour. 9, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and this meeting are to address NCCWSC +
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: Thursday, November 10, 2016 from 8:00 CSC strategic planning and the work of
7,249. a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (All times Mountain the SW CSC. A full final agenda will be
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Time Zone). posted on https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/
Cost: None. acccnrs prior to the meeting.
ADDRESSES: 1064 E Lowell St. Tucson,
Public Input: All Committee meetings
III. Comments AZ 85721. The SW CSC is located on
are open to the public. Interested
We invite comments concerning this the campus of the University of Arizona members of the public may present,
information collection on: in the ENR2 building. The November 9– either orally or through written
• Whether or not the collection of 10 meeting will be held in ENR2 S225. comments, information for the
information is necessary, including FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Committee to consider during the public
whether or not the information will Robin O’Malley, Designated Federal meeting. The public will have
have practical utility; Officer, Policy and Partnership approximately 15 minutes to make
• The accuracy of our estimate of the Coordinator, National Climate Change comment on both Wednesday,
burden for this collection of and Wildlife Science Center, U.S. November 9, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. to
information; Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley 4:15 p.m. and Thursday, November 10,
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, Drive, Mail Stop 516, Reston, VA 20192, 2016 from 11:00 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. (all
and clarity of the information to be romalley@usgs.gov, (703) 648–4086. times Mountain Time Zone), although
collected; and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chartered interested parties should consult the
• Ways to minimize the burden of the in May 2013, the Advisory Committee final agenda to determine if these times
collection of information on on Climate Change and Natural have changed.
respondents. Resource Science (ACCCNRS) advises Individuals or groups requesting to
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Comments that you submit in the Secretary of the Interior on the make comment at the public Committee
response to this notice are a matter of establishment and operations of the U.S. meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per
public record. We will include or Geological Survey (USGS) National speaker. The Committee will endeavor
summarize each comment in our request Climate Change and Wildlife Science to provide adequate opportunity for all
to OMB to approve this IC. Before Center (NCCWSC) and the Department speakers, within available time limits.
including your address, phone number, of the Interior (DOI) Climate Science Speakers who wish to expand upon
email address, or other personal Centers (CSCs). ACCCNRS members their oral statements, or those who had
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