82_FR_33649 82 FR 33511 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Archeology Permits and Reports

82 FR 33511 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Archeology Permits and Reports

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 138 (July 20, 2017)

Page Range33511-33512
FR Document2017-15227

We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval that includes establishment of a common form. The NPS will be the ``host agency'' of the common form. Other agencies that may use the information collection are listed below. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2017. 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-15227]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-CR-23588; PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Archeology Permits and 
Reports

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 that includes 
establishment of a common form. The NPS will be the ``host agency'' of 
the common form. Other agencies that may use the information collection 
are listed below. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of 
the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information 
collection is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2017. 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. 
However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor 
this information collection while it is pending at OMB.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before August 21, 2017.

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). Please provide a copy of your comments to Tim Goddard, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS-242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0037'' in the 
subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Karen Mudar at [email protected] (email) or 
202-354-2103 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the 
Interior collections under review by OMB.

I. Abstract

    Section 4 of the Archeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) of 
1979 (16 U.S.C 470cc), and Section 3 of the Antiquities Act (AA) of 
1906 (54 U.S.C. 320301-320303), authorize any individual or institution 
to apply to Federal land managing agencies to scientifically excavate 
or remove archeological resources from public or Indian lands. 
Archeological investigations that require permits include excavation, 
shovel-testing, coring, pedestrian survey (with and without removal of 
artifacts), underwater archeology, photogrammetry, and rock art 
documentation. Individuals, academic and scientific institutions, 
museums, and businesses that propose to conduct archeological field 
investigations must obtain a permit before the project may begin.
    To apply for a permit, applicants submit DI Form 1926 (Application 
for Permit for Archeological Investigations). In general, an 
application includes, but is not limited to, the following information:
    [ssquf] Statement of Work.
    [ssquf] Statement of Applicant's Capabilities.
    [ssquf] Statement of Applicant's Past Performance.
    [ssquf] Curriculum vitae for Principal Investigator(s) and Project 
Director(s).
    [ssquf] Written consent by State or tribal authorities to undertake 
the activity on State or tribal lands that are managed by Federal land 
managing agencies, if required by the State or tribe.
    [ssquf] Curation Authorization.
    [ssquf] Detailed Schedule of All Project Activities.
    Persons receiving a permit must submit a final report upon 
completion of the field component of the research project.
    Potential and actual other agencies, besides NPS, that may use the 
common form and this collection include:

U.S. Department of Agriculture
    U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Department of Defense
    Department of the Air Force
    Department of the Army
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Department of the Navy
    United States Marine Corps
    U.S. Coast Guard
    Army National Guard
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    Bureau of Customs and Border
    Protection Federal Emergency
    Management Agency
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of the Interior
    Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Bureau of Land Management
    Bureau of Reclamation
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
    Office of Surface Mining
    U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of Justice
    Bureau of Prisons
U.S. Department of Transportation
    Federal Aviation Administration
    Federal Highway Administration
    Federal Railroad Administration
    Federal Transit Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Other Agencies
    General Services Administration
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Tennessee Valley Authority

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    The Presidio Trust of San Francisco

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0037.
    Title: Archeology Permit Applications and Reports, 43 CFR parts 3 
and 7.
    Form Number(s): DI Form 1926.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or organizations wishing to 
excavate or remove archeological resources from public or Indian lands.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                                   Total dollar
                                                                    Completion                       value of
                    Activity                       Total annual      time per      Total annual    annual burden
                                                     responses       response      burden hours    hours ($50.78
                                                                      (hours)                        per hour)
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Form DI-1926, ``Application for Permit for
 Archeological Investigations'':
    Private.....................................              43             2.5           * 108       $5,484.24
    Individual..................................               1             2.5             * 3          152.34
    Government..................................               6             2.5              15          761.70
Reports
    Private.....................................              43             1.0              43        2,183.54
    Individual..................................               1             1.0               1           50.78
Government......................................               6             1.0               6          304.68
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Totals..................................             100  ..............           * 176        8,937.28
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* Rounded by ROCIS.

    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.

III. Comments

    On December 19, 2016, we published a Federal Register Notice (81 FR 
91945) informing the public of our intent to ask OMB to renew approval 
for this information collection. We solicited comments for a period of 
60 days, ending on February 17, 2017. We did not receive any comments 
in response to this notice.
    We again 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. 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 it 
will be done.

    Authority: The authorities for this action are the National Park 
Service Organic Act of 1916 (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.; P.L. 113-287) 
and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Timothy Goddard,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-15227 Filed 7-19-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                    the person or party wishes to protest.                   NPS will be the ‘‘host agency’’ of the                In general, an application includes, but
                                                    The notice of protest must be filed                      common form. Other agencies that may                  is not limited to, the following
                                                    before the scheduled date of official                    use the information collection are listed             information:
                                                    filing for the plat(s) of survey being                   below. We summarize the ICR below                        D Statement of Work.
                                                    protested. Any notice of protest filed                   and describe the nature of the collection                D Statement of Applicant’s
                                                    after the scheduled date of official filing              and the estimated burden and cost. This               Capabilities.
                                                    will not be considered. A notice of                      information collection is scheduled to                   D Statement of Applicant’s Past
                                                    protest is considered filed on the date it               expire on July 31, 2017. We may not                   Performance.
                                                    is received by the Chief Cadastral                       conduct or sponsor and a person is not                   D Curriculum vitae for Principal
                                                    Surveyor for Oregon/Washington during                    required to respond to a collection of                Investigator(s) and Project Director(s).
                                                    regular business hours; if received after                information unless it displays a                         D Written consent by State or tribal
                                                    regular business hours, a notice of                      currently valid OMB control number.                   authorities to undertake the activity on
                                                    protest will be considered filed the next                However, under OMB regulations, we                    State or tribal lands that are managed by
                                                    business day. A written statement of                     may continue to conduct or sponsor this               Federal land managing agencies, if
                                                    reasons in support of a protest, if not                  information collection while it is                    required by the State or tribe.
                                                    filed with the notice of protest, must be                pending at OMB.                                          D Curation Authorization.
                                                    filed with the Chief Cadastral Surveyor                  DATES: You must submit comments on                       D Detailed Schedule of All Project
                                                    for Oregon/Washington within 30                          or before August 21, 2017.                            Activities.
                                                    calendar days after the notice of protest                ADDRESSES: Send your comments and                        Persons receiving a permit must
                                                    is filed. If a notice of protest against a               suggestions on this information                       submit a final report upon completion
                                                    plat of survey is received prior to the                  collection to the Desk Officer for the                of the field component of the research
                                                    scheduled date of official filing, the                   Department of the Interior at OMB–                    project.
                                                    official filing of the plat of survey                    OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_                    Potential and actual other agencies,
                                                    identified in the notice of protest will be              Submission@omb.eop.gov (email).                       besides NPS, that may use the common
                                                    stayed pending consideration of the                      Please provide a copy of your comments                form and this collection include:
                                                    protest. A plat of survey will not be                    to Tim Goddard, Information Collection                U.S. Department of Agriculture
                                                    officially filed until the next business                 Clearance Officer, National Park                         U.S. Forest Service
                                                    day following dismissal or resolution of                 Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,                  U.S. Department of Commerce
                                                    all protests of the plat.                                MS–242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or                      National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                       Before including your address, phone                  tim_goddard@nps.gov (email). Please                        Administration
                                                    number, email address, or other                          include ‘‘1024–0037’’ in the subject line             U.S. Department of Defense
                                                    personal identifying information in a                    of your comments.                                        Department of the Air Force
                                                    notice of protest or statement of reasons,                                                                        Department of the Army
                                                                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
                                                    you should be aware that the documents                                                                            U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
                                                                                                             request additional information about
                                                    you submit—including your personal                                                                                Department of the Navy
                                                                                                             this ICR, contact Karen Mudar at Karen_
                                                    identifying information—may be made                                                                               United States Marine Corps
                                                                                                             Mudar@nps.gov (email) or 202–354–
                                                    publicly available in their entirety at                                                                           U.S. Coast Guard
                                                                                                             2103 (telephone). You may review the
                                                    any time. While you can ask us to                                                                                 Army National Guard
                                                                                                             ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov.
                                                    withhold your personal identifying                                                                             U.S. Department of Energy
                                                                                                             Follow the instructions to review
                                                    information from public review, we                                                                             U.S. Department of Health and Human
                                                                                                             Department of the Interior collections
                                                    cannot guarantee that we will be able to                                                                          Services
                                                                                                             under review by OMB.
                                                    do so.                                                                                                         U.S. Department of Homeland Security
                                                       Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3.                         I. Abstract                                              Bureau of Customs and Border
                                                                                                                Section 4 of the Archeological                        Protection Federal Emergency
                                                    F. David Radford,
                                                                                                             Resources Protection Act (ARPA) of                       Management Agency
                                                    Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor of Oregon/               1979 (16 U.S.C 470cc), and Section 3 of               U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
                                                    Washington.
                                                                                                             the Antiquities Act (AA) of 1906 (54                     Development
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–15215 Filed 7–19–17; 8:45 am]                                                                    U.S. Department of the Interior
                                                                                                             U.S.C. 320301–320303), authorize any
                                                    BILLING CODE 4310–33–P                                   individual or institution to apply to                    Bureau of Indian Affairs
                                                                                                             Federal land managing agencies to                        Bureau of Land Management
                                                                                                             scientifically excavate or remove                        Bureau of Reclamation
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                                                                        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
                                                                                                             archeological resources from public or
                                                    National Park Service                                    Indian lands. Archeological                              Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
                                                                                                             investigations that require permits                      Office of Surface Mining
                                                    [NPS–WASO–CR–23588; PPWOCRADI0,                          include excavation, shovel-testing,                      U.S. Geological Survey
                                                    PCU00RP14.R50000]                                        coring, pedestrian survey (with and                   U.S. Department of Justice
                                                                                                             without removal of artifacts),                           Bureau of Prisons
                                                    Agency Information Collection
                                                                                                             underwater archeology,                                U.S. Department of Transportation
                                                    Activities: Archeology Permits and
                                                                                                             photogrammetry, and rock art                             Federal Aviation Administration
                                                    Reports
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                                                                                                             documentation. Individuals, academic                     Federal Highway Administration
                                                    AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.               and scientific institutions, museums,                    Federal Railroad Administration
                                                    ACTION:   Notice; request for comments.                  and businesses that propose to conduct                   Federal Transit Administration
                                                                                                             archeological field investigations must               U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
                                                    SUMMARY:  We (National Park Service,                     obtain a permit before the project may                Other Agencies
                                                    NPS) have sent an Information                            begin.                                                   General Services Administration
                                                    Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for                         To apply for a permit, applicants                     National Aeronautics and Space
                                                    review and approval that includes                        submit DI Form 1926 (Application for                       Administration
                                                    establishment of a common form. The                      Permit for Archeological Investigations).                Tennessee Valley Authority


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                                                       The Presidio Trust of San Francisco                                       Form Number(s): DI Form 1926.                                  excavate or remove archeological
                                                                                                                                 Type of Request: Extension of a                                resources from public or Indian lands.
                                                    II. Data
                                                                                                                               currently approved collection.                                     Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
                                                      OMB Control Number: 1024–0037.                                                                                                            obtain or retain a benefit.
                                                      Title: Archeology Permit Applications                                      Description of Respondents:                                      Number of Respondents: 100.
                                                    and Reports, 43 CFR parts 3 and 7.                                         Individuals or organizations wishing to                            Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Total dollar
                                                                                                                                                                                              Completion                                  value of
                                                                                                                                                                            Total annual        time per               Total annual    annual burden
                                                                                                        Activity                                                             responses         response                burden hours        hours
                                                                                                                                                                                                 (hours)                                ($50.78 per
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           hour)

                                                    Form DI–1926, ‘‘Application for Permit for Archeological Investigations’’:
                                                        Private .......................................................................................................                43                      2.5             * 108       $5,484.24
                                                        Individual ...................................................................................................                  1                      2.5                *3          152.34
                                                        Government ..............................................................................................                       6                      2.5                15          761.70
                                                    Reports
                                                        Private .......................................................................................................                43                      1.0               43         2,183.54
                                                        Individual ...................................................................................................                  1                      1.0                1            50.78
                                                    Government .....................................................................................................                    6                      1.0                6           304.68

                                                                 Totals .................................................................................................            100    ........................           * 176        8,937.28
                                                       * Rounded by ROCIS.


                                                      Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden                                          1916 (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.; P.L. 113–287)                    Recreation Area. If no additional
                                                    Cost: None.                                                                and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44                      requestors come forward, transfer of
                                                                                                                               U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).                                            control of the human remains and
                                                    III. Comments
                                                                                                                               Timothy Goddard,                                                 associated funerary objects to the lineal
                                                       On December 19, 2016, we published                                      Information Collection Clearance Officer,                        descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native
                                                    a Federal Register Notice (81 FR 91945)                                    National Park Service.                                           Hawaiian organizations stated in this
                                                    informing the public of our intent to ask                                                                                                   notice may proceed.
                                                                                                                               [FR Doc. 2017–15227 Filed 7–19–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    OMB to renew approval for this                                                                                                              DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                                                                                                               BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                    information collection. We solicited                                                                                                        representatives of any Indian Tribe or
                                                    comments for a period of 60 days,                                                                                                           Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                    ending on February 17, 2017. We did                                        DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                       identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    not receive any comments in response                                                                                                        request transfer of control of these
                                                    to this notice.                                                            National Park Service                                            human remains and associated funerary
                                                       We again invite comments concerning
                                                                                                                               [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23486;                                          objects should submit a written request
                                                    this information collection on:
                                                       • Whether or not the collection of                                      PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                                     with information in support of the
                                                    information is necessary, including                                                                                                         request to Lake Meredith National
                                                                                                                               Notice of Inventory Completion for                               Recreation Area at the address in this
                                                    whether or not the information will
                                                                                                                               Native American Human Remains and                                notice by August 21, 2017.
                                                    have practical utility;
                                                       • The accuracy of our estimate of the                                   Associated Funerary Objects in the                               ADDRESSES: Robert Maguire,
                                                    burden for this collection of                                              Possession of the U.S. Department of                             Superintendent, Lake Meredith National
                                                    information;                                                               the Interior, National Park Service,                             Recreation Area, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch,
                                                       • Ways to enhance the quality, utility,                                 Lake Meredith National Recreation                                TX 79036, telephone (806) 857–3151,
                                                    and clarity of the information to be                                       Area, Fritch, TX; Correction                                     email robert_maguire@nps.gov.
                                                    collected; and                                                             AGENCY:       National Park Service, Interior.                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                       • Ways to minimize the burden of the                                    ACTION:       Notice; correction.                                here given in accordance with the
                                                    collection of information on                                                                                                                Native American Graves Protection and
                                                    respondents.                                                               SUMMARY:   The U.S. Department of the                            Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                       Comments that you submit in                                             Interior, National Park Service, Lake                            3003, of the correction of an inventory
                                                    response to this notice are a matter of                                    Meredith National Recreation Area, has                           of human remains and associated
                                                    public record. Before including your                                       corrected an inventory of human                                  funerary objects under the control of the
                                                    address, phone number, email address,                                      remains and associated funerary objects                          U.S. Department of the Interior,
                                                    or other personal identifying                                              published in a Notice of Inventory                               National Park Service, Lake Meredith
                                                    information in your comment, you                                           Completion in the Federal Register on                            National Recreation Area, Fritch, TX.
                                                    should be aware that your entire                                           June 18, 2001. This notice corrects the                          The human remains and associated
                                                    comment, including your personal
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                                                                                                                               minimum number of individuals and                                funerary objects were removed from
                                                    identifying information, may be made                                       number of associated funerary objects.                           sites in Potter County, TX.
                                                    publicly available at any time. While                                      Lineal descendants or representatives of                            This notice is published as part of the
                                                    you can ask OMB in your comment to                                         any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian                              National Park Service’s administrative
                                                    withhold your personal identifying                                         organization not identified in this notice                       responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                    information from public review, we                                         that wish to request transfer of control                         U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
                                                    cannot guarantee that it will be done.                                     of these human remains and associated                            this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                                      Authority: The authorities for this action                               funerary objects should submit a written                         the Superintendent, Lake Meredith
                                                    are the National Park Service Organic Act of                               request to Lake Meredith National                                National Recreation Area.


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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 August 21, 2017.
ContactTo request additional information about this ICR, contact Karen Mudar at [email protected] (email) or 202-354-2103 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at http:// www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB.
FR Citation82 FR 33511 

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