83 FR 18083 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 80 (April 25, 2018)

Page Range		18083-18084
FR Document		2018-08674

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing a new information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-08674]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[GR17ND00GCT2800; OMB Control Number 1028-New]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Phragmites 
Adaptive Management Framework

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 25, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior by email at [email protected]; or 
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments 
to USGS, Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201Sunrise Valley 
Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference `OMB Information Collection 
1028-NEW: Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework' in the subject line 
of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Clint Moore, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. 
Geological Survey, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of 
Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (mail); 706-542-1166 (phone); or 
[email protected] (email). You may also view the ICR at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the USGS, in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, provide the general public and other 
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, 
and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the 
impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the 
public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
November 28, 2017 (82 FR 56262). No comments were received.
    We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is 
described below. We are especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the 
proper functions of the USGS; (2) will this information be processed 
and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 
(4) how might the USGS enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (5) how might the USGS minimize the 
burden of

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this collection on the respondents, including through the use of 
information technology.
    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 may 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.
    Abstract: The Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) is a 
collaborative effort to confront and reduce the spread of invasive 
Phragmites grass in the Great Lakes watershed. Phragmites is associated 
with reduced water quality, loss of biodiversity, reduced recreational 
opportunities, and increased fire hazards. Reducing or eliminating 
Phragmites throughout the region will reverse these deleterious effects 
and help achieve the comprehensive restoration goals for the Great 
Lakes basin (see the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative at https://www.glri.us/). The PAMF initiative uses the principles of adaptive 
management, a learning-based form of management in which data gathered 
following a treatment action are used to improve the predictive models 
that inform the decision-making process itself. Identified as a 
priority by the multi-national Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative 
(http://www.greatlakesphragmites.net/), PAMF is a network of public and 
private cooperators who share a common desire to reduce or eradicate 
invasive Phragmites on lands that they manage. Membership in PAMF is 
voluntary and occurs after the cooperator has decided to treat 
Phragmites. A process is being developed to deliver site-specific 
guidance to participants that will both help them understand what 
treatment approach is most likely to achieve their management 
objectives and support regional adaptive learning through improvements 
and feedbacks to underlying scientific models. Cooperators will monitor 
and report vegetation characteristics on lands enrolled in the program, 
and they will report attributes about treatments applied. The data will 
be used in analytical routines that will indicate a best treatment 
action to apply based on measured conditions and will update the set of 
predictive models that underlie the decision support tool. USGS is 
providing scientific leadership to the initiative through the 
development of models, monitoring design, data systems, and a workflow 
to process the collected data into management guidance.
    Title: Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: New.
    Respondents/Affected Public: General public, NGOs, governmental 
entities (Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Provincial).
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 100.
    Total Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 200.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: We estimate that it will 
take 1.5 hours per person to review training materials, traverse the 
property to observe conditions, and enter information into a web-based 
form.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 300.
    Respondent's Obligation: None, participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Information is collected twice annually 
for each enrolled parcel, for as long as participant is enrolled in the 
program.
    Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Cost: There are no ``non-hour 
cost'' burdens associated with this collection of information.
    An agency 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.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).

 Russell Strach,
Center Director, USGS Great Lakes Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2018-08674 Filed 4-24-18; 8:45 am]
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months. Turnover of sea otters in the during a 1-year authorization period SUMMARY: In accordance with the
area would slightly increase the total beginning on or before June 15, 2018. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
number of animals exposed to project- Authorization for incidental take the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are
related noise; however, we expect that beyond this period would require a proposing a new information collection.
number would remain small. We find request for renewal. DATES: Interested persons are invited to
that the number of sea otters utilizing The final IHA would incorporate the submit comments on or before May 25,
the affected area is small relative to the mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 2018.
size of the population. requirements discussed in this proposal. ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
The Applicant would be responsible for this information collection request (ICR)
Impact on Subsistence
following those requirements. These to the Office of Management and
The subsistence provision of the authorizations would not allow the Budget’s Desk Officer for the
MMPA does not apply to southern sea intentional taking of sea otters. Department of the Interior by email at
otters. If the level of activity exceeded that OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
Endangered Species Act described by the Applicant, or the level facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
or nature of take exceeded those provide a copy of your comments to
The proposed activity will occur projected here, the Service would USGS, Information Collections
within the range of the southern sea reevaluate its findings. The Secretary Clearance Officer, 12201Sunrise Valley
otter, which is listed as threatened may modify, suspend, or revoke an Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
under the ESA. The Applicant has authorization if the findings are not email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov.
initiated interagency consultation under accurate or the conditions described in Please reference ‘OMB Information
section 7 of the ESA with the Service’s this notice are not being met. Collection 1028–NEW: Phragmites
Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office. We Adaptive Management Framework’ in
will complete intra-Service section 7 Request for Public Comments
the subject line of your comments.
consultation on our proposed issuance The Service requests interested FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
of the IHA. persons to submit comments and request additional information about
National Environmental Policy Act information concerning this proposed this ICR, contact Clint Moore, Research
(NEPA) IHA. Consistent with section Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological
101(a)(5)(D)(iii) of the MMPA, we are Survey, Georgia Cooperative Fish and
The impacts associated with the opening the comment period on this
project are described in a draft Wildlife Research Unit, Warnell School
proposed authorization for 30 days (see of Forestry and Natural Resources,
supplemental environmental assessment DATES).
(EA) prepared on behalf of the USCG. University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Before including your address, phone 30602 (mail); 706–542–1166 (phone); or
The Service will review the EA and number, email address, or other
decide either to adopt it or prepare its cmoore@usgs.gov (email). You may also
personal identifying information in your view the ICR at www.reginfo.gov/public/
own NEPA document before making a comment, you should be aware that
determination on the issuance of an do/PRAMain.
your entire comment—including your
IHA. Our analysis will be completed SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
personal identifying information—may
prior to issuance or denial of the IHA USGS, in accordance with the
be made publicly available at any time.
and will be available at http:// Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
While you can ask us in your comment
www.fws.gov/ventura/endangered/ provide the general public and other
to withhold your personal identifying
species/info/sso.html. Federal agencies with an opportunity to
information from public review, we
comment on proposed, revised, and
Government-to-Government Relations cannot guarantee that we will be able to
continuing collections of information.
With Native American Tribal do so.
This helps us assess the impact of our
Governments Dated: March 1, 2018. information collection requirements and
In accordance with the President’s Angela Picco, minimize the public’s reporting burden.
memorandum of April 29, 1994, Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest It also helps the public understand our
‘‘Government-to-Government Relations Region. information collection requirements and
with Native American Tribal [FR Doc. 2018–08559 Filed 4–24–18; 8:45 am] provide the requested data in the
Governments’’ (59 FR 22951), Executive BILLING CODE 4333–15–P desired format.
Order 13175, Secretarial Order 3206, the A Federal Register notice with a 60-
Department of the Interior’s manual at day public comment period soliciting
512 DM 2, and the Native American DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR comments on this collection of
Policy of the Service (January 20, 2016), information was published on
we readily acknowledge our U.S. Geological Survey November 28, 2017 (82 FR 56262). No
responsibility to communicate comments were received.
meaningfully with federally recognized [GR17ND00GCT2800; OMB Control Number We are again soliciting comments on
Tribes on a Government-to-Government 1028-New] the proposed ICR that is described
basis. We have evaluated possible below. We are especially interested in
Agency Information Collection public comment addressing the
effects on federally recognized Indian
Activities; Submission to the Office of following issues: (1) Is the collection
Tribes and have determined that there
Management and Budget for Review necessary to the proper functions of the
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are no effects.
and Approval; Phragmites Adaptive USGS; (2) will this information be
Proposed Authorization Management Framework processed and used in a timely manner;
The Service proposes to issue an IHA AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
for small numbers of sea otters harassed Interior. (4) how might the USGS enhance the
incidentally by the Applicant while the quality, utility, and clarity of the
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
Applicant is completing waterfront information to be collected; and (5) how
request for comment.
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of information collection; request for comment.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 25, 2018.
Contact		To request additional information about this ICR, contact Clint Moore, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (mail); 706-542-1166 (phone); or [email protected] (email). You may also view the ICR at www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain.
FR Citation		83 FR 18083

83 FR 18083 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORU.S. Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 80 (April 25, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey