83 FR 54772 - Agency Information Collection Activities; USA National Phenology Network-The Nature's Notebook Plant and Animal Observing Program
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 211 (October 31, 2018)
Geological Survey
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 211 (October 31, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-23824 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 54772-54773] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-23824] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Geological Survey [GX14BA02EEW0200; OMB Control Number 1028-0103] Agency Information Collection Activities; USA National Phenology Network--The Nature's Notebook Plant and Animal Observing Program AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information collection (IC). DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 31, 2018. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection request (ICR) by mail to the U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1028-0103 in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Jake F. Weltzin by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 520-626-3821. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Geological Survey, 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. We are 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 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 USA-NPN is a program sponsored by the USGS that uses standardized forms for tracking plant [[Page 54773]] and animal activity as part of a project called Nature's Notebook. The Nature's Notebook forms are used to record phenology (e.g., timing of leafing or flowering of plants and reproduction or migration of animals) as part of a nationwide effort to understand and predict how plants and animals respond to environmental variation and changes in weather and climate. Contemporary data collected through Nature's Notebook are quality-checked, described and made publicly available; data are used to inform decision-making in a variety of contexts, including agriculture, drought monitoring, and wildfire risk assessment. Phenological information is also critical for the management of wildlife, invasive species, and agricultural pests, and for understanding and managing risks to human health and welfare, including allergies, asthma, and vector-borne diseases. Participants may contribute phenology information to Nature's Notebook through a browser-based web application or via mobile applications for iPhone and Android operating systems, meeting GPEA and Privacy Act requirements. The web application interface consists several components: User registration, a searchable list of 1,260 plant and animal species which can be observed; a ``profile'' for each species that contains information about the species including its description and the appropriate monitoring protocols; a series of interfaces for registering as an observer, registering a site, registering plants and animals at a site, generating datasheets to take to the field, and a data entry page that mimics the datasheets. Title of Collection: USA NATIONAL PHENOLOGY NETWORK--THE NATURE'S NOTEBOOK PLANT AND ANIMAL OBSERVING PROGRAM OMB Control Number: 1028-0103. Form Number: None. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Members of the public, registered with Nature's Notebook, state Cooperative Extension employees and tribal members. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 7,581. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,093,314. Estimated Completion Time per Response: When joining the program, responders spend 13 minutes each to register and read guidelines and 83 minutes to watch all training videos. After that responders may spend about 2 minutes per record to observe and submit phenophase status record. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 138,857. Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: On occasion; depends on the seasonal activity of plants and animals. Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $11,484. Table--Annual Responses and Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Response type responses Completion time per response Annual burden (projected) (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registrations.............................. 7,581 13 minutes (3 minutes to register + 1,643 10 minutes to read guidelines). Training videos............................ 758 83 minutes (to watch entire set of 1,049 videos). Observation records........................ 4,084,975 2 minutes (includes observation and 136,166 reporting time). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total.................................. 4,093,314 ................................... 138,857 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table--Annual Non-Hour Burden Costs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of respondents Non-hour Cost per unit expected to burden cost use ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clipboard....................................................... $2.23 4,245 $9,467 Pencils......................................................... 0.10 4,245 425 Flags........................................................... 0.05 1,516 76 Markers......................................................... 0.10 1,516 152 Stakes.......................................................... 0.30 1,516 455 Tags............................................................ 0.30 1,516 455 Popsicle Sticks................................................. 0.30 1,516 455 Average Marking Material Cost................................... 0.19 .............. .............. Cost per Response........................................... 2.52 .............. .............. Total Non-Hour Burden Cost.................................. .............. .............. 11,484 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 authorities for this action are the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). Jake Weltzin, Program Manager, Status & Trends Program. [FR Doc. 2018-23824 Filed 10-30-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4338-11-P
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Alternatives Implementation of this alternative DATES: Interested persons are invited to
We analyzed three alternatives in the would involve the excavation of submit comments on or before
final EIS, including the no action approximately 370,000 cubic yards of December 31, 2018.
alternative and two action alternatives, material from the Otay River Site, of ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
for restoring the two areas on the San which approximately 310,000 cubic information collection request (ICR) by
Diego Bay NWR that comprise the yards of this material would be mail to the U.S. Geological Survey,
restoration project. In addition to a no- transported to the Pond 15 Site for Information Collections Clearance
action alternative, the action beneficial use in creating tidal Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS
alternatives include an intertidal elevations that would support the 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to
alternative and a subtidal alternative. desired intertidal habitats and gs-info_collections@usgs.gov. Please
improving levees to separate Pond 15 reference OMB Control Number 1028–
Alternative B: Intertidal Alternative from the remaining active solar salt 0103 in the subject line of your
(Selected Alternative) operation. comments.
The Intertidal Alternative (Alternative The combination of the wetlands FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
B) proposes to lower the elevation and created at the Otay River Floodplain request additional information about
re-contour the Otay River Floodplain Site and Pond 15 Site under this this ICR, contact Jake F. Weltzin by
Site to create approximately 30 acres of alternative would also provide sufficient email at jweltzin@usgs.gov, or by
tidally influenced habitat consisting of mitigation credit to meet the telephone at 520–626–3821.
approximately 5 acres of intertidal Commission’s permit requirements.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
mudflat and 25 acres of intertidal salt Selected Alternative U.S. Geological Survey, in accordance
marsh habitat, 1 acre of transitional The ROD identifies the intertidal with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
habitat and high tide refugia, and 4 alternative (Alternative B) as the 1995, provide the general public and
acres of upland habitat. selected alternative. This alternative other Federal agencies with an
Approximately 320,000 cubic yards of was also identified as the opportunity to comment on proposed,
soil would be excavated from the Otay environmentally preferred alternative in revised, and continuing collections of
River Floodplain Site to achieve the final EIS. The basis for the decision, information. This helps us assess the
elevations suitable for sustaining descriptions of the alternatives impact of our information collection
intertidal wetlands. The majority of the considered, an overview of the measures requirements and minimize the public’s
excavated material, approximately to be implemented to avoid and reporting burden. It also helps the
260,000 cubic yards, would be minimize environmental effects, and a public understand our information
transported to Pond 15 to be beneficially summary of the public involvement collection requirements and provide the
used as fill within the Pond 15 Site, as process are provided in the ROD. requested data in the desired format.
well as to reinforce existing levees We are soliciting comments on the
around the pond. Pond 15 would be Authority proposed ICR that is described below.
filled and contoured to achieve We publish this notice under the We are especially interested in public
elevations required to support authority of the National Environmental comment addressing the following
approximately 10 acres of subtidal Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
habitat, 18 acres of intertidal mudflat, the Department of the Interior’s the proper functions of the USGS; (2)
57 acres of intertidal salt marsh habitat, implementing regulations in title 43 of will this information be processed and
1.6 acres of transitional habitat and high the Code of Federal Regulations (43 CFR used in a timely manner; (3) is the
tide refugia, and 4 acres of upland part 46). estimate of burden accurate; (4) how
habitat. might the USGS enhance the quality,
The combination of the wetlands Jody Holzworth, utility, and clarity of the information to
created at the Otay River Floodplain Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region. be collected; and (5) how might the
Site and Pond 15 Site under this [FR Doc. 2018–23823 Filed 10–30–18; 8:45 am] USGS minimize the burden of this
alternative would be consistent with the BILLING CODE 4333–15–P collection on the respondents, including
intent of the CCP and would provide through the use of information
sufficient mitigation credit to meet technology.
Poseidon’s Coastal Development Permit DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Comments that you submit in
requirements. response to this notice are a matter of
Geological Survey public record. We will include or
Alternative C: Subtidal Alternative
[GX14BA02EEW0200; OMB Control Number summarize each comment in our request
The Subtidal Alternative (Alternative 1028–0103] to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
C), which would include a subtidal including your address, phone number,
channel within the Otay River Agency Information Collection email address, or other personal
Floodplain Site, would result in the Activities; USA National Phenology identifying information in your
restoration of approximately 4.5 acres of Network—The Nature’s Notebook Plant comment, you should be aware that
subtidal habitat, 6.5 acres of intertidal and Animal Observing Program your entire comment—including your
mudflat, 18 acres of intertidal salt marsh AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, personal identifying information—may
habitat, and 4 acres of upland habitat. Interior. be made publicly available at any time.
Within the Pond 15 Site, tidally While you may ask us in your comment
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ACTION: Notice of information collection;
influenced habitat would be similar to request for comment. to withhold your personal identifying
that proposed under Alternative B, with information from public review, we
approximately 10 acres of subtidal SUMMARY: In accordance with the cannot guarantee that we will be able to
habitat, 16 acres of intertidal mudflat, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the do so.
59 acres of intertidal salt marsh, 2 acres U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is Abstract: The USA–NPN is a program
of high-tide refugia, and 4 acres of proposing to renew an information sponsored by the USGS that uses
upland habitat. collection (IC). standardized forms for tracking plant
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and animal activity as part of a project Notebook through a browser-based web Respondents/Affected Public:
called Nature’s Notebook. The Nature’s application or via mobile applications Members of the public, registered with
Notebook forms are used to record for iPhone and Android operating Nature’s Notebook, state Cooperative
phenology (e.g., timing of leafing or systems, meeting GPEA and Privacy Act Extension employees and tribal
flowering of plants and reproduction or requirements. The web application members.
migration of animals) as part of a interface consists several components: Total Estimated Number of Annual
nationwide effort to understand and User registration, a searchable list of Respondents: 7,581.
predict how plants and animals respond 1,260 plant and animal species which Total Estimated Number of Annual
to environmental variation and changes can be observed; a ‘‘profile’’ for each Responses: 4,093,314.
in weather and climate. Contemporary species that contains information about Estimated Completion Time per
data collected through Nature’s the species including its description and Response: When joining the program,
Notebook are quality-checked, described the appropriate monitoring protocols; a responders spend 13 minutes each to
and made publicly available; data are series of interfaces for registering as an register and read guidelines and 83
used to inform decision-making in a observer, registering a site, registering minutes to watch all training videos.
variety of contexts, including plants and animals at a site, generating After that responders may spend about
agriculture, drought monitoring, and datasheets to take to the field, and a data 2 minutes per record to observe and
wildfire risk assessment. Phenological entry page that mimics the datasheets. submit phenophase status record.
information is also critical for the Title of Collection: USA NATIONAL Total Estimated Number of Annual
management of wildlife, invasive PHENOLOGY NETWORK—THE Burden Hours: 138,857.
species, and agricultural pests, and for NATURE’S NOTEBOOK PLANT AND Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
understanding and managing risks to ANIMAL OBSERVING PROGRAM Frequency of Collection: On occasion;
human health and welfare, including OMB Control Number: 1028–0103. depends on the seasonal activity of
allergies, asthma, and vector-borne Form Number: None. plants and animals.
diseases. Participants may contribute Type of Review: Extension of a Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
phenology information to Nature’s currently approved collection. Burden Cost: $11,484.
TABLE—ANNUAL RESPONSES AND BURDEN HOURS
Annual Completion time per response Annual burden
Response type responses (minutes) (hours)
(projected)
Registrations .................................... 7,581 13 minutes (3 minutes to register + 10 minutes to read guidelines) ........ 1,643
Training videos ................................ 758 83 minutes (to watch entire set of videos) ................................................ 1,049
Observation records ........................ 4,084,975 2 minutes (includes observation and reporting time) ................................ 136,166
Total .......................................... 4,093,314 .................................................................................................................... 138,857
TABLE—ANNUAL NON-HOUR BURDEN COSTS
Number of
respondents Non-hour
Cost per unit expected burden cost
to use
Clipboard ...................................................................................................................................... $2.23 4,245 $9,467
Pencils ......................................................................................................................................... 0.10 4,245 425
Flags ............................................................................................................................................ 0.05 1,516 76
Markers ........................................................................................................................................ 0.10 1,516 152
Stakes .......................................................................................................................................... 0.30 1,516 455
Tags ............................................................................................................................................. 0.30 1,516 455
Popsicle Sticks ............................................................................................................................. 0.30 1,516 455
Average Marking Material Cost ................................................................................................... 0.19 ........................ ........................
Cost per Response ............................................................................................................... 2.52 ........................ ........................
Total Non-Hour Burden Cost ................................................................................................ ........................ ........................ 11,484
An agency may not conduct or DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 60-Day notice and request for
ACTION:
sponsor and a person is not required to comments.
respond to a collection of information Bureau of Land Management
unless it displays a currently valid OMB SUMMARY: In compliance with the
control number. [LLWO260000 L10600000.PC0000; OMB Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
The authorities for this action are the Control Number 1004–0042] Land Management (BLM) is proposing
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 an early revision to an information
Agency Information Collection collection.
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Activities; Protection, Management,
Jake Weltzin, and Control of Wild Horses and Burros DATES: Interested persons are invited to
Program Manager, Status & Trends Program. submit comments on or before
[FR Doc. 2018–23824 Filed 10–30–18; 8:45 am] AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, December 31, 2018.
Interior.
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