83 FR 64150 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Efficacy of Oak Savanna Restoration History Information Request
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 239 (December 13, 2018)
Geological Survey
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 239 (December 13, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-26983 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 239 (Thursday, December 13, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 64150] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-26983] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Geological Survey [GR18NDOOGQ44100 OMB Control Number 1028--NEW] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Efficacy of Oak Savanna Restoration History Information Request 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 a new information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 14, 2019. 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 by mail to USGS, 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-- NEW in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Noel B. Pavlovic by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (219) 926-8336 X428. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USGS, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, provides 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 4/25/2018 (FR 2018-08678). We received one comment. The comment did not address the issue of requesting information from land managers about multiple oak savanna management techniques. 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 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: Managers from sites where we will have collected vegetation data will be contacted for information about management activities. The information will be used by the Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs and research assistant(s) to generate a history of management database for all the sites and treatments sampled. Most sites will include three or four subsites as indicated by these treatment types: Control, burned, thinned, and/or burned and thinned. The data table will include site name and subsite treatment types as identification without any manager's name, title or contact information, since this latter information is irrelevant to the analysis. The data table of management history will be used to relate to the condition and status of the groundlayer vegetation, as expressed in variables such as species richness, species turnover, composition through ordination and other statistical methods including structural equation modeling. Results of analyses may include site names and treatment types, but no specific manager information will be retained or relevant to the results. Title of Collection: Efficacy of Oak Savanna Restoration History Information Request. OMB Control Number: 1028--NEW. Form Number: None. Type of Review: New. Respondents/Affected Public: State property managers; local property managers; and private land managers. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 30. Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1 hour. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 30. Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: One time, sometimes twice for clarification. Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $0. 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.). Shonnie Fearon, Acting Director, Great Lakes Science Center. [FR Doc. 2018-26983 Filed 12-12-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4338-11-P
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• Determine facility and program to the Office of Management and publicly available at any time. While
needs and budgets based on user Budget’s Desk Officer for the you may ask us in your comment to
demand for resources. Department of the Interior by email at withhold your personal identifying
Title of Collection: National Wildlife OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via information from public review, we
Refuge Visitor Check-In Permit and Use facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please cannot guarantee that we will be able to
Report. provide a copy of your comments by do so.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0153. mail to USGS, Information Collections Abstract: Managers from sites where
Form Number: 3–2405. Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley we will have collected vegetation data
Type of Review: Extension of a Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by will be contacted for information about
currently approved collection. email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov. management activities. The information
Respondents/Affected Public: Please reference OMB Control Number will be used by the Principal
Individuals who visit national wildlife 1028—NEW in the subject line of your Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs and
refuges. comments. research assistant(s) to generate a
Total Estimated Number of Annual history of management database for all
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
Respondents: 650,000. the sites and treatments sampled. Most
Total Estimated Number of Annual request additional information about
this ICR, contact Noel B. Pavlovic by sites will include three or four subsites
Responses: 650,000. as indicated by these treatment types:
Estimated Completion Time per email at npavlovic@usgs.gov, or by
telephone at (219) 926–8336 X428. You Control, burned, thinned, and/or burned
Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual may also view the ICR at http:// and thinned. The data table will include
Burden Hours: 54,167. www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. site name and subsite treatment types as
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The identification without any manager’s
Obtain or Retain a Benefit. USGS, in accordance with the name, title or contact information, since
Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this latter information is irrelevant to
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour provides the general public and other the analysis. The data table of
Burden Cost: None. Federal agencies with an opportunity to management history will be used to
An agency may not conduct or comment on proposed, revised, and relate to the condition and status of the
sponsor and a person is not required to continuing collections of information. groundlayer vegetation, as expressed in
respond to a collection of information This helps us assess the impact of our variables such as species richness,
unless it displays a currently valid OMB information collection requirements and species turnover, composition through
control number. minimize the public’s reporting burden. ordination and other statistical methods
The authority for this action is the It also helps the public understand our including structural equation modeling.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 information collection requirements and Results of analyses may include site
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). provide the requested data in the names and treatment types, but no
Dated: December 10, 2018. desired format. specific manager information will be
A Federal Register notice with a 60- retained or relevant to the results.
Madonna Baucum,
day public comment period soliciting Title of Collection: Efficacy of Oak
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Savanna Restoration History
Fish and Wildlife Service. comments on this collection of
information was published on 4/25/ Information Request.
[FR Doc. 2018–26991 Filed 12–12–18; 8:45 am]
2018 (FR 2018–08678). We received one OMB Control Number: 1028—NEW.
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comment. The comment did not address Form Number: None.
the issue of requesting information from Type of Review: New.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR land managers about multiple oak Respondents/Affected Public: State
savanna management techniques. property managers; local property
Geological Survey We are again soliciting comments on managers; and private land managers.
the proposed ICR that is described Total Estimated Number of Annual
[GR18NDOOGQ44100 OMB Control Number Respondents: 30.
below. We are especially interested in
1028—NEW]
public comment addressing the Estimated Completion Time per
Agency Information Collection following issues: (1) Is the collection Response: 1 hour.
Activities; Submission to the Office of necessary to the proper functions of the Total Estimated Number of Annual
Management and Budget for Review USGS; (2) will this information be Burden Hours: 30.
and Approval; Efficacy of Oak Savanna processed and used in a timely manner; Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Restoration History Information (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; Frequency of Collection: One time,
Request (4) how might the USGS enhance the sometimes twice for clarification.
quality, utility, and clarity of the Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, information to be collected; and (5) how Burden Cost: $0.
Interior. might the USGS minimize the burden of An agency may not conduct or
ACTION: Notice of information collection; this collection on the respondents, sponsor and a person is not required to
request for comment. including through the use of respond to a collection of information
information technology. unless it displays a currently valid OMB
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comments that you submit in control number.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the response to this notice are a matter of The authority for this action is the
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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is public record. Before including your Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
proposing a new information collection. address, phone number, email address, U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to or other personal identifying
submit comments on or before January information in your comment, you Shonnie Fearon,
14, 2019. should be aware that your entire Acting Director, Great Lakes Science Center.
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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 January 14, 2019. | |
| Contact | To request additional information about this ICR, contact Noel B. Pavlovic by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (219) 926-8336 X428. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. | |
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