Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Surveys, 30720-30721 [2015-13036]

Download as PDF Lhorne on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 30720 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 103 / Friday, May 29, 2015 / Notices Kevin Rim ACEC (4,557 Acres) • Relevant and Important Values: cultural, wildlife habitat. • Limitations on the Following Uses: oil and gas leasing, solid mineral leasing, mineral material sales, commercial wind energy development. • Other Restrictions: avoidance area for ROWs. Mountain Plover ACEC (24,762 Acres) • Relevant and Important Values: wildlife habitat. • Limitations on the Following Uses: oil and gas leasing, solid mineral leasing, mineral material sales, commercial wind energy development. • Other Restrictions: avoidance area for ROWs. Sweet Grass Hills ACEC (7,419 Acres) • Relevant and Important Values: historic, cultural. • Limitations on the Following Uses: oil and gas leasing, solid mineral leasing, mineral material sales, commercial wind energy development. • Other Restrictions: avoidance area for ROWs. Frenchman Breaks ACEC (42,020 Acres) • Relevant and Important Values: scenic, wildlife habitat, natural processes. • Limitations on the Following Uses: oil and gas leasing, solid mineral leasing, mineral material sales, commercial wind energy development. • Other Restrictions: avoidance area for ROWs. Malta Geological ACEC (6,153 Acres) • Relevant and Important Values: geologic, paleontological, natural processes. • Limitations on the Following Uses: oil and gas leasing, solid mineral leasing, mineral material sales, commercial wind energy development. • Other Restrictions: avoidance area for ROWs; personal collection of common fossils would not be allowed. Woody Island ACEC (32,869 Acres) • Relevant and Important Values: scenic, wildlife habitat. • Limitations on the Following Uses: oil and gas leasing, solid mineral leasing, mineral material sales, commercial wind energy development. • Other Restrictions: avoidance area for ROWs. Zortman/Landusky Mine Reclamation ACEC (2,682 Acres) • Relevant and Important Values: natural hazards, public safety. • Limitations on the Following Uses: commercial wind energy development. • Other Restrictions: avoidance area for ROWs, closed to all unauthorized vehicle use during reclamation activities. Two areas are being considered for designation as off-highway vehicle VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:17 May 28, 2015 Jkt 235001 (OHV) use areas. In the Proposed RMP, 40 acres in the Glasgow OHV area would remain open until an alternate site is located, and in the Fresno OHV area 125 acres would be designated as open to OHV use. The Hiline District Proposed RMP/ Final EIS is one of a total of 15 separate EISs that make up the BLM and Forest Service National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy. Greater-Sage Grouse habitat within the planning area consists of: • Priority Habitat Management Area (PHMA)—Areas identified as having the highest conservation value for maintaining sustainable Greater SageGrouse populations; include breeding, late brood-rearing, and winter concentration areas. • General Habitat Management Area (GHMA)—Areas of seasonal or yearround habitat outside of PHMA. Alternative E identifies 1,006,312 acres as Greater Sage-Grouse PHMAs and 426,355 acres as Grassland Bird/ Greater Sage-Grouse PHMAs. The latter areas have special management prescriptions to provide high-quality habitat for Greater Sage-Grouse and other sagebrush-dependent species. These PHMAs would be closed to solid mineral leasing, and oil and gas leasing would be subject to a no surface occupancy (NSO) and use stipulation with only limited exceptions, and no waivers or modifications. Both areas would be designated as exclusion areas for wind and solar energy ROWs, and avoidance areas for all other ROWs. The BLM and Forest Service, via the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) Management Zone Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Team, will develop a Regional Mitigation Strategy to guide the application of the mitigation hierarchy to address impacts within that Zone. The Regional Mitigation Strategy should consider any State-level greater sage-grouse mitigation guidance that is consistent with the requirements. The Regional Mitigation Strategy will be developed in a transparent manner, based on the best science available and standardized metrics. Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM regarding the Proposed RMP/Final EIS may be found in the ‘‘Dear Reader’’ Letter of the HiLine Proposed RMP/Final EIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. All protests must be in writing and mailed to the appropriate address, as set forth in the ADDRESSES section above. Emailed protests will not be accepted as valid protests unless the protesting party also provides the original letter by either regular or overnight mail postmarked by the close PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 of the protest period. Under these conditions, the BLM will consider the emailed protest as an advance copy and it will receive full consideration. If you wish to provide the BLM with such advance notification, please direct emails to protest@blm.gov. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware that your entire protest—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5. Jamie E. Connell, State Director, Montana/Dakotas. [FR Doc. 2015–12999 Filed 5–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NRSS–SSB–18382; PPWONRADE3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000 (155)] Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Surveys National Park Service (NPS), Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection (IC) described below. The National Park Service (NPS) sponsors public surveys to provide park managers with information needed for park planning, management, operations and evaluation of performance related to protecting park resources and meeting the needs of the public. In consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of the Interior (DOI), the NPS has developed a Programmatic Review and Clearance Process for NPS-sponsored public surveys. It significantly streamlines the information collection review process. To comply with 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. This IC is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2015. We may not conduct or sponsor SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29MYN1.SGM 29MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 103 / Friday, May 29, 2015 / Notices and a person is not required to respond to a collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: To ensure that your comments on this IC are considered, we must receive them on or before July 28, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please send your comments to Phadrea Ponds, Information Collections Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or phadrea_ ponds@nps.gov (email). Please reference ‘‘Information Collection 1024–0224— Programmatic Renewal’’ in the subject line. Bret Meldrum, Chief, Social Science Program, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525– 5596 (mail); Bret_Meldrum@nps.gov (email); or 970–267–7295 (phone). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: I. Abstract The Programmatic Clearance for NPSSponsored Surveys applies to surveys designed to furnish usable information to NPS managers and planners concerning park visitors, visitor services, potential park visitors, and residents of communities near parks. This information is intended to provide NPS managers with data that can be used to improve the quality and utility of agency programs, services, and planning efforts. Questions asked under the programmatic review process must show a clear tie to NPS management and planning needs. The programmatic review may only be used for noncontroversial surveys that are unlikely to attract or include topics of significant public interest in the programmatic review process. To qualify for the NPS generic programmatic review process, all information collections must be directly tied to an area managed by the NPS or research that will benefit NPS management efforts. All collections must be reviewed by the NPS and approved by OMB before the survey can be initiated. Lhorne on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES II. Data OMB Control Number: 1024–0224. Title: Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Surveys. Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: General Public (i.e. Park Visitors, potential visitors to parks, and residents of communities near park) and local, state and tribal governments. Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 150,000. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 50,000 hours. We estimate the public VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:17 May 28, 2015 Jkt 235001 reporting burden will average 20 minutes per response. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: None. III. Request For Comments We invite comments concerning this IC on: • Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; • The accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; • Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and • Ways to minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms 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 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: May 26, 2015. Debra Melton, Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 2015–13036 Filed 5–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–USPP–15826; PPWOUSPPS1, PPMPRPP02.Y00000 (155)] Proposed Information Collection; United States Park Police Application Forms National Park Service, Interior. Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: We (National Park 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 30721 agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on March 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. DATES: You must submit comments on or before July 28, 2015. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Madonna L. Baucum, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive (Room 2C114, Mail Stop 242), Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or madonna_ baucum@nps.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1024–0245’’ in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this IC, contact Pamela Blyth, United States Park Police, 1100 Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC 20242 (mail); or at pamela_blyth@nps.gov (email). Please reference ‘‘1024–0245 Revision’’ in your comments. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The United States Park Police (USPP) is a unit of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, with jurisdiction in all National Park Service areas and certain other Federal and State lands. The USPP are highly trained, professional police officers who prevent and detect criminal activity; conduct investigations; apprehend individuals suspected of committing offenses against Federal, State, and local laws; provide protection to the President of the United States and visiting dignitaries; and provide protective services to some of the most recognizable monuments and memorials in the world. Applicants for USPP officer positions must complete and pass a competitive written examination, an oral interview, a medical examination and psychological evaluation, and a battery of physical fitness and agility tests. As part of this application and screening process, the USPP uses the following forms: USPP Form (TBD) ‘‘Physician Consent Form’’ The USPP Form TBD ‘‘Physician Consent Form’’ is an optional form used by the applicant to obtain clearance by their personal physician to complete the PEB. The applicant’s personal physician uses this form to certify whether or not the applicant is cleared to participate in the Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB) and requests the following information E:\FR\FM\29MYN1.SGM 29MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30720-30721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13036]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-SSB-18382; PPWONRADE3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000 (155)]


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Programmatic 
Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Surveys

AGENCY: National Park Service (NPS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection (IC) described 
below. The National Park Service (NPS) sponsors public surveys to 
provide park managers with information needed for park planning, 
management, operations and evaluation of performance related to 
protecting park resources and meeting the needs of the public. In 
consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the 
Department of the Interior (DOI), the NPS has developed a Programmatic 
Review and Clearance Process for NPS-sponsored public surveys. It 
significantly streamlines the information collection review process. To 
comply with 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. This IC is scheduled to expire on October 31, 
2015. We may not conduct or sponsor

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and a person is not required to respond to a collection unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this IC are considered, we must 
receive them on or before July 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments to Phadrea Ponds, Information 
Collections Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, 
Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (email). Please 
reference ``Information Collection 1024-0224--Programmatic Renewal'' in 
the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bret Meldrum, Chief, Social Science 
Program, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 
80525-5596 (mail); Bret_Meldrum@nps.gov (email); or 970-267-7295 
(phone).

I. Abstract

    The Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Surveys applies to 
surveys designed to furnish usable information to NPS managers and 
planners concerning park visitors, visitor services, potential park 
visitors, and residents of communities near parks. This information is 
intended to provide NPS managers with data that can be used to improve 
the quality and utility of agency programs, services, and planning 
efforts. Questions asked under the programmatic review process must 
show a clear tie to NPS management and planning needs. The programmatic 
review may only be used for non-controversial surveys that are unlikely 
to attract or include topics of significant public interest in the 
programmatic review process.
    To qualify for the NPS generic programmatic review process, all 
information collections must be directly tied to an area managed by the 
NPS or research that will benefit NPS management efforts. All 
collections must be reviewed by the NPS and approved by OMB before the 
survey can be initiated.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0224.
    Title: Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Surveys.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: General Public (i.e. Park Visitors, potential 
visitors to parks, and residents of communities near park) and local, 
state and tribal governments.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 150,000.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 50,000 hours. We estimate the public 
reporting burden will average 20 minutes per response.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
None.

III. Request For Comments

    We invite comments concerning this IC on:
     Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the 
information is useful;
     The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden on the respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms 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 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: May 26, 2015.
Debra Melton,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-13036 Filed 5-28-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4310-EH-P
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