Proposed Information Collection; National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, 2232-2233 [2016-00713]

Download as PDF 2232 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 10 / Friday, January 15, 2016 / Notices status reviews and accompanying 12month findings and to assist with prioritizing actions in order to develop the National Listing Workplan for each fiscal year. Below we make determinations provided for under several Executive Orders and statutes that may apply where a Federal action is not a binding rule or regulation. to Tribes and other stakeholders in the prioritization of our upcoming workload. We will continue to work with Tribes as we finalize this draft methodology and obtain the information necessary to accurately bin specific actions and develop our National Listing Workplan. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) We are analyzing this draft methodology in accordance with the criteria of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Department of the Interior regulations on Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (43 CFR 46.10–46.450), and the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1–6 and 8). We invite the public to comment on the extent to which this draft methodology may have a significant impact on the human environment, or fall within one of the categorical exclusions for actions that have no individual or cumulative effect on the quality of the human environment. We will complete our analysis, in compliance with NEPA, before finalizing this methodology. The primary authors of this draft policy are the staff members of the Division of Conservation and Classification, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 This draft methodology does not contain any collections of information that require approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This draft methodology will not impose recordkeeping or reporting requirements on State or local governments, individuals, businesses, or organizations. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Government-to-Government Relationship With Tribes In accordance with the President’s memorandum of April 29, 1994, ‘‘Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments’’ (59 FR 22951), Executive Order 13175 ‘‘Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments,’’ and the Department of the Interior Manual at 512 DM 2, and the Department of Commerce American Indian and Alaska Native Policy (March 30, 1995), we have considered possible effects on federally recognized Indian tribes and have preliminarily determined that there are no potential adverse effects of issuing this draft methodology. Our intent with this draft methodology is to provide transparency VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:01 Jan 14, 2016 Jkt 238001 Authors Authority The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Dated: January 6, 2016. Stephen Guertin, Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2016–00616 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–NER–19995, PPNEHATUC0, PPMRSCR1Y.CU0000 (166)] Proposed Information Collection; National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program 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 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 agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2016. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. DATES: To ensure we are able to consider your comments, we must receive them on or before March 15, 2016. SUMMARY: Please send your comments on the ICR 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 ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). Please reference OMB Control Number ‘‘1024–0232, NPS National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom’’ in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Miller, National Manager, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, National Park Service, c/o Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, 2145 Key Wallace Drive, Cambridge, Maryland 21613; or via email at diane_miller@nps.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract Public Law 105–203 (National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Network to Freedom (Network). The Network is a collection of sites, facilities, and programs, both governmental and nongovernmental, around the United States. All entities must have a verifiable association with the historic Underground Railroad movement. The National Park Service administers the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The program coordinates preservation and education efforts Nationwide and integrates local historical places, museums, and interpretive programs associated with the Underground Railroad into a mosaic of community, regional, and national stories. Individuals; businesses; organizations; State, tribal and local governments; and Federal agencies that want to join the Network must complete an application form. The application and instructions are available on our Web site at https://www.nps.gov/ subjects/ugrr/index.htm. Respondents must (1) verify associations and characteristics through descriptive texts that are the result of historical research and (2) submit supporting documentation; e.g., copies of rare documents, photographs, and maps. Much of the information is submitted in electronic format and used to determine eligibility to become part of the Network. Upon approval by OMB of this extension request, the NPS will begin developing a HTML version of the 10– 946, ‘‘National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Application Form’’ on the Department of the Interior’s Enterprise Forms System (EFS) Web site. The EFS will consolidate all internal forms used by the Department and external forms used by the public into a centralized automated forms program. This will E:\FR\FM\15JAN1.SGM 15JAN1 2233 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 10 / Friday, January 15, 2016 / Notices increase efficiency and responsiveness through the centralization and automation of all Departmental forms. In addition, the forms process will be modernized through the implementation of a completely digital workflow, the integration of digital and electronic signatures, and the ability to utilize real-time workflow through the use of unified messaging. One of the principal components of the Network to Freedom Program is to validate the efforts of local and regional organizations, and to make it easier for them to share expertise and communicate with us and each other. The vehicle through which this can happen is for these local entities to become Network Partners. Partners of the Network to Freedom Program work alongside and often in cooperation with us to fulfill the program’s mission. Prospective partners must submit a letter with the following information: • Name and address of the agency, company or organization; • Name, address, and phone, fax, and email information of principal contact; • Abstract not to exceed 200 words describing the partner’s activity or mission statement; and • Brief description of the entity’s association to the Underground Railroad. II. Data OMB Number: 1024–0232. Number of respondents Activity Title: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. Form(s): NPS Form 10–946, ‘‘National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Application Form’’. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of information. Description of Respondents: Individuals; businesses; nonprofit organizations; and Federal, State, tribal, and local governments. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Number of responses Completion time per response (hours) Total annual burden hours Network Applications ....................................................................................... Partner Requests ............................................................................................. 35 2 35 2 25 .5 875 1 Totals ........................................................................................................ 37 37 26 876 Dated: January 11, 2016. Madonna L. Baucum, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service. Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES III. Comments We 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 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 to respondents, including use of automated information techniques or other forms of information technology. Please note that the comments submitted 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 it will be done. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:01 Jan 14, 2016 Jkt 238001 [FR Doc. 2016–00713 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–ADIR–PMSP–20103; PPWOIRADC1, PPMPSAS1Y.YP0000 (166)] Proposed Information Collection; Case Incident Report Request National Park Service, Interior. Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: We (National Park Service, NPS) 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 agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. 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 March 15, 2016. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Madonna L. Baucum, Information SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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—New Case Incident Report Request’’ in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this IC, contact Charis Wilson, National Park Service, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225–0287 (mail); (303) 969–2959 (phone), or charis_wilson@nps.gov (email). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The NPS maintains law enforcement incident reports in the Department of the Interior’s Incident and Management Reporting System (IMARS), which is a Privacy Act System of Records (DOI– 10). In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)), the NPS is barred from releasing copies of records contained within IMARS, including but not limited to motor vehicle accident reports, without the prior written request and/or consent of the individual to whom the record pertains unless authorized under appropriate routineuse exceptions. The NPS requires the submission of NPS Form 10–945, ‘‘Case Incident Report Request’’ in order to verify a requester’s identity and retrieve responsive records in order to respond E:\FR\FM\15JAN1.SGM 15JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2232-2233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00713]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NER-19995, PPNEHATUC0, PPMRSCR1Y.CU0000 (166)]


Proposed Information Collection; National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Program

AGENCY: National Park Service, 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 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 agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2016. 
We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond 
to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control 
number.

DATES: To ensure we are able to consider your comments, we must receive 
them on or before March 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments on the ICR 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 reference OMB Control 
Number ``1024-0232, NPS National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom'' in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Miller, National Manager, 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, National Park 
Service, c/o Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, 2145 Key Wallace 
Drive, Cambridge, Maryland 21613; or via email at diane_miller@nps.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Public Law 105-203 (National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom Act of 1998) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish the Network to Freedom (Network). The Network is a collection 
of sites, facilities, and programs, both governmental and 
nongovernmental, around the United States. All entities must have a 
verifiable association with the historic Underground Railroad movement. 
The National Park Service administers the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Program. The program coordinates preservation and 
education efforts Nationwide and integrates local historical places, 
museums, and interpretive programs associated with the Underground 
Railroad into a mosaic of community, regional, and national stories.
    Individuals; businesses; organizations; State, tribal and local 
governments; and Federal agencies that want to join the Network must 
complete an application form. The application and instructions are 
available on our Web site at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm. Respondents must (1) verify associations and characteristics 
through descriptive texts that are the result of historical research 
and (2) submit supporting documentation; e.g., copies of rare 
documents, photographs, and maps. Much of the information is submitted 
in electronic format and used to determine eligibility to become part 
of the Network.
    Upon approval by OMB of this extension request, the NPS will begin 
developing a HTML version of the 10-946, ``National Park Service 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Application Form'' on 
the Department of the Interior's Enterprise Forms System (EFS) Web 
site. The EFS will consolidate all internal forms used by the 
Department and external forms used by the public into a centralized 
automated forms program. This will

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increase efficiency and responsiveness through the centralization and 
automation of all Departmental forms. In addition, the forms process 
will be modernized through the implementation of a completely digital 
workflow, the integration of digital and electronic signatures, and the 
ability to utilize real-time workflow through the use of unified 
messaging.
    One of the principal components of the Network to Freedom Program 
is to validate the efforts of local and regional organizations, and to 
make it easier for them to share expertise and communicate with us and 
each other. The vehicle through which this can happen is for these 
local entities to become Network Partners. Partners of the Network to 
Freedom Program work alongside and often in cooperation with us to 
fulfill the program's mission. Prospective partners must submit a 
letter with the following information:
     Name and address of the agency, company or organization;
     Name, address, and phone, fax, and email information of 
principal contact;
     Abstract not to exceed 200 words describing the partner's 
activity or mission statement; and
     Brief description of the entity's association to the 
Underground Railroad.

II. Data

    OMB Number: 1024-0232.
    Title: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
    Form(s): NPS Form 10-946, ``National Park Service National 
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Application Form''.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals; businesses; nonprofit 
organizations; and Federal, State, tribal, and local governments.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                     Number of       Number of       time per      Total annual
                    Activity                        respondents      responses       response      burden hours
                                                                                      (hours)
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Network Applications............................              35              35              25             875
Partner Requests................................               2               2              .5               1
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals......................................              37              37              26             876
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.

III. Comments

    We 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 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 to respondents, including use 
of automated information techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Please note that the comments submitted 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 it will be done.

    Dated: January 11, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-00713 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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