Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on the Classification of Biogeomorphic Attributes and Imagery of Coastal Habitats, 2966-2967 [2015-00795]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
2966
Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 2015 / Notices
beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus
niveiventris), and Anastasia beach
mouse (Peromyscus polionotus phasma)
for the purposes of estimating
abundance, studying habitat selection
and movement behavior, and
conducting studies on genetic diversity
and connectivity in Alabama and
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE
53910B–0
Applicant: Teresa Porter, Salem College,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture with mist nets and
wing-punch) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), northern long-eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis), and gray bats
(Myotis grisescens) in the Piedmont
region of North Carolina for the
purposes of conducting presence/
absence surveys and analysis of antimicrobial skin proteins for white-nose
syndrome surveillance.
Permit Application Number: TE
37492B–0
Applicant: Anthony Grow, Millington,
Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture with mist nets, band,
and radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), northern long-eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis), and gray bats
(Myotis grisescens) throughout these
species’ ranges for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys.
Permit Application Number: TE
102292–10
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Applicant: Jeremy Jackson, Jackson
Environmental Consulting Service,
Richmond, Kentucky
The applicant requests renewal and
an amendment to his current permit to
expand the location of authorized
activities for the Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens),
and Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)
to include the states of Mississippi and
Georgia, and to authorize take (enter
hibernacula, salvage dead bats, capture
with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, band, radio tag, light-tag,
collect hair samples, wing-punch, and
selectively euthanize for white-nose
syndrome testing) of northern longeared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for
recovery-related research throughout the
species’ range.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:50 Jan 20, 2015
Jkt 235001
Permit Application Number: TE
009638–10
Applicant: Timothy Compton,
Appalachian Technical Services, Wise,
Virginia
The applicant requests an amendment
to his current permit to authorize take
(capture with mist nets or harp traps,
handle, identify, band, and radio tag) of
northern long-eared bats (Myotis
septentrionalis) and to authorize take
(hand-seining, netting, and
electroshocking) of the duskytail darter
(Etheostoma percnurum) and
Cumberland darter (Etheostoma
susanae) for presence/absence surveys
throughout the species’ ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE
697819–4
Applicant: Leopoldo Miranda, Assistant
Regional Director–Ecological Services,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta,
Georgia
The applicant requests an amendment
to his current permit to authorize all
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
biological staff, official volunteers, and
designated agents of the Service in the
Southeast Region (Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands) to
take or remove and reduce to possession
all listed, proposed, and candidate
species in the Southeast Region to
enhance propagation or survival or
conduct scientific research aimed at the
conservation of the species in
accordance with the mission of the
Service to promote recovery of
endangered and threatened species and
all other applicable laws and
regulations.
Permit Application Number: TE
077175–3
Applicant: Troy Best, Auburn
University, Auburn, Alabama
The applicant requests renewal and
an amendment to his current permit to
authorize take (enter hibernacula,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist
nets or harp traps, handle, identify,
band, radio tag, light-tag, collect hair
samples, wing-punch, and selectively
euthanize for white-nose syndrome
testing) of northern long-eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis) for recoveryrelated research in Alabama.
PO 00000
Frm 00055
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Dated: January 13, 2015.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Acting Deputy Regional Director, Southeast
Region.
[FR Doc. 2015–00855 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX14LQ00DXG0200]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments on
the Classification of Biogeomorphic
Attributes and Imagery of Coastal
Habitats
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection, classification of
biogeomorphic attributes and imagery of
coastal habitats.
AGENCY:
We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) are notifying the public that we
have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) the
information collection request (ICR)
described below. To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
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 ICR.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
on this ICR are considered, OMB must
receive them on or before February 20,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written
comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, via email:
(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or
by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission with ‘OMB Control Number
1028—NEW Classification of
biogeomorphic attributes and imagery of
coastal habitats’. Please also forward a
copy of your comments and suggestions
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7195 (fax);
or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email).
Please reference ‘OMB Information
Collection 1028—NEW: Classification of
biogeomorphic attributes and imagery of
coastal habitats’ in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E.
Robert Thieler, Woods Hole Coastal and
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\21JAN1.SGM
21JAN1
Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 2015 / Notices
Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological
Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd., Woods
Hole, MA 02543 (mail); 508–457–2350
(phone); or rthieler@usgs.gov (email).
You may also find information about
this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
I. Abstract
The information collection will be
done by trained and vetted personnel to
record information about habitats on
coastal beaches and the environment
surrounding them. It will collect
geographic location information, date
and time of observation, site
identification information, photographic
images, and includes a simple
biogeomorphic landscape classification
of geomorphologic and vegetation
characteristics surrounding nest sites.
Federal and non-federal partners are the
targeted users, Personally Identifiable
Information (PII) will not be collected.
The data collected will be used as
input into research models of habitat
utilization by beach-dependent
species—primarily shorebirds. Model
outputs will be used to understand
habitat availability and utilization in the
future as the coast evolves in response
to climate and sea-level change. This
information can be used to inform land
and species management decisions.
The USGS office leading the program
is the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine
Science Center, in collaboration with
the USGS Center for Integrated Data
Analytics, and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028—NEW.
Title: Classification of biogeomorphic
attributes and imagery of coastal
habitats.
Type of Request: Approval of new
information collection.
Respondent Obligation: None
(participation is voluntary).
Frequency of Collection: Data will be
collected on an occasional basis,
typically during the active growing and
breeding season (May–September).
Description of Respondents:
Employees of non-governmental
organizations, non-federal cooperators/
collaborators (e.g., academic scientists,
resource managers), State, or local
entities (state agencies, counties, towns).
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: There will be 100 new
training responses with 4000
observation responses.
Estimated Time per Response: We
estimate that training will require 20
minutes per person one time. Recording
observations will take 5 minutes per
person at each site.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:50 Jan 20, 2015
Jkt 235001
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 364.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency 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.
Comments: On September 12, 2014,
we published a Federal Register notice
(79 FR 54742) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval and soliciting comments. The
comment period closed on November
12, 2014. We received no comments.
III. Request for Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this ICR as to: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) how to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) how to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this notice are a matter
of public record. Before including your
personal mailing address, phone
number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment, including
your personally identifiable
information, may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask
the OMB in your comment to withhold
your personal identifying information
from public review, we cannot
guarantee that it will be done.
Walter A. Barnhardt,
Director, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine
Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2015–00795 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P
PO 00000
Frm 00056
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
2967
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[14XL LLIDI01000.L12320000.AL0000.
LVRDID130000 241A 4500073664]
Proposed Information Collection, OMB
Control Number 1004–XXXX
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) will ask the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. In compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
we invite the general public and other
Federal agencies 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 valid OMB control number.
DATES: Please submit your comments on
this IC by March 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments by mail, fax, or electronic
mail. Mail: U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
1849 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Jean Sonneman at (202) 912–
7102. Electronic mail: jesonnem@
blm.gov. Regardless of the form of your
comments, please indicate ‘‘Attention:
1004–XXXX.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shannon Bassista, Upper Snake Field
Office, at (208) 524–7552 (commercial
or FTS) or email at sbassista@blm.gov.
Persons who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
800–877–8339 to contact Mrs. Bassista.
The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, to leave a message for Mrs.
Bassista. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours. You may also
contact Mrs. Bassista to obtain a copy,
at no cost, of the regulations that
authorize this collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The Department of the Interior, BLM,
is requesting OMB approval to collect
information from visitors to the St.
Anthony Sand Dunes (SASD) planning
area, located in eastern Idaho on public
lands administered under the Medicine
Lodge Resource Management Plan
(RMP). The information collected will
determine changes in visitor
characteristics, including demographics,
usage, user conflicts and perspectives
toward management programs and
E:\FR\FM\21JAN1.SGM
21JAN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2966-2967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00795]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX14LQ00DXG0200]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on
the Classification of Biogeomorphic Attributes and Imagery of Coastal
Habitats
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information collection, classification of
biogeomorphic attributes and imagery of coastal habitats.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that
we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the
information collection request (ICR) described below. To comply with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 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 ICR.
DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, OMB
must receive them on or before February 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior, via email:
(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify
your submission with `OMB Control Number 1028--NEW Classification of
biogeomorphic attributes and imagery of coastal habitats'. Please also
forward a copy of your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192
(mail); (703) 648-7195 (fax); or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email).
Please reference `OMB Information Collection 1028--NEW: Classification
of biogeomorphic attributes and imagery of coastal habitats' in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E. Robert Thieler, Woods Hole Coastal
and
[[Page 2967]]
Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd.,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 (mail); 508-457-2350 (phone); or rthieler@usgs.gov
(email). You may also find information about this ICR at
www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The information collection will be done by trained and vetted
personnel to record information about habitats on coastal beaches and
the environment surrounding them. It will collect geographic location
information, date and time of observation, site identification
information, photographic images, and includes a simple biogeomorphic
landscape classification of geomorphologic and vegetation
characteristics surrounding nest sites. Federal and non-federal
partners are the targeted users, Personally Identifiable Information
(PII) will not be collected.
The data collected will be used as input into research models of
habitat utilization by beach-dependent species--primarily shorebirds.
Model outputs will be used to understand habitat availability and
utilization in the future as the coast evolves in response to climate
and sea-level change. This information can be used to inform land and
species management decisions.
The USGS office leading the program is the Woods Hole Coastal and
Marine Science Center, in collaboration with the USGS Center for
Integrated Data Analytics, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028--NEW.
Title: Classification of biogeomorphic attributes and imagery of
coastal habitats.
Type of Request: Approval of new information collection.
Respondent Obligation: None (participation is voluntary).
Frequency of Collection: Data will be collected on an occasional
basis, typically during the active growing and breeding season (May-
September).
Description of Respondents: Employees of non-governmental
organizations, non-federal cooperators/collaborators (e.g., academic
scientists, resource managers), State, or local entities (state
agencies, counties, towns).
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: There will be 100 new
training responses with 4000 observation responses.
Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that training will require
20 minutes per person one time. Recording observations will take 5
minutes per person at each site.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 364.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden:
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection
of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
provides that an agency 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.
Comments: On September 12, 2014, we published a Federal Register
notice (79 FR 54742) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB
for approval and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on
November 12, 2014. We received no comments.
III. Request for Comments
We again invite comments concerning this ICR as to: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b)
the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) how to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize
the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Please note that comments submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask the OMB in your
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Walter A. Barnhardt,
Director, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-00795 Filed 1-20-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4311-AM-P
