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Lourdes Castro Ramırez,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Public and Indian Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–R–2015–N221; FXRS1263040000–
156–FF04R08000]
Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; National Wildlife
Refuge Visitor Check-In Permit and
Use Report
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on December 31,
2015. 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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before December 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov
(email). Please provide a copy of your
comments to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0153’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at
hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone). You may review the
ICR online at https://www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to review
Department of the Interior collections
under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018–0153.
Title: National Wildlife Refuge Visitor
Check-In Permit and Use Report.
Service Form Number: 3–2405.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals who visit national wildlife
refuges.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 650,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 650,000.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 54,167.
Abstract: The National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee), as
amended by the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of
1997, and the Refuge Recreation Act of
1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k–460k–4) govern
the administration and uses of national
wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. We are
authorized to allow public uses on lands
of the National Wildlife Refuge System,
including hunting, fishing, wildlife
observation, wildlife photography, and
environmental education and
interpretation, and other visitor uses,
when we find that the activities are
compatible and appropriate with the
purpose or purposes for which the
refuges were established.
We collect information on hunters
and anglers and other visitors to help us
protect refuge resources and administer
and evaluate the success of visitor
programs. Because of high demand and
limited resources, we often provide
visitor opportunities by permit, based
on dates, locations, or type of public
use. We may not allow all opportunities
on all refuges, and harvest information
differs for each refuge. We use FWS
Form 3–2405 (Self-Clearing Check-In
Permit) to collect this information. Not
all refuges will use the form, and some
refuges may collect the information in a
nonform format. We collect:
• Information on the visitor (name,
address, and contact information). We
use this information to identify the
visitor or driver/passengers of a vehicle
while on the refuge. Having this
information readily available is critical
in a search and rescue situation. We do
not maintain or record this information.
• Information on whether or not
hunters/anglers were successful
(number and type of harvest/caught).
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• Purpose of visit (hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, auto touring, birding,
hiking, boating/canoeing, visitor center,
special event, environmental education
class, volunteering, other recreation).
• Date of visit.
The above information is a vital tool
in meeting refuge objectives and
maintaining quality visitor experiences.
It will help us:
• Administer and monitor visitor
programs and facilities on refuges.
• Distribute visitor permits to ensure
safety of visitors.
• Ensure a quality visitor experience.
• Minimize resource disturbance,
manage healthy game populations, and
ensure the protection of fish and
wildlife species.
• Assist in Statewide wildlife
management and enforcement and
develop reliable estimates of the number
of all game fish and wildlife.
• Determine facility and program
needs and budgets.
Comments Received and Our Responses
On June 23, 2015, we published in the
Federal Register (80 FR 35969) a notice
of our intent to request that OMB renew
approval for this information collection.
In that notice, we solicited comments
for 60 days, ending on August 24, 2015.
We received one comment. The
commenter objected to the requirement
to sign in to enter a refuge and objected
to the use of taxpayer dollars to collect
this information. We use this
information to identify the visitor or
driver/passengers of a vehicle while on
the refuge. Having this information
readily available is critical in a search
and rescue situation. We have not made
any changes to our requirements, based
on this comment.
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Request for Public Comments
We again 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 our estimate 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 of the
collection of information on
respondents.
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
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should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask OMB or us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.
Dated: November 18, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015–29769 Filed 11–20–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX15NM00FU50100]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a revision of a
currently approved information
collection (1028–0094).
AGENCY:
We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 collection is
scheduled to expire on 03/31/2016.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before January 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
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) 648–7197 (fax);
or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email).
Please reference ‘Information Collection
1028–0094, Energy Cooperatives to
Support the National Coal Resources
Data System (NCRDS) in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph East, Eastern Energy Resources
Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop
956, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703–648–
6450 (phone); or jeast@usgs.gov (email).
You may also find information about
this IC at www.reginfo.gov.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The primary objective of the National
Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) is
to advance the understanding of the
energy endowment of the United States
(U.S.) by gathering and organizing
digital geologic information related to
coal, coal bed gas, shale gas,
conventional and unconventional oil
and gas, geothermal, and other energy
resources and related information
regarding these resources, along with
environmental impacts from using these
resources. These data are needed to
support regional or national assessments
concerning energy resources. Requesting
external cooperation is a way for
NCRDS to collect energy data and
perform research and analyses on the
characterization of geologic material,
and obtain other information (including
geophysical or seismic data, sample
collection for generation of thermal
maturity data) that can be used in
energy resource assessments and related
studies.
The USGS will issue a call for
proposals to support researchers from
State Geological Surveys and associated
accredited universities that can provide
geologic data to support NCRDS and
other energy assessment projects being
conducted by the USGS.
Data submitted to NCRDS by external
cooperators constitute more than twothirds of the USGS point-source
stratigraphic database (USTRAT) on
coal occurrence. In 2015, NCRDS
supported 21 projects in 19 States. This
program is conducted under various
authorities, including 30 U.S.C. 208–1,
42 U.S.C. 15801, and 43 U.S.C. 31 et
seq. This collection will consist of
applications, proposals and reports
(annual and final).
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0094.
Form Number: Various if many
different forms or screen shots,
otherwise provide the form number.
Title: Energy Cooperatives to Support
the National Coal Resources Data
System (NCRDS).
Type of Request: Renewal of existing
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals; State,
local and tribal governments; State
Geological Surveys, universities, and
businesses.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Frequency of
Collection: One time every 5 years for
applications and final reports; annually
for progress reports.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 21.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-R-2015-N221; FXRS1263040000-156-FF04R08000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Check-
In Permit and Use Report
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2015. 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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before December 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
(mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0153'' in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at https://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018-0153.
Title: National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Check-In Permit and Use
Report.
Service Form Number: 3-2405.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals who visit national wildlife
refuges.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 650,000.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 650,000.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 54,167.
Abstract: The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), as amended by the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and the Refuge Recreation Act of
1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k-460k-4) govern the administration and uses of
national wildlife refuges and wetland management districts. We are
authorized to allow public uses on lands of the National Wildlife
Refuge System, including hunting, fishing, wildlife observation,
wildlife photography, and environmental education and interpretation,
and other visitor uses, when we find that the activities are compatible
and appropriate with the purpose or purposes for which the refuges were
established.
We collect information on hunters and anglers and other visitors to
help us protect refuge resources and administer and evaluate the
success of visitor programs. Because of high demand and limited
resources, we often provide visitor opportunities by permit, based on
dates, locations, or type of public use. We may not allow all
opportunities on all refuges, and harvest information differs for each
refuge. We use FWS Form 3-2405 (Self-Clearing Check-In Permit) to
collect this information. Not all refuges will use the form, and some
refuges may collect the information in a nonform format. We collect:
Information on the visitor (name, address, and contact
information). We use this information to identify the visitor or
driver/passengers of a vehicle while on the refuge. Having this
information readily available is critical in a search and rescue
situation. We do not maintain or record this information.
Information on whether or not hunters/anglers were
successful (number and type of harvest/caught).
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Purpose of visit (hunting, fishing, wildlife observation,
wildlife photography, auto touring, birding, hiking, boating/canoeing,
visitor center, special event, environmental education class,
volunteering, other recreation).
Date of visit.
The above information is a vital tool in meeting refuge objectives
and maintaining quality visitor experiences. It will help us:
Administer and monitor visitor programs and facilities on
refuges.
Distribute visitor permits to ensure safety of visitors.
Ensure a quality visitor experience.
Minimize resource disturbance, manage healthy game
populations, and ensure the protection of fish and wildlife species.
Assist in Statewide wildlife management and enforcement
and develop reliable estimates of the number of all game fish and
wildlife.
Determine facility and program needs and budgets.
Comments Received and Our Responses
On June 23, 2015, we published in the Federal Register (80 FR
35969) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval for
this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on August 24, 2015. We received one comment. The
commenter objected to the requirement to sign in to enter a refuge and
objected to the use of taxpayer dollars to collect this information. We
use this information to identify the visitor or driver/passengers of a
vehicle while on the refuge. Having this information readily available
is critical in a search and rescue situation. We have not made any
changes to our requirements, based on this comment.
Request for Public Comments
We again 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 our estimate 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 of the collection of
information on respondents.
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 can ask OMB or us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: November 18, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-29769 Filed 11-20-15; 8:45 am]
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