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2103 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–CRPS–22434; PPWOCRADI0,
PCU00RP14.R50000 (177)]
Proposed Information Collection;
Archeology Permit Applications and
Reports
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. This IC is
scheduled to expire on July 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: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by February 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Madonna L. Baucum, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, National
Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.,
Mail Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail);
or madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email).
Please include ‘‘1024–0037’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Karen Mudar, Ph.D.,
Archeologist, Washington Support
Office Archeology Program, National
Park Service, 1849 C Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20240 (mail); Karen_
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Section 4 of the Archeological
Resources Protection Act (ARPA) of
1979 (16 U.S.C 470cc), and Section 3 of
the Antiquities Act (AA) of 1906 (54
U.S.C. 320302), authorize any
individual or institution to apply to
Federal land managing agencies to
scientifically excavate or remove
archeological resources from public or
Indian lands. A permit is required for
any archeological investigation by nonNPS personnel occurring on parklands,
regardless of whether or not these
investigations are linked to regulatory
compliance. Archeological
investigations that require permits
include excavation, shovel-testing,
coring, pedestrian survey (with and
without removal of artifacts),
underwater archeology,
photogrammetry, and rock art
documentation. Individuals, academic
and scientific institutions, museums,
and businesses that propose to conduct
archeological field investigations on
parklands must first obtain a permit
before the project may begin.
To apply for a permit, applicants
submit DI Form 1926 (Application for
Permit for Archeological Investigations).
In general, an application includes, but
is not limited to, the following
information:
D Statement of Work.
D Statement of Applicant’s
Capabilities.
D Statement of Applicant’s Past
Performance.
D Curriculum vitae for Principal
Investigator(s) and Project Director(s).
D Written consent by State or tribal
authorities to undertake the activity on
State or tribal lands that are managed by
the NPS, if required by the State or tribe.
Annual
number of
respondents
Activity
D Curation Authorization.
D Detailed Schedule of All Project
Activities.
Persons receiving a permit must
submit the following reports:
• Preliminary Reports—Within 6
weeks of completion of the field
component of the research project, the
permittee must submit a preliminary
report that describes the fieldwork,
including accomplishments, methods
used to accomplish the work, names of
individuals that carried out the
fieldwork, maps, any GPS data,
information about any newly recorded
archeological sites, and any professional
recommendations. If fieldwork involves
only minor work and/or minor findings,
a final report may be submitted in place
of the preliminary report.
• Annual Reports—If the permit
extends for more than 1 year, we require
an annual progress report. The report
must detail the extent of work
accomplished to date, and how much
work remains to be carried out.
• Final Reports—Within 6 months of
completion of the field component of
the research project, the permittee must
submit a final report for review by the
regional director.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024–0037.
Title: Archeology Permit Applications
and Reports–43 CFR 3 and 7.
Form Number(s): DI–1926,
‘‘Application for Permit for
Archeological Investigations’’.
Type of Request: Revision to a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or organizations wishing to
excavate or remove archeological
resources from public or Indian lands.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of
annual
responses
Average time
per response
(Hours)
Total annual
burden hours
773
773
773
773
2.5
.5
1,933
387
Totals ........................................................................................................
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Applications for Archeology Permits ................................................................
Reporting—Archeology Permits .......................................................................
1,546
904
3.0
2,320
Estimated Annual Nonhour Cost
Burden: None.
III. Comments
We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
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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
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• 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. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before
including your address, phone number,
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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: December 14, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Proposed Information Collection:
Beachgoer and Vessel Surveys
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will
ask the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve a collection of
information to support ocean
observation planning and management
on public lands and waters. The
respondents will be recreationists
visiting public and private Gulf Coast
beaches, and coastal and offshore vessel
(boat) operators in the Gulf of Mexico
region. The BOEM invites public
comments on this proposed collection.
A Federal 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.
DATES: Please submit comments on the
proposed information collection by
February 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by mail, fax, or electronic
mail.
Mail: Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Anna Atkinson, U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
Fax: to Anna Atkinson at 703–787–
1209.
Electronic mail: anna.atkinson@
boem.gov.
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Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1010–XXXX’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Rex Caffey, Louisiana State University,
Center for Natural Resource Economics
& Policy, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; email:
rcaffey@agcenter.lsu.edu; or phone:
225–578–2393.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be given an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)).
This notice identifies an information
collection that the BOEM plans to
submit to OMB for approval. The
Paperwork Reduction Act provides that
an agency may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
I. Abstract
BOEM manages the exploration and
development of oil, natural gas and
other minerals and renewable energy
alternatives on the nation’s Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS). Section 1346
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (OCSLA) mandates the conduct of
environmental and socioeconomic
studies needed for the assessment and
management of environmental impacts
on the human, marine, and coastal
environments which may be affected by
oil and gas, renewable energy, or other
mineral development. Section 1345 of
OCSLA authorizes the use of
cooperative agreements with affected
States to meet the requirements of
OCSLA, which may include, but not be
limited to, the sharing of information,
the joint utilization of available
expertise, the facilitating of permitting
procedures, joint planning and review,
and the formation of joint surveillance
and monitoring arrangements to carry
out applicable Federal and State laws,
regulations, and stipulations relevant to
the OCS operations both onshore and
offshore.
This data collection effort is necessary
in order to monetarily value benefits of
coastal and oceanic data collected in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as part of the Gulf
of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing
System (GCOOS). Information on the
economic value of regional ocean
observations is critical for sustained
public and private support for the
GCOOS, especially as the costs of
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operation and maintenance for ocean
monitoring systems are questioned in
Federal, State, and private budgetary
processes.
The data collection effort is part of a
cooperative agreement between the
Environmental Studies Program (ESP) of
the BOEM and the Louisiana Coastal
Marine Institute (CMI) at Louisiana
State University (LSU). The objective of
the ESP is to support research in topics
that serve the public interest of safe and
environmentally sound energy
production and meet the goals of the
BOEM.
The GCOOS is a regional ocean
observing system consisting of Federal,
State, and local infrastructure. The
system provides a wide array of sciencebased data to both public and private
sector decision makers tasked with the
management of human-built
infrastructure, centers of population,
and environmental and natural
resources in the southeastern United
States. As a component of the U.S.
Integrated Ocean Observing System
(IOOS), the overall goal of GCOOS is to
provide the science-based biological,
chemical, and physical data, along with
the appropriate analytic tools, that are
needed by society to address important
short- and long-term management
problems associated with marine
industrial operations (marine
transportation, oil and gas exploration
and production), coastal hazards
(offshore obstructions, pollutant spill
tracking, conditions for offshore
operations), public health and safety
(forecasting harmful algal bloom
movement, search and rescue), healthy
ecosystems, and water quality. The
information provided through GCOOS
supports the policy mandates and
objectives of a number of Federal
agencies, including the BOEM, National
Marine Fisheries Service,
Environmental Protection Agency, and
the U.S. Geological Survey.
The information collection will be led
by researchers at Louisiana State
University and Mississippi State
University, who will conduct two
surveys to assess the impact of an
improved and expanded GCOOS. The
surveys will gauge public perceptions of
coastal and ocean-related data and
information products and how
improvements to these could impact
future recreation, boating, and weatherrelated preparation/evacuation choices.
This information collection request
covers two proposed surveys, which
collect necessary data from residents of
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
and Florida. This information is not
otherwise available.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-CRPS-22434; PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000 (177)]
Proposed Information Collection; Archeology Permit Applications
and Reports
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: 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. This IC is scheduled to expire
on July 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: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC,
we must receive them by February 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201
Sunrise Valley Dr., Mail Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or
madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). Please include ``1024-0037'' in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Karen Mudar, Ph.D., Archeologist, Washington
Support Office Archeology Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street
NW., Washington, DC 20240 (mail); Karen_Mudar@nps.gov (email); or (202)
354-2103 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Section 4 of the Archeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) of
1979 (16 U.S.C 470cc), and Section 3 of the Antiquities Act (AA) of
1906 (54 U.S.C. 320302), authorize any individual or institution to
apply to Federal land managing agencies to scientifically excavate or
remove archeological resources from public or Indian lands. A permit is
required for any archeological investigation by non-NPS personnel
occurring on parklands, regardless of whether or not these
investigations are linked to regulatory compliance. Archeological
investigations that require permits include excavation, shovel-testing,
coring, pedestrian survey (with and without removal of artifacts),
underwater archeology, photogrammetry, and rock art documentation.
Individuals, academic and scientific institutions, museums, and
businesses that propose to conduct archeological field investigations
on parklands must first obtain a permit before the project may begin.
To apply for a permit, applicants submit DI Form 1926 (Application
for Permit for Archeological Investigations). In general, an
application includes, but is not limited to, the following information:
[ssquf] Statement of Work.
[ssquf] Statement of Applicant's Capabilities.
[ssquf] Statement of Applicant's Past Performance.
[ssquf] Curriculum vitae for Principal Investigator(s) and Project
Director(s).
[ssquf] Written consent by State or tribal authorities to undertake
the activity on State or tribal lands that are managed by the NPS, if
required by the State or tribe.
[ssquf] Curation Authorization.
[ssquf] Detailed Schedule of All Project Activities.
Persons receiving a permit must submit the following reports:
Preliminary Reports--Within 6 weeks of completion of the
field component of the research project, the permittee must submit a
preliminary report that describes the fieldwork, including
accomplishments, methods used to accomplish the work, names of
individuals that carried out the fieldwork, maps, any GPS data,
information about any newly recorded archeological sites, and any
professional recommendations. If fieldwork involves only minor work
and/or minor findings, a final report may be submitted in place of the
preliminary report.
Annual Reports--If the permit extends for more than 1
year, we require an annual progress report. The report must detail the
extent of work accomplished to date, and how much work remains to be
carried out.
Final Reports--Within 6 months of completion of the field
component of the research project, the permittee must submit a final
report for review by the regional director.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024-0037.
Title: Archeology Permit Applications and Reports-43 CFR 3 and 7.
Form Number(s): DI-1926, ``Application for Permit for Archeological
Investigations''.
Type of Request: Revision to a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or organizations wishing to
excavate or remove archeological resources from public or Indian lands.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Number of Average time
Activity Annual number annual per response Total annual
of respondents responses (Hours) burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applications for Archeology Permits............. 773 773 2.5 1,933
Reporting--Archeology Permits................... 773 773 .5 387
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 1,546 904 3.0 2,320
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Cost Burden: 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 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before including your address, phone number,
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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: December 14, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-30450 Filed 12-16-16; 8:45 am]
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