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public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies to comment on this
application. Before issuing the
requested permit, we will take into
consideration any information that we
receive during the public comment
period.
We must receive your written
comments on or before December 19,
2019.
DATES:
Document availability and
comment submission: Submit requests
for copies of the application and related
documents, as well as any comments, by
one of the following methods. All
requests and comments should specify
the applicant name and application
number (TE38085B):
• Email: permitsR3ES@fws.gov.
Please refer to the respective application
number TE38085B in the subject line of
your email message.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), prohibits certain activities with
endangered and threatened species
unless authorized by a Federal permit.
The ESA and our implementing
regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
provide for the issuance of such permits
and require that we invite public
comment before issuing permits for
activities involving endangered species.
A recovery permit issued by us under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct
activities with endangered species for
scientific purposes that promote
recovery or for enhancement of
propagation or survival of the species.
Our regulations implementing section
10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found
at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for
endangered plant species, and 50 CFR
17.72 for threatened plant species.
Permit Application Available for
Review and Comment
We invite local, State, and Federal
agencies, Tribes, and the public to
comment on the following application.
Application
No.
Applicant
Species
Location
Activity
TE38085B ....
Mountain State Biosurveys, LLC,
Glenwood, WV.
Add Ozark big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus
towsendii
ingens) and Virginia bigeared bat (C.t. virginianus)
to existing permitted species: Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana bat (M.
sodalis), northern long-eared
bat (M. septentrionalis).
Add new locations—CT, DE,
KS, ME, MD, MA, MT, NE,
NH, NJ, NY, ND, OK, PA,
RI, SD, VT, VA, WV, WY—
to existing authorized locations: AL, AR, FL, GA, IL,
IN, IA, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS,
MO, NC, OH, SC, TN, WI.
Conduct presence/
absence surveys,
document habitat
use, conduct population monitoring,
evaluate impacts.
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
ADDRESSES:
Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become
part of the administrative record
associated with this action. 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 request in your comment
that we withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. Moreover, all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
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• U.S. Mail: Regional Director, Attn:
Carlita Payne, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Ecological Services, 5600
American Blvd. West, Suite 990,
Bloomington, MN 55437–1458.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carlita Payne, 612–713–5343 (phone);
permitsR3ES@fws.gov (email).
Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY
assistance.
Next Steps
If we decide to issue a permit to the
applicant listed in this notice, we will
publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Authority
We publish this notice under section
10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of
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[NPS–WASO–NRSS–SSB–NPS0028077;
PPWONRANDE2, PMP00E105.YP0000 (200);
OMB Control Number 1024–0224]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Programmatic Clearance for
NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the National Park Service (NPS), are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 19, 2019.
SUMMARY:
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Type of take
Capture, handle,
mist-net, harp
trap, band, radiotag, release.
Permit
action
Amend.
Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or by
facsimile at 202–395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
Phadrea Ponds, Acting Information
Collection Clearance Officer, National
Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort
Collins, CO 80525; or by email at
phadrea_ponds@nps.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1024–
0224 in the subject line of your
comments.
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Bret Meldrum, Chief,
Social Science Program National Park
Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort
Collins, CO 80525; or by email at bret_
meldrum@nps.gov. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1024–0224 in the
subject line of your comments. You may
also view the ICR at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
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agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
On May 28, 2019, we published a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments on this collection of
information for 60 days, ending on July
29, 2019 (84 FR 24536). We did not
receive any comments regarding this
information collection.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR described below. We
are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the NPS; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
NPS enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the NPS
minimize the burden of this collection
on the respondents, including through
the use 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 ICR. 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.
Abstract: The NPS is authorized by
the National Park Service Protection,
Interpretation, and Research in System
(54 U.S.C. 100701) statutes to collect
information used to enhance the
management and planning of parks and
their resources. Since 1998, the NPS
Social Science program has relied
heavily on this generic approval to
navigate the PRA process in an
expedited manner. This process
significantly streamlines the
information collection requests to OMB
in a manner that allows the NPS to
submit at least 25 requests per year,
which is 4 times as many requests that
can be processed annually using the
regular submission route. The
Programmatic Clearance applies to all
NPS social science collections (e.g.,
questionnaires, focus groups,
interviews, etc.) designed to furnish
usable information to NPS managers
and planners concerning visitor
experiences, perceptions of services,
programs, and planning efforts in areas
managed by the NPS. To qualify for the
NPS generic programmatic review
process each information request must
show clear ties to NPS management and
Estimated
completion
time per
response
(minutes)
Annual
number of
responses
Activity/requirement
Total
annual
burden
hours
On-site Surveys ...........................................................................................................................
Mail-back surveys ........................................................................................................................
All non-response surveys ............................................................................................................
Telephone Surveys ......................................................................................................................
Focus Groups/In person interviews .............................................................................................
On-line surveys ............................................................................................................................
30,000
2,000
5,000
250
2,000
5,000
15
20
3
30
60
15
7,500
667
250
125
2,000
1,250
Total ......................................................................................................................................
44,250
........................
11,792
An 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.
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planning needs in areas managed by the
NPS or involve research that will
directly benefit the NPS. The scope of
the programmatic review process is
limited to issues that are noncontroversial or unlikely to attract
significant public interest.
All collections must be reviewed by
the NPS and approved by OMB before
a collection is administered. At least
80% of the questions in an individual
collection must be taken from the OMB
approved Pool of Known Questions
(PKQ). We acknowledge that the PKQ is
not a comprehensive collection of all
possible survey questions; therefore, we
allow leeway for requestors to add park
or research specific questions not in the
PKQ. However, all questions must fit
within the scope of the approved Topic
Areas. The Social Science Program will
continue to conduct necessary quality
control and will submit each
information collection request to OMB
for expedited review before the
collection is administered.
Title of Collection: Programmatic
Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0224.
Form Number: Form 10–201.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals/Households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
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Acting NPS Information Collection Clearance
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NRSS-SSB-NPS0028077; PPWONRANDE2, PMP00E105.YP0000 (200); OMB
Control Number 1024-0224]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Programmatic Clearance
for NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the National Park Service (NPS), are proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Desk Officer for
the Department of the Interior by email at [email protected];
or by facsimile at 202-395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments
to Phadrea Ponds, Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525; or
by email at [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number
1024-0224 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Bret Meldrum, Chief, Social Science Program
National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525; or
by email at [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number
1024-0224 in the subject line of your comments. You may also view the
ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal
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agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired
format.
On May 28, 2019, we published a Federal Register notice soliciting
comments on this collection of information for 60 days, ending on July
29, 2019 (84 FR 24536). We did not receive any comments regarding this
information collection.
We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR described
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper
functions of the NPS; (2) will this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how
might the NPS enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how might the NPS minimize the
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use
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 ICR. 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.
Abstract: The NPS is authorized by the National Park Service
Protection, Interpretation, and Research in System (54 U.S.C. 100701)
statutes to collect information used to enhance the management and
planning of parks and their resources. Since 1998, the NPS Social
Science program has relied heavily on this generic approval to navigate
the PRA process in an expedited manner. This process significantly
streamlines the information collection requests to OMB in a manner that
allows the NPS to submit at least 25 requests per year, which is 4
times as many requests that can be processed annually using the regular
submission route. The Programmatic Clearance applies to all NPS social
science collections (e.g., questionnaires, focus groups, interviews,
etc.) designed to furnish usable information to NPS managers and
planners concerning visitor experiences, perceptions of services,
programs, and planning efforts in areas managed by the NPS. To qualify
for the NPS generic programmatic review process each information
request must show clear ties to NPS management and planning needs in
areas managed by the NPS or involve research that will directly benefit
the NPS. The scope of the programmatic review process is limited to
issues that are non-controversial or unlikely to attract significant
public interest.
All collections must be reviewed by the NPS and approved by OMB
before a collection is administered. At least 80% of the questions in
an individual collection must be taken from the OMB approved Pool of
Known Questions (PKQ). We acknowledge that the PKQ is not a
comprehensive collection of all possible survey questions; therefore,
we allow leeway for requestors to add park or research specific
questions not in the PKQ. However, all questions must fit within the
scope of the approved Topic Areas. The Social Science Program will
continue to conduct necessary quality control and will submit each
information collection request to OMB for expedited review before the
collection is administered.
Title of Collection: Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored
Public Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 1024-0224.
Form Number: Form 10-201.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/Households.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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Estimated
completion
Activity/requirement Annual number time per Total annual
of responses response burden hours
(minutes)
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On-site Surveys................................................. 30,000 15 7,500
Mail-back surveys............................................... 2,000 20 667
All non-response surveys........................................ 5,000 3 250
Telephone Surveys............................................... 250 30 125
Focus Groups/In person interviews............................... 2,000 60 2,000
On-line surveys................................................. 5,000 15 1,250
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Total....................................................... 44,250 .............. 11,792
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An 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.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Phadrea Ponds,
Acting NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park
Service.
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