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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.).
Dated: April 14, 2020.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2020–08121 Filed 4–16–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–NWRS–2019–N052;
FXRS126109HD000–189–FF09R23000; OMB
Control Number 1018–New]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Programmatic Clearance for
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Social
Science Research
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service), are proposing a new
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 16,
2020.
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SUMMARY:
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Send your comments on the
information collection request by mail
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W),
5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
22041–3803 (mail); or by email to Info_
Coll@fws.gov. Please reference OMB
Control Number 1018–New in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at Info_
Coll@fws.gov, or by telephone at (703)
358–2503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), all information collections
require approval under the PRA. 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.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies 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.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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: Improving customer
experience with Federal services is part
of the President’s Management Agenda
(OMB Circular A–11, Section 280,
‘‘Managing Customer Experience and
Improving Service Delivery’’). The
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collection of information is necessary to
enable the Service to garner customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with our
commitment to improving service
delivery. Additionally, this new
programmatic clearance is needed in
order to be more responsive to
Secretarial Orders 3355 (National
Environmental Policy Act), 3356
(hunting and fishing opportunities),
3362 (big game habitat), and 3366
(outdoor recreation). This proposed new
collection of information will also allow
the Service to improve customer service
delivery and response. This is important
because OMB Circular A–11 designates
the Service as a High-Impact Service
Provider.
The programmatic clearance applies
to social science surveys, interviews,
and focus groups designed to provide
information to Service managers and
practitioners to improve quality and
utility of agency programs, services, and
planning efforts. To ensure continuous
improvement, Service activities and
projects require ongoing systematic
assessment of their design,
implementation, and outcomes. Data
from collections undertaken through the
proposed programmatic clearance
would provide information for
planning, monitoring, and evaluating
National Wildlife Refuge System efforts
as well as efforts of other Service
programs. The scope of this
programmatic clearance includes
individual surveys, focus groups, and
interviews of refuge visitors, potential
visitors, and residents of communities
near Service–managed units, and
stakeholders and partners, including
tribal interests.
To qualify for the generic
programmatic review process, survey
questions must show a clear tie to
Service management needs. The
programmatic review may only be used
for noncontroversial information
collections that are unlikely to attract or
include topics of significant public
interest. We must obtain OMB approval
of all surveys developed using the preapproved suite of questions before the
survey can be initiated. This suite of
questions will be used to develop
customer experience and satisfaction
surveys to meet requirements of OMB
Circular A–11 as well as commitments
to respond to the above-named
Secretarial Orders.
Title of Collection: Programmatic
Clearance for U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Social Science Research.
OMB Control Number: 1018–New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Persons
visiting units managed by the Service;
potential visitors, including ‘‘virtual
visitors’’ who access content from a
Service website; local community
members; educators taking part in
programs both on and off Service lands;
government officials representing the
local area; landowners; partners;
stakeholders; and tribal interests.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
Annual estimates
Mode
Number of
respondents
Completion
time per
response
(avg. minutes)
Burden
hours **
On-site, mail, internet surveys * ...................................................................................................
Telephone surveys ......................................................................................................................
All non-response surveys ............................................................................................................
Focus groups/In-person interviews ..............................................................................................
22,366
916
862
65
20
25
5
60
7,455
382
72
65
Annual Total .........................................................................................................................
24,209
—
7,974
3 Year Total ..........................................................................................................................
72,627
........................
23,922
* Includes 2-minute contact time for some surveys, interviews, focus groups, and approximately 2,500 electronic surveys.
** All figures are rounded.
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.).
Dated: April 14, 2020.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2020–08119 Filed 4–16–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Consolidated
Consumers’ Report
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are
proposing to renew an Information
Collection.
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Send your comments on
this Information Collection Request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
U.S. Geological Survey, Information
Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192;
or by email to gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1028–0070 in the subject line of
your comments.
ADDRESSES:
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1028–0070]
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request additional information about
this ICR, contact Elizabeth S. Sangine by
email at escottsangine@usgs.gov, or by
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-NWRS-2019-N052; FXRS126109HD000-189-FF09R23000; OMB Control
Number 1018-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Programmatic Clearance
for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Social Science Research
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing a new
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 16, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection request by
mail to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA 22041-3803 (mail); or by email to [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1018-New in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (703) 358-2503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require approval under the
PRA. 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.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies 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.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
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: Improving customer experience with Federal services is
part of the President's Management Agenda (OMB Circular A-11, Section
280, ``Managing Customer Experience and Improving Service Delivery'').
The
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collection of information is necessary to enable the Service to garner
customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in
accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery.
Additionally, this new programmatic clearance is needed in order to be
more responsive to Secretarial Orders 3355 (National Environmental
Policy Act), 3356 (hunting and fishing opportunities), 3362 (big game
habitat), and 3366 (outdoor recreation). This proposed new collection
of information will also allow the Service to improve customer service
delivery and response. This is important because OMB Circular A-11
designates the Service as a High-Impact Service Provider.
The programmatic clearance applies to social science surveys,
interviews, and focus groups designed to provide information to Service
managers and practitioners to improve quality and utility of agency
programs, services, and planning efforts. To ensure continuous
improvement, Service activities and projects require ongoing systematic
assessment of their design, implementation, and outcomes. Data from
collections undertaken through the proposed programmatic clearance
would provide information for planning, monitoring, and evaluating
National Wildlife Refuge System efforts as well as efforts of other
Service programs. The scope of this programmatic clearance includes
individual surveys, focus groups, and interviews of refuge visitors,
potential visitors, and residents of communities near Service-managed
units, and stakeholders and partners, including tribal interests.
To qualify for the generic programmatic review process, survey
questions must show a clear tie to Service management needs. The
programmatic review may only be used for noncontroversial information
collections that are unlikely to attract or include topics of
significant public interest. We must obtain OMB approval of all surveys
developed using the pre-approved suite of questions before the survey
can be initiated. This suite of questions will be used to develop
customer experience and satisfaction surveys to meet requirements of
OMB Circular A-11 as well as commitments to respond to the above-named
Secretarial Orders.
Title of Collection: Programmatic Clearance for U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Social Science Research.
OMB Control Number: 1018-New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Persons visiting units managed by the
Service; potential visitors, including ``virtual visitors'' who access
content from a Service website; local community members; educators
taking part in programs both on and off Service lands; government
officials representing the local area; landowners; partners;
stakeholders; and tribal interests.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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Annual estimates
-----------------------------------------------
Completion
Mode Number of time per Burden hours
respondents response (avg. **
minutes)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On-site, mail, internet surveys *............................... 22,366 20 7,455
Telephone surveys............................................... 916 25 382
All non-response surveys........................................ 862 5 72
Focus groups/In-person interviews............................... 65 60 65
-----------------------------------------------
Annual Total................................................ 24,209 -- 7,974
-----------------------------------------------
3 Year Total................................................ 72,627 .............. 23,922
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Includes 2-minute contact time for some surveys, interviews, focus groups, and approximately 2,500 electronic
surveys.
** All figures are rounded.
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.).
Dated: April 14, 2020.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-08119 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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