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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–NWRS–2020–N096;
FXRS126109HD000–201–FF09R23000; OMB
Control Number 1018–New]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; 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, 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
November 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on the information
collection requirements 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: 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–
Programmatic’’ in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov,
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY
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assistance. You may also view the ICR
at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
Federal 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 April 17, 2020, we published in
the Federal Register (86 FR 21450) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on June 16, 2020. No
comments were received in response to
that notice.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. 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. 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
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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
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 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.
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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 ..............................................................................................
20,333
833
784
59
20
25
5
60
6,778
347
65
59
Annual Total .........................................................................................................................
22,009
........................
7,249
3 Year Total ..........................................................................................................................
66,027
........................
21,747
* Includes 2-minute contact time for some surveys, interviews, and 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: October 20, 2020.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2020–23499 Filed 10–22–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–NCTC–2020–N112;
FXGO16610900600 (201) FF09X35000; OMB
Control Number 1018–New]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Native Youth
Community Adaptation and Leadership
Congress
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 in use without an
OMB Control Number.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 23, 2020.
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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
MS: PRB/PERMA (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–NYCALC in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov,
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY
assistance. You may also view the
information collection request (ICR) at
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
Federal 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
ADDRESSES:
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public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
On May 26, 2020, we published in the
Federal Register (85 FR 31543) a notice
of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on July 27, 2020. We
received the following comments in
response to that notice:
Comment 1: Comment received via
email from Jean Public on May 26,
2020—Commenter believes taxpayer
funds associated with the Native Youth
Community Adaptation and Leadership
Congress (NYCALC) Program should be
used only for Alaska Natives.
Agency Response to Comment 1: No
action was taken, as the NYCALC
program is already open to Alaska
Natives, with a strong emphasis on
recruitment from Alaska.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. 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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-NWRS-2020-N096; FXRS126109HD000-201-FF09R23000; OMB Control
Number 1018-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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, 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
November 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on the information
collection requirements to the Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or
[email protected] (email). Please provide a copy of your
comments 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-Programmatic'' in the subject line
of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (703) 358-2503. Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY
assistance. 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 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other Federal 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 April 17, 2020, we published in the Federal Register (86 FR
21450) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on June 16, 2020. No comments were received in response to
that notice.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. 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. 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 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 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.
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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
-----------------------------------------------
Completion
Mode Number of time per Burden Hours
respondents response (avg. **
minutes)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On-site, mail, internet surveys *............................... 20,333 20 6,778
Telephone surveys............................................... 833 25 347
All non-response surveys........................................ 784 5 65
Focus groups/In-person interviews............................... 59 60 59
-----------------------------------------------
Annual Total................................................ 22,009 .............. 7,249
-----------------------------------------------
3 Year Total................................................ 66,027 .............. 21,747
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Includes 2-minute contact time for some surveys, interviews, and 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: October 20, 2020.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-23499 Filed 10-22-20; 8:45 am]
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