[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17569-17570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7988]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


60-day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part 1320, 
Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the NPS invites public 
comments on (1) the need for the information including whether the 
information has practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the reporting 
burden estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden 
of the information collection on respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    The request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection requirement approved by OMB and assigned clearance No. 1024-
0037. Copies of the request and related forms and explanatory material 
may be obtained by contacting the individual named below.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before June 1, 2001.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Dr. Francis P. McManamon, Manager, Archaeology

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and Ethnography Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW., Room 
NC210, Washington, DC 20240. Street address: 800 North Capitol, NW., 
Suite 210, Washington, DC 20001. Phone 202/343-4101. Fax 202/523-1547.
    If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments using several 
metods. You may mail comments to the postal address given here. You may 
fax your comments to the fax number given. You may also hand-deliver 
comments to the street address given here. Our practice is to make 
comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available 
for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents 
may request that we withhold their home address from the record, which 
we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be 
circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a respondent's 
identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name 
and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your comment. However, we will not consider anonymous comments. We will 
make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of 
orgnizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Application for and issuane of Federal Permits under the 
Archaeological Resources Potection Act and the Antiquities Act.
    Department Form Numbers: DI-1926 (permit application), DI-1991 
(permit form)
    OMB Number: 1024-0037.
    Expiration date: to be determined by OMB.
    Type of request: Extension of a previously approved clearance.
    Description of need: Information collected responds to statutory 
requirements that Federal agencies (1) issue permits to qualified 
individuals and institutions desiring to excavate or remove 
archeoloical resources from public or Indian lands, and (2) specify 
terms and conditions, including reporting requirements, in permits. The 
information collected is reported annually to Congress and is used for 
land management purposes.
    Automated Data Collection: At the present time, there is no 
automated way to gather this information.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals, businesses, academic 
institutions, tribes or tribal members, Federal agencies and other 
parties wishing to excavate or remove archaeological resources from 
public or Indian lands.
    Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 700.
    Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 2.5 hour.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden. 1750.

Leonard E. Stowe,
Acting, Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative 
Program Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 01-7988 Filed 3-30-01; 8:45 am]
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