[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7187-7188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3609]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Initial Approved Information Collection, OMB Number 1018-
________, on Training Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: 30-Day Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing its intention 
to automate the collection of training applications and provide an 
optional alternative application specifically for the training 
conducted by the USFWS National Conservation Training Center. 
Applicants who wish to participate in training sponsored by the 
National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) fill out a training 
request nomination application offered in both hard copy and web 
registration format. Fish and Wildlife Service employees requesting non 
NCTC training or conference attendance complete the electronic SF-182 
application via the Training Server Application. The USFWS currently 
utilizes the Office of Personnel Management, Standard Form 182 (Rev 12/
79) which was designed with five or ten parts with carbon attachments 
and to be completed via type writer and is not kept electronically. The 
new form, which will be used by both Federal and non-Federal applicants 
is expected to take 3 to 12 minutes to fill out. This burden estimate 
includes time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining 
data and completing and reviewing the form.
    We will submit the collection of information listed below to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. If you wish to obtain copies of 
the proposed information collection requirement, related forms, and 
explanatory material, contact the Collection Clearance Officer at the 
address listed below.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should send comments and suggestions on 
specific requirements to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Interior Desk 
Officer, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503 and they should send a copy of the comments to 
Rebecca Mullin, Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, MS 222-ARLSQ; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information 
collection request, explanatory information and related forms, contact 
Rebecca A. Mullin, Collection Clearance Officer at 703-358-2287, or 
electronically to: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 
implement the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public 
Law 104-13), require that interested members of the public and affected 
agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and 
record keeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). The U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service (We) has submitted a request to OMB to approve 
collection of information for the Service's training application form. 
We are requesting a 3-year approval for the information collection 
activity. Applicants who wish to participate in training sponsored by 
the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) fill out a training 
request nomination application offered in both hard copy and web 
registration format. Fish and Wildlife Service employees requesting non 
NCTC training or conference attendance complete the

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electronic SF-182 application via the Training Server Application.
    The USFWS currently utilizes the Office of Personnel Management, 
Standard Form 182 (Rev 12/79) which was designed with five or ten parts 
with carbon attachments and to be completed via type writer and is not 
kept electronically. The new form, which will be used by federal and 
non-federal applicants is expected to take 3 to 12 minutes to fill out.
    We invite comments concerning this information collection on: (1) 
Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond. The information collections in this program are part of a 
system of record covered by the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a).
    Federal agencies 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 information collection requirements in this submission 
implement the regulatory requirements of the Statute Title 5 U.S.C. 
Chapter 41, Section 5 CFR part 410, and 231 FW1 Training Management 
Policy and Responsibilities. The burden listed below applies only to 
non-Federal applicants who use the new form.
    OMB Control Number: 1018-________.
    Service Form Number: FWS Form 3-2193.
    Frequency of Collection: As training enrollment dictates.
    Description of Respondents: All affiliations of persons who wish to 
participate in training given at or sponsored by the USFWS National 
Conservation Training Center. These are generally natural conservation 
related affiliates such as Service employees, Department of the 
Interior employees, other Federal employees such as EPA, DOD 
biologists, OPM, state agency personnel, private, not-for-profit 
agencies such as The Conservation Fund, and university personnel. Only 
non-Federal applicants and their burden are listed below.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 61.35.
    Total Annual Responses: 1227 (non-federal).
    Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden: $0.

    Dated: February 6, 2002.
Rebecca A. Mullin,
Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 02-3609 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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