[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 207 (Friday, October 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60875-60876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5300]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-
0056).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we 
are notifying the pubic that we have submitted to OMB an information 
collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork 
requirements for ``North American Reporting Center for Amphibian 
Malformations (NARCAM) Voluntary Observation Submission Form.'' This 
notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the 
paperwork burden of this form. The form is available online at http://frogweb.nbii.gov/narcam/report.html.

DATES: Submit written comments by November 26, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on this information collection 
directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Office for the 
Department of the Interior via OMB e-mail: ([email protected]); 
or by fax (202) 395-6566; and identify your submission with 
1028-0a56.
    Please also submit a copy of your comments to the Department of the 
Interior, USGS, via:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Use Information Collection 
Number 1028-0056 in the subject line.
     Fax: (703) 648-7069. Use Information Collection Number 
1028-0056 in the subject line.
     Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the 
Interior; USGS Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 National 
Center, Reston, VA 20192. Please reference Information Collection 1028-
0056 in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Zolly at (703) 648-4277. Copies 
of the full Information Collection Request and the forms can be 
obtained at no cost at http://www.reginfo.gov or by contacting the USGS 
clearance officer at the phone number listed below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations 
(NARCAM) Voluntary Observation Reporting Form.

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    OMB Control Number: 1028-0056.
    Form Number: Web-based collection form; no form number.
    Abstract: Respondents to this form voluntarily supply the U.S. 
Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure 
Program with data and information regarding observations of malformed 
amphibians. Once the information is peer-reviewed by a professional 
herpetologist, this information will be published online in the North 
American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations database for use 
by Government agencies, natural resources managers, researchers, 
education programs, and the general public.
    We will protect information considered proprietary under the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing 
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, 
``Data and information to be made available to the public or for 
limited inspection.'' Responses are voluntary. No questions of a 
``sensitive'' nature are asked. We intend to release data collected on 
the NARCAM online form only in a format that is not reporter-specific; 
no information that would identify an individual reporter will be 
released to the public.
    Frequency: Voluntary submissions. Most reporters submit one-time 
observational reports; however, a small percentage submits multiple 
reports as malformations are observed.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Approximately 150 
public citizens, natural resources managers, land managers, and 
biologists annually.
    Estimated Number of Responses: Historical average of 300 annually; 
many respondents, particularly researchers and resource managers, 
submit more than one response annually.
    Annual burden hours: 150.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: The 
currently approved ``hour'' burden is 150 hours. We estimate the public 
reporting burden averages 30 minutes per response. This includes the 
time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and 
completing and reviewing the information.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this 
collection of information.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct a sponsor, and you are not 
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number. Until OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obligated to respond.
    Comments: Before submitting an ICR to OMB, PRA section 
3506(c)(2)(A) (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires each agency ``* * * to 
provide notice * * * and otherwise consult with members of the public 
and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of 
information * * *'' Agencies must specifically solicit comments to: (a) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the information 
is useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimated of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) enhance the 
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    To comply with the public consultation process, on August 22, 2007, 
we published a Federal Register notice (72 FR pp. 47065-47066) 
announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The 
notice provided the required 60-day public comment period. We have 
received no comments in response to the notice.
    USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Alfred Travnicek, 
703-648-7231.

    Dated: October 22, 2007.
Gladys A. Cotter,
Associated Chief Biologist for Information, U.S. Geological Survey.
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