[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16004-16005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7930]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of USGS 
Southwest Biological Science Center Biennial Conferences

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described 
below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part 
of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we 
invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on this IC. We 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.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Please submit your comments on the IC to Phadrea Ponds, USGS 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 2150-C Center Avenue, Fort 
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226-9230 (fax); or [email protected] (e-mail). Please reference Information Collection 1028-
NEW, Conference Evaluation in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: To request additional 
information about this IC, contact Dr. Marty Lee by e-mail at 
[email protected] or by telephone at (928) 523-6644.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Natural area conferences aim to promote discussion and productive 
communication between researchers and land resource managers. This 
research is designed to measure the effectiveness of these conferences 
using importance/performance analysis to identify a set of standards 
that define an effective conference. An on-line survey will be sent to 
approximately 550 attendees of two USGS-sponsored conferences. Results 
will provide quantitative knowledge that will

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ultimately enhance the experience for future conference attendees and 
inform the supporting institutions and/or agencies of their success. 
These data will also serve as a measurement tool and point of reference 
from which to evaluate future conferences.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
    Title: Evaluation of USGS Southwest Biological Science Center 
Biennial Conferences.
    Type of Request: New.
    Affected Public: Individuals, State agencies and tribal 
governments.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Biannually.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 550 conference 
attendees.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1100.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 275 hours.

III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments concerning this ICR on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its 
duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden 
on the respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    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, e-mail 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 publically available 
at anytime. 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.
    USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds 
970-226-9445.

    Dated: April 1, 2009.
Charles van Riper,
Leader, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Sonoran Desert 
Research Station.
[FR Doc. E9-7930 Filed 4-7-09; 8:45 am]
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