[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73124-73125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29975]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[2301-RYY]


Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1024-0236; National Park 
Service Research Permit and Reporting System Applications and Reports

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) have sent an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR 
below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated 
burden and cost, and request public comment on this collection request. 
This information collection is scheduled to expire on November 30, 
2010. 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may 
continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is 
pending at OMB.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before December 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information 
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, at (202) 395-5806 
(fax) or [email protected] (e-mail). Please provide a copy of 
your comments to Dr. John G. Dennis, Natural Resources (MIB 3130), 
National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240; Voice: 
202-513-7174; or via Fax at: 202-371-2131; or by E-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John G. Dennis, Natural Resources 
(MIB 3130), National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20240; Voice: 202-513-7174; Fax: 202-371-2131; E-mail: [email protected]. If you comment to NPS via electronic mail, please 
submit your comments as an attached ASCII or MSWord file and avoid the 
use of special characters and any form of encryption. Please also 
include ``Attn: NPS Research Permit and Reporting System'' and your 
name and return address in your e-mail message. If you would like, but 
do not receive, a confirmation from the system that we have received 
your e-mail message, contact us directly at the NPS phone number given 
here.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 1024-0236.
    Title: National Park Service Research Permit and Reporting Systems 
Applications and Reports.
    Form Number: 10-741A & B, 10-226.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individual scientific investigators, 
science educators, research organizations, and science education 
organizations who apply for a permit.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 10-741A--4,980; 10-741B--415; 10-
226--5,395.
    Completion Time Per Response: 10-741A--1.375; 10-741B--1.00; 10-
226--0.25.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 10-741A--6,872; 10-741B--415; 10-
226--1,349.
    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    Abstract: The NPS regulates scientific research, studies and 
science education activities inside park boundaries under regulations 
codified at 36 CFR Part 2, Section 2.5. The NPS administers these 
regulations to provide for scientific research while also protecting 
park resources and other park uses from adverse impacts that could 
occur if inappropriate scientific research and collecting studies or 
science education activities were to be conducted within park 
boundaries.
    NPS uses the collected information for managing the use and 
preservation of park resources and for reporting to the public the 
status of permitted research and collecting activities. NPS is 
requesting that OMB renew its approval of the current Application for a 
Scientific Research and Collecting Permit, Application for a Science 
Education Permit, and Investigator's Annual Report collection of 
information forms.
    Comments: On July 21, 2010, we published in the Federal Register 
(75 FR 42459) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew this 
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 
days, ending on September 20, 2010. NPS received one comment on this 
notice. The one comment stated that the commenter has ``no problems 
with the current permitting system for full-scale research projects in 
the National Parks. However, I would like to recommend a simplified and 
rapid permitting process

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for limited and targeted collecting of arthropods.'' NPS found that 
this comment did not indicate any clear reasons for changing any of the 
three forms.
    We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. 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 publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: November 23, 2010.
Robert Gordon,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-29975 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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