[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55290-55291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21981]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-PCE-UPARR-13996; PPWOSLAD00, PUA00UA08.GA0000]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Urban Park and Recreation Recovery 
Program Grants

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. This information collection is scheduled to expire on 
October 31, 2013. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not 
required to respond to a collection of

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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 October 10, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information 
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at 
OMB--OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] 
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to Madonna L. Baucum, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1849 C 
Street NW. (2601), Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0048'' in the subject 
line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Elisabeth Fondriest at 202-354-6916 (telephone) 
or [email protected] (email). You may review the ICR online 
at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department 
of the Interior collections under review by OMB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0048.
    Title: Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program Grants, 36 CFR 
part 72.
    Service Form Number(s): 10-911, 10-912, and 10-915.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Cities and urban communities.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                    Number of    Completion time
                    Activity                        Number of        annual        per response    Total annual
                                                   respondents      responses        (hours)      burden hours *
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Recovery Action Program........................               1               1             80                80
Recovery Action Program Grant Applications.....               1               1              3.5               4
Preapplication for Rehabilitation or Innovation               1               1             10                10
 Grants........................................
Final Application for Rehabilitation or                       1               1             10.5              11
 Innovation Grants.............................
Grant Amendments...............................               1               1              3.5               4
Performance Reports............................               1               1              1                 1
Conversion of Use Request......................               1               1             70                70
Recordkeeping..................................               1               1              2                 2
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    Totals.....................................               8               8  ...............             182
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* rounded

    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    Abstract: The Urban Park and Recreation Recovery (UPARR) Act (16 
U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) was passed as Title X of the National Parks and 
Recreation Act of 1978. The UPARR Act authorized the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish a grant program to help economically distressed 
urban areas improve recreation opportunities for their residents. We 
administer the UPARR program in accordance with regulations at 36 CFR 
part 72, which: (1) Explain the policies to be followed for awarding 
grants, (2) List the requirements and criteria to be met for each type 
of grant and discretionary eligibility, (3) Discuss fundable uses and 
limitations, (4) Explain how proposals will be selected and funded, and 
(5) Describe the application process and administrative procedures for 
awarding grants. The three types of grants available under the program 
are:
     Rehabilitation--renovate or redesign existing close-to-
home recreation facilities.
     Innovation--specific activities that either increase 
recreation programs or improve the efficiency of the local government 
to operate existing programs.
     Planning--development of a Recovery Action Program plan.
    The information collection requirements associated with the UPARR 
Program are currently approved under three OMB control numbers, all of 
which expire on October 31, 2013. During our review for this renewal, 
we identified some additional requirements that need OMB approval. See 
our May 2, 2013, Federal Register notice (78 FR 25760) for specifics on 
the information we collect.
    Congress has not appropriated funds for new UPARR grants since FY 
2002. We are not currently accepting applications, and there are no 
open grants for which performance reports must be submitted. However, 
we still receive requests for conversion of properties improved or 
developed with UPARR grants through FY 2002 to other than public 
recreation uses. In anticipation of future funding, we are requesting 
OMB approval for the information collection requirements for UPARR 
grants. If OMB approves this revision, we will discontinue OMB Control 
Numbers 1024-0028 and 1024-0089.
    Comments: On May 2, 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 
FR 25760) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this 
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 
days, ending on July 1, 2013. We did not receive any comments.
    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, email 
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: September 4, 2013.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
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