[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11464-11465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASONRSS-15011; PPWOVPADW0, PPMPRLE1Y.LB0000]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; 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. This information collection is scheduled to expire on 
February 28, 2014. 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 March 31, 2014.

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 ``1024-0236'' in the subject 
line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Bill Commins at [email protected] (email) 
or at 202-513-7166 (telephone). 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: 1024-0236.
    Title: Research Permit and Reporting System Applications and 
Reports, 36 CFR 2.1 and 2.5.
    Service Form Number(s): 10-226, 10-741a, and 10-741b.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals; businesses; academic and 
research institutions; and Federal, State, local, and tribal 
governments.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion for applications; annually for 
reports.

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                                                           Number of
               Activity                    Number of        annual         Completion time per     Total annual
                                          respondents      responses            response           burden hours
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Investigator's Annual Report (Form 10-           5,395           5,395  15 minutes..............           1,349
 226).
Application for a Scientific Research            4,980           4,980  1.38 hours..............           6,872
 and Collecting Permit (Form 10-741a).
Application for a Science Education                415             415  1 hour..................             415
 Permit (Form 10-741b).
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    TOTALS............................          10,790          10,790  ........................           8,636
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    Abstract: Regulations at 36 CFR 2.1 and 2.5 provide for taking of 
scientific research specimens in parks. We use a permit system to 
manage scientific research and collecting. National Park Service Forms 
10-741a (Application for a Scientific Research and Collecting Permit) 
and 10-741b (Application for a Science Education Permit) collect 
information from persons seeking a permit to conduct natural or social 
science research and collection activities in individual units of the 
National Park System. The information we collect includes, but is not 
limited to:
     Names and business contact information.
     Project title, purpose of study, summary of proposed field 
methods and activities, and study and field schedules.
     Location where scientific activities are proposed to take 
place, including method of access.
     Whether or not specimens are proposed to be collected or 
handled, and if yes, scientific descriptions and proposed disposition 
of specimens.
     If specimens are to be permanently retained, the proposed 
repositories for those specimens.
    Persons who receive a permit must report annually on the activities 
conducted under the permit. Form 10-226 (Investigator's Annual Report) 
collects the following information:
     Reporting year, park, and type of permit.
     Names and business contact information and names of 
additional investigators.
     Project title, park-assigned study or activity number, 
park-assigned permit number, permit start and expiration dates, and 
scientific study start and ending dates.
     Activity type, subject discipline, purpose of study/
activity during the reporting year, and finding and status of study or 
accomplishments of education activity during the reporting year.
    We use the above information to manage the use and preservation of 
park resources and for reporting to the public via the Internet about 
the status of permitted research and collecting activities. We 
encourage respondents to use the Internet-based, automated Research 
Permit and Reporting System (RPRS) to complete and submit applications 
and reports. For those who use RPRS, much of the information needed for 
the annual report is generated automatically through information 
supplied in the application or contained in the permit.
    Comments: On September 19, 2013, we published in the Federal 
Register (78 FR 57654) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew 
approval for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited 
comments for 60 days, ending November 3, 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

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     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: February 25, 2014.
Ramie Lynch,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
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