[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14525-14527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05748]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Proposed New Information Collection: OMB Control Number 1084-
XXXX; Documenting, Managing and Preserving Department of the Interior 
Museum Collections Housed in Non-Federal Repositories

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Acquisition and Property 
Management.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of Acquisition and Property Management, Office of the Secretary, 
Department of the Interior announces a proposed programmatic public 
information collection and seeks public comments on the provisions 
thereof.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 13, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to Steven Floray, Office of 
Acquisition and Property Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, 
1849 C Street NW., MS 4262-MIB, Washington, DC 20240, fax 202-513-7634, 
or by electronic mail to [email protected]. Please mention 
that your comments concern the Documenting,

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Managing and Preserving Department of the Interior Museum Collections 
Housed in Non-Federal Repositories, OMB Control Number 1084-XXXX. All 
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request 
for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information 
collection request, any explanatory information and related forms, see 
the contact information provided in the ADDRESSES section above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This notice is for a new information collection.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 
1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq., require that interested members of the public and 
affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information 
collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d)).
    The Department of the Interior (DOI) owns and manages over 185 
million artifacts, scientific specimens, and documents in trust for the 
American public--a collection surpassed in size only by that of the 
Smithsonian Institution. This diverse collection consists of 
archaeological materials, archives, art, biological specimens, 
ethnographic artifacts, geological specimens, historic artifacts, and 
paleontological specimens that are held by ten of DOI's bureaus and 
offices. The majority of DOI's collections are housed in bureau 
facilities; however, over ten percent (more than 19 million objects and 
11,000 cubic feet of objects) are housed by at least 858 non-Federal 
repositories, the majority of which are museums associated with, or 
departments of, U.S. colleges and universities. Most are scientific 
collections from the disciplines of archaeology, biology, geology, and 
paleontology and include associated archival records.
    DOI museum collections, regardless of where they are housed, must 
be managed according to preservation, documentation, educational, and 
other requirements in the public interest. These requirements are 
mandated by a number of Federal laws, regulations, and policies, 
notably: Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities of 1906 
(Antiquities Act) (16 U.S.C. 431-433); Historic Sites Act of 1935 (16 
U.S.C. 461-467); Management of Museum Properties Act of 1955, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 18f); National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); Archeological and Historic 
Preservation Act of 1974, as amended (16 U.S.C. 469-469l-2); 
Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
470aa-mm); Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 
1990 (25 U.S.C. 3001-3013 and 18 U.S.C. 1170); Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009, Title VI, Subtitle D: Paleontological Resources 
Preservation Act (PRPA); Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered 
Archaeological Collections (36 CFR Part 79); and the Department of the 
Interior Departmental Manual, Part 411: Identifying and Managing Museum 
Property (411 DM).
    411 DM, which implements the Federal laws and regulations noted 
above, requires the following information be collected, used, and 
retained by all bureaus that hold ownership of museum collections: 
Facility Checklist for Spaces Housing DOI Museum Property; museum 
catalog records; accession records; and inventories of museum 
collections. These requirements apply to all DOI museum collections 
regardless of each collection's location (DOI facility or non-DOI 
facility) or the personnel that accomplished the work (DOI staff, 
contractors, partners, cooperators, agencies, institutions, or similar 
organizations associated with the Department).
    This notice of a proposed information collection is being published 
by the Office of Acquisition and Property Management, Department of the 
Interior, on behalf of all DOI bureaus and offices that manage museum 
collections.

II. Data

    (1) Title: Documenting, Managing and Preserving Department of the 
Interior Museum Collections Housed in Non-Federal Repositories.
    OMB Control Number: 1084-XXXX.
    Current Expiration Date: Not Applicable.
    Type of Review: Information Collection.
    Affected Entities: Museums; academic, cultural, and research 
institutions; and, state or local agencies and institutions.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 400.
    Frequency of responses: Maximum of once per year and likely less.
    (2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden:
    Total annual reporting per response: 11 hours.
    Total number of estimated responses: 400.
    Total annual reporting: 4400 hours.
    (3) Description of the need and use of the information: The purpose 
of this information collection is to ensure compliance with all Federal 
laws, regulations and Departmental policy pertaining to the 
documentation, management, and preservation of DOI museum collections 
housed in non-Federal repositories, and to meet the DOI's associated 
stewardship responsibilities to the American public. This information 
consists of five primary components:
    (a) Facility Checklist for Spaces Housing DOI Museum Property. The 
Facility Checklist for Spaces Housing DOI Museum Property (Checklist) 
is used to assess and evaluate exhibit, storage, and administrative 
office spaces that house DOI museum collections to ensure compliance 
with the requirements of DOI policy.
    (b) Museum catalog records of DOI museum objects, including certain 
DOI required data: Accession number; catalog number; discipline and 
classification; object or scientific name; unit acronym and/or 
identifier; controlled property status; item count or quantity; current 
location; description; condition; date cataloged; cataloger; and, other 
required discipline-specific information related to scientific 
collections and archives, such as provenience, collector, collection 
site, date and number, and archival scope, content, organization or 
arrangement.
    (c) Museum accession records of DOI museum objects and collections, 
including certain DOI required data: Accession number; source and 
contact information; date received; date accessioned; accession type; 
description; project name; item total by discipline; catalog status; 
and, any catalog numbers in the accession.
    (d) Inventories of DOI museum collections, including certain DOI 
required data: Object found; item count; location; condition; date of 
inventory; and inventory method.
    (e) Input on U.S. Department of the Interior Collections Housed at 
Non-Federal Facilities, which includes: The estimated number of DOI 
collections at the facility, if applicable; accession numbers of DOI 
collections; number of catalog records for DOI collections; type of 
museum catalog database used, if applicable; existence of DOI NAGPRA 
collections; inventory status; and research use. The information will 
be used by DOI to determine if DOI collections are located at the

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respondents' facilities, the nature of the collections, quantities, 
issues of complexity, and any other related factors.

III. Request for Comments

    The Department invites comments on:
    (1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agencies, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of the agencies' estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information and the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    ``Burden'' means the total time, effort, and financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide 
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed 
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and use 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able 
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, and 
to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit 
or otherwise disclose the information.
    All written comments, with names and addresses, will be available 
for public inspection. If you wish us to withhold your personal 
information, you must prominently state at the beginning of your 
comment what personal information you want us to withhold. We will 
honor your request to the extent allowable by law. If you wish to view 
any comments received, you may do so by visiting the Interior Museum 
Program's Web site at: http://www.doi.gov/museum.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

    Dated: March 6, 2014.
Debra Sonderman,
Director, Office of Acquisition and Property Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-05748 Filed 3-13-14; 8:45 am]
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