[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36818-36819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15360]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-CR-14829; PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Archeology Permit Applications and 
Reports

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) 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 June 30, 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 July 30, 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 ``1024-0037'' in the subject 
line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Karen Mudar at [email protected] (email) or 
202-354-2103 (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: 1024-0037.
    Title: Archeology Permit Applications and Reports, 43 CFR parts 3 
and 7.
    Form Number(s): DI Form 1926.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or organizations wishing to 
excavate or remove archeological resources from public or Indian lands.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Number of Respondents: 773.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                                     Number of       time per      Total annual
                            Activity                                  annual         response      burden  hours
                                                                     responses         hours
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Application.....................................................             773             2.5           1,933
Reports.........................................................             773              .5             387
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    Totals......................................................           1,546  ..............           2,320
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    Abstract: Section 4 of the Archeological Resources Protection Act 
(ARPA) of 1979 (16 U.S.C 470cc), and Section 3 of the Antiquities Act 
(AA) of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 432), authorize any individual or institution 
to apply to Federal land managing agencies to scientifically excavate 
or remove archeological resources from public or Indian lands. 
Archeological investigations that require permits include excavation, 
shovel-testing, coring, pedestrian survey (with and without removal of 
artifacts), underwater archeology, photogrammetry, and rock art 
documentation. Individuals, academic and scientific institutions, 
museums, and businesses that propose to conduct archeological field 
investigations must obtain a permit before the project may begin.
    To apply for a permit, applicants submit DI Form 1926 (Application 
for Permit for Archeological Investigations). In general, an 
application includes, but is not limited to, the following information:
    [ssquf] Statement of Work.
    [ssquf] Statement of Applicant's Capabilities.

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    [ssquf] Statement of Applicant's Past Performance.
    [ssquf] Curriculum vitae for Principal Investigator(s) and Project 
Director(s).
    [ssquf] Written consent by State or tribal authorities to undertake 
the activity on State or tribal lands that are managed by Federal land 
managing agencies, if required by the State or tribe.
    [ssquf] Curation Authorization.
    [ssquf] Detailed Schedule of All Project Activities.
    Persons receiving a permit must submit a final report upon 
completion of the field component of the research project.
    Comments: On January 21, 2014, we published in the Federal Register 
(79 FR 3402) 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 on March 24, 2014. We did not receive any comments 
in response to the notice.
    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: June 24, 2014.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-15360 Filed 6-26-14; 4:15 pm]
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