[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 49335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19727]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX14BA030AD0100]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information 
collection (1028-0078).

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995, and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This 
collection is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2014.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before October 20, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to 
the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648-
7197 (fax); or [email protected] (email). Please reference 
Information Collection 1028-0078, North American Amphibian Monitoring 
Program (NAAMP) in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Adams at U.S. Geological 
Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, 3200 SW 
Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97330 (mail); (541) 750-1069 (fax); or 
[email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This information collection pertains to volunteers who contribute 
their time to conduct frog call surveys at assigned survey routes for 
the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program. Volunteers use an on-
line data entry system to submit data. This information is used by 
Agencies and organizations at the state, federal and local levels. The 
information constitutes monitoring of amphibian populations, providing 
systematically collected information to enable managers in natural 
resource decision making. Responses are voluntary.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0078.
    Form Number: Various if many different forms or screen shots, 
otherwise provide the form number.
    Title: North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP)
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: General Public; individual households.
    Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: 3 times per year.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1600.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours per response.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 4800.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: The 
``non-hour cost'' burden associated with this IC is primarily vehicle 
mileage; calculated at the federal standard rate of 0.56 cents per mile 
times the approximate distance of a survey route (15 miles). The total 
estimate is $8.40 per survey. Any new participants will also need to 
purchase a thermometer to record air temperature at $15 each.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor and you are not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number and current expiration date.

III. Request for Comments

    We are soliciting comments as to: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its 
duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize the burden 
on the respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice 
are a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing 
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from 
public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Dated: August 13, 2014.
William Lellis,
Deputy Associate Director for Ecosystems.
[FR Doc. 2014-19727 Filed 8-19-14; 8:45 am]
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