[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63937-63938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25479]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[GX14BA030AD0100]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

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

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

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection request (ICR) 
described below. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) 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 ICR. This 
collection is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2014.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, OMB 
must receive them on or before November 26, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information 
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the Department of the Interior, via email: 
([email protected]); or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify 
your submission with `OMB Control Number 1028-0078 North American 
Amphibian Monitoring Program'. Please also forward a copy of your 
comments and suggestions 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) 648-7195 
(fax); or [email protected] (email). Please reference `OMB 
Information Collection 1028-0078 North American Amphibian Monitoring 
Program' in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Adams, Forest and Rangeland 
Ecosystem Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 3200 SW Jefferson 
Way, Corvallis, OR 97331 (mail); (541) 750-1069 (fax); or 
[email protected] (email). You may also find information about this ICR 
at www.reginfo.gov.

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: None.
    Title: North American Amphibian Monitoring Program.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondent Obligation: None (participation is voluntary).
    Frequency of Collection: 3 times per year.
    Description of Respondents: General public; individual households.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1600.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that it will take 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 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. Until the OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obliged to respond.
    Comments: On August 20, 2014, we published a Federal Register 
notice (79 FR 49335) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB 
for approval and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on 
October 20, 2014. We received two comments, both supported the renewal 
of this collection as helpful information for their state natural 
resources program.

III. Request for Comments

    We again invite comments concerning this ICR 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) how 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 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

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your personally identifiable information, may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you can ask the OMB in your comment to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that it will be done.

William Lellis,
Deputy Associate Director for Ecosystems.
[FR Doc. 2014-25479 Filed 10-24-14; 8:45 am]
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