[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47818-47819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17360]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NER-20796; PPNEHATUC0, PPMRSCR1Y.CU0000 (166)]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom Program

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 July 31, 2016. 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 August 22, 2016.

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, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive (Mail Stop 242), Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0232'' in the 
subject line of your comments. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Diane Miller, National Manager, National 
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, National Park Service, 
National Park Service, c/o Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, 2145 
Key Wallace Drive, Cambridge, Maryland 21613; or via email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 
(54 U.S.C. 308301, et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish the Network to Freedom (Network). The Network is a collection 
of sites, facilities, and programs, both governmental and 
nongovernmental, around the United States. All entities must have a 
verifiable association with the historic Underground Railroad movement. 
The National Park Service administers the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Program. The program coordinates preservation and 
education efforts Nationwide and integrates local historical places, 
museums, and interpretive programs associated with the Underground 
Railroad into a mosaic of community, regional, and national stories.
    Individuals; businesses; organizations; State, tribal and local 
governments; and Federal agencies that want to join the Network must 
complete NPS Form 10-946 (National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom Application). The application and instructions are available on 
our Web site at http://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm. Respondents

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must (1) verify associations and characteristics through descriptive 
texts that are the result of historical research and (2) submit 
supporting documentation; e.g., copies of rare documents, photographs, 
and maps. Much of the information is submitted in electronic format and 
used to determine eligibility to become part of the Network.
    One of the principal components of the Network to Freedom Program 
is to validate the efforts of local and regional organizations, and to 
make it easier for them to share expertise and communicate with us and 
each other. The vehicle through which this can happen is for these 
local entities to become Network Partners. Partners of the Network to 
Freedom Program work alongside and often in cooperation with us to 
fulfill the program's mission. Prospective partners must submit a 
letter with the following information:
     Name and address of the agency, company or organization;
     Name, address, and phone, fax, and email information of 
principal contact;
     Abstract not to exceed 200 words describing the partner's 
activity or mission statement; and
     Brief description of the entity's association to the 
Underground Railroad.

II. Data

    OMB Number: 1024-0232.
    Title: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
    Form Number(s): NPS Form 10-946, ``National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Application''.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals; businesses; nonprofit 
organizations; and Federal, State, tribal, and local governments.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                        Number of       Number of        Completion time per       Total annual
              Activity                 respondents      responses              response            burden hours
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Network Applications (NPS Form 10-               35              35  40 hours...................           1,400
 946).
Partner Requests...................               2               2  .5 hours...................               1
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    Totals.........................              37              37  ...........................           1,401
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.

III. Comments

    On January 15, 2016, we published in the Federal Register (81 FR 
2232) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval for 
this information collection. In that notice, we solicited public 
comments for 60 days, ending on March 15, 2016. We did not receive any 
comments in response to that 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.
    Please note that the comments submitted 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 or us in your comment to withhold 
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that it will be done.

     Dated: July 18, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-17360 Filed 7-21-16; 8:45 am]
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