[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 81 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19748-19750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08697]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-22699; PPWONRADD1, PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000 (177)]


Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 
1024-0236; Research Permit and Reporting System Applications and 
Reports

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the

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information collection (IC) described below. As required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act 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 IC is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2017. 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.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before May 30, 2017.

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 the Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201 Sunrise 
Valley Drive (MS-242 ADIR-PMSP), Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please reference OMB Control Number 1024-
0236 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 IC, contact Bill Commins, Natural Resource Stewardship and 
Science, National Park Service, 1201 I St. NW. (Floor 8, Room 46), 
Washington, DC 20005 (mail); 202-513-7166 (telephone); 202-371-1944 
(fax); or [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Regulations at 36 CFR 2.1 and 2.5 provide for taking of scientific 
research specimens in parks. We use a permit system to manage 
scientific research and collecting. National Park Service Forms 10-741a 
(Application for a Scientific Research and Collecting Permit) and 10-
741b (Application for a Science Education Permit) collect information 
from persons seeking a permit to conduct natural or social science 
research and collection activities in individual units of the National 
Park System. The information we collect includes, but is not limited 
to:
     Names and business contact information.
     Project title, purpose of study, summary of proposed field 
methods and activities, and study and field schedules.
     Location where scientific activities are proposed to take 
place, including method of access.
     Whether or not specimens are proposed to be collected or 
handled, and if yes, scientific descriptions and proposed disposition 
of specimens.
     If specimens are to be permanently retained, the proposed 
repositories for those specimens.
    Persons who receive a permit must report annually on the activities 
conducted under the permit. Form 10-226 (Investigator's Annual Report) 
collects the following information:
     Reporting year, park, and type of permit.
     Names and business contact information and names of 
additional investigators.
     Project title, park-assigned study or activity number, 
park-assigned permit number, permit start and expiration dates, and 
scientific study start and ending dates.
     Activity type, subject discipline, purpose of study/
activity during the reporting year, and finding and status of study or 
accomplishments of education activity during the reporting year.
    We use the above information to manage the use and preservation of 
park resources and for reporting to the public via the Internet about 
the status of permitted research and collecting activities. We 
encourage respondents to use the Internet-based, automated Research 
Permit and Reporting System (RPRS) to complete and submit applications 
and reports. For those who use RPRS, much of the information needed for 
the annual report is generated automatically through information 
supplied in the application or contained in the permit.
    You may obtain additional information about the application and 
reporting forms and existing guidance and explanatory material by 
clicking on ``Help'' at the RPRS Web site (https://irma.nps.gov/RPRS/).

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0236.
    Title: Research Permit and Reporting System Applications and 
Reports, 36 CFR 2.1 and 2.5.
    Service Form Number(s): NPS Forms 10-226, 10-741a, and 10-741b.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals; businesses; academic and 
research institutions; and Federal, State, local, and tribal 
governments.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion for applications; annually for 
reports.

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                                                         Number of
              Activity                   Number of        annual          Completion time per      Total annual
                                        respondents      responses             response            burden hours
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                                  Form 10-226, ``Investigator's Annual Report''
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Individuals.........................             217             217  15 minutes................              54
Private Sector......................           1,700           1,700  15 minutes................             425
Government..........................           1,300           1,300  15 minutes................             325
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    Subtotal........................           3,217           3,217  ..........................             804
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                  Form 10-741a, ``Application for a Scientific Research and Collecting Permit''
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Individuals.........................             272             272  1.38 hours................             375
Private Sector......................           1,600           1,600  1.38 hours................           2,208
Government..........................           1,400           1,400  1.38 hours................           1,932
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    Subtotal........................           3,272           3,272  ..........................           4,515
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                          Form 10-741b, ``Application for a Science Education Permit''
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Individuals.........................              30              30  1 hour....................              30
Private Sector......................              50              50  1 hour....................              50
Government..........................              50              50  1 hour....................              50
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    Subtotal........................             130             130  ..........................             130
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        Totals......................           6,619           6,619  ..........................           5,449
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* Total annual burden hours rounded.

    Estimated Annual Non-hour Cost Burden: There is no non-hour burden 
cost associated with this collection.

III. Comments

    On September 9, 2016, we published in the Federal Register (81 FR 
44147) 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 November 7, 2016. We received no 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.
    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.

Timothy Goddard,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-08697 Filed 4-27-17; 8:45 am]
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