[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37093-37095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12070]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-CR-NPS0035688; PPWOCRADP3, PCU00RP15.R50000 234P104215 (223); 
OMB Control Number 1024-0038]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Procedures for State, 
Tribal, and Local Government Historic Preservation Programs & 
Management of Historic Preservation Fund Grants

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the National Park Service (NPS) are proposing to revise a currently 
approved information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR-
ICCO), National Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, (MS-242) 
Reston, VA 20191 (mail); or to [email protected] (email). Please 
reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1024-
0038 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR contact Seth Tinkham, Grants Management Specialist, 
State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division at [email protected] (email); 
or at 202-354-2020 (phone). Please reference OMB Control Number 1024-
0038 in the subject line of your comments. Individuals in the United 
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech 
disability may dial 711 (TTY,

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TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. 
Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services 
offered within their country to make international calls to the point 
of contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 
information collections require approval under the PRA.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on 
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This 
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements 
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public 
understand our information collection requirements and provide the 
requested data in the desired format.
    We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether or not the information will have practical utility.
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used.
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
    (4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 us in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Abstract: This collection is authorized by Section 101(b) of the 
National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (54 U.S.C. 302301), 
which specifies the role of States, Tribes, and local governments in 
the Historic Preservation Program (HPP). This information collection 
has an impact on State, Tribal, and local governments that wish to 
participate formally with the National Park Service in the HPP. 
Information is also requested to meet grant management and monitoring 
of responsibilities for States, Tribes, local government, and other 
eligible grant recipients under 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq. and 2 CFR 200.
    Each year Congress directs the NPS to use part of the annual 
appropriation from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) for the State 
grant program and the Tribal grant programs to assist States and Tribes 
in carrying out their statutory role in the HPP. Through competitive 
grant programs, Congress also directs NPS to provide financial 
assistance to a variety of eligible grant recipients to support the 
broad cultural resource mandates of the National Historic Preservation 
Act and for other purposes.
    We use these information collections to manage our statutory 
partnerships and for managing grants (usually to those same partners). 
We are requesting to update the name of this collection from 
``Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local Government Historic 
Preservation Programs'' to ``Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local 
Government Historic Preservation Programs & Management of Historic 
Preservation Fund Grants.'' This change is to clarify our roles in 
managing our statutory partnerships and competitive (project) grants 
and formula grants.
    The information from this collection is required to determine if 
State, Tribal, and local governments meet minimum standards and 
requirements for participation in the HPP and to meet program-specific 
requirements as well as government-wide requirements for Federal grant 
programs. This revision will seek approval for new collections to 
support competitive (project) grants, clarify collection requirements 
for formula grants, and reduce one collection related to the HPP.
    Due to an unprecedented funding increase, we anticipate an increase 
in the number of applicants and awarded grants. We are requesting 
approval for the 10 new forms (listed below). The forms will enable us 
to prudently manage, monitor, track, and steward federal funding 
resources and our investment in the nation's historic resources and 
collections.
     Interim Progress Report Worksheet (applies to all project 
grants): This worksheet will provide an organized and systematic way 
for grant recipients to provide a performance progress report that 
relates grant-supported project work to expenditures. The report also 
assists with tracking grantee compliance with award terms and 
conditions related to environmental and historic resource protection 
laws.
     Final Report Worksheet (applies to all project grants): 
This worksheet will be used to reconcile the proposed project budget 
with actual expenditures, including final verification that grantee 
administrative and indirect costs expenditures did not exceed the 
statutory maximum. The worksheet also describes grant-assisted 
accomplishments and serves as the final performance report. Finally, 
the worksheet gathers data on the impact of the grant award.
     Project Image Form (applies to all project grants): This 
form is used to gather representative photographs, prints, drawings, or 
other visual depictions of the historic resources impacted by the 
project. Project images are used to depict damage to or illustrate 
areas needing repair in historic resources.
     Budget Narrative (applies to all project grants): This 
form will provide a standardized way for applicants to relate budget 
data depicted in aggregate on the SF-424A and/or SF-424C to specific 
work items. The data in the budget narrative are used to perform an 
initial price/cost analysis as part of assessing the reasonability of 
project budgets as well as compliance with program funding limitations.
     Project Description Worksheet (applies to all project 
grants): This worksheet will be used in the merit review selection 
process to rank and select projects for funding. The project 
description worksheet will be used by applicants to describe their 
project, relate project work to the specific grant program, and 
demonstrate the reasonableness of project budgets and staff 
qualifications.
     Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund Grant 
Final Report Worksheet (applies to the named grant program only): Due 
to the funding requirements and program goals for the Emergency 
Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund grants, a program-specific 
final report worksheet is required. This worksheet will require 
grantees to describe the full scope of grant-assisted disaster recovery 
operations and provide vital feedback to improve the delivery of 
federal financial assistance post-disaster.
     National Register Eligibility Worksheet (applies only to 
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applications for development/construction work): For those grant 
programs which support project work on resources that are listed in, or 
eligible for listing in, the National Register of Historic Places, this 
worksheet will be used to document the name of the resource(s) as 
listed or determined eligible for listing. Additionally, this worksheet 
records the National Register listing number (called NRIS) for listed 
resources. This worksheet is necessary to determine whether the 
proposed project work is eligible for funding.
     Subgrant project description (applies to Paul Bruhn 
Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program and Emergency Supplemental 
Historic Preservation Fund grants only): The information collected will 
include the scope of work, name and address of subgrantee, subgrant 
budget, and subgrant final accomplishments. This information is 
required as part of prime recipient monitoring, to assist with review 
and compliance with environmental and historic resource protections 
laws, and to record expenditures of prime award funding bypass through 
entities.
     National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) screening 
worksheet (applies to all grants): NEPA screening worksheet data are 
used to assess the environmental impact of grant and sub-grant assisted 
work.
     Project information submittals for National Historic 
Landmarks or World Heritage Sites (applies to all grants): Information 
submitted under this collection is used to meet statutory requirements 
for the protection of this nation's most valuable historic resources. 
Specifically, this project information is analyzed for compliance with 
the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology 
and Historic Preservation.
    We are proposing to discontinue the HPF Online Closeout/EOY (State 
Sources of Non-federal Matching Share Report).
    The NPS uses the information collected to ensure compliance with 
the National Historic Preservation Act, as well as government-wide 
grant requirements issued and implemented through 43 CFR 12 and 2 CFR 
200.
    Title of Collection: Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local 
Government Historic Preservation Programs & Management of Historic 
Preservation Fund Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0038.
    Form Number: NPS Forms 10-2060 through 10-2065.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Tribal, local governments, and 
grant applicants or recipients who wish to participate formally in the 
National Historic Preservation Program and/or who wish to apply for or 
receive Historic Preservation Fund grant assistance.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 47,908.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 10 minutes to 
40 hours depending on activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 44,640.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    An agency 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.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance, Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-12070 Filed 6-5-23; 8:45 am]
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