[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 69 (Friday, April 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15468-15469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06240]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX22LB00TZ80100; OMB Control Number 1028-0079]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; North American
Breeding Bird Survey
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
May 12, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection request (ICR) should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
[ssquf] Internet: https://www.regulations.gov. Search for and
submit comments on Docket No. USGS-2025-0003;
[ssquf] U.S. Mail: USGS, Information Collections Clearance Officer,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Ziolkowski by email at
[email protected], or by telephone at 301-497-5753. Individuals in
the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 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.
You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general public and
other Federal agencies with an opportunity 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.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
January 7, 2025 (90 FR 1185). No comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. 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; and
(4) How the agency might 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. Before including your address, phone number, email
address, or other personally identifiable information (PII) in your
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your
PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us
in your comment to withhold your PII from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: Respondents supply the USGS with bird count data for more
than 600 North American bird species. These data and the analyzed
relative abundance and population trend estimates derived from them
will be made available via the internet and through special
publications, which are used by government agencies, industry,
education programs, and the general public. We will protect information
from respondents that is considered proprietary under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), its implementing regulations (43 CFR
part 2), and in accordance with ``Data and information to be made
available to the public or for limited inspection'' (30 CFR 250.197).
Responses are voluntary. No questions of a ``sensitive'' nature are
asked.
Title of Collection: North American Breeding Bird Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0079.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,650.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,600.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 11 hours on average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 28,600.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $182,000. (Mileage
costs average $70 per response; based on an approximate 100-mile round
trip made for data collection per response and using the U.S. GSA 2025
privately owned vehicle mileage reimbursement rate of $0.70 per mile.)
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, not is a person is required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.).
David Ziolkowski,
BBS Program Manager, Eastern Ecological Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2025-06240 Filed 4-10-25; 8:45 am]
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