Published 60 day notice

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Estimated average number of
responses: 18,600 per year.
Frequency of Response: 1 per
respondent.
Estimated average time burden per
respondent: Special Event permit and
Vehicle Use permit: .5 hour
First Amendment permits/
Distribution of printed material,
Commerical Filming permit, Still
Photography permit, Agricultural Use,
and Access to Otherwise Closed Area:
1 hour.
Estimated total annual reporting
burden: 11,150 hours per year.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
practical utility of the information being
gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden
hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden to
respondents, including use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail 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.
October 29, 2009.
Cartina Miller,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–26468 Filed 11–3–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
60-Day Notice of Intention To Request
Clearance of Collection of Information;
Opportunity for Public Comment

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AGENCY: Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record
Keeping Requirements, the National
Park Service (NPS) invites public
comments on an extension of a
currently approved collection of
information (OMB #1024–0232).
DATES: Public comments on this
Information Collection Request (ICR)

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will be accepted on or before January 4,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Diane
Miller, National Manager, National
Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Program, National Park
Service, Midwest Regional Office, 601
Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska
68102 or via fax at 402–661–1982; or via
e-mail at [email protected]. All
responses to the Notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
To Request a Draft of Proposed
Collection of Information Contact: Diane
Miller, National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, National
Park Service, 601 Riverfront Drive,
Omaha, Nebraska 68102; or via phone at
402/661–1588; or via fax at 402/661–
1982; or via e-mail at:
[email protected]. You are entitled
to a copy of the entire ICR package free
of charge once the package is submitted
to OMB for review. You can access this
ICR at: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Park Service National
Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom.
Form(s): National Park Service
National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Application Form.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0232.
Expiration Date: 2/28/2010.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection of
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13), require that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activity [see 5 CFR
1320.8 (d)]. This notice identifies an
information collection that NPS will be
submitting to OMB for approval. This
collection is contained in Public Law
105–23, the National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom Act of
1998 which requires the establishment
of a network justifiably associated with
the Underground Railroad. The Network
is designed to be a collection of sites,
facilities, and programs, both
governmental and non-governmental,
around the United States with a
verifiable association with the historic
Underground Railroad movement. The
Network to Freedom Application Form
is completed by Federal agencies, State
Historic Preservation Offices, other State
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organizations, and individuals to
determine their eligibility to the
Network. The National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom, National
Park Service will request a 3-year term
of approval for this information
collection activity.
Description of Need: The NPS has
identified guidelines and criteria for
associated elements to qualify for the
Network. The application form for
historic sites, educational programs, and
archives and research centers collects
data to determine if eligibility
requirements are met. The
documentation will be incorporated into
a database that will be available to the
general public for information purposes.
Public Law 105–2103 authorizes the
NPS to develop and administer the
National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, a
nationwide collection of governmental
and non-governmental sites, facilities,
and programs associated with the
historic Underground Railroad
movement. The NPS has developed the
application process through which
associated elements can be included in
the Network. The information collected
will: (a) Verify associations to the
Underground Railroad; (b) measure
minimum levels of standards for
inclusion in the Network; and (c)
identify general needs for technical
assistance. The NPS specifically
requests comments on: (1) The need for
information including whether the
information has practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the reporting burden hours
estimates; (3) ways to enhance the
quality and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) ways to minimize
the burden of information collection on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Automated Data Collection:
Respondents must verify associations
and characteristics through descriptive
texts that are the result of historical
research. Evaluations are based on
subjective analysis of the information
provided, which often includes copies
of rare documents and photographs.
Much of the information is submitted in
electronic format, but at the present
time, there is no automated way to
gather all of the required information.
Description of respondents: The
affected public is State, tribal, and local
governments, Federal agencies,
businesses, non-profit organizations,
and individuals throughout the United
States.
Estimated average number of
responses: 70 per year.
Frequency of Response: Once per
respondent.

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Estimated average time burden per
respondent: 15 hours.
Estimated total annual reporting
burden: 1,050 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
practical utility of the information being
gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden
hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden to
respondents, including use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail 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.
Dated: October 29, 2009.
Cartina A. Miller,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E9–26470 Filed 11–3–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Mall and Memorial Parks;
Notice of Intent To Revise the Scope of
an Environmental Impact Statement
and Plan for the National Mall

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AGENCY: Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to revise the
scope of the National Mall Plan
Environmental Impact Statement and to
prepare a separate Environmental
Assessment (EA) for Pennsylvania
Avenue National Historic Site.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park
Service (NPS) has been preparing a
National Mall Plan Environmental
Impact Statement (National Mall Plan)
to develop a long-range vision for the
use and management of the National
Mall and for Pennsylvania Avenue
National Historic Site. The scope of the
National Mall Plan will be revised so
that planning for Pennsylvania Avenue
National Historic Site will continue in
a separate planning document and
process, an action supported by
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Comments received to date during the
National Mall Plan public scoping and
involvement periods that pertain to the
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic
Site will be incorporated into planning
and environmental analysis for
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic
Site.
The NPS announced the start of initial
planning for the National Mall Plan on
January 16, 2007 (72 FR 1763).
Following public meetings the NPS
determined the plan would be an
Environmental Impact Statement. The
decision was announced in the Federal
Register on September 6, 2007 (72 FR
51253).
DATES: Information related to public
involvement opportunities for both the
National Mall Plan and for the EA for
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic
Site will be provided at the project Web
site: http://www.nps.gov/
nationalmallplan.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
planning effort will include compliance
with Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act and other laws
and regulations. The EA for
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic
Site, an area that has also been referred
to as Pennsylvania Avenue National
Historical Park, will address sidewalks
and parks along Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., from 1st Street to 15th Street and
will include a number of
commemorative statues as well as
memorial parks such as the U.S. Navy
Memorial, Pershing Park, Freedom
Plaza, Indiana Plaza, the Mellon
Fountain and John Marshall Park.
A map of the revised study areas for
the National Mall Plan and for the EA
for Pennsylvania Avenue National
Historic Site is available at the project
Web site: http://www.nps.gov/
nationalmallplan.
The comments already received by
the NPS related to Pennsylvania Avenue
National Historic Site are being
considered in this process along with
the information provided by cooperating
agencies and others. The primary issues
in the EA for Pennsylvania Avenue
National Historic Site that have been
raised relate to commercial uses, future
commemorative locations, maintenance
and care of memorial parks and the
sidewalks, and circulation. Additional
issues may be defined or added and
their resource impacts analyzed
throughout the planning process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Project Executive Susan Spain, at
National Mall & Memorial Parks, 900
Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC
20004, by telephone at (202) 245–4692,
or by e-mail at [email protected].

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Dated: October 22, 2009.
Margaret O’Dell,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. E9–26467 Filed 11–3–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–IA–2009–N176] [96300–1671–0000
FY09R4]

Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES); Fifteenth Regular
Meeting; Provisional Agenda;
Announcement of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The United States, as a Party
to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES), will attend the
fifteenth regular meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to CITES
(CoP15) in Doha, Qatar, March 13-25,
2010. Currently, the United States is
developing its negotiating positions on
proposed resolutions, decisions, and
amendments to the CITES Appendices
(species proposals), as well as other
agenda items that have been submitted
by other Party countries and the CITES
Secretariat for consideration at CoP15.
With this notice we announce the
provisional agenda for CoP15, solicit
your comments on the items on the
provisional agenda, and announce a
public meeting to discuss the items on
the provisional agenda.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on December 2, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. In
developing the U.S. negotiating
positions on proposed resolutions,
decisions, and species proposals, and
other agenda items submitted by other
Party countries and the CITES
Secretariat for consideration at CoP15,
we will consider written information
and comments you submit if we receive
them by January 4, 2010.
ADDRESSES:

Public Meeting
The public meeting will be held in the
Sidney Yates Auditorium at the
Department of the Interior at 18th and
C Streets, NW, Washington, DC.
Directions to the building can be
obtained by contacting the Division of
Management Authority (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). For
more information about the meeting, see

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