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16 U.S.C. 1, et seq., requires that the
NPS preserve national parks for the use
and enjoyment of present and future
generations. At the field level, this
means resource preservation, public
education, facility maintenance and
operation, and physical developments
as are necessary for public use, health,
and safety. Other Federal mandates
(National Environmental Policy Act and
NPS Management Policies) require
visitor use data in the impact
assessment of development on users and
resources as part of each park’s general
management plan. The Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of
1993 (Pub. L. 103–62) requires that the
NPS develop goals to improve program
effectiveness and public accountability
and to measure performance related to
these goals. The Visitor Survey Card
(VSC) project measures performance
toward those goals through a short
visitor survey card. The project is an
element of the NPS Strategic Plan and
the Department of the Interior (DOI)
Strategic Plan.
The NPS has used the VSC to conduct
surveys at approximately 330 National
Park Service units annually since 1998.
The purpose of the VSC is to measure
visitors’ opinions about park facilities,
services, and recreational opportunities
in each park unit and System-wide. This
effort is required by GPRA and other
NPS and DOI strategic planning efforts.
Data from the proposed survey is
needed to assess performance regarding
NPS GPRA goals IIa1A and IIb1. The
relevant NPS GPRA goals are:
IIa1A: Percent of visitors satisfied
with appropriate facilities, services and
recreational opportunities.
IIb1: Visitor understanding and
appreciation of the significance of the
park they are visiting.
In addition, the survey collects data to
support the DOI Strategic Plan goal on
visitor satisfaction with the value for
entrance fees paid to access public lands
managed by the DOI. NPS performance
on all goals measured in this study will
contribute to DOI Department-wide
performance reports. Results of the VSC
will also be used by park managers to
improve visitor services at the
approximately 330 units of the National
Park System where the survey is
administered.
The VSC is a component of the Visitor
Services Project, which is funded by the
NPS through a cooperative agreement
with the Park Studies Unit at the
University of Idaho, and has been in use
since 1998. The NPS received clearance
for the VSC from OMB under the
original clearance number (OMB# 1024–
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November 30, 2010. This request is for
OMB approval for another three years.
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 to be 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.
Automated data collection: This
information will be collected via mail
and locked, on-site collection boxes. No
automated data collection will occur.
Description of respondents: Visitors to
approximately 330 NPS units.
Estimated average number of
respondents: 132,000 visitors who
accept the survey card (92,400 nonrespondents and 39,600 respondents)
and 1,188 visitors who refuse to take the
survey card but are willing to answer
the two demographic questions and the
overall satisfaction question.
Estimated average burden hours per
response: 1 minute for non-respondents,
3 minutes for respondents, and 2
minutes for visitors who refuse to take
the survey card but are willing to
answer the two demographic questions
and the overall satisfaction question.
Frequency of Response: 1 time per
respondent.
Estimated annual reporting burden:
3,560 hours.
Dated: July 7, 2010.
Cartina Miller,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–IA–2010–N144] [96200–1672–
0005–7E]

Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control
Number 1018–0144; Wildlife Without
Borders—Amphibians in Decline Grant
Program
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) 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 ICR is scheduled to expire on
September 30, 2010. 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 send comments on or
before August 19, 2010.
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] (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail) or [email protected] (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or
e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018–0144.
Title: Wildlife Without Borders—
Amphibians in Decline Grant Program.
Service Form Number(s): 3–2338B.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Domestic and
nondomestic Federal, State, and local
governments; nonprofit,
nongovernmental organizations; public
and private institutions of higher
education; and any other organization or
individual with demonstrated
experience deemed necessary to carry
out the proposed project.
SUMMARY:

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Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of annual
respondents

Activity

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Applications ..............................................................................
Reports ....................................................................................
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Abstract: Section 8 of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531–43)
authorizes the establishment of the
Wildlife Without Borders—Amphibians
in Decline grant program to fund
projects that conserve the world’s
rapidly declining amphibian species.
This program will support activities that
address threats to frogs, toads,
salamanders, newts, and caecilians that
face an unprecedented threat of
extinction. Funding will be made
available for conservation of species
with native ranges in countries with the
greatest need for conservation funding.
Applicants submit proposals for
funding in response to a Notice of
Funding Availability that we publish on
Grants.gov and the program web page.
Applications consist of:
(1) Cover page with basic project
details (FWS Form 3–2338B).
(2) Project summary and narrative.
(3) Letter of appropriate government
endorsement.
(4) Brief curricula vitae for key project
personnel.
(5) Complete Standard Forms 424 and
424b (non-domestic applicants do not
submit the standard forms).
Applications may also include, as
appropriate, a copy of the organization’s
Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement
(NIRCA) and any additional
documentation supporting the proposed
project.
All assistance awards under this
program have a maximum reporting
requirement of a:
(1) Mid-term report (performance
report and a financial status report) due
within 30 days of the conclusion of the
first half of the project period, and
(2) Final report (performance and
financial status report and copies of all
deliverables, photographic
documentation of the project and
products resulting from the project) due
within 90 days of the end of the
performance period.
Comments: On April 14, 2010, we
published in the Federal Register (75
FR 19420) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited comments for 60 days,
ending on June 14, 2010. We received
three comments in response to that
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Number of annual
responses

40
10
50

40
20
60

One commenter voiced opposition to
spending tax dollars for this program.
Another commenter supported the
program and expressed interest in
applying for a grant. The third
commenter also expressed interest in
applying for a grant. None of the
commenters addressed the information
collection requirements, and we did not
make any changes to our collection. We
sent a copy of the NOFA to each
individual interested in applying.
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, 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: July 14, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-FHC-2010-N145] [71490-1351-0000L5]

Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0070; Incidental
Take of Marine Mammals During
Specified Activities
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the 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 November
30, 2010. 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: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by September 20,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or [email protected] (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone
at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This revised IC combines the
information collection requirements
associated with specified marine
mammal activities in the Beaufort Sea
and Chukchi Sea and the adjacent coast
of Alaska. The Office of Management
and Budget approved the information
collection requirements associated with

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