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this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
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 may 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: The Phragmites Adaptive
Management Framework (PAMF) is a
collaborative effort to confront and
reduce the spread of invasive
Phragmites grass in the Great Lakes
watershed. Phragmites is associated
with reduced water quality, loss of
biodiversity, reduced recreational
opportunities, and increased fire
hazards. Reducing or eliminating
Phragmites throughout the region will
reverse these deleterious effects and
help achieve the comprehensive
restoration goals for the Great Lakes
basin (see the Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative at https://www.glri.us/). The
PAMF initiative uses the principles of
adaptive management, a learning-based
form of management in which data
gathered following a treatment action
are used to improve the predictive
models that inform the decision-making
process itself. Identified as a priority by
the multi-national Great Lakes
Phragmites Collaborative (http://
www.greatlakesphragmites.net/), PAMF
is a network of public and private
cooperators who share a common desire
to reduce or eradicate invasive
Phragmites on lands that they manage.
Membership in PAMF is voluntary and
occurs after the cooperator has decided
to treat Phragmites. A process is being
developed to deliver site-specific
guidance to participants that will both
help them understand what treatment
approach is most likely to achieve their
management objectives and support
regional adaptive learning through
improvements and feedbacks to
underlying scientific models.
Cooperators will monitor and report
vegetation characteristics on lands
enrolled in the program, and they will
report attributes about treatments
applied. The data will be used in
analytical routines that will indicate a
best treatment action to apply based on
measured conditions and will update
the set of predictive models that
underlie the decision support tool.

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USGS is providing scientific leadership
to the initiative through the
development of models, monitoring
design, data systems, and a workflow to
process the collected data into
management guidance.
Title: Phragmites Adaptive
Management Framework.
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: General
public, NGOs, governmental entities
(Federal, State, Local, Tribal,
Provincial).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 100.
Total Estimated Total Number of
Annual Responses: 200.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: We estimate that it will take
1.5 hours per person to review training
materials, traverse the property to
observe conditions, and enter
information into a web-based form.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 300.
Respondent’s Obligation: None,
participation is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Information
is collected twice annually for each
enrolled parcel, for as long as
participant is enrolled in the program.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour
Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
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.).
Russell Strach,
Center Director, USGS Great Lakes Science
Center.
[FR Doc. 2018–08674 Filed 4–24–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GR18ND00GQ44100; OMB Control Number
1028–NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Efficacy of Oak Savanna
Restoration History Information
Request
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,

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the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 25,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
mail to the U.S. Geological Survey,
Information Collections Clearance
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS
159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1028–
NEW in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Noel B. Pavlovic by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 219–926–8336 X428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on 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 soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the research
being conducted by the USGS; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
information gathered enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
research being conducted; and (5) how
might the researchers minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
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 may 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.

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Abstract: We will ask land managers,
in the areas where we have sampled the
oak savanna vegetation, a standardized
set of questions to assess qualitative and
quantitative history of land management
actions at the site. The historic
information garnered from the excel
spreadsheet (provided to the managers)
and interviews, if necessary, with
Federal, State, and private land
managers (e.g. The Nature Conservancy
and local land trusts) will be used in the
statistical analysis of patterns and state
of oak savanna vegetation in response to
fundamental and management actions
that have occurred prior to the
sampling. For example at any oak
savanna site, we may sample locations
where there has been no management,
where burning has occurred, and/or
where burning and cutting has occurred.
In this example, information will be
sought for each case, such as last known
burn in the first case, time since last
burn, and other previous burn dates for
the second case, and dates of burns and
cutting and cutting type in the third
case. This information will allow us to
understand how the lack or presence of
management has influenced the quality
of oak savanna recovery. Fundamental
factors include things like time since
last burn, fire frequency and period of
fire suppression. Management actions
include history of on the ground
management such as time and date of
tree cutting, has grazing occurred and
when it was terminated if not actively
being conducted, and dates and number
of prescribed burns. These manager
responses will be converted to variables
that can be statistically analyzed, such
as time since last burn in years, number
of fires over a specific time period and
presence or absence of cutting or
thinning. These qualitative and
quantitative variables will be
incorporated into the statistical analysis
of the quality of the vegetation, i.e.
species richness and diversity and
composition variation. The data will
include time since last fire, fire
frequency, fire return interval and
others if available or can be calculated
from the information gathered. The data
collected will be critical for interpreting
the results of the ordination and
structural equation modeling techniques
that will be employed.
Title of Collection: Efficacy of Oak
Savanna Management History
Information Request.
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Federal,
State, local government land managers
and other private land management
entities in southern lower Michigan,

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northwest Ohio, northern Indiana,
northeast Illinois, and southeastern
Wisconsin.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 30.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 30.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 2 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 60 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: The
respondents will provide information
one time.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: $0.
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 authorities for this
action are the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Russell Strach,
Director, Great Lakes Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2018–08678 Filed 4–24–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–CONC–24873; PPWOBSADC0,
PPMVSCS1Y.Y0000]

Notice of Temporary Concession
Contract for Fuel Sales, Convenience
Retail Merchandise, RV and
Campground Services in the Hite Area
of Glen Canyon National Recreation
Area, Arizona
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The National Park Service
intends to award a temporary
concession contract to a qualified
person for the conduct of certain visitor
services within the Hite area of Glen
Canyon National Recreation Area for a
term not to exceed 3 years. The visitor
services include fuel sales, convenience
retail merchandise, RV, campground
and other land-based services.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Parker, Chief of Concessions,
Intermountain Region, (303) 969–2661,
12795 W Alameda Parkway, Lakewood,
CO 80228, or by email at jennifer_
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Park Service intends to award
a temporary concession contract, TC–
GLCA006–18, to a qualified person (as
defined in 36 CFR 51.3). The National
Park Service has determined that a
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temporary concession contract not to
exceed 3 years is necessary in order to
avoid interruption of visitor services,
and has taken all reasonable and
appropriate steps to consider
alternatives to avoid an interruption of
visitor services.
Authority: This action is issued pursuant
to 36 CFR 51.24(a). This is not a request for
proposals.
Dated: April 18, 2018.
Teri Austin,
Associate Director, Business Services.
[FR Doc. 2018–08599 Filed 4–24–18; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[USITC SE–18–020]

Government in the Sunshine Act
Meeting Notice
United
States International Trade Commission.
TIME AND DATE: May 1, 2018 at 11:00
a.m.
PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Agendas for future meetings: None.
2. Minutes.
3. Ratification List.
4. Vote in Inv. Nos. 701–TA–573–574
and 731–TA–1350–1351, 1354–1355,
and 1358 (Final) (Carbon and Certain
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy, Korea,
Spain, Turkey, and the United
Kingdom). The Commission is currently
scheduled to complete and file its
determinations and views of the
Commission by May 11, 2018.
5. Vote in Inv. No. 731–TA–472
(Fourth Review) (Silicon Metal from
China). The Commission is currently
scheduled to complete and file its
determination and views of the
Commission by May 15, 2018.
6. Outstanding action jackets: None.
In accordance with Commission
policy, subject matter listed above, not
disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
may be carried over to the agenda of the
following meeting.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 23, 2018.
William Bishop,
Supervisory Hearings and Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–08809 Filed 4–23–18; 4:15 pm]
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