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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2019 / Notices

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.).
Dated: September 27, 2019.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GWXXRB000AP8100; OMB Control Number
1028–0107/Renew]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Economic Contribution
of Federal Investments in Restoration
of Degraded, Damaged, or Destroyed
Ecosystems
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 4, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
[email protected]; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
U.S. Geological Survey, Information
Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192;
or by email to gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1028–0107 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Rudy Schuster by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 970.226.9165. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
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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 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on June 11,
2019 (84 FR 27154). No comments were
received.
We are again 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
USGS; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the USGS enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the USGS 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. 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: Federal investments in
ecosystem restoration restore injured
natural resources and improve the
health and resiliency of terrestrial,
freshwater, and marine ecosystems.
These investments also generate
business activity and create jobs. The
Economic Impacts of Ecosystem
Restoration project aims to increase the
availability of information on the costs
and activities associated with ecosystem
restoration and to gauge the economic
effects of these investments to local
economies. Researchers with the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) and the DOI
Office of Policy Analysis are conducting
this information collection at the
request of the Natural Resource Damage
Assessment (NRDA) Restoration
Program. The NRDA Restoration
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of collecting restoration cost data as part
of contractor reporting requirements for
restoration projects associated with
NRDA cases. The collection described
under this request is designed to refine
potential expenditure questions prior to
developing contractor reporting
requirements. The project comprises a
series of case studies that quantify the
economic impacts of restoration
projects. The case studies include
examples of collaboratively funded and
managed projects to restore a wide range
of degraded, damaged, or destroyed
ecosystems. Project methods include the
collection of primary expenditure data
and economic input/output modeling.
Results from the first phase of case
studies are available in a 2016 USGS
report entitled, ‘‘Estimating the
economic impacts of ecosystem
restoration—methods and case studies.’’
This second phase of case studies aims
to refine the survey methods and to
develop and test a Web-based data
collection form that would enable
broader collection of project
expenditure data.
Title of Collection: Economic
Contribution of Federal Investments in
Restoration of Degraded, Damaged, or
Destroyed Ecosystems.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0107.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Restoration project managers working
on selected case study restoration
projects; this includes project managers
from state and local government, nonprofits, and the private sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 6.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 6.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 120 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 12 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden 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).
Rudolph Schuster,
Social and Economic Science Branch Chief,
Fort Collins Science Center Director.
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