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Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals, organizations, businesses,
and State, local, or tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 212,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 212,000.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 5 minutes to 10
minutes, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 22,667.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $666,000.
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.).
Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NRSS–NPS0028497;
PPWONRADD3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000,
199P103601 (200); OMB Control Number
1024–0236]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Research Permit and
Reporting System Applications and
Reports
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, we, the National Park Service
(NPS) are proposing to renew an
information collection with revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection 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 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
SUMMARY:

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search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to Phadrea Ponds,
NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort
Collins, CO 80525; or by email at
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1024–
0236 in the subject line of your
comments.
To
request additional information about
this ICR by mail contact Bill Commins,
Natural Resource Stewardship and
Science by email at bill_commins@
nps.gov; or by telephone at 202–513–
7166. Individuals who are hearing or
speech impaired may call the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 for
TTY assistance. You may also view the
ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain.
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 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on March
18, 2020 (85 FR 15495). We received
one response to that notice from the
State of Alaska on May 18, 2020. The
following comments were received from
the State of Alaska requesting changes
to the application form:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Comment #1
. . . we request the following
question be added to the application,
under the section ‘‘Study Schedule.’’
• Is your schedule time sensitive due to
biological, weather, or other
circumstances beyond your control?
Comment #2
To increase the utility and clarity of
this application (as requested, we
request it include a separate box (in
item 3) under the section ‘‘Does your
study propose to involve any of the
following?’’ • Alaska Park Units, subject
to ANILCA.
NPS Response
We examined the requests in the
context that RPRS is a national system
that applies equally to all parks that
receive applications for Scientific

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Research and Collecting Permits. With
respect to the first comment, the NPS
recognizes that many parks, whether in
Alaska, the conterminous states, the
Caribbean, or Hawaii and the Pacific
Islands, are subject to biological,
weather, or other circumstances beyond
the control of incoming field teams. We
conclude that all parks issuing
Scientific Research and Collecting
Permits, including the parks in Alaska,
are acutely aware of factors that can
affect field schedules and as a
consequence maintain appropriate
flexibilities to work with permittees to
modify field schedules as necessary.
Because of this awareness, we conclude
that park research coordinators do not
require redundant notice, therefore we
rejected this recommendation.
With respect to the second comment,
there is already a section in the
application titled: ‘‘Does your study
propose to involve any of the following?
(check all that apply)’’ that currently has
a check box regarding ‘‘wilderness’’. We
concluded that adding a second check
box specifying ‘‘wilderness in Alaska’’
for a permit for studies in Alaska would
be unnecessary and redundant,
therefore we rejected this
recommendation.
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
NPS, 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 might the NPS 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 personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal

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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: NPS policy requires that
research studies and specimen
collection conducted by researchers,
other than NPS employees on official
duty, require an NPS scientific research
and collecting permit. The permitting
process adheres to regulations codified
in 36 CFR 2.1 which prohibit the
disturbing, removing, or possessing of
natural, cultural, and archeological
resources. Additionally, regulations
codified in 36 CFR 2.5 govern the
collection of specimens in parks for the
purpose of research, baseline
inventories, monitoring, impact
analysis, group study, or museum
display.
As required by these regulations, a
permitting system is managed for
scientific research and collecting. NPS
forms 10–741a, ‘‘Application for a
Scientific Research and Collecting
Permit’’ and 10–741b, ‘‘Application for
a Science Education Permit,’’ are used
to collect information from persons
seeking a permit to conduct natural or
social science research and collection
activities in individual units of the
National Park System. Individuals who
receive a permit must report annually
on the activities conducted under the
permit using form 10–226,
‘‘Investigator’s Annual Report.’’
The information in this collection is
used to manage the use and preservation
of park resources, and to report on the
status of permitted research and
collecting activities. We encourage
respondents to use RPRS to complete
and submit applications and reports.
Additional information about existing
applications, reporting forms, guidance
and explanatory material can be found
on the RPRS website (https://
irma.nps.gov/RPRS/).
With this renewal we are requesting
clearance for the use of a new form, the
‘‘Permittee Field Check-In/Field CheckOut Report.’’ Information requested will
give parks real time knowledge of what
activities are taking place and where,
ensuring field work conducted conforms
with the permitted activity. For form
users on the RPRS, the majority of the
new form will be prepopulated using
responses from the permit application.
Title of Collection: Research Permit
and Reporting System Applications and
Reports, 36 CFR 2.1 and 2.5.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0236.
Form Number: NPS Forms 10–226,
10–741a, and 10–741b.

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Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals; businesses; academic and
research institutions; and Federal, State,
local, and tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 8,590.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 8,590.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 83
minutes, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 5,684.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
for applications; annually for reports.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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.).
Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000
201S180110; S2D2S SS08011000
SX064A000 20XS501520; OMB Control
Number 1029–0091]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Requirements for Surface
Coal Mining and Reclamation
Operations on Indian Lands
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA,
44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), we, the Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement (OSMRE) are proposing to
renew an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
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notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to Mark Gehlhar,
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, 1849 C Street NW,
Room 4556–MIB, Washington, DC
20240; or by email to mgehlhar@
osmre.gov. Please reference OMB
Control Number 1029–0091 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Mark Gehlhar by email
at [email protected], or by telephone
at (202) 208–2716. You may also view
the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA 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 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on May 7,
2020 (85 FR 27242). 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 might the agency 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

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