Application and Reports for Paleontological Permits, 43 CFR 49

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form DI-9006 Reports - State Local and Tribal Govt.	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9006 Reports - Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9006 Reports - Individual	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9007 Repository Receipt - State Local and Tribal Govt.	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9007 Repository Receipt - Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9007 Repository Receipt - Individual	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9004 Locality Information - State Local and Tribal Govt.	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9004 Locality Information - Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9004 Locality Information - Individual	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9002 Permit Applications - State Local and Tribal Govt	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9002 Permit Applications - Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form DI-9002 Permit Applications - Individual	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
1093-0008 SSA Paleo Final Rule Updated 07072022.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2022-07-07	Repair queued
1093-0008 PRPA (RIN 1018-AA25) Proposed Rule 12072016 81FR88173.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-07-05	Repair queued
PTA - NPS Paleo Resources System signed 03092022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-07-05	Missing upstream
PTA - FWS Paleo Resources System signed 03022022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-07-05	Repair queued
PTA - BOR Paleo Resources System signed 03032022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-07-05	Missing upstream
PTA - BLM Paleo Resources System signed 03032022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-07-05	Repair queued
SORN DOI-20 Paleo Resources published 10022019 84FR52530.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-07-05	Repair queued
USCODE-2014-title16-chap1C.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2016-07-29	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
222742	Responding to a Civil Penalty - State Local & Tribal Govt.		Unchanged
222741	Responding to a Civil Penalty - Private Sector		Unchanged
222740	Responding to a Civil Penalty - Individual		Unchanged
222739	Objecting to a Notice of Civil Violation - State Local and Tribal Govt.		Unchanged
222738	Objecting to a Notice of Civil Violation - Private Sector		Unchanged
222737	Objecting to a Notice of Civil Violation - Individual		Unchanged
222736	Amendments to Permits - State Local and Tribal Govt.		Unchanged
222735	Amendments to Permits - Private Sector		Unchanged
222734	Amendments to Permits - Individual		Unchanged
222732	Reports - State Local and Tribal Govt.	Form and Instruction	Modified
222730	Reports - Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified
222728	Reports - Individual	Form and Instruction	Modified
222710	List and Description of Paleontological Resources - State Local and Tribal Govt.		Unchanged
222709	List and Description of Paleontological Resources - Private Sector		Unchanged
222708	List and Description of Paleontological Resources - Individual		Unchanged
222707	Repository Receipt - State Local and Tribal Govt.	Form and Instruction	Modified
222705	Repository Receipt - Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified
222704	Repository Receipt - Individual	Form and Instruction	Modified
222702	Resource Damage or Theft - State Local and Tribal Govt.		Unchanged
222701	Resource Damage or Theft - Private Sector		Unchanged
222700	Resource Damage or Theft - Individual		Unchanged
222698	Locality Information - State Local and Tribal Govt.	Form and Instruction	Modified
222696	Locality Information - Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified
222695	Locality Information - Individual	Form and Instruction	Modified
222692	Change in Personnel - State Local and Tribal Govt.		Removed
222691	Change in Personnel - Private Sector		Removed
222689	Change of Personnel - Individual		Removed
222687	Permit Applications - State Local and Tribal Govt	Form and Instruction	Modified
222686	Permit Applications - Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified
222673	Permit Applications - Individual	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1093-0008	ICR Reference No: 202202-1093-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201607-1093-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/OS	Agency Tracking No: 1093-AA25 PRPA (Final Rule)
Title: Application and Reports for Paleontological Permits, 43 CFR 49
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/02/2022

table that charts list comparision

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	1,845	0
Time Burden (Hours)	5,060	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	228,876	0

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Abstract: The Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (PRPA) was enacted to preserve paleontological resources for current and future generations because these resources are nonrenewable and are an irreplaceable part of America’s heritage. PRPA requires that implementation be coordinated between the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture and that DOI and USDA issue regulations as appropriate to carry out the law. We (DOI) are proposing regulations to implement the PRPA. The proposed rule would preserve, manage, and protect paleontological resources on BLM, NPS, Reclamation, and FWS lands and ensure that these resources are available for current and future generations to enjoy as part of America’s national heritage. The rule would address the management, collection, and curation of paleontological resources from Federal lands using scientific principles and expertise, including collection in accordance with permits, curation in an approved repository, maintenance of confidentiality of specific locality data, and authorization of penalties for illegal collecting, damaging, otherwise altering or defacing, or sale of paleontological resources. Information collected will allow the DOI bureaus to inventory paleontological resources, implement the permitted collection of fossils from the ground, preserve collected fossils in repositories, track and report the location and condition of paleontological resources, implement the civil penalties provisions with due process considerations, and monitor the results of scientific investigations that involve the use of paleontological resources in both the field and in museum collections.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 470aaa–aaa-11 Name of Law: Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (PRPA)
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1093-AA16	Final or interim final rulemaking	87 FR 47296	08/02/2022

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 27

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Amendments to Permits - Individual
Amendments to Permits - Private Sector
Amendments to Permits - State Local and Tribal Govt.
Change in Personnel - Private Sector
Change in Personnel - State Local and Tribal Govt.
Change of Personnel - Individual
List and Description of Paleontological Resources - Individual
List and Description of Paleontological Resources - Private Sector
List and Description of Paleontological Resources - State Local and Tribal Govt.
Locality Information - Individual	DI-9004	Paleontology Locality Record
Locality Information - Private Sector	DI-9004	Paleontology Locality Record
Locality Information - State Local and Tribal Govt.	DI-9004	Paleontology Locality Record
Objecting to a Notice of Civil Violation - Individual
Objecting to a Notice of Civil Violation - Private Sector
Objecting to a Notice of Civil Violation - State Local and Tribal Govt.
Permit Applications - Individual	DI-9003, DI-9005, DI-9002	Paleontological Permit Application ,   Paleontology Permit ,   Notice to Proceed (Paleontology)
Permit Applications - Private Sector	DI-9005, DI-9002, DI-9003	Paleontological Permit Application ,   Paleontology Permit ,   Notice to Proceed (Paleontology)
Permit Applications - State Local and Tribal Govt	DI-9005, DI-9002, DI-9003	Paleontological Permit Application ,   Paleontology Permit ,   Notice to Proceed (Paleontology)
Reports - Individual	DI-9006	Paleontology Permit Report
Reports - Private Sector	DI-9006	Paleontology Permit Report
Reports - State Local and Tribal Govt.	DI-9006	Paleontology Permit Report
Repository Receipt - Individual	DI-9007	Repository Receipt of Collections (Paleontology)
Repository Receipt - Private Sector	DI-9007	Repository Receipt of Collections (Paleontology)
Repository Receipt - State Local and Tribal Govt.	DI-9007	Repository Receipt of Collections (Paleontology)
Resource Damage or Theft - Individual
Resource Damage or Theft - Private Sector
Resource Damage or Theft - State Local and Tribal Govt.
Responding to a Civil Penalty - Individual
Responding to a Civil Penalty - Private Sector
Responding to a Civil Penalty - State Local & Tribal Govt.

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	1,845	0	0	1,845	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,060	0	0	5,060	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	228,876	0	0	228,876	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new information collection in conjunction with RIN 1018-AA25.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $514,620

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 08/02/2022

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