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organization not identified in this notice
who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after May 26, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: April 19, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NRSS–SSB–NPS0034735;
PPWONRANDE2, PMP00E105.YP0000; OMB
Control Number 1024–0224]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Programmatic Clearance for
NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act 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 May 26,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
suggestions on the information
collection requirements should be
submitted by the date specified above in
DATES to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to the NPS
Information Collection Clearance Officer

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(ADIR–ICCO), 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, (MS–242) Reston, VA 20191
(mail); or [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1024–0224’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Bret Meldrum by email
at [email protected] or by
telephone at 970–267–7295. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1024–
0224 in the subject line of your
comments. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to
access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make
international calls to the point of
contact in the United States. 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, (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval
under the PRA. We may not conduct, or
sponsor and you are not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on February
8, 2022 (87 FR 7206). No comments
were received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies 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.
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.
(4) How might the agency minimize
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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. 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 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: The NPS is authorized by
the National Park Service Protection,
Interpretation, and Research in System
(54 U.S.C. 100701) statutes to collect
information used to enhance the
management and planning of parks and
their resources. The NPS Social Science
Program (SSP) relies heavily on this
generic approval to submit survey
requests to OMB in an expedited
manner. This process significantly
streamlines the information collection
process in a manner that allows the NPS
to submit at least 25 requests per year,
which is 5 times as many requests that
can be processed annually using the
regular submission route.
The Programmatic Clearance applies
to all NPS social science collections
(e.g., questionnaires, focus groups,
interviews, etc.) designed to furnish
usable information to NPS managers
and planners concerning visitor
experiences, perceptions of services,
programs, and planning efforts in areas
managed by the NPS. To qualify for the
NPS generic programmatic review
process each information request must
show clear ties to NPS management and
planning needs in areas managed by the
NPS or involve research that will
directly benefit the NPS. The scope of
the programmatic review process is
limited to issues that are noncontroversial or unlikely to attract
significant public interest.
All collections must be reviewed by
the NPS Social Science Program and
approved by OMB before a collection is
administered. The Pool of Known
Questions (PKQ) serves as a collection
of example questions. We acknowledge
that the PKQ is not a comprehensive
collection of all possible survey
questions; therefore, we are requesting

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leeway to allow requestors to add park/
research-specific questions not in the
PKQ. However, all questions must fit
within the scope of the approved Topic
Areas. The Social Science Program will
continue to conduct necessary reviews
and quality control before submitting
each information collection request to
OMB for expedited review and approval
before the collection is administered.
The submission materials contain the
request for continued flexibility in
survey design within the bounds of the
requirements and guidelines for
individual collections leveraging this
clearance. The NPS is requesting the
following updates and revisions for this
clearance. The previously approved 11
Topic Areas and subcategories were
reorganized and expanded. A climate
change subcategory was added under
Topic Area 8: Environmental Health and
Resource Management. Topic Area 10
was renamed Environmental Justice and
expanded to have the following
subcategories: Constraints and Barriers;
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion;
Accessibility; and Traditional Ecological
Knowledge. Finally, the PKQ was
streamlined to remove redundant
questions. It was also reorganized to
accommodate changes to the Topic
Areas. Questions were added to the new
subcategories and to existing sections
throughout the PKQ to include question
variations principal investigators and
NPS staff requested over the last three
years.
Title of Collection: Programmatic
Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0224.
Form Number: Form 10–201.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals/Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 44,125 (depending on
activity) Onsite Surveys—30,000; Mailback Surveys—2,000; All Non-response
surveys—5,000; Focus Groups/
Interview—2,125; and On-line Survey—
5,000.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: (depending on activity) onsite
Surveys—15 minutes; Mail-back
Surveys—20 minutes; All Non-response
surveys—3 minutes; Focus Groups/
Interview—60 minutes; and On-line
Survey—15 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 11,792 Hours (depending
on activity) onsite Surveys—7500 hours;
Mail-back Surveys—667 hours; All Nonresponse surveys—250 hours; Focus
Groups/Interview—2125 hours; and Online Survey—1250 hours.

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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 44,125 (depending on
activity) Onsite Surveys—30,000; Mailback Surveys—2,000; All Non-response
surveys—5,000; Focus Groups/
Interview—2,125; and On-line Survey—
5,000.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035710;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District, Mobile, AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from
Lowndes and Monroe Counties, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after May
26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Alexandria Smith, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box
2288, Mobile, AL 36628–0001,
telephone (251) 690–2728, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
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Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records held
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Mobile District.
Description
Thirty cultural items were removed
from Lowndes County, MS. The
Cofferdam Site (22LO599) is an Early
through Late Woodland occupation site
featuring some Miller II components.
Cofferdam was identified by Army
Corps of Engineers personnel during the
excavation of the cofferdam for the
Columbus Lock and Dam of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, and it
was excavated by the Mississippi State
University Department of Anthropology
under the direction of James R.
Atkinson and field crew chief G. Gerald
Berry from mid-August to the first week
of October 1975. The 30 lots of
unassociated funerary objects are
consist of four lots of lithics, one lot of
noncultural rock, two lots of pebbles,
two lots ceramics, three lots of shells,
seven lots of faunal remains, one lot of
flotation samples, one lot of sandstone,
three lots of clay, one lot of daub, two
lots of firecracked rock, two lots of
groundstone, and one lot of nuts.
Nine cultural items were removed
from Lowndes County, MS. The River
Cut site (22LO860) is a small village site
containing Woodland and Mississippian
components as well as Miller III
components with some signs of possible
Miller II habitation. The site was
reported to the USACE, Mobile District,
in 1983, and following the salvage
removal of a burial from an eroding
bank in 1984, the site was excavated by
the Cobb Institute of Archaeology,
Mississippi State University, under
principal investigator Janet Rafferty,
with Mary Evelyn Starr, between
December 29 and 30, 1985 and from July
23 through September 29, 1986. The
nine lots of unassociated funerary
objects consist of four lots of ceramics,
one lot of lithics, one lot of faunal
remains, one lot of shells, one lot of
charcoal, and one lot of soil samples.
Three cultural items were removed
from Monroe County, MS. One of
several sites identified during early
mitigation measures for the prospective
Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, the
SW Amory site (22MO710) was
excavated between December 1978 and
May 1979 under the direction of Judith
A. Bense. No further work was ever
conducted. The three lots of
unassociated funerary objects consist of
one lot of faunal remains, one lot of
lithics, and one lot of soil samples.

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