90 FR 69 pgs. 15468-15469 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; North American Breeding Bird Survey
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 69Pages: 15468 - 15469
Pages: 15468, 15469Docket number: [GX22LB00TZ80100; OMB Control Number 1028-0079]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-06240 Filed 4-10-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: Geological Survey
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX22LB00TZ80100; OMB Control Number 1028-0079]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; North American Breeding Bird Survey
AGENCY:
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information collection.
DATES:
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 12, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection request (ICR) 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 Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function.
You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
Internet: https://www.regulations.gov. Search for and submit comments on Docket No. USGS-2025-0003;
U.S. Mail: USGS, Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Ziolkowski by email at dziolkowski@usgs.gov, or by telephone at 301-497-5753. 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.
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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 60-day public comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on January 7, 2025 (90 FR 1185). 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 the agency might 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 personally identifiable information (PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment-including your PII-may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: Respondents supply the USGS with bird count data for more than 600 North American bird species. These data and the analyzed relative abundance and population trend estimates derived from them will be made available via the internet and through special publications, which are used by government agencies, industry, education programs, and the general public. We will protect information from respondents that is considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), its implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and in accordance with "Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection" (30 CFR 250.197). Responses are voluntary. No questions of a "sensitive" nature are asked.
Title of Collection: North American Breeding Bird Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0079.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,650.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,600.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 11 hours on average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 28,600.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $182,000. (Mileage costs average $70 per response; based on an approximate 100-mile round trip made for data collection per response and using the U.S. GSA 2025 privately owned vehicle mileage reimbursement rate of $0.70 per mile.)
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, not is a person is required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ).
David Ziolkowski,
BBS Program Manager, Eastern Ecological Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2025-06240 Filed 4-10-25; 8:45 am]
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