[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29775-29776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12075]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-MWR-CR-12046; PPMWUGRR00, PPMRSCR1Y.CU0000]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom Program

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) have sent an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR 
below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated 
burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to expire on 
May 31, 2013. We 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. However, under OMB regulations, we 
may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it 
is pending at OMB.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 20, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information 
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at 
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] 
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to Madonna L. Baucum, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 I 
Street NW., MS 1237, Washington, DC 20005 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0232'' in the subject 
line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Diane Miller, National Manager, National 
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, National Park Service, 
Midwest Regional Office, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68102; 
via fax at (402) 661-1982; or via email at [email protected]. You 
may review the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 
instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under 
review by OMB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0232.
    Title: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
    Service Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals; businesses; nonprofit 
organizations; and Federal, State, tribal, and local governments.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                 Completion time
                    Activity                        Number of       Number of      per response    Total annyal
                                                   respondents      responses        (hours)       burden hours
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Network Applications...........................              35              35             25               875
Partner Requests...............................               2               2               .5               1
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    Totals.....................................              37              37             26               876
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    Abstract: Public Law 105-203 (National Underground Railroad Network 
to Freedom Act of 1998) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish the Network to Freedom (Network). The Network is a collection 
of sites, facilities, and programs, both governmental and 
nongovernmental, around the United States. All entities must have a 
verifiable association with the historic Underground Railroad movement. 
The National Park Service administers the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom Program. The program coordinates preservation and 
education efforts Nationwide and integrates local historical places, 
museums, and interpretive programs associated with the Underground 
Railroad into a mosaic of community, regional, and national stories.
    Individuals; businesses; organizations; State, tribal and local 
governments; and Federal agencies that want to join the Network must 
complete an application form. The application and instructions are 
available on our Web site at http://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm. Respondents must (1) verify associations and characteristics 
through descriptive texts that are the result of historical research 
and (2) submit supporting documentation; e.g., copies of rare 
documents, photographs, and maps. Much of the information is submitted 
in electronic format, but, at the present time, there is no automated 
way to gather all of the required information. We use the information 
collected to determine eligibility to become part of the Network.
    In reviewing this IC for renewal, we discovered an information 
collection requirement not previously approved by OMB. One of the 
principal components of the Network to Freedom Program is to validate 
the efforts of local and regional organizations, and to make it easier 
for them to share expertise and communicate with us and each other. The 
vehicle through which this can happen is for these local entities to 
become Network Partners. Partners of the Network to Freedom Program 
work alongside and often in cooperation with us to fulfill the 
program's mission. Prospective partners must submit a letter with the 
following information:
     Name and address of the agency, company or organization;
     Name, address, and phone, fax, and email information of 
principal contact;
     Abstract not to exceed 200 words describing the partner's 
activity or mission statement; and
     Brief description of the entity's association to the 
Underground Railroad.
    Comments: On November 16, 2012, we published in the Federal 
Register (77 FR 68817) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew 
approval for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited 
comments for 60 days, ending on January 15, 2013. We did not receive 
any comments in response to that notice.
    We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: May 15, 2013.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-12075 Filed 5-20-13; 8:45 am]
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