[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 50869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20677]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NRSS-EQD-SSB-19096; PPWONRADI1, PPMRSNR1Y.AM0000 (155)]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Use of iNaturalist by the National Park 
Service To Record Natural History Observations

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) 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. 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.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before September 21, 2015.

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) 
and identify your submission as 1024-iNAT. Please send a copy of your 
comments to Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection Coordinator, National 
Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please reference Information Collection 
1024-iNAT in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Simon Kingston, National Park Service, 
Inventory and Monitoring Division, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, Fort 
Collins, CO 80525; [email protected]; or 970-225-3551. 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:

I. Abstract

    The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting approval for a new 
collection of information in which scientists and members of the public 
will use iNaturalist to record natural history observations during NPS 
Bioblitz and other citizen science sponsored events. The NPS is 
requesting to use iNaturalist--a web-based tool program that will allow 
park visitors to record the natural history of wildlife, plant and 
other species observed inside NPS Park units and managed lands. These 
recorded observations will be used to supply NPSpecies biodiversity 
database with additional information not currently known about species 
in the parks. The participation of citizen scientists via iNaturalist 
provides immediate on-site input that is often not available with the 
current level of NPS staffing.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-New.
    Title: Use of iNaturalist by the National Park Service To Record 
Natural History Observations.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Description of Respondents: General public and non-federal 
scientists.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time, on-occasion.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 61,250.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,104.
    Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: None.

III. Comments

    A Notice was published in the Federal Register (Vol. 80, No. 68, p. 
19092) on April 9, 2015 stating that we intended to request OMB 
approval of our information collection associated with the iNaturalist 
project. In this notice, we solicited public comment for 60 days ending 
June 8, 2015. We did not receive any comments as a result of the 
Federal Register 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 us or OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: August 17, 2015.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20677 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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