Federal Register: June 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 116)
DOCID: fr18jn09-37 FR Doc E9-14319
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr18jn09-37
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
30-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment
DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR) will be accepted on or before July 20, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the
National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on an extension of
a currently approved collection of information (OMB
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
OMB Control Number: 1024-0144.
Title: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Regulations 43 CFR 10.
Form(s): None.
Type of request: Extension of a currently approved collection of information.
Description of need: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires museums to compile certain information (summaries, inventories, and notices) regarding Native American cultural items in their possession or control and provide that information to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, and the National Park Service (acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior).
Affected public: Museums defined in NAGPRA as any institution that receives Federal funds and has possession of or control over Native American cultural items.
Obligation to respond: It is mandatory to comply with the requirements of the law.
Frequency of response: Information collection requirements are done on an asneeded basis, with summaries due within six months of either receipt of a new collection or acknowledgment of a new Indian tribe, and inventories due within two years of either receipt of a new collection or acknowledgment of a new Indian tribe. An institution receiving Federal funds for the first time must provide a summary within three years and an inventory within five years.
Estimated total annual responses: 150 total responses (Responses for summaries or inventories at 46, notices at 104).
Estimated average completion time per response: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information is expected to average 100
hours for the exchange of summary/inventory information between a
museum or Federal agency and an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization and six hours per response for the notification to the
Secretary, including time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collected information.
Estimated annual reporting burden: 5,224 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) The practical utility of the information being gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden to respondents, including use of automated information collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire commentincluding your personal identifying informationmay 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 OMB will be able to do so.
Dated: June 15, 2009.
Cartina Miller,
NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye St. NW., Washington, DC 20005, or via fax at 202/3715197. You are entitled to a copy of the entire Information Collection Request (ICR) package freeofcharge. You may access this ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/. Comments Received on the 60Day Federal Register Notice
The NPS published a 60day notice to solicit public comments on this ICR in the Federal Register on March 9, 2009 (74 FR 10066). The comment period closed on May 8, 2009. No comments were received on this notice.