Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 30, 2020 / Notices 86577 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–CR–NPS0028085; 

PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000 (211); 

OMB Control Number 1024–0038] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Procedures for State, 

Tribal, and Local Government Historic 

Preservation Programs 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the National Park Service (NPS) are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202)–395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to 

Phadrea Ponds, NPS Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, 1201 

Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525; 

or by email to phadrea_ponds@nps.gov. 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

1024–0038 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Seth Tinkham, Grants 

Management Specialist, State, Tribal, 

Local, Plans & Grants Division or by 

email at stlpg@nps.gov; or by telephone 

at 202–354–2020. Individuals who are 

hearing or speech impaired may call the 

Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 

8339 for TTY assistance. You may also 

view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA 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 

September 25th, 2020 (85 FR 60488). 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 might the agency 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 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: This collection is authorized 

by Section 101(b) of the National 

Historic Preservation Act, as amended 

(54 U.S.C. 302301), which specifies the 

role of States, Tribes, and Local 

governments in the Historic 

Preservation Program (HPP). This 

information collection has an impact on 

State, Tribal, and local governments that 

wish to participate formally with the 

National Park Service in the HPP. 

Information is also requested to meet 

grant management and monitoring of 

responsibilities for States, Tribes, local 

government, and other eligible grant 

recipients under 54 U.S.C. 300101 et 

seq. and 2 CFR 200. 

Each year Congress directs the NPS to 

use part of the annual appropriation 

from the Historic Preservation Fund 

(HPF) for the State grant program and 

the Tribal grant programs to assist States 

and Tribes in carrying out their 

statutory role in the HPP. Through 

competitive grant programs, Congress 

also directs NPS to provide financial 

assistance to a variety of eligible grant 

recipients to support the broad cultural 

resource mandates of the National 

Historic Preservation Act and for other 

purposes. 

The information from this collection 

is required to evaluate if State, Tribal, 

and local governments meet minimum 

standards and requirements for 

participation in the HPP; and to meet 

program specific requirements as well 

as government- wide requirements for 

Federal grant programs. 

The NPS uses the information 

collected to ensure compliance with the 

National Historic Preservation Act, as 

well as government-wide grant 

requirements issued and implemented 

through 43 CFR part 12 and 2 CFR 200. 

Title of Collection: Procedures for 

State, Tribal, and Local Government 

Historic Preservation Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 1024–0038. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Tribal, local governments, and grant 

applicants or recipients who wish to 

participate formally in the National 

Historic Preservation Program and/or 

who wish to apply for Historic 

Preservation Fund grant assistance. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 2,229. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 43,108. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from .25 hours to 166 

hours depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 40,761. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion, 

depending on the grant program. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

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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