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the start of the meeting (tentatively 

October 4, 2021). In order to meet this 

deadline and to prepare for CoP19, we 

plan to keep the public informed about 

the CoP through a series of additional 

Federal Register notices and website 

postings in advance of CoP19. We will 

announce the tentative species 

proposals and proposed resolutions, 

decisions, and agenda items that the 

United States is considering submitting 

for CoP19 and solicit further 

information and comments on them. We 

will post on our website an 

announcement of the species proposals, 

draft resolutions, draft decisions, and 

agenda items submitted by the United 

States to the CITES Secretariat for 

consideration at CoP19. Finally, we will 

inform you about preliminary 

negotiating positions on resolutions, 

decisions, and amendments to the 

Appendices proposed by other Parties 

for consideration at CoP19, and about 

how to obtain observer status from us. 

We will also publish an announcement 

of a public meeting tentatively to be 

held approximately 4 months prior to 

CoP19, which will provide an 

opportunity to receive public input on 

our positions regarding CoP19 issues. 

The procedures for developing U.S. 

documents and negotiating positions for 

a meeting of the Conference of the 

Parties to CITES are outlined in 50 CFR 

23.87. As noted, we may modify or 

suspend the procedures outlined there if 

they would interfere with the timely or 

appropriate development of documents 

for submission to the CoP and of U.S. 

negotiating positions. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, please be aware that your 

entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available. If you 

submit a hardcopy comment that 

includes personal identifying 

information, you may request at the top 

of your document that we withhold this 

information from public review; 

however, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Author 

The primary authors of this notice are 

Thomas Leuteritz, Division of Scientific 

Authority, and Anne St. John, Division 

of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Martha Williams, 

Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Exercising 

the Delegated Authority of the Director, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04295 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX20DJ73GY140.00; OMB Control Number 

1028–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Local & Indigenous 

Knowledge of Permafrost Dynamics 

Across the Yukon River Basin 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 3, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, 

Information Collections Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–xxxx in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Nicole Herman-Mercer 

by email at nhmercer@usgs.gov or by 

telephone at 303–236–5031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 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. 

We are soliciting comments on the 

proposed ICR that is described below. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following 

issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to 

the proper functions of the USGS; (2) 

will this information be processed and 

used in a timely manner; (3) is the 

estimate of burden accurate; (4) how 

might the USGS enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (5) how might the 

USGS minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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: We will collect narrative 

information regarding knowledge and 

observations of permafrost dynamics in 

communities in the Yukon River Basin 

in Alaska. Narrative information will be 

collected via semi-structured interviews 

with active land users in specific 

communities as well as relevant city, 

tribal council, and village corporation 

staff. Questions will focus on 

observations of landscape change and 

infrastructure damage indicative of 

permafrost thaw. This information will 

allow for a greater understanding of 

permafrost dynamics in the region as 

well as the impacts thaw has on 

communities. This information will be 

used to inform future permafrost 

monitoring efforts in the region and 

provided to communities for adaptation 

planning. 

Title of Collection: Local & Indigenous 

Knowledge of Permafrost Dynamics 

across the Yukon River Basin. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 150. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 150. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 60 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 150. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 


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Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

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). 

Jennifer Rapp, 

Chief, Decision Support Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04226 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX20RN00COM0011; OMB Control Number 

1028–0048] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Did You Feel It? 

Earthquake Questionnaire 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, we, the U.S. 

Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing 

to renew an information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 1, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection 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 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. U.S. Geological Survey, 

Information Collections Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–0048 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact David Wald by email 

at wald@usgs.gov, or by telephone at 

303–273–8441. 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 18, 2020, 85 FR 58383. 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: The U.S. Geological Survey 

is required to collect, evaluate, publish 

and distribute information concerning 

earthquakes. Respondents have an 

opportunity to voluntarily supply 

information concerning the effects of 

shaking from an earthquake—on 

themselves, buildings, other man-made 

structures, and ground effects such as 

faulting or landslides. Respondents’ 

observations are interpreted in terms of 

numbers that measure the strength of 

shaking, and the resulting numbers are 

displayed on maps that are viewable 

from USGS earthquake websites. 

Observations are submitted via the Felt 

Report questionnaire accessed from the 

USGS Did You Feel It? Earthquake 

Questionnaire web pages, and may be 

submitted via computer or mobile 

phone. Respondents are asked to 

provide information on the location to 

which the report pertains. The locations 

may, at the respondent’s option, be 

given imprecisely (city-name or postal 

Zip Code) or precisely (street address, 

geographic coordinates, or current 

location determined by the user’s 

mobile phone). Low resolution maps of 

shaking based on both precise and 

imprecise observations are published for 

all earthquakes for which observations 

are submitted. For earthquakes felt by 

many respondents, the observations that 

are associated with more precise 

locations are used in the preparation of 

higher resolution maps of earthquake 

shaking. 

We will protect information from 

respondents considered proprietary 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing 

regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under 

regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data 

and information to be made available to 

the public or for limited inspection.’’ 

Responses are voluntary. No questions 

of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We 

will release data collected on these 

forms only in formats that do not 

include proprietary information 

volunteered by respondents. 

Title of Collection: Did You Feel It? 

Earthquake Questionnaire. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0048. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: General 

public. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 200,000. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 300,000. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 3 minutes on average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 15,000 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion, 

after each earthquake. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: $0.00. 

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. 


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