Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 15, 2024 / Notices 83041 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX24MR00G6ZW800; OMB Control Number 

1028–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Panhandle Terrapin 

Project 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is proposing a new information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 14, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular ICR by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments by mail to USGS 

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, 

7920 NW 73rd St., Gainesville, FL 

32653; or by email to Margaret Lamont 

(mlamont@usgs.gov). Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–NEW— 

Panhandle Terrapin Project in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Margaret Lamont by email at mlamont@

usgs.gov, or by telephone at 352–209– 

4306. Individuals in the United States 

who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, 

or have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) 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 February 

8, 2024 (89 FR 8706). 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 the agency might 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 personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: Diamondback terrapins are 

the only brackish water turtles in the 

United States. These turtles inhabit 

coastal marshes and mangroves from 

Massachusetts to Texas. Most terrapin 

populations are in decline due to 

commercial harvest, incidental capture 

in crab traps, and loss of nesting habitat 

due to coastal development. Today, the 

illegal pet trade has added extra 

pressure to these already declining 

populations. While much is known 

about terrapins along the US Atlantic 

coast, very little information is available 

about terrapin populations that inhabit 

Florida’s northwest coast. In fact, the 

International Union for the 

Conservation of Nature (IUCN) does not 

include Northwest Florida within the 

terrapins’ range, however recent studies 

confirm that terrapins do inhabit the 

region. This project would use citizen 

scientists to conduct surveys in 

potential terrapin habitat throughout the 

Northwest Florida region to document 

terrapins and terrapin signs, including 

hatched eggs and crawls. Volunteers 

collect detailed information on when 

and where terrapins or their signs are 

observed, environmental parameters 

such as air temperature and weather 

during the observation, habitat 

information such as vegetation type at 

the observation site, level and type of 

human activities observed at the site, 

and data on the terrapins or their signs 

such as number of tracks, nests, eggs or 

individual terrapins observed. 

Managers, including state and National 

Parks, need this information to 

document species’ status and inform 

conservation decisions, including 

whether to list or de-list species. 

The authority for this collection is 43 

U.S.C. 31 et seq. The Organic Act of 

March 3, 1879. 

Title of Collection: Panhandle 

Terrapin Project. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals; county, State and Federal 

government employees. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 100. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,000. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 3 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 50 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Weekly from 

April through October each year. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person is required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Deborah Epperson, 

Deputy Center Director, Wetland and Aquatic 

Research Center, Southeast Region. 

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