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cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

30 Day Notice of Submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB); Opportunity for Public 

Comment 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under 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 a revision of a 

currently approved collection of 

information (OMB #1024–0037). 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before February 

29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–

0037), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at 202/ 

395–6566, or by electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also 

send a copy of your comments to Dr. 

Francis P. McManamon, Manager, 

Archeology Program, NPS, 1849 C 

Street, NW., (2275), Washington, DC 

20240; or via phone at 202/354–2123; or 

via fax at 202/371–5102. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Karen Mudar, Archeologist, Archeology 

Program, NPS, 1849 C Street, NW., 

(2275), Washington, DC 20240; or via 

phone at 202/354–2103; or via fax at 

202/371–5102; or via e-mail at 

Karen_mudar@nps.gov. You are entitled 

to a copy of the entire ICR package freeof-charge. You may obtain this 

information at the Web site http:// 

www.reginfo.gov. 

Comments Received on the 60-Day 

Federal Register Notice: The NPS 

published a 60-Day Notice to solicit 

public comments on this ICR in the 

Federal Register on August 1, 2007 

(Vol. 72, No. 147, FR 42108). The 

comment period closed on October 1, 

2007. No comments on the 60-Day 

Notice were received. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Archeology Permits and 

Reports—43 CFR Parts 3 and 7. 

Bureau Form Number: DI–1926 

(permit application). 

OMB Number: 1024–0037. 

Expiration Date: 1/31/2008. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Description of Need: Section 4 of the 

Archaeological Resources Protection Act 

(ARPA) of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470cc), and 

Section 3 of the Antiquities Act (AA) of 

1906 (16 U.S.C. 432), authorize any 

individual or institution to apply to 

Federal land managing agencies to 

scientifically excavate or remove 

archeological resources from public or 

Indian lands. Permits for Archeological 

Investigations ordinarily are requested 

for conducting scientific research; in 

conjunction with statutorily required 

environmental clearance activities prior 

to commencing a Federal undertaking; 

or issuing a Federal license or permit for 

a third party activities such as energy 

development on public or Indian lands. 

ARPA and AA require that Federal 

land managers issue permits to qualified 

applicants and place terms and 

conditions on the permits, including 

reporting requirements, as set forth in 

the implementing regulation for the two 

statutes (43 CFR Part 7 for ARPA; 43 

CFR Part 3 for the AA), to ensure that 

the resources are scientifically 

excavated or removed and deposited, 

along with associated records, in a 

suitable repository for preservation. If 

the permit is for work on Indian lands, 

ARPA required that the Federal land 

manager place terms and conditions on 

the permit as requested by the Indian 

landowner and the Indian tribe having 

jurisdiction over the lands. If the permit 

may have an effect on a resource on 

public lands that has Indian tribal 

religious or cultural importance, ARPA 

requires that the Federal land manager 

notify the pertinent tribe for the purpose 

of developing terms and conditions to 

be placed on the permit. 

Section 13 of ARPA (16 U.S.C. 470II) 

requires that the Secretary of the Interior 

report to Congress on archeological 

activities conducted pursuant to the 

Act. To fulfill this requirement, the 

Secretary must collect information 

about permitted activities from the 

various land managing agencies and the 

Department’s land managing bureaus. 

Information collected responds to 

statutory requirements that Federal 

agencies (1) issue permits to qualified 

individuals and institutions desiring to 

excavate or remove archeological 

resources from public or Indian lands 

and (2) specify terms and conditions, 

including reporting requirements, in 

permits. The information collected is 

reported to Congress and is issued for 

land management purposes. The 

obligation to respond is required to 

obtain a benefit. 

Automated data collection: This 

information will be collected via a paper 

form. No automated data collection will 

take place. 

Frequency of Collection: Once at the 

beginning of each archeological project 

for which a permit is required. An 

interim and/or final report is required at 

the end of the archeological project. 

Description of Respondents: 

Businesses, scholarly institutions, and 

tribes wishing to excavate or remove 

archeological resources from public or 

Indian lands. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: 1,600. 

Estimated average number of 

responses: 3,200. 

Estimated average burden hours per 

respondent: 3 hours. 2.5 hours to 

complete the application form; 30 

minutes to complete the investigative 

report. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

for applications; upon completion of 

project for report. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: 4,800 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, e-mail 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 OMB in your comments to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that OMB will be able 

to do so. 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

NPS. 

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