Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 44439 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0062; 

FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] 

Foreign Endangered Species and 

Marine Mammals Issuance of Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have issued 

the following permits to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species, 

marine mammals, or both. We issue 

these permits under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) and the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents to 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Division of Management Authority, 

Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; 

fax (703) 358–2281. To locate the 

Federal Register notice that announced 

our receipt of the application for each 

permit listed in this document, go to 

www.regulations.gov and search on the 

permit number provided in the tables in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Russell, (703) 358–2023 

(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); or 

DMAFR@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the 

dates below, as authorized by the 

provisions of the ESA, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and/or the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), we 

issued requested permits subject to 

certain conditions set forth therein. For 

each permit for an endangered species, 

we found that (1) the application was 

filed in good faith, (2) the granted 

permit would not operate to the 

disadvantage of the endangered species, 

and (3) the granted permit would be 

consistent with the purposes and policy 

set forth in section 2 of the ESA. 

Permit number Applicant Receipt of application Federal Register notice Permit issuance 

date 

Endangered Species 

22685C ............. Feld Entertainment, Inc ............................................. 82 FR 28349; June 21, 2017 .................................... August 14, 

2017. 

24212C ............. University of Alaska Fairbanks .................................. 82 FR 25616; June 2, 2017 ...................................... August 3, 2017. 

14503C ............. The University of Alabama at Birmingham ............... 82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017 ....................................... August 8, 2017. 

15849C ............. The University of Alabama at Birmingham ............... 82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017 ....................................... August 8, 2017. 

Marine Mammals 

29633C ............. Off Spring Films ........................................................ 82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017 ....................................... August 10, 

2017. 

Availability of Documents 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications are 

available for review, subject to the 

requirements of the Privacy Act and 

Freedom of Information Act, by any 

party who submits a written request for 

a copy of such documents to: U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, Branch of 

Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– 

2281. 

Authority: We issue this notice under the 

authority of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.), and the MMPA, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). 

Joyce Russell, 

Government Information Specialist, Branch 

of Permits, Division of Management 

Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20277 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[GX16MN00F1F1000] 

Agency Information Collection; 

Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; iCoast—Did the Coast 

Change? 

AGENCY: United States Geological 

Survey (USGS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological 

Survey) are notifying the public that we 

have submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) the 

information collection request (ICR) 

described below. To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we will submit to OMB a new 

information collection (IC) for review 

and approval. This notice provides the 

public an opportunity to comment on 

the paperwork burden of this collection. 

This collection is scheduled to expire 

on September 30, 2017. 

DATES: You must submit comment on or 

before October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments on this information 

collection directly to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior, via email: 

(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or 

by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your 

submission with ‘OMB Control Number 

1028–0109 iCoast—Did the Coast 

Change? Please also forward a copy of 

your comments and suggestions on this 

information collection to the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov (email). Please 

reference ‘OMB Information Collection 

1028–0109 iCoast—Did the Coast 

Change? in all correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Thompson, National Climate 

Change and Wildlife Science Center, 

U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise 

Valley Drive, Mail Stop 400, Reston, VA 

20192 (mail); 703–648–4083 (phone); or 

lthompson@usgs.gov (email). You may 

also find information about this ICR at 

44440 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 

www.reginfo.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION: 

Title: iCoast—Did the coast change? 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 

and its collaborators (including the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, and university researchers) 

conduct sustained investigations of 

coastal hazards associated with major 

hurricane landfall. USGS hurricane 

research and response activities include 

collection of storm-surge water levels, 

aerial photography, and laser altimetry 

(lidar) surveys of pre- and post-storm 

beach conditions. These efforts 

document the nature, magnitude, and 

variability of costal changes such as 

beach erosion, overwash deposition, 

island breaching, and destruction of 

infrastructure. Predictive models and 

assessments of severe storm impacts are 

developed and evaluated, and 

probabilistic assessments are distributed 

to the public, local, State, and Federal 

agencies. The assessments and 

observations provide information 

needed to understand, prepare for, and 

respond to coastal disasters. These 

ongoing analyses are authorized by 42 

U.S.C. 5201 et seq., The Disaster Relief 

Act of 1974, Section 202(a). 

In support of this research, the USGS 

has been taking oblique aerial 

photographs of the coast before and after 

each major storm since 1996 and has 

amassed a database of over 190,000 

photographs of the Gulf and Atlantic 

Coasts. Computers cannot yet 

automatically analyze these data 

because classifying this photography 

requires understanding the diversity of 

forms that even this small set of primary 

features (shore, beach, dune, marsh, 

built environment) can represent. 

Human intelligence is needed, and 

USGS does not have the personnel or 

the capacity for this. These oblique 

aerial photographs are currently used 

for broad overviews of damage, and 

selected photo pairs have been shared 

on the Internet with the public after 

storms. The intense interest by the 

public in the pre- and post-storm USGS 

photographic pairs, and the increasing 

use of citizen science and 

crowdsourcing by Federal Government 

agencies suggests that a significant 

segment of the public might volunteer to 

serve as our ‘‘eyes on the coast.’’ The 

iCoast—Did the Coast Change? Web site 

(hereafter referred to as iCoast) posts a 

suite of pre- and post-storm photographs 

from a major storm, and citizen 

scientists can compare photographs and 

classify the changes they see with 

predefined tags, or by appending 

comments. Citizen scientists also 

identify coastal landforms, determine 

the storm impacts to coastal 

infrastructure and landforms, and 

indicate other changes, including 

response and recovery efforts. These 

data can be used by USGS scientists to 

ground truth and fine-tune their models 

of coastal change. These mathematical 

models predict the likely interaction 

between coastal features such as 

beaches and dunes and storm surge. 

They are based on pre-storm dune 

height, measured by lidar, and predicted 

wave behavior based on data from the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. They are not based on 

ground truth observations. A body of 

citizen observations will allow for more 

accurate predictions of vulnerability. 

These model predictions are typically 

shared with Federal, State, and local 

authorities both before and after storms. 

The project will also result in greater 

citizen awareness of the probabilities for 

coastal change, and will be a resource 

for teachers and students pursuing 

science, technology, engineering and 

math (STEM). 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0109. 

Form Number: None. 

Title: iCoast—Did the Coast Change? 

Type of Request: Renewal of existing 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Coastal scientists, 

coastal managers, marine science 

students, emergency managers, citizens/ 

residents of coastal communities. 

Respondent’s Obligation: 

Participation is voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Occasional. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 64,211 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

3,211 hours. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this IC. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

you are not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and current expiration date. 

Comments: On July 6, 2017, we 

published a Federal Register notice (82 

FR 31347) announcing that we would 

submit this ICR to OMB for approval 

and soliciting comments. The comment 

period closed on September 5, 2017. We 

received no comments. 

III. Request for Comments 

We again invite comments concerning 

this ICR as to: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the agency to perform its duties, 

including whether the information is 

useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) how to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) how to minimize the 

burden on the respondents, including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this notice are a matter 

of public record. Before including your 

personal mailing address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment, including 

your personally identifiable 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us and the OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

IV. Authority 

The authorities for this action are 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Christopher Reich, 

Deputy Center Director, USGS St Petersburg 

Coastal and Marine Science Center. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20188 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4338–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024038: 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Robbins Museum of Archaeology, 

Middleborough, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Robbins Museum of 

Archaeology has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal