[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 59730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24636]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-NCTC-2011-N192; 97320-1661-0040-92]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Application for Training, National
Conservation Training Center
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2011. We 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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before October 27, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 042-
PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail), or
INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail). Please include ``1018-0115'' in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0115.
Title: Application for Training, National Conservation Training
Center.
Service Form Number: 3-2193.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Persons who wish to participate in
training given at or sponsored by the National Conservation Training
Center (NCTC).
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion when applying for training at
NCTC.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 500.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 84.
Abstract:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation
Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, provides natural
resource and other professional training for Service employees,
employees of other Federal agencies, and other affiliations, including
State agencies, private individuals, not-for-profit organizations, and
university personnel. FWS Form 3-2193 (Training Application) is a quick
and easy method for prospective non-Department of the Interior students
to request training. We encourage applicants to use FWS Form 3-2193 and
to submit their requests electronically. However, we do not require
applicants to complete both a training form required by their agency
and FWS Form 3-2193. NCTC will accept any single training request as
long as each submission identifies the name, address, and phone number
of the applicant, sponsoring agency, class name, start date, and all
required financial payment information.
NCTC uses data from the form to generate class rosters, class
transcripts, and statistics, and as a budgeting tool for projecting
training requirements. It is also used to track attendance, mandatory
requirements, tuition, and invoicing for all NCTC-sponsored courses
both on- and off-site.
Comments: On December 16, 2010, we published in the Federal
Register (75 FR 78731) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew
approval for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited
comments for 60 days, ending on February 14, 2011. We received one
comment. The comment was directed to the subject matter, validity, and
necessity of the training and not to the information collection
requirements. The commenter believes that employees should obtain
training prior to employment and that further training is unnecessary.
We have not made any changes to the collection in response to this
comment.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information;
Ways toenhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents.
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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: September 21, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-24636 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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