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comment was received in support of
this collection:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX14BA02EEW0200; OMB Control Number
1028–0103/Renewal]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; USA National
Phenology Network—The Nature’s
Notebook Plant and Animal Observing
Program
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 May 13,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
USGS, Information Collections
Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov.
Please reference OMB Control Number
1028–0103 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jake F. Weltzin by
email at jweltzin@usgs.gov, or by
telephone at 520–626–3821. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
USGS, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on 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 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on [October
31, 2018] (83 FR 54772). The following
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I am commenting in support of the USA–
NPN. The Phenology Network is an
important tool for understanding plant and
animal ecology in a changing climate.
Phenology affects (1) agriculture, through
timing of pollinator activity, changes in
temperature patterns, and pest outbreaks; (2)
recreation, particularly winter sports; (3)
timber harvests, via pest outbreaks, weather
effects on logging conditions, and tree health;
(4) wildlife, through migration and breeding
season changes; and (5) water quality, via
changes in snowmelt and precipitation
events. Understanding these changes are
important for wildlife and people and
directly relates to the mission and functions
of the USGS. The USA–NPN particularly
relates to USGS’s mission areas of
ecosystems, environmental health, and land
and water resources. As a science educator
and land protection specialist, I believe that
the collected data are being processed in a
timely manner. I use the available data to
back up what landowners and members of
the public are already noticing; the USA–
NPN allows me to provide people with a
wonderfully accessible resource. I find the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to the quite good. The visualization tool is
fantastic, particularly the gridded layers. The
visualizations are excellent for when you
know which data have been collected at a
specific location. All of this information is
valuable for farmers and private landowners
when making decisions on how to manage
their land for the future. Overall, this
program provides critical data on changes in
seasonality and plant and animal patterns.
Phenology is incredibly important to
understand—for people, wildlife, and
industry—and the USA–NPN is the best
resource for compiling, analyzing, and
distributing this information. The monetary
burden to the American public is a perfectly
reasonable amount for such a useful and
informative program.
We are again 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. 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
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identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may 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 USA–NPN is a program
sponsored by the USGS that uses
standardized forms for tracking plant
and animal activity as part of a project
called Nature’s Notebook. The Nature’s
Notebook forms are used to record
phenology (e.g., timing of leafing or
flowering of plants and reproduction or
migration of animals) as part of a
nationwide effort to understand and
predict how plants and animals respond
to environmental variation and changes
in weather and climate. Contemporary
data collected through Nature’s
Notebook are quality-checked, described
and made publicly available; data are
used to inform decision-making in a
variety of contexts, including
agriculture, drought monitoring, and
wildfire risk assessment. Phenological
information is also critical for the
management of wildlife, invasive
species, and agricultural pests, and for
understanding and managing risks to
human health and welfare, including
allergies, asthma, and vector-borne
diseases. Participants may contribute
phenology information to Nature’s
Notebook through a browser-based web
application or via mobile applications
for iPhone and Android operating
systems, meeting GPEA and Privacy Act
requirements. The web application
interface consists several components:
User registration, a searchable list of
1,260 plant and animal species which
can be observed; a ‘‘profile’’ for each
species that contains information about
the species including its description and
the appropriate monitoring protocols; a
series of interfaces for registering as an
observer, registering a site, registering
plants and animals at a site, generating
datasheets to take to the field, and a data
entry page that mimics the datasheets.
Title of Collection: USA National
Phenology Network—The Nature’s
Notebook Plant and Animal Observing
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0103.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Members of the public, registered with
Nature’s Notebook; state Cooperative
Extension employees and tribal
members.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 7,581.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 4,093,314.
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Estimated Completion Time per
Response: When joining the program,
responders spend 13 minutes each to
register and read guidelines and 83
minutes to watch all training videos.
After that responders may spend about
2 minutes per record to observe and
submit phenophase status record.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 138,857.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion;
depends on the seasonal activity of
plants and animals.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: $11,484.
TABLE—ANNUAL RESPONSES AND BURDEN HOURS
Annual
responses
(projected)
Response type
Completion time per response
(minutes)
Annual burden
(hours)
Registrations ....................................
Training videos ................................
Observation records ........................
7,581
758
4,084,975
13 minutes (3 minutes to register + 10 minutes to read guidelines) ........
83 minutes (to watch entire set of videos) ................................................
2 minutes (includes observation and reporting time) ................................
1,643
1,049
136,166
Total ..........................................
4,093,314
....................................................................................................................
138,857
TABLE—ANNUAL NON-HOUR BURDEN COSTS
Cost per unit
Clipboard ..........................................
Pencils .............................................
Flags ................................................
Markers ............................................
Stakes ..............................................
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Popsicle Sticks .................................
Average Marking Material Cost .......
$2.23
0.10
0.05
0.10
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.19
Cost per Response ..........................
2.52
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.).
provided for in subheading 7303.00.00
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States, that have been found
by the U.S. Department of Commerce
(‘‘Commerce’’) to be sold in the United
States at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’),
and to be subsidized by the government
of China.
Jake Weltzin,
Program Manager, Status & Trends Program.
Background
[FR Doc. 2019–07328 Filed 4–11–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4338–11–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–597 and 731–
TA–1407 (Final)]
Cast Iron Soil Pipe From China
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Number of respondents expected to use
Determinations
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject investigations, the United
States International Trade Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant
to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’),
that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
of cast iron soil pipe from China,
1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 207.2(f)).
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$9,467
425
76
152
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Total Non-Hour Burden Cost ..........................................................
$11,484
The Commission, pursuant to sections
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)),
instituted these investigations effective
January 26, 2018, following receipt of a
petition filed with the Commission and
Commerce by the Cast Iron Soil Pipe
Institute, Mundelein, Illinois. The final
phase of the investigations was
scheduled by the Commission following
notification of preliminary
determinations by Commerce that
imports of cast iron soil pipe from China
were subsidized within the meaning of
section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671b(b)) and sold at LTFV within the
meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1673b(b)).
Notice of the scheduling of the final
phase of the Commission’s
investigations and of a public hearing to
be held in connection therewith was
given by posting copies of the notice in
the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
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International Trade Commission,
Washington, DC, and by publishing the
notice in the Federal Register on
September 13, 2018 (83 FR 46519) and
on February 6, 2019 (84 FR 2248). The
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on
February 12, 2019, and all persons who
requested the opportunity were
permitted to appear in person or by
counsel.
The Commission made these
determinations pursuant to sections
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)). It
completed and filed its determinations
in these investigations on April 8, 2019.
The views of the Commission are
contained in USITC Publication 4879
(April 2019), entitled Cast Iron Soil Pipe
from China: Investigation Nos. 701–TA–
597 and 731–TA–1407 (Final).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 8, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019–07245 Filed 4–11–19; 8:45 am]
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