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OMB Control No: 1024-0281	ICR Reference No: 202411-1024-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202210-1024-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/NPS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NPS Bear Sighting and Encounter Reports
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 09/15/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2026
Responses	500	50
Time Burden (Hours)	42	4
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	500	50	450
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	42	4	38
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a revision of a currently approved collection. We are requesting to add a new form 10-407 that will be used to collect bear encounter information in parks outside Alaska. Parks in the lower 48 have requested a similar report.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $221,519

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Phadrea Ponds 970 226-9445 pondsp@usgs.gov