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narrative and report requirements
discussed below.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before May 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on
this information collection directly to
the Office of Management and Budget
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, via e-mail
[OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov] or fax
202–395–5806; and identify your
submission as 1028–NEW. Please also
submit a copy of your comments to
Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information
Collection Clearance Officer, 2150–C
Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525
(mail); (970)226–9230 (fax); or
pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
NEW, NGGDPP in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frances W. Pierce at (703) 648–6636 or
by mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 912
National Center, Sunrise Valley Drive,
Reston, VA 20192.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This notice concerns the collection of
information that is sufficient and
relevant to evaluate and select proposals
for funding under the NGGDPP. We will
accept proposals from State geological
surveys requesting funds to inventory
and assess the condition of current
collections and data preservation needs.
Financial assistance will be awarded
annually on a competitive basis
following the evaluation and ranking of
State proposals by a review panel
composed of representatives from the
Department of the Interior, State
geological surveys, academic
institutions, and the private sector. To
submit a proposal, you must complete a
project narrative and submit the
application via Grants.gov. Grant
recipients must complete a final
technical report at the end of the project
period. Narrative and report guidance is
available through https://
datapreservation.usgs.gov/ and at
https://www.Grants.gov.
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II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: National Geological and
Geophysical Data Preservation Program
(NGGDPP).
Respondent Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 62 State Geological
Surveys.
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Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 62 (34 applications and 28
reports).
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 1,232
hours. We expect to receive
approximately 34 applications. It takes
each applicant approximately 35 hours
to complete the narrative and to present
supporting documents. This includes
the time for project conception and
development, proposal writing and
reviewing, and submitting the proposal
application through Grants.gov (totaling
1,190 burden hours). We anticipate
awarding 28 grants per year. The award
recipients must submit a final report.
We estimate that it will take
approximately 1.5 hours to complete the
requirement for the reports (totaling 42
hours).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
III. Request for Comments
On September 15, 2008, we published
a Federal Register notice (73 FR 53265)
announcing that we would submit this
information collection to OMB for
approval. The notice provided a 60-day
public comment period ending on
November 14, 2008. We did not receive
any comments in response to that
notice.
We again invite comments concerning
this ICR on: (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) ways to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 anytime.
While you can 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.
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Dated: April 2, 2009.
Frances Pierce,
Acting Program Coordinator, National
Geological and Geophysical Data
Preservation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activity; Evaluation of USGS
Southwest Biological Science Center
Biennial Conferences
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey)
will ask the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the
information collection (IC) described
below. As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, we invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on this IC. 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.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before June 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Please submit your
comments on the IC to Phadrea Ponds,
USGS Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 2150–C Center Avenue, Fort
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226–
9230 (fax); or phadrea_ponds@usgs.gov
(e-mail). Please reference Information
Collection 1028–NEW, Conference
Evaluation in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT: To request additional
information about this IC, contact Dr.
Marty Lee by e-mail at
martha.lee@nau.edu or by telephone at
(928) 523–6644.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Natural area conferences aim to
promote discussion and productive
communication between researchers
and land resource managers. This
research is designed to measure the
effectiveness of these conferences using
importance/performance analysis to
identify a set of standards that define an
effective conference. An on-line survey
will be sent to approximately 550
attendees of two USGS-sponsored
conferences. Results will provide
quantitative knowledge that will
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ultimately enhance the experience for
future conference attendees and inform
the supporting institutions and/or
agencies of their success. These data
will also serve as a measurement tool
and point of reference from which to
evaluate future conferences.
Dated: April 1, 2009.
Charles van Riper,
Leader, USGS Southwest Biological Science
Center, Sonoran Desert Research Station.
[FR Doc. E9–7930 Filed 4–7–09; 8:45 am]
II. Data
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: Evaluation of USGS Southwest
Biological Science Center Biennial
Conferences.
Type of Request: New.
Affected Public: Individuals, State
agencies and tribal governments.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Biannually.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 550 conference attendees.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1100.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 275 hours.
U.S. Geological Survey
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National Geospatial Advisory
Committee; Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
ICR on: (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) ways to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 publically available at anytime.
While you can 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.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds
970–226–9445.
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AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The National Geospatial
Advisory Committee (NGAC) will meet
on May 12–13, 2009 at the George
Washington University Cafritz
Conference Center, 800 21st Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20052. The meeting
will be held in room 405.
The NGAC, which is composed of
representatives from governmental,
private sector, non-profit, and academic
organizations, was established to advise
the Chair of the Federal Geographic Data
Committee on management of Federal
geospatial programs, the development of
the National Spatial Data Infrastructure,
and the implementation of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A–16. Topics to be addressed at
the meeting include:
—Current FGDC Activities.
—National Geospatial Policy and
Strategy.
—NGAC Subcommittee Activities,
including The National Map,
Partnerships, Parcel Data,
Communications, Economic
Recovery, and Governance.
—NGAC Action Plan.
The meeting will include an
opportunity for public comment during
the morning of May 13. Comments may
also be submitted to the NGAC in
writing.
Members of the public who wish to
attend the meeting must register in
advance. Please register by contacting
Arista Maher at the U.S. Geological
Survey (703–648–6283,
amaher@usgs.gov). Registrations are due
by May 8, 2009. While the meeting will
be open to the public, seating may be
limited due to room capacity.
DATES: The meeting will be held from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 12 and from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 13.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Mahoney, U.S. Geological Survey (206–
220–4621).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings
of the National Geospatial Advisory
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Committee are open to the public.
Additional information about the NGAC
and the meeting is available at https://
www.fgdc.gov/ngac.
Dated: April 1, 2009.
Ken Shaffer,
Deputy Staff Director, Federal Geographic
Data Committee.
[FR Doc. E9–7927 Filed 4–7–09; 8:45 am]
National Park Service
Notice of Designation of Potential
Wilderness as Wilderness, Great Sand
Dunes National Park and Preserve, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
SUMMARY: The Great Sand Dunes
Wilderness within Great Sand Dunes
National Monument was designated by
Public Law 94–567, dated Oct 20th,
1976. According to the act the
wilderness was to comprise 33,450 acres
with a potential wilderness addition of
670 acres. Public Law 95–625, dated
Nov 10th, 1978 added 1,109 acres to
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
and Public Law 96–87, dated Oct 12th,
1979, amended this addition to 1,900
acres and further added that ‘‘The
Secretary shall designate the lands
described by this paragraph for
management in accordance with the
adjacent lands within the monument
* * *.’’ This amendment, therefore, has
the effect of authorizing inclusion of the
1,900 acres in the wilderness area. At
the time the Acts were approved the
added lands had non-conforming uses
prohibited by the Wilderness Act of
1964 and so were designated as
potential wilderness until such time as
the non-conforming uses were
eliminated.
The National Park Service depicted
the wilderness and potential wilderness
additions on maps entitled ‘‘Great Sand
Dunes Wilderness, Great Sand Dunes
National Monument, Colorado’’,
numbered 140–20,006–D and dated
January, 1980. In May, 1980, the NPS
published the legal description of the
wilderness and potential wilderness
additions. The maps and legal
description are on file at the
headquarters of Great Sand Dunes
National Park and Preserve, 11500
Highway 150, Mosca, CO 81144.
At the time of the establishment of the
wilderness area two of the potential
wilderness units had been purchased by
the government but had non-conforming
uses which precluded them from being
included in the original wilderness
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection Activity; Evaluation of USGS
Southwest Biological Science Center Biennial Conferences
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described
below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part
of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we
invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. 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.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Please submit your comments on the IC to Phadrea Ponds, USGS
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 2150-C Center Avenue, Fort
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226-9230 (fax); or phadrea_ponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please reference Information Collection 1028-
NEW, Conference Evaluation in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: To request additional
information about this IC, contact Dr. Marty Lee by e-mail at
martha.lee@nau.edu or by telephone at (928) 523-6644.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Natural area conferences aim to promote discussion and productive
communication between researchers and land resource managers. This
research is designed to measure the effectiveness of these conferences
using importance/performance analysis to identify a set of standards
that define an effective conference. An on-line survey will be sent to
approximately 550 attendees of two USGS-sponsored conferences. Results
will provide quantitative knowledge that will
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ultimately enhance the experience for future conference attendees and
inform the supporting institutions and/or agencies of their success.
These data will also serve as a measurement tool and point of reference
from which to evaluate future conferences.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
Title: Evaluation of USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Biennial Conferences.
Type of Request: New.
Affected Public: Individuals, State agencies and tribal
governments.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Biannually.
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 550 conference
attendees.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1100.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 275 hours.
III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this ICR on: (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) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden
on the respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 publically available
at anytime. While you can 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.
USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds
970-226-9445.
Dated: April 1, 2009.
Charles van Riper,
Leader, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Sonoran Desert
Research Station.
[FR Doc. E9-7930 Filed 4-7-09; 8:45 am]
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