Agency Information Collection Activities: State Water Resources Research Institute Program Annual Application and Reporting, 27575-27576 [2010-11620]
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of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior via e-mail to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or fax at
202–395–5806; and identify your
submission as 1028–0065. Please also
submit a copy of your written comments
to Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information
Collection Clearance Officer, 2150–C
Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526–
8118 (mail); 970–226–9230 (fax); or
pondsp@usgs.gov (e-mail). Use OMB
Control Number 1028–0065 in the
subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott F. Sibley at 703–648–4976 or by
mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 989
National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Reston, VA 20192.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
This collection is needed to provide
data on mineral production for annual
reports published by commodity for use
by Government agencies, Congressional
offices, educational institutions,
research organizations, financial
institutions, consulting firms, industry,
academia, and the general public. This
information will be published in the
‘‘Mineral Commodity Summaries,’’ the
first preliminary publication to furnish
estimates covering the previous year’s
nonfuel mineral industry.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0065.
Title: Production Estimate, Quarterly
Construction Sand and Gravel and
Crushed and Broken Stone.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Quarterly
and Annually.
Affected Public: Businesses and State/
local governments that produce
industrial nonfuel minerals.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,014.
Annual Burden Hours: 470 hours. We
expect to receive 2,014 annual
responses. We estimate an average of
10–15 minutes per response. This
includes the time for reviewing
instructions, gathering and maintaining
data, and completing and reviewing the
information.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We have not identified any
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated with
this collection of information.
III. Request for Comments
On October 9, 2009, we published a
Federal Register notice (74 FR 52254)
announcing that we would submit this
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ICR to OMB for approval and solicit
comments. The comment period closed
on December 9, 2009. 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. 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.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Phadrea Ponds, 970–
226–9445.
Dated: May 11, 2010.
John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team,
U.S. Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities: State Water Resources
Research Institute Program Annual
Application and Reporting
AGENCY: United States Geological
Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new collection.
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) an
information collection request (ICR).
This notice provides the public an
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of this collection. We
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
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collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before June 16, 2010.
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 e-mail to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or fax at
202–395–5806; and identify your
submission as 1028–NEW. Please also
submit a copy of your written comments
to Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information
Collection Clearance Officer, 2150–C
Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526–
8118 (mail); 970–226–9230 (fax); or
pondsp@usgs.gov (e-mail). Use OMB
Control Number 1028–NEW in the
subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
E. Schefter, Chief, Office of External
Research, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 424, Reston,
Virginia 20192 (mail) at (703) 648–6800
(Phone); or schefter@usgs.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Water Resources Research Act of
1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10301 et
seq.), authorizes a water resources
research institute or center in each of
the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, the Federated States of
Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and
American Samoa. There are currently 54
such institutes, one in each state, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. The
institute in Guam is a regional institute
serving Guam, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands. Each of
the 54 institutes submits an annual
application for an allotment grant and
provides an annual report on its
activities under the grant. The State
Water Resources Research Institute
Program issues an annual call for
applications from the institutes to
support plans to promote research,
training, information dissemination, and
other activities meeting the needs of the
States and Nation. The program also
encourages regional cooperation among
institutes in research into areas of water
management, development, and
conservation that have a regional or
national character. The U.S. Geological
Survey has been designated as the
administrator of the provisions of the
Act.
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II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: State Water Resources Research
Institute Program Annual Application
and Reporting.
Type of Request: New.
Affected Public: The state water
resources research institutes authorized
by the Water Resources Research Act of
1983, as amended, and listed at https://
water.usgs.gov/wrri/institutes.html.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain benefits.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: We expect to receive 54
applications and award 54 grants per
year.
Estimated Annual Total Responses:
54.
Estimated Time per Response: 160
hours. This includes 80 hours per
applicant to prepare and submit the
annual application; and 80 hours (total)
per grantee to complete the annual
reports.
Annual Burden Hours: 8,640.
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III. Request for Comments
On December 29, 2009, we published
a Federal Register notice (74 FR 68860)
announcing that we would submit this
ICR to OMB for approval and soliciting
comments. The comment period closed
on March 1, 2010. 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. 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: May 10, 2010.
John E. Schefter,
Water Resources Research Act Program
Coordinator.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–R–2010–N052; 40136–1265–0000–
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J.N. ‘‘Ding’’ Darling National Wildlife
Refuge, Lee County, FL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft
comprehensive conservation plan and
environmental assessment; request for
comments.
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce the
availability of a draft comprehensive
conservation plan and environmental
assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for J.N.
‘‘Ding’’ Darling National Wildlife Refuge
(NWR) for public review and comment.
In the Draft CCP/EA, we describe the
alternative we propose to use to manage
this refuge for the 15 years following
approval of the final CCP.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we
must receive your written comments by
June 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of
the Draft CCP/EA by contacting Ms.
Cheri M. Ehrhardt, via U.S. mail at J.N.
‘‘Ding’’ Darling NWR, 1 Wildlife Drive,
Sanibel, FL 33957, or via e-mail at
DingDarlingCCP@fws.gov. Alternatively
you may download the document from
our Internet Site at https://
southeast.fws.gov/planning under ‘‘Draft
Documents.’’ Submit comments on the
Draft CCP/EA to the above postal
address or e-mail address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Cheri M. Ehrhardt, Natural Resource
Planner, telephone: 321/861–2368; or
Mr. Paul Tritaik, Refuge Manager,
telephone: 239/472–1100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the CCP
process for J.N. ‘‘Ding’’ Darling NWR. We
started the process through a notice in
the Federal Register on June 27, 2007
(72 FR 35254), and extended the
comment period in a notice in the
Federal Register on April 2, 2008 (73 FR
17991). For more about the refuge, its
purposes, and our CCP process, please
see those notices.
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Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee), as amended by the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, requires us to
develop a CCP for each national wildlife
refuge. The purpose for developing a
CCP is to provide refuge managers with
a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge
purposes and contributing toward the
mission of the National Wildlife Refuge
System, consistent with sound
principles of fish and wildlife
management, conservation, legal
mandates, and our policies. In addition
to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
hunting, fishing, wildlife observation,
wildlife photography, and
environmental education and
interpretation. We will review and
update the CCP at least every 15 years
in accordance with the Administration
Act.
The 6,406.79-acre refuge supports
hundreds of species of wildlife and
plants, providing protection for 13
Federal-listed species and 49 Statelisted species, as well as for migratory
birds and native wildlife. It also
supports habitat diversity through
tropical hardwood forests, beaches,
mangrove swamps, mixed wetland
shrubs, salt marshes, open waters and
seagrass beds, and lakes and canals.
Comprising roughly half of Sanibel
Island and most of Buck Key, the J.N.
‘‘Ding’’ Darling NWR provides key
habitats supporting a variety of species
in a highly developed landscape. The
city of Sanibel, Lee County, SanibelCaptiva Conservation Foundation, and
the Service work together to continue
conservation work on Sanibel Island,
which is one of the top birding hot spots
in the nation, with beautiful beaches,
shelling, fishing, and wildlife. This
partnership has resulted in land use
planning to guide growth and
development, ensuring that future
generations will be able to enjoy the
special ambience and quiet harmony
that Sanibel Island offers.
The priority management issues
facing this refuge are addressed in the
Draft CCP/EA, including: (1) Increasing
and changing human population,
development of the landscape,
recreational uses and demands, and
associated impacts; (2) issues and
impacts associated with water quality,
water quantity, and timing of flows; (3)
invasion and spread of exotic, invasive,
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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27575-27576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11620]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection Activities: State Water Resources
Research Institute Program Annual Application and Reporting
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new collection.
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we
are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) an information collection request (ICR).
This notice provides the public an opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of this collection. 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 16, 2010.
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 e-mail to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or
fax at 202-395-5806; and identify your submission as 1028-NEW. Please
also submit a copy of your written comments to Phadrea Ponds, USGS
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort
Collins, CO 80526-8118 (mail); 970-226-9230 (fax); or pondsp@usgs.gov
(e-mail). Use OMB Control Number 1028-NEW in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John E. Schefter, Chief, Office of
External Research, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
MS 424, Reston, Virginia 20192 (mail) at (703) 648-6800 (Phone); or
schefter@usgs.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Water Resources Research Act of 1984, as amended (42 U.S.C.
10301 et seq.), authorizes a water resources research institute or
center in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. There
are currently 54 such institutes, one in each state, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. The institute
in Guam is a regional institute serving Guam, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Each
of the 54 institutes submits an annual application for an allotment
grant and provides an annual report on its activities under the grant.
The State Water Resources Research Institute Program issues an annual
call for applications from the institutes to support plans to promote
research, training, information dissemination, and other activities
meeting the needs of the States and Nation. The program also encourages
regional cooperation among institutes in research into areas of water
management, development, and conservation that have a regional or
national character. The U.S. Geological Survey has been designated as
the administrator of the provisions of the Act.
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II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
Title: State Water Resources Research Institute Program Annual
Application and Reporting.
Type of Request: New.
Affected Public: The state water resources research institutes
authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1983, as amended, and
listed at https://water.usgs.gov/wrri/institutes.html.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain benefits.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: We expect to receive 54
applications and award 54 grants per year.
Estimated Annual Total Responses: 54.
Estimated Time per Response: 160 hours. This includes 80 hours per
applicant to prepare and submit the annual application; and 80 hours
(total) per grantee to complete the annual reports.
Annual Burden Hours: 8,640.
III. Request for Comments
On December 29, 2009, we published a Federal Register notice (74 FR
68860) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval and
soliciting comments. The comment period closed on March 1, 2010. 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. 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.
Dated: May 10, 2010.
John E. Schefter,
Water Resources Research Act Program Coordinator.
[FR Doc. 2010-11620 Filed 5-14-10; 8:45 am]
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