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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
U.S. Geological Survey
National Commission on Indian Trust
Administration and Reform
[GX12GC009PLSG0]
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting; correction.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Secretary
published a document in the Federal
Register of February 3, 2012,
announcing the first meeting of the
National Commission on Indian Trust
Administration and Reform (the
Commission). This notice corrects the
times and address of the first meeting
and extends the RSVP date to February
29, 2012.
DATES: Effective Date: The
Commission’s first meeting will occur
from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on March 1, 2012,
and 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on March 2, 2012.
Attendance is open to the public, but
limited space is available. Members of
the public who wish to attend should
RSVP by February 29, 2012 to:
trustcommission@ios.doi.gov.
SUMMARY:
The first meeting will be
held at National Park Service, 1201 Eye
Street, NW., Conference Room 202,
Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Designated Federal Officer, Jodi Gillette,
Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20240; telephone (202)
208–7163; or email to
Jodi.Gillette@bia.gov. Members of the
public who wish to attend the meeting
should RSVP by February 29, 2012, to:
trustcommission@ios.doi.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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Corrections
In the Federal Register of February 3,
2012, in FR Doc. 2012–2401, on page
5528, in the first column, correct the
times listed in the DATES section with
the following:
The Commission’s first meeting will
occur from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on March 1,
2012, and 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on March 2,
2012.
In the same issue of the Federal
Register, replace the address in the
ADDRESSES section with the following:
National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street,
NW., Conference Room 202,
Washington, DC 20005.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
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Agency Information Collection:
Comment Request AGENCY: United
States Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior
Notice of an extension of a
currently approved collection (1028–
0088).
ACTION:
To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we will submit to OMB an extension of
a currently approved information
collection for the National Cooperative
Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP)—
EDMAP and STATEMAP. As required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
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 Information Collection
(IC). The existing IC is scheduled to
expire on August 31, 2012.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before April 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please submit a copy of
your written comments to USGS
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); 703–648–7199 (fax); or
smbaloch@usgs.gov. Please reference
Information Collection 1028–0088,
NCGMP EDMAP and STATEMAP.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas A. Howard, Associate Program
Coordinator NCGMP (STATEMAP and
EDMAP), USGS Geological Survey,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 908,
20192 (mail); at 703–648–6978
(telephone); or dahoward@usgs.gov
(email).
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Cooperative Geologic
Mapping Program (NCGMP–EDMAP
and STATEMAP).
OMB Control Number: 1028–0088.
Abstract: EDMAP is the educational
component of the NCGMP that is
intended to train the next generation of
geologic mappers. The NCGMP allocates
funds to colleges and universities in the
United States and Puerto Rico through
an annual competitive cooperative
agreement process. Every federal dollar
that is awarded is matched with
university funds. Geology professors,
who are skilled in geologic mapping,
request EDMAP funding to support
undergraduate and graduate students at
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their college or university in a one-year
mentored geologic mapping project that
focuses on a specific geographic area.
Each fall, the program announcement is
posted to the Grants.gov Web site and
respondents are required to submit
applications (comprising of Standard
Form 424, 424A, 424B, a Negotiated
Rate Agreement, a Support letter from
State Geologist or USGS Project Chief,
an EDMAP Proposal Summary Sheet,
the Proposal, and Budget Sheets) using
Grants.gov.
Since 1996, more than $5 million
from the NCGMP have supported
geologic mapping efforts of more than
1,000 students working with more than
244 professors at 148 universities in 44
states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico. Funds for graduate projects
are limited to $17,500 and
undergraduate project funds limited to
$10,000. These funds are used to cover
field expenses and student salaries, but
not faculty salaries. The authority for
the program is listed in the National
Geologic Mapping Act (Pub. L. 106–
148).
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and it’s implementing
regulations (43 CFR Part 2), and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public or for limited inspection.’’
Responses are voluntary. No questions
of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary
(necessary to receive funding).
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 50
University/College Professors or faculty
advisors annually.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,640 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
expect to receive approximately 50
applications each year which takes each
applicant approximately 20 hours to
complete, totaling 1,000 hours. This
includes the time for project conception
and development, proposal writing and
reviewing, and submitting a project
narrative through Grants.gov. We expect
to issue 40 grants per year. The grant
recipients are also required to submit a
final technical report which takes each
grant recipient approximately 16 hours
to complete, totaling 640 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: We
have not identified any ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
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you are not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Comments: We invite comments
concerning this IC 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.
Please note that any comments
submitted 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 publically 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 will be
done.
Dated: February 17, 2012.
Douglas A. Howard,
Associate Program Coordinator, National
Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLAZ910000.L12100000.XP0000LXSS150
A00006100.241A]
State of Arizona Resource Advisory
Council Meetings
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Arizona
Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will
meet in Phoenix, Arizona, as indicated
below.
DATES: The RAC Working Groups will
meet on March 27, from 8 a.m. until
5 p.m. The Business meeting will be
held on March 29, from 8 a.m. until 4
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p.m. The Council, guests, and BLM staff
will spend the day March 28 on a tour
of renewable energy projects.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the BLM National Training Center
located at 9828 North 31st Avenue,
Phoenix, Arizona 85051.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dorothea Boothe, Arizona RAC
Coordinator at the Bureau of Land
Management, Arizona State Office, One
North Central Avenue, Suite 800,
Phoenix, Arizona 85004–4427, 602–
417–9504. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the Bureau of
Land Management, on a variety of
planning and management issues
associated with public land
management in Arizona. Planned
agenda items include: a welcome and
introduction of Council members; BLM
State Director’s update on BLM
programs and issues; updates on the
Arizona Strategies, land use planning
and public involvement, Abandoned
Mine Lands, ASARCO Land Exchange,
cultural heritage resource issues, and
renewable energy projects; RAC
questions on District Managers’ Reports;
reports by the RAC Working Groups;
and other items of interest to the RAC.
Members of the public are welcome to
attend the Working Group and Business
meetings. A public comment period is
scheduled on the day of the Business
meeting from 11:30 a.m. to Noon for any
interested members of the public who
wish to address the Council on BLM or
Forest Service recreation fee programs
and business. Depending on the number
of persons wishing to speak and time
available, the time for individual
comments may be limited. Written
comments may also be submitted during
the meeting for the RAC’s consideration.
Final meeting agendas will be available
two weeks prior to the meetings and
posted on the BLM Web site at: https://
www.blm.gov/az/st/en/res/rac.html.
Individuals who need special
assistance, such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should contact the
RAC Coordinator listed above no later
than two weeks before the start of the
meeting. Under the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act, the RAC
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has been designated as the Recreation
Resource Advisory Council (RRAC) and
has the authority to review all BLM and
Forest Service recreation fee proposals
in Arizona. The RRAC will not review
any recreation fee proposals at this
meeting.
Raymond Suazo,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Public Meeting; Wyoming Resource
Advisory Council
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Wyoming
Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meetings will be held March
28 (8 a.m.–5 p.m.) and March 29
(8 a.m.–3 p.m.), 2012.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the
Hilton Garden Inn and University of
Wyoming Conference Center, 2229
Grand Avenue, Laramie, WY 82070.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cindy Wertz, Wyoming Resource
Advisory Council Coordinator,
Wyoming State Office, 5353
Yellowstone, Cheyenne, WY 82009;
telephone 307–775–6014; email
cwertz@blm.gov.
Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 10member RAC advises the Secretary of
the Interior on a variety of management
issues associated with public land
management in Wyoming.
Planned agenda topics include an
update from the University of Wyoming
faculty on current projects and research,
follow-up on last meeting’s planning
and cooperating agency discussion, and
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX12GC009PLSG0]
Agency Information Collection: Comment Request AGENCY: United
States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a currently approved collection
(1028-0088).
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we
are notifying the public that we will submit to OMB an extension of a
currently approved information collection for the National Cooperative
Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP)--EDMAP and STATEMAP. As required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 Information Collection (IC). The existing IC is
scheduled to expire on August 31, 2012.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before April 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please submit a copy of your written comments to USGS
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703-648-7199
(fax); or smbaloch@usgs.gov. Please reference Information Collection
1028-0088, NCGMP EDMAP and STATEMAP.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas A. Howard, Associate Program
Coordinator NCGMP (STATEMAP and EDMAP), USGS Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 908, 20192 (mail); at 703-648-6978
(telephone); or dahoward@usgs.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP-EDMAP
and STATEMAP).
OMB Control Number: 1028-0088.
Abstract: EDMAP is the educational component of the NCGMP that is
intended to train the next generation of geologic mappers. The NCGMP
allocates funds to colleges and universities in the United States and
Puerto Rico through an annual competitive cooperative agreement
process. Every federal dollar that is awarded is matched with
university funds. Geology professors, who are skilled in geologic
mapping, request EDMAP funding to support undergraduate and graduate
students at their college or university in a one-year mentored geologic
mapping project that focuses on a specific geographic area. Each fall,
the program announcement is posted to the Grants.gov Web site and
respondents are required to submit applications (comprising of Standard
Form 424, 424A, 424B, a Negotiated Rate Agreement, a Support letter
from State Geologist or USGS Project Chief, an EDMAP Proposal Summary
Sheet, the Proposal, and Budget Sheets) using Grants.gov.
Since 1996, more than $5 million from the NCGMP have supported
geologic mapping efforts of more than 1,000 students working with more
than 244 professors at 148 universities in 44 states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Funds for graduate projects are limited to
$17,500 and undergraduate project funds limited to $10,000. These funds
are used to cover field expenses and student salaries, but not faculty
salaries. The authority for the program is listed in the National
Geologic Mapping Act (Pub. L. 106-148).
We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and it's
implementing regulations (43 CFR Part 2), and under regulations at 30
CFR 250.197, ``Data and information to be made available to the public
or for limited inspection.'' Responses are voluntary. No questions of a
``sensitive'' nature are asked.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary (necessary to receive funding).
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Approximately 50
University/College Professors or faculty advisors annually.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,640 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: We
expect to receive approximately 50 applications each year which takes
each applicant approximately 20 hours to complete, totaling 1,000
hours. This includes the time for project conception and development,
proposal writing and reviewing, and submitting a project narrative
through Grants.gov. We expect to issue 40 grants per year. The grant
recipients are also required to submit a final technical report which
takes each grant recipient approximately 16 hours to complete, totaling
640 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': We
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor and
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you are not required to respond to, a collection of information unless
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Comments: We invite comments concerning this IC 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. Please
note that any comments submitted 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 publically 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 will be done.
Dated: February 17, 2012.
Douglas A. Howard,
Associate Program Coordinator, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping
Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-4442 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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