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and (4) jobs supported by IHBG-funded
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Document. IHBG recipients are
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Stock (FCAS) component of the IHBG
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time.
Respondents: Native American Tribes,
Alaska Native Villages and corporation,
tribally designated housing entities,
banks and brokers.
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; USGS Ash Fall Report
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including through
the use of appropriate automated
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Chapter 35.
Date: June 6, 2019.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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1028–0106]
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.
SUMMARY:
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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August 1,
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
U.S. Geological Survey, Information
Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA
20192; or by email to gs-info_
collections@usgs.gov. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1028–0106 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Kristi Wallace by email
at kwallace@usgs.gov, or by telephone at
(907) 786–7109. You may also view the
ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, 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 May 8,
2019, 84 FR 20160. No comments were
received.
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
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comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. 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.
Abstract: The USGS provides
notifications and warnings to the public
of volcanic activity in the US in order
to reduce the loss of life, property, and
economic and societal impacts. Ash
fallout to the ground can pose
significant disruption and damage to
buildings, transportation, water and
wastewater, power supply,
communications equipment,
agriculture, and primary production
leading to potentially substantial
societal impacts and costs, even at
thicknesses of only a few millimeters or
inches. Additionally, fine grained ash,
when ingested can cause health impacts
to humans and animals. USGS will use
reports entered in real time by
respondents of ash fall in their local
area to correct or refine ash fall forecasts
as the ash cloud moves downwind.
Retrospectively these reports will enable
USGS to improve their ash fall models
and further research into eruptive
processes.
This project is a database module and
web interface allowing the public and
Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) staff
to enter reports of ash fall in their local
area in real time and retrospectively
following an eruptive event. Users
browsing the AVO website during
eruptions will be directed towards a
web form allowing them to fill in ash
fall information and submit the
information to AVO.
Compiled ashfall reports are available
in real-time to AVO staff through the
AVO internal website. A pre-formatted
summary report or table that distills
information received online will show
ash fall reports in chronological order
with key fields including (1) date and
time of ash fall, (2) location, (3) positive
or negative ash fall (4) name of observer,
and (5) contact information is easily
viewable internally on the report so that
calls for clarification can be made by
AVO staff quickly and Operations room
staff can visualize ashfall information
quickly.
Ashfall report data will also be
displayed on a dynamic map interface
and show positive (yes ash) and
negative (no ash) ash fall reports by
location. Ash fall reports (icons) will be
publicly displayed for a period of 24
hours and shaded differently as they age
so that the age of reports is obvious.
The ashfall report database will help
AVO track eruption clouds and
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associated fallout downwind. These
reports from the public will also give
scientists a more complete record of the
amount and duration and other
conditions of ash fall. Getting first-hand
accounts of ash fall will support model
ash fall development and interpretation
of satellite imagery. AVO scientists
will—as time allows—be able to contact
the individuals using their entered
contact information for clarification and
details. Knowing the locations from
which ash-fall reports have been filed
will improve ash fall warning messages,
AVO Volcanic Activity Notifications,
and make fieldwork more efficient. AVO
staff will be able to condense and
summarize the various ash fall reports
and forward that information on to
emergency management agencies and
the wider public. The online form will
also free up resources during
exceedingly busy times during an
eruption, as most individuals currently
phone AVO with their reports.
Title of Collection: USGS Ash Fall
Report.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0106.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: General
Public, local governments and
emergency managers.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: We are likely to ask
individuals to respond 1–6 times year
which is the number of past eruptions
we have during any one year in Alaska.
Individuals can submit responses more
than once during an eruption to report
ashfall details.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: Approximately 575
individuals affected by a volcanic
ashfall event each year.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: We estimate the public
reporting burden will average 5 minutes
per response. This includes the time for
reviewing instructions and answering a
web-based questionnaire.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 79 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion,
after each ashfall event.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $736.
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.
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The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Thomas Murray,
Director, Volcano Science Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2019 Draft
Supplemental Restoration Plan;
Mississippi Trustee Implementation
Group
Department of the Interior.
Notice of availability; request
for public comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill Final Programmatic Damage
Assessment and Restoration Plan and
Final Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS),
Record of Decision, and Consent Decree,
the Federal and State natural resource
trustee agencies for the Mississippi
Trustee Implementation Group
(Mississippi TIG) have prepared a
Mississippi Trustee Implementation
Group 2019 Draft Supplemental
Restoration Plan: Grand Bay Land
Acquisition and Habitat Management
(SRP) to evaluate funding additional
land acquisition from willing sellers and
habitat management within the Grand
Bay Land Acquisition and Habitat
Management project (Grand Bay Project)
footprint. The Mississippi TIG originally
evaluated and selected the Grand Bay
Project as part of the Mississippi Trustee
Implementation Group 2016–2017
Restoration Plan/Environmental
Assessment (2016–2017 RP/EA). The
SRP provides for an additional
$10,000,000 for the Grand Bay Project.
The Grand Bay Project would continue
the process of conserving and restoring
wetlands, coastal, and nearshore
habitats injured as a result of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which
occurred on or about April 20, 2010, in
the Gulf of Mexico. We invite comments
on the draft SRP.
DATES: Submitting Comments: You must
submit comments on the draft SRP on
or before August 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may download the draft SRP from any
of the following websites:
• https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
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Alternatively, you may request a CD
of the SRP (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
Submitting Comments: You may
submit comments on the draft SRP by
one of the following methods:
• Via the Web: https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/mississippi.
• Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 29649,
Atlanta, GA 30345. In order to be
considered, mailed comments must be
postmarked on or before the comment
deadline given in DATES.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nanciann Regalado, via email at
nanciann_regalado@fws.gov, via
telephone at 678–296–6805, or via the
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
In accordance with the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990 (OPA), the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Final PDARP/PEIS, Record of Decision,
and Consent Decree, the Federal and
State natural resource trustee agencies
for the Mississippi TIG have prepared a
SRP to evaluate funding additional land
acquisition from willing sellers and
habitat management within the Grand
Bay Land Acquisition and Habitat
Management project (Grand Bay Project)
footprint. The Mississippi TIG originally
evaluated and selected the Grand Bay
Project as part of the 2016–2017 RP/EA.
The SRP provides for an additional
$10,000,000 for the Grand Bay Project.
The Grand Bay Project would continue
the process of conserving and restoring
wetlands, coastal, and nearshore
habitats injured as a result of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which
occurred on or about April 20, 2010, in
the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi TIG evaluated and
selected several restoration projects
from a reasonable range of alternatives
described in the 2016–2017 RP/EA.
Projects selected for implementation
include the Grand Bay Project. As
described in Section 3.4 of the 2016–
2017 RP/EA, the Mississippi TIG
allocated $6 million to initiate the
acquisition and to commence
management in nearshore coastal and
wetland habitats within the Grand Bay
Project boundary, which includes the
acquisition boundaries of the Grand Bay
National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), the
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve (NERR), and the Grand Bay
Savanna Coastal Preserve (Preserve).
The final 2016–2017 RP/EA can be
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found at https://
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Background
On April 20, 2010, the mobile
offshore drilling unit Deepwater
Horizon, which was being used to drill
a well for BP Exploration and
Production, Inc. (BP), in the Macondo
prospect (Mississippi Canyon 252—
MC252), experienced a significant
explosion, fire, and subsequent sinking
in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in an
unprecedented volume of oil and other
discharges from the rig and from the
wellhead on the seabed. The Deepwater
Horizon oil spill is the largest oil spill
in U.S. history, discharging millions of
barrels of oil over a period of 87 days.
In addition, well over 1 million gallons
of dispersants were applied to the
waters of the spill area in an attempt to
disperse the spilled oil. An
undetermined amount of natural gas
was also released into the environment
as a result of the spill.
The Trustees conducted the natural
resource damage assessment (NRDA) for
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill under
the Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA; 33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Pursuant to OPA,
Federal and State agencies act as
trustees on behalf of the public to assess
natural resource injuries and losses and
to determine the actions required to
compensate the public for those injuries
and losses. The OPA further instructs
the designated trustees to develop and
implement a plan for the restoration,
rehabilitation, replacement, or
acquisition of the equivalent of the
injured natural resources under their
trusteeship, including the loss of use
and services from those resources from
the time of injury until the time of
restoration to baseline (the resource
quality and conditions that would exist
if the spill had not occurred) is
complete.
The Deepwater Horizon Trustees are:
• U.S. Department of the Interior
(DOI), as represented by the National
Park Service,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
Bureau of Land Management;
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), on behalf of
the U.S. Department of Commerce;
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA);
• U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA);
• State of Louisiana Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority,
Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office,
Department of Environmental Quality,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX19WC00GJNV331; OMB Control Number 1028-0106]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; USGS Ash Fall
Report
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing to renew an information
collection.
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 1, 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 [email protected]; or
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments
to U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections Officer, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1028-
0106 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Kristi Wallace by email at [email protected],
or by telephone at (907) 786-7109. You may also view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on new, 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 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
May 8, 2019, 84 FR 20160. No comments were received.
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
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time.
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.
Abstract: The USGS provides notifications and warnings to the
public of volcanic activity in the US in order to reduce the loss of
life, property, and economic and societal impacts. Ash fallout to the
ground can pose significant disruption and damage to buildings,
transportation, water and wastewater, power supply, communications
equipment, agriculture, and primary production leading to potentially
substantial societal impacts and costs, even at thicknesses of only a
few millimeters or inches. Additionally, fine grained ash, when
ingested can cause health impacts to humans and animals. USGS will use
reports entered in real time by respondents of ash fall in their local
area to correct or refine ash fall forecasts as the ash cloud moves
downwind. Retrospectively these reports will enable USGS to improve
their ash fall models and further research into eruptive processes.
This project is a database module and web interface allowing the
public and Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) staff to enter reports of
ash fall in their local area in real time and retrospectively following
an eruptive event. Users browsing the AVO website during eruptions will
be directed towards a web form allowing them to fill in ash fall
information and submit the information to AVO.
Compiled ashfall reports are available in real-time to AVO staff
through the AVO internal website. A pre-formatted summary report or
table that distills information received online will show ash fall
reports in chronological order with key fields including (1) date and
time of ash fall, (2) location, (3) positive or negative ash fall (4)
name of observer, and (5) contact information is easily viewable
internally on the report so that calls for clarification can be made by
AVO staff quickly and Operations room staff can visualize ashfall
information quickly.
Ashfall report data will also be displayed on a dynamic map
interface and show positive (yes ash) and negative (no ash) ash fall
reports by location. Ash fall reports (icons) will be publicly
displayed for a period of 24 hours and shaded differently as they age
so that the age of reports is obvious.
The ashfall report database will help AVO track eruption clouds and
associated fallout downwind. These reports from the public will also
give scientists a more complete record of the amount and duration and
other conditions of ash fall. Getting first-hand accounts of ash fall
will support model ash fall development and interpretation of satellite
imagery. AVO scientists will--as time allows--be able to contact the
individuals using their entered contact information for clarification
and details. Knowing the locations from which ash-fall reports have
been filed will improve ash fall warning messages, AVO Volcanic
Activity Notifications, and make fieldwork more efficient. AVO staff
will be able to condense and summarize the various ash fall reports and
forward that information on to emergency management agencies and the
wider public. The online form will also free up resources during
exceedingly busy times during an eruption, as most individuals
currently phone AVO with their reports.
Title of Collection: USGS Ash Fall Report.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0106.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: General Public, local governments and
emergency managers.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: We are likely to ask
individuals to respond 1-6 times year which is the number of past
eruptions we have during any one year in Alaska. Individuals can submit
responses more than once during an eruption to report ashfall details.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: Approximately 575
individuals affected by a volcanic ashfall event each year.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: We estimate the public
reporting burden will average 5 minutes per response. This includes the
time for reviewing instructions and answering a web-based
questionnaire.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 79 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion, after each ashfall event.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $736.
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.
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The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Thomas Murray,
Director, Volcano Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2019-14100 Filed 7-1-19; 8:45 am]
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