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(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
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.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35.
Dated: December 19, 2019.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX20EN05ESBJF00; OMB Control Number
1028–0096/Renewal]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comments;
Department of the Interior Regional
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
3, 2020.
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 1028–0096 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Doug Beard, Chief of
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the USGS National Climate Adaptation
Science Center, by email at dbeard@
usgs.gov, or by telephone at 703–648–
5212.
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 October
17, 2019, 84 FR 55581. 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 U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) manages eight Department of
the Interior (DOI) Regional Climate
Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs).
Each CASC involves a cooperative
agreement with a host institution. The
host institution agreements are
periodically re-competed, requiring
collection of information from potential
host institutions. In addition, this
information collection addresses
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quarterly and annual reporting required
of host institutions.
Title of Collection: Department of the
Interior Regional Climate Adaptation
Science Centers.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0096.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Institutions that are expected to propose
to serve as CASC host or partner
institutions include state, local
government, and tribal entities,
including academic institutions.
Existing host institutions are state
academic institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: USGS expects to request
proposals for a maximum of three
CASCs in any year, and to receive an
average of 5 proposals per CASCrequest, for a total of 15 proposals in
any single year. The USGS expects to
enter into hosting agreements with a
minimum of eight CASC host
institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: The USGS would request
quarterly financial statements and
annual progress reports covering host
agreements from eight institutions. In
addition, the USGS expects to have in
place approximately 40 cooperative
agreements per year addressing specific
research projects funded under these
hosting agreements. Each of these 40
agreements requires quarterly financial
statements and one annual progress
report.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Each proposal for CASC
hosting is expected to take 200 hours to
complete. The time required to
complete quarterly and annual reports
for any specific host cooperative
agreement or research project agreement
is expected to total 2.5 hours per report.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: A maximum of 3,120
hours in years when proposals are
requested, and 120 hours in those years
with only quarterly and annual
reporting.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Information
will be collected one time every five
years (approximately) for each CASC, to
enable re-competition of CASC hosting
agreements. In addition, host
institutions are required to fill four
quarterly financial statements and one
annual progress report.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour
cost’’ burdens associated with this
collection of information.
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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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Thomas Beard,
Chief USGS, National Climate Adaptation
Science Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCOF07000.L10200000.DS0000.20X]
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit
Renewals, Gunnison Field Office,
Colorado
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit
Renewals in the Gunnison Field Office
and by this notice is announcing its
availability.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the proposal for a minimum
of 30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its Notice of Availability in
the Federal Register. The BLM will
issue a proposed decision, followed by
a 15-day protest period and a 30-day
appeal period for the final decision.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS for
Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit
Renewals are available for review at
Gunnison Field Office, 210 West
Spencer, Gunnison, CO 81230.
Interested persons may also review the
Final EIS on the internet at https://
go.usa.gov/xQTyQ. Click the
‘‘Documents’’ link on the left side of the
screen to find the electronic version of
the document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristi Murphy, Outdoor Recreation
Planner, 970–642–4955; 210 West
Spencer, Gunnison, CO 81230; email:
kmurphy@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
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Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact Ms. Murphy during normal
business hours. The FRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
Gunnison Field office is proposing to
renew the permits on nine domestic
sheep grazing allotments, totaling
65,710 acres in Gunnison, Hinsdale and
Ouray counties in Colorado. In 2015, the
BLM published a Notice of Intent to
prepare an EIS, initiating public scoping
to identify issues through public
participation and collaboration with
partners. Initial scoping with internal
staff, cooperating agencies, and the
public identified the risk of contact and
disease transmission between domestic
sheep and Rocky Mountain bighorn
sheep as the primary issue. Additional
issues identified during scoping
included potential impacts to
threatened and endangered species,
local and regional economics, cultural
resources, Native American religious
concerns, and public land health. The
purpose of the action is to determine
whether or not to authorize domestic
sheep or goat grazing on nine BLM
allotments, such that domestic sheep or
goat grazing is in compliance with the
Gunnison Resource Area Resource
Management Plan, as amended, and
BLM policy. The need for the action is
to respond to permit applications for the
nine allotments.
The BLM published a Notice of
Availability on June 28, 2019,
announcing the public comment period
for the draft EIS (84 FR 31088). The
draft EIS included alternatives that
responded to the purpose and need,
reduced the risk of contact and disease
transmission, made progress in
achieving land health standards, met
objectives of the Canada Lynx
Conservation Assessment and Strategy,
and met the habitat and management
guidelines of the Candidate
Conservation Agreement for Gunnison
Sage-Grouse and the draft Recovery Plan
for Gunnison Sage-Grouse. The Draft
EIS was available for a 45-day public
comment period. The BLM hosted
public meetings on July 17 and 18,
2019, in Montrose and Lake City, CO,
respectively. The BLM received 31
comment submissions.
Alternatives analyzed in the EIS
include the Proposed Action generated
by the permittee applications. This
alternative would provide grazing on
nine allotments. Alternative B is the noaction alternative and would continue
current management. Alternative C
emphasizes a reduction in the risk of
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contact between domestic sheep/goats
and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep by
not authorizing domestic sheep/goat
grazing in pastures that overlap with
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep summer
range. Alternative D emphasizes
reduction of risk by not authorizing
domestic sheep/goat grazing in the
overall range of Rocky Mountain
bighorn sheep. Alternative E is the nograzing alternative. The BLM completed
a risk of contact model for each of the
action alternatives to aid in analyzing
the potential levels of sheep interaction.
The BLM did not identify a preferred
alternative in the Draft EIS but has
identified a preferred alternative in the
Final EIS, as required by Council on
Environmental Quality regulations. The
BLM has identified Alternative C as the
preferred alternative. Alternative C
applies new Terms and Conditions and
eliminates domestic sheep/goat grazing
in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
summer range, providing additional
spatial and temporal separation of the
species.
The BLM considered comments on
the Draft EIS received from the public
and internal BLM review, and made
changes in the Final EIS as appropriate.
Public comments resulted in the
addition of clarifying text and correction
of data discrepancies in the EIS, but did
not significantly change the alternatives.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10)
Jamie E. Connell,
Colorado State Director.
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National Park Service
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PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: State University of New York at
Oswego, Oswego, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The State University of New
York at Oswego, in consultation with
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
State University of New York at
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX20EN05ESBJF00; OMB Control Number 1028-0096/Renewal]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments;
Department of the Interior Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 3, 2020.
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-
0096 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Doug Beard, Chief of the USGS National Climate
Adaptation Science Center, by email at [email protected], or by telephone
at 703-648-5212.
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
October 17, 2019, 84 FR 55581. 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 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) manages eight
Department of the Interior (DOI) Regional Climate Adaptation Science
Centers (CASCs). Each CASC involves a cooperative agreement with a host
institution. The host institution agreements are periodically re-
competed, requiring collection of information from potential host
institutions. In addition, this information collection addresses
quarterly and annual reporting required of host institutions.
Title of Collection: Department of the Interior Regional Climate
Adaptation Science Centers.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0096.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Institutions that are expected to
propose to serve as CASC host or partner institutions include state,
local government, and tribal entities, including academic institutions.
Existing host institutions are state academic institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: USGS expects to
request proposals for a maximum of three CASCs in any year, and to
receive an average of 5 proposals per CASC-request, for a total of 15
proposals in any single year. The USGS expects to enter into hosting
agreements with a minimum of eight CASC host institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: The USGS would request
quarterly financial statements and annual progress reports covering
host agreements from eight institutions. In addition, the USGS expects
to have in place approximately 40 cooperative agreements per year
addressing specific research projects funded under these hosting
agreements. Each of these 40 agreements requires quarterly financial
statements and one annual progress report.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Each proposal for CASC
hosting is expected to take 200 hours to complete. The time required to
complete quarterly and annual reports for any specific host cooperative
agreement or research project agreement is expected to total 2.5 hours
per report.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: A maximum of 3,120
hours in years when proposals are requested, and 120 hours in those
years with only quarterly and annual reporting.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Information will be collected one time
every five years (approximately) for each CASC, to enable re-
competition of CASC hosting agreements. In addition, host institutions
are required to fill four quarterly financial statements and one annual
progress report.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: There are no ``non-hour
cost'' burdens associated with this collection of information.
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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.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Thomas Beard,
Chief USGS, National Climate Adaptation Science Center.
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