Extension of Approval Information Collection, OMB COntrol Number 1004-0169

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You may submit comments
to the Department of the Interior, USGS,
via:
• E-mail: [email protected]. Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
0078 in the subject line.
• Fax: (703) 648–7069. Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
0078 in the subject line.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; USGS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological
Survey, 807 National Center, Reston, VA
20192. Please reference Information
Collection 1028–0078 in your
comments.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Weir at (301) 497–5932 or the
USGS information collection clearance
officer at the phone number listed
below.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: North American Amphibian
Monitoring Program.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0078.
Abstract: The collection of
information referred herein applies to a
USGS program that permits individuals
to submit records of the number of
calling amphibians at survey routes.
This information is used by scientists
and federal, state, and local agencies to
monitor amphibian populations and
detect population trends. Responses are
voluntary. No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’
nature are asked. Further information
about the program can be obtained at
the Web site http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/
naamp.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 500
volunteer observers.
Frequency of Responses: 3 times per
year.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,500.
Total Annual burden hours: 4,500
hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden
averages 3 hours per response. This
includes the time for driving to/from the
survey route locations, 5-minute
listening period per sampling station (10
sampling stations per route) and data
entry time to submit data to the
NAAMP.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: Estimated ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burden includes one-time cost per
respondent for the purchase of a
thermometer, plus the operational cost
of mileage for conducting the surveys.
The thermometer is needed to record air
temperature during the survey. The cost
of such thermometers is approximately

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$15. The total operational costs consist
of a mileage estimate in accomplishing
a survey, calculated by using the
mileage reimbursement rate of 40.5
cents per mile (as used in travel
reimbursement for federal employees)
times 15 miles (the approximate
distance of a calling survey route), for a
total of $6.07 per survey.
i. Total capital and start-up costs: $15.00
ii. Total operation and maintenance costs:
$6.07

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
you are not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a current valid OMB control
number.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires each
agency ‘‘ * * * to provide notice * * *
and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies
concerning each proposed collection of
information * * * ’’ Agencies must
specifically solicit comments to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
on the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, we publish this
Federal Register notice announcing that
we will submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. This notice provides a
required 60-day public comment period.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Alfred Travnicek,
703–648–7231.
Dated: January 8, 2008
Susan D. Haseltine,
Associate Director for Biology.
[FR Doc. 08–283 Filed 1–24–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–320–1330–PB–24 1A]

Extension of Approval Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004–
0169
AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

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Extension of Approved
Information Collection, OMB Control
Number 1004–0169.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
plans to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
extend an existing approval to collect
information from mining claimants
concerning use and occupancy of
mining claims on public lands. The
nonform information under 43 CFR
subpart 3715 authorizes the BLM to
manage the use and occupancy of public
lands for developing the mineral
deposits by mining claimants.
DATES: You must submit your comments
to the BLM at the address below on or
before March 25, 2008. The BLM will
not necessarily consider any comments
received after the above date.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop
401LS, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20045, ‘‘ATTN: 1004–0169’’.
You may send comments via the
Internet to [email protected].
Please include ‘‘ATTN: 1004–0169’’ and
your name and address in your Internet
message. You may deliver comments to:
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management,
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620
L Street, NW., ATTN: Bureau
Information Collection Clearance Officer
(WO–630), Washington, DC, 20036
during regular business hours (7:45 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m.) Monday through Friday,
except on Federal holidays.
All comments will be available for
public review at the L Street address
during regular business hours (7:45 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m.) Monday through Friday,
except on Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may contact Roger Haskins at 202–452–
0355 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who
use a telecommunication device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1–
800–877–8330, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, to leave a message for Mr.
Haskins.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR
1320.12(a) requires that we provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning a collection of information
to solicit comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of our estimates of
the information collection burden,

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including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions we use;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the information
collection burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
The General Mining Law (30 U.S.C.
612), Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1733), and the regulations is collected
under 43 CFR 3715 authorize the BLM
to manage use and occupancy of mining
claims on public lands. The nonform
information in the regulations is
collected under 43 CFR part 3715,
which authorizes the BLM to collect
information concerning proposed
mining development activities on public
lands. Without this information, the
BLM would not be able to analyze and
approve mining claimants’ proposed use
and occupancy activities.
Mining claimants planning to occupy
their mining claims on public lands
under the mining laws must submit the
following information to the BLM:
(1) A detailed map that identifies the
site and shows the place of temporary
and permanent structures for
occupancy, the location of and reason
for the structures intended to exclude
the public, and the location of
reasonable public passage or access
routes through or around the area
adjacent to public lands;
(2) A written description of the
proposed occupancy that describes in
detail how the proposed occupancy is
reasonably incident to mining and how
the proposed occupancy meets the
conditions of 43 CFR 3715.2 and
3715.2–1; and
(3) An estimate of the period of use
of the structures during which the
public would be excluded, and a
schedule for removing them and
reclaiming the lands when the
operations end.
Based upon the BLM’s experience
with mining claims use and occupancy
activity, it estimates the public reporting
information collection burden takes 2
hours to gather and complete. The
respondents are mining claimants and
operators of prospecting, exploration,
mining, and processing operations. The
estimated number of responses per year
is 150 and the total annual burden is
300 hours. The BLM will summarize all
responses to this notice and include
them in the request OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.

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Dated: January 18, 2008.
Ted R. Hudson,
Bureau of Land Management, Information
Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–1292 Filed 1–24–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–030–08–1610–PH–24–1A]

Notice of Resource Advisory
Committee Meeting
Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument (GSENM), Bureau
of Land Management (BLM),
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument Advisory
Committee (GSENMAC) Meeting.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and The Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM) Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Advisory Committee (GSENMAC) will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The GSENMAC will meet March
5 and 6, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The GSENMAC will meet at
the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center,
Conference Room, 755 W. Main Street,
Escalante, UT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Crutchfield, Public Affairs Officer,
GSENM Headquarters Office, 190 East
Center, Kanab, Utah 84741; phone (435)
644–4310, or e-mail
[email protected].

The
meeting on March 5 will begin at 8:30
a.m. and conclude at 6 p.m.; the meeting
on March 6 will begin at 8:30 a.m. and
conclude at 3:30 p.m.
The Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument Advisory
Committee (GSENMAC) was first
appointed by the Secretary of Interior on
September 26, 2003, pursuant to the
Monument Management Plan, the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972
(FACA) and was subsequently
reappointed June 2, 2006. As specified
in the Monument Management Plan, the
GSENMAC will have several primary
tasks: (1) Review evaluation reports
produced by the Management Science
Team and make recommendations on
protocols and projects to meet overall
objectives. (2) Review appropriate

research proposals and make
recommendations on project necessity
and validity. (3) Make recommendations
regarding allocation of research funds
through review of research and project
proposals as well as needs identified
through the evaluation process above.
(4) Could be consulted on issues such as
protocols for specific projects.
Topics to be presented and discussed
by the GSENMAC include: Management
updates to the GSENMAC, Ad Hoc
Reports on Restoration and Information
management, and discussion of science
planning.
Members of the public are welcome to
address the committee beginning at 5
p.m. local time on March 5, 2008, in
Escalante, Utah, at the Interagency
Visitor Center. Depending on the
number of persons wishing to speak, a
time limit could be established.
Interested persons may make oral
statements to the GSENMAC during this
time or written statements may be
submitted for the GSENMAC’s
consideration. Written statements can
be sent to: Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument, Attn.: Larry
Crutchfield, 190 E. Center Street, Kanab,
UT 84741. Information to be distributed
to the GSENMAC is requested 10 days
prior to the start of the GSENMAC
meeting.
All meetings are open to the public;
however, transportation, lodging, and
meals are the responsibility of the
participating public.
Dated: January 18, 2008.
Rene Berkhoudt,
Acting Monument Manager, Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM–910–08–0777–XX]

Notice of Public Meeting, New Mexico
Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: 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, New Mexico
Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting dates are March 5–
7, 2008, at the Las Cruces District Office,

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