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Permit TE–192229

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Applicant: Krista McDermid, Buda,
Texas.

Fish and Wildlife Service

Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys of
the following species: Peck’s Cave
amphipod (Stygobromus peckii), Comal
Spring dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus
comalensis), Coffin Cave mold beetle
(Batrisodes texanus), Helotes mold
beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Comal
Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis
comalensis), ground beetle (Rhadine
exilis), ground beetle (Rhadine
infernalis), Tooth Cave ground beetle
(Rhadine persephone), Robber Baron
Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia),
Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
venii), Braken Bat Cave mesheweaver
(Cicurina venii), Government Canyon
Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
vespera), Government Canyon Bat Cave
spider (Neoleptoneta microps), Tooth
Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica),
Tooth Cave psuedoscorpion
(Tartarocreagris texana), Bee Creek
Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli),
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesii),
and Robber Baron Cave harvestman
(Texella cokendolpheri) within Texas.
Permit TE–192855
Applicant: Amnis Opes Institute, LLC.
Albany, Oregon.
Applicant requests a new research
and recovery permit to conduct
presence/absence surveys of the
following species: Gila chub (Gila
intermedia), Rio Grande silvery minnow
(Hybognathus amarus), Pecos gambusia
(Gambusia nobilis), Colorado
pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius),
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus),
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis
occidentalis), and Yaqui topminnow
(Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoreiensis)
within New Mexico and Arizona.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: August 27, 2008.
Nancy J Gloman,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory
Committee; Announcement of Public
Meetings
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), will host
Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory
Committee (Committee) meetings on
October 21–23, 2008, and January 27–
29, 2009. The meetings are open to the
public. The meeting agendas will
include reports from the Subcommittees
on Existing Guidelines, Incentives,
Guiding Principles, Legal, Landscape/
Habitat, Science Tools & Procedures,
and Other Models/Uncertainty.
DATES: The meetings will be held on
October 21–23, 2008, from 2:15 to 5
p.m. on October 21 and 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. on October 22–23, and January 27–
29, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: South Interior Auditorium,
South Interior Building, 1951
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20240. For more information, see
‘‘Meeting Location Information’’ under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel London, Division of Habitat and
Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior, (703) 358–2161.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
On March 13, 2007, the Department of
the Interior published a notice of
establishment of the Committee and call
for nominations in the Federal Register
(72 FR 11373). The Committee’s
purpose is to provide advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary) on developing
effective measures to avoid or minimize
impacts to wildlife and their habitats
related to land-based wind energy
facilities. The Committee is expected to
exist for 2 years and meet approximately
four times per year, and its continuation
is subject to biennial renewal. All
Committee members serve without
compensation. In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.), a copy of the Committee’s
charter has been filed with the
Committee Management Secretariat,
General Services Administration;
Committee on Environment and Public

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Works, U.S. Senate; Committee on
Natural Resources, U.S. House of
Representatives; and the Library of
Congress. The Secretary appointed 22
individuals to the Committee on
October 24, 2007, representing the
varied interests associated with wind
energy development and its potential
impacts to wildlife species and their
habitats. The Service has held
Committee meetings in February, April,
June, and July of 2008. All Committee
meetings are open to the public. The
public has an opportunity to comment
at all Committee meetings.
Meeting Location Information
Please note that the meeting location
is accessible to wheelchair users. If you
require additional accommodations,
please notify us at least two weeks in
advance of the meeting(s) you plan to
attend.
All persons planning to attend a
meeting will be required to present
photo identification when entering the
building. Because of building security in
the Department of the Interior, we
recommend that persons planning to
attend the workshop and/or meeting
register at http://www.fws.gov/
habitatconservation/windpower/wind_
turbine_advisory_committee.html by
October 14, 2008, for the October 21–23,
2008, meeting, and by January 20, 2009,
for the January 27–29, 2009, meeting, to
allow us sufficient time to provide the
building security staff with lists of
persons planning to attend. You may
still attend if you register after the dates
listed above; however, seating is limited
due to room capacity. We will give
preference to registrants based on date
and time of registration. Limited
standing room will be available if all
seats are filled.
Dated: September 3, 2008.
David J. Stout,
Designated Federal Officer, Wind Turbine
Guidelines Advisory Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),

Interior.
Notice of a new information
collection.

ACTION:

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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 183 / Friday, September 19, 2008 / Notices
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is inviting comments on
collection of information that we have
sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The Information Collection Request
(ICR) concerns the paperwork
requirements for the National Land
Remote Sensing Education, Outreach
and Research Program (NLRSEORP) and
describes the nature of the collection
and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Submit written comments by
October 20, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Please submit 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 Interior via
e-mail [[email protected]];
or fax (202) 395–6566; and identify your
submission as 1028–NEW. Please also
submit a copy of your comments to
Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information
Collection Clearance Officer, 2150–C
Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525
(mail); (970) 226–9230 (fax); or
[email protected] (e-mail). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
NEW, NLRSEORP in the subject line.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT: To request additional

information concerning this ICR, contact
Thomas Cecere by mail at U.S.
Geological Survey, MS 517 National
Center, Reston, VA 20192 or by
telephone at (703) 648–5551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Land Remote Sensing
Education, Outreach and Research
Program (NLRSEORP).
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Abstract: The Land Remote Sensing
Education, Outreach and Research
Program (NLRSEORP) is an effort that
involves the development of a U.S.
national consortium in building the
capability to receive, process and
archive remotely sensed data for the
purpose of providing access to
university and State organizations in a
ready to use form, and to expand the
science of remote sensing through
education, research/applications
development and outreach in areas such
as environmental monitoring, climate
change research, natural resource
management and disaster analysis.
Respondents are submitting proposals to
acquire funding for a National (U.S.)
program to promote the uses of spacebased land remote sensing data and
technologies through education and
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collaborative research projects. The
information collected will ensure that
sufficient and relevant information is
available to evaluate and select a
proposal for funding. A panel of USGS
geography program managers and
scientists will review each proposal to
evaluate the technical merit,
requirements, and priorities identified
in the program’s call for proposals.
This notice concerns the collection of
information that is sufficient and
relevant to evaluate and select proposals
for funding. We will protect information
from respondents considered
proprietary under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
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. We intend to release
the project abstracts and primary
investigators for awarded/funded
projects only.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Affected Public: Non-profit
organizations.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary
(necessary to receive benefits).
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: We expect to receive
approximately 10 proposals during the
grant application process. We anticipate
issuing 1 grant per year. The program is
open to non-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Responses:
Approximately 10 applications and 2
reports per year.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Based on comments received
during the FR Notice 60 day comment
period, we estimate that the burden will
be 24 hours per applicant and 10 hours
per grantee. We expect to receive
approximately 10 applications per year,
taking each applicant approximately 24
hours to complete, totaling 240 burden
hours. We anticipate awarding one (1)
grant per year. The grantee will be
required to submit 2 reports: an interim
6 months after the start of the project
and a final report on or before 90
working days after the expiration of the
agreement. We estimate that it will take
approximately 10 hours to complete and
submit both reports.
Annual Burden Hours: 250.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: 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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collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: To comply with the
public consultation process, on April
29, 2008, we published a Federal
Register notice (73 FR 23268)
announcing our intent to submit this
information collection to OMB for
approval. In that notice we solicited
public comments for 60 days, ending on
June 30, 2008. We did not receive any
public comments in response to the
notice. We again invite comments
concerning this information collection
on:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this 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
respondents.
Please note that the comments
submitted 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 any time.
While you can ask OMB in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
view, we cannot guarantee that it will be
done.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds,
970–226–9445.
Dated: September 11, 2008.
Bruce Quirk,
Program Coordinator, Land Remote Sensing
Program, U.S. Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey: Privacy Act of
1974, as Amended; Establishment of a
New System of Records
U.S. Geological Survey.
Proposed establishment of a
new system of records.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5

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