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Affected Public: Individuals; States,
tribes, local governments; and not-forprofit institutions.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of annual
respondents

Activity
Original Agreement ..................................................................
Monitoring ................................................................................
Reporting .................................................................................
Totals ................................................................................

III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
IC 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.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include and/or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. 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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: October 9, 2008.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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U.S. Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request on
Extension of Existing Information
Collection
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

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responses

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey)
have sent an Information Collection
Request (ICR) to OMB for review and
approval. The ICR, which is
summarized below, describes the nature
of the collection and the estimated
burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled
to expire on November 14, 2008. We
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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATE: You must submit comments on or
before December 24, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your 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 the
Interior via OMB e-mail:
([email protected]); or by
fax (202) 395–6566; and identify your
submission with #1028–0048.
Please submit a copy of your
comments to the Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collections, U.S. Geological
Survey, 2150–C Center Avenue, Fort
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226–
9230 (fax); or FAX: [email protected]
(e-mail). Use Information Collection
Number 1028–0048 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jim Dewey at (303)
274–8419.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1028–0048.
Title: USGS Earthquake Report.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: General Public.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion,
after an earthquake.
Estimated Completion Time: 6
minutes.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 200,000.

Note: We have recalculated our estimated
number of responses requested in our 60 day

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2,000 hours .....
600 hours ........
120 hours ........
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Annual burden
hours
8,000
4,200
840
13,040

FR notice (73 FR 53267) from 100,000 to
200,000 responses. This recalculation is
based on our experience with the data
compiled over the three year period (2005–
2008), during which we had many more
responses than we anticipated in 2005.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
20,000 hours.
Note: We have recalculated our estimated
number of responses requested in our 60 day
FR notice (73 FR 53267) from 10,000 to
20,000 hours. Assuming that 200,000
respondents will each spend 6 minutes
responding to the proposed information
collection the total adjusted hour burden will
be 20,000 hours.

Abstract: The collection of
information applies to a World-Wide
Web site questionnaire that permits
individuals to report on the effects of
the shaking from an earthquake—on
themselves personally, buildings, other
man-made structures, and ground
effects such as faulting or landslides.
The USGS may use the information to
provide qualitative, quantitative, or
graphical descriptions of earthquake
damage.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and 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
will release data collected on these
forms only in a summary format that is
not company-specific.
Comments: To comply with the
public consultation process, on
September 14, 2008, we published a
Federal Register notice (73 FR 53267)
announcing our intent to submit this
information collection to OMB for
approval. In that notice we solicited
public comments for 60 days, ending on
November 14, 2008. We did not receive
any comments concerning 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;

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(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
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Contact: Phadrea Ponds, 970–
226–9445.
Dated: November 17, 2008.
Suzette M. Kimball,
Associate Director for Geology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–920–1430–ET; WYW 167436]

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and
Opportunity for Public Meeting;
Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior
proposes to withdraw 40 acres of public
land from surface entry and mining on
behalf of the Bureau of Land
Management to protect the Parting of
the Ways Historic Site in Sweetwater
County. This notice segregates the land
for up to 2 years from surface entry and
mining while various studies and
analyses are made to support a final
decision on the withdrawal application.
The land will remain open to the
mineral leasing laws.
DATES: Comments and requests for a
public meeting must be received by
February 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting
requests should be sent to the BLM
Wyoming State Director, P.O. Box 1828,
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003–1828.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janelle Wrigley, BLM Wyoming State
Office, by calling 307–775–6257, or at
the above address, or Teri Deakins, BLM
Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway
191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming
82901 or by calling 307–352–0211.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
applicant is the Bureau of Land
Management at the address above and
its petition/application requests the
Secretary of the Interior to withdraw,
subject to valid existing rights, the
following described public land from
settlement, sale, location, or entry under
the general land laws, including the
mining laws, but not the mineral leasing
laws:
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 26 N., R. 104 W.,
sec. 4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4.
The area described contains 40 acres in
Sweetwater County.

The Bureau of Land Management’s
petition/application has been approved
by the Assistant Secretary, Land and
Minerals Management; therefore, it
constitutes a withdrawal proposal of the
Secretary of the Interior.
The purpose of the proposed
withdrawal is to protect the
archeological, historical, geological, and
recreational values of the Parting of the
Ways Historic Site for a 20-year period.
The use of a right-of-way, interagency,
or cooperative agreement, or surface
management under 43 CFR 3809
regulations would not adequately
constrain nondiscretionary uses which
could result in permanent loss of
significant values and irreplaceable
resources at the site.
There are no suitable alternative sites
since the land described herein contains
the resource values that need protection.
No water rights would be needed to
fulfill the purpose of the requested
withdrawal.
Records relating to the application
may be examined by contacting Janelle
Wrigley at the above address or by
calling 307–775–6257 or Teri Deakins,
BLM Rock Springs Field Office, 280
Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,
Wyoming 82901 or by calling 307–352–
0211.
For a period of 90 days from the date
of publication of this notice, all persons
who wish to submit comments,
suggestions, or objections in connection
with the proposed withdrawal
application may present their views in
writing to the BLM Wyoming State
Director at the address noted above.
Comments including names and street
addresses of respondents, will be
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Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway
191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming
82901, during regular business hours 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. 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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. Individual respondents may
request confidentiality. If you wish to
withhold your name or address from
public review or from disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act, you
must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. Such
requests will be honored to the extent
allowed by law. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Notice is hereby given that an
opportunity for a public meeting is
afforded in connection with the
proposed withdrawal. All interested
persons who desire a public meeting for
the purpose of being heard on the
proposed withdrawal must submit a
written request to the BLM Wyoming
State Director no later than February 23,
2009. If the authorized officer
determines that a public meeting will be
held, a notice of the time and place will
be published in the Federal Register
and a local newspaper at least 30 days
before the scheduled date of the
meeting.
This application will be processed in
accordance with the regulations set
forth in 43 CFR 2310.1–2.
For a period of 2 years from the date
of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register , the land will be
segregated as specified above unless the
application is denied or canceled or the
withdrawal is approved prior to that
date. Licenses, permits, cooperative
agreements, or discretionary land use
authorizations of a temporary nature
which would not impact the site may be
allowed with the approval of an
authorized officer of the BLM during the
segregative period.
Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1.

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