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business. Additional scheduled events
are posted on the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization Web
site at www.doi.gov/osdbu.

U.S. Geological Survey

Respondents will use these forms to
supply the USGS with domestic
production and consumption data of
industrial mineral commodities, some of
which are considered strategic and
critical. This information will be
published as chapters in Minerals
Yearbook, monthly Mineral Industry
Surveys, annual Mineral Commodity
Summaries, and special publications,
for use by Government agencies,
industry, education programs, and the
general public.

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II. Data

Mark Oliver,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request for the
Industrial Minerals Surveys (40 Forms)
AGENCY:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),

Interior.
Notice of a revision of a
currently approved information
collection (1028–0062).

ACTION:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection
request (IC) described below. This
collection consists of 40 forms. The
revision includes adding USGS Form 9–
4144–S; transferring USGS Form 9–
4142–Q from Information Collection
1028–0065; and modifying the following
forms: USGS Form 4004–A, USGS Form
9–4027–A, and USGS Form 9–4035–S.
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, and as
part of our continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, we
invite the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
collection is scheduled to expire on
June 30, 2012.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
on this IC are considered, we must
receive them on or before April 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please submit a copy of
your comments to Shari Baloch,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 807,
Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–
7174 (telephone); (703) 648–7199 (fax);
or [email protected] (email).
Reference Information Collection 1028–
0062 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carleen Kostick at (703) 648–7940
(telephone); [email protected] (email);
or by mail at U.S. Geological Survey,
985 National Center, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
IC on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) how to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) how to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted 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

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Dated: February 1, 2012.
John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Director, National Minerals Information
Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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OMB Control Number: 1028–0062.
Form Number: Various (40 forms).
Title: Industrial Minerals Surveys.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Private sector: U.S.
nonfuel minerals producers of industrial
minerals; Public sector: State and local
governments.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly,
quarterly, semiannually, and annually.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 19,998.
Annual Burden Hours: 13,584 hours.
We expect to receive 19,998 annual
responses. We estimate an average of 10
minutes to 2 hours per response.
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 a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and current expiration date.

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comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at anytime.
While you can ask OMB in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
National Cooperative Geologic
Mapping Program (NCGMP) and
National Geological and Geophysical
Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP)
Advisory Committee
AGENCY:

U.S. Geological Survey,

Interior.
ACTION:

Notice of Audio Conference.

Pursuant to Public Law 106–
148, the NCGMP and NGGDPP Advisory
Committee will hold an audio
conference call on February 29, 2012,
from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time. The Committee will hear updates
on progress of the NCGMP toward
fulfilling the purposes of the National
Geological Mapping Act of 1992; the
Federal, State, and education
components of the NCGMP; and the
National Geological and Geophysical
Data Preservation Program.

SUMMARY:

February 29, 2012, from 2 p.m.–
4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

DATES:

For
the phone number and access code,
please contact Michael Marketti, U.S.
Geological Survey, Mail Stop 908,
National Center, Reston, Virginia 20192,
(703) 648–6976.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Meetings
of the National Cooperative Geological
Mapping Program and National
Geological and Geophysical Data
Preservation Program Advisory
Committee are open to the Public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: January 31, 2012.
Kevin T. Gallagher,
Associate Director for Core Science Systems.
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