60 Day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 82 / Friday, April 27, 2012 / Notices
Dated: April 17, 2012.
Laura Noguchi,
Acting Chief, Branch of Operations, Division
of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2012–10232 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX12GB009PAMR00]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an
information Collection (1028–0089),
Mineral Resources Program’s (MRP)
Mineral Resource External Research
Program (MRERP).
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
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
IC is scheduled to expire on August 31,
2012.
To submit a proposal for the MRERP
a project narrative must be completed
and submitted via Grants.gov.
Furthermore, for multi-year projects, an
annual progress report must be
completed, and for all projects, a final
technical report is required at the end of
the project period. The narrative and
report guidance is available at http://
www.usgs.gov/contracts/Minerals/
index.html.
DATES: Submit written comments by
June 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7199 (fax);
or [email protected] (email). Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
0089 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
L. Doebrich at 703–648–6103.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Mineral Resource External
Research Program (MRERP).
OMB Control Number: 1028–0089.
Form Number: Project narrative and
report guidance posted on Grants.gov.
Abstract: Through the MRERP, the
MRP of the USGS offers an annual

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competitive grant and/or cooperative
agreement opportunity to universities,
State agencies, Tribal governments or
organizations, and industry or other
private sector organizations. Applicants
must have the ability to conduct
research in topics related to nonfuel
mineral resources and that meet the
goals of the MRP. The MRERP will
consider all research-based proposals
that address one of the MRP’s long-term
goals. The long-term goals of the MRP,
as described in its strategic plan
(http://minerals.usgs.gov/plan/
2006-2010/2006-2010_plan.html) are (1)
Ensure availability of up-to-date
quantitative assessments of potential for
undiscovered mineral deposits, (2)
ensure availability of up-to-date
geoenvironmental assessments of
priority Federal lands, (3) ensure
availability of reliable geologic,
geochemical, geophysical, and mineral
locality data for the United States, and
(4) ensure availability of long-term data
sets describing mineral production and
consumption. Furthermore, annual
research priorities are provided as
guidance for applicants to consider
when submitting proposals. Annual
research priorities are determined by
USGS MRP management. Since its
initiation in 2004, the MRERP has
awarded more than $2.8 million to 48
different research projects across the
country.
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
intend to release the project abstracts
and primary investigators for awarded/
funded projects only.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Annual Number and
Description of Respondents:
Approximately 500 research scientists
from universities, State agencies, Tribal
governments or organizations, and
industry or other private sector
organizations.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 25.
Estimated Annual burden hours:
1125.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden
averages 45 hours per response. This
includes the time for (1) Project
conception and development, proposal
writing and reviewing, and submitting
project narrative through Grants.gov, (2)

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preparation of annual progress report,
and (3) preparation of final technical
report.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘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
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Comments: We are soliciting
comments as to: (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. We will
include or summarize each comment in
our request to OMB to approve this IC.
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 OMB in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.
Dated April 13, 2012.
Ione Taylor,
Associate Director, Energy and Minerals, and
Environmental Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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166318]

Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Lost Creek Uranium In Situ
Recovery Project, Wyoming
AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

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