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ESTIMATED RESPONDENT BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS

Form

Respondent sample

Number of
respondents

Stakeholder Surveys .............

The public .............................

300

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Pending OMB approval.
Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 9(a),
and Title 12, U.S.C., 1701z–1 et seq.
Dated: August 21, 2012.
Erika Poethig,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX.12.CD00.B9510.00]

Agency Information Collection:
Comment Request
United States Geological
Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a
currently approved information
collection, 1028–0095.
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
collection is scheduled to expire on
January 31, 2013.
DATES: You must submit comment on or
before October 29, 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). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
0095 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
E. Schefter, Chief Office of External
Research, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 424, Reston,
Virginia 20192 (mail) at (703) 648–6800
(Phone); or [email protected] (email).

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Average time
to complete
(minimum,
maximum) in
minutes

Frequency

Total burden
(hours)

10

Twice a year .........................

100

Title:
National Institutes for Water Resources
(NIWR) USGS Competitive Grant
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0095.
Abstract: The NIWR–USGS National
Competitive Grant Program issues an
annual call for proposals to support
research on water problems and issues
of a regional or interstate nature beyond
those of concern only to a single state
and which relate to specific program
priorities identified jointly by the USGS
and the state water resources research
institutes authorized by the Water
Resources Research Act of 1984, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.). The
program is conducted in conjunction
with the State Water Resources Research
Institutes. The NIWR cooperates with
the USGS in establishing total
programmatic direction, reporting on
the activities of the Institutes,
coordinating and facilitating regional
research and information and
technology transfer, and in operating the
NIWR–USGS Student Internship
Program. Any investigator at an
accredited institution of higher learning
in the United States is eligible to apply
for a grant through a water research
institute or center established under the
provisions of the Act. Proposals
involving substantial collaboration
between the USGS and university
scientists are encouraged. Proposals
may be for projects of 1 to 3 years in
duration and may request up to
$250,000 in federal funds. Successful
applicants must match each dollar of
the federal grant with one dollar from
nonfederal sources. An annual progress
and final technical report for all projects
is required at the end of the project
period. This program is authorized by
the Water Resources Research Act of
1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)).
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: Annually.
Affected Public: Research
investigators at accredited institutions
of higher education.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary
(necessary to receive benefits).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: We expect to receive
approximately 65 applications and
award 7 grants per year.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden to
be 72 hours per response. This includes
60 hours per applicant to prepare and
submit the application; and 12 hours
(total) per grantee to complete the
interim and final technical reports.
Annual Burden Hours: 3,984.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: 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
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. 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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee we will be able to do
so.

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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 28, 2012 / Notices
Dated: August 22, 2012.
John E. Schefter,
Water Resources Research Act Program
Coordinator.

and the meeting is available at
www.fgdc.gov/ngac.
Dated: August 22, 2012.
Ken Shaffer,
Deputy Executive Director, Federal
Geographic Data Committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Announcement of National Geospatial
Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY:

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U.S. Geological Survey,

Interior.
Notice of meeting.

ACTION:

The National Geospatial
Advisory Committee (NGAC) will meet
on September 18–19, 2012 at the
American Institute of Architects
Building, 1735 New York Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20006. The meeting
will be held in the Gallery Room. The
NGAC, which is composed of
representatives from governmental,
private sector, non-profit, and academic
organizations, was established to advise
the Federal Geographic Data Committee
on management of Federal geospatial
programs, the development of the
National Spatial Data Infrastructure, and
the implementation of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A–16. Topics to be addressed at
the meeting include:
• Leadership Dialogue
• Geospatial Platform
• Geolocation Privacy
• FGDC Report
• COGO Report Card
• Subcommittee Reports
The meeting will include an
opportunity for public comment on
September 19. Comments may also be
submitted to the NGAC in writing.
Members of the public who wish to
attend the meeting must register in
advance. Please register by contacting
Arista Maher at the U.S. Geological
Survey (703–648–6283,
[email protected]). Registrations are due
by September 14, 2012. While the
meeting will be open to the public,
seating may be limited due to room
capacity.
DATES: The meeting will be held from
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on September 18
and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on
September 19.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Mahoney, U.S. Geological Survey (206–
220–4621).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings
of the National Geospatial Advisory
Committee are open to the public.
Additional information about the NGAC

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Bureau of Land Management

Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for San Diego Gas and
Electric’s East County Substation
Project, San Diego County, CA
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for San Diego Gas and Electric’s
(SDG&E) East County (ECO) Substation
Project, located in San Diego County,
California. The Secretary of the Interior
approved the ROD on August 21, 2012,
which constitutes the final decision of
the Department.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD have
been sent to responsible Federal, State,
and local government agencies and
other interested stakholders, and are
available upon request from the Field
Manager, BLM El Centro Field Office,
1661 S. 4th Street, El Centro, California
92243, and the BLM California Desert
District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de
Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, California
92553, or via the Internet at the
following Web site: http://www.ca.blm.
gov/elcentro.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.
Brian Paul, Project Manager, telephone
760–337–4400; address BLM California
Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San
Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno Valley,
California 92553–9046; email
[email protected].
Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SDG&E
filed right-of-way (ROW) application
CACA–51625 for the ECO Substation
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Project. The ECO Substation Project will
provide an interconnection hub for
renewable generation along SDG&E’s
existing Southwest Powerlink (SWPL)
500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line. The
project will consist of a 500/230/138 kV
substation; a SWPL Loop-In (a short
loop-in of the existing SWPL
transmission line to the proposed ECO
Susbstation); the rebuilt Boulevard
Substation (an existing substation); and
a 13.9-mile 138 kV transmission line
connecting the new ECO Substation to
the rebuilt Boulevard Substation, 0.8
mile of which is on public lands
administered by the BLM (the reminder
is located on private lands subject to the
permitting authority of the California
Public Utilties Commission). Through
the ROD, the BLM approves the 0.8-mile
portion of the 138 kV transmission line
on BLM-administered public land, and
makes no decision regarding those
portions of the ECO Substation Project
or other projects analyzed in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)
that are not located on BLM-managed
lands.
The project site is located
approximately 70 miles east of
downtown San Diego, south of Interstate
8, east of the town of Jacumba and along
Old Highway 80, in San Diego County,
California, within Township 18 South,
Ranges 8 East, Section(s) 02, 03, 10, and
11.
The BLM preferred alternative would
allow the construction, operation,
maintenance, and termination of the
0.8-mile underground segment of the
project’s 138 kV transmission line on
BLM-managed lands, which is necessary
for the construction of the ECO
Substation Project. In addition to the
ECO Substation Project, the Final EIS/
EIR evaluated a ROW application by
Tule Wind, LLC to construct the Tule
Wind Project, as well as the Energia
Sierra Juarez Project, and Gen-Tie,
Campo, Manzanita wind energy
projects. Although these project
components were analyzed in the same
EIS/EIR, only the 0.8-mile underground
segment of the ECO Substation Project
138 kV transmission line and portions
of the Tule Wind Project would be
located on BLM-managed lands. The
BLM issued a separate decision on Tule
Wind, LLC’s ROW application on
December 20, 2011.
This agency preferred alternative was
evaluated in the Final EIS/EIR. The
Notice of Availability of the Final EIS/
EIR for the ECO Substation Project was
published in the Federal Register on
October 14, 2011 (76 FR 381).
Because this decision is approved by
the Secretary of the Interior, it is not

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