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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 75 / Thursday, April 18, 2013 / Notices

trophy of one male bontebok
(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled
from a captive herd maintained under
the management program of the
Republic of South Africa, for the
purpose of enhancement of the survival
of the species.
Applicant: Terence Fitzgerald, Naples,
FL; PRT–03133B
Applicant: Peter Wirtz, West Des
Moines, IA; PRT–03105B
B. Endangered Marine Mammals
Applicant: Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, St.
Petersburg, FL; PRT–773494
The applicant requests a permit to
take West Indian manatees (Trichechus
manatus) of all ages and sexes from the
wild in the southeastern United States
for the purpose of scientific research. In
addition, they would like authorization
to import and export biological
specimens of all Sirenia species. This
notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5year period.
Concurrent with publishing this
notice in the Federal Register, we are
forwarding copies of the above
applications to the Marine Mammal
Commission and the Committee of
Scientific Advisors for their review.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX.CD00.B9510.00]

Proposed Information Collection: State
Water Resources Research Institute
Program; Annual Application and
Reporting
United States Geological
Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an
information collection (1028–0097);
request for comments.
AGENCY:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we will submit to OMB an information
collection (IC) to renew approval of the
paperwork requirements for ‘‘National
Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR)
USGS Competitive Grant Program.’’
This notice provides the public and
other Federal agencies an opportunity to

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comment on the paperwork burden of
this form. This collection is scheduled
to expire on July 31, 2013.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before June 17, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments to the
IC to David Govoni, Information
Collections Clearance Officer, U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail);
(703) 648–7195 (fax); or
[email protected] (email). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
0097.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Earl
Greene, Acting Chief, Office of External
Research, U.S. Geological Survey, 5522
Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD
21228, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Water Resources Research Act of
1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10301 et
seq.), authorizes a research institute
water resources or center in each of the
50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, the Federated States of
Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Marina Islands, and American
Samoa. There are currently 54 such
institutes, one in each state, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and Guam. The institute
in Guam is a regional institute serving
Guam, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands. Each of
the 54 institutes submits an annual
application for an allotment grant and
provides an annual report on its
activities under the grant. The State
Water Resources Research Institute
Program issues an annual call for
applications from the institutes to
support plans to promote research,
training, information dissemination, and
other activities meeting the needs of the
States and Nation. The program also
encourages regional cooperation among
institutes in research into areas of water
management, development, and
conservation that have a regional or
national character. The U.S. Geological
Survey has been designated as the
administrator of the provisions of the
Act.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0097.
Title: State Water Resources Research
Institute Program Annual Application
and Reporting.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: The state water
resources research institutes authorized

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by the Water Resources Research Act of
1983, as amended, and listed at http://
water.usgs.gov/wrri/institutes.html.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
(necessary to obtain benefits).
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: We expect to receive 54
applications and award 54 grants per
year.
Estimated Annual total Responses:
54.
Estimated Time per Response: 160
hours. This includes 80 hours per
applicant to prepare and submit the
annual application; and 80 hours (total)
per grantee to complete the annual
reports.
Annual Burden Hours: 8,640.
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. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
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 that it will be done.
Dated: April 8, 2013.
Earl A. Greene,
Acting Water Resources Research Act
Program Coordinator.
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