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above. Written statements must be
supplied to the Council Coordinator in
both of the following formats: One hard
copy with original signature, and one
electronic copy via email (acceptable
file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS
Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to
make an oral presentation at the Council
meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per
speaker, with no more than a total of 30
minutes for all speakers. Interested
parties should contact the Council
Coordinator by the date above, in
writing (preferably via email; see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be
placed on the public speaker list for
either of these meetings. Nonregistered
public speakers will not be considered
during the Council meeting. Registered
speakers who wish to expand upon their
oral statements, or those who had
wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, are
invited to submit written statements to
the Council within 30 days following
the meeting.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the Council and
meeting will be maintained by the
Council Coordinator at the address
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Council meeting minutes will
be posted at http://www.fws.gov/
birdhabitat/Grants/NAWCA/
CouncilAct.shtm#CouncilMeet within
30 days following the meeting. Personal
copies may be purchased for the cost of
duplication.
Dated: November 26, 2012.
Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Birds.
[FR Doc. 2012–29254 Filed 12–3–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX13BA02EEW0200]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of
currently approved information
Collection, 1028–0103.

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To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
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information collection request (ICR) that
we have sent to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The ICR concerns
the paperwork requirements for the
USA National Phenology Network—The
Nature’s Notebook Plant and Animal
Observing Program. 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 ICR. This collection is
scheduled to expire on January 31,
2013.
Submit written comments by
January 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Please submit 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 email:
([email protected]); or
by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission with #1028–0103. Please
also submit a copy of your comments to
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807
National Center, Reston, VA 20192
(mail); or [email protected] (email).
Please Reference Information Collection
1028–0103 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jake
F. Weltzin, Ecologist, U.S. Geological
Survey, [email protected], (520) 626–
3821.
DATES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: USA National Phenology
Network—The Nature’s Notebook Plant
and Animal Observing Program.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0103.
Type of Request: Notice of an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Abstract: The USA–NPN is a program
sponsored by the USGS that uses
standardized forms for tracking plant
and animal activity as part of a project
called Nature’s Notebook. The Nature’s
Notebook forms are used to record
phenology (e.g., timing of leafing or
flowering of plants and reproduction or
migration of animals) as part of a
nationwide effort to understand and
predict how plants and animals respond
to environmental variation and changes
in weather and climate. Contemporary
data collected through Nature’s
Notebook are quality-checked, described
and made publicly available; data are
used to inform decision-making in a
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agriculture, drought monitoring, and
wildfire risk assessment. Phenological
information is also critical for the
management of wildlife, invasive
species, and agricultural pests, and for
understanding and managing risks to
human health and welfare, including
allergies, asthma, and vector-borne
diseases. Participants may contribute
phenology information to Nature’s
Notebook through a browser-based web
application or via mobile applications
for iPhone and Android operating
systems, meeting GPEA requirements.
The web application interface consists
of several components: user registration,
a searchable list of 877 plant and animal
species which can be observed; a
‘‘profile’’ for each species that contains
information about the species including
its description and the appropriate
monitoring protocols; a series of
interfaces for registering as an observer,
registering a site, registering plants and
animals at a site, generating datasheets
to take to the field, and a data entry page
that mimics the datasheets.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
During the Spring and Fall seasons
when phenology is changing quickly,
we recommend respondents make
observations twice per week.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: In addition to those users
already registered, we expect an
additional 1,027 users will register each
year. These respondents are members of
the public, registered with Nature’s
Notebook.
Estimated Annual Responses:
501,130.
Estimated Annual burden hours:
17,032.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We estimate the non-hour cost
burden to be $3.34 per respondent. This
cost applies to new observers and
includes material used to mark sites or
plants during the first observation.
Marking helps to ensure reporting
consistency for future observations.
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: To comply with the
public consultation process, on August
10, 2012, we published a Federal
Register notice (77 FR 47867)
announcing that we would submit this
ICR to OMB for approval. The notice
provided the required 60-day public
comment period, which ended October
9, 2012. In response to our Federal
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comment, which consisted of a general
invective about the U.S. Government
and did not pertain to this information
collection. 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; (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, 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: November 26, 2012.
William Lellis,
Deputy Associate Director, Ecosystems
Mission Area.
[FR Doc. 2012–29151 Filed 12–3–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMT921000–12–L13200000–EL0000–P;
MTM 103852]

Notice of Invitation—Coal Exploration
License Application MTM 103852, MT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Members of the public are
hereby invited to participate with
Ambre Energy on a pro rata cost sharing
basis in a program for the exploration of
coal deposits owned by the United
States of America in lands located in Big
Horn County, Montana, encompassing
9,474.45 acres.
DATES: Any party seeking to participate
in this exploration program must send
written notice to both the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) and Ambre
Energy as provided in the ADDRESSES
section below no later than January 3,
2013 or 10 calendar days after the last
publication of this Notice in the
Sheridan Press newspaper, whichever is

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later. This Notice will be published
once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in
the Sheridan Press, Sheridan, Wyoming.
Such written notice must refer to serial
number MTM 103852.
ADDRESSES: The proposed exploration
license and plan are available for review
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, in the public room at the BLM
Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, Montana.
A written notice to participate in the
exploration licenses should be sent to
the State Director, BLM Montana State
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings,
MT 59101 and Ambre Energy, 170
South Main Street, Suite 700, Salt Lake
City, UT 84101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Giovanini by telephone at 406–
896–5084 or by email at
[email protected]; or Connie Schaff by
telephone at 406–896–5060 or by email
at [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: The
exploration activities will be performed
pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of
1920, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and
to the regulations at 43 CFR part 3410.
The purpose of the exploration program
is to gain additional geologic knowledge
of the coal underlying the exploration
area for the purpose of assessing the
coal resources. The exploration program
is fully described and will be conducted
pursuant to an exploration license and
plan approved by the BLM. The
exploration plan may be modified to
accommodate the legitimate exploration
needs of persons seeking to participate.
The lands to be explored for coal
deposits in exploration license MTM
103852 are described as follows:
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 8 S., R. 40 E.,
Sec.27, W1⁄2SW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec.28, S1⁄2N1⁄2 and S1⁄2;
Sec.29, S1⁄2;
Sec.32, SW1⁄4;
Sec.34, W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,
and SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.
T. 9 S., R. 39 E.,
Sec.12, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec.13, lots 1 thru 4, inclusive, W1⁄2E1⁄2,
and W1⁄2;
Sec.24, lots 1 thru 4, inclusive, W1⁄2E1⁄2,
and W1⁄2;
Sec.25, lots 1 thru 4, inclusive, W1⁄2E1⁄2,
and W1⁄2.
T. 9 S., R. 40 E.,

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Sec.2, lots 1 and 2, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,
E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;
Sec.4, lot 4, and SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec.5, lots 1 thru 4, inclusive, S1⁄2N1⁄2,
SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec.7, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec.8, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,
NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4,
and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec.11, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec.17, W1⁄2SW1⁄4;
Sec.18, lots 1 thru 4, inclusive, E1⁄2 and
E1⁄2W1⁄2;
Sec.19, lots 1 thru 3, inclusive, E1⁄2 and
E1⁄2W1⁄2;
Sec.20, W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2,
S1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec.23, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, and
SW1⁄4;
Sec.24, All;
Sec.25, N1⁄2 and SW1⁄4;
Sec.26, All;
Sec.29, NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and
N1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec.30, lots 2 thru 4, inclusive, E1⁄2SW1⁄4,
and SE1⁄4.
Containing 9,474.45 acres.

The Federal coal within the lands
described for exploration license MTM
103852 is currently unleased for
development of Federal coal reserves.
Phillip C. Perlewitz,
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.
[FR Doc. 2012–29224 Filed 12–3–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWO100000, L18200000.XX0000]

Notice of Availability of the BLM’s
Responses to Public Comments and of
the BLM’s Environmental Assessment
on the Proposed Order of the
Secretary on Oil, Gas, and Potash
Leasing and Development Within the
Designated Potash Area of Eddy and
Lea Counties, NM
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

Under the authority of the
Mineral Leasing Act, as amended, on
December 3, 2012 the Secretary of the
Interior issued Order 3324 (2012
Secretary’s Order) to address oil, gas,
and potash leasing and development
within the Designated Potash Area in
Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico.
The 2012 Secretary’s Order supersedes
a previous Order issued in 1986 and
corrected in 1987 that addresses these
issues. In developing the 2012
Secretary’s Order, a draft Order was
released for a public comment period
that began on July 13, 2012 and ended

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