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Applicant: Washington Park Zoo, IN;
PRT–58205B

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

The applicant requests a captive-bred
wildlife registration under 50 CFR
17.21(g) for the following species to
enhance species propagation or
survival: Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur
catta) and Cottontop tamarin (Saguinus
oedipus). This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History, Norman,
OK: PRT–075249

Applicant: Timothy Twietmeyer,
Weston, FL; PRT–70086B
The applicant requests a permit to
import a sport-hunted 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.
B. Endangered Marine Mammals and
Marine Mammals
Applicant: Melissa McKinney, Storrs,
CT; PRT–59633B

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The applicant requests a permit to
import and export wild walrus
(Odobenus rosmarus divergens),
(Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), and
polar bear (Ursus maritimus) biological
samples for the purpose of scientific
research. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year 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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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection, State Water Use Cooperative
Funding Application
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. 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.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before September 21, 2015.
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) 648–7197 (fax);
or [email protected] (email).
Please reference ‘Information Collection
1028–NEW, ‘State Water Use
Cooperative Funding Application’ in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melinda Dalton, USGS, at (678) 924–
6637 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

The applicant requests renewal of
their permit to export and reimport
nonliving museum specimens of
endangered and threatened species
previously accessioned into the
applicant’s collection for scientific
research. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.

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I. Abstract
The USGS is working with State
Water Resource agencies to operate a
Water Use Data and Research program
(WUDR). Section 9508 of the SECURE
Water Act directs the Secretary of the
Interior to administer grants to State
water resource agencies to assist in
developing water use and availability
datasets that are integrated with each
appropriate dataset developed or
maintained by the Secretary or grants
that integrate any water use or water
availability dataset of the State water
resource agency into each appropriate
dataset developed or maintained by the
Secretary. Responsibility for
administration of this State Water Use
Grants program has been delegated to
the U.S. Geological Survey. State Water
Use Grants will be used to improve the
collection and reporting of water use
categories by State agencies, including

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the inclusion of categories that have
been discontinued in the past due to
limited resources. The total authorized
funding for the State Water Use Grants
program is $12,500,000 for a period of
five years.
In FY15 grant funds will be awarded
non-competitively, with all 50 states
receiving awards ($26,000 each) to
develop workplans that outline
priorities for use of grant funds, with the
goal of States reporting, to the USGS,
withdrawal and ancillary information
for each major category of water use that
improve national water withdrawal and
consumptive use estimates. The USGS
has developed a draft baseline standard
table for all water use categories and
will require that States identify current
data collection levels (tiers) for each
category as part of workplan
development. States will be required to
use these standards to identify
categories for improvement in data
collection and/or research activities that
improve data estimation techniques
nationally. For States that already meet
the baseline standards, goals are
provided in Tier 2 and 3 for additional
data that would benefit national
estimates and provide information for
water availability studies by water
managers, academia, federal, and or
local agencies. In order to receive
awards as part of the competitive
process beginning in FY16, States must
submit a completed workplan.
Beginning in FY16 grant funds will be
announced and awarded as part of a
competitive process that will be guided,
annually, by a technical committee
whose members will include
representatives from the stakeholder
community as well as USGS. State Grant
funds will be coordinated with a single
agency in each State and the USGS is
working, through the USGS Regional
Water Use Specialists, to identify which
agencies will be the lead contact in each
State. Collaboration and coordination
with USGS personnel will be required
as part of the Grants program. Data must
be stored electronically and made
available at the HUC–8 and county level
in formats appropriate for existing
USGS databases. Additionally, methods
used for data collection (estimated
values, coefficients, etc.) and a
description of data quality assurance
and control will be required.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Title: State Water Use Cooperative
Funding Application.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Affected Public: State water-resource
agencies who collect water use data.

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Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
to be considered for funding.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 52.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 52.
Estimated Time per Response: 40
hours to prepare the proposal. This
includes time to review the WUDR
Guidance Document to understand the
program design and requirements for
data providers.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
2080.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None.
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 and current expiration date.

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III. Request for 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) ways 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 personal mailing
address, phone number, email address,
or other personally identifiable
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personally
identifiable information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personally identifiable
information from public view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sonya Jones,
Program Coordinator, Water Availability and
Use Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DATES:

Geological Survey

ADDRESSES:

Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory
Committee
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to Public Law 106–
503, the Scientific Earthquake Studies
Advisory Committee (SESAC) will hold
its next meeting on September 1–2,
2015, in the Ernst & Young Gallery of
the Fincher Building, Cox School of
Business, at the Southern Methodist
University in Dallas, Texas. The
Committee is comprised of members
from academia, industry, and State
government. The Committee shall
advise the Director of the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) on matters
relating to the USGS’s participation in
the National Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Program.
The Committee will review the
research and monitoring activities
supported by the USGS Earthquake
Hazards Program that are focused on the
Central and Eastern U.S.
Meetings of the Scientific Earthquake
Studies Advisory Committee are open to
the public.
DATES: September 1–2, 2015,
commencing at 9:00am on the first day
and adjourning at 5:00pm and
commencing at 9:00am and adjourning
by 1:00pm on September 2, 2015.
Contact: Dr. William Leith, U.S.
Geological Survey, MS 905, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia
20192, (703) 648–6786, wleith@
usgs.gov.
Billing Code: GX15GG00995TR00.
SUMMARY:

William Leith,
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and
Geologic Hazards.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Filing of Plats of Survey: California
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The plats of survey of lands
described below are scheduled to be
officially filed in the Bureau of Land
Management, California State Office,
Sacramento, California.

SUMMARY:

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A copy of the plats may be
obtained from the California State
Office, Bureau of Land Management,
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,
California 95825, upon required
payment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief, Branch of Geographic Services,
Bureau of Land Management, California
State Office, 2800 Cottage Way W–1623,
Sacramento, California 95825, (916)
978–4310. 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.
A person
or party who wishes to protest a survey
must file a notice that they wish to
protest with the Chief, Branch of
Geographic Services. A statement of
reasons for a protest may be filed with
the notice of protest and must be filed
with the Chief, Branch of Geographic
Services within thirty days after the
protest is filed. If a protest against the
survey is received prior to the date of
official filing, the filing will be stayed
pending consideration of the protest. A
plat will not be officially filed until the
day after all protests have been
dismissed or otherwise resolved. 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 we will be able to
do so.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Mount Diablo Meridian, California
T. 18 N., R. 14 W., subdivision and
survey, accepted June 15, 2015.
T. 1 S., R. 19 E., supplemental plat,
accepted June 25, 2015.
T. 23 N., R. 13 W., dependent
resurvey and survey, accepted July 13,
2015.
San Bernardino Meridian, California
T. 2 N., R. 2 W., dependent resurvey
and survey, accepted June 15, 2015.
Authority: 43 U.S.C., Chapter 3.

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