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resolution, frequency of image
collection) of Landsat imagery for use in
water resource management, and the
benefits and challenges of using Landsat
imagery in water resource management.
The results will be aggregated to provide
a more holistic assessment of the use of
Landsat in water resource management
in the Western U.S., including
characterizations of use by sector (i.e.,
private, government, academic, nonprofit) and geographic region (i.e.,
ecoregions, states). The overall goal of
the survey is to provide a more
complete understanding of Landsat use
in water resource management in the
Western U.S. in order to assist LRS in
meeting the needs of these users. The
survey will be conducted entirely
online. As no comprehensive list of
water resources managers, researchers,
and professionals who use Landsat is
available, a list of email addresses will
be compiled through a robust online
search followed by snowball sampling
during survey administration. To
protect the confidentiality and privacy
of survey respondents, email addresses
will not be associated with the data
collected on the survey and all analyses
will be conducted and reported on in
aggregate. All files containing email
addresses will be password-protected
and encrypted, housed on secure USGS
servers, and only accessible to the
research team. No PII will be collected
on the survey itself.

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II. Data

David Hamilton,
Fort Collins Science Center Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

OMB Control Number: 1028—NEW.
Title: Use of Landsat satellite imagery
in water resource management in the
Western United States.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Affected Public: Private sector, state
government, local government, nongovernmental organizations.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 1,000.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 1,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 167
hours.
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.

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Tribal Education Department Grant
Program
Bureau of Indian Education,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for proposals.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE) announces the
availability of grants to tribes and their
tribal education departments (TEDs) for
projects defined under 25 U.S.C. 2020.
This notice invites tribes with BIEfunded schools on or near Indian lands
to submit grant proposals.
DATES: Grant proposals must be received
by September 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. BIE will hold pre-grant
proposal training sessions. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
more information.
ADDRESSES: Complete details on
requirements for proposals and the
evaluation and selection process can be
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found on the BIE Web site at this
address: www.bie.edu. Submit grant
proposals to: Bureau of Indian
Education, Attn: Wendy Greyeyes, 1849
C Street NW., MS–4657–MIB,
Washington, DC 20240. Email
submissions will be accepted at this
address: [email protected]. Email
submissions are limited to attachments
compatible with Microsoft Office Word
2007 or later and/or files with a .pdf file
extension. Emailed submissions must
not exceed 3MB total in size. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice for directions on email
submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Wendy Greyeyes, Bureau of Indian
Education, Office of the BIE Director,
(202) 208–5810; wendy.greyeyes@
bie.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Secretary of the Interior, through the
BIE, is soliciting grant proposals from
federally recognized tribes and their
TEDs for projects defined by 25 U.S.C.
2020. These funds will assist tribes in
the development and operation of TEDs
for the purpose of planning and
coordinating all educational programs of
the tribe. These funds will support the
development of TEDs to improve
educational outcomes for students and
improve efficiencies and effectiveness
in the operation of BIE-funded schools.
Grant awards are subject to the
availability of funds as appropriated by
Congress.
Under 25 U.S.C. 2020, funds will
support the program goals for the
following areas that promote tribal
education capacity building:
1. To provide for the development
and enforcement of tribal educational
codes, including tribal educational
policies and tribal standards applicable
to curriculum, personnel, students,
facilities, and support programs;
2. To facilitate tribal control in all
matters relating to the education of
Indian children on reservations (and on
former Indian reservations in
Oklahoma);
3. To provide for the development of
coordinated educational programs
(including all preschool, elementary,
secondary, and higher or vocational
educational programs funded by tribal,
Federal, or other sources) on
reservations (and on former Indian
reservations in Oklahoma) by
encouraging tribal administrative
support of all Bureau-funded
educational programs as well as
encouraging tribal cooperation and
coordination with entities carrying out
all educational programs receiving
financial support from other Federal

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agencies, State agencies, or private
entities.
Grant awards will range from $25,000
to $150,000 per fiscal year depending on
the project, number of educational
programs impacted, project design and
expected outcomes. Subject to the
availability of appropriated funds, a
grant provided under this section shall
be provided for a period of three years.
If the performance of the grant recipient
is satisfactory to the Secretary, the grant
may be renewed for an additional twoyear term. As prescribed by 25 U.S.C.
2020, top priority will be given to
applications that meet the following:
• Serves three or more separate BIEfunded schools. Less priority will be
given if applicant has less than three
schools but with at least one BIE-funded
school;
• Provides coordinating services and
technical assistance to all relevant BIEfunded schools;
• Plans to monitor and audit these
grant funds by or through the TED; and/
or

• Provides a plan and schedule that:
Æ Provides for:
D The assumption, by the TED, of all
assets and functions of the BIE agency
office associated with the tribe, to the
extent the assets and functions relate to
education; and
D the termination by the BIE of such
functions and office at the time of such
assumption; and
Æ Provides that the assumption will
occur over the term of the grant, unless
mutually agreeable to the tribal
governing body and the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs, the period in
which such assumption is to occur may
be modified, reduced, or extended after
the initial year of the grant.
The BIE is seeking proposals from
tribes that support the development and
operation of TEDs for the purpose of
planning and coordinating all
educational programs of the tribe. Each
proposal must include a project
narrative, a budget narrative, a work
plan outline, and a project coordinator,
preferably the tribal education director

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or tribal council education committee
member, to serve as the point of contact
for the program. The project coordinator
will: participate in monthly
collaboration and update meetings,
submit quarterly budget updates, ensure
an annual report is submitted at the end
of each project year, and ensure that the
TED fulfills the obligations of the grant.
BIE is seeking proposals from tribes
with at least one BIE funded school on
their reservation/Indian lands that
support the capacity building of TEDs to
improve educational outcomes for
students and improve efficiencies and
effectiveness in the operation of BIEfunded schools. Grant recipients must
submit quarterly budget updates and an
annual report at the end of each project
year to ensure that the TED fulfills the
obligations of the grant. Complete
details on requirements for proposals
and the evaluation and selection process
can be found on the BIE Web site at the
address in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice. In addition, BIE will hold pregrant proposal training at several sites:

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BIE PRE-GRANT PROPOSAL TRAINING
Date

Time

Location

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 ...

11:00 am Eastern Time ..........

Thursday, September 8, 2015 ..

4:00 p.m. Eastern Time ..........

Monday, September 21, 2015 ..

4:00 p.m. Eastern Time ..........

Webinar Session (Washington, D.C.): To register, go to: https://dcma100.
webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=t331e10164ab35e15b12beaaacf55
a720
Webinar Session (Washington, D.C.): To register, go to: https://dcma100.
webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=t6a5b6779cb9a5391dd26de8ffef
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Deadline for grant proposal submission.

The grant proposal is due September
21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The
proposal should be packaged for
delivery to permit timely arrival. The
proposal package should be sent or
hand-delivered to the address in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Faxed grant proposals will NOT be
accepted. Email submissions will be
accepted at the address in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. Email
submissions are limited to attachments
compatible with Microsoft Office Word
2007 or later or files with a .pdf file
extension. Emailed submissions must
not exceed 5MB total in size.
Proposals submitted by Federal
Express or Express Mail should be sent
two or more days before the closing date
to ensure receipt by the deadline. The
proposal package should be sent to the
address shown in the ADDRESSES section
of this notice. The tribe is solely
responsible for ensuring that its
proposal arrives in a timely manner.

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Dated: August 24, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

their reservation/Indian land to submit
grant proposals.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Grant proposals must be received
by September 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. BIE will hold pre-grant
proposal training sessions. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
more information.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

ADDRESSES:

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Sovereignty in Indian Education
Bureau of Indian Education,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for proposals.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE) announces the
availability of enhancement funds to
tribes and their tribal education
agencies to promote tribal control and
operation of BIE-funded schools on their
reservations. This notice invites tribes
with at least one BIE-funded school on

SUMMARY:

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DATES:

Complete details on
requirements for proposals and the
evaluation and selection process can be
found on the BIE Web site at this
address: www.bie.edu. Submit grant
applications to: Bureau of Indian
Education, Attn: Wendy Greyeyes, 1849
C Street NW., MS–4655–MIB,
Washington, DC 20240. Email
submissions will be accepted at this
address: [email protected]. Limit
email submissions to attachments
compatible with Microsoft Office Word
2007 or later and files with a .pdf file
extension. Emailed submissions may
not exceed 3MB total in size. Fax
submissions are NOT acceptable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wendy Greyeyes, Bureau of Indian

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