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comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
PII—may be made publicly available at
any time. While you may ask us in your
comment to withhold your PII from
public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Abstract: The USGS is authorized
under SECURE Water Act section 9508
to assist state water-resource agencies
with improving their water-use data
collection activities. The USGS has
implemented the Water Use Data and
Research program (WUDR) to work with
state water agencies in gathering and
analyzing their data and assists this
effort via cooperative agreements. The
WUDR will work to improve the
collection and reporting of water-use
categories by state agencies, including
categories of water use that were
previously discontinued due to limited
resources. This collection will be used
in reports to Congress on water
resources in the Nation. Program
authorization is $1,500,000 per year.
Cooperative agreements 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 the USGS. WUDR
funds will be coordinated with a single
agency in each state.
Revision: As part of the ongoing
efforts to include the collection and
sharing of water use data, a nationwide
data-sharing feasibility study of State
and Territory agencies that provide
water-use information to the USGS will
be conducted. This study will
investigate the water-use data
availability and identify barriers that
may prevent State and Territory
agencies from sharing water-use data, in
particular site-specific water-use data.
Example feasibility study questions
include the following: (1) whether
water-use location data (latitude/
longitude for example) is available to
the public, and if so, the format of
availability to the public (e.g., website,
publication, accessible paper files); (2)
sharing the water-use data with other
agencies, such as the USGS, and any
restrictions for sharing data (such as
location and/or water quantity); (3) if
information on quantities of water used,
such as withdrawals, wastewater return,
and sales/deliveries between users, is
available to the public, and if so, the
restrictions on water-quantity data such
as categories of use or time intervals.
Collaboration and coordination with
USGS personnel will be required as part
of the WUDR program. Data must be
stored electronically and made available
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incorporated into USGS databases.
Additionally, methods used for data
collection (estimated values,
coefficients, etc.) and a description of
data quality assurance and control must
be provided to the USGS.
Title of Collection: USGS Water Use
Data and Research Program
Announcement.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0118.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State
water-resource agencies that collect
water-use data.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: WUDR estimates that 30
respondents (states) will read the
Program Announcement, 12
respondents will submit applications,
10 respondents will submit semi-annual
progress reports and a final technical
report, and 40 respondents (states) will
respond to the water-use data-sharing
feasibility study.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 12 applications; 20 progress
reports, 10 final technical reports, 40
respondents to water use data sharing
feasibility study.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Read Program announcement:
1 hour; prepare applications: 40 hours;
progress reports: 4 hours; final technical
report: 24 hours; water use data sharing
feasibility study: 8 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,150 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Response is
required to be eligible to receive
funding, but it is voluntary to respond
to the water-use data-sharing feasibility
study.
Frequency of Collection: Program
Announcements are published
annually. Proposals are submitted
annually by State water-resource
agencies wishing to compete for funding
through the annual Program
Announcement. State water-resource
agencies that receive a cooperative
agreement must submit semi-annual
progress reports and a final technical
report. State water-resource agencies
that respond to the water-use datasharing feasibility study will only need
to respond once with potential
clarification questions on study
responses.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.

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The authority for this action is the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Cory Angeroth,
Deputy Program Coordinator, on behalf of
Melinda Dalton, Program Coordinator, USGS
Water Availability and Use Science Program.
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Control No. 1004–0210]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Measurement of Gas
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 8,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection request (ICR) should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (307) 775–6261.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
invite the public and other Federal
agencies to comment on new, proposed,
revised and continuing collections of
information. This helps the BLM assess
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impacts of its information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand BLM information
collection requirements and ensure
requested data are provided in the
desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on
November 15, 2022 (87 FR 68516). No
comments were received in response to
that notice.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again inviting the
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on the proposed ICR described
below. The BLM is especially interested
in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility.
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used.
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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 we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The BLM is requesting
renewal of a control number that
pertains to the accurate measurement
and proper reporting of all-natural gas
removed or sold from Federal and
Indian leases, units, unit participating
areas, and areas subject to
communitization agreements. This OMB
Control Number is currently scheduled
to expire on April 30, 2023. The BLM
request that OMB renew this OMB

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Control Number for an additional three
years.
Title of Collection: Measurement of
Gas (43 CFR Subpart 3175).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0210.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Primarily business that operate Federal
oil and gas leases. Also lessees,
purchasers, and transporters of natural
gas from Federal oil and gas leases.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 430,782.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 430,782.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 6 minutes to 80
hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 95,068.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
and one-time.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $24,600,894.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Darrin King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Oil and Gas Facility Site
Security
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 8,
2023.
SUMMARY:

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Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection request (ICR) should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (307) 775–6261.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
invite the public and other Federal
agencies to comment on new, proposed,
revised and continuing collections of
information. This helps the BLM assess
impacts of its information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand BLM information
collection requirements and ensure
requested data are provided in the
desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on
November 15, 2022 (87 FR 68517). No
comments were received in response to
that notice.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again inviting the
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on the proposed ICR described
below. The BLM is especially interested
in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility.
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used.
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
ADDRESSES:

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