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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24BD009AV0100; OMB Control Number
1028–0126 (renewal)]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Cooperative Research Units
(CRU)
U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is renewing an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
mail to the U.S. Geological Survey,
Information Collections Clearance
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS
159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1028–
0126 CRU (renewal) in the subject line
of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Melissa Thode, CRU
Program Analyst, by email at mthode@
usgs.gov, or by telephone at 703–648–
4265. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require
approval. We may not conduct or
sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies to comment on new,
proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and

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provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not 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 the agency might minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through 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 that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personally identifiable
information (PII) in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your PII—may be
made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Abstract: CRU cooperating
universities submit applications for
research work orders via Grants.gov.
The statutory authority used is the
Cooperative Research Units Act (16
U.S.C. 753a–753b), Public Law 86–686,
sec. 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 733, as
amended by the Fish and Wildlife
Improvement Act of 1978, Public Law
95–616, sec. 2, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat.
3110. Applications consist of project
proposals, budgets, and SF–424 forms.
Information submitted includes project
titles, schedules, scope of work, contact
information (names, emails, addresses,
position titles, telephone numbers), and
detailed budget breakdowns (salaries,
names, positions, rates of compensation)
per USGS Office of Acquisition and
Grants requirements.
Title of Collection: Cooperative
Research Units.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0126
(renewal).
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: CRU
cooperating universities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 126.

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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 126.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 41 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2325 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Reading
application: 126 respondents × 10
minutes = 21 hours; Preparing and
submitting application 126 × 2 hours =
252 hours; Annual progress reports 126
× 2 hours = 252 hours; and Final reports
50 × 36 hours = 1,800 hours. Final
Report numbers vary per year based on
length of project.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authorities for this action are the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Don Dennerline,
Acting Deputy Chief, USGS CRU.
[FR Doc. 2023–22326 Filed 10–5–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX23DK00GUH0300; OMB Control Number
1028–011]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; USGS Water Use Data and
Research Program Announcement;
Water Use Data and Research Program
Feasibility Study
U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is proposing to revise an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection 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 Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments on this information
collection request (ICR) by mail, to
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USGS, Information Collections
Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
email to [email protected].
Please reference OMB Control Number
1028–0118 Water Use Data and
Research Program Feasibility Study in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Erik A. Smith by email
at [email protected], or by telephone at
512–927–3584. 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 of 1995 and 5
CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the
general public and other federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information.
This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
It also helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
A Federal Register notice (88 FR
20902) with a 60-day public comment
period soliciting comments on this
collection of information was published
on April 7, 2023. No comments were
received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues:
(1) Is the collection necessary to the
proper functions of the USGS;
(2) Will this information be processed
and used in a timely manner;
(3) Is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) How might the USGS enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(5) How might the USGS minimize
the burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
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summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personally
identifiable information (PII) in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
PII—may be made publicly available at
any time. While you can 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 and Territory waterresource 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 and Territory water
agencies to gather and analyze their data
and to assist this effort via cooperative
agreements. WUDR will work to
improve the collection and reporting of
water-use categories by State and
Territory 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 an
annual competitive process that will be
guided by a technical committee of
USGS employees and stakeholder-group
representatives. WUDR funds will be
coordinated through a single agency in
each State or Territory.
As part of the ongoing efforts to
improve the collection and sharing of
water-use data, a nationwide datasharing feasibility study of State and
Territory agencies that provide wateruse information to the USGS will also
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,
especially site-specific water-use data.
Example feasibility-study questions
include: (1) whether water use location
data (latitude, longitude, etc.) is
available to the public, and if so, the
format of availability to the public
(website, publication, accessible paper
files, etc.); (2) ability/willingness to
share the water-use data with other
agencies, such as the USGS, and any
restrictions on 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
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Collaboration and coordination with
USGS personnel will be required as part
of the WUDR program. Data must be
stored electronically and made available
in machine-readable formats that can be
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.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0118.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State
and Territory water-resource agencies
that collect water-use data.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: WUDR estimates that 30
respondents (States and/or Territories)
will read the program announcement,
12 respondents will prepare and submit
applications, 10 respondents (States
and/or Territories) will submit semiannual (two reports per year) progress
reports and a final technical report, and
90 respondents (States and/or
Territories) will respond to the water
use data sharing feasibility study.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 30 respondents reading the
program announcement; 12
applications; 20 progress reports, 10
final technical reports, 90 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: 1.5 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 965 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
be eligible to receive funding and
voluntary to respond to water-use datasharing feasibility study.
Frequency of Collection: Program
Announcements are published
annually. Proposals are submitted
annually by State and Territory waterresource agencies wishing to compete
for funding offered through the annual
program announcement. State and
Territory water-resource agencies that
receive a cooperative agreement must
submit semi-annual progress reports
and a final technical report. State and
Territory water-resource agencies that
respond to the water-use data sharing
feasibility study will only need to
respond once to provide potential
clarification to questions on their study
responses.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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.
Nominations submitted by State or
Tribal Historic Preservation Officers:
Key: State, County, Property Name,
Multiple Name (if applicable), Address/
Boundary, City, Vicinity, Reference
Number.

National Park Service

CALIFORNIA

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#–36681;
PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000]

Los Angeles County

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.
The authority for this action is the
PRA of 1995.
Cory Angeroth,
Deputy Program Coordinator, USGS
Groundwater and Streamflow Information
Program.
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Watts Happening Cultural Center, 1827 E
103rd St., Los Angeles, SG100009466

National Register of Historic Places;
Notification of Pending Nominations
and Related Actions

Riverside County

National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The National Park Service is
soliciting electronic comments on the
significance of properties nominated
before September 23, 2023, for listing or
related actions in the National Register
of Historic Places.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
electronically by October 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments are encouraged
to be submitted electronically to
National_Register_Submissions@
nps.gov with the subject line ‘‘Public
Comment on .’’ If you
have no access to email, you may send
them via U.S. Postal Service and all
other carriers to the National Register of
Historic Places, National Park Service,
1849 C Street NW, MS 7228,
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherry A. Frear, Chief, National Register
of Historic Places/National Historic
Landmarks Program, 1849 C Street NW,
MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240,
[email protected], 202–913–3763.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
properties listed in this notice are being
considered for listing or related actions
in the National Register of Historic
Places. Nominations for their
consideration were received by the
National Park Service before September
23, 2023. Pursuant to Section 60.13 of
36 CFR part 60, comments are being
accepted concerning the significance of
the nominated properties under the
National Register criteria for evaluation.

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MINNESOTA
Cass County
United States Forest Service, Remer District
Ranger Station, (Federal Relief
Construction in Minnesota, 1933–1943
MPS (AD)), 307 Main Street East, Remer,
MP100009469
Hackensack Conservation Building, (Federal
Relief Construction in Minnesota, 1933–
1943 MPS (AD)), 101 Fleischer Ave.,
Hackensack, MP100009470
St. Louis County
Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church of
Embarrass, 5103 Highway 21, Embarass,
SG100009477
NEW MEXICO
Bernalillo County
La Luz del Oeste, Loop One NW,
Albuquerque, SG100009493
Medical Arts Historic District, (Central
Albuquerque MPS), 711, 717, and 801
Encino Place NE and 1010 Las Lomas
Boulevard NE, Albuquerque,
MP100009505

Evergreen Cemetery, 4414 Fourteenth St.,
Riverside, SG100009467

OHIO

San Bernardino County

Springfield Country Club, 2315 Signal Hill
Rd., Springfield, SG100009480

City Transfer and Storage Company
Warehouse, 440 Oriental Ave., Redlands,
SG100009474
Tuolumne County
Sierra Railway Locomotive No. 3, 10501
Reservoir Rd., Jamestown, SG100009468

Clark County

Franklin County
Eastgate Apartments Historic District, 455–
461 (odd) N Nelson Rd., 492–508 (even)
Sunbury Rd., 1864–2112 (even) Maryland
Ave, Columbus, SG100009503
OREGON

DELAWARE

Lane County

Sussex County
Prospect A.M.E. Church, 220 South Railroad
Ave., Georgetown, SG100009498

Springfield High School, 525 Mill Street,
Springfield, SG100009475
SOUTH DAKOTA

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Jerauld County

District of Columbia
Eastern High School, (Public School
Buildings of Washington, DC MPS), 1730
East Capitol Street NE, Washington,
MP100009489
IOWA
Dallas County
Redfield GAR Hall, 1213 Thomas St.,
Redfield, SG100009484
Henry County
West Main Street Residential Historic
District, 301–407 and 302–402 W Main St.,
Wayland, SG100009485

Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 320 Oak
Ave., Lane, SG100009483
TENNESSEE
Williamson County
Harlinsdale Farm (Boundary Increase),
(Historic Family Farms in Middle
Tennessee MPS), 315 Franklin Rd.,
Franklin, BC100009500
TEXAS
Dallas County
Bryan Tower, 2001 Bryan St., Dallas,
SG100009495
Hunt County

Louisa County
Fairview Church and Cemetery, 11501 Co Rd
H22, Wapello vicinity, SG100009486

Greenville Masonic Lodge No. 335 A.F. &
A.M., 2615 Stonewall St., Greenville,
SG100009494

Muscatine County

Travis County

Nichols, Benjamin F. and Susan M. (Jenkins),
House, 815 Ijem Avenue, Nichols,
SG100009487
Fairport Biological Station Historic District,
3390 Highway 22, Fairport vicinity,
SG100009488

Baker School, 3908 Ave. B, Austin,
SG100009490

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Wichita County
First Wichita National Bank, 719 Scott Ave.,
Wichita Falls, SG100009496

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