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route. Data are submitted electronically 

via the Internet or on hard copy. These 

data will be used to estimate population 

trends at various geographic scales and 

assist with documenting species 

distribution. NAAMP Web site is: http:/

/www.pwrc.usgs.gov/naamp/.

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 400. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours:

3600 hours. 

Affected Public: Primarily U.S. 

residents. 

For Further Information Contact: To 

obtain copies of the survey, contact the 

Bureau clearance officer, U.S. 

Geological Survey, 807 National Center, 

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, 

Virginia 20192, telephone (703) 648–

7313.

Dated: November 15, 2004. 

Susan Haseltine, 

Associate Director for Biology.

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Geological Survey 

Civil Implementation Working Group—

U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing 

Space Policy (CRSSP)

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Open meeting of the CRSSP 

Implementation Working Group (IWG) 

to present and discuss progress and 

plans for assessing near-term civil 

requirements for remote sensing data.

DATE/TIME OF MEETING: December 14, 

2004, 9–12 a.m.

PLACE: Visitors Center, USGS 

Headquarters, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive, Reston, VA 20192.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquiries and notice of intent to attend 

the meeting may be addressed to: Greg 

Snyder, CRSSP IWG Chair, USGS 

National Center Center MS 517, Reston 

VA 22091, gsnyder@usgs.gov or 703–

648–5169.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Public Meeting 

This public meeting provides a forum 

for the remote sensing industry and 

other interested participants to be 

briefed on the progress and plans of the 

CRSSP near-term requirements 

collection and evaluation process and to 

discuss ways to improve its 

effectiveness. 

Background 

On April 25, 2003, the president 

signed the U.S. Commercial Remote 

Sensing Space Policy. The fundamental 

goal of this policy is to advance and 

protect U.S. national security and 

foreign policy interests by maintaining 

the nation’s leadership in remote 

sensing space activities, and by 

sustaining and enhancing the U.S. 

remote sensing industry. Doing so will 

also foster economic growth, contribute 

to environmental stewardship, and 

enable scientific and technological 

excellence. In support of this goal, the 

United States Government is directed to: 

• Rely to the maximum practical 

extent on U.S. commercial remote 

sensing space capabilities for filling 

imagery and geospatial needs for 

military, intelligence, foreign policy, 

and homeland security, and civil users; 

• Focus United States Government 

remote sensing space systems on 

meeting needs that can not be 

effectively, affordably, and reliably 

satisfied by commercial providers 

because of economic factors, civil 

mission needs, national security 

concerns, or foreign policy concerns; 

• Develop a long-term, sustainable 

relationship between the United States 

Government and the U.S. commercial 

remote sensing space industry; 

• Provide a timely and responsive 

regulatory environment for licensing the 

operations and exports of commercial 

remote sensing space systems; and

• Enable U.S. industry to compete 

successfully as a provider of remote 

sensing space capabilities for foreign 

governments and foreign commercial 

users, while ensuring appropriate 

measures are implemented to protect 

national security and foreign policy. 

The specific directives to civil 

agencies included: 

• Determine which needs for imagery 

and geospatial products and services 

can be reliably met by commercial 

remote sensing space capabilities; 

• Communicate current and projected 

needs to the commercial remote sensing 

space industry. 

The policy also directs civil agencies 

to craft a plan for policy 

implementation. The plan, agreed to in 

December 2003, calls for shared 

responsibilities among civil agencies, 

close coordination with the National 

Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the 

formation of two groups; a senior 

steering committee (SSC) for policy 

guidance and an interagency policy 

implementation working group (IWG) 

for operational support. The USGS 

administers these two groups and serves 

as the lead civil agency. The policy also 

identifies goals beyond the scope of the 

implementation plan that are being 

addressed by other interagency groups. 

Proposed Agenda 

The meeting will begin with 

presentations to provide an update on 

the CRSSP civil near-term requirementscollection process and planned 

reporting capabilities, followed by 

discussions of how to provide 

meaningful requirements information 

for industry planning and business 

decisions. Representatives from the 

CRSSP IWG will present the goals, 

accomplishments, plans and potential 

enhancements to the process. 

Meeting Access 

Directions to the USGS National 

Center can be accessed at http://

www.usgs.gov/major_sites.html. After 

arriving at USGS follow signs to Visitors 

Parking and proceed to the Visitors 

Entrance. You will be required to show 

valid picture identification as you enter. 

A guard will point you to the Visitors 

Center.

Robert A. Lidwin, 

Chief of Staff, USGS Geography Discipline.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

Potential for Oil Shale Development

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

SUMMARY: The BLM seeks public input 

on the terms to be included in leases of 

small tracts for oil shale research and 

development within the Piceance Creek 

Basin, northwestern Colorado; the Uinta 

Basin, southeastern Utah: and the Green 

River and Washakie Basins, western 

Wyoming.

DATES: Please send your comments no 

later than December 22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Please hand-deliver written 

comments: To Nick Douglas, Suite 700, 

1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

This is also the FedEx address. Mail 

written comments to BLM (Attention: 

Nick Douglas), Minerals, Realty and 

Resource Protection, Mail Stop: LS 700, 

1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20240. Electronic Mail: You may send 

comments through the Internet to BLM 

at: Nick_Douglas@blm.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick 

Douglas, Senior Policy Advisor, 

Minerals, Realty and Resource