Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Notices 52501 

listed above. Comments must be 

received by November 12, 2009. 

David Hayes, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–24617 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submitted for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 

ACTION: Notice of a new information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) an 

information collection request (ICR) for 

approval of the paperwork requirements 

for the National Coal Resources Data 

System (NCRDS) competitive grant 

program. This notice provides the 

public an opportunity to comment on 

the paperwork burden of this project. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before November 12, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments on this information 

collection directly to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior via e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or fax at 

202–395–5806; and identify your 

submission with Information Collection 

Number 1028-new, NCRDS. 

Please also submit a copy of your 

written comments to Phadrea Ponds, 

USGS Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, 2150–C Center Avenue, Fort 

Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226– 

9230 (fax); or pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). 

Please reference information collection 

1028-new, NCRDS in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Tewalt by mail at U.S. Geological 

Survey, National Center, 12201 Sunrise 

Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 or by 

telephone at 703–648–6437. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Abstract 

The primary objective of the NCRDS 

is to advance the understanding of the 

energy endowment of the United States 

(U.S.) by gathering and organizing 

digital geologic information related to 

coal, coalbed gas, shale gas and other 

energy resources. The NCRDS of the 

USGS will issue a call for proposals to 

support researchers that can provide 

geologic data to support the National 

Coal Resources Data System and other 

solid-fuel energy assessment projects 

being conducted by the Energy 

Resources Program. Additional data is 

needed to data to support regional or 

national assessments concerning coal 

and coal bed gas occurrences. 

Requesting external cooperation is the 

very best way for NCRDS to collect 

energy data and perform research on the 

characterization of coals and organicrich shale, and obtain other information 

(including geophysical or seismic data, 

sample collection for generation of 

thermal maturity data) that can be used 

in solid-fuel resource assessments. Data 

submitted to NCRDS by external 

cooperators will constitute more than 

two-thirds of the USGS point-source 

stratigraphic database (USTRAT) on 

coal occurrence. In 2010, NCRDS plans 

to support 26 projects in 23 States. The 

program will be conducted under 

various authorities, including 30 U.S.C. 

208–1, 42 U.S.C. 15801, and 43 U.S.C. 

31 et seq. This collection will consist of 

applications, proposals and reports 

(annual and final). 

I. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Title: Energy Cooperatives to Support 

the National Coal Resources Data 

System (NCRDS). 

Respondent Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency of Collection: One time 

every 5 years for applications and final 

reports; annually for progress reports. 

Affected Public: Individuals; State, 

local and tribal governments; State 

Geological Surveys, universities, and 

businesses. 

Annual Burden Hours: 300. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 26. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 35 (9 applications 26 

reports). 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: None. 

III. Request for Comments 

On May 14, 2009, we published a 

Federal Register notice (74 FR 22760) 

announcing that we would submit this 

information collection to OMB for 

approval. The notice provided a 60-day 

comment period ending on July 13, 

2009. We did not receive any comments 

in response to that notice. 

We again invite comments concerning 

this ICR on: (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) ways to minimize the 

burden on the respondents, including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail 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 anytime. 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. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Phadrea Ponds, (970) 

226–9445. 

Dated: October 6, 2009. 

Brenda Pierce, 

Program Coordinator, USGS Energy 

Resources Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–24534 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Maryhill Museum of Art, 

Goldendale, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the Maryhill Museum of 

Art, Goldendale, WA, that meet the 

definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary 

objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations 

in this notice are the sole responsibility 

of the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 1943, Native American cultural 

items were loaned to the Maryhill 

Museum of Art by Harvey T. and Bessie 


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