48882 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 153 / Tuesday, August 9, 2011 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[USGS—GX.11.LH00.COM00.00] 

Agency Information Collections 

Activities; Comment Request for 

Uranium Concentrations in Private 

Wells in South-East New Hampshire 

AGENCY: United States Geological 

Survey (USGS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments for 

a new proposed information collection. 

SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological 

Survey) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the new information collection 

(IC) described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this IC. The 

objectives of this information collection 

are to obtain information on water 

quality issues that affect private well 

owners. Please note that we may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

DATES: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments to this IC, we 

must receive them on or before October 

11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit a copy of 

your written comments to the USGS 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 807, 

Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703–648–7197 

(phone); 703–648–6853 (fax); or 

cbartlett@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please 

reference Information Collection 1028– 

NEW, Uranium concentrations in 

private wells in south-east New 

Hampshire, in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, please contact the U.S. 

Geological Survey, Rudy Schuster, 

2150–C Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 

80526 (mail); by telephone (970) 226– 

9165; or schusterr@usgs.gov 

(e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Uranium concentrations in 

groundwater that is used for private 

domestic drinking water are not well 

characterized in south-east New 

Hampshire. These water sources do not 

fall under any jurisdiction for testing 

and therefore private well owners 

generally do not know if uranium is 

present in their water supply. For 

example, concentrations 10 times 

greater than the drinking water standard 

that applies to public wells have been 

found in some private wells. The 

benefits associated with knowing if a 

well has high uranium in the water or 

if specific areas of the region have 

elevated levels is a value to the citizens 

that inhabit those areas. In most 

scenarios, approximately 40 percent of 

the population that utilize private wells 

in the study area have no option but to 

connect to public supply. The objectives 

of this survey are to obtain information 

on water quality issues that affect 

private well owners. The survey will 

gather information concerning: water 

uranium concentrations, use of wells 

that may contain uranium, and any 

systems in place to remove uranium, if 

present. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Title: Uranium concentrations in 

private wells in south-east New 

Hampshire. 

Type of Request: This is a new 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals who are 

using private wells for water supply. In 

conducting this research project; 

potential respondents will include: a 

random sampling of private well owners 

in south-east New Hampshire. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 350. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

350. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 58 hours. 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the agency to perform its duties, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (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. 

Please note 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 

publically available at any time. While 

you can ask OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that will be done. 

Dated July 27, 2011. 

Keith Robinson, 

Director NH–VT Water Science Center, U.S. 

Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20108 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLES956000–L14200000–BJ0000– 

LXSITRST0000] 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice Of Filing Of Plat Of 

Survey; Wisconsin. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM–Eastern States office in 

Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days 

from the date of publication in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management—Eastern 

States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, 

Springfield, Virginia 22153. Attn: 

Cadastral Survey. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

survey was requested by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs. 

The land surveyed is: 

Fourth Principal Meridian, Wisconsin 

T. 40 N., R. 5 E. 

The plat of survey represents the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines of Section 8, and the 

dependent resurvey of Lots 2, 3, and 4 

of Block 49, and Lot 4 of Block 50 of the 

modified Townsite of Lac Du Flambeau, 

in Section 8, in Township 40 North, 

Range 5 East, in the State of Wisconsin, 

and was accepted June 23, 2011. 

We will place a copy of the plat we 

described in the open files. It will be 


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