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submission with #1028–0095. Please 

also submit a copy of your comments to 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 

National Center, Reston, VA 20192 

(mail); or smbaloch@usgs.gov (email). 

Please reference Information Collection 

1028–0095. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Earl 

Greene, Acting Chief Office of External 

Research, U.S. Geological Survey, 5522 

Research Park Drive, MS 436, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21228 (mail) at (443) 498– 

5505 (Phone); or eagreene@usgs.gov 

(email). You may find additional 

information about this information 

collection at www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Institutes for Water 

Resources (NIWR) USGS Competitive 

Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0095. 

Abstract: The NIWR–USGS National 

Competitive Grant Program issues an 

annual call for proposals to support 

research on water problems and issues 

of a regional or interstate nature beyond 

those of concern only to a single state 

and which relate to specific program 

priorities identified jointly by the USGS 

and the state water resources research 

institutes authorized by the Water 

Resources Research Act of 1984, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.). The 

program is conducted in conjunction 

with the State Water Resources Research 

Institutes. The NIWR cooperates with 

the USGS in establishing total 

programmatic direction, reporting on 

the activities of the Institutes, 

coordinating and facilitating regional 

research and information and 

technology transfer, and in operating the 

NIWR–USGS Student Internship 

Program. Any investigator at an 

accredited institution of higher learning 

in the United States is eligible to apply 

for a grant through a water research 

institute or center established under the 

provisions of the Act. Proposals 

involving substantial collaboration 

between the USGS and university 

scientists are encouraged. Proposals 

may be for projects of 1 to 3 years in 

duration and may request up to 

$250,000 in federal funds. Successful 

applicants must match each dollar of 

the federal grant with one dollar from 

nonfederal sources. An annual progress 

and final technical report for all projects 

is required at the end of the project 

period. This program is authorized by 

the Water Resources Research Act of 

1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)). 

No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature 

are asked. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Affected Public: Research 

investigators at accredited institutions 

of higher education. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary 

(necessary to receive benefits). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

We expect to receive approximately 65 

applications and award 7 grants per 

year. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We 

estimate the annual reporting burden to 

be 3,984 hours. This includes 60 hours 

per applicant to prepare and submit the 

application; and 12 hours (total) per 

grantee to complete the interim and 

final technical reports. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: We 

have not identified any ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this collection 

of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

you are not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Comments: To comply with the 

public consultation process, on August 

28, 2012, we published a Federal 

Register notice (77 FR 52052) 

announcing that we would submit this 

ICR to OMB for approval. The notice 

provided the required 60-day public 

comment period, which ended October 

29, 2012. In response to our Federal 

Register Notice, we received one 

comment, which consisted of a general 

invective about the U.S. Government 

and did not pertain to this information 

collection. We are again soliciting 

comments as to: (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) how to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) how 

to minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Please note that the 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 OMB in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that it will 

be done. 

Dated: December 27, 2012. 

Earl Greene, 

Acting Chief, Office of External Research, U.S. 

Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00375 Filed 1–10–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[GX13EN05ESB0500] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

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

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of an extension of 

currently approved information 

Collection, 1028–0096, Department of 

the Interior Climate Science Centers 

(DOI CSCs). 

SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological 

Survey) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

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. This 

collection is scheduled to expire on 

April 30, 2013. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

March 12, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this information collection to the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, 

VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7199 (fax); 

or smbaloch@usgs.gov (email). Please 

Reference Information 1028–0096 in the 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadine Hartke by mail at U. S. 

Geological Survey, MS 400 National 

Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

Reston, VA 20192, or by telephone at 

703–648–4607. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Abstract: 

The name of this information collection 

has been updated from ‘‘Department of 

the Interior Regional Climate Science 

Centers’’ to ‘‘Department of the Interior 

Climate Science Centers (DOI CSCs).’’ 

The primary objective of the National 

Climate Change and Wildlife Science 

Center (NCCWSC) is to complete 

science projects on the effects of climate 

and global change on fish, wildlife and 

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their habitats. Additionally, the 

NCCWSC has the responsibility to 

manage DOI Climate Science Centers 

that are co-located at cooperating 

organizations at non-USGS facilities. 

The DOI CSCs include USGS staff that 

report to a national USGS office. The 

NCCWSC works in close partnership 

with the climate change science and 

natural and cultural resource 

management communities to 

understand high priority science needs 

and to develop science information 

tools that can help resource managers 

develop strategies for responding to 

climate change. This program provides 

funding for researchers through 

cooperative agreements that involve 

climate change science as a major 

component. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0096. 

Title: Department of the Interior 

Climate Science Centers. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Upon release 

of Program Announcements. 

Estimated Annual Number of and 

Description of Respondents: An 

estimated 40 institutions of higher 

education and other non-profit 

organizations may respond. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 40. 

Estimated Completion Time: 20 hours 

per response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 800 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We 

estimate the public reporting will 

average 20 hours per response. This 

includes time to develop a technical 

proposal, budget sheets, perform 

internal proposal reviews, secure 

support letters, and submit the proposal 

through Grants.gov. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost:’’ There 

are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection of 

information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

you are not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Comments: We are soliciting 

comments as to: (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) how to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) how 

to minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Please note that the 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 we will be able to do 

so. 

Dated: January 4, 2013. 

T. Douglas Beard, Jr., 

Chief NCCWSC, U.S. Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00374 Filed 1–10–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Proposed Shu’luuk Wind 

Project on the Campo Indian 

Reservation in San Diego County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 

as lead Federal agency, with the Campo 

Band of Mission Indians (Tribe) as a 

cooperating agency, intends to file a 

DEIS with the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) for the 

Proposed Shu’luuk Wind Project in San 

Diego County, California. This notice 

also advises the public that the DEIS is 

now available for public review and 

provides the date, time, and location of 

public meetings. 

DATES: Written comments on the DEIS 

must arrive 45 days after EPA publishes 

its Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register. Two public hearings will be 

held, one on January 29, 2013, and the 

other on January 30, 2013 from 6 p.m. 

to 9 p.m., and the BIA will accept 

written comments at the hearings and 

throughout the comment period. Oral 

comments will also be taken at each 

public hearing by a court reporter. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail or handdeliver written comments to Robert 

Eben, Superintendent, Southern 

California Agency, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, 1451 Research Park Drive, 

Riverside, CA 92507. The January 29, 

2013 public hearing will be held at the 

Alpine Community Center, 1830 Alpine 

Boulevard, Alpine, California. The 

January 30, 2013 public hearing will be 

held at the Campo Indian Reservation 

Tribal Hall, 31690 Church Road, Campo, 

California. See the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice for 

instructions on submitting comments 

and locations where the DEIS is 

available for review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lenore Lamb, Southern California 

Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1451 

Research Park Drive, Riverside, CA 

92507, telephone (951) 276–6625 (ext. 

254). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

review of the DEIS is part of the 

administrative process for the BIA 

evaluation of the lease between the 

Tribe and the developer to enable 

construction and operation of the 

proposed Shu’luuk Wind Project. 

Subsequent to the approval of the lease, 

a wind energy project would be 

developed on the Campo Indian 

Reservation in southeastern San Diego 

County, approximately 60 miles east of 

San Diego. A Notice of Intent to prepare 

the DEIS was published in the Federal 

Register on May 20, 2011. The BIA held 

public scoping meetings for the project 

environmental review on June 21, 2012, 

and June 22, 2012, at the Mountain 

Empire High School, 3305 Buckman 

Springs Road, Pine Valley, California, 

and the Campo Indian Reservation 

Tribal Hall, 31690 Church Road, Campo, 

California, respectively. Pursuant to 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) regulations (40 CFR 

1506.10), the publication of this Notice 

of Availability in the Federal Register 

initiates a 45-day public comment 

period. 

Background: The proposed action 

consists of BIA approval of a lease 

between the Tribe and Invenergy Wind 

California, LLC to construct and operate 

a renewable energy facility for up to 35 

years on the Campo Indian Reservation. 

The purpose of the project is to improve 

the economic conditions of the Campo 

Band and to provide environmental 

benefits for the San Diego region 

through the construction and operation 

of a renewable energy facility. 

The project site is located on the 

Campo Indian Reservation in 

southeastern San Diego County, 

California. The lease area would be up 

to 900 acres, based on final project 

design, which is dependent upon which 

alternative is ultimately selected. The 

actual disturbance area would be less 

than the lease area. The project would 

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