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narrative and report requirements 

discussed below. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before May 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on 

this information collection directly to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior, via e-mail 

[OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov] or fax 

202–395–5806; and identify your 

submission as 1028–NEW. Please also 

submit a copy of your 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, NGGDPP in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frances W. Pierce at (703) 648–6636 or 

by mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 912 

National Center, Sunrise Valley Drive, 

Reston, VA 20192. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This notice concerns the collection of 

information that is sufficient and 

relevant to evaluate and select proposals 

for funding under the NGGDPP. We will 

accept proposals from State geological 

surveys requesting funds to inventory 

and assess the condition of current 

collections and data preservation needs. 

Financial assistance will be awarded 

annually on a competitive basis 

following the evaluation and ranking of 

State proposals by a review panel 

composed of representatives from the 

Department of the Interior, State 

geological surveys, academic 

institutions, and the private sector. To 

submit a proposal, you must complete a 

project narrative and submit the 

application via Grants.gov. Grant 

recipients must complete a final 

technical report at the end of the project 

period. Narrative and report guidance is 

available through http:// 

datapreservation.usgs.gov/ and at 

http://www.Grants.gov. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. This is 

a new collection. 

Title: National Geological and 

Geophysical Data Preservation Program 

(NGGDPP). 

Respondent Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: 62 State Geological 

Surveys. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 62 (34 applications and 28 

reports). 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 1,232 

hours. We expect to receive 

approximately 34 applications. It takes 

each applicant approximately 35 hours 

to complete the narrative and to present 

supporting documents. This includes 

the time for project conception and 

development, proposal writing and 

reviewing, and submitting the proposal 

application through Grants.gov (totaling 

1,190 burden hours). We anticipate 

awarding 28 grants per year. The award 

recipients must submit a final report. 

We estimate that it will take 

approximately 1.5 hours to complete the 

requirement for the reports (totaling 42 

hours). 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this collection 

of information. 

III. Request for Comments 

On September 15, 2008, we published 

a Federal Register notice (73 FR 53265) 

announcing that we would submit this 

information collection to OMB for 

approval. The notice provided a 60-day 

public comment period ending on 

November 14, 2008. 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. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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. 

Dated: April 2, 2009. 

Frances Pierce, 

Acting Program Coordinator, National 

Geological and Geophysical Data 

Preservation. 

[FR Doc. E9–7928 Filed 4–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity; Evaluation of USGS 

Southwest Biological Science Center 

Biennial Conferences 

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) 

will ask the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve the 

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. 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: You must submit comments on 

or before June 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

comments on the IC to Phadrea Ponds, 

USGS Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, 2150–C Center Avenue, Fort 

Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226– 

9230 (fax); or phadrea_ponds@usgs.gov 

(e-mail). Please reference Information 

Collection 1028–NEW, Conference 

Evaluation in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE

CONTACT: To request additional 

information about this IC, contact Dr. 

Marty Lee by e-mail at 

martha.lee@nau.edu or by telephone at 

(928) 523–6644. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Natural area conferences aim to 

promote discussion and productive 

communication between researchers 

and land resource managers. This 

research is designed to measure the 

effectiveness of these conferences using 

importance/performance analysis to 

identify a set of standards that define an 

effective conference. An on-line survey 

will be sent to approximately 550 

attendees of two USGS-sponsored 

conferences. Results will provide 

quantitative knowledge that will 


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ultimately enhance the experience for 

future conference attendees and inform 

the supporting institutions and/or 

agencies of their success. These data 

will also serve as a measurement tool 

and point of reference from which to 

evaluate future conferences. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. This is 

a new collection. 

Title: Evaluation of USGS Southwest 

Biological Science Center Biennial 

Conferences. 

Type of Request: New. 

Affected Public: Individuals, State 

agencies and tribal governments. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Biannually. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: 550 conference attendees. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1100. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 275 hours. 

III. Request for Comments 

We 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. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 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 D. Ponds 

970–226–9445. 

Dated: April 1, 2009. 

Charles van Riper, 

Leader, USGS Southwest Biological Science 

Center, Sonoran Desert Research Station. 

[FR Doc. E9–7930 Filed 4–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

National Geospatial Advisory 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Geospatial 

Advisory Committee (NGAC) will meet 

on May 12–13, 2009 at the George 

Washington University Cafritz 

Conference Center, 800 21st Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20052. The meeting 

will be held in room 405. 

The NGAC, which is composed of 

representatives from governmental, 

private sector, non-profit, and academic 

organizations, was established to advise 

the Chair of the Federal Geographic Data 

Committee on management of Federal 

geospatial programs, the development of 

the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, 

and the implementation of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular A–16. Topics to be addressed at 

the meeting include: 

—Current FGDC Activities. 

—National Geospatial Policy and 

Strategy. 

—NGAC Subcommittee Activities, 

including The National Map, 

Partnerships, Parcel Data, 

Communications, Economic 

Recovery, and Governance. 

—NGAC Action Plan. 

The meeting will include an 

opportunity for public comment during 

the morning of May 13. Comments may 

also be submitted to the NGAC in 

writing. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting must register in 

advance. Please register by contacting 

Arista Maher at the U.S. Geological 

Survey (703–648–6283, 

amaher@usgs.gov). Registrations are due 

by May 8, 2009. While the meeting will 

be open to the public, seating may be 

limited due to room capacity. 

DATES: The meeting will be held from 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 12 and from 

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 13. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Mahoney, U.S. Geological Survey (206– 

220–4621). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings 

of the National Geospatial Advisory 

Committee are open to the public. 

Additional information about the NGAC 

and the meeting is available at http:// 

www.fgdc.gov/ngac. 

Dated: April 1, 2009. 

Ken Shaffer, 

Deputy Staff Director, Federal Geographic 

Data Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–7927 Filed 4–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Designation of Potential 

Wilderness as Wilderness, Great Sand 

Dunes National Park and Preserve, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

SUMMARY: The Great Sand Dunes 

Wilderness within Great Sand Dunes 

National Monument was designated by 

Public Law 94–567, dated Oct 20th, 

1976. According to the act the 

wilderness was to comprise 33,450 acres 

with a potential wilderness addition of 

670 acres. Public Law 95–625, dated 

Nov 10th, 1978 added 1,109 acres to 

Great Sand Dunes National Monument 

and Public Law 96–87, dated Oct 12th, 

1979, amended this addition to 1,900 

acres and further added that ‘‘The 

Secretary shall designate the lands 

described by this paragraph for 

management in accordance with the 

adjacent lands within the monument 

* * *.’’ This amendment, therefore, has 

the effect of authorizing inclusion of the 

1,900 acres in the wilderness area. At 

the time the Acts were approved the 

added lands had non-conforming uses 

prohibited by the Wilderness Act of 

1964 and so were designated as 

potential wilderness until such time as 

the non-conforming uses were 

eliminated. 

The National Park Service depicted 

the wilderness and potential wilderness 

additions on maps entitled ‘‘Great Sand 

Dunes Wilderness, Great Sand Dunes 

National Monument, Colorado’’, 

numbered 140–20,006–D and dated 

January, 1980. In May, 1980, the NPS 

published the legal description of the 

wilderness and potential wilderness 

additions. The maps and legal 

description are on file at the 

headquarters of Great Sand Dunes 

National Park and Preserve, 11500 

Highway 150, Mosca, CO 81144. 

At the time of the establishment of the 

wilderness area two of the potential 

wilderness units had been purchased by 

the government but had non-conforming 

uses which precluded them from being 

included in the original wilderness 


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