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Council meets to consider wetland 

acquisition, restoration, enhancement, 

and management projects for 

recommendation to, and final funding 

approval by, the Commission. Proposal 

due dates, application instructions, and 

eligibility requirements are available on 

the NAWCA Web site at http:// 

birdhabitat.fws.gov. Proposals require a 

minimum of 50 percent non-Federal 

matching funds. The Council will 

consider U.S. Standard and Mexican 

grant proposals at the meeting. The 

tentative date for the Commission 

meeting is March 12, 2008. 

Dated: November 13, 2007. 

Pamela Matthes, 

Acting Assistant Director—Migratory Birds. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

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

Interior. 

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 will submit to OMB a new 

information collection request (ICR) for 

approval of the paperwork requirements 

for the National Spatial Data 

Infrastructure, Cooperative Agreements 

Program (NSDI CAP). To submit a 

proposal for the NSDI CAP three 

standard OMB forms and project 

narrative must be completed and 

submitted via on Grants.gov. This notice 

provides the public an opportunity to 

comment on the paperwork burden of 

these forms. The forms are available at 

http://www07.grants.gov/agencies/ 

approved_standard_forms.jsp and the 

NSDI CAP project narrative guidance is 

available at http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/ 

2008CAP/ 

2008CAPSolicitation_ver6.doc. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

January 22, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this information collection to the 

Department of the Interior, USGS, via: 

• Email atravnic@usgs.gov. Use 

Information Collection Number 1028–

NEW, NSDI CAP in the subject line. 

• FAX: (703) 648–7069. Use 

Information Collection Number 1028–

NEW, NSDI CAP in the subject line. 

• Mail or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; USGS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological 

Survey, 807 National Center, Reston, VA 

20192. Please reference Information 

Collection 1028–NEW, NSDI CAP in 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brigitta Urban-Mathieux. 703–648–

5175. Copies of the forms can be 

obtained at no cost at http:// 

www.reginfo.gov, or by contacting the 

USGS clearance officer at the phone 

number list below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Spatial Data 

Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements 

Program (NSDI CAP). 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW 

NSDI CAP. 

Form Number: Standard Form 424 

Application for Federal Assistance, 

Standard Form 424A Budget 

Information Non-Construction 

Programs, and Standard Form 424B 

Assurances Non-Construction Programs, 

and Project narrative guidance posted 

on Grants.gov. 

Abstract: Respondents are submitting 

proposals to acquire funding for projects 

to help build the infrastructure 

necessary for the geospatial data 

community to effectively discover, 

access, share, manage, and use digital 

geographic data. The NSDI consists of 

the technologies, policies, organizations, 

and people necessary to promote costeffective production, and the ready 

availability and greater utilization of 

geospatial data among a variety of 

sectors, disciplines, and communities. 

Specific NSDI areas of emphasis 

include: metadata documentation, 

clearinghouse establishment, framework 

development, standards 

implementation, and geographic 

information system (GIS) organizational 

coordination. 

We will protect information from 

respondents considered proprietary 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing 

regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under 

regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data 

and information to be made available to 

the public or for limited inspection.’’

Responses are voluntary. No questions 

of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We 

intend to release the project abstracts 

and primary investigators for awarded/ 

funded projects only. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: Approximately 80 

proposals are submitted by individuals 

involved in the area of geospatial 

science. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 80. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1280. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We 

estimate the public reporting burden 

averages 8 to 16 hours per response. 

This includes the time for reviewing 

instructions, developing the proposal, 

and completing and reviewing the 

information. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: 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. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: Before submitting an ICR 

to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires each 

agency ‘‘* * * to provide notice * * * 

and otherwise consult with members of 

the public and affected agencies 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information * * *’’ Agencies must 

specifically solicit comments to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the agency to perform its duties, 

including whether the information is 

useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) minimize the burden 

on the respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, we publish this 

Federal Register notice announcing that 

we will submit this ICR to OMB for 

approval. The notice provided the 

required 60-day public comment period. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Alfred Travnicek, 

703–648–7231. 

Dated: November 14, 2007. 

Ivan DeLoatch, 

Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data 

Committee, Geospatial Information 

Coodination Office. 

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