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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 as 1028–0065. Please also 

submit a copy of your written comments 

to Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, 2150–C 

Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526– 

8118 (mail); 970–226–9230 (fax); or 

pondsp@usgs.gov (e-mail). Use OMB 

Control Number 1028–0065 in the 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott F. Sibley at 703–648–4976 or by 

mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 989 

National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive, Reston, VA 20192. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This collection is needed to provide 

data on mineral production for annual 

reports published by commodity for use 

by Government agencies, Congressional 

offices, educational institutions, 

research organizations, financial 

institutions, consulting firms, industry, 

academia, and the general public. This 

information will be published in the 

‘‘Mineral Commodity Summaries,’’ the 

first preliminary publication to furnish 

estimates covering the previous year’s 

nonfuel mineral industry. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0065. 

Title: Production Estimate, Quarterly 

Construction Sand and Gravel and 

Crushed and Broken Stone. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Quarterly 

and Annually. 

Affected Public: Businesses and State/ 

local governments that produce 

industrial nonfuel minerals. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,014. 

Annual Burden Hours: 470 hours. We 

expect to receive 2,014 annual 

responses. We estimate an average of 

10–15 minutes per response. This 

includes the time for reviewing 

instructions, gathering and maintaining 

data, 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. 

III. Request for Comments 

On October 9, 2009, we published a 

Federal Register notice (74 FR 52254) 

announcing that we would submit this 

ICR to OMB for approval and solicit 

comments. The comment period closed 

on December 9, 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: May 11, 2010. 

John H. DeYoung, Jr., 

Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team, 

U.S. Geological Survey. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: State Water Resources 

Research Institute Program Annual 

Application and Reporting 

AGENCY: United States Geological 

Survey (USGS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a new 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). 

This notice provides the public an 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of this collection. 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 16, 2010. 

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 as 1028–NEW. Please also 

submit a copy of your written comments 

to Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, 2150–C 

Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526– 

8118 (mail); 970–226–9230 (fax); or 

pondsp@usgs.gov (e-mail). Use OMB 

Control Number 1028–NEW in the 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

E. Schefter, Chief, Office of External 

Research, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 424, Reston, 

Virginia 20192 (mail) at (703) 648–6800 

(Phone); or schefter@usgs.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Water Resources Research Act of 

1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10301 et 

seq.), authorizes a water resources 

research institute or center in each of 

the 50 states, the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, 

Guam, the Federated States of 

Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, and 

American Samoa. There are currently 54 

such institutes, one in each state, the 

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the 

U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. The 

institute in Guam is a regional institute 

serving Guam, the Federated States of 

Micronesia, and the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands. Each of 

the 54 institutes submits an annual 

application for an allotment grant and 

provides an annual report on its 

activities under the grant. The State 

Water Resources Research Institute 

Program issues an annual call for 

applications from the institutes to 

support plans to promote research, 

training, information dissemination, and 

other activities meeting the needs of the 

States and Nation. The program also 

encourages regional cooperation among 

institutes in research into areas of water 

management, development, and 

conservation that have a regional or 

national character. The U.S. Geological 

Survey has been designated as the 

administrator of the provisions of the 

Act. 


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II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. This is 

a new collection. 

Title: State Water Resources Research 

Institute Program Annual Application 

and Reporting. 

Type of Request: New. 

Affected Public: The state water 

resources research institutes authorized 

by the Water Resources Research Act of 

1983, as amended, and listed at http:// 

water.usgs.gov/wrri/institutes.html. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain benefits. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: We expect to receive 54 

applications and award 54 grants per 

year. 

Estimated Annual Total Responses: 

54. 

Estimated Time per Response: 160 

hours. This includes 80 hours per 

applicant to prepare and submit the 

annual application; and 80 hours (total) 

per grantee to complete the annual 

reports. 

Annual Burden Hours: 8,640. 

III. Request for Comments 

On December 29, 2009, we published 

a Federal Register notice (74 FR 68860) 

announcing that we would submit this 

ICR to OMB for approval and soliciting 

comments. The comment period closed 

on March 1, 2010. 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. 

Dated: May 10, 2010. 

John E. Schefter, 

Water Resources Research Act Program 

Coordinator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2010–N052; 40136–1265–0000– 

S3] 

J.N. ‘‘Ding’’ Darling National Wildlife 

Refuge, Lee County, FL 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan and environmental 

assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for J.N. 

‘‘Ding’’ Darling National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) for public review and comment. 

In the Draft CCP/EA, we describe the 

alternative we propose to use to manage 

this refuge for the 15 years following 

approval of the final CCP. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

June 16, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the Draft CCP/EA by contacting Ms. 

Cheri M. Ehrhardt, via U.S. mail at J.N. 

‘‘Ding’’ Darling NWR, 1 Wildlife Drive, 

Sanibel, FL 33957, or via e-mail at 

DingDarlingCCP@fws.gov. Alternatively 

you may download the document from 

our Internet Site at http:// 

southeast.fws.gov/planning under ‘‘Draft 

Documents.’’ Submit comments on the 

Draft CCP/EA to the above postal 

address or e-mail address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cheri M. Ehrhardt, Natural Resource 

Planner, telephone: 321/861–2368; or 

Mr. Paul Tritaik, Refuge Manager, 

telephone: 239/472–1100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for J.N. ‘‘Ding’’ Darling NWR. We 

started the process through a notice in 

the Federal Register on June 27, 2007 

(72 FR 35254), and extended the 

comment period in a notice in the 

Federal Register on April 2, 2008 (73 FR 

17991). For more about the refuge, its 

purposes, and our CCP process, please 

see those notices. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), as amended by the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997, requires us to 

develop a CCP for each national wildlife 

refuge. The purpose for developing a 

CCP is to provide refuge managers with 

a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge 

purposes and contributing toward the 

mission of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System, consistent with sound 

principles of fish and wildlife 

management, conservation, legal 

mandates, and our policies. In addition 

to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, 

wildlife photography, and 

environmental education and 

interpretation. We will review and 

update the CCP at least every 15 years 

in accordance with the Administration 

Act. 

The 6,406.79-acre refuge supports 

hundreds of species of wildlife and 

plants, providing protection for 13 

Federal-listed species and 49 Statelisted species, as well as for migratory 

birds and native wildlife. It also 

supports habitat diversity through 

tropical hardwood forests, beaches, 

mangrove swamps, mixed wetland 

shrubs, salt marshes, open waters and 

seagrass beds, and lakes and canals. 

Comprising roughly half of Sanibel 

Island and most of Buck Key, the J.N. 

‘‘Ding’’ Darling NWR provides key 

habitats supporting a variety of species 

in a highly developed landscape. The 

city of Sanibel, Lee County, SanibelCaptiva Conservation Foundation, and 

the Service work together to continue 

conservation work on Sanibel Island, 

which is one of the top birding hot spots 

in the nation, with beautiful beaches, 

shelling, fishing, and wildlife. This 

partnership has resulted in land use 

planning to guide growth and 

development, ensuring that future 

generations will be able to enjoy the 

special ambience and quiet harmony 

that Sanibel Island offers. 

The priority management issues 

facing this refuge are addressed in the 

Draft CCP/EA, including: (1) Increasing 

and changing human population, 

development of the landscape, 

recreational uses and demands, and 

associated impacts; (2) issues and 

impacts associated with water quality, 

water quantity, and timing of flows; (3) 

invasion and spread of exotic, invasive, 


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