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Permit TE–192229 

Applicant: Krista McDermid, Buda, 

Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

the following species: Peck’s Cave 

amphipod (Stygobromus peckii), Comal 

Spring dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus 

comalensis), Coffin Cave mold beetle 

(Batrisodes texanus), Helotes mold 

beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Comal 

Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis 

comalensis), ground beetle (Rhadine 

exilis), ground beetle (Rhadine 

infernalis), Tooth Cave ground beetle 

(Rhadine persephone), Robber Baron 

Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia), 

Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina 

venii), Braken Bat Cave mesheweaver 

(Cicurina venii), Government Canyon 

Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina 

vespera), Government Canyon Bat Cave 

spider (Neoleptoneta microps), Tooth 

Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica), 

Tooth Cave psuedoscorpion 

(Tartarocreagris texana), Bee Creek 

Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli), 

Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesii), 

and Robber Baron Cave harvestman 

(Texella cokendolpheri) within Texas. 

Permit TE–192855 

Applicant: Amnis Opes Institute, LLC. 

Albany, Oregon. 

Applicant requests a new research 

and recovery permit to conduct 

presence/absence surveys of the 

following species: Gila chub (Gila 

intermedia), Rio Grande silvery minnow 

(Hybognathus amarus), Pecos gambusia 

(Gambusia nobilis), Colorado 

pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), 

razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), 

Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis 

occidentalis), and Yaqui topminnow 

(Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoreiensis) 

within New Mexico and Arizona. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: August 27, 2008. 

Nancy J Gloman, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–21923 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–FHC–2008–N0251; 94300–1122– 

0000–Z2] 

Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory 

Committee; Announcement of Public 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), will host 

Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory 

Committee (Committee) meetings on 

October 21–23, 2008, and January 27– 

29, 2009. The meetings are open to the 

public. The meeting agendas will 

include reports from the Subcommittees 

on Existing Guidelines, Incentives, 

Guiding Principles, Legal, Landscape/ 

Habitat, Science Tools & Procedures, 

and Other Models/Uncertainty. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

October 21–23, 2008, from 2:15 to 5 

p.m. on October 21 and 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. on October 22–23, and January 27– 

29, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: South Interior Auditorium, 

South Interior Building, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20240. For more information, see 

‘‘Meeting Location Information’’ under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel London, Division of Habitat and 

Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Department of the 

Interior, (703) 358–2161. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 13, 2007, the Department of 

the Interior published a notice of 

establishment of the Committee and call 

for nominations in the Federal Register 

(72 FR 11373). The Committee’s 

purpose is to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Interior (Secretary) on developing 

effective measures to avoid or minimize 

impacts to wildlife and their habitats 

related to land-based wind energy 

facilities. The Committee is expected to 

exist for 2 years and meet approximately 

four times per year, and its continuation 

is subject to biennial renewal. All 

Committee members serve without 

compensation. In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App.), a copy of the Committee’s 

charter has been filed with the 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration; 

Committee on Environment and Public 

Works, U.S. Senate; Committee on 

Natural Resources, U.S. House of 

Representatives; and the Library of 

Congress. The Secretary appointed 22 

individuals to the Committee on 

October 24, 2007, representing the 

varied interests associated with wind 

energy development and its potential 

impacts to wildlife species and their 

habitats. The Service has held 

Committee meetings in February, April, 

June, and July of 2008. All Committee 

meetings are open to the public. The 

public has an opportunity to comment 

at all Committee meetings. 

Meeting Location Information 

Please note that the meeting location 

is accessible to wheelchair users. If you 

require additional accommodations, 

please notify us at least two weeks in 

advance of the meeting(s) you plan to 

attend. 

All persons planning to attend a 

meeting will be required to present 

photo identification when entering the 

building. Because of building security in 

the Department of the Interior, we 

recommend that persons planning to 

attend the workshop and/or meeting 

register at http://www.fws.gov/

habitatconservation/windpower/wind_

turbine_advisory_committee.html by 

October 14, 2008, for the October 21–23, 

2008, meeting, and by January 20, 2009, 

for the January 27–29, 2009, meeting, to 

allow us sufficient time to provide the 

building security staff with lists of 

persons planning to attend. You may 

still attend if you register after the dates 

listed above; however, seating is limited 

due to room capacity. We will give 

preference to registrants based on date 

and time of registration. Limited 

standing room will be available if all 

seats are filled. 

Dated: September 3, 2008. 

David J. Stout, 

Designated Federal Officer, Wind Turbine 

Guidelines Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. E8–22000 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submitted for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

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

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a new information 

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SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is inviting comments on 

collection of information that we have 

sent to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 

The Information Collection Request 

(ICR) concerns the paperwork 

requirements for the National Land 

Remote Sensing Education, Outreach 

and Research Program (NLRSEORP) and 

describes the nature of the collection 

and the estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

October 20, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit 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 Interior via 

e-mail [OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov]; 

or fax (202) 395–6566; 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, NLRSEORP in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE

CONTACT: To request additional 

information concerning this ICR, contact 

Thomas Cecere by mail at U.S. 

Geological Survey, MS 517 National 

Center, Reston, VA 20192 or by 

telephone at (703) 648–5551. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Land Remote Sensing 

Education, Outreach and Research 

Program (NLRSEORP). 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Abstract: The Land Remote Sensing 

Education, Outreach and Research 

Program (NLRSEORP) is an effort that 

involves the development of a U.S. 

national consortium in building the 

capability to receive, process and 

archive remotely sensed data for the 

purpose of providing access to 

university and State organizations in a 

ready to use form, and to expand the 

science of remote sensing through 

education, research/applications 

development and outreach in areas such 

as environmental monitoring, climate 

change research, natural resource 

management and disaster analysis. 

Respondents are submitting proposals to 

acquire funding for a National (U.S.) 

program to promote the uses of spacebased land remote sensing data and 

technologies through education and 

outreach at the State and local level and 

through university based and 

collaborative research projects. The 

information collected will ensure that 

sufficient and relevant information is 

available to evaluate and select a 

proposal for funding. A panel of USGS 

geography program managers and 

scientists will review each proposal to 

evaluate the technical merit, 

requirements, and priorities identified 

in the program’s call for proposals. 

This notice concerns the collection of 

information that is sufficient and 

relevant to evaluate and select proposals 

for funding. 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 of Collection: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Non-profit 

organizations. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary 

(necessary to receive benefits). 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: We expect to receive 

approximately 10 proposals during the 

grant application process. We anticipate 

issuing 1 grant per year. The program is 

open to non-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

Approximately 10 applications and 2 

reports per year. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Based on comments received 

during the FR Notice 60 day comment 

period, we estimate that the burden will 

be 24 hours per applicant and 10 hours 

per grantee. We expect to receive 

approximately 10 applications per year, 

taking each applicant approximately 24 

hours to complete, totaling 240 burden 

hours. We anticipate awarding one (1) 

grant per year. The grantee will be 

required to submit 2 reports: an interim 

6 months after the start of the project 

and a final report on or before 90 

working days after the expiration of the 

agreement. We estimate that it will take 

approximately 10 hours to complete and 

submit both reports. 

Annual Burden Hours: 250. 

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: To comply with the 

public consultation process, on April 

29, 2008, we published a Federal 

Register notice (73 FR 23268) 

announcing our intent to submit this 

information collection to OMB for 

approval. In that notice we solicited 

public comments for 60 days, ending on 

June 30, 2008. We did not receive any 

public comments in response to the 

notice. We again invite comments 

concerning this information collection 

on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted 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 any time. 

While you can ask OMB in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

view, we cannot guarantee that it will be 

done. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds, 

970–226–9445. 

Dated: September 11, 2008. 

Bruce Quirk, 

Program Coordinator, Land Remote Sensing 

Program, U.S. Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. E8–21920 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey: Privacy Act of 

1974, as Amended; Establishment of a 

New System of Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey. 

ACTION: Proposed establishment of a 

new system of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 


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