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collection to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior at OMB– 

OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or 

OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). 

Please provide 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– 

0090 in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William C. Burton at (703) 648–6904 or 

by mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 926A 

National Center, Sunrise Valley Drive, 

Reston, VA 20192. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

During FY10, the Volcano Hazards 

Program (VHP) will provide funding 

under the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for 

improvement of the volcano and other 

monitoring systems and other 

monitoring-related activities that 

contribute to mitigation of volcano 

hazards. This notice concerns the 

collection of information that is 

sufficient and relevant to evaluate and 

select proposals for funding under the 

VHP. We will accept proposals from 

State geological surveys and academic 

institutions requesting funds to assist in 

the monitoring of active volcanoes and 

to conduct volcano-related research. 

Financial assistance will be awarded on 

a competitive basis following the 

evaluation and ranking of State and 

academic proposals. VHP proposals will 

be reviewed by a peer panel of six (6) 

members. Five members will be 

Department of the Interior 

representatives and one member will be 

an external representative. To submit a 

proposal, you must follow the written 

guideline (that will be made available at 

http://www.Grants.gov) and complete a 

project narrative. The application must 

be submitted 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:// 

volcanoes.usgs.gov/ and at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0090. 

Title: Volcano Hazards Program 

(VHP). 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondent Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Description of Respondents: State 

Geological Surveys and academic 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 20 applications and 12 final 

reports. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 796 

hours. We expect to receive 

approximately 20 applications. It will 

take each applicant approximately 35 

hours to complete the narrative and 

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 

700 burden hours). We anticipate 

awarding 12 grants per year. The award 

recipients must submit a final report at 

the end of the project. We estimate that 

it will take approximately 8 hours to 

complete the requirement for that report 

(totaling 96 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 November 16, 2009, we published 

a Federal Register notice (74 FR 58973) 

announcing that we would submit this 

information to OMB for approval. We 

solicited comments for a period of 60 

days, ending on January 15, 2010. We 

did not receive any comments 

concerning that Federal Register 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 on 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 

publically available at any time. 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: January 26, 2010. 

Suzette Kimball, 

Associate Director for Geology, U.S. 

Geological Survey. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-WSR-2010-N029] [91400-5420- 

Survey-7B and 91400-9782-Survey-7B] 

Proposed Information Collection; OMB 

Control Number 1018-0088; National 

Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and 

Wildlife-Associated Recreation 

(FHWAR) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service) 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: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments on this IC, we 

must receive them by April 9, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone 

at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The information collected for the 

National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, 

and Wildlife-Associated Recreation 

(FHWAR) assists Federal and State 

agencies in administering the Sport Fish 

and Wildlife Restoration grant 

programs. The 2011 FHWAR will 

provide up-to-date information on the 

uses and demands for wildlife-related 

recreation resources, trends in uses of 

those resources, and a basis for 

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developing and evaluating programs 

and projects to meet existing and future 

needs. 

We collect the information in 

conjunction with carrying out our 

responsibilities under the Federal Aid 

in Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

777-777M), commonly referred to as the 

Dingell-Johnson Act, and the Federal 

Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (16 

U.S.C. 669-669i), commonly referred to 

as the Pitman-Robertson Act. Under 

these acts, as amended, we provide 

approximately $800 million in grants 

annually to States for projects that 

support sport fish and wildlife 

management and restoration, including: 

• Improvement of fish and wildlife 

habitats, 

• Fishing and boating access, 

• Fish stocking, and 

• Hunting and fishing opportunities. 

We also provide grants for aquatic 

education and hunter education, 

maintenance of completed projects, and 

research into problems affecting fish 

and wildlife resources. These projects 

help to ensure that the American people 

have adequate opportunities for fish and 

wildlife recreation. 

We conduct the survey about every 5 

years. The 2011 FHWAR will be the 

12th conducted since 1955. We sponsor 

the survey at the States’ request, which 

is made through the Association of Fish 

and Wildlife Agencies. The Census 

Bureau collects the information using 

computer-assisted telephone or inperson interviews. The Census Bureau 

will select a sample of sportspersons 

and wildlife watchers from a household 

screen and conduct three detailed 

interviews during the survey year. The 

survey collects information on the 

number of days of participation, species 

of animals sought, and expenditures for 

trips and equipment. Information on the 

characteristics of participants includes 

age, income, sex, education, race, and 

residency. 

Federal and State agencies use 

information from the survey to make 

policy decisions related to fish and 

wildlife restoration and management. 

Participation patterns and trend 

information help identify present and 

future needs and demands. Land 

managing agencies use the data on 

expenditures, economic evaluation, and 

participation to assess the value of 

wildlife-related recreational uses of 

natural resources. States use 

expenditure information to estimate the 

economic impact of wildlife-related 

recreation expenditures on their 

economies and to support the 

dedication of tax revenues for fish and 

wildlife restoration programs. The 

information collected on resident 

saltwater fishing helps coastal States 

determine the proper ratio for allocating 

funds between freshwater and saltwater 

projects as required by the Federal Aid 

in Sport Fish Restoration Act, as 

amended. The information is not readily 

available elsewhere because few States 

have saltwater licenses or conduct their 

own surveys. If the 2011 FHWAR data 

were not available, it would impair the 

ability of those States to meet their 

obligations under the Act. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018-0088. 

Title: National Survey of Fishing, 

Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated 

Recreation (FHWAR). 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Household 

screen interviews and the first detailed 

sportsperson and wildlife-watcher 

interviews will be conducted April-June 

2011. The second detailed interviews 

will be conducted September-October 

2011. The third and last detailed 

interviews will be conducted JanuaryMarch 2012. 

Number of Respondents: 55,625. The 

estimated number of respondents 

reached from a sample of households 

will be 44,500. About 50 percent, or 

22,250, of those respondents will 

sample in and receive a detailed 

interview. An additional 50 percent of 

those households where one person is 

sampled (11,125) will have a second 

person screened in for interviews. We 

estimate the total number of 

respondents to be 55,625 

(44,500+11,125). 

Activity Number of household responses 

Number of participant responses Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Screen ...................................................................................... 44,500 7 minutes ......... 5,192 

Hunting and Fishing - 1st Interview ......................................... 7,300 14 minutes ....... 1,703 

Hunting and Fishing - 2d interview .......................................... 14,500 10 minutes ....... 2,417 

Hunting and Fishing - 3d Interview ......................................... 21,800 15 minutes ....... 5,450 

Wildlife Watching - 1st Interview ............................................. 3,600 11 minutes ....... 660 

Wildlife Watching - 2d Interview .............................................. 7,300 11 minutes ....... 1,338 

Wildlife Watching - 3d Interview .............................................. 10,900 11 minutes ....... 1,998 

Totals ................................................................................ 44,500 65,400 ..................... 18,758

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

•Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

•The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

•Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

•Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

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 IC. 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 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: February 2, 2010 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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