Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 92 / Thursday, May 14, 2009 / Notices 22761 

I. Abstract 

The primary objective of the NCRDS 

is to advance the understanding of the 

energy endowment of the United States 

(U.S.) through the gathering and 

organization of digital geologic 

information related to coal, coalbed gas, 

shale gas and other energy resources. 

Standardized information on the 

location, quality, quantity, and 

availability of U.S. energy resources is 

necessary for policy makers to optimize 

energy development within an 

economic context; to implement wise 

land use planning, as well as to 

minimize environmental impacts from 

energy utilization. The primary 

partners, for the past 33 years of 

NCRDS, have been the State geological 

surveys, which function as the basic 

scientific information sources for their 

governments. Data submitted to NCRDS 

by States or Universities constitute more 

than two-thirds of USTRAT, a USGS 

point-source stratigraphic database on 

coal occurrence. This database provides 

the geologic basis for resource 

assessment calculations at federal and 

State levels. Assistance in other Energy 

Program research efforts is also 

provided by State survey geologists 

through the NCRDS cooperative 

agreements. 

Awards to a State geological survey 

are through a competitive process via 

submittal to http://www.grants.gov. 

Although no mandate exists, dollars are 

matched or in-kind services provided at 

some level by the States. Data 

compilation and submittal are 

continuous, building onto prior years of 

work, thus multi-year proposals are 

submitted, but are funded annually 

based on availability. In 2009, NCRDS 

supported 26 projects in 23 States. The 

program is conducted under various 

authorities, including 30 U.S.C. 208–1, 

42 U.S.C. 15801, and 43 U.S.C. 31 et 

seq. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–New. 

Title: National Coal Resources Data 

System (NCRDS). 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary; 

necessary to receive benefits. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Estimated Annual Number of and 

Description of Respondents: 30 total 

State Geological Surveys or Universities 

are canvassed for a multi-year period. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 25. 

Estimated Completion Time: 20 hours 

per response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 750 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We 

estimate the public reporting burden 

will average 20 hours per response. This 

includes time to develop project goals, 

write the statement of work, perform 

internal proposal reviews, and submit 

the proposal through grants.gov. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: There 

are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection of 

information. 

III. Request for Comments 

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. 

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. 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. 

Dated: May 7, 2009. 

Brenda Pierce, 

Program Coordinator, USGS Energy 

Resources Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–11256 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLOROR957000–L62510000–PM000: 

HAG09–0176] 

Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/ 

Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the 

following described lands were 

officially filed in the Bureau of Land 

Management Oregon/Washington State 

Office, Portland, Oregon, on February 

20, 2009. 

Willamette Meridian 

Oregon 

T. 32 S., R. 8 W., accepted December 18, 

2008. 

T. 32 S., R. 7 W., accepted December 18, 

2008. 

T. 8 S., R. 7 W., accepted January 6, 2009. 

T. 31 S., R. 3 W., accepted January 8, 2009. 

T. 3 S., R. 5 E., accepted January 30, 2009. 

T. 11 S., R. 1 E., accepted January 30, 2009. 

Washington 

T. 30 N., R. 10 E., accepted January 26, 2009. 

The plats of survey of the following 

described lands were officially filed in the 

Bureau of Land Management Oregon/ 

Washington State Office, Portland, Oregon, 

on March 20, 2009. 

Willamette Meridian 

Oregon 

T. 4 S., R. 3 E., accepted February 20, 2009. 

T. 27 S., R. 12 W., accepted February 27, 

2009. 

T. 22 S., R. 10 E., accepted March 3, 2009. 

T. 30 S., R. 4 W., accepted March 12, 2009. 

Washington 

T. 27 N., R. 12 W., accepted February 20, 

2009. 

T. 27 N., R. 13 W., accepted February 20, 

2009. 

T. 31 N., R. 6 W., accepted March 3, 2009. 

The plats of survey of the following 

described lands were officially filed in 

the Bureau of Land Management 

Oregon/Washington State Office, 

Portland, Oregon, on March 31, 2009. 

Willamette Meridian 

Oregon 

T. 3 S., R. 8 W., accepted March 16, 2009. 

T. 21 S., R. 7 W., accepted March 16, 2009. 

T. 32 S., R. 5 W., accepted March 16, 2009. 

T. 2 S., R. 5 E., accepted March 16, 2009. 

T. 6 S., R. 3 E., accepted March 20, 2009. 

T. 14 S., R. 7 W., accepted March 20, 2009. 

Washington 

T. 32 N., R. 31 E., accepted March 20, 2009. 

The plats of survey of the following 

described lands were officially filed in 

the Bureau of Land Management 

Oregon/Washington State Office, 

Portland, Oregon, on April 17, 2009. 

Willamette Meridian 

Oregon 

T. 33 S., R. 5 W., accepted March 20, 2009. 

T. 33 S., R. 6 W., accepted March 20, 2009. 

T. 34 S., R. 6 W., accepted March 20, 2009. 


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T. 8 N., R. 10 W., accepted April 3, 2009. 

T. 31 S., R. 14 W., accepted April 3, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be 

obtained from the Land Office at the 

Oregon/Washington State Office, Bureau 

of Land Management, 333 SW. 1st 

Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204, upon 

required payment. A person or party 

who wishes to protest against a survey 

must file a notice that they wish to 

protest (at the above address) with the 

Oregon/Washington State Director, 

Bureau of Land Management, Portland, 

Oregon. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chief, Branch of Geographic Sciences, 

Bureau of Land Management, 333 SW. 

1st Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204. 

Dated: May 7, 2009. 

Pamela J. Chappel, 

Acting Chief, Lands Section. 

[FR Doc. E9–11266 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee 

Meeting on Planning and Procedures; 

Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning 

and Procedures will hold a meeting on 

June 2, 2009, Room T2–B3, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance, with the exception of 

a portion that may be closed pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel matters 

that relate solely to the internal 

personnel rules and practices of the 

ACRS, and information the release of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: Tuesday, June 2, 

2009, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. 

The Subcommittee will discuss 

proposed ACRS activities and related 

matters. The subcommittee will gather 

information, analyze relevant issues and 

facts, and formulate proposed positions 

and actions, as appropriate, for 

deliberation by the full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Officer, Mr. Sam Duraiswamy 

(Telephone: 301–415–7364) between 

7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (ET) five days prior 

to the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during those portions of the 

meeting that are open to the public. 

Detailed procedures for the conduct of 

and participation in ACRS meetings 

were published in the Federal Register 

on October 6, 2008, (73 FR 58268– 

58269). 

Further information regarding this 

meeting can be obtained by contacting 

the Designated Federal Officer between 

7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (ET). Persons 

planning to attend this meeting are 

urged to contact the above named 

individual at least two working days 

prior to the meeting to be advised of any 

potential changes in the agenda. 

Dated: May 7, 2009. 

Cayetano Santos, 

Chief, Reactor Safety Branch A, Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E9–11260 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and 

Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice 

of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on 

Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment (PRA) will hold a meeting 

on June 1–2, 2009, Room T–2B3, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance. The agenda for the 

subject meeting shall be as follows: 

Monday, June 1, 2009–8:30 a.m. until 

the conclusion of business. Tuesday, 

June 2, 2009–8:30 a.m. until the 

conclusion of business. 

The Subcommittee will review Draft 

Regulatory Guide 1.205, ‘‘Risk-Informed 

Performance-Based Fire Protection,’’ 

and proposed Standard Review Plan 

Section 9.5.1.2, ‘‘Risk-Informed 

Performance-Based Fire Protection.’’ 

The Subcommittee will also discuss 

Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) 

models and development of guidelines 

for performing HRA in fire probabilistic 

risk assessments. In addition, the 

Subcommittee will discuss risk metrics 

for new light-water reactor riskinformed applications. The 

Subcommittee will hear presentations 

by and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff, Nuclear 

Energy Institute, and other interested 

persons regarding these matters. The 

Subcommittee will gather information, 

analyze relevant issues and facts, and 

formulate proposed positions and 

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation 

by the full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Officials, Girija Shukla and 

Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, (Telephones: 301– 

415–6855 and 301–415–8064) five days 

prior to the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted. 

Detailed procedures for the conduct of 

and participation in ACRS meetings 

were published in the Federal Register 

on October 6, 2008, (73FR 58268– 

58269). 

Further information regarding this 

meeting can be obtained by contacting 

the Designated Federal Official between 

8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET). Persons 

planning to attend this meeting are 

urged to contact the above named 

individual at least two working days 

prior to the meeting to be advised of any 

potential changes to the agenda. 

Dated: May 7, 2009. 

Cayetano Santos, 

Chief, Reactor Safety Branch A, Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E9–11261 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission 

DATE: Week of May 18, 2009. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of May 18, 2009 

Monday, May 18, 2009 

10 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative). 

a. Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. 

(Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, 

Units 2 and 3), Docket Nos. 52–022– 

COL and 52–023–COL, Progress Energy 

and NRC Staff Appeals from LBP–08– 

21; NC WARN’s Motion to Hold the 

Proceeding in Abeyance (Tentative). 

b. Crow Butte Resources, Inc. (License 

Renewal), LBP–08–24 and LBP–08–27 

(Staff and Applicant Appeals of Order 

Granting Hearing) (Tentative). 

* * * * * 

*The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings, 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE 

INFORMATION: Rochelle Bavol, (301) 

415–1651. 

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