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the FPA. This provision required that 

the Departments of Agriculture, the 

Interior and Commerce collect the 

information covered by 1094–0001. 

Under FPA section 33, the Secretary 

of the Department involved must accept 

the proposed alternative if the Secretary 

determines, based on substantial 

evidence provided by a party to the 

license proceeding or otherwise 

available to the Secretary, (a) that the 

alternative condition provides for the 

adequate protection and utilization of 

the reservation, or that the alternative 

prescription will be no less protective 

than the fishway initially proposed by 

the Secretary, and (b) that the 

alternative will either cost significantly 

less to implement or result in improved 

operation of the project works for 

electricity production. 

In order to make this determination, 

the regulations require that all of the 

following information be collected: (1) 

A description of the alternative, in an 

equivalent level of detail to the 

Department’s preliminary condition or 

prescription; (2) an explanation of how 

the alternative: (i) If a condition, will 

provide for the adequate protection and 

utilization of the reservation; or (ii) if a 

prescription, will be no less protective 

than the fishway prescribed by the 

bureau; (3) an explanation of how the 

alternative, as compared to the 

preliminary condition or prescription, 

will: (i) Cost significantly less to 

implement; or (ii) result in improved 

operation of the project works for 

electricity production; (4) an 

explanation of how the alternative or 

revised alternative will affect: (i) Energy 

supply, distribution, cost, and use; (ii) 

flood control; (iii) navigation; (iv) water 

supply; (v) air quality; and (vi) other 

aspects of environmental quality; and 

(5) specific citations to any scientific 

studies, literature, and other 

documented information relied on to 

support the proposal. 

This notice of proposed renewal of an 

existing information collection is being 

published by the Office of 

Environmental Policy and Compliance, 

Department of the Interior, on behalf of 

all three Departments, and the data 

provided below covers anticipated 

responses (alternative conditions/ 

prescriptions and associated 

information) for all three Departments. 

II. Data 

(1) Title: 7 CFR Part 1; 43 CFR Part 45; 

50 CFR Part 221; the Alternatives 

Process in Hydropower Licensing. 

OMB Control Number: 1094–0001. 

Current Expiration Date: June 30, 

2009. 

Type of Review: Information 

Collection Renewal. 

Affected Entities: Business or forprofit entities. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5. 

Frequency of responses: Once per 

alternative proposed. 

(2) Annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden: 

Total annual reporting per response: 

500 hours. 

Total number of estimated responses: 

5. 

Total annual reporting: 2,500 hours. 

(3) Description of the need and use of 

the information: The purpose of this 

information collection is to provide an 

opportunity for license parties to 

propose an alternative condition or 

prescription to that imposed by the 

Federal Government in the hydropower 

licensing process. 

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a 

Federal Register notice soliciting 

comments on the collection of 

information was published on April 10, 

2009 (74 FR 16416). No comments were 

received. This notice provides the 

public with an additional 30 days in 

which to comment on the proposed 

information collection activity. 

III. Request for Comments 

The Departments invite comments on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agencies, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agencies’ 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

and the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information techniques. 

‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort, 

and financial resources expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments, with names 

and addresses, will be available for 

public inspection. If you wish us to 

withhold your personal information, 

you must prominently state at the 

beginning of your comment what 

personal information you want us to 

withhold. We will honor your request to 

the extent allowable by law. If you wish 

to view any comments received, you 

may do so by scheduling an 

appointment with the Office of 

Environmental Policy and Compliance 

by calling (202) 208–3891. A valid 

picture identification is required for 

entry into the Department of the 

Interior. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Mary Josie Blanchard, 

Deputy Director, Office of Environmental 

Policy and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–79–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Notice of Tribal Consultation Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Tribal Consultation 

Meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of oneday Tribal Consultation Sessions to be 

held between the Department of the 

Interior, Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians (DOI/OST) and tribal 

governments interested in, or currently 

operating the real estate appraisal 

services program. The purpose of these 

consultation sessions is to discuss ideas 

in developing new tribal share 

allocation formulas (TSAFs) to be used 

to apportion funds to tribes that perform 

the appraisal program pursuant to 

Public Law 93–638 (the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act of 1975, as amended) [25 

U.S.C. 450j–1(a)]. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debbie Meisner, Director Administrative 

Operations, Office of Appraisal Services 

at (505) 816–1318 or 

Debbie_Meisner@ost.doi.gov. Detailed 

information on the project background, 

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schedule and locations will be posted 

on the DOI/OST Web site at http:// 

www.ost.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Interior, Office of the 

Special Trustee for American Indians 

(DOI/OST) invites tribal government 

leaders to participate in a series of tribal 

consultation sessions. 

Dates and Locations: The tribal 

consultation sessions will be held on 

the following dates and in the following 

locations: 

(1) June 30, 2009 in Oklahoma City, 

OK. 

(2) July 14, 2009 in Rapid City, SD. 

(3) July 29, 2009 in Portland, OR. 

(4) August 4, 2009 in Billings, MT. 

(5) August 18, 2009 in Albuquerque, 

NM. 

The purpose of the consultation 

sessions is to discuss ideas in 

developing new tribal share allocation 

formulas that will be used to apportion 

funds for tribes performing, or 

interested in performing, the appraisal 

program pursuant to Public Law 93–638 

contracts and compacts. These formulas 

will ensure uniformity and transparency 

in determining tribal shares and funding 

residual for the inherent federal 

functions. 

A report of each consultation session 

will be prepared and made available 

within 90 days of the consultation to all 

tribal governments that currently 

compact or contract the appraisal 

program. Tribes wishing to submit 

written testimony for the consultation 

report should send it to Debbie Meisner, 

Director Administrative Operations, 

Office of Appraisal Services at 

Debbie_Meisner@ost.doi.gov, either 

prior to the consultation session or by 

September 18, 2009. Please note that 

only written testimony submitted to 

DOI/OST will be included in the report, 

as an appendix. Testimony and 

comments made orally will be 

summarized in the report without 

attribution, along with topics of concern 

and recommendations. 

Dated: June 10, 2009. 

Margaret Williams, 

Deputy Special Trustee/Trust Accountability. 

[FR Doc. E9–14108 Filed 6–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–2W–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Pompeys Pillar Visitor 

Survey 

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

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 have submitted to OMB a new 

information collection request (ICR) for 

approval of the paperwork requirements 

for an on-site visitor survey to be 

conducted at Pompeys Pillar National 

Monument in Billings, Montana. This 

notice provides the public an 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of this project. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before July 16, 2009. 

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 

[OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov]; or fax 

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 

Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 

(mail); (970) 226–9230 (fax); or 

pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please 

reference Information Collection 1028– 

NEW, Pompeys Pillar in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynne Koontz by mail at U.S. Geological 

Survey, 2150–C Center Avenue, Fort 

Collins, CO 80526, or by telephone at 

(970) 226–9384. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The USGS is working with the BLM 

Montana State office to conduct a 

survey of visitors to Pompeys Pillar 

National Monument. The information 

collected will be used by BLM to 

understand the spending trends of 

PPNM visitors in the surrounding local 

communities. This information will also 

be used to calculate the regional 

employment and income effects of 

PPNM visitor spending for the BLM 

Resource Management Plan analysis. 

Collection of these data is necessary for 

a rigorous and objective economic 

analysis that meets the ‘‘hard look’’ 

doctrine that has emerged from case law 

related to NEPA and to meet internal 

guidelines for credible economic 

analysis. The USGS will conduct an onsite survey of visitors to PPNM during 

the summer and fall visitation season 

(mid July–September). 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. This is 

a new collection. 

Title: Pompeys Pillar Visitor Survey. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: This is a onetime collection. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: Visitors of Pompeys Pillar 

National Monument. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 630. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 91 

hours. We will contact 750 people 

exiting the recreation area. We 

anticipate an 80% response rate. We 

estimate each intercept survey will 

average 9 minutes per response (600 

visitors). We also estimate that it will 

take 2 minutes per response to respond 

to three questions of a sample of 30 

visitors who decline to take the written 

survey. These times includes the time 

for receiving instructions and 

completing the survey. 

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 February 6, 2009, we published a 

Federal Register notice (74 FR 6305) 

soliciting comments announcing that we 

would submit this information to OMB 

for approval. The comment period 

closed on April 7, 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 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. 

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