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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Notices
listed above. Comments must be
received by November 12, 2009.
David Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–24617 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Notice of a new information
collection.
AGENCY:
ACTION:

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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) for
approval of the paperwork requirements
for the National Coal Resources Data
System (NCRDS) competitive grant
program. This notice provides the
public an opportunity to comment on
the paperwork burden of this project.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before November 12, 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 to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or fax at
202–395–5806; and identify your
submission with Information Collection
Number 1028-new, NCRDS.
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, NCRDS in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Tewalt by mail at U.S. Geological
Survey, National Center, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 or by
telephone at 703–648–6437.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract
The primary objective of the NCRDS
is to advance the understanding of the
energy endowment of the United States
(U.S.) by gathering and organizing
digital geologic information related to
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energy resources. The NCRDS of the
USGS will issue a call for proposals to
support researchers that can provide
geologic data to support the National
Coal Resources Data System and other
solid-fuel energy assessment projects
being conducted by the Energy
Resources Program. Additional data is
needed to data to support regional or
national assessments concerning coal
and coal bed gas occurrences.
Requesting external cooperation is the
very best way for NCRDS to collect
energy data and perform research on the
characterization of coals and organicrich shale, and obtain other information
(including geophysical or seismic data,
sample collection for generation of
thermal maturity data) that can be used
in solid-fuel resource assessments. Data
submitted to NCRDS by external
cooperators will constitute more than
two-thirds of the USGS point-source
stratigraphic database (USTRAT) on
coal occurrence. In 2010, NCRDS plans
to support 26 projects in 23 States. The
program will be conducted under
various authorities, including 30 U.S.C.
208–1, 42 U.S.C. 15801, and 43 U.S.C.
31 et seq. This collection will consist of
applications, proposals and reports
(annual and final).
I. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Title: Energy Cooperatives to Support
the National Coal Resources Data
System (NCRDS).
Respondent Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency of Collection: One time
every 5 years for applications and final
reports; annually for progress reports.
Affected Public: Individuals; State,
local and tribal governments; State
Geological Surveys, universities, and
businesses.
Annual Burden Hours: 300.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 26.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 35 (9 applications 26
reports).
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: None.
III. Request for Comments
On May 14, 2009, we published a
Federal Register notice (74 FR 22760)
announcing that we would submit this
information collection to OMB for
approval. The notice provided a 60-day
comment period ending on July 13,
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,

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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: October 6, 2009.
Brenda Pierce,
Program Coordinator, USGS Energy
Resources Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Maryhill Museum of Art,
Goldendale, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the Maryhill Museum of
Art, Goldendale, WA, that meet the
definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary
objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
In 1943, Native American cultural
items were loaned to the Maryhill
Museum of Art by Harvey T. and Bessie

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