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maritimus), all manatee species
(Trichechus spp.), and dugongs (Dugong
dugon) to create cell lines for the
purpose of scientific research. This
notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5year period.
Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Marine Mammals Management,
Anchorage, AK; PRT–039386
The applicant requests renewal of the
permit to take up to 6000 walrus
(Odobenus rosmarus) annually by
biopsy darting and up to 50 walrus
annually for tagging; to collect
unlimited number of specimens from
dead animals; to conduct aerial surveys;
and to import unlimited number of
biological specimens for the purpose of
scientific research. The permit was
issued on July 15, 2011, for 1 year, prior
to the close of the comment period for
the notice published June 23, 2011. This
notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over the
next 4 years.
Concurrent with publishing this
notice in the Federal Register, we are
forwarding copies of the above
applications to the Marine Mammal
Commission and the Committee of
Scientific Advisors for their review.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[USGS–GX12GL00DT70500]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: National Geological and
Geophysical Data Preservation
Program (NGGDPP)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an
existing information collection (1028–
0087).
AGENCY:

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) a new
information collection request (ICR) for
the extension of the paperwork
requirements for the National Geological
and Geophysical Data Preservation
Program (NGGDPP). This notice
provides the public and other Federal
agencies an opportunity to comment on

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the nature of this collection which is
scheduled to expire on July 31, 2012.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before August 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on
this information collection directly to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, via email
(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) or fax
202–395–5806; and identify your
submission as 1028–0087.
Please submit a copy of your
comments to the USGS Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail);
703–648–7199 (fax); or
smbaloch@usgs.gov (email). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
0087.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty M. Adrian at (303) 202–4828 or by
mail at U.S. Geological Survey, Box
25046, Mail Stop 975, Denver, CO
80225. You may also find this
information collection request as
submitted to OMB at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This notice concerns the collection of
information that is sufficient and
relevant to evaluate and select proposals
for funding under the NGGDPP. We will
accept proposals from State geological
surveys requesting funds to inventory
and assess the condition of current
collections and data preservation needs.
Financial assistance will be awarded
annually on a competitive basis
following the evaluation and ranking of
State proposals by a review panel
composed of representatives from the
Department of the Interior, State
geological surveys, academic
institutions, and the private sector. To
submit a proposal, respondents must
complete a project narrative and submit
the application via www.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://
datapreservation.usgs.gov/ and at
www.grants.gov.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0087.
Title: National Geological and
Geophysical Data Preservation Program
(NGGDPP).
Respondent Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.

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Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 62 State Geological
Surveys.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 62 (34 applications and 28
reports).
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 1,266
hours. We expect to receive
approximately 34 applications. It takes
each applicant approximately 36 hours
to complete the narrative and to 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
1,224 burden hours). We anticipate
awarding 28 grants per year. The award
recipients must submit a final report.
We estimate that it will take
approximately 1.5 hours to complete the
requirement for the reports (totaling 42
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 March 2, 2012 we published a
Federal Register notice (77 FR 12871)
announcing that we would submit this
information collection to OMB for
approval. The notice provided a 60-day
public comment period ending on
May 1, 2012. 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, email 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
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Dated: July 19, 2012.
Betty M. Adrian,
Acting Program Coordinator, National
Geological and Geophysical Data
Preservation.

All protests must be in writing and
mailed to one of the following
addresses:

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BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda
Williams, P.O. Box 71383, Washington,
DC 20024–1383.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Overnight Mail

Bureau of Land Management

BLM Director (210), Attention: Brenda
Williams, 20 M Street SE., Room
2134LM, Washington, DC 20003.
Publication of a Final EIS Notice of
Availability does not trigger a formal
public comment period. The Agencies,
however, may choose to review any
comments submitted following the
publication of the Final EIS NOA and
use them to inform the Records of
Decision. Those individuals wishing to
submit comments are asked to do so
through the Solar Programmatic EIS
project Web site (http://
solareis.anl.gov). Individuals should
note that the Agencies will consider
such comments only to the extent
practicable and will not respond to
comments individually.

Regular Mail

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[LLWO300000.L14300000]

Notice of Availability of the Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for Solar Energy
Development in Six Southwestern
States
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior; Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) and the Department
of Energy (DOE) (the Agencies) as joint
lead agencies announce the availability
of the Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement for
Solar Energy Development in Six
Southwestern States (Final
Programmatic EIS) (BLM/DES 11–49,
DOE/EIS–0403) and associated
Proposed BLM Resource Management
Plan (RMP) Amendments.
DATES: BLM planning regulations state
that any person who meets the
conditions as described in the
regulations may protest the BLM’s Final
Programmatic EIS and Proposed RMP
Amendments. A person who meets the
conditions and files a protest must file
the protest within 30 days of the date
that the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes its Notice of
Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final
Programmatic EIS and Proposed RMP
Amendments have been sent to affected
Federal, state, and local government
agencies and to other stakeholders.
Copies of the Final Programmatic EIS
and Proposed RMP Amendments,
references, and additional information
regarding solar energy development are
available at the project Web site:
http://solareis.anl.gov. Electronic copies
of the Final Programmatic EIS and
Proposed RMP Amendments are
available through the BLM Web site at
http://www.blm.gov. The Final
Programmatic EIS is also available on
the DOE National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) Web site at http://
energy.gov/nepa.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shannon Stewart, Solar Energy Program
Lead, BLM Washington Office, by email
at shannon_stewart@blm.gov, or by
telephone at 202–912–7219, to request
CDs or printed copies of the Final
Programmatic EIS, or for further
information. Requests for information
related to DOE’s proposed action may be
directed to Jane Summerson, DOE Solar
Programmatic EIS Document Manager,
by email at
jane.summerson@ee.doe.gov, or by
telephone at 202–287–6188. For general
information regarding the DOE NEPA
process, contact Carol Borgstrom,
Director, Office of NEPA Policy and
Compliance, GC–54, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585, by
telephone at 202–586–4600, leave a
message at 1–800–472–2756, or by email
at askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
Copies of
the Final Programmatic EIS and
Proposed RMP Amendments are
available for public inspection at the
following BLM office locations:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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• Arizona State Office, One North
Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix,
Arizona 85004.
• Caliente Field Office, U.S. Highway
93 Building #1, Caliente, Nevada 89008.
• California Desert District, 22835
Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno
Valley, California 92553.
• California State Office, 2800 Cottage
Way, Suite W–1623, Sacramento,
California 95825.
• Colorado State Office, 2850
Youngfield Street Lakewood, Colorado
80215.
• Cedar City Field Office, 176 East
D.L. Sargent Drive Cedar City, Utah
84721.
• El Centro Field Office, 1661 S. 4th
Street El Centro, California 92243.
• Lake Havasu Field Office, 2610
Sweetwater Avenue Lake Havasu City,
Arizona 86406.
• Las Cruces District Office, 1800
Marquess Street Las Cruces, New
Mexico 88005.
• Lower Sonoran Field Office, 21605
N. 7th Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85027.
• Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial
Boulevard Reno, Nevada 89502.
• New Mexico State Office, 301
Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87508
• Palm Springs—South Coast Field
Office, 1201 Bird Center Drive Palm
Springs, California 92262.
• San Luis Valley Public Lands
Center, 1803 West Highway 160, Monte
Vista, Colorado 81144.
• Southern Nevada District Office,
4701 North Torrey Pines, Las Vegas,
Nevada 89130.
• Tonopah Field Office, 1553 South
Main Street Tonopah, Nevada 89049.
• Utah State Office, 440 West 200
South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah
84101.
On December 17, 2010 (75 FR 78980),
the Agencies published a Draft
Programmatic EIS for Solar Energy
Development in Six Southwestern
States (Arizona, California, Colorado,
Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah). Public
comments were accepted through May
2, 2011. More than 80,500 comments
were received. The public, as well as
many cooperating agencies, offered
suggestions on how the Agencies could
increase the utility of the document,
strengthen the proposed BLM Solar
Energy Program, and increase certainty
regarding solar energy development on
BLM-administered lands.
On October 28, 2011 (76 FR 66958),
the Agencies published a Supplement to
the Draft Programmatic EIS for Solar
Energy Development in Six
Southwestern States. Public comments
were accepted through January 27, 2012.
More than 131,000 comments were
received. The Agencies considered all

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