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Application (Online) .....................................................................................................................
Form 3–2525, Student Medical Information ................................................................................
Form 3–2546, Enrollment Form ..................................................................................................
Form 3–2547, Parental Consent Form .......................................................................................
Form 3–2548, Student Conduct Agreement ...............................................................................
Form 3–2549, Mentor Waiver .....................................................................................................

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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 OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX22GC009PLFM00; OMB Control Number
1028–0088]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; National Cooperative
Geologic Mapping Program (EDMAP
and STATEMAP)
Geological Survey, Department
of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, we, the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) are proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by \]=[search
function. You may also submit
comments by mail at U.S. Geological
Survey, Information Collections Officer,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159,
Reston, VA 20192; or by email to gsinfo_collections@usgs.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1028–
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0088 in the subject line of your
comments.
To
request additional information about
this information collection request
(ICR), contact Michael Marketti by email
at mmarketti@usgs.gov, or by telephone
at 703–648–6976. You may also view
the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Individuals who
are hearing or speech impaired may call
the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), we, the USGS, provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on August
11, 2021, FR 86, 44036. No comments
were received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How the USGS might minimize
the burden of the collection of
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information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
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 personally identifiable
information (PII) in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your PII—may be
made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Abstract: EDMAP is the educational
component of the National Cooperative
Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP)
that is intended to train the next
generation of geologic mappers. The
primary objective of the STATEMAP
component of the NCGMP is to establish
the geologic framework of areas that are
vital to the welfare of individual States.
The NCGMP EDMAP program
allocates funds to colleges and
universities in the United States and
Puerto Rico through an annual
competitive cooperative agreement
process. Every Federal dollar awarded is
matched with university funds. Geology
professors, who are skilled in geologic
mapping, request EDMAP funding to
support undergraduate and graduate
students at their college or university in
a one-year mentored geologic mapping
project that focuses on a specific
geographic area.
Only State Geological Surveys are
eligible to apply to the STATEMAP
component of the NCGMP pursuant to
the National Geologic Mapping Act
(Pub. L. 106–148). Since many State
Geological Surveys are organized under
a state university system, such
universities may submit a proposal on
behalf of the State Geological Survey.
Each fall, the program announcements
are posted to the Grants.gov website and
respondents are required to submit
applications (comprising Standard Form

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424, 424A, 424B, Proposal Summary
Sheet, the Proposal, and Budget Sheets.
Additionally, EDMAP proposals must
include a Negotiated Rate Agreement
and a support letter from a State
Geologist or USGS Project Chief).
Since 1996, more than $10 million
from the NCGMP has supported
geologic mapping efforts of more than
1,335 students at 171 universities in 44
states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico. Funds for graduate projects
are limited to $25,000 and
undergraduate project funds limited to
$15,000. These funds are used to cover
field expenses and student salaries, but
not faculty salaries or tuition. The
authority for both programs is listed in
the National Geologic Mapping Act
(Pub. L. 106–148).
Title of Collection: National
Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
(NCGMP–EDMAP and STATEMAP).
OMB Control Number: 1028–0088.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
University or college faculty and State
Geological Surveys.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: Total number of responses
is 95. Approximately 50 university or
college faculty and 45 State Geological
Survey respondents.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: Total number of responses is
185. Approximately 95 university or
college faculty and 90 State Geological
Survey responses.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 20 to 36 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 5,220 hours total.
Respondent’s Obligation None.
Participation is voluntary, though
necessary to receive funding.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour
cost’’ burdens associated with this IC.
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 OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Michael Marketti,
Acting Associate Program Coordinator,
National Cooperative Geologic Mapping
Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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A0A501010.999900253G]

Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Office of Indian
Economic Development (OIED), through
its Living Languages Grant Program
(LLGP), is soliciting proposals from
federally recognized Tribes for grants to
fund Native language instruction and
immersion programs for Native students
not enrolled at Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE) schools, including those
Tribes in States without BIE-funded
schools.
DATES: Applications will be accepted
until 11:59 p.m. ET on January 25, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
James R. West, Program Analyst, Office
of Indian Economic Development, Room
6049–B, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Reston, Virginia 20191; telephone: (202)
595–4766; email: jamesr.west@bia.gov.
Additional Program information can be
found at https://www.bia.gov/service/
grants/llgp.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. General Information
II. Number of Projects Funded
III. Background
IV. Eligibility for Funding
V. Applicant Procurement Procedures
VI. Limitations
VII. Language Instructor Credentials
VIII. LLGP Application Guidance
IX. Review and Selection Process
X. Evaluation Criteria
XI. Transfer of Funds
XII. Reporting Requirements for Award
Recipients
XIII. Conflicts of Interest
XIV. Questions and Requests for OIED
Assistance
XV. Separate Document(s)
XVI. Paperwork Reduction Act
XVII. Authority

I. General Information
Award Ceiling: 200,000
Award Floor: 25,000
CFDA Number: 15.151
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Number of Awards: 15–60
Category: Education Program Enhancements

II. Number of Projects Funded
OIED anticipates award of
approximately fifteen (15) to sixty (60)
grants under this announcement ranging
in value from approximately $25,000 to
$200,000. The program can fund
projects only one year at a time. OIED

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will use a competitive evaluation
process based on criteria described in
the Evaluation Criteria section (section
X of this notice).
III. Background

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The Office of the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs, through
OIED, is soliciting proposals from
Indian Tribes as listed in 85 FR 5462 for
grant funding to support Tribal
programs to document Native languages
or build Tribal capacity to create or
expand language preservation programs.
The LLGP will exclude as grantees BIE
schools and BIE-funded schools or
programs targeting students enrolled in
those schools.
The funding will focus on small or
start-up programs whose objective is to
document or build the capacity to
preserve Native languages that are
losing users, but which still have active
users at the grandparent generation. The
LLGP seeks to document, preserve, and
revitalize languages that are used for
face-to-face communication; languages
that can be used by a child-bearing
generation, but are not being transmitted
to children; languages whose only active
users are members of the grandparent
generation or older; languages whose
only active users are members of the
grandparent generation or older but who
have little opportunity to use them; and
languages that serve as a reminder of
heritage identity for an ethnic
community, but which lack proficient
speakers.
These grants will be funded under a
non-recurring appropriation of the BIA
budget. Congress appropriates funds on
a year-to-year basis. Thus, while some
LLGP projects may extend over several
years, funding for successive years
depends on each fiscal year’s
appropriations.
OIED administers this program
through its Division of Economic
Development (DED).
The funding periods and amounts
referenced in this solicitation are subject
to the availability of funds at the time
of award, as well as the Department of
the Interior (DOI) and Indian Affairs
priorities at the time of the award.
Neither DOI nor Indian Affairs will be
held responsible for proposal or
application preparation costs.
Publication of this solicitation does not
obligate DOI or Indian Affairs to award
any specific grant or to obligate all or
any part of available funds. Future
funding is subject to the availability of
appropriations and cannot be
guaranteed. DOI or Indian Affairs may
cancel or withdraw this solicitation at
any time.

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