[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6215-6216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2647]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activity

AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval. The ICR which is summarized below describes 
the nature of this collection and the estimate burden and cost. We 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.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before March 10, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information

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collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at 
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] (e-mail). 
Please provide a copy of your comments to Phadrea Ponds, USGS 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 2150-C Center Avenue, Fort 
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226-9230 (fax); or [email protected] (e-
mail). Please reference Information Collection 1028-0090 in the subject 
line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William C. Burton at (703) 648-6904 or 
by mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Sunrise Valley 
Drive, Reston, VA 20192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    During FY10, the Volcano Hazards Program (VHP) will provide funding 
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for improvement 
of the volcano and other monitoring systems and other monitoring-
related activities that contribute to mitigation of volcano hazards. 
This notice concerns the collection of information that is sufficient 
and relevant to evaluate and select proposals for funding under the 
VHP. We will accept proposals from State geological surveys and 
academic institutions requesting funds to assist in the monitoring of 
active volcanoes and to conduct volcano-related research. Financial 
assistance will be awarded on a competitive basis following the 
evaluation and ranking of State and academic proposals. VHP proposals 
will be reviewed by a peer panel of six (6) members. Five members will 
be Department of the Interior representatives and one member will be an 
external representative. To submit a proposal, you must follow the 
written guideline (that will be made available at http://www.Grants.gov) and complete a project narrative. The application must 
be submitted via 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://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ and at http://www.Grants.gov.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0090.
    Title: Volcano Hazards Program (VHP).
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondent Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: State Geological Surveys and academic 
institutions.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20 applications and 12 final 
reports.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 796 
hours. We expect to receive approximately 20 applications. It will take 
each applicant approximately 35 hours to complete the narrative and 
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 700 
burden hours). We anticipate awarding 12 grants per year. The award 
recipients must submit a final report at the end of the project. We 
estimate that it will take approximately 8 hours to complete the 
requirement for that report (totaling 96 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 November 16, 2009, we published a Federal Register notice (74 FR 
58973) announcing that we would submit this information to OMB for 
approval. We solicited comments for a period of 60 days, ending on 
January 15, 2010. We did not receive any comments concerning that 
Federal Register 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 on 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 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.

    Dated: January 26, 2010.
Suzette Kimball,
Associate Director for Geology, U.S. Geological Survey.
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