Notice2022-14824
Agency Information Collection Activities; Water Resources Research Act Program-State Water Resources Research Institute Annual Base Grant, National Competitive Grants, and Reporting
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Published
July 12, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41347-41348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14824]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX22DK40GUK0100; OMB Control Number 1028-0097]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Water Resources
Research Act Program--State Water Resources Research Institute Annual
Base Grant, National Competitive Grants, and Reporting
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 12, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95f2e6b8fcfbf3facaf6faf9f9f0f6e1fcfafbe6d5e0e6f2e6bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fa9d89d793949c95a5999596969f998e93959489ba8f899d89d49d958c">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1028-0097 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact the Water Resources Research Act Program
Manager by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2641550b51794956567951545447795243474b665355415508414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8aedf9a7fdd5e5fafad5fdf8f8ebd5feefebe7cafff9edf9a4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 502-
413-7699. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States. You may
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also view the ICR at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA, we 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.
We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) is the collection necessary to the proper
functions of the USGS; (2) will this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how
might the USGS enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how might the USGS minimize the
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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: The USGS Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) program
issues an annual announcement to solicit applications for
noncompetitive State Water Resources Research Program annual base
grants authorized by section 104(c) and for the national competitive
grant program authorized by section 104(g) of the Water Resources
Research Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-242), as amended [42 U.S.C. 10303(c)].
Annual base grants may support research and information transfer
projects as well as administration projects that advance the
institutes' overall administration and objectives; these research
projects are generally selected in a competitive statewide
solicitation, peer review, and selection process designed and conducted
by each institute. National competitive grants (104g) focus on water
problems and issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those of
concern only to a single state and which relate to specific program
priorities identified jointly by the Secretary (of the Interior, as
delegated to the USGS) and the institutes.
The State Water Resources Research Institutes were established
under Section 104(a) of the Act [42 U.S.C. 10303(a)]. There are 54
Water Resources Research Institutes, one in each state, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. The
Institutes cooperate with the USGS in establishing total programmatic
direction, reporting on the activities of the institutes and associated
researchers, as well as coordinating and facilitating regional research
and information and technology transfer.
Title of Collection: Water Resources Research Act Program--State
Water Resources Research Institute Annual Base Grant, National
Competitive Grants, and Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0097.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Universities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 54.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 54.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 80 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,320 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person 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).
Tanja Williamson,
WRRA Acting Program Manager, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2022-14824 Filed 7-11-22; 8:45 am]
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