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APPENDIX A—FY 2012 SECTION 811 PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM AWARDS
Grantee
Units
Amount
Funded
California Housing Finance Agency ................................................................................................................................
Delaware State Housing Authority ..................................................................................................................................
Georgia Housing and Finance Authority .........................................................................................................................
Illinois Housing Development Authority ...........................................................................................................................
Louisiana Housing Corporation .......................................................................................................................................
Maryland Dept. of Housing and Community Development .............................................................................................
Massachusetts Dept. of Housing and Community Development ....................................................................................
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency ...............................................................................................................................
Montana Department of Commerce ................................................................................................................................
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency ........................................................................................................................
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency ..........................................................................................................................
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ...................................................................................................
Washington State Department of Commerce .................................................................................................................
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170
150
826
200
150
100
95
82
533
200
385
275
$11,870,256
5,100,753
4,160,771
11,982,009
8,254,097
10,917,383
5,276,452
3,000,000
2,000,000
12,000,000
5,707,800
12,000,000
5,580,280
Total ..........................................................................................................................................................................
3,501
97,849,801
To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2013–N244;
FXMB12310900WH0–134–91200
FF09M26000]
Proposed Information Collection;
Migratory Bird Harvest Information
Program and Migratory Bird Surveys
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
as part of our continuing efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
IC is scheduled to expire on April 30,
2014. 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: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by January 7, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0023’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
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I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703–711) and the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742d)
designate the Department of the Interior
as the key agency responsible for (1) the
wise management of migratory bird
populations frequenting the United
States, and (2) setting hunting
regulations that allow appropriate
harvests that are within the guidelines
that will allow for those populations’
well-being. These responsibilities
dictate that we gather accurate data on
various characteristics of migratory bird
harvest. Based on information from
harvest surveys, we can adjust hunting
regulations as needed to optimize
harvests at levels that provide a
maximum of hunting recreation while
keeping populations at desired levels.
Under 50 CFR 20.20, migratory bird
hunters must register for the Migratory
Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP)
in each State in which they hunt each
year. State natural resource agencies
must send names and addresses of all
migratory bird hunters to us annually.
The Migratory Bird Hunter Survey is
based on the Migratory Bird Harvest
Information Program. We randomly
select migratory bird hunters and ask
them to report their harvest. The
resulting estimates of harvest per hunter
are combined with the complete list of
migratory bird hunters to provide
estimates of the total harvest for the
species surveyed.
The Parts Collection Survey estimates
the species, sex, and age composition of
the harvest, and the geographic and
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temporal distribution of the harvest.
Randomly selected successful hunters
who responded to the Migratory Bird
Hunter Survey the previous year are
asked to complete and return a form if
they are willing to participate in the
Parts Collection Survey. We provide
postage–paid envelopes to respondents
before the hunting season and ask them
to send in a wing or the tail feathers
from each duck or goose that they
harvest, or a wing from each mourning
dove, woodcock, band-tailed pigeon,
snipe, rail, or gallinule that they harvest.
We use the wings and tail feathers to
identify the species, sex, and age of the
harvested sample. We also ask
respondents to report on the envelope
the date and location of harvest for each
bird. We combine the results of this
survey with the harvest estimates
obtained from the Migratory Bird
Hunter Survey to provide species–
specific national harvest estimates.
The combined results of these surveys
enable us to evaluate the effects of
season length, season dates, and bag
limits on the harvest of each species,
and thus help us determine appropriate
hunting regulations.
The Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey is
an annual questionnaire survey of
people who obtained a sandhill crane
hunting permit. At the end of the
hunting season, we randomly select a
sample of permit holders and ask them
to report the date, location, and number
of birds harvested for each of their
sandhill crane hunts. Their responses
provide estimates of the temporal and
geographic distribution of the harvest as
well as the average harvest per hunter,
which, combined with the total number
of permits issued, enables us to estimate
the total harvest of sandhill cranes.
Based on information from this survey,
we adjust hunting regulations as
needed.
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II. Data
Service Form Number: 3–165, 3–165A
through E, 3–2056J through N.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: States
and migratory game bird hunters.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0023.
Title: Migratory Bird Information
Program and Migratory Bird Surveys, 50
CFR 20.20.
Number of
respondents
Activity
Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program ..
Migratory Bird Hunter Survey:
Form 3–2056J .................................................
Form 3–2056K .........................................
Form 3–2056L .........................................
Form 3–2056M ........................................
Parts Collection Survey:
Form 3–165 .............................................
Form 3–165A ...........................................
Form 3–165B ...........................................
Form 3–165C ...........................................
Form 3–165D ...........................................
Form 3–165E ...........................................
Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey:
Form 3–2056N .........................................
Number of
responses
Completion time per response
185 hours .......................................................
686
37,100
23,100
11,700
12,300
37,100
23,100
11,700
12,300
5
4
4
3
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
........................................................
........................................................
........................................................
........................................................
3,092
1,540
780
615
6,500
6,000
3,000
400
2,600
2,600
117,000
6,000
4,500
400
2,600
3,900
5
1
5
1
1
5
minutes ........................................................
minute .........................................................
minutes ........................................................
minute .........................................................
minute .........................................................
minutes ........................................................
9,750
100
375
7
43
325
8,300
8,300
3.5 minutes .....................................................
484
113,649
227,586
.........................................................................
144,021
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III. Comments
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents.
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 IC. 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 publicly 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.
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Total annual
burden hours
49
Total ................................................................
Dated: November 5, 2013.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
for HIP registration information;
voluntary for participation in the
surveys.
Frequency of Collection: Annually or
on occasion.
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Proposed Information Collection;
Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and
Reporting Certificates, and
Registration of Certain Dead Marine
Mammal Hard Parts
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
as part of our continuing efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
IC is scheduled to expire on May 31,
2014. 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: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by January 7, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
SUMMARY:
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126,910
22203 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0066’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Under section 101(b) of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361–
1407), Alaska Natives residing in Alaska
and dwelling on the coast of the North
Pacific or Arctic Oceans may harvest
polar bears, northern sea otters, and
Pacific walrus for subsistence or
handicraft purposes. Section 109(i) of
the MMPA authorizes the Secretary of
the Interior to prescribe marking,
tagging, and reporting regulations
applicable to the Alaska Native
subsistence and handicraft take.
On behalf of the Secretary, we
implemented regulations at 50 CFR
18.23(f) for Alaska Natives harvesting
polar bear, northern sea otter, and
Pacific walrus. These regulations enable
us to gather data on the Alaska Native
subsistence and handicraft harvest and
on the biology of polar bear, northern
sea otter, and Pacific walrus in Alaska
to determine what effect such take may
be having on these populations. The
regulations also provide us with a
means of monitoring the disposition of
the harvest to ensure that any
commercial use of products created
from these species meets the criteria set
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-MB-2013-N244; FXMB12310900WH0-134-91200 FF09M26000]
Proposed Information Collection; Migratory Bird Harvest
Information Program and Migratory Bird Surveys
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take
this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire
on April 30, 2014. 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: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC,
we must receive them by January 7, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042-
PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0023'' in the subject line
of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711) and the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742d) designate the Department of the
Interior as the key agency responsible for (1) the wise management of
migratory bird populations frequenting the United States, and (2)
setting hunting regulations that allow appropriate harvests that are
within the guidelines that will allow for those populations' well-
being. These responsibilities dictate that we gather accurate data on
various characteristics of migratory bird harvest. Based on information
from harvest surveys, we can adjust hunting regulations as needed to
optimize harvests at levels that provide a maximum of hunting
recreation while keeping populations at desired levels.
Under 50 CFR 20.20, migratory bird hunters must register for the
Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) in each State in which
they hunt each year. State natural resource agencies must send names
and addresses of all migratory bird hunters to us annually.
The Migratory Bird Hunter Survey is based on the Migratory Bird
Harvest Information Program. We randomly select migratory bird hunters
and ask them to report their harvest. The resulting estimates of
harvest per hunter are combined with the complete list of migratory
bird hunters to provide estimates of the total harvest for the species
surveyed.
The Parts Collection Survey estimates the species, sex, and age
composition of the harvest, and the geographic and temporal
distribution of the harvest. Randomly selected successful hunters who
responded to the Migratory Bird Hunter Survey the previous year are
asked to complete and return a form if they are willing to participate
in the Parts Collection Survey. We provide postage-paid envelopes to
respondents before the hunting season and ask them to send in a wing or
the tail feathers from each duck or goose that they harvest, or a wing
from each mourning dove, woodcock, band-tailed pigeon, snipe, rail, or
gallinule that they harvest. We use the wings and tail feathers to
identify the species, sex, and age of the harvested sample. We also ask
respondents to report on the envelope the date and location of harvest
for each bird. We combine the results of this survey with the harvest
estimates obtained from the Migratory Bird Hunter Survey to provide
species-specific national harvest estimates.
The combined results of these surveys enable us to evaluate the
effects of season length, season dates, and bag limits on the harvest
of each species, and thus help us determine appropriate hunting
regulations.
The Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey is an annual questionnaire survey
of people who obtained a sandhill crane hunting permit. At the end of
the hunting season, we randomly select a sample of permit holders and
ask them to report the date, location, and number of birds harvested
for each of their sandhill crane hunts. Their responses provide
estimates of the temporal and geographic distribution of the harvest as
well as the average harvest per hunter, which, combined with the total
number of permits issued, enables us to estimate the total harvest of
sandhill cranes. Based on information from this survey, we adjust
hunting regulations as needed.
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II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0023.
Title: Migratory Bird Information Program and Migratory Bird
Surveys, 50 CFR 20.20.
Service Form Number: 3-165, 3-165A through E, 3-2056J through N.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: States and migratory game bird hunters.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory for HIP registration
information; voluntary for participation in the surveys.
Frequency of Collection: Annually or on occasion.
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Number of Number of Completion time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
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Migratory Bird Harvest Information 49 686 185 hours............... 126,910
Program.
Migratory Bird Hunter Survey:
Form 3-2056J.......................... 37,100 37,100 5 minutes............... 3,092
Form 3-2056K...................... 23,100 23,100 4 minutes............... 1,540
Form 3-2056L...................... 11,700 11,700 4 minutes............... 780
Form 3-2056M...................... 12,300 12,300 3 minutes............... 615
Parts Collection Survey:
Form 3-165........................ 6,500 117,000 5 minutes............... 9,750
Form 3-165A....................... 6,000 6,000 1 minute................ 100
Form 3-165B....................... 3,000 4,500 5 minutes............... 375
Form 3-165C....................... 400 400 1 minute................ 7
Form 3-165D....................... 2,600 2,600 1 minute................ 43
Form 3-165E....................... 2,600 3,900 5 minutes............... 325
Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey:
Form 3-2056N...................... 8,300 8,300 3.5 minutes............. 484
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Total................................. 113,649 227,586 ........................ 144,021
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III. Comments
We invite comments concerning this information collection on:
Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information;
Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents.
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 IC. 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 publicly 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: November 5, 2013.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-26801 Filed 11-7-13; 8:45 am]
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