Fiscal Year 2005 Tribal Wildlife Grants; Request for Grant Proposals, 5695-5696 [05-2090]

Download as PDF 5695 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 22 / Thursday, February 3, 2005 / Notices TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS—Continued Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal Region 7 ....... Alaska ...................................................................... Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503– 6199. Request for Proposals: The Service invites submission of grant proposals for the protection and management of habitat to benefit federally listed, proposed, or candidate species or other at-risk species from federally recognized Indian tribal governments (including Alaska Native Villages). This program supports the efforts of tribal governments in programs that develop or augment the capacity to manage, conserve, or protect fish and wildlife species of concern through the provision of funding and technical support. For complete application guidelines, please refer to https://grants.fws.gov/ tribal.html or contact the Native American Liaison in your Fish and Wildlife Service Region (see Table 1 in ADDRESSES). The Application Kit outlines program requirements, selection criteria, and award procedures. For further information, contact the Native American Liaison in the appropriate Regional Office (see Table 1 under ADDRESSES) or Patrick Durham, Office of the Native American Liaison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, Mail Stop 3012 MIB, Washington, DC 20240, 202/208–4133. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated: January 25, 2005. Marshall Jones, Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 05–2091 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Fiscal Year 2005 Tribal Wildlife Grants; Request for Grant Proposals Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of request for proposals. AGENCY: SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) are soliciting project proposals for Federal assistance under the Tribal Wildlife Grants program (TWG). The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 authorized an appropriation of $69,027,526 for wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Tribes under provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished. The Act further specified that the Service use $ 5,916,645 of the funds for a competitive grant program Regional Native American liaison and phone number Tony DeGange (907) 786–3492 available to federally recognized Indian Tribes. This allows the Secretary, through the Director of the Service, to manage a separate Tribal grant program not subject to the provisions of the formula-based State Wildlife Grants program, or other requirements of the State Wildlife Grants portion of Pub. L. 107–63. DATES: Project proposals must be postmarked by April 4, 2005 and submitted to the appropriate Regional Office (see Table 1 in ADDRESSES). ADDRESSES: For information regarding collection requirements and application kit, applicants should contact the Native American Liaison in the Service’s Regional Office for the State in which the proposed project would occur. The contact information for each Regional Office is listed in Table 1 below. Information on the TWG is also available from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of the Native American Liaison, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 3251, Washington, DC 20240, fax (202) 501–3524 and electronically at https://grants.fws.gov/tribal.html. Send your project proposal to the Service’s Regional Office for the State in which the proposed project would occur (see Table 1 under this section). You must submit one original and two copies of the complete proposal. We will not accept facsimile project proposals. TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal Regional Native American liaison and phone number Region 1 .................. Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and California. Scott L. Aikin, (503) 231–6123. Region 2 .................. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Region 3 .................. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Region 4 .................. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Eastside Federal Complex, 911 NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232– 4181. Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Avenue, SW., P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103– 1306. Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4080. Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Blvd., Rm. 410, Atlanta, GA 30345. VerDate jul<14>2003 19:18 Feb 02, 2005 Jkt 205001 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03FEN1.SGM 03FEN1 John Antonio, (505) 248–6810. John Leonard, (612) 713–5108. James D. Brown, (404) 679– 7125 or Kyla Hastie, (404) 679–7133. 5696 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 22 / Thursday, February 3, 2005 / Notices TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS—Continued Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal Regional Native American liaison and phone number Region 5 .................. Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Alaska ........................................................ Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035–9589. D.J. Monette, (413) 253–8662. Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 134 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Lakewood, CO 80228. Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503–6199. David Redhorse, (303) 236– 4575. Region 6 .................. Region 7 .................. Request For Proposals: The Service invites submission of grant proposals from federally recognized Indian tribal governments (including Alaska Native Villages) for the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished. This program supports the efforts of federally recognized Tribal governments in projects that develop or augment the capacity to manage, conserve, or protect fish and wildlife resources through the provision of funding and technical support. For complete application guidelines, please refer to https://grants.fws.gov/ tribal.html or contact the Native American Liaison in your Fish and Wildlife Service Region (see Table 1 in ADDRESSES). The Application Kit outlines program requirements, selection criteria, and award procedures. For further information, contact the Native American Liaison in the appropriate Regional Office (see Table 1 under ADDRESSES) or Patrick Durham, Office of the Native American Liaison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, Mail Stop 3012 MIB, Washington, DC 20240, 202/208–4133. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated: January 25, 2005. Marshall Jones, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 05–2090 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Submission of Agency Information Collection to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. VerDate jul<14>2003 19:18 Feb 02, 2005 Jkt 205001 Notice. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting this information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal of the Indian Child Welfare Annual Report form. The information collected will aid the BIA in fulfilling requirements of law. This renewal meets the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Submit comments on or before March 7, 2005. ADDRESSES: Your comments and suggestions on the requirements should be made directly to the attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, either by facsimile at (202) 395–6566, or by e-mail to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please provide a copy to Larry Blair, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., Mail Stop–320–SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: (202) 513–7621. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested persons may obtain copies of the information collection requests without charge by contacting Mr. Larry Blair at (202) 513–7621, Facsimile number (202) 208–2648. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract BILLING CODE 4310–55–P AGENCY: ACTION: The information collection required by the use of this form is necessary to comply with Public Law 95–608, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and as codified in 25 CFR part 23, Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). This information is collected through the use of a consolidated caseload form by tribal Indian Child Welfare Act program directors who are the providers of the ICWA services. The information is used to determine the extent of service needs in local Indian communities, assessment of the Indian Child Welfare Act program effectiveness, and to provide data for the PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Tony DeGange, (907) 786– 3492. annual program budget justification. The responses to this request for information collection are voluntary and the aggregated report is not considered confidential. The public is not required to respond unless a currently valid OMB control number is displayed. II. Request for Comments We requested comments on the proposed renewal in the Federal Register (69 FR 65629) on November 15, 2004. No comments were received. You may submit comments to OMB at the address provided in the ADDRESSES section with a copy to the Bureau of Indian Affairs within 30 days concerning the following: (a) the necessity of this information collection for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways we could enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and, (d) ways we could minimize the burden of the collection of the information on therespondents, such as through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Please note that an agency may not sponsor or request, and an individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it has a valid OMB Control Number. OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, your comments should be submitted to OMB within 30 days of publication to assure maximum consideration. E:\FR\FM\03FEN1.SGM 03FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5695-5696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2090]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Fiscal Year 2005 Tribal Wildlife Grants; Request for Grant 
Proposals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of request for proposals.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) are soliciting 
project proposals for Federal assistance under the Tribal Wildlife 
Grants program (TWG). The Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 authorized an 
appropriation of $69,027,526 for wildlife conservation grants to States 
and to the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Tribes under 
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of 
programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished. The Act further specified that 
the Service use $ 5,916,645 of the funds for a competitive grant 
program available to federally recognized Indian Tribes. This allows 
the Secretary, through the Director of the Service, to manage a 
separate Tribal grant program not subject to the provisions of the 
formula-based State Wildlife Grants program, or other requirements of 
the State Wildlife Grants portion of Pub. L. 107-63.

DATES: Project proposals must be postmarked by April 4, 2005 and 
submitted to the appropriate Regional Office (see Table 1 in 
ADDRESSES).

ADDRESSES: For information regarding collection requirements and 
application kit, applicants should contact the Native American Liaison 
in the Service's Regional Office for the State in which the proposed 
project would occur. The contact information for each Regional Office 
is listed in Table 1 below. Information on the TWG is also available 
from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of the Native American 
Liaison, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 3251, Washington, DC 20240, fax 
(202) 501-3524 and electronically at https://grants.fws.gov/tribal.html.
    Send your project proposal to the Service's Regional Office for the 
State in which the proposed project would occur (see Table 1 under this 
section). You must submit one original and two copies of the complete 
proposal. We will not accept facsimile project proposals.

                     Table 1.--Where To Send Project Proposals and List of Regional Contacts
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                                                                                               Regional Native
          Service region             States where the project   Where to send your project  American liaison and
                                            will occur                   proposal               phone number
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Region 1..........................  Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon,      Regional Director, U.S.     Scott L. Aikin,
                                     Washington, Nevada, and     Fish and Wildlife           (503) 231-6123.
                                     California.                 Service, Eastside Federal
                                                                 Complex, 911 NE. 11th
                                                                 Avenue, Portland, OR
                                                                 97232-4181.
Region 2..........................  Arizona, New Mexico,        Regional Director, U.S.     John Antonio, (505)
                                     Oklahoma, and Texas.        Fish and Wildlife           248-6810.
                                                                 Service, 500 Gold Avenue,
                                                                 SW., P.O. Box 1306,
                                                                 Albuquerque, NM 87103-
                                                                 1306.
Region 3..........................  Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,    Regional Director, U.S.     John Leonard, (612)
                                     Michigan, Minnesota,        Fish and Wildlife           713-5108.
                                     Missouri, Ohio, and         Service, 1 Federal Drive,
                                     Wisconsin.                  Fort Snelling, MN 55111-
                                                                 4080.
Region 4..........................  Alabama, Arkansas,          Regional Director, U.S.     James D. Brown,
                                     Florida, Georgia,           Fish and Wildlife           (404) 679-7125 or
                                     Kentucky, Louisiana,        Service, 1875 Century       Kyla Hastie, (404)
                                     Mississippi, North          Blvd., Rm. 410, Atlanta,    679-7133.
                                     Carolina, South Carolina,   GA 30345.
                                     and Tennessee.

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Region 5..........................  Connecticut, Delaware,      Regional Director, U.S.     D.J. Monette, (413)
                                     District of Columbia,       Fish and Wildlife           253-8662.
                                     Maine, Maryland,            Service, 300 Westgate
                                     Massachusetts, New          Center Drive, Hadley, MA
                                     Hampshire, New Jersey,      01035-9589.
                                     New York, Pennsylvania,
                                     Rhode Island, Vermont,
                                     Virginia, and West
                                     Virginia.
Region 6..........................  Colorado, Kansas, Montana,  Regional Director, U.S.     David Redhorse,
                                     Nebraska, North Dakota,     Fish and Wildlife           (303) 236-4575.
                                     South Dakota, Utah, and     Service, 134 Union
                                     Wyoming.                    Boulevard, Suite 400,
                                                                 Lakewood, CO 80228.
Region 7..........................  Alaska....................  Regional Director, U.S.     Tony DeGange, (907)
                                                                 Fish and Wildlife           786-3492.
                                                                 Service, 1011 East Tudor
                                                                 Road, Anchorage, AK 99503-
                                                                 6199.
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    Request For Proposals: The Service invites submission of grant 
proposals from federally recognized Indian tribal governments 
(including Alaska Native Villages) for the development and 
implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished. This program 
supports the efforts of federally recognized Tribal governments in 
projects that develop or augment the capacity to manage, conserve, or 
protect fish and wildlife resources through the provision of funding 
and technical support.
    For complete application guidelines, please refer to https://
grants.fws.gov/tribal.html or contact the Native American Liaison in 
your Fish and Wildlife Service Region (see Table 1 in ADDRESSES). The 
Application Kit outlines program requirements, selection criteria, and 
award procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact the 
Native American Liaison in the appropriate Regional Office (see Table 1 
under ADDRESSES) or Patrick Durham, Office of the Native American 
Liaison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, Mail Stop 3012 
MIB, Washington, DC 20240, 202/208-4133.

    Dated: January 25, 2005.
Marshall Jones,
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 05-2090 Filed 2-2-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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