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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4984–C–02]
Public Housing Graduation Incentive
Bonus Program; Correction
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability;
correction.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On June 2, 2005, HUD
published its notice of funding
availability (NOFA) for the Public
Housing Graduation Incentive Bonus
Program. In the NOFA, HUD
inadvertently identified the Fort Worth,
Texas, public housing authority (PHA)
as an eligible medium PHA rather than
an eligible large PHA. This notice
corrects this error.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions and technical assistance,
applicants may call the Public and
Indian Housing Information and
Resource Center at 800–955–2232. For
the hearing- or speech-impaired, please
call the Federal Relay Service at 800–
877–8339. (These are toll-free numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 2,
2005 (70 FR 32470), HUD published its
NOFA for the Public Housing
Graduation Incentive Bonus Program.
The deadline for application for this
program was July 18, 2005. The purpose
of the program is to invite PHAs to
apply for a Graduation Incentive Bonus.
The Graduation Incentive Bonus is
granted to PHAs that can show their
public housing residents are moving
away from long-term dependence on
housing assistance as evidenced by the
proportion of households that leaves
public housing and end their
participation in assisted housing
programs during calendar year 2004 as
well as the average length of stay among
public housing residents. The NOFA
announced the availability of up to $10
million under the Graduation Incentive
Bonus Program in fiscal year 2005.
Eligible applicants are PHAs that
operated a public housing program
during calendar year 2004; have
reported Public and Indian Housing
Information Center (PIC) Family
Household form HUD–50058 data for
residents who ended their residency in
public housing during calendar year
2004; have a minimum of 100 dwelling
units in management status as reported
in PIC as approved by the field office as
of January 15, 2005; have a minimum of
twenty-five Family Household form
HUD–50058 records reported in PIC,
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and have met the minimum threshold
criteria based upon its size category.
Subsequent to publication of the June
2, 2005, NOFA, HUD discovered that
the Fort Worth, Texas PHA was
improperly identified as an eligible
medium PHA rather than an eligible
large PHA in the appendix of the NOFA.
Accordingly, in the Public Housing
Graduation Incentive Bonus Program,
HUD will remove the Fort Worth, Texas
PHA from the list of eligible medium
PHAs and move it to the list of eligible
large PHAs.
Dated: July 26, 2005.
Paula O. Blunt,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public
and Indian Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act; 1018–0118;
Private Stewardship Grants Program
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service
or Service) have submitted the
collection of information described
below to OMB for approval under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The information collected for the
Private Stewardship Grants Program
(PSGP) is needed to review requests for
funding and to comply with Federal
reporting requirements for grants
awarded under this program.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before September 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection renewal to the Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior at
OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–6566 (fax) or
OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); (703) 358–2269 (fax); or
hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the information
collection requirements, explanatory
information, or related materials,
contact Hope Grey at the addresses
above or by phone at (703) 358–2482.
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The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), require that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have
an opportunity to comment on
information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). The OMB control number for
the collection of information for the
Private Stewardship Grants Program is
1018–0118, which expires July 31, 2005.
We have sent a request to OMB to renew
its approval of this collection of
information. OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove our request for
renewal, but may respond in as early as
30 days. To ensure consideration, send
your comments to OMB by the date
listed in the DATES section. Federal
agencies 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.
On January 21, 2005, we published in
the Federal Register (70 FR 3221) a 60day notice of our intent to request
renewal of this information collection
authority from OMB. In that notice, we
solicited public comments for 60 days,
ending on March 23, 2005. We received
one comment regarding this notice. The
commenter expressed opposition to the
awarding of grants to gun clubs and
requested a list of 2003 PSGP grant
recipients. We note the concerns raised
by this individual; however, under the
PSPG, all private landowners are
eligible to receive funding for on-theground conservation actions that benefit
at-risk species. We have not made any
changes to our information collection as
a result of the comment. A list of 2003
awards is online at https://
endangered.fes.gov/grants/
private_stewardship/FY2003/
index.html.
The PSGP provides grants and other
assistance on a competitive basis to
individuals and groups engaged in
private conservation efforts that benefit
species listed or proposed as
endangered or threatened under the
Endangered Species Act, candidate
species, or other at-risk species. In
implementing the PSGP, we request
project proposals from the public. For
projects selected for funding, we also
request information to satisfy Federal
reporting requirements. These requests
constitute an information collection
requiring OMB approval.
Congress established the Private
Stewardship Grants Program (PSGP) in
2002. Pending appropriations, a notice
of funding availability is posted
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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annually on the www.grants.gov Web
site. The information collection
associated with the PSGP is voluntary,
but is required to receive benefits in the
form of a grant. The funding provided
to private landowners through this
program will address threats to many
critically imperiled species. Taking
action to establish partnerships with
private landowners through the PSGP is
central to our mission.
The information collected in the
request for proposals is used in a
competitive funding process to
determine the eligibility and relative
value of conservation projects as
described in the project proposals. A
diverse panel of representatives from
State and Federal government,
conservation organizations, agriculture
and development interests, and the
science community assesses project
proposals and makes funding
recommendations to the Service. We use
the information collected under this
program to respond to such needs as:
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) reporting, grant agreements,
budget reports and justification, public
and private requests for information,
data provided to other programs for
databases on similar programs,
Congressional inquiries, and other
informational reports. We also collect
information from award recipients on an
annual basis to fulfill Federal grant
reporting requirements.
This information collection is
associated with an annual request for
proposals (RFP). The annual RP is
issued at the beginning of the fiscal year
concurrent with an annual
appropriation. If we did not collect the
information, we would have to
eliminate the PSGP because it would
not be possible to determine eligibility
and the scale of resource values or
relative worth of the proposed projects.
Reducing the frequency of the
information collection would only
reduce the frequency of windows for
grant opportunities as the information is
unique to each project.
Title: Private Stewardship Grants
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0118.
Form Number: None.
Frequency: A request for proposals is
issued annually. In addition, grant
recipients must submit reports on an
annual basis.
Description of Respondents: Private
landowners, including individuals and
nonprofit organizations.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,400
hours.
Total Annual Responses:
Approximately 300 respondents.
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We consulted four previous
respondents about the availability of the
information requested, the clarity of the
instructions, and the annual hour
burden for the application materials and
the annual reports. All respondents said
that the application instructions are
clear and the information is easily
available. The respondents estimated
the hour burden for the application from
1 day to 3 weeks. We believe that this
variance results from some respondents
estimating the entire time it took them
to develop the project as well as to
present that information in the form of
an application, whereas other
respondents only included the actual
time to write the application materials.
The average hour burden estimated by
respondents is approximately 40 hours.
The average number of applicants is
about 300. The hour burden estimated
by the respondents for the reporting
requirements varied between 2 hours
and 8 hours, with an average of about
4 hours. The average number of award
recipients is about 100. The total annual
burden hour is 12,000 hours for the
project proposals and 400 hours for
reporting activities.
We invite your comments on: (1)
Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Private Stewardship
Grants Program, including whether or
not the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents. The information
collections in this program are part of a
system of records covered by the
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).
Dated: July 1, 2005.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Assessment for
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in
Folkston, Georgia.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that a
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Assessment for
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
are available for review and comment.
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, requires the
Service to develop a comprehensive
conservation plan for each national
wildlife refuge. The purpose in
developing a comprehensive
conservation plan is to provide refuge
managers with a 15-year strategy for
achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, the plan identifies
wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities available to the public,
including opportunities for hunting,
fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation.
DATES: Three meetings will be held to
present the plan to the public and
accept formal public comments.
Mailings, newspaper articles, and
postings on the refuge Web site will be
the avenues to inform the public of the
date and time of the meetings.
Individuals wishing to comment on the
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Assessment for
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
should do so no later than September
16, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Assessment should
be addressed to Mr. M. Skippy Reeves,
Refuge Manager, Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge—CCP, Route 2, Box
3330, Folkston, Georgia 31537;
Telephone 912/496–7366; Fax 912/496–
3332. The draft plan and environmental
assessment may be accessed and
downloaded from the Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Internet Web site https://
www.southeast.fws.gov/planning/.
Comments on the draft plan and
environmental assessment may be
submitted to the above address or via
electronic mail to okefenokee@fws.gov.
Please include CCP in the subject line
and your name and return address in
your Internet message. Our practice is to
make comments, including names and
home addresses of respondents,
available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual
respondents may request that we
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; 1018-0118;
Private Stewardship Grants Program
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service or Service) have submitted the
collection of information described below to OMB for approval under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collected
for the Private Stewardship Grants Program (PSGP) is needed to review
requests for funding and to comply with Federal reporting requirements
for grants awarded under this program.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before September 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection renewal to the Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-6566 (fax) or OIRA--
DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). Please provide a copy of your comments to
Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); (703) 358-2269 (fax); or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information
collection requirements, explanatory information, or related materials,
contact Hope Grey at the addresses above or by phone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), require that interested
members of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5
CFR 1320.8(d)). The OMB control number for the collection of
information for the Private Stewardship Grants Program is 1018-0118,
which expires July 31, 2005. We have sent a request to OMB to renew its
approval of this collection of information. OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove our request for renewal, but may respond in as
early as 30 days. To ensure consideration, send your comments to OMB by
the date listed in the DATES section. Federal agencies 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.
On January 21, 2005, we published in the Federal Register (70 FR
3221) a 60-day notice of our intent to request renewal of this
information collection authority from OMB. In that notice, we solicited
public comments for 60 days, ending on March 23, 2005. We received one
comment regarding this notice. The commenter expressed opposition to
the awarding of grants to gun clubs and requested a list of 2003 PSGP
grant recipients. We note the concerns raised by this individual;
however, under the PSPG, all private landowners are eligible to receive
funding for on-the-ground conservation actions that benefit at-risk
species. We have not made any changes to our information collection as
a result of the comment. A list of 2003 awards is online at https://
endangered.fes.gov/grants/private_stewardship/FY2003/.
The PSGP provides grants and other assistance on a competitive
basis to individuals and groups engaged in private conservation efforts
that benefit species listed or proposed as endangered or threatened
under the Endangered Species Act, candidate species, or other at-risk
species. In implementing the PSGP, we request project proposals from
the public. For projects selected for funding, we also request
information to satisfy Federal reporting requirements. These requests
constitute an information collection requiring OMB approval.
Congress established the Private Stewardship Grants Program (PSGP)
in 2002. Pending appropriations, a notice of funding availability is
posted
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annually on the www.grants.gov Web site. The information collection
associated with the PSGP is voluntary, but is required to receive
benefits in the form of a grant. The funding provided to private
landowners through this program will address threats to many critically
imperiled species. Taking action to establish partnerships with private
landowners through the PSGP is central to our mission.
The information collected in the request for proposals is used in a
competitive funding process to determine the eligibility and relative
value of conservation projects as described in the project proposals. A
diverse panel of representatives from State and Federal government,
conservation organizations, agriculture and development interests, and
the science community assesses project proposals and makes funding
recommendations to the Service. We use the information collected under
this program to respond to such needs as: Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA) reporting, grant agreements, budget reports and
justification, public and private requests for information, data
provided to other programs for databases on similar programs,
Congressional inquiries, and other informational reports. We also
collect information from award recipients on an annual basis to fulfill
Federal grant reporting requirements.
This information collection is associated with an annual request
for proposals (RFP). The annual RP is issued at the beginning of the
fiscal year concurrent with an annual appropriation. If we did not
collect the information, we would have to eliminate the PSGP because it
would not be possible to determine eligibility and the scale of
resource values or relative worth of the proposed projects. Reducing
the frequency of the information collection would only reduce the
frequency of windows for grant opportunities as the information is
unique to each project.
Title: Private Stewardship Grants Program.
OMB Control Number: 1018-0118.
Form Number: None.
Frequency: A request for proposals is issued annually. In addition,
grant recipients must submit reports on an annual basis.
Description of Respondents: Private landowners, including
individuals and nonprofit organizations.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,400 hours.
Total Annual Responses: Approximately 300 respondents.
We consulted four previous respondents about the availability of
the information requested, the clarity of the instructions, and the
annual hour burden for the application materials and the annual
reports. All respondents said that the application instructions are
clear and the information is easily available. The respondents
estimated the hour burden for the application from 1 day to 3 weeks. We
believe that this variance results from some respondents estimating the
entire time it took them to develop the project as well as to present
that information in the form of an application, whereas other
respondents only included the actual time to write the application
materials. The average hour burden estimated by respondents is
approximately 40 hours. The average number of applicants is about 300.
The hour burden estimated by the respondents for the reporting
requirements varied between 2 hours and 8 hours, with an average of
about 4 hours. The average number of award recipients is about 100. The
total annual burden hour is 12,000 hours for the project proposals and
400 hours for reporting activities.
We invite your comments on: (1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the Private
Stewardship Grants Program, including whether or not the information
will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate of the
burden of the collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents. The information collections in this program are part of a
system of records covered by the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).
Dated: July 1, 2005.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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