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lands of the Ute Indian Tribe along the
Duchesne River in Utah as partial
mitigation for these Bonneville Unit
impacts. The LDWP has been planned
in conjunction with the Ute Indian
Tribe and is intended to fulfill a longstanding commitment to mitigate for
impacts to Ute Indian tribal wetlandwildlife resources and to provide
additional wetland/wildlife benefits to
the Ute Indian Tribe.
Notice of Intent to initiate public
scoping and prepare a Draft EIS was
published in the Federal Register on
April 25, 2001 (66 FR 20827). Scoping
was accomplished by means of three
public meetings convened in Ft.
Duchesne, Roosevelt and Salt Lake City,
Utah in May 2003. The DEIS was filed
with the EPA by the Joint Lead Agencies
on November 17, 2003. Notice of
Availability of the DEIS was announced
in the Federal Register on November 24,
2003 (68 FR 65943). Three public
meetings were held in Ft. Duchesne,
Roosevelt and Salt Lake City, Utah in
December 2003, to receive public
comment on the DEIS. Comments
received during the public comment
period from November 17, 2003 to
February 17, 2004, were considered
during preparation of the FEIS.
Publication of a Record of Decision
for the LDWP will occur no sooner than
30 days from the date of this notice.
Proposed Action—Approximately
4,807 acres of land composed of 3,215
acres of Ute Indian Tribal trust lands,
and 1,592 acres of fee lands to be
acquired by the Federal Government,
would be acquired and/or developed
into cohesive wetlands management
units. A portion of the water currently
managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
for the Ute Indian Tribe under the
existing Uinta Indian Irrigation Project
would be utilized, along with water that
may be acquired with fee land
acquisitions, to create, restore and
enhance wetlands throughout the
project area. Lands acquired in fee title
(except lands acquired by eminent
domain) would be transferred to the Ute
Indian Tribe. All project lands
(dedicated tribal and acquired lands)
would be managed for project purposes
by the Ute Indian Tribe under
management agreements with the Joint
Lead Agencies to achieve the prescribed
wetlands-associated fish and wildlife
benefits, and for other wetland/wildliferelated tribal benefits.
Alternatives—Two action alternatives
were developed and evaluated. The
alternatives included in the FEIS are
similar to the Proposed Action, differing
only in the acreage amounts and
locations.
No Action—No lands or waters would
be acquired or managed for wetland
habitat improvements or tribal benefits.
This Central Utah Project, Bonneville
Unit mitigation commitment to the Ute
Indian Tribe would remain unfulfilled.
The Commission would undertake
additional planning to develop an
acceptable alternative means to
complete this mitigation commitment.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Department of the Interior.
Michael C. Weland,
Executive Director, Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Commission.
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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; OMB Control No.
1018–0123; International Conservation
Grant Programs
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Number of annual
respondents
Activity
19867
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. This ICR revises
OMB Control No. 1018–0123 to include
our new Wildlife Without Borders
Africa Grant Program. The ICR, which is
summarized below, describes the nature
of the collection and the estimated
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 May 12, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR 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 additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018–0123.
Title: International Conservation
Grant Programs.
Service Form Number(s): 3–2338.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Domestic and
nondomestic Federal, State, and local
governments; nonprofit,
nongovernmental organizations; public
and private institutions of higher
education; and any other organization or
individual with demonstrated
experience deemed necessary to carry
out the proposed project.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Number of annual
responses
Completion time
per response
Annual burden
hours
539*
126*
539
252
12 hours ..........
30 hours ..........
6,468
7,560
Totals ................................................................................
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Grant Application (cover page and narrative) .........................
Report (mid-term and final) .....................................................
665
791
.....................
14,028
*Of the 539 applicants, we estimate
that 137 will be domestic and 402 will
be nondomestic. Of the 126 grantees
submitting reports, we estimate that 32
will be domestic and 94 will be
nondomestic.
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Abstract: The Division of
International Conservation awards
grants funded under the:
(1) African Elephant Conservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 4201–4245).
(2) Asian Elephant Conservation Act
of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261).
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(3) Great Apes Conservation Act of
2000 (Pub. L. 106–411).
(4) Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306).
(5) Marine Turtle Conservation Act
(Pub. L. 108–266).
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(6) Wildlife Without Borders
Programs - Mexico, Latin America and
the Caribbean, and Russia.
OMB has approved the information
collection associated with the above
grants and assigned control number
1018–0123. We have asked OMB to
approve our proposed information
collection associated with the Africa
Grant Program, which will be our
newest area of focus under the Wildlife
Without Borders programs.
Africa’s magnificent wildlife
resources are under increasing pressure
from human activities. The proposed
Africa grant initiative aims to provide
training opportunities for African
conservationists, educators, and
policymakers to strengthen wildlife
management in and around protected
areas. For the purpose of this fund,
protected areas are defined as sites that
are publicly or privately owned with
recognized legal status accorded by
national, provincial, or local
government, containing primarily
unmodified natural systems managed
for long-term protection. Examples
include: national parks, forest reserves,
buffer zones, community reserves, and
privately held land conservancies. Of
particular interest are projects that
provide training to:
(1) Raise capacity in and around
protected areas to mitigate the impact of
extractive industries, climate change,
human /wildlife conflict, illegal trade in
bushmeat, and/or wildlife disease.
(2) Strengthen the administrative
capacity (human resource management,
financial management, vehicle and
facility maintenance, grant writing and
project implementation, community
outreach and education, conflict
resolution, and coalition building) of
protected areas.
(3) Strengthen university, college, and
other conservation training programs
that address protected area
management.
(4) Strengthen decisionmakers’
knowledge of concepts relevant to
protected area legislation, policy, and
finance and the importance of
harmonizing these with other national
sectoral policies.
By providing wildlife professionals
with opportunities for training, we can
help empower a generation of local
people to address key conservation
issues such as the threat to wildlife from
extractive industries, illegal hunting,
human/wildlife conflict, and wildlife
disease.
Applicants submit proposals for
funding in response to Notices of
Funding Availability that we will
publish on Grants.gov. We plan to
collect the following information:
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(1) Cover page with basic project
details (FWS Form 3–2338).
(2) Project summary and narrative.
(3) Letter of appropriate government
endorsement.
(4) Brief curricula vitae for key project
personnel.
(5) Complete Standard Forms 424 and
424b (nondomestic applicants do not
submit the standard forms).
Proposals may also include, as
appropriate, a copy of the organization’s
Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement
(NIRCA) and any additional
documentation supporting the proposed
project.
The project summary and narrative
are the basis for this information
collection request for approval. A panel
of technical experts reviews each
proposal to assess how well the project
addresses the priorities identified by
each program’s authorizing legislation.
As all of the on-the-ground projects
funded by this program will be
conducted outside the United States, the
letter of appropriate government
endorsement ensures that the proposed
activities will not meet with local
resistance or work in opposition to
locally identified priorities and needs.
Brief curricula vitae for key project
personnel allow the review panel to
assess the qualifications of project staff
to effectively carry out the project goals
and objectives. As all Federal entities
must honor the indirect cost rates an
organization has negotiated with its
cognizant agency, we require all
organizations with a NICRA to submit
the agreement paperwork with their
proposals to verify how their rate is
applied in their proposed budget.
Applicants may provide any additional
documentation that they believe best
supports their proposal.
Comments: On October 30, 2007, we
published in the Federal Register (72 FR
61363) a notice of our intent to request
that OMB approve our proposed
collection of information for the African
Grant Program. In that notice, we
solicited comments for 60 days, ending
on December 31, 2007. We did not
receive any comments in response to
that notice.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
(1) whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
(3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
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(4) 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. 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
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: February 12, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Draft Safe Harbor Agreement and
Application for an Enhancement of
Survival Permit for the Beautiful
Shiner, Chiricahua Leopard Frog,
Huachuca Water Umbel, Yaqui Catfish,
Yaqui Chub, and Yaqui Topminnow in
Cochise County, Arizona
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of
application.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Alysa F. Bennett, 99 Bar
Ranch Limited Liability Limited
Partnership, and Mr. Josiah and Mrs.
Valer Austin, owners of the Bar Boot
Ranch (Applicants), have applied to the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
for an enhancement of survival permit
(TE–160629–0)pursuant to Section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species
Act (Act), as amended. The requested
permit, which is for a period of 50 years,
would authorize incidental take of the
threatened beautiful shiner (Cyprinella
formosa), threatened Chiricahua leopard
frog (Rana chiricahuensis), endangered
Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis
schaffneriana var. recurva), threatened
Yaqui catfish (Ictalurus pricei),
endangered Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea),
and endangered Yaqui topminnow
(Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis) as
a result of conservation actions, ongoing livestock operations, recreation,
land treatments, and other existing land-
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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; OMB Control No. 1018-0123; International
Conservation Grant Programs
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. This ICR
revises OMB Control No. 1018-0123 to include our new Wildlife Without
Borders Africa Grant Program. The ICR, which is summarized below,
describes the nature of the collection and the estimated 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 May 12, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this ICR 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 additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0123.
Title: International Conservation Grant Programs.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2338.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Domestic and nondomestic Federal, State, and local
governments; nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations; public and
private institutions of higher education; and any other organization or
individual with demonstrated experience deemed necessary to carry out
the proposed project.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Activity respondents responses response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grant Application (cover page 539* 539 12 hours........... 6,468
and narrative).
Report (mid-term and final)..... 126* 252 30 hours........... 7,560
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Totals...................... 665 791 ................... 14,028
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*Of the 539 applicants, we estimate that 137 will be domestic and
402 will be nondomestic. Of the 126 grantees submitting reports, we
estimate that 32 will be domestic and 94 will be nondomestic.
Abstract: The Division of International Conservation awards grants
funded under the:
(1) African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4245).
(2) Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261).
(3) Great Apes Conservation Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-411).
(4) Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306).
(5) Marine Turtle Conservation Act (Pub. L. 108-266).
[[Page 19868]]
(6) Wildlife Without Borders Programs - Mexico, Latin America and
the Caribbean, and Russia.
OMB has approved the information collection associated with the
above grants and assigned control number 1018-0123. We have asked OMB
to approve our proposed information collection associated with the
Africa Grant Program, which will be our newest area of focus under the
Wildlife Without Borders programs.
Africa's magnificent wildlife resources are under increasing
pressure from human activities. The proposed Africa grant initiative
aims to provide training opportunities for African conservationists,
educators, and policymakers to strengthen wildlife management in and
around protected areas. For the purpose of this fund, protected areas
are defined as sites that are publicly or privately owned with
recognized legal status accorded by national, provincial, or local
government, containing primarily unmodified natural systems managed for
long-term protection. Examples include: national parks, forest
reserves, buffer zones, community reserves, and privately held land
conservancies. Of particular interest are projects that provide
training to:
(1) Raise capacity in and around protected areas to mitigate the
impact of extractive industries, climate change, human /wildlife
conflict, illegal trade in bushmeat, and/or wildlife disease.
(2) Strengthen the administrative capacity (human resource
management, financial management, vehicle and facility maintenance,
grant writing and project implementation, community outreach and
education, conflict resolution, and coalition building) of protected
areas.
(3) Strengthen university, college, and other conservation training
programs that address protected area management.
(4) Strengthen decisionmakers' knowledge of concepts relevant to
protected area legislation, policy, and finance and the importance of
harmonizing these with other national sectoral policies.
By providing wildlife professionals with opportunities for
training, we can help empower a generation of local people to address
key conservation issues such as the threat to wildlife from extractive
industries, illegal hunting, human/wildlife conflict, and wildlife
disease.
Applicants submit proposals for funding in response to Notices of
Funding Availability that we will publish on Grants.gov. We plan to
collect the following information:
(1) Cover page with basic project details (FWS Form 3-2338).
(2) Project summary and narrative.
(3) Letter of appropriate government endorsement.
(4) Brief curricula vitae for key project personnel.
(5) Complete Standard Forms 424 and 424b (nondomestic applicants do
not submit the standard forms).
Proposals may also include, as appropriate, a copy of the
organization's Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NIRCA) and any
additional documentation supporting the proposed project.
The project summary and narrative are the basis for this
information collection request for approval. A panel of technical
experts reviews each proposal to assess how well the project addresses
the priorities identified by each program's authorizing legislation. As
all of the on-the-ground projects funded by this program will be
conducted outside the United States, the letter of appropriate
government endorsement ensures that the proposed activities will not
meet with local resistance or work in opposition to locally identified
priorities and needs. Brief curricula vitae for key project personnel
allow the review panel to assess the qualifications of project staff to
effectively carry out the project goals and objectives. As all Federal
entities must honor the indirect cost rates an organization has
negotiated with its cognizant agency, we require all organizations with
a NICRA to submit the agreement paperwork with their proposals to
verify how their rate is applied in their proposed budget. Applicants
may provide any additional documentation that they believe best
supports their proposal.
Comments: On October 30, 2007, we published in the Federal Register
(72 FR 61363) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve our
proposed collection of information for the African Grant Program. In
that notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending on December 31,
2007. We did not receive any comments in response to that notice.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
(1) whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 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.
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 publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: February 12, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E8-7648 Filed 4-10-08; 8:45 am
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