Office of Policy Analysis; Proposed Information Collection; Non-use Valuation Survey, Klamath Basin, 27340-27341 [E9-13376]

Download as PDF 27340 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 109 / Tuesday, June 9, 2009 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5311–N–02] Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Fund Recovery Competition Grants; Corrections, Changes, and Clarifications AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: On May 7, 2009, HUD posted on its website its Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for HUD’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Fund Recovery Competition (CFRC) Grants. Through this document, HUD announces that it has posted on its Web site a revised NOFA that corrects, changes and clarifies a number of criteria established in the document posted on May 7, 2009. The corrections, changes, and clarifications to the NOFA include, among other items, the following: adding threshold funding caps in Categories 1, 2 and 3 for public housing agencies (PHAs) designated as High Performers; adding a rating factor on High Performer status to Category 4; amending the Capacity threshold requirement relating to the Capital Fund; clarifying the threshold requirement of Category 2, Public Housing Transformation, that deals with the census tract and the concentration of poverty; adding definitions of leverage and match and adding tie-breaking criteria based on leverage and match; amending the leverage ratio criteria in Category 1 required for Round 1 consideration; amending the Category 3 threshold requirement to require that any demolition and/or disposition applications had to be submitted to HUD no later than the date of the publication of the revised NOFA; and clarifying certain other Category 4 rating factors and funding limits. Please see the revised NOFA document for all the corrections, changes, and clarifications made. To permit applicants time to prepare applications that take into account these and other changes incorporated in the revised NOFA, HUD is revising the application deadline dates for each funding category: For Threshold-Based applications (Categories 1, 2 and 3), the Department will assign the first Ordinal on July 6, 2009; but will begin accepting applications on June 22, 2009. For Rated and Ranked applications (Category 4), the deadline date for applications is July 29, 2009, but HUD will begin accepting VerDate Nov<24>2008 14:45 Jun 08, 2009 Jkt 217001 applications on June 22, 2009. The NOFA which reflects these changes, corrections and clarifications is available on the HUD Web site at: https://www.hud.gov/recovery (which connects to the Office of Capital Improvements Web site, https://www. hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ph/ capfund/ocir.cfm). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have a question or need a clarification, you may contact the Office of Capital Improvements by sending an email message to PIHOCI@hud.gov. Please see https://www.hud.gov/offices/ pih/programs/ph/capfund/ocir.cfm, which can be accessed from https:// www.hud.gov/recovery/, for additional information. Dated: June 3, 2009. Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing Investments. [FR Doc. E9–13525 Filed 6–5–09; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5300–N–06A] Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program; Technical Correction AGENCY: Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, HUD. ACTION: Notice of technical correction. SUMMARY: On May 22, 2009, HUD posted on its Web site its Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for HUD’s FY2009 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program. Today’s Federal Register publication announces that HUD has posted on its Web site a revised NOFA that corrects Appendix A of the NOFA and extends the deadline for submitting waiver requests to reduce the statutory match. Specifically, HUD inadvertently omitted a number of jurisdictions that are eligible for the FY2009 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program from part A of Appendix A, entitled ‘‘Cities, Towns, Counties, and States Having at Least One Place or County with 3,500 or More Occupied Rental Housing Units Built Before 1940, and Eligible States and Tribes.’’ The revised Appendix A is available at https://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/ 09NOFA/leadcombo.cfm. In addition, in order to provide equal opportunity to all PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 eligible applicants, the deadline for submitting waiver requests to reduce the statutory match amount from 25% to 10% is being extended from June 10, 2009 to June 23, 2009. The period for HUD to review the requests is extended from June 22, 2009 to June 30, 2009. The deadline for receipt of the applications in HUD headquarters remains 5:00 PM eastern time July 20, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program, contact Warren Friedman, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8236, Washington, DC 20410–3000; telephone number 202–402–7574 (this is not a tollfree number). Persons with speech or hearing impairments may access this telephone number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service during working hours at 800– 877–8339. Dated: June 3, 2009. Jon L. Gant, Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. [FR Doc. E9–13527 Filed 6–5–09; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary Office of Policy Analysis; Proposed Information Collection; Non-use Valuation Survey, Klamath Basin U.S. Department of the Interior. Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: We (The Department of the Interior) 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. 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. ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the Interior, Office of Policy Analysis, Attention: Don Bieniewicz, Mail Stop 3530; 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 109 / Tuesday, June 9, 2009 / Notices DC 20240. If you wish to e-mail comments, the e-mail address is Donald_Bieniewicz@ios.doi.gov. Reference ‘‘Klamath non-use value survey’’ in your e-mail subject line. Include your name and return address in your e-mail message and mark your message for return receipt. DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before August 10, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Benjamin Simon, Acting Director, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of the Interior telephone at 202–208–5978 or by e-mail at Benjamin_Simon@ios.doi.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The Klamath River provides habitat for fall and spring run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris), Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentate), and Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus). Some of these species are important components of non-tribal harvest (e.g., fall Chinook, steelhead), some have important subsistence and cultural value to Klamath Basin tribes (e.g., salmon, sturgeon, lamprey, eulachon), and some are at low levels of abundance or ESA-listed (e.g., spring Chinook, lamprey, coho, eulachon). In addition to its importance as fish habitat, the Klamath River also provides water to agriculture through the Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath Irrigation Project. Oversubscription of Klamath water has thwarted recovery of depressed fish stocks and led to economic hardship for farming and fishing communities—prompting federal disaster relief for farmers in 2001 and for fishermen in 2006. In November 2008 the U.S. Government, the States of Oregon and California, and the utility company PacifiCorp signed an agreement in principle (AIP) to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River by 2020. Dam removal is being considered a viable alternative to volitional fish passage (ladders and screens), which was being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a condition for relicensing of PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric project. Parties to the AIP are working with stakeholders (including tribes, fishers, farmers, conservation groups, and local governments) to reach a final agreement that would result in the largest dam removal project in U.S. history. If achieved, this agreement will be part of a comprehensive solution to VerDate Nov<24>2008 14:45 Jun 08, 2009 Jkt 217001 species recovery, water allocation, and water quality problems in the Klamath Basin. In October 2011 the Secretary of the Interior is expected to make a final determination regarding dam removal, contingent on results of an economic analysis that will address benefits, costs, and distributional effects of dam removal relative to volitional fish passage. Dam removal is expected to have positive long-term effects on the viability of fish populations and other aspects of the Klamath Basin ecosystem. Benefits of these environmental improvements include ‘‘non-use values,’’ which accrue to members of the public who value such improvements regardless of whether they ever consume Klamath fish or visit the Klamath Basin. An information collection is planned in order to implement a state-of-the-art non-use valuation survey of the U.S. public that addresses the incremental environmental improvements of dam removal relative to volitional fish passage. This data collection is intended to address one component of an economic analysis that will include all costs and benefits of dam removal relative to volitional fish passage. Estimated number of burden hours Klamath nonuse value survey ........ Responses 3,000 6,000 II. Data OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection. Title: Non-Use Valuation Survey, Klamath River Dam Removal. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: New. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: One time. Estimate Annual Number of Respondents: 6,000. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 6,000. Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,000. III. Request for Comments We invite comments concerning this IC 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 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 27341 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. 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 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: June 3, 2009. Benjamin M. Simon, Acting Director, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of the Interior. [FR Doc. E9–13376 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation Agency Information Collection; Activities Under OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 1006– 0006). SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) has forwarded the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB Control Number: 1006–0006. This ICR is required under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation Rules and Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, and Information Requirements for Certain Farm Operations In Excess of 960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden. DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comments must E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27340-27341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13376]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Office of Policy Analysis; Proposed Information Collection; Non-
use Valuation Survey, Klamath Basin

AGENCY: U.S. Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (The Department of the Interior) 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. 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.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the 
Interior, Office of Policy Analysis, Attention: Don Bieniewicz, Mail 
Stop 3530; 1849 C Street, NW., Washington,

[[Page 27341]]

DC 20240. If you wish to e-mail comments, the e-mail address is 
Donald_Bieniewicz@ios.doi.gov. Reference ``Klamath non-use value 
survey'' in your e-mail subject line. Include your name and return 
address in your e-mail message and mark your message for return 
receipt.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before August 10, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Benjamin Simon, Acting Director, 
Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of the Interior telephone at 
202-208-5978 or by e-mail at Benjamin_Simon@ios.doi.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Klamath River provides habitat for fall and spring run Chinook 
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), 
steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), green sturgeon (Acipenser 
medirostris), Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentate), and Pacific 
eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus). Some of these species are important 
components of non-tribal harvest (e.g., fall Chinook, steelhead), some 
have important subsistence and cultural value to Klamath Basin tribes 
(e.g., salmon, sturgeon, lamprey, eulachon), and some are at low levels 
of abundance or ESA-listed (e.g., spring Chinook, lamprey, coho, 
eulachon). In addition to its importance as fish habitat, the Klamath 
River also provides water to agriculture through the Bureau of 
Reclamation's Klamath Irrigation Project. Oversubscription of Klamath 
water has thwarted recovery of depressed fish stocks and led to 
economic hardship for farming and fishing communities--prompting 
federal disaster relief for farmers in 2001 and for fishermen in 2006.
    In November 2008 the U.S. Government, the States of Oregon and 
California, and the utility company PacifiCorp signed an agreement in 
principle (AIP) to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River 
by 2020. Dam removal is being considered a viable alternative to 
volitional fish passage (ladders and screens), which was being 
considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a 
condition for relicensing of PacifiCorp's hydroelectric project. 
Parties to the AIP are working with stakeholders (including tribes, 
fishers, farmers, conservation groups, and local governments) to reach 
a final agreement that would result in the largest dam removal project 
in U.S. history. If achieved, this agreement will be part of a 
comprehensive solution to species recovery, water allocation, and water 
quality problems in the Klamath Basin.
    In October 2011 the Secretary of the Interior is expected to make a 
final determination regarding dam removal, contingent on results of an 
economic analysis that will address benefits, costs, and distributional 
effects of dam removal relative to volitional fish passage.
    Dam removal is expected to have positive long-term effects on the 
viability of fish populations and other aspects of the Klamath Basin 
ecosystem. Benefits of these environmental improvements include ``non-
use values,'' which accrue to members of the public who value such 
improvements regardless of whether they ever consume Klamath fish or 
visit the Klamath Basin. An information collection is planned in order 
to implement a state-of-the-art non-use valuation survey of the U.S. 
public that addresses the incremental environmental improvements of dam 
removal relative to volitional fish passage. This data collection is 
intended to address one component of an economic analysis that will 
include all costs and benefits of dam removal relative to volitional 
fish passage.

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                                             Estimated
                                             number of       Responses
                                           burden hours
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Klamath non-use value survey............          3,000           6,000
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II. Data

    OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
    Title: Non-Use Valuation Survey, Klamath River Dam Removal.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: New.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimate Annual Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 6,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,000.

III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments concerning this IC 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. We will include or summarize 
each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. 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 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: June 3, 2009.
Benjamin M. Simon,
Acting Director, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of the 
Interior.
[FR Doc. E9-13376 Filed 6-8-09; 8:45 am]
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