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Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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respondents
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Abstract: Section 8 of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531–43)
authorizes the establishment of the
Wildlife Without Borders—Amphibians
in Decline grant program to fund
projects that conserve the world’s
rapidly declining amphibian species.
This program will support activities that
address threats to frogs, toads,
salamanders, newts, and caecilians that
face an unprecedented threat of
extinction. Funding will be made
available for conservation of species
with native ranges in countries with the
greatest need for conservation funding.
Applicants submit proposals for
funding in response to a Notice of
Funding Availability that we publish on
Grants.gov and the program web page.
Applications consist of:
(1) Cover page with basic project
details (FWS Form 3–2338B).
(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 (non-domestic applicants do not
submit the standard forms).
Applications 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.
All assistance awards under this
program have a maximum reporting
requirement of a:
(1) Mid-term report (performance
report and a financial status report) due
within 30 days of the conclusion of the
first half of the project period, and
(2) Final report (performance and
financial status report and copies of all
deliverables, photographic
documentation of the project and
products resulting from the project) due
within 90 days of the end of the
performance period.
Comments: On April 14, 2010, we
published in the Federal Register (75
FR 19420) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited comments for 60 days,
ending on June 14, 2010. We received
three comments in response to that
notice.
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Number of annual
responses
40
10
50
40
20
60
One commenter voiced opposition to
spending tax dollars for this program.
Another commenter supported the
program and expressed interest in
applying for a grant. The third
commenter also expressed interest in
applying for a grant. None of the
commenters addressed the information
collection requirements, and we did not
make any changes to our collection. We
sent a copy of the NOFA to each
individual interested in applying.
We again 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. 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: July 14, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-FHC-2010-N145] [71490-1351-0000L5]
Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0070; Incidental
Take of Marine Mammals During
Specified Activities
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUMMARY: We (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 November
30, 2010. 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 September 20,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone
at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This revised IC combines the
information collection requirements
associated with specified marine
mammal activities in the Beaufort Sea
and Chukchi Sea and the adjacent coast
of Alaska. The Office of Management
and Budget approved the information
collection requirements associated with
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oil and gas exploration activities in the
Chukchi Sea and assigned OMB Control
No. 1018-0139, which expires June 30,
2011. If OMB approves this combined
request, we will discontinue OMB
Control No. 1018-0139.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) imposed, with certain
exceptions, a moratorium on the taking
of marine mammals. Section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA directs the
Secretary of the Interior to allow, upon
request by citizens of the United States,
the taking of small numbers of marine
mammals incidental to specified
activities (other than commercial
fishing) if the Secretary makes certain
findings and prescribes specific
regulations that, among other things,
establish permissible methods of taking.
Applicants seeking to conduct
activities must request a Letter of
Authorization (LOA) for the specific
activity and submit onsite monitoring
reports and a final report of the activity
to the Secretary. This is a nonform
collection. Regulations at 50 CFR 18.27
outline the procedures and
requirements for submitting a request.
Specific regulations governing
authorized activities in the Beaufort Sea
are in 50 CFR 18, subpart J. Regulations
governing authorized activities in the
Chukchi Sea are in 50 CFR 18, subpart
I. These regulations provide the
applicant with a detailed description of
information that we need to evaluate the
proposed activity and determine
whether or not to issue specific
regulations and, subsequently, LOAs.
We use the information to verify the
finding required to issue incidental take
regulations, to decide if we should issue
an LOA, and, if issued, what conditions
One-time application for procedural regulations .............................................................
LOA requests ...................................................................................................................
Onsite monitoring and observation reports .....................................................................
Final monitoring report .....................................................................................................
Totals ........................................................................................................................
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We invite comments concerning this
IC 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,
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.
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II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0070.
Title: Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals During Specified Activities,
50 CFR 18.27 and 50 CFR 18, Subparts
I and J.
Service Form Numbers: None.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Oil and gas industry
companies.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of Respondents: 25 or less.
Number of annual responses
Activity
III. Request for Comments
should be in the LOA. In addition, we
will analyze the information to
determine impacts to the marine
mammals and the availability of those
marine mammals for subsistence
purposes of Alaska Natives.
Dated: July 13, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the High Desert Museum,
Bend, OR, that meet the definition of
‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ or
‘‘sacred objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
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responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
In 1990, Native American cultural
items were donated to the High Desert
Museum by the Roger J. Bounds
Foundation, in the form of the Doris
Swayze Bounds Collection. Between the
1950s and 1970s, Doris Bounds
collected the majority of the items
through purchases and gifts. There are
seven objects that meet the definition of
‘‘unassociated funerary objects’’ or
‘‘sacred objects.’’ The three unassociated
funerary objects are one pair of
moccasins, one single moccasin, and
one beaded necklace. The four sacred
objects are one beaded fetish lizardshaped object, one whistle with
feathered adornment, one headdress,
and one scalp lock.
Upon the initial accession of the
objects into the High Desert Museum’s
collection in 1990, a number of scholars
and Native American representatives
from Columbia Plateau, Great Basin, and
Plains tribes, identified the seven
objects as being culturally sensitive or
specific grave items of the Sioux or
Assiniboine. Since 2004, the High
Desert Museum has consulted with the
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.
During consultation, the NAGPRA
representative of the Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-FHC-2010-N145] [71490-1351-0000-L5]
Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0070;
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (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 November 30, 2010. 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 September 20, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or
by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This revised IC combines the information collection requirements
associated with specified marine mammal activities in the Beaufort Sea
and Chukchi Sea and the adjacent coast of Alaska. The Office of
Management and Budget approved the information collection requirements
associated with
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oil and gas exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea and assigned OMB
Control No. 1018-0139, which expires June 30, 2011. If OMB approves
this combined request, we will discontinue OMB Control No. 1018-0139.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) imposed, with certain exceptions, a moratorium on
the taking of marine mammals. Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA directs
the Secretary of the Interior to allow, upon request by citizens of the
United States, the taking of small numbers of marine mammals incidental
to specified activities (other than commercial fishing) if the
Secretary makes certain findings and prescribes specific regulations
that, among other things, establish permissible methods of taking.
Applicants seeking to conduct activities must request a Letter of
Authorization (LOA) for the specific activity and submit onsite
monitoring reports and a final report of the activity to the Secretary.
This is a nonform collection. Regulations at 50 CFR 18.27 outline the
procedures and requirements for submitting a request. Specific
regulations governing authorized activities in the Beaufort Sea are in
50 CFR 18, subpart J. Regulations governing authorized activities in
the Chukchi Sea are in 50 CFR 18, subpart I. These regulations provide
the applicant with a detailed description of information that we need
to evaluate the proposed activity and determine whether or not to issue
specific regulations and, subsequently, LOAs.
We use the information to verify the finding required to issue
incidental take regulations, to decide if we should issue an LOA, and,
if issued, what conditions should be in the LOA. In addition, we will
analyze the information to determine impacts to the marine mammals and
the availability of those marine mammals for subsistence purposes of
Alaska Natives.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0070.
Title: Incidental Take of Marine Mammals During Specified
Activities, 50 CFR 18.27 and 50 CFR 18, Subparts I and J.
Service Form Numbers: None.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Oil and gas industry companies.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of Respondents: 25 or less.
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Number of annual Completion time Annual burden
Activity responses per response hours
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One-time application for procedural regulations........... 2 300 hours 600
LOA requests.............................................. 25 24 hours 600
Onsite monitoring and observation reports................. 150 1.5 hours 225
Final monitoring report................................... 25 8 hours 200
Totals................................................ 202 ................ 1,625
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III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this IC 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,
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: July 13, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-17631 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45am]
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