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Number of
respondents
Activity
Completion
time per
response
(hours)
Number of
responses
Total annual
burden hours
NAWCA Small Grants—Applications ...............................................................
NAWCA Small Grants—Reports .....................................................................
NAWCA U.S. Standard Grants—Applications .................................................
NAWCA Canadian and Mexican Standard Grants—Applications ...................
NAWCA Standard Grants—Reports ................................................................
NMBCA Grant Applications .............................................................................
NMBCA Reports ..............................................................................................
87
109
77
32
188
106
71
87
109
77
32
188
106
71
58
33
215
80
86
62
42
5,046
3,597
16,555
2,560
16,168
6,572
2,982
Totals ........................................................................................................
670
670
........................
53,480
III. Comments
We 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. 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: May 19, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–12807 Filed 5–23–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–IA–2011–N103; 96200–1672–
0002–R5]
Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; International
Conservation Grant Programs
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, FWS) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2011.
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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before June 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or
OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail).
SUMMARY:
Number of
respondents
Activity
Please provide a copy of your comments
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail), or INFOCOL@fws.gov (email). Please include 1018–0123 in the
subject line of your comments.
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at
INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone). You may review the
ICR online at https://www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to review
Department of the Interior collections
under review by OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018–0123.
Title: International Conservation
Grant Programs.
Service Form Number: 3–2338.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Domestic
and nondomestic individuals; nonprofit
organizations; educational institutions;
private sector entities; and State, local,
and tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Completion
time per
response
(hours)
Number of
responses
Total annual
burden hours
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Applications ......................................................................................................
Reports ............................................................................................................
668
302
668
604
22
40
14,696
24,160
Totals ........................................................................................................
970
1,272
........................
38,856
Abstract: Some of the world’s most
treasured and exotic animals are
dangerously close to extinction.
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Destruction of natural habitat, illegal
poaching, and pet-trade smuggling are
devastating populations of tigers,
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rhinos, marine turtles, great apes,
elephants, and many other highly
cherished species. The Division of
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International Conservation administers
competitive grant programs funded
under the:
• African Elephant Conservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 4201–4245).
• Asian Elephant Conservation Act of
1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261).
• Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000
(Pub. L. 106–411).
• Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306).
• Marine Turtle Conservation Act
(Pub. L. 108–266).
• Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) (Wildlife Without Borders
Programs—Africa; Mexico; Latin
America and the Caribbean; Russia;
Critically Endangered Animals; and
Amphibians in Decline).
Currently, information that we collect
for Critically Endangered Animals
grants is approved under OMB Control
No. 1018–0142, which expires
December 31, 2012. Information
collection for Amphibians in Decline
grants is approved under OMB Control
No. 1018–0144, which expires
September 30, 2013. We are proposing
to consolidate all of our international
conservation grants under OMB Control
No. 1018–0123. If OMB approves this
request, we will discontinue OMB
Control Numbers 1018–0142 and 1018–
0144.
Applicants submit proposals for
funding in response to Notices of
Funding Availability that we publish on
Grants.gov. We collect the following
information:
• Cover page with basic project
details (FWS Form 3–2338).
• Project summary and narrative.
• Letter of appropriate government
endorsement.
• Brief curricula vitae for key project
personnel.
• 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
(NICRA) and any additional
documentation supporting the proposed
project.
The project summary and narrative
are the basis for this information
collection request. 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 onthe-ground projects are 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
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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
supports their proposal.
All assistance awards under these
grant programs have a maximum
reporting requirement of a:
• 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
• 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 October 27, 2010, we
published in the Federal Register (75
FR 66119) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited comments for 60 days,
ending on December 27, 2010. We did
not receive any comments.
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.
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Dated: May 18, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Proposed Information Collection;
Conservation Order for Light Geese
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. 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 October 31,
2011. 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 July 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail).
Please include 1018–0103 in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at INFOCOL@
fws.gov (e-mail) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The number of light geese (lesser
snow, greater snow, and Ross’ geese) in
the midcontinent region has nearly
quadrupled during the past several
decades due to a decline in adult
mortality and an increase in winter
survival. We refer to these species and
subspecies as light geese because of
their light coloration as opposed to dark
geese, such as white-fronted or Canada
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2011-N103; 96200-1672-0002-R5]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; International Conservation Grant
Programs
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS) have sent an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We
summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and
the estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled
to expire on May 31, 2011. 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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042-
PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail), or
INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail). Please include 1018-0123 in the subject line
of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at https://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0123.
Title: International Conservation Grant Programs.
Service Form Number: 3-2338.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Domestic and nondomestic individuals;
nonprofit organizations; educational institutions; private sector
entities; and State, local, and tribal governments.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applications.................................... 668 668 22 14,696
Reports......................................... 302 604 40 24,160
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 970 1,272 .............. 38,856
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abstract: Some of the world's most treasured and exotic animals are
dangerously close to extinction. Destruction of natural habitat,
illegal poaching, and pet-trade smuggling are devastating populations
of tigers, rhinos, marine turtles, great apes, elephants, and many
other highly cherished species. The Division of
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International Conservation administers competitive grant programs
funded under the:
African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4245).
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261).
Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-411).
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C.
5306).
Marine Turtle Conservation Act (Pub. L. 108-266).
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Wildlife
Without Borders Programs--Africa; Mexico; Latin America and the
Caribbean; Russia; Critically Endangered Animals; and Amphibians in
Decline).
Currently, information that we collect for Critically Endangered
Animals grants is approved under OMB Control No. 1018-0142, which
expires December 31, 2012. Information collection for Amphibians in
Decline grants is approved under OMB Control No. 1018-0144, which
expires September 30, 2013. We are proposing to consolidate all of our
international conservation grants under OMB Control No. 1018-0123. If
OMB approves this request, we will discontinue OMB Control Numbers
1018-0142 and 1018-0144.
Applicants submit proposals for funding in response to Notices of
Funding Availability that we publish on Grants.gov. We collect the
following information:
Cover page with basic project details (FWS Form 3-2338).
Project summary and narrative.
Letter of appropriate government endorsement.
Brief curricula vitae for key project personnel.
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 (NICRA) and any
additional documentation supporting the proposed project.
The project summary and narrative are the basis for this
information collection request. 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 are 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 supports their proposal.
All assistance awards under these grant programs have a maximum
reporting requirement of a:
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
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 October 27, 2010, we published in the Federal Register
(75 FR 66119) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on December 27, 2010. We did not receive any comments.
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: May 18, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-12814 Filed 5-23-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
