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Notice; request for comments.
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. 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.
SUMMARY:
To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them October 9, 2012.
DATES:
Send your comments on the
IC 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–WSFR
Application and Performance
Reporting’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
ADDRESSES:
To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at
INFOCOL@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–WSR–2012–N196;
FVWF941009000007B–XXX–FF09W11000;
FVWF51100900000–XXX–FF09W11000]
Proposed Information Collection;
Application and Performance
Reporting for Wildlife and Sport Fish
Restoration Grants and Cooperative
Agreements
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
I. Abstract
The Wildlife and Sport Fish
Restoration Program (WSFR)
administers the following financial
assistance programs in whole or in part.
We award most financial assistance as
grants, but cooperative agreements are
possible if the Federal Government will
be substantially involved in carrying out
the project. You can find a description
of most programs in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) or
on our Web site at https://
wsfrprograms.fws.gov.
Implementing
regulations in
the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR)
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CFDA
Program
Authority
15.616 ...........................
15.668 ...........................
Clean Vessel Act ..................................................
Coastal Impact Assistance Program M .................
50 CFR 85
None
15.614 ...........................
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act.
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation
Fund.
33 U.S.C. 1322; 16 U.S.C. 777c ..........................
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended;
31 U.S.C. 6301–6305.
16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq. ........................................
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., with special reference to
section 1535.
50 CFR 81
15.615 ...........................
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Implementing
regulations in
the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR)
CFDA
Program
Authority
15.626 ...........................
16 U.S.C. 669 et seq., with special reference to
669h–1.
50 CFR 80
15.633 ...........................
Landowner Incentive Program .............................
15.628 ...........................
Multistate Conservation Grants ............................
15.653 ...........................
15.650 ...........................
National Outreach and Communications .............
Research Grants (Generic) ..................................
15.649 ...........................
None
16 U.S.C. 777 et seq., except 777e–1 and g–1 ..
16 U.S.C. 777c, g, and g–1 .................................
50 CFR 80
50 CFR 86
15.634 ...........................
Service Training and Technical Assistance (Generic Training).
Sport Fish Restoration, including subprograms M
Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act (Boating Infrastructure Grants).
State Wildlife Grants M ..........................................
16 U.S.C. 661; 16 U.S.C. 742a; 16 U.S.C. 2901–
2911.
Highlands Conservation Act (November 30,
2004), Public Law 108–421.
Annual Appropriations Acts for the Department
of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies for fiscal years 2003 through 2007;
16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 460l–11.
16 U.S.C. 669–669c, 669h–2; 16 U.S.C. 777–
777c, 777m.
23 U.S.C. 101; 16 U.S.C. 777g(d) .......................
16 U.S.C. 661; 16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4); 16 U.S.C.
460l–4 through 460l–11; 16 U.S.C. 753a, b; 16
U.S.C. 1535, 1537.
16 U.S.C. 661; 16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4) ....................
None
15.667 ...........................
Firearm and Bow Hunter Education and Safety
Program (Enhanced Hunter Education and
Safety) M.
Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance
Programs.
Highlands Conservation .......................................
None
15.634 ...........................
State Wildlife Grants ............................................
15.638 archived .............
Tribal Landowner Incentive Program ...................
15.639 ...........................
Tribal Wildlife Grants ............................................
15.625 archived .............
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program M
15.611 ...........................
Wildlife Restoration, including subprograms M .....
Annual Appropriations Acts for the Department
of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies for fiscal years 2001 through 2012;
16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 460l–11, fiscal years
2002 through 2007.
Annual Appropriations Acts for the Department
of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies for fiscal years 2001 through 2012;
16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 460l–11, fiscal years
2002 through 2007.
Same as the Landowner Incentive Program at
CFDA number 15.633.
Same as the State Wildlife Grants Program at
CFDA number 15.634.
16 U.S.C. 669 et seq., with special reference to
sections 669–669c.
16 U.S.C. 669 et seq. ..........................................
15.664 ...........................
15.605 ...........................
15.622 ...........................
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M—Either
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
50 CFR 80
a totally mandatory program or has a mandatory subprogram.
Some grants are mandatory and
receive funds according to a formula set
by law or policy. Other grants are
discretionary and we award them based
on a competitive process. Mandatory
grant recipients must give us specific,
detailed project information during the
application process so that we may
ensure that projects are eligible for the
mandatory funding, are substantial in
character and design, and comply with
all applicable Federal laws. All grantees
must submit financial and performance
reports that contain information
necessary for us to track costs and
accomplishments and according to
schedules and rules in 43 CFR 12. The
Office of Management and Budget has
approved our collection of information
for applications and performance
reports for these programs and assigned
OMB Control Nos. 1018–0109 and
1018–0147.
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Currently, grantees send written
performance reports to the Service. We
extract information and enter data into
the Federal Assistance Information
Management System (FAIMS). However,
FAIMS will be decommissioned on
October 1, 2012, and we intend to
replace it with a new electronic system
for data collection (Wildlife Tracking
and Reporting Actions for the
Conservation of Species (Wildlife
TRACS)) by January 1, 2013. Wildlife
TRACS will allow us to take advantage
of newer technology and give grantees
direct access to enter data and
accomplishments. We will train State,
tribal, commonwealth, territory, and
District of Columbia personnel to use
the new system, and we will also lend
technical and administrative support.
Allowing applicants and grantees to
enter information directly into Wildlife
TRACS will provide more accurate
reporting and allow us to process grant
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funds more efficiently. We will continue
to enter information in Wildlife TRACS
for some grantees or programs; e.g.,
those who do not have sufficient
technology or grant programs with
minimal participation.
We plan to collect additional
information not covered by our current
OMB approvals. In addition, our current
approvals do not cover data entry in
Wildlife TRACS by applicants and
grantees. We will request that OMB
assign a new control number to cover
these actions.
For mandatory grant program
applications and amendments, we plan
to collect:
• Geospatial entry of project location.
• Project status (active, completed,
etc.).
• Project leader contact information.
• Partner information.
• Goals, including output measures
and desired future values.
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• Plan information (for projects
connected to plans).
For all WSFR grant program reports,
we plan to collect:
• Geospatial entry of action location.
• Action status (active, completed,
etc.).
• Information beyond summary of
land costs and title vesting evidence (for
land acquisition projects).
• Current year data point(s) on trend
line graph if there are 3 or more years
(for survey projects).
• Estimated costs, by action.
• Effectiveness measures (mandatory
for State Wildlife Grants).
The table below shows the additional
time that will be required to obtain and
enter the information when we
implement Wildlife TRACS. We expect
that this time will decrease as grantees
become familiar with the system. We
also expect to reduce the burden
currently approved under OMB Control
Nos. 1018–0109 and 1018–0147 for
reports. When grantees directly enter
reporting information into Wildlife
TRACS, they will not be required to
submit written reports.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX.
Title: Application and Performance
Reporting for Wildlife and Sport Fish
Restoration Grants and Cooperative
Agreements.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new
OMB control number.
Description of Respondents: Primarily
States; the Commonwealths of Puerto
Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands;
the District of Columbia; the territories
of Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and
Number of
respondents
Activity
American Samoa; and federallyrecognized tribal governments. For
certain grant programs, institutions of
higher education and nongovernmental
organizations may also apply.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: We require
applications annually for new grants or
as needed for multi-year grants. We
require amendments on occasion when
key elements of a project change. We
require quarterly and final performance
reports in the National Outreach and
Communication Program and annual
and final performance reports in the
other programs. We may require more
frequent reports under the conditions
stated at 43 CFR 12.52 and 43 CFR
12.914.
Number of
responses
Completion
time per
response
(hours)
Total annual
burden hours
Application (Mandatory program)—collect and enter information ...................
Amendment—collect and enter information ....................................................
Performance Reports—collect and enter additional information .....................
56
150
200
625
1,500
3,500
4
.5
2
2,500
750
7,000
Totals ........................................................................................................
406
5.625
........................
10,250
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III. Comment
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,
email 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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Dated: August 3, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2012–N191;
FXES11130400000EA–123–FF04EF1000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Receipt of Applications for
Two Incidental Take Permits;
Availability of Proposed Low-Effect
Habitat Conservation Plans; Reed
Motors, Inc. and Clermont Land
Development, LLC, Lake County, FL
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comment/information.
AGENCY:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), have received two
applications for incidental take permits
(ITP). Reed Motors, Inc. and Clermont
Land Development, LLC each request a
5-year ITP under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
We request public comment on the
permit applications and accompanying
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proposed habitat conservation plans
(HCPs), as well as on our preliminary
determination that the plans qualify as
low-effect under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). To
make this determination, we used our
environmental action statement and
low-effect screening form, which are
also available for review.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by
September 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the
applications and HCPs, you may request
documents by email, U.S. mail, or
phone (see below). These documents are
also available for public inspection by
appointment during normal business
hours at the office below. Send your
comments or requests by any one of the
following methods.
Email: northflorida@fws.gov. Use
‘‘Attn: Permit number TE81294A–0’’ for
Reed Motors, Inc. and/or ‘‘Attn: Permit
number TE81293A–0’’ for Clermont
Land Development, LLC as your
message subject line.
Fax: David L. Hankla, Field
Supervisor, (904) 731–3045, Attn.:
Permit number TE81294A–0 for Reed
Motors, Inc. and/or Attn: Permit number
TE81293A–0 for Clermont Land
Development, LLC.
U.S. mail: David L. Hankla, Field
Supervisor, Jacksonville Ecological
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-WSR-2012-N196; FVWF941009000007B-XXX-FF09W11000;
FVWF51100900000-XXX-FF09W11000]
Proposed Information Collection; Application and Performance
Reporting for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Grants and
Cooperative Agreements
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: 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. 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 October 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC 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-WSFR Application and
Performance Reporting'' 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 (email) or 703-358-
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) administers
the following financial assistance programs in whole or in part. We
award most financial assistance as grants, but cooperative agreements
are possible if the Federal Government will be substantially involved
in carrying out the project. You can find a description of most
programs in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) or on our
Web site at https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Implementing
regulations in the Code
CFDA Program Authority of Federal Regulations
(CFR)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15.616........................... Clean Vessel Act......... 33 U.S.C. 1322; 16 U.S.C. 50 CFR 85
777c.
15.668........................... Coastal Impact Assistance Outer Continental Shelf None
Program M. Lands Act, as amended;
31 U.S.C. 6301-6305.
15.614........................... Coastal Wetlands 16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq.... 50 CFR 84
Planning, Protection,
and Restoration Act.
15.615........................... Cooperative Endangered 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., 50 CFR 81
Species Conservation with special reference
Fund. to section 1535.
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15.626........................... Firearm and Bow Hunter 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq., 50 CFR 80
Education and Safety with special reference
Program (Enhanced Hunter to 669h-1.
Education and Safety) M.
15.664........................... Fish and Wildlife 16 U.S.C. 661; 16 U.S.C. None
Coordination and 742a; 16 U.S.C. 2901-
Assistance Programs. 2911.
15.667........................... Highlands Conservation... Highlands Conservation None
Act (November 30, 2004),
Public Law 108-421.
15.633........................... Landowner Incentive Annual Appropriations None
Program. Acts for the Department
of the Interior,
Environment, and Related
Agencies for fiscal
years 2003 through 2007;
16 U.S.C. 460l-4 through
460l-11.
15.628........................... Multistate Conservation 16 U.S.C. 669-669c, 669h- None
Grants. 2; 16 U.S.C. 777-777c,
777m.
15.653........................... National Outreach and 23 U.S.C. 101; 16 U.S.C. None
Communications. 777g(d).
15.650........................... Research Grants (Generic) 16 U.S.C. 661; 16 U.S.C. None
742f(a)(4); 16 U.S.C.
460l-4 through 460l-11;
16 U.S.C. 753a, b; 16
U.S.C. 1535, 1537.
15.649........................... Service Training and 16 U.S.C. 661; 16 U.S.C. None
Technical Assistance 742f(a)(4).
(Generic Training).
15.605........................... Sport Fish Restoration, 16 U.S.C. 777 et seq., 50 CFR 80
including subprograms M. except 777e-1 and g-1.
15.622........................... Sportfishing and Boating 16 U.S.C. 777c, g, and g- 50 CFR 86
Safety Act (Boating 1.
Infrastructure Grants).
15.634........................... State Wildlife Grants M.. Annual Appropriations None
Acts for the Department
of the Interior,
Environment, and Related
Agencies for fiscal
years 2001 through 2012;
16 U.S.C. 460l-4 through
460l-11, fiscal years
2002 through 2007.
15.634........................... State Wildlife Grants.... Annual Appropriations None
Acts for the Department
of the Interior,
Environment, and Related
Agencies for fiscal
years 2001 through 2012;
16 U.S.C. 460l-4 through
460l-11, fiscal years
2002 through 2007.
15.638 archived.................. Tribal Landowner Same as the Landowner None
Incentive Program. Incentive Program at
CFDA number 15.633.
15.639........................... Tribal Wildlife Grants... Same as the State None
Wildlife Grants Program
at CFDA number 15.634.
15.625 archived.................. Wildlife Conservation and 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq., None
Restoration Program M. with special reference
to sections 669-669c.
15.611........................... Wildlife Restoration, 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq..... 50 CFR 80
including subprograms M.
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M--Either a totally mandatory program or has a mandatory subprogram.
Some grants are mandatory and receive funds according to a formula
set by law or policy. Other grants are discretionary and we award them
based on a competitive process. Mandatory grant recipients must give us
specific, detailed project information during the application process
so that we may ensure that projects are eligible for the mandatory
funding, are substantial in character and design, and comply with all
applicable Federal laws. All grantees must submit financial and
performance reports that contain information necessary for us to track
costs and accomplishments and according to schedules and rules in 43
CFR 12. The Office of Management and Budget has approved our collection
of information for applications and performance reports for these
programs and assigned OMB Control Nos. 1018-0109 and 1018-0147.
Currently, grantees send written performance reports to the
Service. We extract information and enter data into the Federal
Assistance Information Management System (FAIMS). However, FAIMS will
be decommissioned on October 1, 2012, and we intend to replace it with
a new electronic system for data collection (Wildlife Tracking and
Reporting Actions for the Conservation of Species (Wildlife TRACS)) by
January 1, 2013. Wildlife TRACS will allow us to take advantage of
newer technology and give grantees direct access to enter data and
accomplishments. We will train State, tribal, commonwealth, territory,
and District of Columbia personnel to use the new system, and we will
also lend technical and administrative support. Allowing applicants and
grantees to enter information directly into Wildlife TRACS will provide
more accurate reporting and allow us to process grant funds more
efficiently. We will continue to enter information in Wildlife TRACS
for some grantees or programs; e.g., those who do not have sufficient
technology or grant programs with minimal participation.
We plan to collect additional information not covered by our
current OMB approvals. In addition, our current approvals do not cover
data entry in Wildlife TRACS by applicants and grantees. We will
request that OMB assign a new control number to cover these actions.
For mandatory grant program applications and amendments, we plan to
collect:
Geospatial entry of project location.
Project status (active, completed, etc.).
Project leader contact information.
Partner information.
Goals, including output measures and desired future
values.
[[Page 47866]]
Plan information (for projects connected to plans).
For all WSFR grant program reports, we plan to collect:
Geospatial entry of action location.
Action status (active, completed, etc.).
Information beyond summary of land costs and title vesting
evidence (for land acquisition projects).
Current year data point(s) on trend line graph if there
are 3 or more years (for survey projects).
Estimated costs, by action.
Effectiveness measures (mandatory for State Wildlife
Grants).
The table below shows the additional time that will be required to
obtain and enter the information when we implement Wildlife TRACS. We
expect that this time will decrease as grantees become familiar with
the system. We also expect to reduce the burden currently approved
under OMB Control Nos. 1018-0109 and 1018-0147 for reports. When
grantees directly enter reporting information into Wildlife TRACS, they
will not be required to submit written reports.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-XXXX.
Title: Application and Performance Reporting for Wildlife and Sport
Fish Restoration Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new OMB control number.
Description of Respondents: Primarily States; the Commonwealths of
Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands; the District of Columbia;
the territories of Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa; and
federally-recognized tribal governments. For certain grant programs,
institutions of higher education and nongovernmental organizations may
also apply.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: We require applications annually for new
grants or as needed for multi-year grants. We require amendments on
occasion when key elements of a project change. We require quarterly
and final performance reports in the National Outreach and
Communication Program and annual and final performance reports in the
other programs. We may require more frequent reports under the
conditions stated at 43 CFR 12.52 and 43 CFR 12.914.
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Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(hours)
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Application (Mandatory program)--collect and 56 625 4 2,500
enter information..............................
Amendment--collect and enter information........ 150 1,500 .5 750
Performance Reports--collect and enter 200 3,500 2 7,000
additional information.........................
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Totals...................................... 406 5.625 .............. 10,250
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III. Comment
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,
email 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: August 3, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-19680 Filed 8-9-12; 8:45 am]
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