Meeting Announcement: North American Wetlands Conservation Council, 71820-71821 [2012-29254]
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Permit No. TE–89998A
Applicant: Matthew L. Amalong,
Fountain Valley, California
The applicant requests a permit to
take (survey, locate and monitor nests)
the California least tern (Sternula
antillarum browni) in conjunction with
survey and population monitoring
activities throughout the range of the
species in California for the purpose of
enhancing the species’ survival.
Permit No. TE–89496A
Applicant: Nathan W. Mudry, Fullerton,
California
The applicant requests a permit to
take (survey, locate and monitor nests)
the California least tern (Sternula
antillarum browni) in conjunction with
survey and population monitoring
activities throughout the range of the
species in California for the purpose of
enhancing the species’ survival.
Permit No. TE–227263
Applicant: Emilie A. Strauss, San
Rafael, California
The applicant requests an amendment
to a permit to take (harass by survey) the
California clapper rail (Rallus
longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction
with survey activities throughout the
range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing the species’
survival.
the California tiger salamander (central
DPS) (Ambystoma californiense) and the
California red-legged frog (Rana
draytonii) (R. aurora d.) in conjunction
with survey and research activities in
Contra Costa, San Mateo, Alameda, San
Joaquin, Solano, Yolo, Napa, Butte, and
Santa Clara Counties, California, for the
purpose of enhancing the species’
survival.
Public Comments
We invite public review and comment
on each of these recovery permit
applications. Comments and materials
we receive will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during
normal business hours at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
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.
Mary Grim.
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region, Sacramento, California.
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Permit No. TE–179036
Applicant: Cullen A. Wilkerson,
Richmond, California
The applicant requests a permit
renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, mark, and release) the
San Francisco garter snake
(Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) in
conjunction with survey and research
activities throughout the range of the
species in California, and take (harass
by survey, capture, handle, and release)
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Perry, Council Coordinator, by
phone at (703) 358–2432; by email at
dbhc@fws.gov; or by U.S. mail at U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N.
Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop MBSP 4075,
Arlington, VA 22203.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with NAWCA (Pub. L.
101–233, 103 Stat. 1968, December 13,
1989, as amended), the State-privateFederal Council meets to consider
wetland acquisition, restoration,
enhancement, and management projects
for recommendation to, and final
funding approval by, the Commission.
Project proposal due dates, application
instructions, and eligibility
requirements are available on the
NAWCA Web site at https://
www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/
NAWCA/Standard/US/Overview.shtm.
Proposals require a minimum of 50
percent non-Federal matching funds. If
you are interested in presenting
information at this public meeting,
contact the Council Coordinator no later
than the date under DATES.
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The Council will consider U.S.
standard grant proposals at the meeting
announced in DATES. The Commission
will consider the Council’s
recommendations at its meeting
tentatively scheduled for March 13,
2013.
Permit No. TE–90002A
Applicant: Todd J. Wong, Elk Grove,
California
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture, collect, and collect
vouchers) the Conservancy fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn
fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
longiantenna), Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus woottoni), San Diego
fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
sandiegonensis), and vernal pool
tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in
conjunction with survey activities
throughout the range of each species in
California for the purpose of enhancing
the species’ survival.
The Council meeting will be
held at the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation, 1133 15th Street Suite
1100, Washington, DC 20005.
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–MB–2012–N253; 91100–3740–
GRNT 7C]
Public Input
Meeting Announcement: North
American Wetlands Conservation
Council
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The North American
Wetlands Conservation Council
(Council) will meet to select North
American Wetlands Conservation Act
(NAWCA) grant proposals for
recommendation to the Migratory Bird
Conservation Commission
(Commission). This meeting is open to
the public, and interested persons may
present oral or written statements.
DATES: Council: Meeting is December 4,
2012, 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. If you
are interested in presenting information
at this public meeting, contact the
Council Coordinator no later than
November 26, 2012.
SUMMARY:
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If you wish to:
Attend the Council meeting, you must
contact the Council Coordinator (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no
later than November 26, 2012.
Submit written information or
questions before the Council meeting for
consideration during the meeting
November 26, 2012.
Give an oral presentation during the
Council meeting November 26, 2012.
Submitting Written Information or
Questions
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant information or
questions for the Council to consider
during the public meeting. If you wish
to submit a written statement, so that
the information may be made available
to the Council for their consideration
prior to this meeting, you must contact
the Council Coordinator by the date
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above. Written statements must be
supplied to the Council Coordinator in
both of the following formats: One hard
copy with original signature, and one
electronic copy via email (acceptable
file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS
Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to
make an oral presentation at the Council
meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per
speaker, with no more than a total of 30
minutes for all speakers. Interested
parties should contact the Council
Coordinator by the date above, in
writing (preferably via email; see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be
placed on the public speaker list for
either of these meetings. Nonregistered
public speakers will not be considered
during the Council meeting. Registered
speakers who wish to expand upon their
oral statements, or those who had
wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, are
invited to submit written statements to
the Council within 30 days following
the meeting.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the Council and
meeting will be maintained by the
Council Coordinator at the address
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Council meeting minutes will
be posted at https://www.fws.gov/
birdhabitat/Grants/NAWCA/
CouncilAct.shtm#CouncilMeet within
30 days following the meeting. Personal
copies may be purchased for the cost of
duplication.
Dated: November 26, 2012.
Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Birds.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX13BA02EEW0200]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of
currently approved information
Collection, 1028–0103.
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AGENCY:
To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is inviting comments on an
SUMMARY:
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information collection request (ICR) that
we have sent to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The ICR concerns
the paperwork requirements for the
USA National Phenology Network—The
Nature’s Notebook Plant and Animal
Observing Program. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 ICR. This collection is
scheduled to expire on January 31,
2013.
Submit written comments by
January 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on
this information collection directly to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior via email:
(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or
by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission with #1028–0103. Please
also submit a copy of your comments to
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807
National Center, Reston, VA 20192
(mail); or smbaloch@usgs.gov (email).
Please Reference Information Collection
1028–0103 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jake
F. Weltzin, Ecologist, U.S. Geological
Survey, jweltzin@usgs.gov, (520) 626–
3821.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USA National Phenology
Network—The Nature’s Notebook Plant
and Animal Observing Program.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0103.
Type of Request: Notice of an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Abstract: The USA–NPN is a program
sponsored by the USGS that uses
standardized forms for tracking plant
and animal activity as part of a project
called Nature’s Notebook. The Nature’s
Notebook forms are used to record
phenology (e.g., timing of leafing or
flowering of plants and reproduction or
migration of animals) as part of a
nationwide effort to understand and
predict how plants and animals respond
to environmental variation and changes
in weather and climate. Contemporary
data collected through Nature’s
Notebook are quality-checked, described
and made publicly available; data are
used to inform decision-making in a
variety of contexts, including
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agriculture, drought monitoring, and
wildfire risk assessment. Phenological
information is also critical for the
management of wildlife, invasive
species, and agricultural pests, and for
understanding and managing risks to
human health and welfare, including
allergies, asthma, and vector-borne
diseases. Participants may contribute
phenology information to Nature’s
Notebook through a browser-based web
application or via mobile applications
for iPhone and Android operating
systems, meeting GPEA requirements.
The web application interface consists
of several components: user registration,
a searchable list of 877 plant and animal
species which can be observed; a
‘‘profile’’ for each species that contains
information about the species including
its description and the appropriate
monitoring protocols; a series of
interfaces for registering as an observer,
registering a site, registering plants and
animals at a site, generating datasheets
to take to the field, and a data entry page
that mimics the datasheets.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
During the Spring and Fall seasons
when phenology is changing quickly,
we recommend respondents make
observations twice per week.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: In addition to those users
already registered, we expect an
additional 1,027 users will register each
year. These respondents are members of
the public, registered with Nature’s
Notebook.
Estimated Annual Responses:
501,130.
Estimated Annual burden hours:
17,032.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We estimate the non-hour cost
burden to be $3.34 per respondent. This
cost applies to new observers and
includes material used to mark sites or
plants during the first observation.
Marking helps to ensure reporting
consistency for future observations.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Comments: To comply with the
public consultation process, on August
10, 2012, we published a Federal
Register notice (77 FR 47867)
announcing that we would submit this
ICR to OMB for approval. The notice
provided the required 60-day public
comment period, which ended October
9, 2012. In response to our Federal
Register Notice, we received one
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-MB-2012-N253; 91100-3740-GRNT 7C]
Meeting Announcement: North American Wetlands Conservation
Council
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Council)
will meet to select North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA)
grant proposals for recommendation to the Migratory Bird Conservation
Commission (Commission). This meeting is open to the public, and
interested persons may present oral or written statements.
DATES: Council: Meeting is December 4, 2012, 8:30 a.m. through 4:30
p.m. If you are interested in presenting information at this public
meeting, contact the Council Coordinator no later than November 26,
2012.
ADDRESSES: The Council meeting will be held at the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, 1133 15th Street Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Perry, Council Coordinator, by
phone at (703) 358-2432; by email at dbhc@fws.gov; or by U.S. mail at
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop MBSP
4075, Arlington, VA 22203.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with NAWCA (Pub. L. 101-233, 103 Stat. 1968, December
13, 1989, as amended), the State-private-Federal Council meets to
consider wetland acquisition, restoration, enhancement, and management
projects for recommendation to, and final funding approval by, the
Commission. Project proposal due dates, application instructions, and
eligibility requirements are available on the NAWCA Web site at https://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NAWCA/Standard/US/Overview.shtm.
Proposals require a minimum of 50 percent non-Federal matching
funds. If you are interested in presenting information at this public
meeting, contact the Council Coordinator no later than the date under
DATES.
Meeting
The Council will consider U.S. standard grant proposals at the
meeting announced in DATES. The Commission will consider the Council's
recommendations at its meeting tentatively scheduled for March 13,
2013.
Public Input
If you wish to:
Attend the Council meeting, you must contact the Council
Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than
November 26, 2012.
Submit written information or questions before the Council meeting
for consideration during the meeting November 26, 2012.
Give an oral presentation during the Council meeting November 26,
2012.
Submitting Written Information or Questions
Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or
questions for the Council to consider during the public meeting. If you
wish to submit a written statement, so that the information may be made
available to the Council for their consideration prior to this meeting,
you must contact the Council Coordinator by the date
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above. Written statements must be supplied to the Council Coordinator
in both of the following formats: One hard copy with original
signature, and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file formats
are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation at
the Council meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, with no
more than a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested parties
should contact the Council Coordinator by the date above, in writing
(preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be
placed on the public speaker list for either of these meetings.
Nonregistered public speakers will not be considered during the Council
meeting. Registered speakers who wish to expand upon their oral
statements, or those who had wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, are invited to submit written statements to
the Council within 30 days following the meeting.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the Council and meeting will be maintained by
the Council Coordinator at the address under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Council meeting minutes will be posted at https://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NAWCA/CouncilAct.shtm#CouncilMeet within 30 days
following the meeting. Personal copies may be purchased for the cost of
duplication.
Dated: November 26, 2012.
Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Birds.
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