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Impact on Availability of Affected
Species for Taking for Subsistence Uses
review at https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/
permits/incidental.htm.
There are no relevant subsistence uses
of marine mammals implicated by this
action.
Determinations
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
There are no ESA-listed marine
mammals found in the action area;
therefore, no consultation under the
ESA is required for such species. As
described elsewhere in this document,
SCWA and the Corps consulted with
NMFS under section 7 of the ESA
regarding the potential effects of their
operations and maintenance activities,
including SCWA’s estuary management
program, on ESA-listed salmonids. As a
result of this consultation, NMFS issued
the Russian River Biological Opinion
(NMFS, 2008), including Reasonable
and Prudent Alternatives, which
prescribes modifications to SCWA’s
estuary management activities. The
effects of the proposed activities and
authorized take would not cause
additional effects for which section 7
consultation would be required.
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National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as implemented by
the regulations published by the
Council on Environmental Quality (40
CFR parts 1500–1508), and NOAA
Administrative Order 216–6, we
prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA) to consider the direct, indirect and
cumulative effects to the human
environment resulting from issuance of
the original IHA to SCWA for the
specified activities and found that it
would not result in any significant
impacts to the human environment. We
signed a Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI) on March 30, 2010. We
have reviewed SWCA’s application for a
renewed IHA for ongoing estuary
management activities for 2013 and the
2012 monitoring report. Based on that
review, we have determined that the
proposed action follows closely the
IHAs issued and implemented in 2010–
12 and does not present any substantial
changes, or significant new
circumstances or information relevant to
environmental concerns which would
require a supplement to the 2010 EA or
preparation of a new NEPA document.
Therefore, we have determined that a
new or supplemental EA or
Environmental Impact Statement is
unnecessary, and reaffirm the existing
FONSI for this action. The 2010 EA and
FONSI for this action are available for
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We have determined that the impact
of conducting the specific estuary
management activities described in this
notice and in the IHA request in the
specific geographic region in Sonoma
County, California may result, at worst,
in a temporary modification in behavior
(Level B harassment) of small numbers
of marine mammals. Further, this
activity is expected to result in a
negligible impact on the affected species
or stocks of marine mammals. The
provision requiring that the activity not
have an unmitigable impact on the
availability of the affected species or
stock of marine mammals for
subsistence uses is not implicated for
this action.
Authorization
As a result of these determinations,
we have issued an IHA to SCWA to
conduct estuary management activities
in the Russian River from the period of
April 21, 2013, through April 20, 2014,
provided the previously mentioned
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
requirements are incorporated.
Dated: April 16, 2013.
Helen M. Golde,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER
SUPERVISION AGENCY
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency, CSOSA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of a federal
government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, CSOSA is
seeking comment on the development of
the following proposed Generic
Information Collection Request (Generic
ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery ’’ for approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This
notice announces our intent to submit
this collection to OMB for approval and
SUMMARY:
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solicit comments on specific aspects for
the proposed information collection.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by June 21, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments, identified by ‘‘Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery’’ to: Rorey Smith, Deputy
General Counsel and Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of General Counsel, Court
Services and Offender Supervision
Agency, 633 Indiana Avenue NW.,
Room 1380, Washington, DC 20004 or to
Rorey.Smith@csosa.gov, Fax: (202) 220–
5315.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information
of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or
proprietary information. If you send an
email comment, your email address will
be automatically captured and included
as part of the comment that is placed in
the public docket and may be made
available on the Internet. Please note
that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public
comments that may be made available to
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rorey Smith, Deputy General Counsel
and Chief Privacy Officer, Office of
General Counsel, Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency, 633
Indiana Avenue NW., Room 1380,
Washington, DC 20004, (202) 220–5797
or to Rorey.Smith@csosa.gov.
For content support: Diane Bradley,
Assistant General Counsel, Office of
General Counsel, Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency, 633
Indiana Avenue NW., Room 1375,
Washington, DC 20004, (202) 220–5364
or to Diane.Bradley@csosa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501–3520), federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they collect or
sponsor. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
PRA (944 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) requires
federal agencies to provide a 60-day
notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, before submitting the
collection of information to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
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requirement, CSOSA is publishing
notice of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
The proposed information collection
activity provides a means to garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Administration’s
commitment to improving service
delivery. By qualitative feedback we
mean information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
1. The collections are voluntary;
2. The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the federal
government;
3. The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other federal agencies;
4. Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
5. Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
6. Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
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purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency;
7. Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
8. Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
This type of generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably
actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
address: the target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
As a general matter, information
collections will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
(1) Affected Public: Individuals
currently or recently under courtordered supervision by CSOSA. CSOSA
stakeholders including members of the
community (e.g., DC residents who
attend CSOSA community justice
advisory network meetings) and
criminal justice systems (e.g., judges,
parole commissioners, etc.).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1340.
Below we provide projected average
estimates for the next three years:
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities: 3.
Average number of Respondents per
Activity: 447.
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Annual responses: 1340.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average minutes per response: 7.
Burden hours: 145.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Dated: April 16, 2013.
Rorey Smith,
Deputy General Counsel, Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0086]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Office of the Inspector General,
DoD.
ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
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COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, CSOSA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of a federal government-wide effort to streamline the
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, CSOSA is
seeking comment on the development of the following proposed Generic
Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery ''
for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.). This notice announces our intent to submit this collection to
OMB for approval and solicit comments on specific aspects for the
proposed information collection.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by June 21,
2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments, identified by ``Collection
of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to: Rorey Smith,
Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Office of General
Counsel, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, 633 Indiana
Avenue NW., Room 1380, Washington, DC 20004 or to
Rorey.Smith@csosa.gov, Fax: (202) 220-5315.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public. For this reason, please do not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal
information or proprietary information. If you send an email comment,
your email address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and may be made
available on the Internet. Please note that responses to this public
comment request containing any routine notice about the confidentiality
of the communication will be treated as public comments that may be
made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rorey Smith, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer,
Office of General Counsel, Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency, 633 Indiana Avenue NW., Room 1380, Washington, DC 20004, (202)
220-5797 or to Rorey.Smith@csosa.gov.
For content support: Diane Bradley, Assistant General Counsel,
Office of General Counsel, Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency, 633 Indiana Avenue NW., Room 1375, Washington, DC 20004, (202)
220-5364 or to Diane.Bradley@csosa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
each collection of information they collect or sponsor. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (944 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) requires federal
agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning
each proposed collection of information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of information, before submitting
the collection of information to OMB for approval. To comply with this
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requirement, CSOSA is publishing notice of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document. The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with
the Administration's commitment to improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights
on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of
study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of
issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication,
training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or
services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery.
Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
1. The collections are voluntary;
2. The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents
and the federal government;
3. The collections are non-controversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other federal agencies;
4. Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
5. Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to
the extent necessary and is not retained;
6. Information gathered will be used only internally for general
service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended
for release outside of the agency;
7. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
8. Information gathered will yield qualitative information; the
collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the
population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful
information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame,
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding
the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for
other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative
results.
As a general matter, information collections will not result in any
new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask
questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes,
religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered
private.
Current Actions: New collection of information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
(1) Affected Public: Individuals currently or recently under court-
ordered supervision by CSOSA. CSOSA stakeholders including members of
the community (e.g., DC residents who attend CSOSA community justice
advisory network meetings) and criminal justice systems (e.g., judges,
parole commissioners, etc.).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1340.
Below we provide projected average estimates for the next three
years:
Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 3.
Average number of Respondents per Activity: 447.
Annual responses: 1340.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average minutes per response: 7.
Burden hours: 145.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide
information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Dated: April 16, 2013.
Rorey Smith,
Deputy General Counsel, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
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