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II. Data
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.
OMB Control Number: 1018–None.
This is a new collection.
Title: Survey of Rancher Knowledge
and Attitudes about Jaguar Habitat
Conservation in Southern Arizona.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new
OMB control number.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 200.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 67.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.
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,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
Dated: December 12, 2013.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2013–29922 Filed 12–16–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–ES–2013–N285; FF09E00000–
134–FXES11120900000]
Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Federal Fish and
Wildlife Permit Applications and
Reports—Native Endangered and
Threatened Species
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) 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 December 31,
2013. 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
SUMMARY:
Number of
respondents
Activity
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3–200—55
3–200—55
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3–200—56
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 January 16, 2014.
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_
Submission@omb.eop.gov (email).
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 hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0094’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) 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: 1018–0094.
Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife
Permit Applications and Reports—
Native Endangered and Threatened
Species.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals/
households, businesses, State and local
agencies, private organizations, and
scientific and research institutions.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
for application forms and notifications;
annually for reports.
Number of
responses
Completion
time per
response
(hours)
Total
annual burden
hours
permit application ..........................................................................
annual report .................................................................................
notifications (incidental take and change in landowner) ...............
permit application ..........................................................................
annual report .................................................................................
notification (escape of living wildlife) ............................................
permit application ..........................................................................
annual report .................................................................................
11
64
2
579
1,034
1
60
748
11
64
2
579
1,034
1
60
748
3
8
1
4
8
1
3
10
33
512
2
2,316
8,272
1
180
7,480
Totals ........................................................................................................
2,499
2,499
........................
18,796
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: $55,000 for fees associated with
permit applications.
Abstract: We use the information we
collect on permit applications to
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determine the eligibility of applicants
for permits requested in accordance
with various Federal wildlife
conservation laws, including:
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• Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.).
• Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
• Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
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• Bald and Golden Eagle Protection
Act (16 U.S.C. 668).
• Marine Mammal Protection Act (16
U.S.C. 1374).
Service regulations implementing
these statutes and treaties are in chapter
I, subchapter B of title 50 of the Code
of Federal Regulations. These
regulations stipulate general and
specific requirements that when met
allow us to issue permits to authorize
activities that are otherwise prohibited.
This ICR includes the following permit
application forms and the reporting
requirements for each permit:
• FWS Form 3–200–54 (Enhancement
of Survival Permits Associated with
Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate
Conservation Agreements with
Assurances).
• FWS Form 3–200–55 (Permits for
Scientific Purposes, Enhancement of
Propagation or Survival (i.e., Recovery)
and Interstate Commerce).
• FWS Form 3–200–56 (Incidental
Take Permits Associated with a Habitat
Conservation Plan).
Comments: On June 17, 2013, we
published in the Federal Register (78
FR 36237) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew approval for
this information collection. In that
notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on August 16, 2013. We
received one public comment stating
that permits are issued too easily. The
commenter did not address the
information collection, and we did not
make any changes to our requirements.
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, 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
VerDate Mar<15>2010
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Dated: December 11, 2013.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2013–29920 Filed 12–16–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R8–R–2013–N271;
FXRS12610800000V2–134–FF08RSRC00]
Llano Seco Riparian Sanctuary Unit
Restoration and Pumping Plant/Fish
Screen Facility Protection Project, CA;
Record of Decision
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service) and the
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife (CDFW), announce that the
record of decision (ROD) for the Llano
Seco Riparian Sanctuary Unit
Restoration and Princeton, Codora,
Glenn & Provident Irrigation Districts
(PCGID–PID) Pumping Plan/Fish Screen
Facility Protection Project is now
available. The ROD includes a statement
of the decisions made, the basis for the
decisions, a description of the
alternative considered, a description of
the environmentally preferable
alternative, an overview of the measures
to minimize environmental impacts,
and a summary of public involvement
in the decision-making process.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available at:
• Internet: www.fws.gov/refuge/
sacramento river/ and https://
www.riverpartners.org/where-we-work/
sanctuary/documents.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Moroney, Refuge Manager,
Sacramento River National Wildlife
Refuge, 530–934–2801 (phone) or kelly_
moroney@fws.gov (email); or Helen
Swagerty, River Partners, 530–894–5401
(phone) or hswagerty@riverpartners.org
(email).
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Llano Seco Riparian Sanctuary
Unit was acquired by the Service in
1991 and added to the Sacramento River
National Wildlife Refuge. The Service
acquired the Llano Seco Riparian
Sanctuary Unit as part of the Joint
Management Agreement between Parrot
Investment Co., The Nature
Conservancy, California Department of
Fish and Game, and the Service to
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cooperatively manage lands on the
Llano Seco Ranch. The Llano Seco
Riparian Sanctuary Unit is one piece of
the larger Llano Seco Ranch, and was
cleared of riparian vegetation for
agricultural production by the previous
landowner during the 1970s. Although
the property has been out of agricultural
production for close to 15 years, the
habitat remains dominated by nonnative
and invasive noxious weeds. Currently,
just over 200 acres is farmed to dryland
cereal crops to help control nonnative
weeds.
Prior to acquisition by the Service,
rock revetment was placed on the north
end of the Llano Seco Riparian
Sanctuary Unit by the Department of
Water Resources in 1985 and 1986. The
rock was placed in order to lock the
Sacramento River in place, ensuring that
flood flows would continue to be
diverted from the Sacramento River
through the Goose Lake overflow
structure and into the Butte Basin.
When the Service acquired the ranch
property in 1991, we did so with the
understanding that our management
activities would not impact the Goose
Lake overflow structure that diverts
flood water into the Butte Basin.
Since the placement of rock revetment
in 1986, the natural riverbank that is
south of the revetment has eroded
approximately 600 feet. The erosion on
refuge property is directly across from
the PCGID–PID pumping plant and fish
screening facility. In 1999, the PCGID–
PID consolidated three pumping plants
into one new facility equipped with
state-of-the-art fish screens. The fishscreening efficiency of the new PCGID–
PID pumping plant is now endangered
by the bank erosion on the refuge
property and the migration of the
Sacramento River. Although the rock
revetment on the north edge of refuge
property is decades old and eroding, it
plays a key role in protecting the
PCGID–PID pumping plant. As the bank
erodes, the angle of flow and velocity of
the water passing the screens will
change, trapping fish against the screen
rather than sweeping them past.
Without some type of protection, it is
likely the bank will continue to erode
and the pumping plant facility will fail
to meet guidelines for operation of the
pumping-plant fish screens that were
published by the National Marine
Fisheries Service of National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(Department of Commerce).
National Environmental Policy Act
Compliance
The Draft EIS/EIR was available for a
45-day public review and comment
period, which we announced via several
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-ES-2013-N285; FF09E00000-134-FXES11120900000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit
Applications and Reports--Native Endangered and Threatened Species
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) 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 December 31, 2013. 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 January 16, 2014.
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_Submission@omb.eop.gov
(email). 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 hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0094'' in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) 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: 1018-0094.
Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--
Native Endangered and Threatened Species.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals/households, businesses, State and
local agencies, private organizations, and scientific and research
institutions.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion for application forms and
notifications; annually for reports.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-200--54 permit application.................... 11 11 3 33
3-200--54 annual report......................... 64 64 8 512
3-200--54 notifications (incidental take and 2 2 1 2
change in landowner)...........................
2-200--55 permit application.................... 579 579 4 2,316
3-200--55 annual report......................... 1,034 1,034 8 8,272
3-200--55 notification (escape of living 1 1 1 1
wildlife)......................................
3-200--56 permit application.................... 60 60 3 180
3-200--56 annual report......................... 748 748 10 7,480
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 2,499 2,499 .............. 18,796
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $55,000 for fees associated
with permit applications.
Abstract: We use the information we collect on permit applications
to determine the eligibility of applicants for permits requested in
accordance with various Federal wildlife conservation laws, including:
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
[[Page 76317]]
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668).
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1374).
Service regulations implementing these statutes and treaties are in
chapter I, subchapter B of title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
These regulations stipulate general and specific requirements that when
met allow us to issue permits to authorize activities that are
otherwise prohibited. This ICR includes the following permit
application forms and the reporting requirements for each permit:
FWS Form 3-200-54 (Enhancement of Survival Permits
Associated with Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate Conservation
Agreements with Assurances).
FWS Form 3-200-55 (Permits for Scientific Purposes,
Enhancement of Propagation or Survival (i.e., Recovery) and Interstate
Commerce).
FWS Form 3-200-56 (Incidental Take Permits Associated with
a Habitat Conservation Plan).
Comments: On June 17, 2013, we published in the Federal Register
(78 FR 36237) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval
for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments
for 60 days, ending on August 16, 2013. We received one public comment
stating that permits are issued too easily. The commenter did not
address the information collection, and we did not make any changes to
our requirements.
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, 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: December 11, 2013.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-29920 Filed 12-16-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
