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CDBG–NDR Information collection in DRGR
Description of
information
collection
Number of
respondents *
Procurement, Financial Controls
and DOB documentation ...........
Performance and
Financial Projections ...................
Total
number of
responses
Number of
responses
Hours per
response
Total
hours
Cost per
response **
Total cost
67
1
67
6
402
209
14,003
67
1
67
8
536
278
18,626
POST-AWARD
Grant Agreement
(HUD 40092) .....
Grantee’s Written
Agreements .......
DRGR Activation,
Activity Set-Up
and Completion
Total Pre- And
Post-Award
Paperwork
Burden ........
67
1
67
1
67
35
2,345
67
1
67
5
335
174
11,658
67
1
67
10
670
348
23,316
67
7
469
71
4,757
2,471
165,557
REPORTING (Annual)
Recurring:
Average Sized
Grants Online
Quarterly Reporting via DRGR ....
Average-Sized
Grants Online
Voucher Submissions ..................
67
4
268
9
2,412
313
83,884
67
19
1,273
0.22
280
8
10,184
Total Annual Reporting Paperwork Burden ......
67
23
1,541
9.22
14,208
349
537,809
Total CDBG–NDR
Paperwork Burden (Pre- and
Post- Award and
Reporting) ..........
67
30
2,010
N/A
18,965
N/A
703,366
* Maximum if all eligible Phase 1 Applicants apply and are invited to submit Phase 2 applications.
** Based number of hours per response at GS–13 salary of $34.80/hr.
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including through
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the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FW–HQ–R–2015–N024; FXRS12630900000–
156–FF09R81000]
Proposed Information Collection;
Hunting and Fishing Application
Forms and Activity Reports for
National Wildlife Refuges
Dated: January 23, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY:
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Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: 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
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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 April 30,
2015. 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 April 3, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0140’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee), as amended
(Administration Act), and the Refuge
Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k–
460k–4) (Recreation Act) govern the
administration and uses of national
wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The
Administration Act consolidated all the
different refuge areas into a single
Refuge System. It also authorizes us to
permit public uses, including hunting
and fishing, on lands of the Refuge
System when we find that the activity
is compatible and appropriate with the
purpose for which the refuge was
established. The Recreation Act allows
the use of refuges for public recreation
when the use is not inconsistent or does
not interfere with the primary
purpose(s) of the refuge.
We administer 373 hunting programs
and 271 fishing programs on 408 refuges
and wetland management districts. We
only collect user information at about 20
percent of these refuges. Information
that we plan to collect will help us:
• Administer and monitor hunting
and fishing programs on refuges.
• Distribute hunting and fishing
permits in a fair and equitable manner
to eligible participants.
We use nine application and report
forms associated with hunting and
fishing on refuges. We may not allow all
opportunities on all refuges; therefore,
we developed different forms to
simplify the process and avoid
confusion for applicants. The currently
approved forms are available online at
https://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all
refuges will use each form and some
refuges may collect the identical
information in a nonform format.
We use the following application
forms when we assign areas, dates, and/
or types of hunts via a drawing because
of limited resources, high demand, or
when a permit is needed to hunt. We
issue application forms for specific
periods, usually seasonally or annually.
• FWS Form 3–2354 (Quota Deer
Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2355 (Waterfowl
Lottery Application).
• FWS Form 3–2356 (Big/Upland
Game Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2357 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2358 (Fishing/
Shrimping/Crabbing Application).
We collect information on:
• Applicant (name, address, phone
number) so that we can notify
applicants of their selection.
• User preferences (dates, areas,
method) so that we can distribute users
equitably.
• Whether or not the applicant is
applying for a special opportunity for
disabled or youth hunters.
Number of
respondents
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• Age of youth hunter(s) so that we
can establish eligibility.
We ask users to report on their
success after their experience so that we
can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and
resource impacts. We use the following
activity reports, which we distribute
during appropriate seasons, as
determined by State or Federal
regulations.
• FWS Form 3–2359 (Big Game
Harvest Report).
• FWS Form 3–2360 (Fishing Report).
• FWS Form 3–2361 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Report).
• FWS Form 3–2362 (Upland/Small
Game/Furbearer Report).
We collect information on:
• Names of users so we can
differentiate between responses.
• City and State of residence so that
we can better understand if users are
local or traveling.
• Dates, time, and number in party so
we can identify use trends and allocate
staff and resources.
• Details of success by species so that
we can evaluate quality of experience
and resource impacts.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0140.
Title: Hunting and Fishing
Application Forms and Activity Reports
for National Wildlife Refuges; 50 CFR
25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms
3–2354, 3–2355, 3–2356, 3–2357, 3–
2358, 3–2359, 3–2360, 3–2361, 3–2362.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals and households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
(for applications, usually once per year
at the beginning of the hunting season;
for activity reports, once at the
conclusion of the hunting/fishing
experience).
Completion
time per
response
Number of
responses
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
180,000
93,000
2,600
5,200
2,600
88,000
412,000
31,000
26,000
180,000
93,000
2,600
5,200
2,600
88,000
412,000
31,000
26,000
30
30
30
30
30
15
15
15
15
.............................
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.............................
.............................
.............................
.............................
.............................
.............................
.............................
90,000
46,500
1,300
2,600
1,300
22,000
103,000
7,750
6,500
Totals ..............................................................
840,400
840,400
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280,950
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: We estimate the annual nonhour
cost burden to be $60,000 for hunting
application fees at some refuges.
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
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: January 28, 2015.
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–R7–R–2015–N018;
FF07R08000FXRS–1263–0700000–156]
Proposed Information Collection;
Alaska Guide Service Evaluation
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
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opportunity to comment on this IC. This
IC is scheduled to expire on May 31,
2015. 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 April 3, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0141’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
We collect information on FWS Form
3–2349 (Alaska Guide Service
Evaluation) to help us evaluate
commercial guide services on our
national wildlife refuges in the State of
Alaska (State). The National Wildlife
Refuge Administration Act of 1966, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 668dd–ee),
authorizes us to permit uses, including
commercial visitor services, on national
wildlife refuges when we find the
activity to be compatible with the
purposes for which the refuge was
established. With the objective of
making available a variety of quality
visitor services for wildlife-dependent
recreation on National Wildlife Refuge
System lands, we issue permits for
commercial guide services, including
big game hunting, sport fishing, wildlife
viewing, river trips, and other guided
activities. We use FWS Form 3–2349 as
a method to:
• Monitor the quality of services
provided by commercial guides.
• Gauge client satisfaction with the
services.
• Assess the impacts of the activity
on refuge resources.
The client is the best source of
information on the quality of
commercial guiding services. We
collect:
• Client name.
• Guide name(s).
• Type of guided activity.
• Dates and location of guided
activity.
• Information on the services
received such as the client’s
expectations, safety, environmental
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impacts, and client’s overall
satisfaction.
We encourage respondents to provide
any additional comments that they wish
regarding the guide service or refuge
experience, and ask whether or not they
wish to be contacted for additional
information.
The above information, in
combination with State-required guide
activity reports and contacts with guides
and clients in the field, provides a
comprehensive method for monitoring
permitted commercial guide activities.
A regular program of client evaluation
helps refuge managers detect potential
problems with guide services so that we
can take corrective actions promptly. In
addition, we use this information during
the competitive selection process for big
game and sport fishing guide permits to
evaluate an applicant’s ability to
provide a quality guiding service.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0141.
Title: Alaska Guide Service
Evaluation.
Service Form Number: 3–2349.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Clients of
permitted commercial guide service
providers.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time,
following use of commercial guide
services.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 158.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
158.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 40.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FW-HQ-R-2015-N024; FXRS12630900000-156-FF09R81000]
Proposed Information Collection; Hunting and Fishing Application
Forms and Activity Reports for National Wildlife Refuges
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
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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 April 30, 2015. 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 April 3, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ``1018-0140'' in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), as amended (Administration Act), and the Refuge
Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k-460k-4) (Recreation Act) govern
the administration and uses of national wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The Administration Act consolidated all the
different refuge areas into a single Refuge System. It also authorizes
us to permit public uses, including hunting and fishing, on lands of
the Refuge System when we find that the activity is compatible and
appropriate with the purpose for which the refuge was established. The
Recreation Act allows the use of refuges for public recreation when the
use is not inconsistent or does not interfere with the primary
purpose(s) of the refuge.
We administer 373 hunting programs and 271 fishing programs on 408
refuges and wetland management districts. We only collect user
information at about 20 percent of these refuges. Information that we
plan to collect will help us:
Administer and monitor hunting and fishing programs on
refuges.
Distribute hunting and fishing permits in a fair and
equitable manner to eligible participants.
We use nine application and report forms associated with hunting
and fishing on refuges. We may not allow all opportunities on all
refuges; therefore, we developed different forms to simplify the
process and avoid confusion for applicants. The currently approved
forms are available online at https://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all
refuges will use each form and some refuges may collect the identical
information in a nonform format.
We use the following application forms when we assign areas, dates,
and/or types of hunts via a drawing because of limited resources, high
demand, or when a permit is needed to hunt. We issue application forms
for specific periods, usually seasonally or annually.
FWS Form 3-2354 (Quota Deer Hunt Application).
FWS Form 3-2355 (Waterfowl Lottery Application).
FWS Form 3-2356 (Big/Upland Game Hunt Application).
FWS Form 3-2357 (Migratory Bird Hunt Application).
FWS Form 3-2358 (Fishing/Shrimping/Crabbing Application).
We collect information on:
Applicant (name, address, phone number) so that we can
notify applicants of their selection.
User preferences (dates, areas, method) so that we can
distribute users equitably.
Whether or not the applicant is applying for a special
opportunity for disabled or youth hunters.
Age of youth hunter(s) so that we can establish
eligibility.
We ask users to report on their success after their experience so
that we can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and resource impacts. We
use the following activity reports, which we distribute during
appropriate seasons, as determined by State or Federal regulations.
FWS Form 3-2359 (Big Game Harvest Report).
FWS Form 3-2360 (Fishing Report).
FWS Form 3-2361 (Migratory Bird Hunt Report).
FWS Form 3-2362 (Upland/Small Game/Furbearer Report).
We collect information on:
Names of users so we can differentiate between responses.
City and State of residence so that we can better
understand if users are local or traveling.
Dates, time, and number in party so we can identify use
trends and allocate staff and resources.
Details of success by species so that we can evaluate
quality of experience and resource impacts.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0140.
Title: Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and Activity Reports
for National Wildlife Refuges; 50 CFR 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms 3-2354, 3-2355, 3-2356, 3-2357,
3-2358, 3-2359, 3-2360, 3-2361, 3-2362.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals and households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion (for applications, usually
once per year at the beginning of the hunting season; for activity
reports, once at the conclusion of the hunting/fishing experience).
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Number of Number of Completion time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
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FWS Form 3-2354.................. 180,000 180,000 30 minutes.......... 90,000
FWS Form 3-2355.................. 93,000 93,000 30 minutes.......... 46,500
FWS Form 3-2356.................. 2,600 2,600 30 minutes.......... 1,300
FWS Form 3-2357.................. 5,200 5,200 30 minutes.......... 2,600
FWS Form 3-2358.................. 2,600 2,600 30 minutes.......... 1,300
FWS Form 3-2359.................. 88,000 88,000 15 minutes.......... 22,000
FWS Form 3-2360.................. 412,000 412,000 15 minutes.......... 103,000
FWS Form 3-2361.................. 31,000 31,000 15 minutes.......... 7,750
FWS Form 3-2362.................. 26,000 26,000 15 minutes.......... 6,500
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Totals....................... 840,400 840,400 .................... 280,950
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: We estimate the annual
nonhour cost burden to be $60,000 for hunting application fees at some
refuges.
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
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: January 28, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-01897 Filed 1-30-15; 8:45 am]
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