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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5873–D–01]
Delegation of Authority to the Chief
Operations Officer
Office of the Deputy Secretary,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD).
ACTION: Notice of delegation of
authority.
AGENCY:
In this notice, the Deputy
Secretary delegates to the Chief
Operations Officer all management and
supervisory authority for the following
offices: The Chief Information Officer
(CIO); the Chief Human Capital Officer
(CHCO); the Chief Procurement Officer
(CPO); and the Chief Administrative
Officer (CAO).
DATES: Effective upon date of signature.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
B. Shumway, Assistant General Counsel
for Administrative Law, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW., Room 9262, Washington,
DC 20410–0500, telephone number 202–
402–5190. (This is not a toll-free
number.) Individuals with speech or
hearing impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling 1–800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Certain
management and program functions will
now be performed by a Chief Operations
Officer (COO). These functions include
executive scheduling, security and
emergency planning, executive
secretariat, Freedom of Information Act
processing, budgeting, accounting,
hiring and training employees,
modernizing information technology
systems, information security,
protecting privacy, procurement and
contracting, and disaster preparedness
operations. These functions are
performed in the offices of the Chief
Human Capital Officer (CHCO), the
Chief Information Officer (CIO), the
Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), and
the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO).
The COO has been delegated
management and program authority for
these offices.
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SUMMARY:
Section A. Authority
The Deputy Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development hereby delegates to
the Chief Operations Officer the
authority to manage and supervise the
following offices and functions:
1. Office of the Chief Human Capital
Officer: This office is responsible for
employee performance management;
executive resources; human capital field
support; human capital policy, planning and
training; recruitment and staffing; personnel
security; employee assistance program,
health and wellness; employee and labor
relations; pay, benefits and retirement center;
human capital information systems; and
budget.
2. Office of the Chief Information Officer:
This office is responsible for modernizing
information technology systems, information
security, and protecting privacy.
3. Office of the Chief Procurement Officer:
This office is responsible for all procurement
and contracting activity by the Department.
4. Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer: This office is responsible for facilities
management services; Executive Secretariat
correspondence management, processing of
Freedom of Information Act requests, and
disaster preparedness operations.
Section B. Authority Excepted
The authority delegated in this
document does not include the
authority to sue or be sued or to issue
or waive regulations.
Section C. Authority to Redelegate
The Chief Operations Officer may
redelegate to employees of HUD any of
the authority delegated under Section A
above.
Section D. Authority Superseded
This delegation revokes all previous
delegations of authority from the
Secretary or the Deputy Secretary to the
Assistant Secretary for Administration
or the Chief Operations Officer,
including the Delegation of Authority to
the Chief Operating Officer published in
the Federal Register on June 14, 2011 at
76 FR 34745.
This delegation is effective
immediately and until such time as this
delegation is revoked. The Deputy
Secretary may revoke the authority
authorized herein, in whole or part, at
any time.
Authority: Section 7(d) of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Act (42
U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: May 4, 2015.
Nani A. Coloretti,
Deputy Secretary.
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Proposed Information Collection;
Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and
Cooperative Agreements
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
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
IC is scheduled to expire on September
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 July 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this 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 ‘‘1018–0109’’ 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:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The Wildlife and Sport Fish
Restoration Program (WSFR), U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 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).
CFDA No.
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regulations
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CFDA No.
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act .....................
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund ...............................
Everglades Restoration * ..............................................................................
15.614
15.615
None
Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Programs (Generic) ..........
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation * ..........................................
Highlands Conservation Program ................................................................
Hunter Education and Safety .......................................................................
Landowner Incentive * ..................................................................................
Multistate Conservation Grants ....................................................................
National Outreach and Communication .......................................................
Research Grants (Generic) ..........................................................................
15.664
None
15.667
15.626
15.633
15.628
15.653
15.650
Service Training and Technical Assistance (Generic Training) ..................
Sport Fish Restoration .................................................................................
15.649
15.605
Sport Fishing and Boating Safety Act (Boating Infrastructure Grants) .......
State Wildlife Grants ....................................................................................
Tribal Landowner Incentive * ........................................................................
Tribal Wildlife Grants ....................................................................................
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration * .......................................................
Wildlife Restoration ......................................................................................
15.622
15.634
15.638
15.639
15.625
15.611
Authority
16 U.S.C. 3951–3956 .......................
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq ......................
Public Law 104–127; 16 U.S.C. 460
l–4 thru l–11.
...........................................................
16 U.S.C. 777 ...................................
...........................................................
16 U.S.C. 669h–1 .............................
Public Law 110–5 .............................
16 U.S.C. 669h–2; 16 U.S.C. 777m
16 U.S.C. 777g(d) ............................
16 U.S.C. 753a; 16 U.S.C. 460 (l–4
thru l–11); 16 U.S.C. 1531–1543.
16 U.S.C. 661 and 16 U.S.C. 742f ..
16 U.S.C. 777–777n (except 777e–
1).
16 U.S.C. 777g and g–1 ..................
Public Law 110–329 .........................
Public Law 110–5 .............................
Public Law 110–329 .........................
16 U.S.C. 669b and 669c .................
16 U.S.C. 669–669k .........................
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regulations
50 CFR 84.
50 CFR 81.
None.
None.
None.
None.
50 CFR 80.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
50 CFR 80.
50 CFR 86.
None.
None.
None.
None.
50 CFR 80.
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* Program has open grants, but no new funding.
Authorities and implementing
regulations establish the purposes of the
grant programs and the types of projects
to be funded. Some list eligibility
criteria as well as activities ineligible for
funding. The authorities and
implementing regulations for the
competitive programs establish
preferences or ranking factors for the
selection of projects to be funded. These
legal requirements make it essential for
an awarding agency to have certain
information so that it funds only eligible
projects, and, in the case of competitive
programs, to select those projects that
will result in the greatest return on the
Federal investment.
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 can
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.
In February 2014, OMB approved our
request to use a new electronic system
(Wildlife Tracking and Reporting
Actions for the Conservation of Species
(Wildlife TRACS)) to collect application
and performance reporting information
on our grant programs. OMB assigned
OMB Control No. 1018–0156, which
expires February 28, 2017. Wildlife
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TRACS allows us to take advantage of
newer technology and gives applicants
direct access to enter project
information that can be used to submit
an application through https://
www.grants.gov. Grantees can also
report performance accomplishments in
Wildlife TRACS. We are including the
use of Wildlife TRACS and the
collection of additional information in
this revision to OMB Control No. 1018–
0109. If OMB approves this revision, we
will discontinue OMB Control No.
1018–0156.
To apply for financial assistance
funds, you must submit an application
that describes in substantial detail
project locations, benefits, funding, and
other characteristics. Materials to assist
applicants in formulating project
proposals are available on Grants.gov.
We use the application to determine:
• Eligibility.
• Scale of resource values or relative
worth of the project.
• If associated costs are reasonable
and allowable.
• Potential effect of the project on
environmental and cultural resources.
• How well the proposed project will
meet the purposes of the program’s
establishing legislation.
• If the proposed project is
substantial in character and design.
• For competitive programs, how the
proposed project addresses ranking
criteria.
Persons or entities receiving grants
must submit periodic performance
reports that contain information
necessary for us to track costs and
accomplishments.
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In addition to the information
currently collected under OMB Control
No. 1018–0109, we will collect the
following additional information
currently approved under OMB Control
No. 1018–0156:
For mandatory grant program
applications and amendments:
• Geospatial entry of project location.
• Project status (active, completed,
etc.).
• Project leader contact information.
• Partner information.
• Objectives, including output
measures and desired future values.
• Plan information (for projects
connected to plans).
For all WSFR grant program projects
and reports:
• The information above, as
applicable to the approved grant.
• Public description.
• Action status (active, completed,
etc.).
• Summary trend information, as
applicable.
• Estimated costs, by action. (nonauditable).
• Effectiveness measures (initially for
State Wildlife Grants).
For real property acquisition projects,
information related to:
• Transactions, such as dates, method
of transfer, title holder, and seller.
• Identifiers, such as State and
Federal Record ID, parcel number, and
property name.
• Values such as appraised value,
purchase price and other cost
information, and acres or acre feet.
• Encumbrances.
• Partners.
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II. Data
the Northern Mariana Islands; the
District of Columbia; the territories of
Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and
American Samoa; federally recognized
tribal governments; institutions of
higher education; and nongovernmental
organizations.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: We require
applications annually for new grants.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0109.
Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants
and Cooperative Agreements, 50 CFR
80, 81, 84, 85, and 86.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: States;
the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and
Number of
respondents
Activity
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 2 CFR 200.205 and
2 CFR 200.207.
Completion
time per
response
Number of
responses
Total annual
burden hours
Initial Application (project narrative) ................................................................
Revision of Award Terms (Amendment) .........................................................
Performance Reports .......................................................................................
200
150
200
2,500
1,500
3,500
44
6
12
110,000
9,000
42,000
Totals ........................................................................................................
550
7,500
........................
161,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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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III. Comments
Fish and Wildlife Service
Dated: May 5, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora; Seventeenth Regular
Meeting; Request for Information and
Recommendations on Resolutions,
Decisions, and Agenda Items for
Consideration
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
To implement the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES
or the Convention), the Parties to the
Convention meet periodically to review
what species in international trade
should be regulated and other aspects of
the implementation of CITES. The
seventeenth regular meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to CITES
(CoP17) is tentatively scheduled to be
held in September 2016 in South Africa.
With this notice we are soliciting and
invite you to provide us with
information and recommendations on
resolutions, decisions, and agenda items
that the United States might consider
submitting for discussion at CoP17. In
addition, with this notice we provide
preliminary information on how to
request approved observer status for
nongovernmental organizations that
wish to attend the meeting.
DATES: We will consider all information
and comments we receive on or before
July 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
pertaining to recommendations for
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resolutions, decisions, and agenda items
for discussion at CoP17 by one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2014–0018
(the docket number for this notice).
• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public
Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–HQ–
IA–2014–0018; Division of Policy and
Directives Management; U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike;
MS: BPHC; Falls Church, VA 22041.
We will not consider comments sent
by email or fax, or to an address not
listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Comments and materials we receive in
response to this notice will be available
for public inspection on https://
www.regulations.gov, or by
appointment, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Management
Authority, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 2nd
Floor, Falls Church, VA 22041;
telephone 703–358–2095.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information pertaining to resolutions,
decisions, and agenda items, contact
Craig Hoover, Chief, Wildlife Trade and
Conservation Branch, Division of
Management Authority, at 703–358–
2095 (phone), 703–358–2298 (fax), or
managementauthority@fws.gov (email).
If you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
800–877–8339. For information
pertaining to species proposals, contact
Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of
Scientific Authority, at 703–358–1708
(phone), 703–358–2276 (fax), or
scientificauthority@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FW-HQ-WSFR-2015-N087; FVWF941009000007B-XXX-FF09W11000;
FVWF51100900000-XXX-FF09W11000]
Proposed Information Collection; Wildlife and Sport Fish 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. This IC is scheduled to expire
on September 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 July 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this 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 ``1018-0109'' 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 Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR), U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 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).
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Program CFDA No. Authority Implementing regulations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clean Vessel Act........................ 15.616 16 U.S.C. 777g(c)......... 50 CFR 85.
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Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, 15.614 16 U.S.C. 3951-3956....... 50 CFR 84.
and Restoration Act.
Cooperative Endangered Species 15.615 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq..... 50 CFR 81.
Conservation Fund.
Everglades Restoration *................ None Public Law 104-127; 16 None.
U.S.C. 460 l-4 thru l-11.
Fish and Wildlife Coordination and 15.664 .......................... None.
Assistance Programs (Generic).
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation None 16 U.S.C. 777............. None.
Mitigation *.
Highlands Conservation Program.......... 15.667 .......................... None.
Hunter Education and Safety............. 15.626 16 U.S.C. 669h-1.......... 50 CFR 80.
Landowner Incentive *................... 15.633 Public Law 110-5.......... None.
Multistate Conservation Grants.......... 15.628 16 U.S.C. 669h-2; 16 None.
U.S.C. 777m.
National Outreach and Communication..... 15.653 16 U.S.C. 777g(d)......... None.
Research Grants (Generic)............... 15.650 16 U.S.C. 753a; 16 U.S.C. None.
460 (l-4 thru l-11); 16
U.S.C. 1531-1543.
Service Training and Technical 15.649 16 U.S.C. 661 and 16 None.
Assistance (Generic Training). U.S.C. 742f.
Sport Fish Restoration.................. 15.605 16 U.S.C. 777-777n (except 50 CFR 80.
777e-1).
Sport Fishing and Boating Safety Act 15.622 16 U.S.C. 777g and g-1.... 50 CFR 86.
(Boating Infrastructure Grants).
State Wildlife Grants................... 15.634 Public Law 110-329........ None.
Tribal Landowner Incentive *............ 15.638 Public Law 110-5.......... None.
Tribal Wildlife Grants.................. 15.639 Public Law 110-329........ None.
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration *. 15.625 16 U.S.C. 669b and 669c... None.
Wildlife Restoration.................... 15.611 16 U.S.C. 669-669k........ 50 CFR 80.
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* Program has open grants, but no new funding.
Authorities and implementing regulations establish the purposes of
the grant programs and the types of projects to be funded. Some list
eligibility criteria as well as activities ineligible for funding. The
authorities and implementing regulations for the competitive programs
establish preferences or ranking factors for the selection of projects
to be funded. These legal requirements make it essential for an
awarding agency to have certain information so that it funds only
eligible projects, and, in the case of competitive programs, to select
those projects that will result in the greatest return on the Federal
investment.
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 can 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.
In February 2014, OMB approved our request to use a new electronic
system (Wildlife Tracking and Reporting Actions for the Conservation of
Species (Wildlife TRACS)) to collect application and performance
reporting information on our grant programs. OMB assigned OMB Control
No. 1018-0156, which expires February 28, 2017. Wildlife TRACS allows
us to take advantage of newer technology and gives applicants direct
access to enter project information that can be used to submit an
application through https://www.grants.gov. Grantees can also report
performance accomplishments in Wildlife TRACS. We are including the use
of Wildlife TRACS and the collection of additional information in this
revision to OMB Control No. 1018-0109. If OMB approves this revision,
we will discontinue OMB Control No. 1018-0156.
To apply for financial assistance funds, you must submit an
application that describes in substantial detail project locations,
benefits, funding, and other characteristics. Materials to assist
applicants in formulating project proposals are available on
Grants.gov. We use the application to determine:
Eligibility.
Scale of resource values or relative worth of the project.
If associated costs are reasonable and allowable.
Potential effect of the project on environmental and
cultural resources.
How well the proposed project will meet the purposes of
the program's establishing legislation.
If the proposed project is substantial in character and
design.
For competitive programs, how the proposed project
addresses ranking criteria.
Persons or entities receiving grants must submit periodic
performance reports that contain information necessary for us to track
costs and accomplishments.
In addition to the information currently collected under OMB
Control No. 1018-0109, we will collect the following additional
information currently approved under OMB Control No. 1018-0156:
For mandatory grant program applications and amendments:
Geospatial entry of project location.
Project status (active, completed, etc.).
Project leader contact information.
Partner information.
Objectives, including output measures and desired future
values.
Plan information (for projects connected to plans).
For all WSFR grant program projects and reports:
The information above, as applicable to the approved
grant.
Public description.
Action status (active, completed, etc.).
Summary trend information, as applicable.
Estimated costs, by action. (non-auditable).
Effectiveness measures (initially for State Wildlife
Grants).
For real property acquisition projects, information related to:
Transactions, such as dates, method of transfer, title
holder, and seller.
Identifiers, such as State and Federal Record ID, parcel
number, and property name.
Values such as appraised value, purchase price and other
cost information, and acres or acre feet.
Encumbrances.
Partners.
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OMB Control Number: 1018-0109.
Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements,
50 CFR 80, 81, 84, 85, and 86.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: 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; federally
recognized tribal governments; institutions of higher education; and
nongovernmental organizations.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: We require applications annually for new
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 2 CFR 200.205 and 2 CFR 200.207.
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Completion
Activity Number of Number of time per Total annual
respondents responses response burden hours
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Initial Application (project narrative)......... 200 2,500 44 110,000
Revision of Award Terms (Amendment)............. 150 1,500 6 9,000
Performance Reports............................. 200 3,500 12 42,000
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Totals...................................... 550 7,500 .............. 161,000
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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: May 5, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-11259 Filed 5-8-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
