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Information Collection Request
Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Policy for
Evaluation of Conservation Efforts
When Making Listing Decisions (PECE)
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 August 31, 2015.
We may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
SUMMARY:
Number of
respondents
Activity
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 September 28, 2015.
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 BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0119’’ 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: 1018–0119.
Title: Policy for Evaluation of
Conservation Efforts When Making
Listing Decisions (PECE).
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Primarily
State, local, or tribal governments.
However, individuals, businesses, and
not-for-profit organizations could
develop agreements/plans or may agree
to implement certain conservation
efforts identified in a State agreement/
plan.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.
Completion
time per
response
Number of
responses
Total annual
burden hours
Agreement .......................................................................................................
Monitoring ........................................................................................................
Reporting .........................................................................................................
4
7
7
4
7
7
2,000
600
120
8,000
4,200
840
Totals ........................................................................................................
18
18
........................
13,040
Abstract: Section 4 of the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) specifies the process by which we
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can list species as threatened or
endangered. When we consider whether
or not to list a species, the ESA requires
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us to take into account the efforts being
made by any State or any political
subdivision of a State to protect such
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species. We also take into account the
efforts being made by other entities.
States or other entities often formalize
conservation efforts in conservation
agreements, conservation plans,
management plans, or similar
documents. The conservation efforts
recommended or called for in such
documents could prevent some species
from becoming so imperiled that they
meet the definition of a threatened or
endangered species under the ESA.
The Policy for Evaluation of
Conservation Efforts When Making
Listing Decisions (PECE) (68 FR 15100,
March 28, 2003) encourages the
development of conservation
agreements/plans and provides certainty
about the standard that an individual
conservation effort must meet in order
for us to consider whether it contributes
to forming a basis for making a decision
about the listing of a species. PECE
applies to ‘‘formalized conservation
efforts’’ that have not been implemented
or have been implemented but have not
yet demonstrated if they are effective at
the time of a listing decision.
Under PECE, formalized conservation
efforts are defined as conservation
efforts (specific actions, activities, or
programs designed to eliminate or
reduce threats or otherwise improve the
status of a species) identified in a
conservation agreement, conservation
plan, management plan, or similar
document. To assist us in evaluating a
formalized conservation effort under
PECE, we collect information such as
conservation plans, monitoring results,
and progress reports. The development
of such agreements/plans is voluntary.
There is no requirement that the
individual conservation efforts included
in such documents be designed to meet
the standard in PECE. The PECE policy
is posted on our Candidate Conservation
Web site at https://www.fws.gov/
endangered/esa-library/pdf/PECEfinal.pdf.
Comments Received and Our Responses
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Comments: On June 19, 2015, we
published in the Federal Register (80
FR 35391) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew authority for
this information collection. In that
notice, we solicited public comments
for 60 days, ending August 18, 2015. We
did not receive any comments.
Request for Public Comments
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;
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• 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: August 24, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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Wildlife Refuge, Adams County, CO;
Environmental Impact Statement
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; final
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the
availability of a final environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the
comprehensive conservation plan (CCP)
for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal
National Wildlife Refuge (refuge) in
Adams County, Colorado. In the final
environmental impact Statement we
describe alternatives, including our
preferred alternative, to manage the
refuge for the 15 years following
approval of the final CCP.
ADDRESSES: You may request copies or
more information by one of the
following methods. You may request
hard copies or a CD–ROM of the
documents.
Email: rockymountainarsenal@
fws.gov. Include ‘‘Rocky Mountain
Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge final
EIS’’ in the subject line of the message.
SUMMARY:
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U.S. Mail: Bernardo Garza, Planning
Team Leader, Branch of Refuge
Planning, P.O. Box 25486, Denver
Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225–0486.
Fax: Attn: Bernardo Garza, Planning
Team Leader, 303–236–4792.
To view comments on the final CCP–
EIS from the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), or for information on
EPA’s role in the EIS process, see EPA’s
Role in the EIS Process under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernardo Garza, Planning Team Leader,
303–236–4377 (phone) or bernardo_
garza@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we announce the
availability of the final EIS for the
refuge. We started this process through
a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR
48183; August 7, 2013). Following a
lengthy scoping and alternatives
development period, we published a
second notice in the Federal Register
(80 FR 26084; May 6, 2015) announcing
the availability of the draft CCP and
draft EIS and our intention to hold
public meetings, and requested
comments. In addition, EPA published
a notice announcing the draft CCP and
EIS (80 FR 27950; May 15, 2015), as
required under section 309 of the Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). We now
announce the final EIS. Under the Clean
Air Act, EPA also will announce the
final EIS via the Federal Register. This
notice complies with our CCP policy to
advise other Federal and State agencies,
Tribes, and the public of the availability
of the final EIS for this refuge.
EPA’s Role in the EIS Process
The EPA is charged under section 309
of the Clean Air Act to review all
Federal agencies’ EISs and to comment
on the adequacy and the acceptability of
the environmental impacts of proposed
actions in the EISs.
EPA also serves as the repository (EIS
database) for EISs prepared by Federal
agencies and provides notice of their
availability in the Federal Register. The
EIS database provides information about
EISs prepared by Federal agencies, as
well as EPA’s comments concerning the
EISs. All EISs are filed with EPA, which
publishes a notice of availability on
Fridays in the Federal Register.
The notice of availability is the start
of the 45-day public comment period for
draft EISs, and the start of the 30-day
‘‘wait period’’ for final EISs, during
which agencies are generally required to
wait 30 days before making a decision
on a proposed action. For more
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-ES-2015-N169; 4500030113]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Policy for Evaluation of Conservation
Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE)
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 August 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. 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 September 28, 2015.
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 BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
(mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0119'' 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:
Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018-0119.
Title: Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making
Listing Decisions (PECE).
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Primarily State, local, or tribal
governments. However, individuals, businesses, and not-for-profit
organizations could develop agreements/plans or may agree to implement
certain conservation efforts identified in a State agreement/plan.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Completion
Activity Number of Number of time per Total annual
respondents responses response burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agreement....................................... 4 4 2,000 8,000
Monitoring...................................... 7 7 600 4,200
Reporting....................................... 7 7 120 840
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 18 18 .............. 13,040
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abstract: Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) specifies the process by which we can list species as
threatened or endangered. When we consider whether or not to list a
species, the ESA requires us to take into account the efforts being
made by any State or any political subdivision of a State to protect
such
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species. We also take into account the efforts being made by other
entities. States or other entities often formalize conservation efforts
in conservation agreements, conservation plans, management plans, or
similar documents. The conservation efforts recommended or called for
in such documents could prevent some species from becoming so imperiled
that they meet the definition of a threatened or endangered species
under the ESA.
The Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making
Listing Decisions (PECE) (68 FR 15100, March 28, 2003) encourages the
development of conservation agreements/plans and provides certainty
about the standard that an individual conservation effort must meet in
order for us to consider whether it contributes to forming a basis for
making a decision about the listing of a species. PECE applies to
``formalized conservation efforts'' that have not been implemented or
have been implemented but have not yet demonstrated if they are
effective at the time of a listing decision.
Under PECE, formalized conservation efforts are defined as
conservation efforts (specific actions, activities, or programs
designed to eliminate or reduce threats or otherwise improve the status
of a species) identified in a conservation agreement, conservation
plan, management plan, or similar document. To assist us in evaluating
a formalized conservation effort under PECE, we collect information
such as conservation plans, monitoring results, and progress reports.
The development of such agreements/plans is voluntary. There is no
requirement that the individual conservation efforts included in such
documents be designed to meet the standard in PECE. The PECE policy is
posted on our Candidate Conservation Web site at https://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa-library/pdf/PECE-final.pdf.
Comments Received and Our Responses
Comments: On June 19, 2015, we published in the Federal Register
(80 FR 35391) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew
authority for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited
public comments for 60 days, ending August 18, 2015. We did not receive
any comments.
Request for Public Comments
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: August 24, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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