Announcement of Meetings: North American Wetlands Conservation Council; Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Advisory Group, 66930-66931 [2015-27699]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2015–N204; 91100–3740–
GRNT 7C]
Announcement of Meetings: North
American Wetlands Conservation
Council; Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Advisory Group
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
AGENCY:
The North American
Wetlands Conservation Council
(Council) will meet to select North
American Wetlands Conservation Act
(NAWCA) grant proposals for
recommendation to the Migratory Bird
Conservation Commission
(Commission). This meeting is open to
the public. The Advisory Group for the
Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act (NMBCA) grants
program (Advisory Group) also will
meet. This meeting is also open to the
public, and interested persons may
present oral or written statements.
DATES:
Council: Meeting is December 2, 2015,
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Council
will consider Canadian, Mexican, and
U.S. Standard grant proposals. If you are
interested in presenting information at
this public meeting, contact the Council
Coordinator no later than November 25,
2015.
Advisory Group: Meeting is December
1, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The
Advisory Group will discuss the
strategic direction and management of
the NMBCA program. If you are
interested in presenting information at
this public meeting, contact the Council
SUMMARY:
Coordinator no later than November 25,
2015.
ADDRESSES: The Council and Advisory
Group meetings will take place at
Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King Street,
Charleston, South Carolina 29403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Mott, Council Coordinator, by
phone at 703–358–1784; by email at
dbhc@fws.gov; or by U.S. mail at U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275
Leesburg Pike MS: MB, Falls Church,
Virginia 22041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The North
American Wetlands Conservation
Council (Council) will meet to select
North American Wetlands Conservation
Act (NAWCA) grant proposals for
recommendation to the Migratory Bird
Conservation Commission
(Commission). This meeting is open to
the public. The Advisory Group for the
Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act (NMBCA) grants
program (Advisory Group) also will
meet. This meeting is also open to the
public, and interested persons may
present oral or written statements.
About the Council
In accordance with NAWCA (Pub. L.
101–233, 103 Stat. 1968, December 13,
1989, as amended), the State-privateFederal Council meets to consider
wetland acquisition, restoration,
enhancement, and management projects
for recommendation to, and final
funding approval by, the Commission.
The North American Wetlands
Conservation Act of 1989 provides
matching grants to organizations and
individuals who have developed
partnerships to carry out wetlands
conservation projects in the United
States, Canada, and Mexico. These
projects must involve long-term
protection, restoration, and/or
enhancement of wetlands and
associated uplands habitats for the
benefit of all wetlands-associated
migratory birds. Project proposal due
dates, application instructions, and
eligibility requirements are available on
the NAWCA Web site at www.fws.gov/
birds/grants/north-american-wetlandconservation-act.php.
About the Advisory Group
In accordance with NMBCA (Pub. L.
106–247, 114 Stat. 593, July 20, 2000),
the Advisory Group will hold its
meeting to discuss the strategic
direction and management of the
NMBCA program and provide advice to
the Director of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
The Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act of 2000 promotes
long-term conservation of Neotropical
migratory birds and their habitats
through a competitive grants program by
promoting partnerships, encouraging
local conservation efforts, and achieving
habitat protection in 36 countries. The
goals of the Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act include perpetuating
healthy bird populations, providing
financial resources for bird
conservation, and fostering international
cooperation. Because the greatest need
is south of the U.S. border, at least 75
percent of NMBCA funding supports
projects outside the United States.
Project proposal due dates,
application instructions, and eligibility
requirements are available on the
NMBCA Web site at https://
www.fws.gov/birds/grants/neotropicalmigratory-bird-conservation-act.php.
Public Input
You must contact the Council Coordinator
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) no later than
(1) Attend the Council or Advisory Group meeting ..................................................................................
(2) Submit written information or questions before the Council or Advisory Group meeting for consideration during the meeting.
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If you wish to:
November 25, 2015.
November 25, 2015.
Submitting Written Information or
Questions
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant information or
questions to be consider during the
public meetings. If you wish to submit
a written statement, so that the
information may be made available to
the Council or Advisory Group for their
consideration prior to the meetings, you
must contact the Council Coordinator by
the date in Public Input. Written
statements must be supplied to the
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Council Coordinator in both of the
following formats: One hard copy with
original signature, and one electronic
copy via email (acceptable file formats
are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to
make an oral presentation at the
meetings will be limited to 2 minutes
per speaker, with no more than a total
of 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested
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parties should contact the Council
Coordinator by the date above, in
writing (preferably via email; see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be
placed on the public speaker list for
either of these meetings. Nonregistered
public speakers will not be considered
during the Council meeting. Registered
speakers who wish to expand upon their
oral statements, or those who had
wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, are
invited to submit written statements to
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the Council within 30 days following
the meeting.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the Council and
Advisory Group meetings will be
maintained by the Council Coordinator
at the address under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Meeting notes
will be available by contacting the
Council Coordinator within 30 days
following the meeting. Personal copies
may be purchased for the cost of
duplication.
Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Birds.
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U.S. Geological Survey
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
AGENCY:
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
Notice of a new information
collection: Assessment of Effects of
Climate on Waterfowl.
ACTION:
We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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.
SUMMARY:
To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before December 29, 2015.
DATES:
You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7197 (fax);
or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email).
Please reference ‘Information Collection
1028—Assessment of Effects of Climate
on Waterfowl’ in all correspondence.
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ADDRESSES:
Brad
Griffith, Leader, USGS, Alaska
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
Unit at (907) 474–5067 or ffdbg@
usgs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The USGS National Climate Change
and Wildlife Science Center coordinates
the research activities of 8 Regional
Climate Science Centers. To increase
efficiency of investigations, the
relevance of research topics and the
effectiveness of research it is critical to
identify the types of information that are
most critical for the development of a
focused and integrated multi-regional
research program. This is particularly
true for wildlife species that migrate
(e.g., waterfowl) among regions in
which the direction and strength of
climate effects on wildlife populations
and their habitats are expected to be
quite variable. This collection seeks to
identify (1) the most important habitat
and harvest factors that affect waterfowl
population size on breeding, migratory
and winter ranges, (2) the demographic
traits (fecundity or survival) that are
affected by these factors, (3) the likely
direction and magnitude of climate
effects on the most important waterfowl
habitat and harvest factors that affect
waterfowl population size and (4) the
highest priority research needs on
breeding, migratory and wintering
ranges. We are collecting this
information with a questionnaire survey
of a sample of professional waterfowl
researchers and managers because
scientific papers that present this
information are not available. The
information we collect will identify the
most important research topics within
and among Regional Climate Science
Centers in regard to climate effects on
migratory waterfowl. We will (1)
summarize the results, (2) present them
at a workshop at a national scientific
meeting, (3) use this presentation to
facilitate further discussion among
professional waterfowl researchers and
managers who attend the workshop
regarding research priorities and (4)
publish the results of the survey and the
workshop discussion in a refereed
scientific publication. The only
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
that we will collect will be the name
and employer (State, Federal or Nongovernmental Organization research or
management) of the respondents to the
survey. We will use these names to keep
track of which questionnaire recipients
have responded and to summarize the
proportional composition of the types of
employment of respondents. We will
mail paper forms to all respondents and
give them the option of filling out a web
form if they prefer. We will not
associate the names of recipients with
summarized responses. All paper form
responses received will be kept in a
locked cabinet and web form responses
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will be encrypted. After publication of
the summarized results we will remove
the name of respondents from both the
paper forms and web forms.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028—NEW.
Title: Assessment of Effects of Climate
on Waterfowl.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Affected Public: Professional
waterfowl researchers and managers
that are employed by State or Federal
government agencies or Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO) such
as the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures.
Respondent’s Obligation: None,
participation is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 100; Public NGO 20, State
and Local Govt. 20, Federal Govt. 60.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 60
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 100.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and current expiration date.
III. Request for Comments
We are soliciting comments as to: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the agency
to perform its duties, including whether
the information is useful; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) how
to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your personal mailing
address, phone number, email address,
or other personally identifiable
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personally
identifiable information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personally identifiable
information from public view, we
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-MB-2015-N204; 91100-3740-GRNT 7C]
Announcement of Meetings: North American Wetlands Conservation
Council; Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Advisory Group
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Council)
will meet to select North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA)
grant proposals for recommendation to the Migratory Bird Conservation
Commission (Commission). This meeting is open to the public. The
Advisory Group for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
(NMBCA) grants program (Advisory Group) also will meet. This meeting is
also open to the public, and interested persons may present oral or
written statements.
DATES:
Council: Meeting is December 2, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Council will consider Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. Standard grant
proposals. If you are interested in presenting information at this
public meeting, contact the Council Coordinator no later than November
25, 2015.
Advisory Group: Meeting is December 1, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. The Advisory Group will discuss the strategic direction and
management of the NMBCA program. If you are interested in presenting
information at this public meeting, contact the Council Coordinator no
later than November 25, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The Council and Advisory Group meetings will take place at
Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King Street, Charleston, South Carolina
29403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Mott, Council Coordinator, by
phone at 703-358-1784; by email at dbhc@fws.gov; or by U.S. mail at
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike MS: MB, Falls
Church, Virginia 22041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The North American Wetlands Conservation
Council (Council) will meet to select North American Wetlands
Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant proposals for recommendation to the
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (Commission). This meeting is
open to the public. The Advisory Group for the Neotropical Migratory
Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) grants program (Advisory Group) also will
meet. This meeting is also open to the public, and interested persons
may present oral or written statements.
About the Council
In accordance with NAWCA (Pub. L. 101-233, 103 Stat. 1968, December
13, 1989, as amended), the State-private-Federal Council meets to
consider wetland acquisition, restoration, enhancement, and management
projects for recommendation to, and final funding approval by, the
Commission.
The North American Wetlands Conservation Act of 1989 provides
matching grants to organizations and individuals who have developed
partnerships to carry out wetlands conservation projects in the United
States, Canada, and Mexico. These projects must involve long-term
protection, restoration, and/or enhancement of wetlands and associated
uplands habitats for the benefit of all wetlands-associated migratory
birds. Project proposal due dates, application instructions, and
eligibility requirements are available on the NAWCA Web site at
www.fws.gov/birds/grants/north-american-wetland-conservation-act.php.
About the Advisory Group
In accordance with NMBCA (Pub. L. 106-247, 114 Stat. 593, July 20,
2000), the Advisory Group will hold its meeting to discuss the
strategic direction and management of the NMBCA program and provide
advice to the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 2000 promotes
long-term conservation of Neotropical migratory birds and their
habitats through a competitive grants program by promoting
partnerships, encouraging local conservation efforts, and achieving
habitat protection in 36 countries. The goals of the Neotropical
Migratory Bird Conservation Act include perpetuating healthy bird
populations, providing financial resources for bird conservation, and
fostering international cooperation. Because the greatest need is south
of the U.S. border, at least 75 percent of NMBCA funding supports
projects outside the United States.
Project proposal due dates, application instructions, and
eligibility requirements are available on the NMBCA Web site at https://www.fws.gov/birds/grants/neotropical-migratory-bird-conservation-act.php.
Public Input
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You must contact the Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER
If you wish to: INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than
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(1) Attend the Council or Advisory Group November 25, 2015.
meeting.
(2) Submit written information or questions November 25, 2015.
before the Council or Advisory Group
meeting for consideration during the
meeting.
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Submitting Written Information or Questions
Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or
questions to be consider during the public meetings. If you wish to
submit a written statement, so that the information may be made
available to the Council or Advisory Group for their consideration
prior to the meetings, you must contact the Council Coordinator by the
date in Public Input. Written statements must be supplied to the
Council Coordinator in both of the following formats: One hard copy
with original signature, and one electronic copy via email (acceptable
file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich
text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation at
the meetings will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, with no more
than a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested parties should
contact the Council Coordinator by the date above, in writing
(preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be
placed on the public speaker list for either of these meetings.
Nonregistered public speakers will not be considered during the Council
meeting. Registered speakers who wish to expand upon their oral
statements, or those who had wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, are invited to submit written statements to
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the Council within 30 days following the meeting.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the Council and Advisory Group meetings will be
maintained by the Council Coordinator at the address under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Meeting notes will be available by contacting the
Council Coordinator within 30 days following the meeting. Personal
copies may be purchased for the cost of duplication.
Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Birds.
[FR Doc. 2015-27699 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
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