Proposed Information Collection; Import of Sport-Hunted African Elephant Trophies, 37207-37208 [2016-13678]

Download as PDF sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Notices CFR 985.101(a) so that it could submit its Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification after the deadline. Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) states a PHA must submit the HUD-required SEMAP certification form within 60 calendar days after the end of its fiscal year. ´ Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramırez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Date Granted: March 7, 2016. Reason Waived: This waiver was granted for the HCSALC’s fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. The waiver was approved because of circumstances beyond the PHA’s control and to prevent additional administrative burdens for the PHA and field office. Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–0477. • Regulation: 24 CFR 985.101(a). Project/Activity: Sedalia Housing Authority (SHA) in Sedalia, Missouri, requested a waiver of 24 CFR 985.101(a) so that it could submit its Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification after the deadline. Nature of Requirement: The regulation at 24 CFR 985.101(a) states a PHA must submit the HUD-required SEMAP certification form within 60 calendar days after the end of its fiscal year. ´ Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramırez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. Date Granted: March 29, 2016. Reason Waived: This waiver was granted because for the SHA’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The waiver was approved because of circumstances beyond the PHA’s control and to prevent additional administrative burdens for the PHA and field office. Contact: Becky Primeaux, Housing Voucher Management and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4216, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–0477. • Regulation: 24 CFR 905.314. Project/Activity: The Chester Housing Authority (CHA) requested a good cause waiver to transfer 33 percent of its 2016 Capital Fund Formula Grant into BLI 1406Operations, in part to fund certain anticrime measures. Nature of Requirement: In accordance with 24 CFR 905.314, PHAs may use Operating Funds for anticrime and antidrug activities, including costs of providing adequate security for public housing residents, including above-baseline service agreements. ´ Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramırez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. Date Granted: May 22, 2016. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:50 Jun 08, 2016 Jkt 238001 Reason Waived: CHA’s letter of March 2016 included all the information provided by the Capital Fund Processing Guidance to make a good cause determination. Specifically, CHA requested $628,435.00 to be transferred to Budget Line Item 1406 for Operations. CHA provided recent crime data at the developments and indicated the specific activities that it plans to use the funds for. Contact: Dominique Blom, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public Housing Investments, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC 20140, telephone (202) 402–4181. • Regulation: 24 CFR 905.314. Project/Activity: The Westmoreland County Housing Authority (WCHA) requested a good cause waiver to transfer 27 percent of its 2016 Capital Fund Formula Grant into BLI 1406-Operations, in part to fund certain anticrime measures. Nature of Requirement: In accordance 24 CFR 905.314, PHAs may use Operating Funds for anticrime and antidrug activities, including costs of providing adequate security for public housing residents, including above-baseline service agreements. ´ Granted By: Lourdes Castro Ramırez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. Date Granted: May 29, 2016. Reason Waived: WCHA’s letter of March 2016 included all the information provided by the Capital Fund Processing Guidance to make a good cause determination. Specifically, WCHA requested $550,086 to be transferred to Budget Line Item 1406 for Operations. WCHA provided recent crime data at the developments and indicated the specific activities that it plans to use the funds for. Contact: Dominique Blom, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public Housing Investments, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC 20140, telephone (202) 402–4181. [FR Doc. 2016–13699 Filed 6–8–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FW–HQ–IA–2016–N098; FXIA16710900000– 167–FF09A30000] Proposed Information Collection; Import of Sport-Hunted African Elephant Trophies 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37207 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 November 30, 2016. 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 August 8, 2016. 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 ‘‘1018–0164’’ 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 On June 6, 2016, we published a final rule (81 FR 36388), Revision of the Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) (4(d) rule). The rule will be effective on July 6, 2016. After that date, permits will be required to import all African elephant trophies (i.e., from both Appendix-I and Appendix-II populations). When a species is listed as threatened, section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) gives discretion to the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations that he or she ‘‘deems necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of such species.’’ In response to an unprecedented increase in poaching of elephants across Africa and the escalation of the illegal trade in ivory, we reevaluated the provisions of the existing ESA 4(d) rule for the African elephant. We revised the 4(d) rule by adopting measures that are necessary and advisable for the current conservation needs of the species, based on our evaluation of the current threats to the African elephant and the comments received from the public. The poaching crisis is driven by demand for elephant ivory. The final rule allows us to more strictly regulate trade in African elephant ivory and to help ensure that the U.S. ivory market is not contributing to the poaching of elephants in Africa. Currently, import of sport-hunted African elephant trophies from Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1 37208 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Notices Flora (CITES) Appendix-II populations does not require an ESA threatened species import permit. Applications for permits required under current regulations (for import of African elephant sport-hunted trophies from CITES Appendix-I populations) are approved under OMB Control Number 1018–0093, which expires May 31, 2017. Under the revised rule, permits will be required to import all African elephant sport-hunted trophies from both Appendix-I and Appendix-II populations. As a result of the revised 4(d) rule, we expect to receive an additional 300 applications for permits. The burden associated with these additional applications is the basis of this information collection. We requested that OMB approve, on an emergency basis, our request to collect information associated with permits to import African elephant sport-hunted trophies from Appendix-II populations. We asked for emergency approval because of the potential negative effects of delaying publication of the final 4(d) rule. OMB approved our request and assigned OMB Control No. 1018–0164, which expires November 30, 2016. We will ask OMB to grant regular approval (3 years) for this information collection. If OMB grants regular approval, we will include the burden Number of respondents Activity associated with the expected 300 additional applications in OMB Control Number 1018–0093 when we renew the approval in May 2017. II. Data OMB Control Number: 1018–0164. Title: Import of Sport-Hunted African Elephant Trophies, 50 CFR 17. Service Form Number: 3–200–19. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Description of Respondents: Individuals. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Number of responses Completion time per response (minutes) Total annual burden hours 3–200–9—application to import African elephant trophy from Appendix-II populations ................................................................................................... 300 300 20 100 Totals ........................................................................................................ 300 300 ........................ 100 Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $30,000, primarily associated with application fees. Application fee is $100 per application. sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES III. Comments 15:50 Jun 08, 2016 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Officer (DFO), Bureau of Indian Education, Division of Performance and Accountability, 1011 Indian School Road NW., Suite 332, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104, telephone 505–563– 5274, or fax to 505–563–5281. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Ms. Sue Bement, DFO, at the above listed address and telephone number. Bureau of Indian Affairs SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 2016–13678 Filed 6–8–16; 8:45 am] 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 Dated: June 6, 2016. Tina A. Campbell, Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Jkt 238001 BILLING CODE 4333–15–P [167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/ A0A501010.999900] Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Bureau of Indian Education Advisory Board for Exceptional Children Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) requests nominations of individuals to serve on the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board). There are three positions available. The BIE will consider nominations received in response to this request for nominations, as well as other sources. DATES: Please submit nominations by July 11, 2016. ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Ms. Sue Bement, Designated Federal SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Advisory Board was established in accordance with FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(b). The following provides information about the Committee, the membership, and the nomination process. 1. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37207-37208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13678]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FW-HQ-IA-2016-N098; FXIA16710900000-167-FF09A30000]


Proposed Information Collection; Import of Sport-Hunted African 
Elephant Trophies

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 November 30, 2016. 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 August 8, 2016.

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 ``1018-0164'' 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

    On June 6, 2016, we published a final rule (81 FR 36388), Revision 
of the Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) 
(4(d) rule). The rule will be effective on July 6, 2016. After that 
date, permits will be required to import all African elephant trophies 
(i.e., from both Appendix-I and Appendix-II populations).
    When a species is listed as threatened, section 4(d) of the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA) gives discretion to the Secretary of the 
Interior to issue regulations that he or she ``deems necessary and 
advisable to provide for the conservation of such species.'' In 
response to an unprecedented increase in poaching of elephants across 
Africa and the escalation of the illegal trade in ivory, we reevaluated 
the provisions of the existing ESA 4(d) rule for the African elephant. 
We revised the 4(d) rule by adopting measures that are necessary and 
advisable for the current conservation needs of the species, based on 
our evaluation of the current threats to the African elephant and the 
comments received from the public. The poaching crisis is driven by 
demand for elephant ivory. The final rule allows us to more strictly 
regulate trade in African elephant ivory and to help ensure that the 
U.S. ivory market is not contributing to the poaching of elephants in 
Africa.
    Currently, import of sport-hunted African elephant trophies from 
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna 
and

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Flora (CITES) Appendix-II populations does not require an ESA 
threatened species import permit. Applications for permits required 
under current regulations (for import of African elephant sport-hunted 
trophies from CITES Appendix-I populations) are approved under OMB 
Control Number 1018-0093, which expires May 31, 2017. Under the revised 
rule, permits will be required to import all African elephant sport-
hunted trophies from both Appendix-I and Appendix-II populations. As a 
result of the revised 4(d) rule, we expect to receive an additional 300 
applications for permits. The burden associated with these additional 
applications is the basis of this information collection.
    We requested that OMB approve, on an emergency basis, our request 
to collect information associated with permits to import African 
elephant sport-hunted trophies from Appendix-II populations. We asked 
for emergency approval because of the potential negative effects of 
delaying publication of the final 4(d) rule. OMB approved our request 
and assigned OMB Control No. 1018-0164, which expires November 30, 
2016.
    We will ask OMB to grant regular approval (3 years) for this 
information collection. If OMB grants regular approval, we will include 
the burden associated with the expected 300 additional applications in 
OMB Control Number 1018-0093 when we renew the approval in May 2017.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1018-0164.
    Title: Import of Sport-Hunted African Elephant Trophies, 50 CFR 17.
    Service Form Number: 3-200-19.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                     Number of       Number of       time per      Total annual
                    Activity                        respondents      responses       response      burden hours
                                                                                     (minutes)
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3-200-9--application to import African elephant              300             300              20             100
 trophy from Appendix-II populations............
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals......................................             300             300  ..............             100
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $30,000, primarily associated 
with application fees. Application fee is $100 per application.

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: June 6, 2016.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-13678 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am]
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