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information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
DATES:
Comments Due Date: March 5,
2021.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, Programs
and Legislative Initiatives, PIH,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW,
(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202–
402–4109, (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number via TTY by calling the Federal
Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies
of available documents submitted to
OMB may be obtained from Ms. Rogers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public
Housing Program—Transfer and
Consolidation of Public Housing
Programs.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0280.
Type of Request: Extension of a
previously approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: State
legislatures or other local governing
bodies may from time to time direct or
agree that the public interest is best
served if one public housing agency
(PHA) cedes its public housing program
to another PHA, or that two or more
PHAs should be combined into one
multijurisdictional PHA. This proposed
information collection serves to protect
HUD’s several interests in either
transaction: (1) Insuring the continued
used of the property as public housing;
(2) that HUD’s interests are secured; and
(3) that the operating and capital
subsidies that HUD pays to support the
operation and maintenance of public
housing is properly paid to the correct
PHA on behalf of the correct properties.
In addition to submitting
documentation to HUD, PHAs are
required to make conforming changes to
HUD’s Public Housing Information
Center (PIC).
Total Estimated Burdens:
TOTAL BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES FOR PHAS
Number of
respondents
Number of transfer or consolidation actions
Frequency of
requirement *
Est. Avg.
time for
requirement
(hours)
×
=
Est. annual
burden
(hours)
3 Transfers ...............................................................................
2 Consolidations ......................................................................
6
4
1
1
120
200
720
800
Subtotals ...........................................................................
10
........................
320
1,520
* The frequency shown assumes that the receiving or consolidated PHA makes one submission for all other PHAs involved in either the transfer or consolidation.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
C. Authority
ACTION:
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
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.
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
SUMMARY:
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Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Director, Office of Policy, Programs and
Legislative Initiatives.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2020–N157; [FF09M28100,
FXMB1231092MFR0, 212]; OMB Control
Number 1018–New]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Online Eastern Population
Sandhill Crane Survey Data Entry
Portal
AGENCY:
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), are proposing a new
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March 5,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
mail to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/
3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church,
VA 22041–3803 (mail); or by email to
Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please reference
OMB Control Number ‘‘1018–Sandhill
Cranes’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
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To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at
Info_Coll@fws.gov, or by telephone at
(703) 358–2503. Individuals who are
hearing or speech impaired may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) and its implementing regulations
at 5 CFR 1320, all information
collections require approval under the
PRA. We 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.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies to comment on new,
proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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.
Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty
Act (16 U.S.C. 703–712) designates the
Department of the Interior as the
primary agency responsible for
managing migratory bird populations
frequenting the United States and
setting hunting regulations that allow
for the well-being of migratory bird
populations. These responsibilities
dictate that we gather accurate data on
various characteristics of migratory bird
populations.
The Service’s fall survey for eastern
population sandhill crane was
established in 1979. It is implemented
by state and Federal agencies and public
volunteers from eight states in the
Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways, as
well as Ontario, Canada. Sandhill cranes
are widely dispersed during the
breeding and wintering seasons and are
difficult to count. The optimal time to
survey cranes is during the last week of
October when the majority of eastern
population cranes breeding in Canada
migrate to traditional staging grounds in
the Great Lake States (e.g., JasperPulaski Fish and Wildlife Area,
Medaryville, Indiana). Since the initial
survey in 1979, crane numbers have
increased to over 90,000 birds.
The information collected through
this survey is vital in assessing the
relative changes in the geographic
distribution of the species. We use the
information primarily to inform
managers of changes in sandhill crane
distribution and population trends.
Without information on the
population’s status, we might
promulgate hunting regulations that:
• Are not sufficiently restrictive,
which could cause harm to the sandhill
crane population, or
• Are too restrictive, which would
unduly restrict recreational
opportunities afforded by sandhill crane
hunting.
Average
number of
annual
respondents
Requirement
Account Registration:
Individuals ......................................................................................................
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number of
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each
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Notifications for the survey are sent to
volunteers and data results are entered
into the data portal in order to calculate
an abundance of sandhill cranes. This
survey is conducted via an online
survey platform to reduce cost, improve
data quality, and decrease respondent
burden. This survey has no statistical
design. We collect the following
information in conjunction with the
account setup process and survey data
submission:
• Account setup process:
Æ Email address,
Æ User name,
Æ Photo (optional),
Æ Option for other users to contact
the registrant,
Æ Time zone,
Æ First and last name,
Æ Phone number, and
Æ Start date.
• Survey data submission:
Æ Data submission location via online
map,
Æ Date and time of observation,
Æ Number of cranes,
Æ Method (ground count or point
count),
Æ Habitat (agricultural field, sandbar,
wetland, or mixed-wetland
agricultural field), and
Æ Any additional notes the user
would like to submit.
We received OMB approval to
conduct usability testing of the data
entry portal in 2019 under Interior’s
Fast Track clearance process ‘‘DOI
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery’’ (OMB Control No. 1090–
0011). After conducting the usability
testing of the data entry portal for one
year, we are now ready to seek OMB’s
full approval of this information
collection under the PRA.
Title of Collection: Online Eastern
Population Sandhill Crane Survey Data
Entry Portal.
OMB Control Number: 1018–New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and state agencies.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time for
the initial registration, and on occasion
for survey submission.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
Average
number of
annual
responses *
1
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Average
completion
time per
response
(mins)
Estimated
annual
burden
hours *
5
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Average
number of
annual
respondents
Requirement
Average
number of
responses
each
Average
number of
annual
responses *
Average
completion
time per
response
(mins)
Estimated
annual
burden
hours *
State agencies ...............................................................................................
Online Survey Submission:
Individuals ......................................................................................................
State agencies ...............................................................................................
18
1
18
5
2
38
23
2
1.3
76
30
3
3
4
2
Totals ......................................................................................................
112
........................
157
........................
11
* Rounded.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: December 29, 2020.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2020–29047 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2019–0058;
FF09E15000–FXES111609B0000–190]
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier
Resources System; Okaloosa and
Walton Counties, FL; Beaufort and
Charleston Counties, SC; Availability
of Draft Revised Boundaries and
Request for Comments
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
The Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2006 requires the
Secretary of the Interior to prepare
digital versions of the John H. Chafee
Coastal Barrier Resources System
(CBRS) maps and make
recommendations for the expansion of
the CBRS. We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have prepared draft
revised boundaries for two existing
CBRS units in Okaloosa and Walton
Counties, Florida, and for four existing
units and two proposed new units in
Beaufort and Charleston Counties,
South Carolina. This notice announces
the availability of the proposed
boundaries for public review and
comment.
DATES:
Accessing documents: Requests for
the stakeholder outreach toolkit
described under Availability of
SUMMARY:
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Proposed Coastal Barrier Resources
System Boundaries and Related
Information, below, should be made by
February 3, 2021 to encourage any local
outreach to be conducted early in the
comment period, leaving ample time for
the public to review and submit
comments. However, requests made
after this date, within a reasonable time,
will be fulfilled.
Submitting comments: To ensure
consideration, we must receive your
written comments by March 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by one of the following
methods:
• Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Search for FWS–
HQ–ES–2019–0058, which is the docket
number for this notice.
• By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail
or hand-delivery to: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–HQ–
ES–2019–0058, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB/
3W, Falls Church, VA 22041–3808.
We request that you send comments
by only one of the methods described
above. We will post all information
received on https://
www.regulations.gov. If you provide
personal identifying information in your
comment, you may request at the top of
your document that we withhold this
information from public review.
However, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katie Niemi, Coastal Barriers
Coordinator, via telephone at 703–358–
2071, by email at CBRA@fws.gov, or via
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Coastal Barrier Resources
Reauthorization Act of 2006 (CBRRA;
section 4 of Pub. L. 109–226) requires
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary)
to prepare digital versions of the John H.
Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System
(CBRS) maps and make
recommendations for the expansion of
the CBRS. We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), have
prepared draft revised boundaries for
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two existing CBRS units in Okaloosa
and Walton Counties, Florida, and for
four existing units and two proposed
new units in Beaufort and Charleston
Counties, South Carolina. This notice
announces the availability of the
proposed boundaries for public review
and comment.
Background on the Coastal Barrier
Resources System
Coastal barrier ecosystems are
inherently dynamic systems located at
the interface of land and sea. Coastal
barriers and their associated aquatic
habitat (wetlands and open water)
provide important habitat for fish and
wildlife, and serve as the mainland’s
first line of defense against the impacts
of severe storms. With the passage of the
Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) in
1982 (16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), Congress
recognized that certain actions and
programs of the Federal Government
have historically subsidized and
encouraged development on stormprone and highly dynamic coastal
barriers, and the result has been the loss
of natural resources; threats to human
life, health, and property; and the
expenditure of billions of tax dollars.
CBRA established the CBRS, which
originally comprised 186 geographic
units encompassing approximately
453,000 acres of relatively undeveloped
lands and associated aquatic habitat
along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
coasts. The CBRS was expanded by the
Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of
1990 (CBIA; Pub. L. 101–591) to include
additional areas along the Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico coasts, as well as areas
along the coasts of the Great Lakes, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
The CBRS now comprises a total of
870 geographic units, encompassing
approximately 3.5 million acres of land
and associated aquatic habitat. These
areas are depicted on a series of maps
and known as the John H. Chafee
Coastal Barrier Resources System. Most
new Federal expenditures and financial
assistance that would have the effect of
encouraging development are prohibited
within the CBRS. Development can still
occur within the CBRS, provided that
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-MB-2020-N157; [FF09M28100, FXMB1231092MFR0, 212]; OMB Control
Number 1018-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Online Eastern
Population Sandhill Crane Survey Data Entry Portal
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing a
new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection request
(ICR) by mail to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 (mail); or by email to [email protected].
Please reference OMB Control Number ``1018-Sandhill Cranes'' in the
subject line of your comments.
[[Page 117]]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (703) 358-2503. Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY
assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 5
CFR 1320, all information collections require approval under the PRA.
We 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.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our information collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
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 ICR. 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.
Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712)
designates the Department of the Interior as the primary agency
responsible for managing migratory bird populations frequenting the
United States and setting hunting regulations that allow for the well-
being of migratory bird populations. These responsibilities dictate
that we gather accurate data on various characteristics of migratory
bird populations.
The Service's fall survey for eastern population sandhill crane was
established in 1979. It is implemented by state and Federal agencies
and public volunteers from eight states in the Atlantic and Mississippi
Flyways, as well as Ontario, Canada. Sandhill cranes are widely
dispersed during the breeding and wintering seasons and are difficult
to count. The optimal time to survey cranes is during the last week of
October when the majority of eastern population cranes breeding in
Canada migrate to traditional staging grounds in the Great Lake States
(e.g., Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area, Medaryville, Indiana).
Since the initial survey in 1979, crane numbers have increased to over
90,000 birds.
The information collected through this survey is vital in assessing
the relative changes in the geographic distribution of the species. We
use the information primarily to inform managers of changes in sandhill
crane distribution and population trends. Without information on the
population's status, we might promulgate hunting regulations that:
Are not sufficiently restrictive, which could cause harm
to the sandhill crane population, or
Are too restrictive, which would unduly restrict
recreational opportunities afforded by sandhill crane hunting.
Notifications for the survey are sent to volunteers and data
results are entered into the data portal in order to calculate an
abundance of sandhill cranes. This survey is conducted via an online
survey platform to reduce cost, improve data quality, and decrease
respondent burden. This survey has no statistical design. We collect
the following information in conjunction with the account setup process
and survey data submission:
Account setup process:
[cir] Email address,
[cir] User name,
[cir] Photo (optional),
[cir] Option for other users to contact the registrant,
[cir] Time zone,
[cir] First and last name,
[cir] Phone number, and
[cir] Start date.
Survey data submission:
[cir] Data submission location via online map,
[cir] Date and time of observation,
[cir] Number of cranes,
[cir] Method (ground count or point count),
[cir] Habitat (agricultural field, sandbar, wetland, or mixed-
wetland agricultural field), and
[cir] Any additional notes the user would like to submit.
We received OMB approval to conduct usability testing of the data
entry portal in 2019 under Interior's Fast Track clearance process
``DOI Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery'' (OMB Control No. 1090-0011). After conducting
the usability testing of the data entry portal for one year, we are now
ready to seek OMB's full approval of this information collection under
the PRA.
Title of Collection: Online Eastern Population Sandhill Crane
Survey Data Entry Portal.
OMB Control Number: 1018-New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and state agencies.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time for the initial registration, and
on occasion for survey submission.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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Average
Average number Average number Average number completion Estimated
Requirement of annual of responses of annual time per annual burden
respondents each responses * response hours *
(mins)
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Account Registration:
Individuals................. 33 1 33 5 3
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State agencies.............. 18 1 18 5 2
Online Survey Submission:
Individuals................. 38 2 76 3 4
State agencies.............. 23 1.3 30 3 2
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Totals.................. 112 .............. 157 .............. 11
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* Rounded.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: December 29, 2020.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-29047 Filed 12-31-20; 8:45 am]
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