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Authority
We developed this recovery plan and
publish this notice under the authority
of section 4(f) of the Act, 16 U.S.C.
1533(f).
Martha Maciel,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2021–N159; FF09M20200
FGMB123109CITY0 (212); OMB Control
Number 1018–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Urban Bird Treaty Program
Requirements
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
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 August
10, 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–UBT’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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.
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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 Urban Bird Treaty
Program (UBT Program) is administered
through the Service’s Migratory Bird
Program, under the authority of the Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act (16
U.S.C. 661–667e). The UBT Program
aims to support partnerships of public
and private organizations and
individuals working to conserve
migratory birds and their habitats in
urban areas for the benefit of these
species and the people that live in urban
areas. The UBT partners’ habitat
conservation activities help to ensure
that more natural areas, including
forests, grasslands, wetlands, and
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meadows, are available in urban areas,
so that underserved communities can
have improved access to green space
and opportunities to engage in habitat
restoration and community science as
well as bird-related recreation and
educational programs. These habitat
restoration activities, especially urban
forest conservation, also contribute to
climate resiliency by reducing the
amount of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere. Lights-out programs in
UBT cities help reduce energy costs and
greenhouse gas emissions by reducing
the use of electricity when people and
businesses turn off their lights between
dusk and dawn during the fall and
spring periods of bird migration in order
to reduce bird collisions with building
glass.
The Service designates Urban Bird
Treaty cities or municipalities through a
process in which applicants submit a
nomination package, including a letter
of intention and an implementation
plan, for approval by the Service’s
Migratory Bird Program. Within 3
months, the Service reviews the
package, makes any necessary
recommendations for changes, and then
decides to either approve or reject the
package. If rejected, the city can reapply
the following year. In most cases, when
the Service designates a new city
partner, the Service and the new city
partner hold a signing ceremony, during
which a representative from both the
Service and the city sign a nonbinding
document that states the importance of
conserving birds and their habitats to
the health and well-being of people that
live in and visit the city. To maintain
this city partner designation, the city
must submit information on the
activities it has carried out to meet the
goals of the UBT program, including
those related to bird habitat
conservation, bird hazard reduction,
and bird-related community education
and engagement. By helping make cities
healthier places for birds and people,
the UBT Program contributes to the
Administration’s priorities of justice
and racial equity, climate resiliency,
and the President’s Executive Order
14008 to protect 30 percent of the
Nation’s land and 30 percent of its
ocean areas by 2030.
The UBT program benefits city
partners in many ways, including:
• Helps city partners achieve their
goals for making cities healthier places
for birds and people.
• Provides opportunities to share and
learn from other city partners’ tools,
tactics, successes, and challenges, to
advance city partners’ urban bird
conservation efforts.
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• Strengthens the cohesion and
effectiveness of the partnerships by
coming together and working under the
banner of the UBT program.
• Gives city partners improved access
to funding through the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation’s Five Star and
Urban Waters Restoration grant
program, as UBT cities receive priority
in this program.
• Helps partners garner additional
funds through other urban conservation
grant programs that have shared goals
and objectives.
• Achieve green building credits,
reduced energy costs, green space
requirements, environmental equity,
and other sustainability goals.
• Promotes the livability and
sustainability of partner cities by
spreading the word about the city’s UBT
Federal designation and all the benefits
of a green and bird-friendly city.
We collect the following information
from prospective and successful
applicants in conjunction with the UBT
Program:
• Nomination Letter—Prospective
applicants must submit a letter of
intention from the city’s partnership
that details its commitment to urban
bird conservation and community
engagement in bird-related education,
recreation, conservation, science, and
monitoring. Support and involvement
by the city government is required.
• Implementation Plan—The required
implementation plan should contain the
following (see the UBT Program
Guidebook—https://www.fws.gov/
migratorybirds/pdf/grants/
UrbanBirdTreatyV3.pdf—for full
descriptions of requirements):
—Detailed description of the
importance of the city to migrating,
nesting, and overwintering birds; bird
habitats; human population size of the
city; and socioeconomic profile of the
human communities present and
those targeted for education and
engagement programs.
—Map of the geographic area that is
being nominated for designation.
—List of individuals and organizations,
and their contact information, that are
active in the partnership.
—The mission, goals, and objectives of
the partnership applying for
designation, organized by the three
UBT goal categories.
—Description of accomplishments (e.g.,
activities, products, outcomes) that
have been completed over the last 3
years, the audiences and communities
reached/engaged through those
activities, and the partner
organizations that have achieved
them, organized by UBT goal
categories.
—Description of strategies, actions,
tools/products that are being planned
for the next 5 years under the UBT
designation, the objectives to be
accomplished, the audiences and
communities targeted for engagement,
and the partners who will complete
the work, organized by UBT goal
categories.
• Ad Hoc Reports—The Service will
also request information updates on
UBT city points of contact, activities
and events, and other information on an
ongoing basis for urban bird
conservation in the city, as needed by
the Service for storytelling, promotion,
and internal programmatic
communications, education, and
outreach.
• Biennial Reporting—The Service
requires city partners to provide
biennial metrics as well as written and
photographic descriptions of activities
for each goal category. City partners are
required to submit this information to
maintain their city’s designation by
Average
number of
annual
respondents
Requirement
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Nomination Letter:
Private Sector ...............................................................
Government ..................................................................
Implementation Plan (Initial Submission):
Private Sector ...............................................................
Government ..................................................................
Ad Hoc Reports:
Private Sector ...............................................................
Government ..................................................................
Biennial Reporting:
Private Sector ...............................................................
Government ..................................................................
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Average
number of
responses
each
ensuring that they are actively working
to achieve the goals of the UBT Program.
We will use the information collected
for storytelling purposes to promote the
urban bird conservation work of city
partners, and to enable the Migratory
Bird Program to develop UBT Program
accomplishment reports and other
communications tools to share with the
public and the conservation community
at large. The reporting requirement
ensures that the UBT city designation is
meaningful and that city partners are
accountable for the efforts that they
agreed to undertake to earn their
designation. Additionally, we will use
the information to promote the UBT
program to other interested city partners
and the benefits of urban bird
conservation generally. For more
information, please see the UBT
Program Guidebook at the following
link: https://www.fws.gov/
migratorybirds/pdf/grants/
UrbanBirdTreatyV3.pdf.
Title of Collection: Urban Bird Treaty
Designation, Updates, and Reporting
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 1018–NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Nonprofits; colleges, universities, and
schools; museums, zoos, and aquaria;
local community groups; private
businesses; and municipal, State, and
Tribal governments involved in urban
bird conservation in UBT cities.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: One-time
submission of nomination letter; onetime submission of implementation
plan; on occasion for information
updates; and biennial reporting.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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completion
time per
response
(hours)
Average
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annual
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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: June 8, 2021.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–12289 Filed 6–10–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCAD06000.51010000.ER0000.
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Notice of Availability of the Whitewater
River Groundwater Replenishment
Facility Project Draft Environmental
Impact Statement, Riverside County,
CA
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) has prepared
a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Whitewater River
Groundwater Replenishment Facility
Project (Project), and by this notice is
announcing the opening of a 45-day
public comment period.
DATES: To ensure that all comments will
be considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Draft EIS
within 45 days following the date that
the EPA publishes its Notice of
Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register. The EPA usually publishes its
NOAs every Friday. The BLM will
announce future meetings and any other
public involvement activities at least 15
days in advance through public notices,
news releases, the project website, and/
or mailings.
ADDRESSES: The public may submit
comments related to the project during
the public comment period by using any
of the following methods:
• Project Website: https://go.usa.gov/
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• Email: BLM_CA_
WhitewaterRecharge@blm.gov.
• Mail: Whitewater River
Groundwater Replenishment Facility
Project, Bureau of Land Management
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Palm Springs—South Coast Field Office,
1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs,
CA 92262.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available
for viewing electronically on the project
website.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miriam Liberatore, BLM project
manager, telephone: (541) 618–2412;
email: mliberat@blm.gov; address
Bureau of Land Management, 3040
Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504.
Persons who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact Ms. Liberatore during normal
business hours. The FRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD)
seeks a right-of-way (ROW) grant from
the BLM for its existing groundwater
replenishment facility in North Palm
Springs that is partially located on
public lands managed by the BLM. The
existing facility consists of water control
berms, intake structures, conveyance
structures, and 19 infiltration ponds
over approximately 690 acres of BLMmanaged public lands. The facility also
includes 1,480 acres of lands held by
CVWD. No new construction and no
change in operations are proposed. The
change in volume represents CVWD’s
request that the BLM analyze
environmental impacts for the full
annual capacity of the facility, instead
of the anticipated water allotments, as
was done for the previous grant. The
change in acreage represents CVWD’s
request to authorize the use of public
lands for water control berms upstream
of its intake structure.
The BLM is the lead agency under
NEPA and will make Federal decisions
regarding the proposed plan amendment
and the ROW for the Project. The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service is a
Cooperating Agency and will issue a
Biological Opinion for the project. The
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians,
Desert Water Agency, and Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California are
Cooperating Agencies in this
environmental review, but do not have
direct permitting roles in the project.
The Proposed Action (Alternative 1)
would authorize the facility in its
existing configuration and would review
the environmental impacts of
infiltrating up to 511,000 acre-feet per
year, representing the maximum
physical capacity of the facility. In
addition to the Proposed Action, the
Draft EIS considers a no action
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alternative and three action alternatives.
Alternative 2 (Partial Implementation)
would authorize only the area of public
lands on which the water control
structures upstream of the intake are
located. Alternative 3 (Reduced
Volume) would authorize the same
facility as described under Alternative 1
but the environmental review would be
based on an annual infiltration volume
of 220,000 acre-feet per year. Alternative
4 (Land Disposal) would authorize the
sale or exchange of the public lands
within the project footprint and would
authorize the facility operation on
public lands for a period of 10 years,
sufficient to implement the disposal.
Alternative 5 (No Action) would not
authorize those portions of the facility
that are located on public lands. Those
portions would be removed, and the
public lands rehabilitated. Alternative 1
is the BLM preferred alternative.
Public input on these alternatives or
other issues is important and will be
considered in the development of the
Final EIS.
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.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,
43 CFR 1610.2)
Karen E. Mouritsen,
California State Director.
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National Register of Historic Places;
Notification of Pending Nominations
and Related Actions
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service is
soliciting electronic comments on the
significance of properties nominated
before May 29, 2021, for listing or
related actions in the National Register
of Historic Places.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
electronically by June 28, 2021.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-MB-2021-N159; FF09M20200 FGMB123109CITY0 (212); OMB Control
Number 1018-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Urban Bird Treaty
Program Requirements
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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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
August 10, 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-UBT'' in the subject line of
your comments.
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 Urban Bird Treaty Program (UBT Program) is
administered through the Service's Migratory Bird Program, under the
authority of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661-
667e). The UBT Program aims to support partnerships of public and
private organizations and individuals working to conserve migratory
birds and their habitats in urban areas for the benefit of these
species and the people that live in urban areas. The UBT partners'
habitat conservation activities help to ensure that more natural areas,
including forests, grasslands, wetlands, and meadows, are available in
urban areas, so that underserved communities can have improved access
to green space and opportunities to engage in habitat restoration and
community science as well as bird-related recreation and educational
programs. These habitat restoration activities, especially urban forest
conservation, also contribute to climate resiliency by reducing the
amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Lights-out programs in UBT
cities help reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions by
reducing the use of electricity when people and businesses turn off
their lights between dusk and dawn during the fall and spring periods
of bird migration in order to reduce bird collisions with building
glass.
The Service designates Urban Bird Treaty cities or municipalities
through a process in which applicants submit a nomination package,
including a letter of intention and an implementation plan, for
approval by the Service's Migratory Bird Program. Within 3 months, the
Service reviews the package, makes any necessary recommendations for
changes, and then decides to either approve or reject the package. If
rejected, the city can reapply the following year. In most cases, when
the Service designates a new city partner, the Service and the new city
partner hold a signing ceremony, during which a representative from
both the Service and the city sign a nonbinding document that states
the importance of conserving birds and their habitats to the health and
well-being of people that live in and visit the city. To maintain this
city partner designation, the city must submit information on the
activities it has carried out to meet the goals of the UBT program,
including those related to bird habitat conservation, bird hazard
reduction, and bird-related community education and engagement. By
helping make cities healthier places for birds and people, the UBT
Program contributes to the Administration's priorities of justice and
racial equity, climate resiliency, and the President's Executive Order
14008 to protect 30 percent of the Nation's land and 30 percent of its
ocean areas by 2030.
The UBT program benefits city partners in many ways, including:
Helps city partners achieve their goals for making cities
healthier places for birds and people.
Provides opportunities to share and learn from other city
partners' tools, tactics, successes, and challenges, to advance city
partners' urban bird conservation efforts.
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Strengthens the cohesion and effectiveness of the
partnerships by coming together and working under the banner of the UBT
program.
Gives city partners improved access to funding through the
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Five Star and Urban Waters
Restoration grant program, as UBT cities receive priority in this
program.
Helps partners garner additional funds through other urban
conservation grant programs that have shared goals and objectives.
Achieve green building credits, reduced energy costs,
green space requirements, environmental equity, and other
sustainability goals.
Promotes the livability and sustainability of partner
cities by spreading the word about the city's UBT Federal designation
and all the benefits of a green and bird-friendly city.
We collect the following information from prospective and
successful applicants in conjunction with the UBT Program:
Nomination Letter--Prospective applicants must submit a
letter of intention from the city's partnership that details its
commitment to urban bird conservation and community engagement in bird-
related education, recreation, conservation, science, and monitoring.
Support and involvement by the city government is required.
Implementation Plan--The required implementation plan
should contain the following (see the UBT Program Guidebook--https://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/pdf/grants/UrbanBirdTreatyV3.pdf--for full
descriptions of requirements):
--Detailed description of the importance of the city to migrating,
nesting, and overwintering birds; bird habitats; human population size
of the city; and socioeconomic profile of the human communities present
and those targeted for education and engagement programs.
--Map of the geographic area that is being nominated for designation.
--List of individuals and organizations, and their contact information,
that are active in the partnership.
--The mission, goals, and objectives of the partnership applying for
designation, organized by the three UBT goal categories.
--Description of accomplishments (e.g., activities, products, outcomes)
that have been completed over the last 3 years, the audiences and
communities reached/engaged through those activities, and the partner
organizations that have achieved them, organized by UBT goal
categories.
--Description of strategies, actions, tools/products that are being
planned for the next 5 years under the UBT designation, the objectives
to be accomplished, the audiences and communities targeted for
engagement, and the partners who will complete the work, organized by
UBT goal categories.
Ad Hoc Reports--The Service will also request information
updates on UBT city points of contact, activities and events, and other
information on an ongoing basis for urban bird conservation in the
city, as needed by the Service for storytelling, promotion, and
internal programmatic communications, education, and outreach.
Biennial Reporting--The Service requires city partners to
provide biennial metrics as well as written and photographic
descriptions of activities for each goal category. City partners are
required to submit this information to maintain their city's
designation by ensuring that they are actively working to achieve the
goals of the UBT Program.
We will use the information collected for storytelling purposes to
promote the urban bird conservation work of city partners, and to
enable the Migratory Bird Program to develop UBT Program accomplishment
reports and other communications tools to share with the public and the
conservation community at large. The reporting requirement ensures that
the UBT city designation is meaningful and that city partners are
accountable for the efforts that they agreed to undertake to earn their
designation. Additionally, we will use the information to promote the
UBT program to other interested city partners and the benefits of urban
bird conservation generally. For more information, please see the UBT
Program Guidebook at the following link: https://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/pdf/grants/UrbanBirdTreatyV3.pdf.
Title of Collection: Urban Bird Treaty Designation, Updates, and
Reporting Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 1018-NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Nonprofits; colleges, universities,
and schools; museums, zoos, and aquaria; local community groups;
private businesses; and municipal, State, and Tribal governments
involved in urban bird conservation in UBT cities.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: One-time submission of nomination letter;
one-time submission of implementation plan; on occasion for information
updates; and biennial reporting.
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
(hours)
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Nomination Letter:
Private Sector.............. 6 3 3 4 12
Government.................. 3 3 3 4 12
Implementation Plan (Initial
Submission):
Private Sector.............. 24 3 3 40 960
Government.................. 12 3 3 20 240
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Ad Hoc Reports:
Private Sector.............. 25 4 4 3 75
Government.................. 5 4 4 3 15
Biennial Reporting:
Private Sector.............. 12 1 12 80 960
Government.................. 3 1 3 80 240
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Totals:................. 90 .............. 35 .............. 2,514
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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: June 8, 2021.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-12289 Filed 6-10-21; 8:45 am]
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