[Federal Register: June 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 113)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-WSR-2009-N125] [[91400-5110-POLI-7B and 91400-9410-POLI-7B]
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0109; Wildlife and
Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which
is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. OMB approval for this information collection
is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2009. We may not conduct or sponsor
and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under
OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must send comments on or before July 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail) or hope_
grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or
by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0109.
Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: States; the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the
Northern Mariana Islands; the District of Columbia; the territories of
Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa; federally-recognized
tribal governments; institutions of higher education; and
nongovernmental organizations.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: We require applications annually for new
grants. We require amendments on occasion when key elements of a
project change. We require quarterly and final performance reports in
the National Outreach and Communication Program and annual and final
performance reports in the other 17 programs. We may require more
frequent reports under the conditions stated at 43 CFR 12.52 and 43 CFR
12.914.
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Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Activity respondents responses response hours
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Initial Application (project 200 2,500 40 hours........... 100,000
narrative).
Amendment....................... 150 1,500 2 hours............ 3,000
Performance Reports............. 200 3,500 6 hours............ 21,000
Totals...................... 550 7,500 ................... 124,000
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Abstract: We administer 18 wildlife and sport fish financial
assistance programs. For a list of the programs included in this
information collection, see our previous notice published on March 18,
2009 (74 FR 11596). We provide most of this financial assistance as
grants, but cooperative agreements are possible if the Federal
Government is substantially involved in carrying out the project.
To compete for financial assistance funds, you must submit an
application that describes in substantial detail project locations,
benefits, funding, and other characteristics. Materials to assist
applicants in formulating project proposals are available on
Grants.gov. We use the application to determine:
(1) Eligibility for the grant.
(2) The scale of resource values or relative worth of the project.
(3) The effect of the project on environmental and cultural
resources.
(4) How well the proposed project will meet the purposes of the
program's establishing legislation.
Persons or entities receiving grants must submit periodic
performance reports that contain information necessary for us to track
costs and accomplishments.
Comments: On March 18, 2009, we published in the Federal Register
(74 FR 11596) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on May 18, 2009. We received one comment in response to
the notice. The commenter stated that many of the grant programs ``need
cutting'' and opposed any expenditure of public funds for hunter
education and safety training. The commenter did not address the
information collection requirements, and we did not did not make any
changes based on this comment.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
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(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 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
respondents.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: June 9, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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