[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30187-30188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12814]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2011-N103; 96200-1672-0002-R5]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; International Conservation Grant
Programs
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS) have sent an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We
summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and
the estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled
to expire on May 31, 2011. 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 submit comments on or before June 23, 2011.
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 the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042-
PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail), or
INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail). Please include 1018-0123 in the subject line
of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0123.
Title: International Conservation Grant Programs.
Service Form Number: 3-2338.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Domestic and nondomestic individuals;
nonprofit organizations; educational institutions; private sector
entities; and State, local, and tribal governments.
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
(hours)
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Applications.................................... 668 668 22 14,696
Reports......................................... 302 604 40 24,160
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Totals...................................... 970 1,272 .............. 38,856
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Abstract: Some of the world's most treasured and exotic animals are
dangerously close to extinction. Destruction of natural habitat,
illegal poaching, and pet-trade smuggling are devastating populations
of tigers, rhinos, marine turtles, great apes, elephants, and many
other highly cherished species. The Division of
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International Conservation administers competitive grant programs
funded under the:
African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4245).
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261).
Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-411).
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C.
5306).
Marine Turtle Conservation Act (Pub. L. 108-266).
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Wildlife
Without Borders Programs--Africa; Mexico; Latin America and the
Caribbean; Russia; Critically Endangered Animals; and Amphibians in
Decline).
Currently, information that we collect for Critically Endangered
Animals grants is approved under OMB Control No. 1018-0142, which
expires December 31, 2012. Information collection for Amphibians in
Decline grants is approved under OMB Control No. 1018-0144, which
expires September 30, 2013. We are proposing to consolidate all of our
international conservation grants under OMB Control No. 1018-0123. If
OMB approves this request, we will discontinue OMB Control Numbers
1018-0142 and 1018-0144.
Applicants submit proposals for funding in response to Notices of
Funding Availability that we publish on Grants.gov. We collect the
following information:
Cover page with basic project details (FWS Form 3-2338).
Project summary and narrative.
Letter of appropriate government endorsement.
Brief curricula vitae for key project personnel.
Complete Standard Forms 424 and 424b (nondomestic
applicants do not submit the standard forms).
Proposals may also include, as appropriate, a copy of the
organization's Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA) and any
additional documentation supporting the proposed project.
The project summary and narrative are the basis for this
information collection request. A panel of technical experts reviews
each proposal to assess how well the project addresses the priorities
identified by each program's authorizing legislation. As all of the on-
the-ground projects are conducted outside the United States, the letter
of appropriate government endorsement ensures that the proposed
activities will not meet with local resistance or work in opposition to
locally identified priorities and needs. Brief curricula vitae for key
project personnel allow the review panel to assess the qualifications
of project staff to effectively carry out the project goals and
objectives. As all Federal entities must honor the indirect cost rates
an organization has negotiated with its cognizant agency, we require
all organizations with a NICRA to submit the agreement paperwork with
their proposals to verify how their rate is applied in their proposed
budget. Applicants may provide any additional documentation that they
believe supports their proposal.
All assistance awards under these grant programs have a maximum
reporting requirement of a:
Mid-term report (performance report and a financial status
report) due within 30 days of the conclusion of the first half of the
project period, and
Final report (performance and financial status report and
copies of all deliverables, photographic documentation of the project
and products resulting from the project) due within 90 days of the end
of the performance period.
Comments: On October 27, 2010, we published in the Federal Register
(75 FR 66119) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on December 27, 2010. We did not receive any comments.
We again 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. 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: May 18, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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