[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43503-43504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17628]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FW-HQ-WSFR-2014-N162; FVWF58520900000]
Proposed Information Collection; Coastal Impact Assistance
Program
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS) 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 September 30, 2014. 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 September 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Headquarters, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 (mail);
or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0147'' 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
Section 384 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-58)
established the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). This program
provides Federal grant funds derived from Federal offshore lease
revenues to oil-producing States for:
Conservation, protection, or restoration of coastal areas,
including wetlands;
Mitigation of damage to fish, wildlife, or natural
resources;
Planning assistance and the administrative costs of
complying with these objectives;
Implementation of a federally approved marine, coastal, or
comprehensive conservation management plan; and
Mitigation of the impact of Outer Continental Shelf
activities through funding of onshore infrastructure projects and
public service needs.
The States of Alabama, Alaska, California, Louisiana, Mississippi,
and Texas are eligible for CIAP funding. Also eligible to receive CIAP
funds are 67 coastal political subdivisions (CPS) in the 6 States. The
affected States have prepared Statewide CIAP plans that include
proposed projects. The federally approved CIAP plans have also been
coordinated through a public review process.
Once a project is approved, we must monitor the project to
determine that the CIAP funds are being used for appropriate expenses.
The monitoring will be achieved through the grant regulations that
require grantees to provide, at a minimum, an annual progress report
and a financial status report.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0147.
Title: Coastal Impact Assistance Program.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 73.
Description of Respondents: 6 States (Alabama, Alaska, California,
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) and 67 coastal political
subdivisions in these States.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion for amendments/changes to a
project and other requests; annually for reports; and ongoing for
recordkeeping.
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Completion
Number of time per Total annual
Activity responses response burden hours
(hours)
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Submit annual reports............................. 479 8 3,832
Notify FWS in case of delays, adverse conditions, 60 8 480
etc., that impair ability to meet objectives of
an award.........................................
Request termination and supporting information.... 45 6 270
Maintain records.................................. 756 0.5 378
Telephone followup discussion on financial 100 8 800
capabilities.....................................
Develop language and individual signage at CIAP 100 8 800
Sites............................................
Submission of photographs/CDs of projects for 250 4 1,000
tracking purpose.................................
Request changes and/or amendments to a project.... 192 42 8,064
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Totals........................................ 1,982 .............. 15,624
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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: July 22, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-17628 Filed 7-24-14; 8:45 am]
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