[Federal Register: February 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 22)]
[Notices]
[Page 5692-5693]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Information Collection Renewal To Be Submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act; State Certification of Expenditures, Public Law 106-408; OMB
Control No. 1018-0117

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (We) plans to submit the
collection of information described below to OMB for renewal under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Wildlife and
Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-
408) requires that States certify annually in writing that their
expenditures of Federal grant funds under the Federal Aid in Wildlife
and Sport Fish Restoration Acts were in accordance with the appropriate
Act.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before April 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection to Hope

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Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203;
Krista_Bibb@fws.gov (email); or (703) 358-2269 (fax).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information
collection requirements, explanatory information, form, or related
materials, contact Krista Bibb at the above addresses or by telephone at
703-358-2482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), require that interested members of the public and
affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)).
We administer grant programs authorized by the Federal Aid in
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Acts. The Wildlife and Sport Fish
Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000 requires that States
certify annually in writing that their expenditures of these Federal
grants funds were in accordance with the appropriate Act. We must
forward these certifications to Congress annually by December 31. The
OMB control number for this information collection is 1018-0117, and
the OMB approval for this collection expires on May 31, 2005. We plan
to send a request to OMB to renew its approval of this information
collection for a 3-year term. 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.
Title: State Certification of Expenditures, Public Law 106-408.
OMB Control Number: 1018-0117.
Form Number: FWS Form 3-2197a.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Description of Respondents: States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
District of Columbia, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

Annual Burden Estimates
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Total annual
Name Completion time per form number of Total annual
responses burden hours
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State certification of spending (FWS Form 30 minutes........................ 56 28
3-2197a).
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We invite comments on: (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 the agency's estimates of burden
of the 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 collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.

Dated: January 21, 2005.
Krista Bibb,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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