[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3489-3490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1320]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-WSR-2012-N015; FVWF941009000007B-XXX-FF09W11000/
FVWF51100900000-XXX-FF09W11000]
Proposed Information Collection; 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 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) 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 August 31, 2012. 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 March 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042-PDM,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); or
INFOCOL@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0109'' in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey at INFOCOL@fws.gov (email) or (703)
358-2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract.
The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR), U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, administers the following financial assistance
programs in whole or in part. We award most financial assistance as
grants, but cooperative agreements are possible if the Federal
Government will be substantially involved in carrying out the project.
You can find a description of most programs in the Catalog of Domestic
Federal Assistance (CDFA).
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Implementing
CDFA Program Authority regulations
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15.616............................... Clean Vessel Act....... 33 U.S.C. 1322, 16 50 CFR 85.
U.S.C. 777c.
15.614............................... Coastal Wetlands 16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq.. 50 CFR 84.
Planning, Protection,
and Restoration Act.
15.615............................... Cooperative Endangered 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., 50 CFR 81.
Species Conservation with special reference
Fund. to section 1535.
15.626............................... Enhanced Hunter 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq. 50 CFR 80.
Education and Safety. with special reference
to 669h-1.
15.664............................... Fish and Wildlife 16 U.S.C. 661, 16 None.
Coordination and U.S.C. 742a, 16 U.S.C.
Assistance Programs. 2901-2911.
15.667............................... Highlands Conservation. Highlands Conservation None.
Act (November 30,
2004), Public Law 108-
421.
15.633............................... Landowner Incentive Annual Appropriations None.
Program. Acts for the
Department of the
Interior, Environment,
and Related Agencies
for fiscal years 2003-
07. 16 U.S.C. 460l-4--
460l-11.
15.628............................... Multistate Conservation 16 U.S.C. 669-669c, None.
Grants. 669h-2, 16 U.S.C. 777-
777c, 777m.
15.653............................... National Outreach and 23 U.S.C. 101, 16 None.
Communications. U.S.C. 777g(d).
15.650............................... Research Grants 16 U.S.C. 661, 16 None.
(Generic). U.S.C. 742f(a)(4).
15.649............................... Service Training and 16 U.S.C. 661, 16 None.
Technical Assistance U.S.C. 742f(a)(4).
(Generic Training).
15.605............................... Sport Fish Restoration. 16 U.S.C. 777 et seq. 50 CFR 80.
except 777e-1 and g-1.
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15.622............................... Sportfishing and 16 U.S.C. 777c, g, and 50 CFR 86.
Boating Safety Act g-1.
(Boating
Infrastructure Grants).
15.634............................... State Wildlife Grants.. Annual Appropriations None.
Acts for the
Department of the
Interior, Environment,
and Related Agencies
for fiscal years 2001-
12, 16 U.S.C. 460l-4--
460l-11, fiscal years
2002 through 2007.
15.638 archived...................... Tribal Landowner Same as the Landowner None.
Incentive Program. Incentive Program at
CDFA number 15.633.
15.639............................... Tribal Wildlife Grants. Same as the State None.
Wildlife Grants
Program at CDFA number
15.634.
15.625 archived...................... Wildlife Conservation 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq. None.
and Restoration with special reference
Program. to sections 669-669c.
15.611............................... Wildlife Restoration... 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq... 50 CFR 80.
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To apply 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:
Eligibility of the grant.
Scale of resource values or relative worth of the project.
Effect of the project on environmental and cultural
resources.
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.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0109.
Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: 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 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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Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(hours)
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Initial Application (project narrative)......... 200 2,500 40 100,000
Revision of Award Terms (Amendment)............. 150 1,500 2 3,000
Performance Reports............................. 200 3,500 6 21,000
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Totals...................................... 550 7,500 .............. 124,000
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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: January 18, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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