[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33764-33765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13792]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-WSR-2012-N137; FVWF941009000007B-XXX-FF09W11000/
FVWF51100900000-XXX-FF09W11000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; 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) 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 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. 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 July 9, 2012.
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 (email).
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 (email). Please include ``1018-0109'' 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 (email) 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: 1018-0109.
Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements,
80, 81, 84, 85, and 86.
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 (in 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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Abstract: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR),
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, administers financial assistance
programs (see 77 FR 3489, January 24, 2012). 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
Federal Domestic Assistance.
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 for 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.
Comments: On January 24, 2012, we published in the Federal Register
(77 FR 3489) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval
for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments
for 60 days, ending on March 26, 2012. We received one comment. The
commenter objected to the funding of these grants, but did not address
the information collection requirements. We did not make any changes to
our requirements.
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, 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: May 31, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-13792 Filed 6-6-12; 8:45 am]
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