[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55499-55500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21972]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-IA-2014-N197; FXIA16720900020-145-FF09A2000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; International 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) 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 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. 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 October 16, 2014.
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 OIRASubmission@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, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
(mail), or hopegrey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-
0123'' in the subject line of your comments.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hopegrey@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:
Information Collection Request
I. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0123.
Title: International Conservation Grant Programs.
Service Form Number: 3-2338.
Type of Request: Extension 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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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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 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 Apes 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 se.) (Wildlife
Without Borders Programs--Africa, Mexico, Latin America and the
Caribbean, Russia, Critically Endangered Species, and Amphibians in
Decline).
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. A panel of technical experts reviews each
proposal to assess how well the project addresses the priorities
identified by each program's authorizing legislation and the associated
project costs. 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 be supportive of
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.
All assistance awards under these grant programs have a maximum
reporting requirement of:
Interim reports (performance report and a financial status
report) as appropriate, and a
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 Received and Our Responses
On March 14, 2014, we published in the Federal Register (79 FR
14527) 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 May 13, 2014. We did not receive any comments in
response to the notice.
Request for Public 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, 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: September 10, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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