[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11596-11597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5794]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R9-WSR-2009-N0056] [91400-5110-POLI-7B and 91400-9410-POLI-7B]


Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0109; 
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 (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 June 30, 2009. 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: Your comments must be received by May 18, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Hope Grey, Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); hope_
[email protected] (e-mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or 
by telephone at (703) 358-2482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    We administer 18 wildlife and sport fish financial assistance 
programs. We provide most of this financial assistance as grants, but 
cooperative agreements are possible if the Federal Government is 
substantially involved in carrying out the project. You can find a 
description of most programs in the Catalog of Domestic Federal 
Assistance (CDFA). For those programs without a CDFA number, see the 
authority.

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                                                                                                  Implementing
                Program                           CDFA No.                  Authority             Regulations
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Clean Vessel Act.......................  15.616...................  16 U.S.C. 777g(c)........          50 CFR 85
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection,   15.614...................  16 U.S.C. 3951-3956......          50 CFR 84
 and Restoration Act.
Cooperative Endangered Species           15.615...................  16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq....          50 CFR 81
 Conservation Fund.
Everglades Restoration.................  None.....................  Pub. L. 104-127; 16                     None
                                                                     U.S.C. 460 l-4 - l-11.
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation     None.....................  16 U.S.C. 777............               None
 Mitigation.
Hunter Education and Safety............  15.626...................  16 U.S.C. 669h-1.........          50 CFR 80
Landowner Incentive....................  15.633...................  Pub. L. 110-5............               None
Multistate Conservation Grants.........  15.628...................  16 U.S.C. 669h-2; 16                    None
                                                                     U.S.C. 777m.
National Outreach and Communication....  15.653...................  16 U.S.C. 777g(d)........               None
Research Grants (Generic)..............  15.650...................  16 U.S.C. 753a; 16 U.S.C.               None
                                                                     460(l-4 - l-11);16
                                                                     U.S.C. 1531-1543.
Service Training and Technical           15.649...................  16 U.S.C. 661 and 16                    None
 Assistance (Generic Training).                                      U.S.C. 742f.
Sport Fish Restoration.................  15.605...................  16 U.S.C. 777-777n                 50 CFR 80
                                                                     (except 777e-1).
Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act      15.622...................  16 U.S.C. 777g and g-1...          50 CFR 86
 (Boating Infrastructure Grants).
State Wildlife Grants..................  15.634...................  Pub. L. 110-329..........               None
Tribal Landowner Incentive.............  15.638...................  Pub. L. 110-5............               None
Tribal Wildlife Grants.................  15.639...................  Pub. L. 110-329..........               None
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration..  15.625...................  16 U.S.C. 669b and 669c..               None

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Wildlife Restoration...................  15.611...................  16 U.S.C. 669-669k.......          50 CFR 80
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    To compete 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:
    (1) Eligibility for the grant.
    (2) The scale of resource values or relative worth of the project.
    (3) The effect of the project on environmental and cultural 
resources.
    (4) 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, 
50 CFR 80, 81, 84, 85, and 86.
    Service Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: 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 project narrative statements 
annually for new or extended projects. 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 17 programs. We may require more frequent reports in the other 17 
programs under the conditions stated at 43 CFR 12.52 and 43 CFR 12.914.

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                                   Number of annual    Number of annual   Completion time per    Annual burden
            Activity                  respondents          responses            response             hours
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Initial Application (project                     215               2,000  52 hours...........            104,000
 narrative).
Amendment.......................                 150               1,500  28 hours...........             42,000
Performance Reports.............                 215               6,000  11 hours...........             66,000
    Totals......................                 580               9,500  ...................            212,000
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III. Request for Comments

     We invite comments concerning this IC on:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 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 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, 
e-mail 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: March 3, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E9-5794 Filed 3-17-09; 8:45 am
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