[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32877-32899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13817]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 80

[Docket No. FWS-R9-WSR-2009-0088; 91400-5110-POLI-7B; 91400-9410-POLI-
7B]
RIN 1018-AW65


Financial Assistance: Wildlife Restoration, Sport Fish 
Restoration, Hunter Education and Safety

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose changes in the 
regulations governing the Wildlife Restoration, Sport Fish Restoration, 
and Hunter Education and Safety (Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety) 
financial assistance programs. We conducted rulemaking 2 years ago to 
amend these regulations, and based on experience gained since then, we 
propose to adopt two recommendations that we received in response to 
the prior proposed rule and to modify three provisions from the 
subsequent final rule. We also propose to update the regulations to 
reflect changes in law, regulation, policy, technology, and practice 
during the past 25 years. In addition, this proposed rule simplifies 
specific requirements of the establishing authorities of the Wildlife 
Restoration and Sport Fish Restoration programs and clarifies terms in 
those authorities as well as terms generally used in grant 
administration. Finally, this proposed rule organizes the regulations 
to follow the life cycle of a grant and rewords and reformats the 
regulations following Federal plain language policy and current 
rulemaking guidance.

DATES: We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before 
August 9, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments to Docket No. FWS-R9-
WSR-2009-0088.
     U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, 
Attn: RIN 1018-AW65; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 222; Arlington, 
VA 22203.
    We will not accept e-mail or faxes. We will post all public 
comments on http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we 
will post any personal information you provide us (see the Public 
Comments section below for more information).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Johnson, Wildlife and Sport Fish 
Restoration Program, Division of Policy and Programs, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 703-358-2156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Fish and Wildlife 
Service (Service) manages or co-manages 55 financial assistance 
programs, 19 of which are managed, in whole or in part, by the 
Service's Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. This proposed 
rule would revise title 50, part 80, of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), which is ``Administrative Requirements, Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Acts.'' 
The primary users of these regulations are the fish and wildlife 
agencies of the 50 States, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the District of Columbia, and the territories 
of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. We use ``State'' 
or ``States'' in this document to refer to any or all of these 
jurisdictions except the District of Columbia for purposes of the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the two grant programs 
and one subprogram under the Act because the Act does not authorize 
funding for the District. The term, ``the 50 States,'' applies only to 
the 50 States of the United States. It does not include the 
Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
District of Columbia, or the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, and American Samoa. These regulations tell States how they 
may: (a) Use revenues from hunting and fishing licenses; (b) receive 
annual apportionments from the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund 
and the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund; (c) receive 
financial assistance from the Wildlife Restoration program, the Basic 
Hunter Education and Safety subprogram, and the Enhanced Hunter 
Education and Safety program; and (d) receive financial assistance from 
the Sport Fish Restoration program, the Recreational Boating Access 
subprogram, the Aquatic Resources Education subprogram, and the 
Outreach and Communications subprogram. These programs provide 
financial assistance to State fish and wildlife agencies to: (a) 
Restore or manage wildlife and sport fish; (b) provide hunter-
education, hunter-development, and hunter-safety programs; (c) provide 
recreational boating access; (d) enhance the public's understanding of 
water resources, aquatic-life forms, and sport fishing; and (e) develop 
responsible attitudes and ethics toward the aquatic environment. The 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance at http://www.cfda.gov describes 
these programs under 15.611, 15.605, and 15.626.
    The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, as amended (50 
Stat. 917; 16 U.S.C. 669-669k), and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act, as amended (64 Stat. 430; 16 U.S.C. 777-777n, except 
777e-1 and g-1), established the programs affected by this proposed 
rule in 1937 and 1950 respectively. We refer to these acts in this 
document and in the proposed rule as ``the Acts.'' They established a 
hunting- and angling-based user-pay and user-benefit system in which 
the State fish and wildlife agencies of the 50 States, the 
Commonwealths, and the territories receive formula-based funding from a 
continuing appropriation. The District of Columbia also receives 
funding, but only under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act. 
The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act does not authorize 
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Columbia. Industry partners pay excise taxes on equipment and gear 
manufactured for purchase by hunters, anglers, boaters, archers, and 
recreational shooters. The Service distributes these funds to the fish 
and wildlife agencies of the States that contribute matching funds, 
generally derived from hunting and fishing license sales. In fiscal 
year 2009, the States and other eligible jurisdictions received $336 
million through the Wildlife Restoration and Enhanced Hunter Education 
and Safety programs and $404 million through the Sport Fish Restoration 
program.
    Revisions of 50 CFR 80 during the past 25 years include one section 
of 50 CFR 80 in 1987, another section in 1989, and two sections in 
2001. We revised the license-certification section in 2008 to address 
the greater number of license choices that many States have offered 
hunters and anglers in recent years. We also revised other sections in 
2008 to: (a) Comply with Federal policy on plain language and writing 
style, (b) remove subject matter addressed adequately in other grant 
regulations, or (c) correct obsolete references or legal requirements. 
The focus of all revisions since 1987 was on specific issues. We have 
not systematically reviewed and revised 50 CFR 80 since the early 
1980's, so the regulations at this part do not fully reflect the 
following laws and policies:
    (a) The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement 
Act of 2000, Nov. 1, 2000, (Pub. L. 106-408). This amendment of the 
Acts authorized the Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety program.
    (b) Public Law 98-454, title VI, section 601(b), Oct. 5, 1984. This 
law states that a Federal awarding agency must waive any required match 
under $200,000 for grants to Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
    (c) 43 CFR 12.43, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments, Mar. 11, 
1988. This section of the CFR defines ``obligations'' in the context of 
a grantee incurring costs under a grant. This definition does not apply 
to ``obligations'' in the context of a Federal obligation of funds, 
which involves the awarding agency making funds available for a grant, 
the submission of an application, and the issuance and acceptance of an 
award under specified terms and conditions.
    (d) OMB Circular A-102, Grants and Cooperative Agreements with 
State and Local Governments, Oct. 14, 1994, and amended Aug. 29, 1997. 
This policy requires us to treat land acquisition and development, in 
effect, as a phase of construction for the purpose of a grantee 
submitting an assurance statement with the Application for Federal 
Assistance.
    (e) Department of the Interior Manual, 505 DM 2, ``Procurement 
Contracts, Grant and Cooperative Agreements,'' Jan. 9, 2008. This DOI 
manual chapter states that a grant-funded project could involve amounts 
from more than one program or appropriation when different 
relationships would otherwise be appropriate and beneficial for 
different parts of the project.
    (f) Service Manual chapter 522 FW 4, ``Comprehensive Management 
System Grants,'' Nov. 30, 2004. This FWS manual chapter guides the 
award and operation of a Comprehensive Management System grant, which 
the establishing authorities authorize as an alternative to project-by-
project grants.
    (g) Service Manual chapter 522 FW 16, ``Preagreement Costs,'' Oct. 
13, 2005. This FWS manual chapter establishes conditions under which a 
grantee may incur costs before the effective date of a grant. It 
incorporates recommendations of a joint task force of Federal and State 
officials.
    (h) Service Manual chapter 522 FW 19, ``Program Income from Federal 
Assistance Grants,'' Feb. 20, 2008. This chapter establishes that 
States may: (a) Select the deduction or addition methods of applying 
program income to Federal and non-Federal outlays, and (b) reduce 
program income by an amount equal to the costs of generating it. The 
chapter gives examples of the costs of generating program income. It 
establishes criteria under which a Regional Director may approve an 
applicant's request to use program income as match. It also requires 
grant agreements to state that income earned by the grantee after the 
grant period from grant-supported activities will be treated as: (a) 
License revenue and used to support the administration of the State 
fish and wildlife agency, or (b) additional funding for purposes 
consistent with the grant or program that generated the income. The 
chapter also allows the grantee to request that grant agreements 
require that subgrantees account for program income earned after the 
grant period. Finally, the chapter gives examples of program income and 
states that the Service does not treat cooperative farming and grazing 
arrangements as program income if the State fish and wildlife agency 
designs the farming or grazing to advance its fish or wildlife 
management objectives. Service Manual chapter 522 FW 16 is based on 
recommendations of a joint task force of Federal and State officials.
    (i) Director's guidance on ``Policy--Federal Aid Timber Sales,'' 
June 6, 2002. This guidance applies a Dec. 5, 2000, Solicitor's Opinion 
to the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program nationwide. That 
Opinion stated that timber revenue from wildlife management practices 
on lands bought under Wildlife Restoration or Sport Fish Restoration 
grants is program income instead of proceeds from the sale of real 
property.
    (j) The Presidential memorandum of June 1, 1998, ``Plain Language 
in Government Writing.'' This memorandum requires the use of plain 
language in all proposed and final rulemaking documents published in 
the Federal Register.

Updates to the Regulations

    We have arranged the sections of the proposed rule into subparts of 
related subject matter. The gaps in section numbers between each 
subpart allow the addition of new sections in the future. We have 
summarized the changes in the proposed rule by section or by group of 
sections, and cross-referenced proposed section numbers to the 
corresponding numbers in the currently published version of 50 CFR 80, 
as amended by the final rule published in the Federal Register at 73 FR 
43120 on July 24, 2008. We are referring to the 2008 version of 50 CFR 
80 when we use the term ``current'' before a section number or before a 
reference to 50 CFR 80.

Subpart A--General

Section 80.1 What does this part do?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current regulations. It is a needed introduction to a part that covers 
subjects as diverse as (a) hunting and fishing license revenue, and (b) 
financial assistance under the three grant programs and four 
subprograms authorized by the Acts.
Section 80.2 What terms do I need to know?
    This proposed section defines the following terms that are not in 
the corresponding ``Definitions'' section of the current Sec.  80.1: 
Agency, angler, capital improvement, comprehensive management system 
grant, construction, diversion, grant, grantee, match, project-by-
project grant, real property, sport fish, subaccount, useful life, and 
wildlife. We defined ``agency'' as the State fish and wildlife agency. 
We used this shorter form in headings and in most places in the text to 
make the

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headings and text easier to read. However, not all readers will consult 
the definitions in Sec.  80.2 before reading the sections that are of 
interest to them. To avoid any misunderstanding, we used the longer 
``State fish and wildlife agency'' at the first opportunity in the text 
of each section and in places where clarity on this issue was 
especially important.
    We defined ``construction'' to include land acquisition and the 
clearing and reshaping of land as types or phases of construction. This 
is consistent with OMB Circular A-102, Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements with State and Local Governments, which treats land 
acquisition and development as construction for purposes of grantees' 
submitting an assurance statement at the time of application.
    We limited the definition of ``wildlife'' to birds and mammals, 
which have been the focus of this program since passage of the Pittman-
Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act in 1937. The Act was amended in 2000 
to include the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration program and 
accommodated this program by defining ``wildlife'' more broadly as 
``any species of wild free-ranging fauna including fish.'' The more 
limited definition in the proposed section is a common element in all 
State definitions of ``wildlife.'' We add this more restrictive 
definition to 50 CFR 80 to clarify that the broader definition in the 
Act addresses the full scope of the Wildlife Conservation and 
Restoration program.
    The proposed section deletes ``common horsepower'' because the term 
occurs only in the current Sec.  80.24, ``Recreational boating access 
facilities.'' The proposed Sec.  80.51(b)(1), which would replace the 
current Sec.  80.24, in part, uses the definition of ``common 
horsepower'' instead of the term.
    The proposed Sec.  80.2 also deletes ``resident angler'' because it 
occurs only in the proposed Sec.  80.66, so we defined the term in that 
proposed section. We deleted ``Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 
Program funds'' from the proposed Sec.  80.2 because the proposed rule 
does not use the term.

Subpart B--State Fish and Wildlife Agency Eligibility

Section 80.10 Who is eligible to receive the benefits of the Acts?
    This proposed section restates the current Sec.  80.2, 
``Eligibility,'' and Sec.  80.3, ``Assent legislation.''
Section 80.11 How does a State become ineligible to receive the 
benefits of the Acts?
    This proposed section restates, in part, the current Sec.  80.4, 
``Diversion of license fees.'' It is consistent with the remedies for 
noncompliance at 43 CFR 12.83, ``Enforcement.''
Section 80.12 Does an agency have to confirm that it wants to receive 
an annual apportionment of funds?
    This proposed section restates the current Sec.  80.9, ``Notice of 
desire to participate.'' This requirement is based on a provision of 
the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act. The proposed section 
would no longer require States to notify the Service within 60 days of 
receiving a certificate of apportionment that it wants to participate 
in the benefits of the Acts. It would require a 60-day notice only in 
the unlikely event that the State does not want to receive the annual 
apportionment of funds.

Subpart C--License Revenue

Section 80.20 What does revenue from hunting and fishing licenses 
include?
    This proposed section clarifies that license revenue includes fees 
for access to (a) property acquired or constructed with license 
revenue, or (b) a recreational opportunity, product, or commodity 
derived from property acquired, managed, maintained, or produced with 
license revenue. The proposed section includes animal products among 
the examples of personal property. This would correct the listing of 
animal products among examples of real property in the current Sec.  
80.4, ``Diversion of license fees.'' We clarify that only mineral 
rights and standing timber are real property, but become personal 
property when the owner extracts the minerals or harvests the timber. 
The clarification on timber is based on a Dec. 5, 2000, Solicitor's 
Opinion on Federal Aid Timber Sales. We also clarify in the proposed 
section that State property acquired or produced with license revenue 
could include intellectual property such as patents and copyrights.
Section 80.21 What if a State diverts license revenue from the control 
of its fish and wildlife agency?
    This proposed section restates the opening sentence of the current 
Sec.  80.4, ``Diversion of license fees,'' and the current Sec.  
80.4(c) and (d).
Section 80.22 What must a State do to resolve a declaration of 
diversion?
    This proposed section corresponds to and expands on the current 
Sec.  80.4(a)(3), ``Diversion of license fees,'' and Sec.  80.4(d). The 
proposed section mentions for the first time that an agency may receive 
the market rental rate of the diverted property during the period of 
diversion as an alternative to the actual income earned.
Section 80.23 Does a declaration of diversion affect a previous Federal 
obligation of funds?
    This proposed section restates the current Sec.  80.4(e) 
``Diversion of license fees.''

Subpart D--License Certification

Section 80.30 Why must an agency certify the number of paid license 
holders?
    This proposed section restates and expands part of the first 
sentence of the current Sec.  80.10(a), ``State certification of 
licenses.''
Section 80.31 How does an agency certify the number of paid license 
holders?
    This proposed section restates the current Sec.  80.10(a)(3), 
``State certification of licenses,'' and expands on the current Sec.  
80.10(c). The proposed section would require for the first time that if 
a State uses statistical sampling to eliminate multiple counting of 
single individuals in the annual certification of the number of people 
who hold paid licenses, it must sample: (a) Every 5 years, or (b) when 
the State changes the structure of its licensing system in a way that 
could affect the number of people who hold paid licenses, whichever 
comes first.
Section 80.32 What is the certification period?
    This proposed section restates the current Sec.  80.10(a)(1) and 
(2), ``State certification of licenses.''
Section 80.33 How does an agency decide who to count as paid license 
holders in the annual certification?
    This proposed section restates the current Sec.  80.10(b)(1)-(6), 
``State certification of licenses,'' but we made several significant 
changes. We state clearly in the proposed Sec.  80.33(a)(1) that an 
agency must count a person who has a paid license to hunt or fish even 
if that person is not required to have a paid license or is unable to 
hunt or fish. This reflects the view that any paid license holder meets 
the requirements of the Acts and that license fees support the State 
fish and wildlife agency even if the license holder does not engage in 
the activity. We added a requirement at the proposed Sec.  80.33(a) 
that the State fish and wildlife agency may count a person who has a 
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the issue of the license in the license holder's name is verifiable in 
State records.
    In the proposed Sec.  80.33(a)(4) and (b), we replaced ``State'' in 
the current Sec.  80.10(b)(2) with ``State fish and wildlife agency.'' 
This would allow a State to use general-revenue funds to offset lost 
revenues from hunting and fishing licenses issued free of charge to 
veterans and other categories of license holders. The State could then 
count the individuals holding these licenses as paid license holders 
for annual certification purposes under certain conditions. We propose 
this change based on a recommendation of a joint task force of Federal 
and State officials.
    In the proposed Sec.  80.33(a)(4), we changed the ``period in which 
the license was purchased,'' which is the language of the current Sec.  
80.10(b)(3), to ``period in which the license first becomes valid.'' 
This change would more accurately reflect the actual participation in a 
hunting or fishing season by counting those who buy a license before 
the opening of a season.
    The current Sec.  80.10(b)(4)(i), reads ``The net revenue from the 
[multiyear] license is in close approximation with the number of years 
in which the license is legal.'' We changed this in the proposed 
section at Sec.  80.33(b) to read, ``The State fish and wildlife agency 
must receive net revenue from the multiyear license of at least $1 for 
each year in which the license is valid.'' This change applies the same 
net revenue standard to multiyear licenses as applies to single-year 
licenses. We propose this change based on a recommendation of a joint 
task force of Federal and State officials.
    We changed ``legal'' to ``valid'' in Sec.  80.33(b) for the sake of 
consistency with Sec.  80.33(a)(4). We added life-expectancy tables and 
mortality tables as potential techniques to determine if a lifetime-
license holder remains a license holder in the proposed Sec.  
80.33(b)(2), which corresponds to the current Sec.  80.10(b)(4)(ii).
Section 80.34 May an agency count license holders in the annual 
certification if the agency receives funds from the State to cover 
their license fees?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current 50 CFR 80. It establishes the conditions under which the State 
fish and wildlife agency may count a license holder if the State uses 
general-revenue funds to offset lost revenues from hunting and fishing 
licenses issued free of charge to veterans or another category of 
license holder. This proposed section is linked to language in the 
proposed Sec.  80.33(a)(4) and (b), which we discuss above.
Section 80.35 How does an agency calculate net revenue from a license?
    This proposed section restates and expands on the current Sec.  
80.10(b)(2), ``State certification of licenses,'' by adding examples of 
the costs of issuing licenses to include automated license-system costs 
and licensing-unit personnel costs.
Section 80.36 What must an agency do if it becomes aware of errors in 
its data?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current regulations, but the current Sec.  80.10(d), ``State 
certification of licenses,'' indirectly acknowledges the possibility 
that an agency may submit incorrect certified data. This proposed 
section establishes a 90-day window for the State fish and wildlife 
agency to submit revised certified data after it becomes aware of 
errors in its data.
Section 80.37 May the Service recalculate an apportionment if an agency 
submits revised data?
    This proposed section restates and expands on the current Sec.  
80.10(d), ``State certification of licenses.'' It explicitly states 
that the Service may recalculate an apportionment if it receives 
revised certified data on license holders before the Director approves 
the final apportionment.
Section 80.38 May the Director correct a Service error in apportioning 
funds?
    This proposed section restates the last sentence of the current 
Sec.  80.10(d), ``State certification of licenses.''

Subpart E--Eligible Activities

Section 80.50 What activities are eligible for funding under the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act?
Section 80.51 What activities are eligible for funding under the 
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act?
    These proposed sections restate and expand on the current Sec.  
80.5, ``Eligible undertakings,'' Sec.  80.15(f)(1), ``Allowable 
costs,'' and Sec.  80.24, ``Recreational boating access facilities.'' 
They list comprehensively the eligible activities for each program and 
subprogram and use standard terms and parallel construction to describe 
these activities in greater detail. In part, the proposed Sec.  80.51 
responds to several recommendations that we received on the proposed 
rule to amend 50 CFR 80 that was published in the Federal Register at 
73 FR 24523 on May 5, 2008. These recommendations stated that we should 
explicitly list outreach and communications and aquatic resource 
education as eligible activities. The proposed Sec.  80.51 does not 
include the following language of the current Sec.  80.5(b)(2): 
``Additional funds resulting from expansion of the Sport Fish 
Restoration Program must be added to existing State fishery program 
funds available from traditional sources and not as a substitute 
therefor.'' This language became part of the regulations after 
enactment of a significant expansion of the sources of funding for the 
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act about 25 years ago. We did 
not include it in the proposed rule because of its weak legislative 
authority and the difficulty of enforcing it.
Section 80.52 What activities are ineligible for funding?
    The proposed Sec.  80.52(a) and (b) restate and broaden the scope 
of two ineligible activities in the current Sec.  80.6, ``Prohibited 
activities.'' The proposed Sec.  80.52(c), ``Activities conducted for 
the primary purpose of producing income,'' restates a similar 
prohibition at the current Sec.  80.14(c), ``Application of Wildlife 
and Sport Fish Restoration Program funds.'' The newly proposed 
ineligible activity at Sec.  80.52(d) reads ``activities, projects, or 
programs that promote or encourage opposition to regulated taking of 
fish, hunting, or the trapping of wildlife.'' This language is based on 
the intent of the drafters of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 
Programs Improvement Act of 2000, which amended the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act. The Improvement Act applied similar language to the Multistate 
Conservation Grant program.
Section 80.53 Are administrative costs for State central services 
eligible expenses?
    This proposed section closely follows the language of the current 
Sec.  80.15(e), ``Allowable costs,'' but it does not include the 
unnecessary last sentence, which reads, ``Each State has a State Wide 
Cost Allocation Plan that describes approved allocations of indirect 
costs to agencies and programs within the State.''
Section 80.54 May an agency receive a grant to carry out part of a 
larger project?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current regulations. It states conditions under which a grant may carry 
out part of a larger project. These conditions are based on advice from 
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the Interior's Office of the Solicitor. It is also consistent with the 
Department of the Interior Manual, 505 DM 2.18, ``Procurement 
Contracts, Grants, and Cooperative Agreements,'' issued Jan. 9, 2008.
Section 80.55 How does a proposed project qualify as substantial in 
character and design?
    This proposed section corresponds to the current Sec.  80.13, 
``Substantiality in character and design.'' The proposed section 
applies to both projects and comprehensive management systems as a 
result of the definition of ``project'' in the proposed Sec.  80.2.

Subpart F--Allocation of Funds by an Agency

Section 80.60 What is the relationship between the Basic Hunter 
Education and Safety subprogram and the Enhanced Hunter Education and 
Safety program?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current regulations. It clarifies for the first time in regulation the 
complex relationship between the Basic Hunter Education and Safety 
subprogram and the Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety subprogram, 
which was authorized by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 
Programs Improvement Act of 2000.
Section 80.61 What requirements apply to funds for the Recreational 
Boating Access subprogram?
    This proposed section corresponds, in part, with the current Sec.  
80.24, ``Recreational boating access facilities.'' The proposed Sec.  
80.61(b) requires that Regional allocations average 15 percent over a 
5-year period. Although this provision is not in the current Sec.  
80.24, the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act requires it. The 
proposed Sec.  80.61 also introduces a new requirement to ensure that 
Regional Offices will have information in time to ensure that the 
Regional allocation will average 15 percent over a 5-year period. It 
reads: ``A State must apply to use these allocated funds by the end of 
the fourth consecutive Federal fiscal year after the Federal fiscal 
year in which the funds first became available for allocation.'' The 
current Sec.  80.24 states, ``Any portion of a State's 15-percent set 
aside for the above purposes that remain unexpended or unobligated 
after 5 years must revert to the Service for apportionment among the 
States.'' The proposed Sec.  80.61(g) does not refer to an expenditure 
of grant funds as does the current Sec.  80.24. It is unnecessary to 
include such a reference because: (a) a Federal obligation must precede 
an agency's expenditure, or (b) the agency's expenditure may be the 
last step in completing a Federal obligation, thus occurring 
simultaneously with the obligation.
Section 80.62 What limitations apply to spending on the Aquatic 
Resource Education and Outreach and Communications subprograms?
    This proposed section corresponds in part to the current Sec.  
80.15(f), ``Allowable Costs.'' The proposed section corrects the 
current section's incorrect reference to the two subprograms as a 
single ``program.''
Section 80.63 Does an agency have to allocate costs in multipurpose 
projects and facilities?
Section 80.64 How does an agency allocate costs in multipurpose 
projects and facilities?
    The proposed Sec.  80.63 and Sec.  80.64 correspond to the current 
Sec.  80.15(d), ``Allowable costs.'' We added the following language in 
Sec.  80.64, ``The agency must describe the method used to allocate 
costs in multipurpose projects or facilities in the project statement 
included in the grant application.''
Section 80.65 Does an agency have to allocate funds between marine and 
freshwater fisheries projects?
    This proposed section corresponds, in part, to the current Sec.  
80.23, ``Allocation of funds between marine and freshwater fishery 
projects.'' The proposed section includes the new language, ``The 
subprograms authorized by the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act do not have to allocate funding in the same manner as long as the 
State fish and wildlife agency equitably allocates Dingell-Johnson 
Sport Fish Restoration funds as a whole between marine and freshwater 
fisheries.''
Section 80.66 What requirements apply to the allocation of funds 
between marine and freshwater fisheries projects?
    This proposed section corresponds, in part, to the current Sec.  
80.23, ``Allocation of funds between marine and freshwater fishery 
projects.'' The proposed section defines a resident angler as ``one who 
fishes for recreational purposes in the same State where he or she 
maintains legal residence.'' The current regulations include this term 
in the Definitions section, but the definition leaves out ``for 
recreational purposes.'' The proposed section adds the following: ``(c) 
* * * Agencies must use the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and 
Wildlife-associated Recreation or another statistically reliable survey 
or technique approved by the Director for this purpose. (d) If a State 
uses statistical sampling, it must sample at the earlier of the 
following: (1) Five years after the last statistical sample, or (2) The 
first certification period affected by any change in the licensing 
system that could affect the number of people who hold a paid license 
to fish.'' We did not include in the proposed Sec.  80.66 this language 
from the current Sec.  80.23 because it is unnecessary, ``Ongoing 
marine project costs can be applied toward the State's saltwater 
allocation.''
Section 80.67 May an agency finance an activity from more than one 
annual apportionment?
Section 80.68 What requirements apply to financing an activity from 
more than one annual apportionment?
    The proposed Sec.  80.67 and Sec.  80.68 correspond to the current 
Sec.  80.25, ``Multiyear financing under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration program,'' but the proposed sections broaden the 
authorization of multiyear financing. They also extend the multiyear-
financing option to projects under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
Restoration Act. The proposed Sec.  80.68(c) changes the current Sec.  
80.25 by allowing interest and other financing costs subject to 
restrictions in the Federal Cost Principles.

Subpart G--Application for a Grant

Section 80.80 How does an agency apply for a grant?
Section 80.81 What must an agency submit when applying for a 
comprehensive management system grant?
Section 80.82 What must an agency submit when applying for a project-
by-project grant?
    These proposed sections correspond to the current and less 
comprehensive Sec.  80.11, ``Submission of proposals.'' The proposed 
sections include detailed information on the information that grantees 
must include in the application packages for comprehensive management 
system grants and project-by-project grants. This information is based 
on information in: (a) Service Manual Chapter 522 FW 4, ``Comprehensive 
Management System Grant;'' (b) OMB Circular A-102, Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments, Section 
(c)(5); (c) the current 50 CFR 80.25(b)(3) on multiyear financing; and 
(d) Service Manual chapter 522 FW 19, ``Program Income from Federal 
Assistance Grants.''

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Section 80.83 What is the Federal share of allowable costs?
    This proposed section corresponds, in part, to the current Sec.  
80.12, ``Cost sharing.'' It changes the current regulations by 
authorizing the Regional Director to waive the 10-percent minimum 
Federal share of allowable costs if an agency requests a waiver and 
provides compelling reasons to justify it.
Section 80.84 How does the Service establish the non-Federal share of 
allowable costs?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current 50 CFR 80. It is based on the requirements of the Acts and 48 
U.S.C. 1469a.
Section 80.85 What requirements apply to match?
    The proposed Sec. Sec.  80.85(a) and (b)(1) correspond in part to 
the current Sec.  80.12, ``Cost sharing.'' The proposed Sec.  
80.85(b)(2) is new, but it is consistent with the Federal Cost 
Principles. The proposed Sec.  80.85(c) is based upon Service policy 
issued in Service Manual chapter 522 FW 17, which in turn is based on a 
2005 recommendation of a joint task force of Federal and State 
officials.

Subpart H--General Grant Administration

Section 80.90 What are the responsibilities of an agency?
    This proposed section corresponds to and closely follows the 
language of the current Sec.  80.18, ``Responsibilities.''
Section 80.91 What is a Federal obligation of funds and how does it 
occur?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current regulations. We proposed this section for the following 
reasons:
    (a) The nature of a Federal obligation is not defined in any 
regulations or policies of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 
program;
    (b) Both State and Federal employees have at times expressed 
different understandings of what a Federal obligation is.
    (c) Some of the confusion is due to a parallel and related process, 
in which grantees obligate funds available to them under a grant. These 
``grantee obligations'' are discussed at 43 CFR 12.43 and 43 CFR 12.902 
in the definitions of ``obligations,'' ``unliquidated obligations,'' 
and ``unobligated balance.'' We do not define or discuss grantee 
obligations.
    (d) We use the term ``obligation'' or ``obligate'' in the proposed 
Sec.  80.60, Sec.  80.61, and Sec.  80.92.
Section 80.92 How long are funds available for a Federal obligation?
    This proposed section restates and corrects the current Sec.  80.8, 
``Availability of funds,'' which does not take into account the 1-year 
availability of funds under the Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety 
program or the 5-year availability of funds in the Recreational Boating 
Access subprogram.
Section 80.93 When may an agency incur costs under a grant?
    This proposed section corresponds, in part, to the current Sec.  
80.15(c), ``Allowable costs.'' It leads to the subject of preagreement 
costs in the proposed Sec.  80.94.
Section 80.94 May an agency incur costs before the effective date of 
the grant period?
    This proposed section corresponds, in part, to the current Sec.  
80.15(c), ``Allowable costs,'' but describes the conditions under which 
the State fish and wildlife agency may incur preagreement costs. The 
proposed section is based on: (a) Service Manual Chapter 522 FW 16, 
``Preagreement Costs,'' which is based on a 2004 recommendation of a 
joint task force of Federal and State officials, and (b) the Federal 
Cost Principles in OMB Circular A-87. The proposed section goes beyond 
522 FW 16 by allowing the completion of a proposed project before the 
grant's effective date as long as the grantee meets certain conditions.
Section 80.95 How does an agency receive Federal grant funds?
    This proposed section corresponds to and expands on the current 
Sec.  80.16, ``Payments.'' It states that under certain circumstances a 
grantee may receive an advance of funds. An advance of funds is 
authorized in 43 CFR 12.61, and the Acts do not prohibit it. The 
current Sec.  80.16 also limits the means of requesting payment. The 
proposed section recognizes the nearly universal use of electronic 
payments by stating that State fish and wildlife agencies may request 
funds on a standard form only if it cannot use the electronic payment 
system.
Section 80.96 May an agency request funds in excess of the Federal 
share?
    This proposed section expands on the current Sec.  80.16, 
``Payments,'' by clarifying that the grantee may request Federal grant 
funds for construction work in excess of the proportional Federal share 
of the project taking into account all previous advances and 
reimbursements for the project. This proposed practice is consistent 
with the Acts.
Section 80.97 May an agency barter goods or services to carry out a 
grant-funded project?
Section 80.98 How must an agency report barter transactions?
    The proposed Sec.  80.97 and Sec.  80.98 do not have corresponding 
sections in the current regulations. We added them because of audit 
findings in several States. The Office of the Inspector General also 
recommended that the Service address inconsistencies in Service Manual 
Chapter 522 FW 19 on program income and provide clear guidance on 
reporting barter transactions.
Section 80.99 Are symbols available to identify projects?
Section 80.100 Do agencies have to display the symbols in this part on 
completed projects?
    The proposed Sec.  80.99 and Sec.  80.100 correspond to and closely 
follow the language of the current Sec.  80.26, ``Symbols.'' The only 
significant change is in the proposed Sec.  80.100, which allows 
Regional Directors to authorize certain uses of the symbols instead of 
or in addition to the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Subpart 1--Program Income

    The proposed Sec. Sec.  80.120 through 80.126 explain: (a) What 
program income is, (b) the conditions under which an agency may earn 
it, (c) how to calculate it, and (d) how to apply it to Federal and 
non-Federal outlays. Only the proposed Sec.  80.121, ``May an agency 
earn program income?'', has a corresponding section at the current 
Sec.  80.14(c), ``Application of Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 
Program funds.'' The remaining sections in subpart I are based on 
Service Manual chapter 522 FW 19, ``Program Income from Federal 
Assistance Grants.'' This chapter incorporates recommendations of a 
joint task force of Federal and State officials in 2004 and 2007.

Subpart J--Real Property

Section 80.130 Does an agency have to hold title to real property 
acquired under a grant?
Section 80.131 Does an agency have to hold an easement acquired under a 
grant?
    The proposed Sec.  80.130 and Sec.  80.131 do not have 
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the current regulations. The Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act 
states: ``Title to any real or personal property acquired by any State, 
and to improvements placed on State-owned lands through the use of 
funds paid to the State under the provisions of this Act, shall be 
vested in such State.'' The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act 
does not have a similar requirement. The Act uses the term ``title,'' 
which applies to ownership or possessory interests, but not to 
easements or other nonownership or nonpossessory interests. The 
proposed section Sec.  80.130 would require grantees under either Act 
to hold title to the ownership interest in real property acquired under 
a grant. The proposed Sec.  80.130 would prohibit the State fish and 
wildlife agency from holding title to an undivided ownership interest 
in the real property concurrently with a subgrantee or any other 
entity. The proposed Sec.  80.131 would require grantees under both 
Acts to hold easements acquired under a grant, but the proposed section 
would allow the grantee to share certain rights and responsibilities 
with another State agency or a subgrantee. The proposed Sec.  80.130 
and Sec.  80.131 are based on input received from State agencies and a 
joint task force of Federal and State officials.
Section 80.132 Does an agency have to control the land or water where 
it completes capital improvements?
    This proposed section requires the grantee to control lands or 
waters on which it makes capital improvements with funds apportioned 
under the Acts. The proposed section corresponds to and closely follows 
the language of the current Sec.  80.20, ``Land control.'' This 
language is only in the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, but 
the current regulations apply the requirement to funding under both 
Acts. The proposed section continues to apply it to funding under both 
Acts in the interest of having standard requirements for all funding 
under the Acts to the extent legally possible.
Section 80.133 Does an agency have to maintain acquired or completed 
capital improvements?
    This proposed section corresponds to and is consistent with the 
language of the current Sec.  80.17, ``Maintenance.''
Section 80.134 How must an agency use real property?
    This proposed section is consistent with the language of the 
current Sec.  80.14(b), ``Application of Wildlife and Sport Fish 
Restoration Program funds,'' the current Sec.  80.20, ``Land control,'' 
and Service Manual chapters 522 FW 18, ``Useful Life,'' 522 FW 21, 
``Allowable Recreational Activities and Related Facilities on Federal 
Assistance Lands,'' and 522 FW 22, ``Allowable Commercial Activities 
and Related Facilities on Federal Assistance Lands.'' These Service 
Manual chapters were based on recommendations of a joint task force of 
Federal and State officials.
Section 80.135 What if an agency allows a use of real property that 
interferes with the authorized purpose?
    This proposed section corresponds to and closely follows the 
language of the current Sec.  80.14(b), ``Application of Wildlife and 
Sport Fish Restoration Program funds.'' It is also consistent with 
Service Manual Chapter 522 FW 20, ``Loss of Control and Disposal of 
Real Property.'' This chapter is based on the recommendation of a joint 
task force of Federal and State officials.
Section 80.136 When is a use of real property that interferes with the 
authorized purpose considered a diversion?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current regulations, but it is based on the requirements of the current 
Sec.  80.4, ``Diversion of license fees.''
Section 80.137 What if real property is no longer useful or needed for 
its original purpose?
    This proposed section corresponds, in part, to the current Sec.  
80.14(b)(3), ``Application of Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 
Program funds.'' One new element is that the director of an agency may 
propose another eligible purpose for real property no longer useful or 
needed for its original purpose. The director of the State fish and 
wildlife agency must ask the Service Regional Director to approve the 
proposed purpose. This section is based on a recommendation of a joint 
task force of Federal and State officials. It also follows, in large 
part, Service Manual chapter 522 FW 20, Loss of Control and Disposal of 
Real Property, which is based on a recommendation of a joint task force 
of Federal and State officials.

Subpart K--Amendments and Appeals

Section 80.150 How does an agency ask for an amendment of a grant?
    This proposed section does not have a corresponding section in the 
current regulations, but it is consistent with the current Sec.  80.11, 
``Submission of proposals,'' and Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A-102, Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local 
Governments, Paragraph 1.c.(5)(e). It is also consistent with 43 CFR 
12.70.
Section 80.151 May an agency appeal a decision?
    This proposed section corresponds to the current Sec.  80.7, 
``Appeals,'' but expands it by providing timelines for appeals. It also 
specifies that appeals to the Secretary are governed by 43 CFR 4, 
subpart G.

Subpart L--Information Collection

Section 80.160 What are the information-collection requirements of this 
part?
    This proposed section corresponds to and expands on the current 
Sec.  80.27, ``Information collection requirements.'' The proposed 
section lists all information collection requirements in the proposed 
rule that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Office of 
Management and Budget has approved all of these information collections 
and assigned them control numbers.

Public Comments

    You may submit your comments and materials concerning this proposed 
rule by one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. We will not 
accept comments sent by e-mail or fax or to an address not listed in 
the ADDRESSES section. Finally, we will not consider hand-delivered 
comments that we do not receive, or mailed comments that are not 
postmarked, by the date specified in the DATES section.
    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.

Required Determinations

Clarity of This Regulation

    We are required by Executive Orders 12866 and 12988 and by the 
Presidential Memorandum of June 1, 1998, to write all rules in plain 
language. This means that each rule we publish must:
    (a) Be logically organized;
    (b) Use the active voice to address readers directly;
    (c) Use clear language rather than jargon;
    (d) Be divided into short sections and sentences; and
    (e) Use lists and tables wherever possible.
    If you feel that we have not met these requirements, send us 
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of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. To better help us 
revise the rule, your comments should be as specific as possible. For 
example, you should tell us the numbers of the sections or paragraphs 
that you find unclear, which sections or sentences are too long, the 
sections where you feel lists or tables would be useful, etc.

Regulatory Planning and Review (E.O. 12866)

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has determined that this 
rule is not significant and has not reviewed this rule under E.O. 
12866. OMB bases its determination on the following four criteria:
    (a) Whether the rule will have an annual effect of $100 million or 
more on the economy or adversely affect an economic sector, 
productivity, jobs, the environment, or other units of the government.
    (b) Whether the rule will create inconsistencies with other Federal 
agencies' actions.
    (c) Whether the rule will materially affect entitlements, grants, 
user fees, loan programs, or the rights and obligations of their 
recipients.
    (d) Whether the rule raises novel legal or policy issues.

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires an agency to consider the 
impact of proposed rules on small entities, i.e., small businesses, 
small organizations, and small government jurisdictions. If there is a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, 
the agency must perform a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. This is not 
required if the head of an agency certifies the rule would not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) amended 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act to require Federal agencies to state the 
factual basis for certifying that a rule would not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
    We have examined this proposed rule's potential effects on small 
entities as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act. We have 
determined that the proposed changes do not have a significant impact 
and do not require a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis because the 
changes:
    a. Give information to State fish and wildlife agencies that allows 
them to apply for and administer grants more easily, more efficiently, 
and with greater flexibility. Only State fish and wildlife agencies may 
receive grants in the three programs affected by this regulation, but 
small entities sometimes voluntarily become subgrantees of agencies. 
Any impact on these subgrantees would be beneficial.
    b. Address changes in law and regulation. This helps grant 
applicants and recipients by making the regulation consistent with 
current standards. Any impact on small entities that voluntarily become 
subgrantees of agencies would be beneficial.
    c. Change three provisions on license certification adopted in a 
final rule published on July 24, 2008, based on subsequent experience. 
These changes would impact only agencies and not small entities.
    d. Clarify additional issues in the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act. This 
would help agencies comply with statutory requirements and increase 
awareness of alternatives available under the law. Any impact on small 
entities that voluntarily become subgrantees of agencies would be 
beneficial.
    e. Clarify that (1) cooperative farming or grazing arrangements and 
(2) sales receipts retained by concessionaires or contractors are not 
program income. This clarification allows States to expand projects 
with small businesses and farmers without making these cooperative 
arrangements or sales receipts subject to program income restrictions. 
This clarification would be potentially beneficial to the small 
entities that voluntarily become cooperative farmers, cooperative 
ranchers, and concessionaires.
    f. Add information that allows States to enter into agreements with 
nonprofit organizations to share rights or responsibilities for 
easements acquired under grants for the mutual benefit of both parties. 
This addition would benefit the small entities that enter into these 
agreements voluntarily.
    g. Reword and reorganize the regulation to make it easier to 
understand. Any impact on the small entities that voluntarily become 
subgrantees of agencies would be beneficial.
    The Service has determined that the changes primarily impact State 
governments. The small entities affected by the changes are primarily 
concessionaires, cooperative farmers, cooperative ranchers, and 
subgrantees who voluntarily enter into mutually beneficial 
relationships with an agency. The impact on small entities would be 
very limited and beneficial in all cases.
    Consequently, we certify that because this proposed rule would not 
have a significant economic effect on a substantial number of small 
entities, a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is not required.
    In addition, this proposed rule is not a major rule under SBREFA (5 
U.S.C. 804(2)) and would not have a significant impact on a substantial 
number of small entities because it does not:
    a. Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more.
    b. Cause a major increase in costs or prices for consumers; 
individual industries; Federal, State, or local government agencies; or 
geographic regions.
    c. Have significant adverse effects on competition, employment, 
investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based 
enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 USC Ch.25; Pub. L. 104-
4) establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the effects 
of their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments and 
the private sector. The Act requires each Federal agency, to the extent 
permitted by law, to prepare a written assessment of the effects of a 
proposed rule with Federal mandates that may result in the expenditure 
by State, local, and tribal governments, in aggregate, or by the 
private sector, of $100 million or more (adjusted annually for 
inflation) in any one year. We have determined the following under the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.):
    a. As discussed in the determination for the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act, this proposed rule would not have a significant economic effect on 
a substantial number of small entities.
    b. The regulation does not require a small government agency plan 
or any other requirement for expenditure of local funds.
    c. The programs governed by the current regulations and enhanced by 
the proposed changes potentially assist small governments financially 
when they occasionally and voluntarily participate as subgrantees of an 
agency.
    d. The proposed rule clarifies and enhances the current regulations 
allowing State, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector 
to receive the benefits of grant funding in a more flexible, efficient, 
and effective manner. They may receive these benefits as a subgrantee 
of a State fish and wildlife agency, a cooperating farmer or rancher, a 
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concurrent holder of a grant-acquired easement, or a holder of 
enforcement rights under an easement.
    e. Any costs incurred by a State, local, and tribal government, or 
the private sector are voluntary. There are no mandated costs 
associated with the proposed rule.
    f. The benefits of grant funding outweigh the costs. The Federal 
Government provides up to 75 percent of the cost of each grant to the 
50 States in the three programs affected by the proposed rule. The 
Federal Government may also provide up to 100 percent of the cost of 
each grant to the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the District of Columbia, and the territories of Guam, the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. All 50 States and other 
eligible jurisdictions voluntarily apply for grants in these programs 
each year. This rate of participation is clear evidence that the 
benefits of grant funding outweigh the costs.
    g. This proposed rule would not produce a Federal mandate of $100 
million or greater in any year, i.e., it is not a ``significant 
regulatory action'' under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

Takings

    This proposed rule would not have significant takings implications 
under E.O. 12630 because it would not have a provision for taking 
private property. Therefore, a takings implication assessment is not 
required.

Federalism

    This proposed rule would not have sufficient Federalism effects to 
warrant preparation of a Federalism assessment under E.O. 13132. It 
would not interfere with the States' ability to manage themselves or 
their funds. We work closely with the States in administration of these 
programs, and they helped us identify those sections of the current 
regulations in need of change and new issues in need of clarification 
through regulation. In drafting the proposed rule, we received comments 
from committees of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and 
from the Joint Federal/State Task Force on Federal Assistance Policy. 
The Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the President of 
the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies jointly chartered the 
Joint Federal/State Task Force on Federal Assistance Policy in 2002 to 
identify issues of national concern in the three grant programs 
affected by the proposed rule.

Civil Justice Reform

    The Office of the Solicitor has determined under E.O. 12988 that 
the rule would not unduly burden the judicial system and meets the 
requirements of sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of the Order. The proposed 
rule will benefit grantees because it:
    (a) Updates the regulations to reflect changes in policy and 
practice during the past 25 years;
    (b) Makes the regulations easier to use and understand by improving 
the organization and using plain language;
    (c) Modifies three provisions in the final rule to amend 50 CFR 80 
published in the Federal Register at 73 FR 43120 on July 24, 2008, 
based on subsequent experience; and
    (d) Adopts two recommendations on new issues received from State 
fish and wildlife agencies in response to the proposed rule to amend 50 
CFR 80 published in the Federal Register at 73 FR 24523 on May 5, 2008.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    We examined the proposed rule under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). We may not collect or sponsor and you are not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
current OMB control number. The proposed 50 CFR 80.160 describes seven 
information collections in the proposed rule. All of these collections 
request information from State fish and wildlife agencies, and all have 
current OMB control numbers.
    OMB authorized and approved Governmentwide standard forms for three 
of the seven information collections. These three information 
collections are for the purposes of: (a) Application for a grant; (b) 
certifications related to authority, capability, and legal compliance; 
and (c) reporting on the use of Federal funds, match, and program 
income.
    OMB approved three other information collections in the proposed 
rule under control number 1018-0109, but has not approved 
Governmentwide standard forms for these collections. The purposes of 
these information collections are to provide the Service with: (a) A 
project statement in support of a grant application, (b) a report on 
progress in completing a grant-funded project, and (c) a request to 
approve an update or another change in information provided in a 
previously approved application. OMB authorized these information 
collections in its Circular A-102.
    The Acts and the current 50 CFR 80.10 authorize the seventh 
information collection. This collection allows the Service to learn the 
number of people who have a paid license to hunt and the number of 
people who have a paid license to fish in each State during a State-
specified certification year. The Service uses this information in 
statutory formulas to apportion funds in the Wildlife Restoration and 
Sport Fish Restoration programs among the States. OMB approved this 
information collection on forms FWS 3-154a and 3-154b under control 
number 1018-0007. The proposed rule does not change the information 
required on forms FWS 3-154a and 3-154b. It merely establishes a common 
approach for States to assign license holders to a certification year.

National Environmental Policy Act

    We have analyzed this rule under the National Environmental Policy 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 432-437(f) and part 516 of the Departmental Manual. This 
rule does not constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting 
the quality of the human environment. An environmental impact 
statement/assessment is not required due to the categorical exclusion 
for administrative changes provided at 516 DM 2, Appendix 1, section 
1.10.

Government-to-Government Relationship With Tribes

    We have evaluated potential effects on federally recognized Indian 
tribes under the President's memorandum of April 29, 1994, 
``Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal 
Governments'' (59 FR 22951), E.O. 13175, and 512 DM 2. We have 
determined that there are no potential effects. This proposed rule 
would not interfere with the tribes' ability to manage themselves or 
their funds.

Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use (E.O. 13211)

    E.O. 13211 addresses regulations that significantly affect energy 
supply, distribution, and use and requires agencies to prepare 
Statements of Energy Effects when undertaking certain actions. This 
rule is not a significant regulatory action under E.O. 12866 and would 
not affect energy supplies, distribution, or use. Therefore, this 
action is not a significant energy action and no Statement of Energy 
Effects is required.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 80

    Education, Fish, Fishing, Grants administration, Grant programs, 
Hunting, Natural resources, Real property acquisition, Recreation and 
recreation areas, Signs and symbols, Wildlife.

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Proposed Regulation Promulgation

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, we propose to amend 
title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, chapter I, subchapter F, 
by revising part 80 to read as follows:

PART 80--ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE 
RESTORATION AND DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACTS

Subpart A--General
Sec.
80.1 What does this part do?
80.2 What terms do I need to know?
Subpart B--State Fish and Wildlife Agency Eligibility
80.10 Who is eligible to receive the benefits of the Acts?
80.11 How does a State become ineligible to receive the benefits of 
the Acts?
80.12 Does an agency have to confirm that it wants to receive an 
annual apportionment of funds?
Subpart C--License Revenue
80.20 What does revenue from hunting and fishing licenses include?
80.21 What if a State diverts license revenue from the control of 
its fish and wildlife agency?
80.22 What must a State do to resolve a declaration of diversion?
80.23 Does a declaration of diversion affect a previous Federal 
obligation of funds?
Subpart D--Licensee Certification
80.30 Why must an agency certify the number of paid license holders?
80.31 How does an agency certify the number of paid license holders?
80.32 What is the certification period?
80.33 How does an agency decide who to count as paid license holders 
in the annual certification?
80.34 May an agency count license holders in the annual 
certification if the agency receives funds from the State to cover 
their license fees?
80.35 How does an agency calculate net revenue from a license?
80.36 What must an agency do if it discovers errors in its data?
80.37 May the Service recalculate an apportionment if an agency 
submits revised data?
80.38 May the Director correct a Service error in apportioning 
funds?
Subpart E--Eligible Activities
80.50 What activities are eligible for funding under the Pittman-
Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act?
80.51 What activities are eligible for funding under the Dingell-
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act?
80.52 What activities are ineligible for funding?
80.53 Are administrative costs for State central services eligible 
expenses?
80.54 May an agency receive a grant to carry out part of a larger 
project?
80.55 How does a proposed project qualify as substantial in 
character and design?
Subpart F--Allocation of Funds by an Agency
80.60 What is the relationship between the Basic Hunter Education 
and Safety subprogram and the Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety 
program?
80.61 What requirements apply to funds for the Recreational Boating 
Access subprogram?
80.62 What limitations apply to spending on the Aquatic Resource 
Education and Outreach and Communications subprograms?
80.63 Does an agency have to allocate costs in multipurpose projects 
and facilities?
80.64 How does an agency allocate costs in multipurpose projects and 
facilities?
80.65 Does an agency have to allocate funds between marine and 
freshwater fisheries projects?
80.66 What requirements apply to allocation of funds between marine 
and freshwater fisheries projects?
80.67 May an agency finance an activity from more than one annual 
apportionment?
>80.68 What requirements apply to financing an activity from more 
than one annual apportionment?
Subpart G--Application for a Grant
80.80 How does an agency apply for a grant?
80.81 What must an agency submit when applying for a comprehensive-
management-system grant?
80.82 What must an agency submit when applying for a project-by-
project grant?
80.83 What is the Federal share of allowable costs?
80.84 How does the Service establish the non-Federal share of 
allowable costs?
80.85 What requirements apply to match?
Subpart H--General Grant Administration
80.90 What are the responsibilities of an agency?
80.91 What is a Federal obligation of funds and how does it occur?
80.92 How long are funds available for a Federal obligation?
80.93 When may an agency incur costs under a grant?
80.94 May an agency incur costs before the effective date of the 
grant period?
80.95 How does an agency receive Federal grant funds?
80.96 May an agency request funds in excess of the Federal share?
80.97 May an agency barter goods or services to carry out a grant-
funded project?
80.98 How must an agency report barter transactions?
80.99 Are symbols available to identify projects?
80.100 Do agencies have to display the symbols in this part on 
completed projects?
Subpart I--Program Income
80.120 What is program income?
80.121 May an agency earn program income?
80.122 May an agency deduct the costs of generating program income 
from gross income?
80.123 How may an agency use program income?
80.124 How may an agency use unexpended program income?
80.125 How must an agency treat income that it earns after the grant 
period?
80.126 How must an agency treat income earned by a subgrantee after 
the grant period?
Subpart J--Real Property
80.130 Does an agency have to hold title to real property acquired 
under a grant?
80.131 Does an agency have to hold an easement acquired under a 
grant?
80.132 Does an agency have to control the land or water where it 
completes capital improvements?
80.133 Does an agency have to maintain acquired or completed capital 
improvements?
80.134 How must an agency use real property?
80.135 What if an agency allows a use of real property that 
interferes with the authorized purpose?
80.136 When is a use of real property that interferes with the 
authorized purpose considered a diversion?
80.137 What if real property is no longer useful or needed for its 
original purpose?
Subpart K--Amendments and Appeals
80.150 How does an agency ask for an amendment of a grant?
80.151 May an agency appeal a decision?
Subpart L--Information Collection
80.160 What are the information collection requirements of this 
part?

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 669-669k; 16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 
777-777n, except 777e-1 and g-1; 18 U.S.C. 701; 26 U.S.C. 4161, 
4162, 4181, 4182, 9503, and 9504; 48 U.S.C. 1469a; E.O. 12372.

Subpart A--General


Sec.  80.1  What does this part do?

    This part of the Code of Federal Regulations tells States how they 
may:
    (a) Use revenues derived from State hunting and fishing licenses in 
compliance with the Acts.
    (b) Receive annual apportionments from the Federal Aid to Wildlife 
Restoration Fund (16 U.S.C. 669(b)), if authorized, and the Sport Fish 
Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (26 U.S.C. 9504).
    (c) Receive financial assistance from the Wildlife Restoration 
program, the Basic Hunter Education and Safety subprogram, and the 
Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety grant program, if authorized.
    (d) Receive financial assistance from the Sport Fish Restoration 
program, the Recreational Boating Access

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subprogram, the Aquatic Resources Education subprogram, and the 
Outreach and Communications subprogram.
    (e) Comply with the requirements of the Acts.


Sec.  80.2  What terms do I need to know?

    The terms in this section pertain only to the regulations in this 
part.
    Acts means the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of 
September 2, 1937, as amended (16 U.S.C. 669-669k), and the Dingell-
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act of August 9, 1950, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 777-777n, except 777e-1 and g-1).
    Agency means a State fish and wildlife agency.
    Angler means a person who fishes for sport fish for recreational 
purposes as permitted by State law.
    Capital improvement means an alteration, addition, or replacement 
that increases the value of real property by at least $10,000. An 
agency may use its own definition of capital improvement if its 
definition includes all capital improvements as defined here.
    Comprehensive management system grant means a grant that funds all 
or part of a State's comprehensive management system. This system:
    (1) Assesses the current, projected, and desired status of fish and 
wildlife;
    (2) Develops a strategic plan and carries it out through an 
operational planning process; and
    (3) Evaluates results. The planning period is at least 5 years 
using a minimum 15-year projection of the desires and needs of the 
State's citizens.
    Construction means the act of building or significantly renovating, 
altering, or repairing a structure. Acquiring, clearing, and reshaping 
land and demolishing structures are types or phases of construction. 
Examples of structures are buildings, roads, parking lots, utility 
lines, fences, piers, wells, pump stations, ditches, dams, dikes, 
water-control structures, fish-hatchery raceways, and shooting ranges.
    Director means the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
or his or her designated representative, who is delegated authority by 
the Secretary to administer the Acts.
    Diversion means any use of revenue from the license fees paid by 
hunters and anglers for a purpose other than administration of the 
State fish and wildlife agency.
    Grant means an award of money, the principal purpose of which is to 
transfer funds or property from a Federal agency to a grantee to 
support or stimulate an authorized public purpose under the Acts. This 
part uses the term grant for both a grant and a cooperative agreement 
for convenience of reference. This use does not affect the legal 
distinction between the two instruments. The meaning of grant in the 
terms grant funds, grant-funded, and under the grant includes the 
matching cash and any matching in-kind contributions in addition to the 
Federal award of money.
    Grantee means the State fish and wildlife agency that applies for 
the grant and carries out grant-funded activities in programs 
authorized by the Acts. The State fish and wildlife agency acts on 
behalf of the State government, which is the legal entity and is 
accountable for the use of Federal funds, matching funds, and matching 
in-kind contributions.
    Match means the value of any non-Federal in-kind contributions and 
the portion of the costs of a grant-funded project or projects not 
borne by the Federal government.
    Project means one or more related undertakings in a project-by-
project grant that are necessary to fulfill a need or needs, as defined 
by the State fish and wildlife agency, consistent with the purposes of 
the appropriate Act. For convenience of reference in this part, the 
meaning of project includes an agency's fish and wildlife program under 
a comprehensive management system grant.
    Project-by-project grant means an award of money based on a 
detailed statement of a project or projects and other supporting 
documentation.
    Real property means one, several, or all interests, benefits, and 
rights inherent in the ownership of a parcel of land or water including 
anything above, below, or attached to it as a result of natural 
processes or human actions.
    Regional Director means the person appointed by the Director to 
direct the Service's operations in one of its geographic Regions, or 
his or her designated representative. This person's responsibility does 
not extend to any administrative units that the Service's Washington 
Office supervises directly in that geographic Region.
    Secretary means the person appointed by the President to direct the 
operation of the Department of the Interior, or his or her designated 
representative.
    Service means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    Sport fish means aquatic, gill-breathing, vertebrate animals with 
paired fins, having material value for recreation in the marine and 
fresh waters of the United States.
    State means any State of the United States, the Commonwealths of 
Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of 
Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. State also includes 
the District of Columbia for purposes of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act, the Sport Fish Restoration program, and its 
subprograms. State does not include the District of Columbia for 
purposes of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the 
programs and subprogram under the Act because the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act does not authorize funding for the District. 
References to ``the 50 States'' apply only to the 50 States of the 
United States and do not include the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and 
the Northern Mariana Islands, the District of Columbia, or the 
territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
    State fish and wildlife agency means the administrative unit 
designated by State law or regulation to carry out State laws for 
management of fish and wildlife resources. If an agency has other 
jurisdictional responsibilities, the agency is considered the State 
fish and wildlife agency only when exercising responsibilities specific 
to management of the State's fish and wildlife resources.
    Subaccount means a group of similar activities that the Service 
tracks for purposes of financial accountability using a distinct 
numeric code for each group. These groups correspond with programs, 
subprograms, or a combination of subprograms.
    Useful life means the period during which a federally funded 
capital improvement is capable of fulfilling its intended purpose with 
adequate routine maintenance.
    Wildlife means the indigenous or naturalized species of birds or 
mammals that are either:
    (1) Wild and free-ranging;
    (2) Held in a captive breeding program established to reintroduce 
individuals of a depleted indigenous species into previously occupied 
range; or
    (3) Under the jurisdiction of a State fish and wildlife agency.

Subpart B--State Fish and Wildlife Agency Eligibility


Sec.  80.10  Who is eligible to receive the benefits of the Acts?

    States acting through their fish and wildlife agencies are eligible 
for benefits of the Acts only if they pass and maintain legislation 
that:
    (a) Assents to the provisions of the Acts;
    (b) Ensures the conservation of fish and wildlife; and
    (c) Requires that revenue from license fees paid by hunters and 
anglers be:

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    (1) Controlled only by the State fish and wildlife agency; and
    (2) Used only for administration of the State fish and wildlife 
agency which includes only the functions required to manage the agency 
and the fish- and wildlife-related resources for which the agency has 
authority under State law.


Sec.  80.11  How does a State become ineligible to receive the benefits 
of the Acts?

    (a) A State becomes ineligible to receive the benefits of the Acts 
if the Director finds that it:
    (1) Does not pass legislation required at Sec.  80.10 or passes 
legislation contrary to the Acts;
    (2) Diverts revenue from license fees paid by hunters and anglers 
or from property acquired with this revenue from the control of the 
State fish and wildlife agency to purposes other than its 
administration; or
    (b) A State may become ineligible to receive the benefits of the 
Acts if the Director finds that the State failed materially to comply 
with any law, regulation, or term of a grant as it relates to 
acceptance and use of funds under the Acts.


Sec.  80.12  Does an agency have to confirm that it wants to receive an 
annual apportionment of funds?

    No. However, if a State fish and wildlife agency does not want to 
receive the annual apportionment of funds, it must notify the Service 
in writing within 60 days of receiving a preliminary or final 
certificate of apportionment.

Subpart C--License Revenue


Sec.  80.20  What does revenue from hunting and fishing licenses 
include?

    (a) Hunting and fishing license revenue includes:
    (1) Proceeds that the State fish and wildlife agency receives from 
the sale of State-issued general or special hunting or fishing 
licenses, permits, stamps, tags, access and use fees, or other State 
charges to hunt or fish for recreational purposes;
    (2) Real, personal, or intellectual property acquired with license 
revenue;
    (3) Income from the sale, lease, or rental of, granting rights to, 
or a fee for access to property acquired or constructed with license 
revenue (see paragraph (b) of this section); or
    (4) Income from the sale, lease, or rental of, granting rights to, 
or a fee for access to a recreational opportunity, product, or 
commodity derived from property acquired, managed, maintained, or 
produced with license revenue (see paragraph (b) of this section);
    (5) Interest, dividends, or other income earned on license revenue;
    (6) Reimbursements for expenditures originally paid with license 
revenue; and
    (7) Payments received for services funded by license revenue.
    (b) Property referred to in paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(4) of this 
section includes, but is not limited to:
    (1) Real property, such as land owned in fee title, a leasehold 
interest, easements, mineral rights, standing timber, and structures;
    (2) Personal property, such as vehicles, equipment, tools, 
supplies, annual crops, minerals extracted from the land, harvested 
timber, animal products, cash, and securities; and
    (3) Intellectual property, such as patents and copyrights.


Sec.  80.21  What if a State diverts license revenue from the control 
of its fish and wildlife agency?

    If a State violates the requirements of Sec.  80.10 by diverting 
license revenue from the control of its fish and wildlife agency to 
purposes other than the agency's administration, the Director may 
declare the State to be in diversion. The State is ineligible to 
receive benefits under the relevant Act from the date the Director 
signs the declaration of diversion until the State resolves the 
diversion.


Sec.  80.22  What must a State do to resolve a declaration of 
diversion?

    The State must complete the actions in paragraphs (a) through (f) 
of this section to resolve a declaration of diversion. The State must 
use a source of funds other than license revenue to fund the 
replacement of license revenue.
    (a) The State must enact adequate legislative prohibitions to 
prevent future diversions of license revenue.
    (b) The State fish and wildlife agency must regain all diverted 
cash derived from license revenue and the interest lost up to the date 
of repayment, and it must enter into State records the receipt of this 
cash and interest.
    (c) The agency must receive either the revenue earned from diverted 
property during the period of diversion or the current market rental 
rate of any diverted property, whichever is greater.
    (d) The agency must take one of the following actions to resolve a 
diversion of real, personal, or intellectual property:
    (1) Regain management control of the property, which must be in 
about the same condition as before diversion;
    (2) Receive replacement property that meets the criteria in 
paragraph (f) of this section; or
    (3) Receive a cash amount at least equal to the current market 
value of the diverted property only if the Regional Director agrees 
that the actions described in paragraphs (d)(1) and (d)(2) of this 
section are not possible.
    (e) The agency must enter into State records the action taken, 
current market value, amount received, and fish and wildlife benefits 
if applicable.
    (f) To be acceptable under paragraph (d)(2) of this section, 
replacement property must have both:
    (1) Market value that at least equals the current market value of 
the diverted property, and
    (2) Fish or wildlife benefits that at least equal those of the 
property diverted, as approved by the Regional Director.


Sec.  80.23  Does a declaration of diversion affect a previous Federal 
obligation of funds?

    No. Federal funds obligated before the date that the Director 
declares a diversion remain available for expenditure without regard to 
the intervening period of the State's ineligibility. See Sec.  80.91 
for when a Federal obligation occurs.

Subpart D--License Certification


Sec.  80.30  Why must an agency certify the number of paid license 
holders?

    A State fish and wildlife agency must certify the number of people 
having paid licenses to hunt and paid licenses to fish because the 
Service uses these data in statutory formulas to apportion funds in the 
Wildlife Restoration and Sport Fish Restoration programs among the 
States.


Sec.  80.31  How does an agency certify the number of paid license 
holders?

    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency certifies the number of paid 
license holders by responding to the Director's annual request for the 
following data:
    (1) The number of people who have paid licenses to hunt in the 
State during the State-specified certification period (certification 
period); and
    (2) The number of people who have paid licenses to fish in the 
State during the certification period.
    (b) The director of the agency must certify this information in the 
format that the Director specifies. The director of the agency must 
provide documentation to support the accuracy of this information at 
the Director's request.
    (c) The director of the agency is responsible for eliminating 
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counting of single individuals in the information that he or she 
certifies and may use statistical sampling, automated record 
consolidation, or other techniques approved by the Director for this 
purpose. If a State uses statistical sampling, it must sample at the 
earlier of the following:
    (1) Five years after the last statistical sample; or
    (2) The first certification period affected by a change in the 
licensing system that could affect the number of people who hold a paid 
license to hunt or a paid license to fish.


Sec.  80.32  What is the certification period?

    A certification period must:
    (a) Be 12 consecutive months;
    (b) Correspond to the State's fiscal year or license year;
    (c) Be consistent from year to year unless the Director approves a 
change; and
    (d) End at least 1 year and no more than 2 years before the 
beginning of the Federal fiscal year in which the apportioned funds 
first become available for expenditure.


Sec.  80.33  How does an agency decide who to count as paid license 
holders in the annual certification?

    (a) An agency must follow the rules in the following table in 
deciding how to count paid license holders in the annual certification. 
For any license holder to be counted, the State fish and wildlife 
agency must be able to verify the license holder's name in State 
records.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            How to count each license
         Type of license holder                       holder
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) A person who has either a paid       Once.
 license to hunt or a paid license to
 fish for sport or recreation even if
 the person is not required to have a
 paid license or is unable to hunt or
 fish.
(2) A person who has more than one paid  Once.
 license to hunt because the person
 either voluntarily obtained them or
 was required to have more than one
 license.
(3) A person who has more than one paid  Once.
 license to fish because the person
 either voluntarily obtained them or
 was required to have more than one
 license.
(4) A person who has a single-year       Once in the certification
 license for which the State fish and     period in which the license
 wildlife agency receives at least $1     first becomes valid.
 of net revenue. (Single-year licenses
 are valid for any length of time less
 than 2 years.).
(5) A person who has a multiyear         Once in each certification
 license. (Multiyear licenses may be      period in which the license is
 valid for either a specific or           valid only if the license
 indeterminate number of years, but       meets the requirements in
 must be valid for at least 2 years.).    paragraph (b) of this section.
(6) A person holding a paid combination  Twice: Once as a person who has
 license permitting both hunting and      a paid hunting license, and
 fishing.                                 once as a person who has a
                                          paid fishing license.
(7) A person who has a license that      Cannot be counted.
 allows the license holder only to trap
 animals or only to engage in
 commercial activities.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

     (b) For a multiyear license to be eligible under paragraph (a)(5) 
of this section, the State fish and wildlife agency must receive net 
revenue from the multiyear license of at least $1 for each year in 
which the license is valid.
    (1) The agency may compute net revenue from a multiyear license 
annually or at the time of sale. It must base the net revenue on either 
the:
    (i) Duration of the license, in the case of a multiyear license 
with a specified ending date; or
    (ii) Expected lifespan of the license holder, in the case of a 
lifetime license.
    (2) The agency may use statistical sampling, life expectancy 
tables, mortality tables, or other techniques approved by the Director 
to decide how many multiyear-license holders remain alive in the 
certification period.


Sec.  80.34  May an agency count license holders in the annual 
certification if the agency receives funds from the State to cover 
their license fees?

    If a State fish and wildlife agency receives funds from the State 
to cover fees normally charged for a category of licenses, the State 
may count those license holders in the annual certification only under 
the following conditions:
    (a) The State funds must come from a source other than hunting- and 
fishing-license revenue;
    (b) The State funds must equal or exceed the fees that the license 
holder would have paid for comparable hunting or fishing privileges;
    (c) The agency must issue each license in the license holder's 
name;
    (d) The agency must receive and account for the State funds as 
license revenue; and
    (e) The license fees must meet all other requirements of this part.


Sec.  80.35  How does an agency calculate net revenue from a license?

    The State fish and wildlife agency must calculate net revenue from 
a license by subtracting the per-license costs of issuing the license 
from the revenue generated by the license. Examples of costs of issuing 
licenses are: agents' or sellers' fees; automated license-system costs; 
licensing-unit personnel costs; and the costs of printing, 
distribution, and control.


Sec.  80.36  What must an agency do if it becomes aware of errors in 
its data?

    A State fish and wildlife agency must submit revised certified data 
on paid license holders within 90 days after it becomes aware of errors 
in its certified data. The State may become ineligible to participate 
in the benefits of the relevant Act if it becomes aware of errors in 
its certified data and does not resubmit accurate certified data within 
90 days.


Sec.  80.37  May the Service recalculate an apportionment if an agency 
submits revised data?

    If a State fish and wildlife agency submits revised certified data 
on paid license holders, the Service may take one of the following 
actions depending on the timing and effects of the revision:
    (a) If an agency submits revised certified data on paid license 
holders before the Director approves the final apportionment under the 
Acts, the Service may recalculate the proposed apportionment.
    (b) If an agency submits revised certified data on paid license 
holders after the Director approves the final apportionment, the 
Service may recalculate the apportionment only if it would not reduce 
apportioned funds to other State fish and wildlife agencies.


Sec.  80.38  May the Director correct a Service error in apportioning 
funds?

    Yes. The Director may correct any error that the Service makes in 
apportioning funds.

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Subpart E--Eligible Activities


Sec.  80.50  What activities are eligible for funding under the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act?

    The following activities are eligible for funding under the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act:
    (a) Wildlife Restoration program.
    (1) Restore or manage wildlife.
    (2) Conduct research on problems of wildlife management if 
necessary to administer wildlife resources efficiently.
    (3) Select, restore, rehabilitate, or improve lands or waters as 
habitat for wildlife.
    (4) Acquire real property suitable or capable of being made 
suitable for wildlife habitat or public access.
    (5) Build structures or acquire equipment, goods, and services to:
    (i) Restore, rehabilitate, or improve lands or waters as habitat 
for wildlife; or
    (ii) Provide public access.
    (6) Operate or maintain:
    (i) Projects that the State fish and wildlife agency completed 
under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act; or
    (ii) Facilities that the agency acquired or constructed with funds 
other than those authorized under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
Restoration Act if these facilities are necessary to carry out 
activities authorized by the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 
Act.
    (7) Manage wildlife areas and resources.
    (b) Wildlife Restoration--Basic Hunter Education and Safety 
subprogram.
    (1) Teach the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to be a 
responsible hunter.
    (2) Construct, operate, or maintain firearm and archery ranges for 
public use.
    (c) Enhanced Hunter Education and Safety program.
    (1) Enhance programs for hunter education, hunter development, and 
firearm and archery safety. Hunter-development programs introduce 
individuals to and recruit them to take part in hunting, bow hunting, 
target shooting, or archery.
    (2) Enhance interstate coordination of hunter-education and 
firearm- and archery-range programs.
    (3) Enhance programs for education, safety, or development of bow 
hunters and archers.
    (4) Enhance construction and development of firearm and archery 
ranges.
    (5) Update safety features of firearm and archery ranges.


Sec.  80.51  What activities are eligible for funding under the 
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act?

    The following activities are eligible for funding under the 
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act:
    (a) Sport Fish Restoration program.
    (1) Restore or manage sport fish.
    (2) Conduct research on fish management or culture if necessary to 
administer sport fish resources efficiently.
    (3) Obtain data to guide and direct the regulation of fishing. 
These data may be on: the size and geographic range of sport fish 
populations; changes in sport fish populations due to fishing, other 
human activities, or natural causes; and the effects of any measures or 
regulations applied.
    (4) Develop and adopt plans to restock sport fish and forage fish 
in the natural areas or districts covered by the plans; and obtain data 
to develop, carry out, and test the effectiveness of the plans.
    (5) Select, restore, rehabilitate, or improve areas of land or 
water adaptable as habitat for sport fish or as a buffer to protect 
that habitat.
    (6) Acquire real property suitable or capable of being made 
suitable for sport fish habitat or as a buffer to protect that habitat, 
or acquire real property for public access. Closures to sport fishing 
must be based on the recommendations of the State fish and wildlife 
agency for fish and wildlife management purposes.
    (7) Build structures or acquire equipment, goods, and services to 
provide public access to or to restore, rehabilitate, or improve areas 
of water or land as habitat for sport fish.
    (8) Construct, renovate, operate, or maintain pumpout and dump 
stations. A pumpout station is a facility that pumps or receives sewage 
from a type III marine sanitation device that the U.S. Coast Guard 
requires on some vessels. A dump station, also referred to as a ``waste 
reception facility,'' is specifically designed to receive waste from 
portable toilets on vessels.
    (9) Operate or maintain:
    (i) Projects that the State fish and wildlife agency completed 
under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act; or
    (ii) Facilities that the agency acquired or constructed with funds 
other than those authorized by the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act if these facilities are necessary to carry out 
activities authorized by the Act.
    (b) Sport Fish Restoration--Recreational Boating Access subprogram.
    (1) Acquire land for new facilities, build new facilities, or 
acquire, renovate, or improve existing facilities to create or improve 
public access to the waters of the United States or improve the 
suitability of these waters for recreational boating. A broad range of 
access facilities and associated amenities can qualify for funding, but 
the facilities must accommodate boats with any size of motor that is 
reasonable and legal for use on the applicable body of water. 
``Facilities'' includes auxiliary structures necessary to ensure safe 
use of recreational boating access facilities.
    (2) Conduct surveys to determine the adequacy, number, location, 
and quality of facilities providing access to recreational waters for 
all sizes of recreational boats.
    (c) Sport Fish Restoration--Aquatic Resource Education subprogram. 
Enhance the public's understanding of water resources, aquatic life 
forms, and sport fishing, and develop responsible attitudes and ethics 
toward the aquatic environment.
    (d) Sport Fish Restoration--Outreach and Communications subprogram.
    (1) Improve communications with anglers, boaters, and the general 
public on sport fishing and boating opportunities.
    (2) Increase participation in sport fishing and boating.
    (3) Advance the adoption of sound fishing and boating practices 
including safety.
    (4) Promote conservation and responsible use of the aquatic 
resources of the United States.


Sec.  80.52  What activities are ineligible for funding?

    The activities below are ineligible for funding under the Acts, 
except when necessary to carry out project purposes approved by the 
Regional Director. Other activities may also be ineligible as a result 
of Federal laws, regulations, or policies.
    (a) Law enforcement activities.
    (b) Public relations activities to promote the State fish and 
wildlife agency, other State administrative units, or the State.
    (c) Activities conducted for the primary purpose of producing 
income.
    (d) Activities, projects, or programs that promote or encourage 
opposition to regulated taking of fish, hunting, or the trapping of 
wildlife.


Sec.  80.53  Are administrative costs for State central services 
eligible expenses?

    Yes. Administrative costs in the form of overhead or indirect costs 
for State central services outside of the State fish and wildlife 
agency are eligible expenses under the Acts and must follow an approved 
cost allocation plan. These expenses must not exceed 3

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percent of the funds apportioned annually to the State under the Acts.


Sec.  80.54  May an agency receive a grant to carry out part of a 
larger project?

    Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency may receive a grant to carry 
out part of a larger project involving other organizations working 
toward the same goal, but using different sources of funding. The 
agency may receive this funding only if the grant-funded part of the 
larger project:
    (a) Results in an identifiable outcome that is consistent with the 
purposes of the grant program;
    (b) Is substantial in character and design;
    (c) Meets the requirements of Sec. Sec.  80.130 through 80.136 for 
any real property acquired under the grant and any capital improvements 
completed under the grant; and
    (d) Meets all other requirements of the grant program.


Sec.  80.55  How does a proposed project qualify as substantial in 
character and design?

    A proposed project qualifies as substantial in character and design 
if it:
    (a) Describes a need within the purposes of the Acts;
    (b) Has objectives to meet the need and has methods suitable to 
meet the objectives; and
    (c) Demonstrates the use of accepted principles of fish and 
wildlife conservation and management, sound design, appropriate 
procedures, and the likelihood of benefits commensurate with project 
costs.

Subpart F--Allocation of Funds by an Agency


Sec.  80.60  What is the relationship between the Basic Hunter 
Education and Safety subprogram and the Enhanced Hunter Education and 
Safety program?

    The relationship between the Basic Hunter Education and Safety 
subprogram (Basic Hunter Education) and the Enhanced Hunter Education 
and Safety program (Enhanced Hunter Education) is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Basic Hunter         Enhanced Hunter
                                 Education funds       Education funds
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(a) Which activities are      Those listed in Sec.  Those listed in Sec.
 eligible for funding?           80.50(b).             80.50(c).
(b) How long are funds        Two Federal fiscal    One Federal fiscal
 available for obligation?     years.                year.
(c) What if funds are not     The Service may use   The Service
 fully obligated during the    unobligated funds     reapportions
 period of availability?       to carry out the      unobligated funds
                               Migratory Bird        to eligible States
                               Conservation Act      for the following
                               (16 U.S.C. 715 et     fiscal year. States
                               seq.).                are eligible to
                                                     receive funds only
                                                     if their Basic
                                                     Hunter Education
                                                     funds were fully
                                                     obligated in the
                                                     preceding fiscal
                                                     year.
(d) What if funds are fully   If Basic Hunter       No special
 obligated during the period   Education funds are   provisions apply.
 of availability?              fully obligated,
                               the agency may use
                               that fiscal year's
                               Enhanced Hunter
                               Education funds for
                               eligible activities
                               related to basic
                               hunter education,
                               enhanced hunter
                               education, or the
                               Wildlife
                               Restoration program.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sec.  80.61  What requirements apply to funds for the Recreational 
Boating Access subprogram?

    The requirements of this section apply to allocating and obligating 
funds for the Recreational Boating Access subprogram.
    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency must allocate funds from each 
annual apportionment under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration 
Act for use in the subprogram.
    (b) Over each 5-year period, the total allocation for the 
subprogram in each of the Service's geographic regions must average at 
least 15 percent of the Sport Fish Restoration funds apportioned to the 
States in that Region. As long as this requirement is met, an 
individual State agency may allocate more or less than 15 percent of 
its annual apportionment in a single Federal fiscal year with the 
Regional Director's approval.
    (c) The Regional Director calculates Regional-allocation averages 
for separate 5-year periods that coincide with Federal fiscal years 
2008-2012, 2013-2017, 2018-2022, and each subsequent 5-year period.
    (d) If the total Regional allocation for a 5-year period is less 
than 15 percent, the State agencies may, in a memorandum of 
understanding, agree among themselves which of them will make the 
additional allocations to eliminate the Regional shortfall.
    (e) This paragraph applies if State fish and wildlife agencies do 
not agree on which of them will make additional allocations to bring 
the average Regional allocation to at least 15 percent over a 5-year 
period. If the agencies do not agree:
    (1) The Regional Director may require States in the Region to make 
changes needed to achieve the minimum 15-percent Regional average 
before the end of the fifth year; and
    (2) The Regional Director must not require a State to increase or 
decrease its allocation if the State has allocated at least 15 percent 
over the 5-year period.
    (f) An agency must apply to use these allocated funds by the end of 
the fourth consecutive Federal fiscal year after the Federal fiscal 
year in which the funds first became available for allocation.
    (g) If the agency's application to use these funds has not led to a 
Federal obligation by that time, these allocated funds become available 
for reapportionment among the State fish and wildlife agencies for the 
following fiscal year.


Sec.  80.62  What limitations apply to spending on the Aquatic Resource 
Education and Outreach and Communications subprograms?

    The limitations apply in this section to State fish and wildlife 
agency spending on the Aquatic Resource Education and Outreach and 
Communications subprograms.
    (a) Each State's fish and wildlife agencies may spend a maximum of 
15 percent of the annual amount apportioned to the State from the Sport 
Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund for activities in both 
subprograms. The 15-percent maximum applies to both subprograms as if 
they were one.
    (b) The 15-percent maximum for the subprograms does not apply to 
the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
District of Columbia, and the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, and American Samoa. These jurisdictions may spend more than 15 
percent of their annual apportionments for both subprograms with the 
approval of the Regional Director.

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Sec.  80.63  Does an agency have to allocate costs in multipurpose 
projects and facilities?

    Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency must allocate costs in 
multipurpose projects and facilities. A grant-funded project or 
facility is multipurpose if it carries out the purposes of:
    (a) A single grant program under the Acts; and
    (b) Another grant program under the Acts, a grant program not under 
the Acts, or an activity unrelated to grants.


Sec.  80.64  How does an agency allocate costs in multipurpose projects 
and facilities?

    A State fish and wildlife agency must allocate costs in 
multipurpose projects based on the uses or benefits for each purpose 
that will result from the completed project or facility. The agency 
must describe the method used to allocate costs in multipurpose 
projects or facilities in the project statement included in the grant 
application.


Sec.  80.65  Does an agency have to allocate funds between marine and 
freshwater fisheries projects?

    Yes. Each coastal State's fish and wildlife agency must equitably 
allocate the funds apportioned under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act between projects having benefits for marine fisheries 
and projects having recreational benefits for freshwater fisheries.
    (a) The subprograms authorized by the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 
Restoration Act do not have to allocate funding in the same manner as 
long as the State fish and wildlife agency equitably allocates Dingell-
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration funds as a whole between marine and 
freshwater fisheries.
    (b) The coastal States for purposes of this allocation are:
    (1) Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, 
Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 
Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, 
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington;
    (2) The Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana 
Islands; and
    (3) The territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American 
Samoa.


Sec.  80.66  What requirements apply to allocation of funds between 
marine and freshwater fisheries projects?

    The requirements of this section apply to allocation of funds 
between marine and freshwater fisheries projects.
    (a) When a State fish and wildlife agency allocates and obligates 
funds it must meet the following requirements:
    (1) The ratio of marine projects to total funds must be identical 
to the ratio of resident marine anglers to the total number of resident 
anglers in the State; and
    (2) The ratio of freshwater fisheries projects to total funds must 
be identical to the ratio of resident freshwater anglers to the total 
number of resident anglers in the State.
    (b) A resident angler is one who fishes for recreational purposes 
in the same State where he or she maintains legal residence.
    (c) Agencies must use a statistically reliable method to determine 
the relative distribution of resident anglers in the State between 
those that fish in marine environments and those that fish in 
freshwater environments. Agencies must use the National Survey of 
Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-associated Recreation or another 
statistically reliable survey or technique approved by the Director for 
this purpose.
    (d) If a State uses statistical sampling, it must sample at the 
earlier of the following:
    (1) Five years after the last statistical sample; or
    (2) The first certification period affected by any change in the 
licensing system that could affect the number of people who hold a paid 
license to fish.
    (e) The amounts allocated from each year's apportionment do not 
necessarily have to result in an equitable allocation for each year. 
However, the amounts allocated over a variable period, not to exceed 3 
years, must result in an equitable allocation between marine and 
freshwater fisheries projects.
    (f) Failure to allocate funds equitably between marine and 
freshwater fisheries projects may result in the agency becoming 
ineligible to use Sport Fish Restoration program funds until the agency 
demonstrates to the Director's satisfaction that it has allocated funds 
equitably.


Sec.  80.67  May an agency finance an activity from more than one 
annual apportionment?

    Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency may use funds from more than 
one annual apportionment to finance high-cost projects, such as 
construction or acquisition of lands or interests in lands, including 
water rights. An agency may do this in either of the following ways:
    (a) Finance the entire cost of the acquisition or construction from 
a non-Federal funding source. The Service will reimburse funds to the 
agency in succeeding apportionment years according to a scheduled 
reimbursement plan approved by the Regional Director and subject to the 
availability of funds.
    (b) Negotiate an installment purchase or contract in which the 
agency pays periodic and specified amounts to the seller or contractor. 
The Service will reimburse or advance funds to the agency for each 
payment subject to the availability of funds.


Sec.  80.68  What requirements apply to financing an activity from more 
than one annual apportionment?

    The following conditions apply to financing an activity from more 
than one annual apportionment:
    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency must agree to complete the 
project even if Federal funds are not available. If an agency does not 
complete the project, it must recover any expended Federal funds that 
did not result in commensurate wildlife or sport fishery benefits. The 
agency must then reallocate the recovered funds to approved projects in 
the same program. Agencies do not have to recover expended Federal 
funds for incomplete projects if the inability to complete the project 
is beyond the control of the agency and the State government.
    (b) The project statement included with the application must have a 
complete schedule of payments to complete the project.
    (c) Interest and other financing costs may be allowable subject to 
the restrictions in the applicable Federal Cost Principles.

Subpart G--Application for a Grant


Sec.  80.80  How does an agency apply for a grant?

    (a) An agency applies for a grant by sending the Regional Director:
    (1) Completed standard forms approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget for the grant application process; and
    (2) Information required for a comprehensive management system 
grant or a project-by-project grant.
    (b) The director of the State fish and wildlife agency or his or 
her designee must sign all standard forms submitted in the application 
process.
    (c) The agency must send copies of all standard forms and 
supporting information to the State Clearinghouse or Single Point of 
Contact before sending it to the Regional Director if the State 
maintains this process under Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental 
Review of Federal Programs.

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Sec.  80.81  What must an agency submit when applying for a 
comprehensive-management-system grant?

    A State fish and wildlife agency must submit all of the documents 
required by this section to the Regional Director when applying for a 
comprehensive-management-system grant.
    (a) The following standard application forms, available on the 
Federal Web site for electronic grant applications at www.grants.gov:
    (1) Application for Federal assistance; and
    (2) Assurances for nonconstruction, or assurances for construction 
programs, or both if applicable. Agencies may submit these forms 
annually to the Service's Regional Divisions of Wildlife and Sport Fish 
Restoration for use with all applications for Federal assistance in the 
programs and subprograms under the Acts.
    (b) Supporting documentation explaining how the proposed work 
complies with the Acts, the provisions of this part, and other 
applicable laws and regulations.
    (c) A statement of the agency's intent to carry out and fund part 
or all of its comprehensive management system through a grant.
    (d) A description of the agency's comprehensive management system 
including inventory, strategic plan, operational plan, and evaluation. 
``Inventory'' refers to the process or processes that an agency uses 
to:
    (1) Determine actual, projected, and desired resource and asset 
status; and
    (2) Identify management problems, issues, needs, and opportunities.
    (e) A description of the State fish and wildlife agency program 
covered by the comprehensive management system.
    (f) Contact information for the State fish and wildlife agency 
employee who is directly responsible for the integrity and operation of 
the comprehensive management system.
    (g) A description of how the public can take part in decision 
making for the comprehensive management system.


Sec.  80.82  What must an agency submit when applying for a project-by-
project grant?

    A State fish and wildlife agency must submit all of the documents 
required by this section to the Regional Director when applying for a 
project-by-project grant:
    (a) Agencies must submit annually the following standard 
application forms for grant programs, available on the Federal Web site 
for electronic grant applications at www.grants.gov:
    (1) Application for Federal assistance; and
    (2) Assurances for nonconstruction, or assurances for construction 
programs, or both if applicable. Agencies may submit these forms 
annually to the Service's Regional Division of Wildlife and Sport Fish 
Restoration for use with all applications for Federal assistance in the 
programs and subprograms under the Acts.
    (b) A project statement that describes each proposed project and 
provides the following information:
    (1) Need. Explain why the project is necessary and how it fulfills 
the purposes of the relevant Act.
    (2) Objectives. Base the objectives on the need.
    (3) Results or benefits expected.
    (4) Approach. Describe the methods used to achieve the stated 
objectives. This information must demonstrate that the agency will use 
sound design, appropriate procedures, and accepted fish and wildlife 
conservation, management, or research principles.
    (5) Useful life. Reference the method used to determine the useful 
life of a capital improvement with a value greater than $100,000.
    (6) Geographic location.
    (7) Principal investigator. Record the principal investigator's 
name, work address, and work telephone number for research projects 
only.
    (8) Program income. The agency must:
    (i) Estimate the amount of program income that the project is 
likely to generate.
    (ii) Indicate the method or combination of methods (deduction, 
addition, or matching) of applying program income to Federal and non-
Federal outlays.
    (iii) Request the Regional Director's approval for the matching 
method. Describe how the agency proposes to use the program income and 
the expected results. Describe the essential need for using program 
income as match.
    (iv) Indicate whether the agency wants to treat program income that 
it earns after the grant period as license revenue or additional 
funding for purposes consistent with the grant or program.
    (v) Indicate whether the agency wants to treat program income that 
the subgrantee earns as license revenue, additional funding for the 
purposes consistent with the grant or subprogram, or income subject 
only to the terms of the subgrant agreement.
    (9) Costs by project and subaccount. Show how the project will 
yield benefits that address the need commensurate with estimated 
project costs.
    (10) Multipurpose projects. Describe the method for allocating 
costs in multipurpose projects and facilities as described in 
Sec. Sec.  80.63 and 80.64.
    (11) Relationship with other grants. Describe the relationship 
between this project and other work funded by Federal grants that is 
planned, anticipated, or underway.
    (12) Timeline. Describe significant milestones in completing the 
project and any accomplishments to date.
    (13) Multiyear projects. Include a schedule of payments to finish 
the project if an agency proposes to use funds from two or more annual 
apportionments to fund construction or the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands, including water rights.
    (14) General. Demonstrate in the information described under 
paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(13) of this section that the proposed 
activities are:
    (i) Eligible for funding under the program;
    (ii) Substantial in character and design; and
    (iii) Comply with the Acts, this part, and other applicable laws 
and regulations.


Sec.  80.83  What is the Federal share of allowable costs?

    (a) The Regional Director must provide at least 10 percent and no 
more than 75 percent of allowable costs incurred under a grant-funded 
project to the fish and wildlife agencies of the 50 States.
    (1) An agency proposes the specific Federal share by estimating the 
Federal and match dollars on the application for Federal assistance.
    (2) The Regional Director may waive the 10-percent minimum Federal 
share of allowable costs if an agency requests a waiver and provides 
compelling reasons to justify it.
    (b) The Regional Director may provide funds to pay at least 75 
percent and up to 100 percent of allowable costs incurred under a 
grant-funded project in the Sport Fish Restoration program to the 
District of Columbia's agency responsible for sport fishing. The 
Regional Director decides which percentage within the 75-100 percent 
range is fair, just, and equitable for the Federal share.
    (c) The Regional Director may provide funds to pay at least 75 
percent and up to 100 percent of allowable costs incurred for a grant-
funded project to a fish and wildlife agency of the Commonwealths of 
Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands and the territories of 
Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. The Federal share 
may be affected by the waiver process described at Sec.  80.84(c).

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Sec.  80.84  How does the Service establish the non-Federal share of 
allowable costs?

    (a) To establish the non-Federal share of a grant-funded project 
for the 50 States, the Regional Director approves an application for 
Federal assistance in which the State fish and wildlife agency proposes 
the specific non-Federal share by estimating the Federal and match 
dollars, consistent with Sec.  80.83(a).
    (b) To establish the non-Federal share of a grant-funded project 
for the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Regional Director:
    (1) Decides which percentage within the 75-100 percent range is 
fair, just, and equitable for the Federal share;
    (2) Subtracts the Federal share percentage from 100 percent to 
determine the percentage of non-Federal share; and
    (3) Applies the percentage of non-Federal share to the allowable 
costs of a grant-funded project to determine the match requirement.
    (c) To establish the non-Federal share of a grant-funded project 
for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the 
territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, the 
Regional Director must first calculate a preliminary percentage of non-
Federal share in the same manner as described in paragraph (b) of this 
section. According to 48 U.S.C. 1469(a), the Regional Director must 
then waive the first $200,000 of the preliminary match amount to 
establish the final non-Federal share for each project that includes 
funding from only one of the three grant programs under the Acts. If a 
project includes funding from two or all three grant programs under the 
Acts, the Regional Director must waive the first $200,000 of the 
preliminary match amount in each of these programs.


Sec.  80.85  What requirements apply to match?

    The requirements that apply to match include:
    (a) Match may be in the form of cash or in-kind contributions.
    (b) Unless authorized by Federal law, the State fish and wildlife 
agency or any other entity must not:
    (1) Use Federal funds or the value of a third-party in-kind 
contribution acquired with Federal funds; or
    (2) Use the cost or value of an in-kind contribution to satisfy a 
match requirement if the cost or value has been or will be used to 
satisfy a match requirement of another Federal grant, cooperative 
agreement, or contract.
    (c) The agency must fulfill match requirements at the:
    (1) Grant level if the grant has funds from a single subaccount; or
    (2) Subaccount level if the grant has funds from more than one 
subaccount.

Subpart H--General Grant Administration


Sec.  80.90  What are the responsibilities of an agency?

    A State fish and wildlife agency as a grantee is responsible for 
all of the actions required by this section.
    (a) Supervision to ensure that the work follows the terms of the 
grant, including:
    (1) Proper and effective use of funds;
    (2) Maintenance of records;
    (3) Submission of complete and accurate Federal financial reports 
and performance reports by the due dates in the terms and conditions of 
the grant; and
    (4) Regular inspection and monitoring of work in progress.
    (b) Selection and supervision of personnel to ensure that:
    (1) Adequate and competent personnel are available to complete the 
grant-funded work on schedule; and
    (2) Project personnel meet time schedules, accomplish the proposed 
work, meet objectives, and submit the required reports.
    (c) Control of all assets acquired under the grant to ensure that 
they serve the purpose for which acquired throughout their useful life.
    (d) Compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws 
and regulations.
    (e) Settlement of all procurement-related contractual and 
administrative issues.


Sec.  80.91  What is a Federal obligation of funds and how does it 
occur?

    An obligation of funds is a legal liability to disburse funds 
immediately or at a later date as a result of a series of actions. All 
of these actions must occur to obligate funds for the formula-based 
grant programs authorized by the Acts:
    (a) The Service sends an annual certificate of apportionment to a 
State fish and wildlife agency, which tells the agency how much funding 
is available according to formulas in the Acts.
    (b) The agency sends the Regional Director an application for 
Federal assistance to use the funds available to it under the Acts and 
commits to provide the required match to carry out projects that are 
substantial in character and design.
    (c) The Regional Director notifies the agency that he or she 
approves the application for Federal assistance and states the terms 
and conditions of the grant.
    (d) The agency accepts the terms and conditions of the grant in one 
of the following ways:
    (1) Starts work on the grant-funded project by placing an order, 
entering into a contract, awarding a subgrant, receiving goods or 
services, or otherwise incurring allowable costs during the grant 
period that will require payment immediately or in the future;
    (2) Draws down funds for an allowable activity under the grant; or
    (3) Sends the Regional Director a letter, fax, or e-mail accepting 
the terms and conditions of the grant.


Sec.  80.92  How long are funds available for a Federal obligation?

    Funds are available for a Federal obligation during the fiscal year 
for which they are apportioned and until the close of the following 
fiscal year except for funds in the Enhanced Hunter Education and 
Safety program and the Recreational Boating Access subprogram. See 
Sec. Sec.  80.60 and 80.61 for the length of time that funds are 
available in this program and subprogram.


Sec.  80.93  When may an agency incur costs under a grant?

    A State fish and wildlife agency may incur costs under a grant from 
the effective date of the grant period to the end of the grant period 
except for preagreement costs that meet the conditions in Sec.  80.94.


Sec.  80.94  May an agency incur costs before the effective date of the 
grant period?

    (a) Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency may incur costs of a 
proposed project before the effective date of the grant period 
(preagreement costs). However, an agency has no assurance of 
reimbursement for preagreement costs until the Regional Director 
approves an award that incorporates a proposal demonstrating that the 
preagreement costs conform to all of the conditions in paragraph (b) of 
this section. The agency cannot receive reimbursement for these costs 
until after the effective date of the grant.
    (b) Preagreement costs must meet the following requirements:
    (1) The costs are necessary and reasonable for accomplishing the 
grant objectives;
    (2) The Regional Director would have approved the costs if the 
State fish and wildlife agency incurred them during the grant period;
    (3) The agency incurs these costs in anticipation of the grant and 
in conformity with the negotiation of the award with the Regional 
Director;
    (4) The activities associated with the preagreement costs comply 
with all

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laws, regulations, and policies applicable to a grant-funded project; 
and
    (5) The agency does not complete the project before the grant's 
effective date, except when the agency can demonstrate to the Regional 
Director that doing so is necessary either to take advantage of 
temporary circumstances favorable to the project or to meet legal 
deadlines.


Sec.  80.95  How does an agency receive Federal grant funds?

    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency may receive Federal grant 
funds through either:
    (1) A request for reimbursement; or
    (2) A request for an advance of funds if the agency maintains or 
demonstrates that it will maintain procedures to minimize time between 
transfer of funds and disbursement by the agency or its subgrantee.
    (b) An agency must use the following procedures to receive a 
reimbursement or an advance of funds:
    (1) Request funds through an electronic payment system designated 
by the Regional Director; or
    (2) Request funds on a standard form for that purpose only if the 
agency is unable to use the electronic payment system.
    (c) The Regional Director will reimburse or advance funds only to 
the office or official designated by the agency and authorized by State 
law to receive public funds for the State.
    (d) All payments are subject to final determination of allowability 
based on audit or a Service review. The State fish and wildlife agency 
must repay any overpayment as directed by the Regional Director.
    (e) The Regional Director may withhold payments pending receipt of 
all required reports or documentation for the project.


Sec.  80.96  May an agency request funds in excess of the Federal 
share?

    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency must not request Federal grant 
funds if the requested funds would exceed the Federal share of the 
total reimbursements and requested advances from the beginning of the 
grant period through the current request.
    (b) An agency may request Federal grant funds for construction 
work, including land acquisition, even if the requested funds would 
temporarily violate the prohibition in paragraph (a) of this section 
under the following conditions:
    (1) The Regional Director and the director of the State fish and 
wildlife agency jointly decide that the request is appropriate; and
    (2) The agency will pay its proportional share of the project's 
total allowable costs before it submits the final Federal financial 
report.


Sec.  80.97  May an agency barter goods or services to carry out a 
grant-funded project?

    Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency may barter to carry out a 
grant-funded project. A barter transaction is the exchange of goods or 
services for other goods or services without the use of cash. Barter 
transactions are subject to the Cost Principles at 2 CFR part 220, 2 
CFR part 225, and 2 CFR part 230.


Sec.  80.98  How must an agency report barter transactions?

    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency must follow the requirements 
in the following table when reporting barter transactions in the 
Federal financial report.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                If . . .                      Then the agency . . .
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(1) The goods or services exchanged      (i) Does not have to report
 have the same market value.              bartered goods or services as
                                          program income or grant
                                          expenses in the Federal
                                          financial report; and
                                         (ii) Must disclose that barter
                                          transactions occurred and
                                          state what was bartered in the
                                          Remarks section of the report.
(2) The market value of the goods or     Must report the difference in
 services relinquished exceeds the        market value as grant expenses
 market value of the goods and services   in the Federal financial
 received.                                report.
(3) The market value of the goods or     Must report the difference in
 services received exceeds the market     market value as program income
 value of the goods and services          in the Federal financial
 relinquished.                            report.
(4) The barter transaction was part of   (i) Does not have to report
 a cooperative farming or grazing         bartered goods or services as
 arrangement meeting the requirements     program income or grant
 in paragraph (b) of this section.        expenses in the Federal
                                          financial report; and
                                         (ii) Must disclose that barter
                                          transactions occurred and
                                          identify what was bartered in
                                          the Remarks section of the
                                          Federal financial report.
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    (b) For purposes of paragraph (a)(4) of this section, cooperative 
farming or grazing is an arrangement in which an agency:
    (1) Allows an agricultural producer to farm or graze livestock on 
land under the control of the agency; and
    (2) Designs the farming or grazing to advance the fish and wildlife 
management objectives of the agency.


Sec.  80.99  Are symbols available to identify projects?

    Yes. The following distinctive symbols are available to identify 
projects funded by the Acts and products on which taxes and duties have 
been collected to support the Acts:
    (a) The symbol of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act is 
below.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP10JN10.010

    (b) The symbol of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act is 
below.
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    (c) The symbol of the Acts when used in combination is below.

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Sec.  80.100  Do agencies have to display the symbols in this part on 
completed projects?

    No. State fish and wildlife agencies do not have to display the 
symbols in Sec.  80.99 on projects completed under the Acts. However, 
the Service requests agencies to display the appropriate symbol 
following these requirements or guidelines:
    (a) Agencies may display the appropriate symbol(s) on:
    (1) Areas such as wildlife management areas, shooting ranges, and 
sportfishing and boating access facilities that were acquired, 
developed, operated, or maintained with funds authorized by the Acts; 
and
    (2) Printed or Web-based material or other visual representations 
of project accomplishments.
    (b) Agencies may require subgrantees to display the appropriate 
symbol or symbols in the places described in paragraph (a) of this 
section.
    (c) The Director or Regional Director may authorize agencies to use 
the symbols in a manner other than as described in paragraph (a) of 
this section.
    (d) The Director or Regional Director may authorize other persons, 
organizations, agencies, or governments to use the symbols for purposes 
related to the Acts by entering into a written agreement with the user. 
An applicant must state how it intends to use the symbol(s), to what it 
will attach the symbol(s), and the relationship to the specific Act.
    (e) The user of the symbol(s) must indemnify and defend the United 
States and hold it harmless from any claims, suits, losses, and damages 
from:
    (1) Any allegedly unauthorized use of any patent, process, idea, 
method or device by the user in connection with its use of the 
symbol(s), or any other alleged action of the user; and
    (2) Any claims, suits, losses, and damages arising from alleged 
defects in the articles or services associated with the symbol(s).
    (f) The appearance of the symbol(s) on projects or products 
indicates that the manufacturer of the product pays excise taxes in 
support of the respective Act(s), and that the project was funded under 
the respective Act(s) (26 U.S.C. 4161, 4162, 4181, 4182, 9503, and 
9504). The Service and the Department of the Interior make no 
representation or endorsement whatsoever by the display of the 
symbol(s) as to the quality, utility, suitability, or safety of any 
product, service, or project associated with the symbol(s).
    (g) No one may use any of the symbols in any other manner unless 
the Director or Regional Director authorizes it. Unauthorized use of 
the symbol(s) is a violation of 18 U.S.C. 701 and subjects the violator 
to possible fines and imprisonment.

Subpart I--Program Income


Sec.  80.120  What is program income?

    (a) Program income is gross income received by the grantee or 
subgrantee and earned only as a result of the grant.
    (b) Program income includes revenue from any of the following:
    (1) Services performed under a grant;
    (2) Use or rental of real or personal property acquired, 
constructed, or managed with grant funds;
    (3) Payments by concessionaires or contractors under an arrangement 
with the agency or subgrantee to provide a service in support of grant 
objectives on real property acquired, constructed, or managed with 
grant funds;
    (4) Sale of items produced under a grant;
    (5) Royalties and license fees for copyrighted material, patents, 
and inventions developed as a result of a grant; and
    (6) Sale of a product of mining, drilling, forestry, or agriculture 
on real property acquired or directly managed with grant funds.
    (c) Program income does not include any of the following:
    (1) License revenue collected by the agency for hunting or fishing, 
including fees for special-area access or recreation;
    (2) Interest on grant funds, rebates, credits, discounts, or 
refunds;
    (3) Sales receipts retained by concessionaires or contractors under 
an arrangement with the agency to provide a service in support of grant 
objectives on real property acquired, constructed, or managed with 
grant funds;
    (4) Cash received by the agency or volunteer hunter education 
instructors to cover incidental costs of a hunter education class;
    (5) Cooperative farming or grazing arrangements as described at 
Sec.  80.98; or
    (6) Proceeds from the sale of an interest in real property such as 
fee title, easement, mineral rights, gas and oil rights, water rights, 
or a leasehold interest for a lease with a term 10 years or longer.


Sec.  80.121  May an agency earn program income?

    Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency may earn income from 
activities incidental to the grant purposes as long as producing income 
is not a primary purpose. The agency must account for income and 
interest received from these activities in the project records and 
dispose of it according to the terms of the grant.


Sec.  80.122  May an agency deduct the costs of generating program 
income from gross income?

    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency may deduct its costs of 
generating program income from gross income when it calculates program 
income as long as the agency does not do any of the following:
    (1) Pay these costs with Federal or matching cash under a grant or 
with any Federal cash unrelated to a grant;
    (2) Cover these costs by using services or real or personal 
property received as matching in-kind contributions under a Federal 
grant; or
    (3) Cover these costs by accepting volunteer services, donated 
services, or donations of real or personal property.
    (b) The agency may deduct the following costs, but other costs may 
also qualify for deduction:
    (1) Maintenance or operation of facilities that generate program 
income if a grant funded the construction or operation of the facility;
    (2) Publication of a pamphlet or book for sale if a grant funded 
the writing of the book or pamphlet or the research that led to 
publication of the book or pamphlet; and
    (3) Costs of harvesting timber on lands if a grant funded 
acquisition of the land, direct management of the land, planting the 
trees, or managing the forest.


Sec.  80.123  How may an agency use program income?

    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency may choose any of the three 
methods listed in paragraph (b) of this section for applying program 
income to Federal and non-Federal outlays. The agency may also use a 
combination of these methods. The method or methods that the agency 
chooses will apply to the program income that it earns during the grant 
period and to the program income that any subgrantee earns during the 
grant period. The agency must indicate the method that it wants to use 
in the project statement that it submits with each application for 
Federal assistance.
    (b) The three methods for applying program income to Federal and 
non-Federal outlays are shown in the following table:

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                                           Requirements for using the
                Method                               method
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(1) Deduction.........................  (i) The agency must deduct the
                                         program income from total
                                         allowable costs to determine
                                         the net allowable costs.
                                        (ii) The agency must use program
                                         income for current costs under
                                         the grant unless the Regional
                                         Director authorizes otherwise.
                                        (iii) If the agency does not
                                         indicate the method that it
                                         wants to use in the project
                                         statement, then it must use the
                                         deduction method.
(2) Addition..........................  (i) The agency may add the
                                         program income to the Federal
                                         and matching funds under the
                                         grant.
                                        (ii) The agency must use the
                                         program income for the purposes
                                         of the grant and under the
                                         terms of the grant.
(3) Matching..........................  (i) The agency must request the
                                         Regional Director's approval in
                                         the project statement.
                                        (ii) The agency must explain in
                                         the project statement the need
                                         for using program income as
                                         match, how it proposes to use
                                         the program income as match,
                                         and the expected results.
                                        (iii) The Regional Director may
                                         approve the use of the matching
                                         method if the requirements of
                                         paragraph (c) of this section
                                         are met.
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     (c) The Regional Director may approve the use of the matching 
method if the proposed use of the program income would:
    (1) Be consistent with the intent of the applicable Act or Acts; 
and
    (2) Result in at least one of the following:
    (i) The agency substitutes program income for at least some of the 
match that it would otherwise have to provide, and then uses this saved 
match for other fish or wildlife-related projects;
    (ii) The agency substitutes program income for at least some of the 
apportioned Federal funds, and then uses the saved Federal funds for 
additional eligible activities under the program; or
    (iii) A net benefit to the program.


Sec.  80.124  How may an agency use unexpended program income?

    If a State fish and wildlife agency has unexpended program income 
on its final Federal financial report, the agency may use the income 
under a subsequent grant. This subsequent grant must have purposes 
consistent with the grant that generated the program income.


Sec.  80.125  How must an agency treat income that it earns after the 
grant period?

    (a) The State fish and wildlife agency must treat program income 
that it earns after the grant period as either:
    (1) License revenue for the administration of the agency; or
    (2) Additional funding for purposes consistent with the grant or 
the program.
    (b) The agency must indicate its choice of one of the alternatives 
in paragraph (a) of this section in the project statement that the 
agency submits with each application for Federal assistance. If the 
agency does not record its choice in the project statement, the agency 
must treat the income earned after the grant period as license revenue.


Sec.  80.126  How must an agency treat income earned by a subgrantee 
after the grant period?

    (a) The State fish and wildlife agency must treat income earned by 
a subgrantee after the grant period as:
    (1) License revenue for the administration of the agency;
    (2) Additional funding for purposes consistent with the grant or 
the program; or
    (3) Income subject only to the terms of the subgrant agreement and 
any subsequent contractual agreements between the agency and the 
subgrantee.
    (b) The agency must indicate its choice of one of the above 
alternatives in the project statement that it submits with each 
application for Federal assistance. If the agency does not indicate its 
choice in the project statement, the subgrantee does not have to 
account for any income that it earns after the grant period unless 
required to do so in the subgrant agreement or in any subsequent 
contractual agreement.

Subpart J--Real Property


Sec.  80.130  Does an agency have to hold title to real property 
acquired under a grant?

    Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency must hold title to an 
ownership interest in real property acquired under a grant to the 
extent possible under State law.
    (a) If State law does not authorize the fish and wildlife agency to 
hold the title to real property, the State or one of its administrative 
units may hold the title if the agency has the authority to manage the 
real property for the purpose authorized under the grant. The agency, 
the State, or another administrative unit of State government must not 
hold title to an undivided ownership interest in the real property 
concurrently with a subgrantee or any other entity.
    (b) An ownership interest is an interest in real property that 
gives the person who holds it the right to use and occupy a parcel of 
land or water and to exclude others. Fee simple and leasehold interests 
are ownership interests. An easement is not an ownership interest. 
Another name for an ownership interest is a possessory interest.


Sec.  80.131  Does an agency have to hold an easement acquired under a 
grant?

    Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency must hold an easement 
acquired under a grant, but it may share certain rights or 
responsibilities as described in paragraph (b) of this section if 
consistent with State law.
    (a) Any sharing of rights or responsibilities does not diminish the 
agency's responsibility to manage the easement for its authorized 
purpose.
    (b) The agency may share holding or enforcement of an easement only 
in the following situations:
    (1) The State or another administrative unit of State government 
may hold an easement on behalf of its fish and wildlife agency.
    (2) The agency may subgrant the concurrent right to hold the 
easement to a nonprofit organization or to an agency of a local or 
tribal government.
    (3) The agency may subgrant a right of enforcement to a nonprofit 
organization or to a local or tribal government. This right of 
enforcement may allow the subgrantee to have reasonable access and 
entry to property protected under the easement for purposes of 
inspection, monitoring, and enforcement. The subgrantee's right of 
enforcement must not supersede and must be concurrent with the agency's 
right of enforcement.


Sec.  80.132  Does an agency have to control the land or water where it 
completes capital improvements?

    Yes. A State fish and wildlife agency must control the land or 
water or both on which it completes capital improvements under a grant. 
An agency must exercise this control through fee title, lease, or 
another legally binding agreement. Control must be adequate for the 
protection, maintenance, and use of the improvement for its authorized 
purpose during its useful life.

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Sec.  80.133  Does an agency have to maintain acquired or completed 
capital improvements?

    Yes. The State fish and wildlife agency must maintain capital 
improvements acquired or completed under a grant to ensure that each 
capital improvement continues to serve its authorized purpose during 
its useful life.


Sec.  80.134  How must an agency use real property?

    The State fish and wildlife agency must use real property that is 
acquired, completed, operated, or maintained under a grant for the 
purpose authorized in the grant. This requirement applies to a capital 
improvement only during its useful life. The State agency may allow 
secondary uses of real property acquired, completed, operated, or 
maintained under a grant if the secondary uses do not interfere with 
its authorized purpose.


Sec.  80.135  What if an agency allows a use of real property that 
interferes with the authorized purpose?

    (a) When a State fish and wildlife agency allows a use of real 
property that interferes with its authorized purpose under a grant, the 
agency must fully restore the real property to its authorized purpose. 
If it cannot fully restore the real property to its authorized purpose 
under the grant, the agency must replace the real property using non-
Federal funds. Replacement property must be of equal value at current 
market prices and must have fish, wildlife, and public-use benefits 
consistent with the purposes of the original grant.
    (b) The State may have a reasonable time, up to 3 years from the 
date of notification by the Regional Director, to restore the real 
property to its authorized purpose or acquire replacement property. If 
the State does not restore the real property to its authorized purpose 
or acquire replacement property within 3 years, the State becomes 
ineligible to receive new grants in the program or programs that funded 
the original acquisition.


Sec.  80.136  When is a use of real property that interferes with the 
authorized purpose considered a diversion?

    If the State fish and wildlife agency allows a use of grant-funded 
real property that interferes with the real property's purpose as 
authorized under a grant, a diversion occurs only if both of the 
following conditions apply:
    (a) The agency used license revenue as match for the grant; and
    (b) The interfering use has purposes other than management of the 
fish- and wildlife-related resources for which the agency has authority 
under State law.


Sec.  80.137  What if real property is no longer useful or needed for 
its original purpose?

    If the director of the State fish and wildlife agency and the 
Regional Director jointly decide that grant-funded real property is no 
longer useful or needed for its original purpose under the grant, the 
director of the agency must:
    (a) Propose another eligible purpose for the real property under 
the grant program and ask the Regional Director to approve this 
proposed purpose; or
    (b) Request disposition instructions for the real property.

Subpart K--Amendments and Appeals


Sec.  80.150  How does an agency ask for an amendment of a grant?

    (a) A State fish and wildlife agency must ask for an amendment of a 
grant by sending the Service the following documents:
    (1) The standard form approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget as an application for Federal assistance. The agency may use 
this form to update or request a change in the information that it 
submitted in an approved application. The director of the agency or his 
or her designee must sign this form.
    (2) A statement attached to the application for Federal assistance 
that explains:
    (i) How the requested amendment would affect the information that 
the agency submitted with the original grant application; and
    (ii) Why the requested amendment is necessary.
    (b) An agency must send any amendments of scope to the State 
Clearinghouse or Single Point of Contact if the State maintains this 
process under Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of 
Federal Programs.


Sec.  80.151  May an agency appeal a decision?

    An agency may appeal the Director's or Regional Director's decision 
on any matter subject to this part.
    (a) The State fish and wildlife agency must send the appeal to the 
Director within 30 days of the date that the Director or Regional 
Director mails or otherwise informs an agency of a decision.
    (b) The agency may appeal the Director's decision under paragraph 
(a) of this section to the Secretary within 30 days of the date that 
the Director mailed the decision. An appeal to the Secretary must 
follow procedures in title 43, part 4, subpart G, of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, ``Special Rules Applicable to Other Appeals and 
Hearings.''

Subpart L--Information Collection


Sec.  80.160  What are the information collection requirements of this 
part?

    (a) This part requires each State fish and wildlife agency to 
provide the following information to the Service. The State agency 
must:
    (1) Certify the number of people who have paid licenses to hunt and 
the number of people who have paid licenses to fish in a State during 
the State-specified certification period (OMB control number 1018-
0007).
    (2) Provide information for a grant application on a Government-
wide standard form (OMB control number 4040-0002).
    (3) Certify on a Government-wide standard form that it:
    (i) Has the authority to apply for the grant;
    (ii) Has the capability to complete the project; and
    (iii) Will comply with the laws, regulations, and policies 
applicable to construction projects, nonconstruction projects, or both 
(OMB control numbers 4040-0007 and 4040-0009).
    (4) Provide a project statement that describes the need, 
objectives, results expected, approach, location, explanation of costs, 
and other information that demonstrates that the project is eligible 
under the Acts and meets the requirements of the Federal Cost 
Principles and the laws, regulations, and policies applicable to the 
grant program (OMB control number 1018-0109).
    (5) Change or update information provided to the Service in a 
previously approved application (OMB control number 1018-0109).
    (6) Report on a Government-wide standard form on the status of 
Federal grant funds and any program income earned (OMB control number 
0348-0061).
    (7) Report as a grantee on progress in completing the grant-funded 
project (OMB control number 1018-0109).
    (b) The authorizations for information collection under this part 
are in the Acts and in 43 CFR part 12, subpart C, ``Uniform 
Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to 
State and Local Governments.''
    (c) Send comments on the information collection requirements to: 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Information Collection Clearance 
Officer, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 222, Arlington, VA 22203.


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    Dated: March 23, 2010.
Will Shafroth,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2010-13817 Filed 6-9-10; 8:45 am]
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