[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3489-3490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1320]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R9-WSR-2012-N015; FVWF941009000007B-XXX-FF09W11000/
FVWF51100900000-XXX-FF09W11000]


Proposed Information Collection; Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 
as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take 
this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire 
on August 31, 2012. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, 
we must receive them by March 26, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Service Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042-PDM, 
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please include ``1018-0109'' in the subject 
line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this IC, contact Hope Grey at [email protected] (email) or (703) 
358-2482 (telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract.

    The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR), U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, administers the following financial assistance 
programs in whole or in part. We award most financial assistance as 
grants, but cooperative agreements are possible if the Federal 
Government will be substantially involved in carrying out the project. 
You can find a description of most programs in the Catalog of Domestic 
Federal Assistance (CDFA).

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                                                                                               Implementing
                 CDFA                          Program                 Authority               regulations
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15.616...............................  Clean Vessel Act.......  33 U.S.C. 1322, 16       50 CFR 85.
                                                                 U.S.C. 777c.
15.614...............................  Coastal Wetlands         16 U.S.C. 3951 et seq..  50 CFR 84.
                                        Planning, Protection,
                                        and Restoration Act.
15.615...............................  Cooperative Endangered   16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.,  50 CFR 81.
                                        Species Conservation     with special reference
                                        Fund.                    to section 1535.
15.626...............................  Enhanced Hunter          16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.    50 CFR 80.
                                        Education and Safety.    with special reference
                                                                 to 669h-1.
15.664...............................  Fish and Wildlife        16 U.S.C. 661, 16        None.
                                        Coordination and         U.S.C. 742a, 16 U.S.C.
                                        Assistance Programs.     2901-2911.
15.667...............................  Highlands Conservation.  Highlands Conservation   None.
                                                                 Act (November 30,
                                                                 2004), Public Law 108-
                                                                 421.
15.633...............................  Landowner Incentive      Annual Appropriations    None.
                                        Program.                 Acts for the
                                                                 Department of the
                                                                 Interior, Environment,
                                                                 and Related Agencies
                                                                 for fiscal years 2003-
                                                                 07. 16 U.S.C. 460l-4--
                                                                 460l-11.
15.628...............................  Multistate Conservation  16 U.S.C. 669-669c,      None.
                                        Grants.                  669h-2, 16 U.S.C. 777-
                                                                 777c, 777m.
15.653...............................  National Outreach and    23 U.S.C. 101, 16        None.
                                        Communications.          U.S.C. 777g(d).
15.650...............................  Research Grants          16 U.S.C. 661, 16        None.
                                        (Generic).               U.S.C. 742f(a)(4).
15.649...............................  Service Training and     16 U.S.C. 661, 16        None.
                                        Technical Assistance     U.S.C. 742f(a)(4).
                                        (Generic Training).
15.605...............................  Sport Fish Restoration.  16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.    50 CFR 80.
                                                                 except 777e-1 and g-1.

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15.622...............................  Sportfishing and         16 U.S.C. 777c, g, and   50 CFR 86.
                                        Boating Safety Act       g-1.
                                        (Boating
                                        Infrastructure Grants).
15.634...............................  State Wildlife Grants..  Annual Appropriations    None.
                                                                 Acts for the
                                                                 Department of the
                                                                 Interior, Environment,
                                                                 and Related Agencies
                                                                 for fiscal years 2001-
                                                                 12, 16 U.S.C. 460l-4--
                                                                 460l-11, fiscal years
                                                                 2002 through 2007.
15.638 archived......................  Tribal Landowner         Same as the Landowner    None.
                                        Incentive Program.       Incentive Program at
                                                                 CDFA number 15.633.
15.639...............................  Tribal Wildlife Grants.  Same as the State        None.
                                                                 Wildlife Grants
                                                                 Program at CDFA number
                                                                 15.634.
15.625 archived......................  Wildlife Conservation    16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.    None.
                                        and Restoration          with special reference
                                        Program.                 to sections 669-669c.
15.611...............................  Wildlife Restoration...  16 U.S.C. 669 et seq...  50 CFR 80.
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    To apply for financial assistance funds, you must submit an 
application that describes in substantial detail project locations, 
benefits, funding, and other characteristics. Materials to assist 
applicants in formulating project proposals are available on 
Grants.gov. We use the application to determine:
     Eligibility of the grant.
     Scale of resource values or relative worth of the project.
     Effect of the project on environmental and cultural 
resources.
     How well the proposed project will meet the purposes of 
the program's establishing legislation.
    Persons or entities receiving grants must submit periodic 
performance reports that contain information necessary for us to track 
costs and accomplishments.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1018-0109.
    Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
    Service Form Number: None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: States; the Commonwealths of Puerto 
Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands; the District of Columbia; the 
territories of Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa; 
federally-recognized tribal governments; institutions of higher 
education; and nongovernmental organizations.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: We require applications annually for new 
grants. We require amendments on occasion when key elements of a 
project change. We require quarterly and final performance reports in 
the National Outreach and Communication Program and annual and final 
performance reports in the other programs. We may require more frequent 
reports under the conditions stated at 43 CFR 12.52 and 43 CFR 12.914.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                     Number of       Number of       time per      Total annual
                    Activity                        respondents      responses       response      burden hours
                                                                                      (hours)
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Initial Application (project narrative).........             200           2,500              40         100,000
Revision of Award Terms (Amendment).............             150           1,500               2           3,000
Performance Reports.............................             200           3,500               6          21,000
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    Totals......................................             550           7,500  ..............         124,000
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III. Comments

    We invite comments concerning this information collection on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this IC. Before including your address, phone number, 
email address, or other personal identifying information in your 
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your 
personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Dated: January 18, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-1320 Filed 1-23-12; 8:45 am]
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