Federal Register: December 31, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 250)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-32092
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
DOCUMENT ACTION: New Information Collection--State Certification of Expenditures.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
DATES: Interested parties must submit comments on or before January 30, 2002. OMB has 60 days to approve or disapprove an information collection, but may respond after 30 days. Therefore to ensure maximum consideration, OMB should receive public comments by the above date.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has submitted the information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The Service is soliciting comment and suggestions on the requirement as described below.
SUMMARY:
Submission for OMB review; comment request,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Title of Forms: Certification of Spending.
Service Form Number: 32197a.
This form currently has no OMB Control Number. The Service 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.
Description and Use: The Service administers grant programs authorized by the Federal Aid in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Acts. The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000 requires that States certify annually in writing that their expenditure of these Federal grant funds was in accordance with the appropriate Act. The Service must forward these certifications to Congress annually by December 31st each year.
The Service invited comments over a 60 day period in the Federal Register (Volume 66, Number 184, Page 4870048703) starting September 21, 2001. No comments were received.
The Service submitted the following information collection
requirements to OMB for review and approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Comments are again invited on
(1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency's estimates of burden of the collection of information; (3) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Frequency: Annually.
Description of Respondents: States, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. BILLING CODE 431055M
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Completion Time and Annual Response Estimate:
Annual burden
Form name Completion time per form Annual response (In hours)
State Certification of Expenditures..... \1/2\ Hour................ 60 Forms.................. 30
Dated: December 11, 2001.
Rebecca Mullin,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Tim Hess, (703) 358-1849, fax (703) 3581837, or Tim__Hess@fws.gov email.