Federal Register: March 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 51)
DOCID: fr18mr09-73 FR Doc E9-5794
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS ID: [FWS-R9-WSR-2009-N0056] [91400-5110-POLI-7B and 91400-9410-POLI-7B]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr18mr09-73
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0109; Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements
DATES: Your comments must be received by May 18, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2009. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Abstract
We administer 18 wildlife and sport fish financial assistance
programs. We provide most of this financial assistance as grants, but
cooperative agreements are possible if the Federal Government is
substantially involved in carrying out the project. You can find a
description of most programs in the Catalog of Domestic Federal
Assistance (CDFA). For those programs without a CDFA number, see the authority.
Implementing
Program CDFA No. Authority Regulations
Clean Vessel Act....................... 15.616................... 16 U.S.C. 777g(c)........ 50 CFR 85
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, 15.614................... 16 U.S.C. 39513956...... 50 CFR 84 and Restoration Act.
Cooperative Endangered Species 15.615................... 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.... 50 CFR 81 Conservation Fund.
Everglades Restoration................. None..................... Pub. L. 104127; 16 None
U.S.C. 460 l4 l11.
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation None..................... 16 U.S.C. 777............ None Mitigation.
Hunter Education and Safety............ 15.626................... 16 U.S.C. 669h1......... 50 CFR 80
Landowner Incentive.................... 15.633................... Pub. L. 1105............ None
Multistate Conservation Grants......... 15.628................... 16 U.S.C. 669h2; 16 None
U.S.C. 777m.
National Outreach and Communication.... 15.653................... 16 U.S.C. 777g(d)........ None
Research Grants (Generic).............. 15.650................... 16 U.S.C. 753a; 16 U.S.C. None
460(l4 l11);16
U.S.C. 15311543.
Service Training and Technical 15.649................... 16 U.S.C. 661 and 16 None
Assistance (Generic Training). U.S.C. 742f.
Sport Fish Restoration................. 15.605................... 16 U.S.C. 777777n 50 CFR 80
(except 777e1).
Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act 15.622................... 16 U.S.C. 777g and g1... 50 CFR 86 (Boating Infrastructure Grants).
State Wildlife Grants.................. 15.634................... Pub. L. 110329.......... None
Tribal Landowner Incentive............. 15.638................... Pub. L. 1105............ None
Tribal Wildlife Grants................. 15.639................... Pub. L. 110329.......... None
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration.. 15.625................... 16 U.S.C. 669b and 669c.. None [[Page 11597]]
Wildlife Restoration................... 15.611................... 16 U.S.C. 669669k....... 50 CFR 80
To compete for financial assistance funds, you must submit an
application that describes in substantial detail project locations,
benefits, funding, and other characteristics. Materials to assist
applicants in formulating project proposals are available on Grants.gov. We use the application to determine:
(1) Eligibility for the grant.
(2) The scale of resource values or relative worth of the project.
(3) The effect of the project on environmental and cultural resources.
(4) How well the proposed project will meet the purposes of the program's establishing legislation.
Persons or entities receiving grants must submit periodic
performance reports that contain information necessary for us to track costs and accomplishments.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 10180109.
Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 50 CFR 80, 81, 84, 85, and 86.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: States; the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands; the District of Columbia; the territories of Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa; federallyrecognized tribal governments; institutions of higher education; and
nongovernmental organizations.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: We require project narrative statements
annually for new or extended projects. We require amendments on
occasion when key elements of a project change. We require quarterly
and final performance reports in the National Outreach and
Communication Program and annual and final performance reports in the
other 17 programs. We may require more frequent reports in the other 17
programs under the conditions stated at 43 CFR 12.52 and 43 CFR 12.914.
Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Activity respondents responses response hours
Initial Application (project 215 2,000 52 hours........... 104,000 narrative).
Amendment....................... 150 1,500 28 hours........... 42,000
Performance Reports............. 215 6,000 11 hours........... 66,000
Totals...................... 580 9,500 ................... 212,000 III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this IC on:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before including your address, phone number,
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: March 3, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. E95794 Filed 31709; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
To request additional information about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 3582482.