Federal Register: October 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 195)
DOCID: fr09oc09-88 FR Doc E9-24455
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS ID: [FWS-R9-IA-2009-N216] [96200-1672-0005-7E]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr09oc09-88
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; 1018-0142; Wildlife Without Borders-- Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund Grant Program
DATES: You must send comments on or before November 9, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
OMB Control Number: 10180142.
Title: Wildlife Without BordersCritically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund Grant Program.
Service Form Number(s): 32338A.
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Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Domestic and nondomestic Federal, State, and local governments; nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; and any other organization or individual with demonstrated experience deemed necessary to carry out the proposed project.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Activity respondents responses response hours
Applications.................... 40 40 12 hours........... 480
Reports......................... 10 20 30 hours........... 600
Totals...................... 50 60 ................... 1,080
Abstract: Section 8 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) authorizes the establishment of the Wildlife Without Borders Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund to fund projects that conserve the world's most endangered species. Critically endangered animals are those that face an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future. The Division of International Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Service, administers this competitive grants program to provide funding for conservation actions that have a high likelihood of creating durable benefits to specific species facing immediate threat of extinction.
Applicants submit proposals for funding in response to a Notice of
Funding Availability that we publish on Grants.gov and the program web page. Applications consist of:
(1) Cover page with basic project details (FWS Form 32338A). (2) Project summary and narrative.
(3) Letter of appropriate government endorsement.
(4) Brief curricula vitae for key project personnel.
(5) Complete Standard Forms 424 and 424b (nondomestic applicants do not submit the standard forms).
Applications may also include, as appropriate, a copy of the
organization's Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NIRCA) and any additional documentation supporting the proposed project.
All assistance awards under this program have a maximum reporting requirement of a:
(1) Midterm report (performance report and a financial status
report) due within 30 days of the conclusion of the first half of the project period, and
(2) Final report (performance and financial status report and
copies of all deliverables, photographic documentation of the project
and products resulting from the project) due within 90 days of the end of the performance period.
Comments: On July 17, 2009, we published in the Federal Register (74 FR 34771) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending on September 15, 2009. We did not receive any comments.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: October 5, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. E924455 Filed 10809; 9:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
To request additional information about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 3582482.