Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0109; Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants and Cooperative Agreements

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R9-WSR-2009-N0056] [91400-5110-POLI-7B and 91400-9410-POLI-7B]

Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0109;

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 (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.

DATES: Your comments must be received by May 18, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Hope Grey, Information

Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ,

4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); hope_

[email protected] (e-mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information

about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or

by telephone at (703) 358-2482.

SUPPLEMENTARY 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.

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Implementing

Program CDFA No. Authority Regulations

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Clean Vessel Act....................... 15.616................... 16 U.S.C. 777g(c)........ 50 CFR 85

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, 15.614................... 16 U.S.C. 3951-3956...... 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. 104-127; 16 None

U.S.C. 460 l-4 - l-11.

Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation None..................... 16 U.S.C. 777............ None

Mitigation.

Hunter Education and Safety............ 15.626................... 16 U.S.C. 669h-1......... 50 CFR 80

Landowner Incentive.................... 15.633................... Pub. L. 110-5............ None

Multistate Conservation Grants......... 15.628................... 16 U.S.C. 669h-2; 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(l-4 - l-11);16

U.S.C. 1531-1543.

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. 777-777n 50 CFR 80

(except 777e-1).

Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act 15.622................... 16 U.S.C. 777g and g-1... 50 CFR 86

(Boating Infrastructure Grants).

State Wildlife Grants.................. 15.634................... Pub. L. 110-329.......... None

Tribal Landowner Incentive............. 15.638................... Pub. L. 110-5............ None

Tribal Wildlife Grants................. 15.639................... Pub. L. 110-329.......... None

Wildlife Conservation and Restoration.. 15.625................... 16 U.S.C. 669b and 669c.. None

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Wildlife Restoration................... 15.611................... 16 U.S.C. 669-669k....... 50 CFR 80

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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: 1018-0109.

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; 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 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.

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Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden

Activity respondents responses response hours

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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

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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,

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.

Dated: March 3, 2009

Hope Grey,

Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.

FR Doc. E9-5794 Filed 3-17-09; 8:45 am

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