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determine competition winners, i.e.,
those technical assistance (TA)
providers best able to offer local
jurisdictions an ability to shape their
CPD resources and other available
resources into effective, coordinated,
neighborhood and community
development strategies to revitalize and
to physically, socially and economically
strengthen their communities. The
application for the competition requires
the completion of Standard Forms 424,
424 Supplemental, LLL (if engaged in
lobbying), as well as supplementary
information such as identification of
field offices to be served and amounts
of funds requested for each field office,
a narrative statement addressing the
factors for award, and a budget
summary. After awards are made,
providers are required to submit a
workplan which includes a planned
schedule for accomplishing each of the
planned activities/tasks to be
accomplished with TA funds, the
amount of funds budgeted for each

activity/task and the staff and other
resources allocated to each activity/task.
Narrative quarterly reports are required
so that the provider’s performance can
be evaluated and measured against the
workplan. Quarterly reports also require
the submission of the SF–269A, a
financial report and final SF–269A are
also required.
Agency Form Numbers (if applicable):
SF–424, SF–424 Supplemental, and SF–
LLL.
Members of Affected Public: For-profit
and non-profit organizations or State
and local governments equipped to
provide technical assistance to
recipients of CPD programs.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response.
Status of the proposed information
collection: The FY 2006 Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) for
technical assistance providers for CPD
Number of
respondents

Applications .......................................................................................
Workplan Development ....................................................................
Quarterly Reports (including final) ....................................................
Recordkeeping ..................................................................................

Total Estimated Burden Hours:
29,332.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: November 21, 2007.
Nelson R. Brego´ n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development.
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Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018–0102, Special
Use Permit Applications on National
Wildlife Refuges Outside Alaska
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) will ask the Office of

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frequency

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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 January 31,
2008. 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: You must submit comments on
or before January 28, 2008.
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); [email protected] (e-mail); or
(703) 358–2269 (fax).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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programs elicited 286 responses. The
Department estimates that each
application required an average of 60
hours to prepare an application. Each
year approximately 50 applicants are
chosen for awards. Winners of the
competition are required to develop a
workplan, requiring approximately 20
hours, submit quarterly reports needing
approximately six hours each (including
a final report) and perform
recordkeeping to include submission of
vouchers for reimbursement, estimated
at 12 hours annually. Because these
actions are undertaken for each field
office in which the applicant wins
funds, the numbers reflect more than
the base number of winners.
Approximately 179 workplans were
developed as a result of the FY 2006
competition and each requires quarterly
reports and recordkeeping. The specific
numbers are as follows:
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion, quarterly.
Reporting Burden:

=

60
20
6
2

Total
hours
17,160
3,580
4,296
4,296

I. Abstract
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 that amends
the National Wildlife Refuge
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee) requires that we
authorize economic privileges on any
national wildlife refuge by permit only
when the activity will be compatible
with and contribute to refuge purposes
(50 CFR 29.21). We make provision in
our general refuge regulations for public
entry for specialized purposes,
including economic activities such as
the operation of guiding and other
visitor services on refuges by
concessionaires or cooperators under
the appropriate legal instrument or
special use permits (50 CFR 25.41,
25.61, 26.36, 27.71, 27.91, 27.97, 29.1,
29.2, 30.11, 31.2, 31.13, 31.14, 31.16,
and 43 CFR 5). These regulations
provide the authorities and procedures
for allowing permits on refuges outside
of Alaska.
We will provide the permit
applications as requested by interested
citizens. Information that we collect
helps us to:
(1) Determine if requested activities
are compatible and appropriate with the

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purpose for which the refuge was
established.
(2) Ensure that the applicant is
eligible for the permit.
We will issue special use permits for
a specific period as determined by the
type and location of the use or visitor
service provided. These permits
authorize activities such as:
(1) Farming operations (haying and
grazing, 50 CFR 29.2).
(2) Beneficial management tools that
we use to provide the best habitat
possible on some refuges (50 CFR 30.11,
31.14, 31.16).
(3) Recreational visitor service
operations (50 CFR 25.41 and 25.61).
(4) Commercial filming (50 CFR
27.71) other commercial activities (50
CFR 29.1).
(5) Research, and other
noncommercial activities (50 CFR
26.36).
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0102.
Title: Special Use Permit Applications
on National Wildlife Refuges Outside
Alaska, 50 CFR 25.41, 25.61, 26.36,
27.71, 27.91, 27.97, 29.1, 29.2, 30.11,
31.2, 31.13, 31.14, 31.16, and 43 CFR 5.
Service Form Number(s): 3–1383.
Type of Request: Revision of existing
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households; business and other forprofit organizations; nonprofit
institutions; farms; and State, local, or
tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 14,500.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
14,500.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 14,500.
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 and/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: November 14, 2007
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control
Number 1018–0095; Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife, Experimental
Populations
AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.
Number of annual
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Activity

ACTION:

Notice; request for comments.

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, 2007. 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.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before December 28, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395–6566
(fax) or [email protected]
(e-mail). Please provide a copy of your
comments to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail); (703) 358–2269 (fax); or
[email protected] (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018–0095.
Title: Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife, Experimental Populations, 50
CFR 17.84 and 17.85.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households, private sector, and State/
local/tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Number of annual
responses

Completion time
per response

Annual burden
hours

Notification—general take or removal .....................................
Notification—depredation-related take ....................................
Notification—specimen collection ............................................

25
22
25

25
22
25

15 minutes .......
15 minutes .......
15 minutes .......

6
6
6

Totals ................................................................................

72

72

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Abstract: Section 10(j) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA),
as amended, (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to establish experimental populations of
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Because individuals of experimental
populations are categorically protected
under the ESA, the information we
collect is important for monitoring the
success of reintroduction efforts and
recovery efforts in general. Information

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collection requirements for
experimental populations of endangered
and threatened species are in 50 CFR
17.84. We collect three categories of
information:

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