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(5) Three members representing State
Commissioned Pilot organizations, with
one member each representing the New
Orleans/Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots
Association, and the Associated Branch
Pilots Association.
(6) Two at-large members who utilize
water transportation facilities located in
the geographical area coved by the
Committee.
(7) Three members representing
consumers, shippers, or importers/
exporters that utilize vessels that utilize
the navigable waterways covered by the
Committee.
(8) Two members representing those
licensed merchant mariners, other than
pilots, who perform shipboard duties on
vessels which utilize the navigable
waterways covered by the Committee.
(9) One member representing an
organization that serves in a consulting
or advisory capacity to the maritime
industry.
(10) One member representing an
environmental organization.
(11) One member representing the
general public.
In support of the policy of the Coast
Guard on gender and ethnic diversity,
we encourage qualified women and
members of minority groups to apply.
If you are selected as a member who
represents the general public, we will
require you to complete a Confidential
Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form
450). We may not release the report or
the information in it to the public,
except under an order issued by a
Federal court or as otherwise provided
under the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a).
Dated: October 18, 2007.
J.H. Horn,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 8th
Coast Guard District, Acting.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard

Lower Mississippi River Waterway
Safety Advisory Committee
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of meeting.

AGENCY:

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SUMMARY: The Lower Mississippi River
Waterway Safety Advisory Committee
(LMRWSAC) will meet to discuss
various issues relating to navigational
safety on the Lower Mississippi River
and related waterways. This meeting
will be open to the public.

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Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
(Pub. L. 92–463).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda of Meeting
The agenda for the LMRWSAC
meeting is as follows:
(1) Introduction of committee
members.
(2) Opening Remarks.
(3) Approval of the August 28, 2007
minutes.
(4) Old Business:
(a) Captain of the Port status report.
(b) VTS update report.
(c) Subcommittee / Working Groups
update reports.
(5) New Business.
(6) Adjournment.
Procedural

[Docket No. CGD08–07–030]

ACTION:

The Committee will meet on
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m. This meeting may
adjourn early if all business is finished.
Requests to make oral presentations or
submit written materials for distribution
at the meeting should reach the Coast
Guard on or before November 27, 2007.
Requests to have a copy of your material
distributed to each member of the
committee in advance of the meeting
should reach the Coast Guard on or
before November 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the New Orleans Yacht Club, 403 North
Roadway, West End, New Orleans, LA
70124. This notice is available in our
online docket, CGD08–07–030 at http://
regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Tonya
Harrington, Assistant Committee
Administrator, e-mail
[email protected] or LTJG
Tom Sanborn @
[email protected]. Written
materials and requests to make
presentations should be mailed to
Commanding Officer, USCG Sector New
Orleans, Attn: Waterways Management,
1615 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA
70112.
DATES:

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The meeting is open to the public.
Please note that the meeting may close
early if all business is finished. At the
Chair’s discretion, members of the
public may make oral presentations
during the meeting. If you would like to
make an oral presentation at the
meeting, please notify the Committee
Administrator no later than November
27, 2007. Written material for
distribution at the meeting should reach
the Coast Guard no later than November
27, 2007. If you would like a copy of
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member of the committee in advance of
the meeting, please submit 25 copies to
the Committee Administrator no later
than November 27, 2007.
Information on Services for Individuals
With Disabilities
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with
disabilities, or to request special
assistance at the meetings, contact the
Committee Administrator at the location
indicated under ADDRESSES as soon as
possible.
Dated: October 18, 2007.
J.H. Horn,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 8th
Coast Guard District, Acting.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection;
Africa Grant Program
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

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. 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 December 31, 2007.
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:
I. Abstract
The Division of International
Conservation awards grants funded
under the:

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(1) African Elephant Conservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 4201–4245).
(2) Asian Elephant Conservation Act
of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261).
(3) Great Apes Conservation Act of
2000 (Pub. L. 106–411).
(4) Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306).
(5) Marine Turtle Conservation Act
(Pub. L. 108–266).
(6) Wildlife Without Borders
Programs - Mexico, Latin America and
the Caribbean, and Russia.
OMB has approved the information
collection associated with the above
grants and assigned control number
1018–0123. We plan to ask OMB to
approve our proposed information
collection associated with the Africa
Grant Program, which will be our
newest area of focus under the Wildlife
Without Borders programs.
Africa’s magnificent wildlife
resources are under increasing pressure
from human activities. The proposed
Africa grant initiative aims to provide
training opportunities for African
conservationists, educators, and
policymakers to strengthen wildlife
management in and around protected
areas. For the purpose of this fund,
protected areas are defined as sites that
are publicly or privately owned with
recognized legal status accorded by
national, provincial, or local
government, containing primarily
unmodified natural systems managed
for long-term protection. Examples
include: national parks, forest reserves,
buffer zones, community reserves, and
privately held land conservancies. Of
particular interest are projects that
provide training to:
(1) Raise capacity in and around
protected areas to mitigate the impact of
extractive industries, climate change,
human /wildlife conflict, illegal trade in
bushmeat, and/or wildlife disease.

(2) Strengthen the administrative
capacity (human resource management,
financial management, vehicle and
facility maintenance, grant writing and
project implementation, community
outreach and education, conflict
resolution, and coalition building) of
protected areas.
(3) Strengthen university, college, and
other conservation training programs
that address protected area
management.
(4) Strengthen decisionmakers’
knowledge of concepts relevant to
protected area legislation, policy, and
finance and the importance of
harmonizing these with other national
sectoral policies.
By providing wildlife professionals
with opportunities for training, we can
help empower a generation of local
people to address key conservation
issues such as the threat to wildlife from
extractive industries, illegal hunting,
human/wildlife conflict, and wildlife
disease.
Applicants submit proposals for
funding in response to Notices of
Funding Availability that we will
publish on Grants.gov. We plan to
collect the following information:
(1) Cover page with basic project
details (FWS Form 3–2338).
(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).
Proposals 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.
The project summary and narrative
are the basis for this information
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collection request for approval. A panel
of technical experts reviews each
proposal to assess how well the project
addresses the priorities identified by
each program’s authorizing legislation.
As all of the on-the-ground projects
funded by this program will be
conducted outside the United States, the
letter of appropriate government
endorsement ensures that the proposed
activities will not meet with local
resistance or work in opposition to
locally identified priorities and needs.
Brief curricula vitae for key project
personnel allow the review panel to
assess the qualifications of project staff
to effectively carry out the project goals
and objectives. As all Federal entities
must honor the indirect cost rates an
organization has negotiated with its
cognizant agency, we require all
organizations with a NICRA to submit
the agreement paperwork with their
proposals to verify how their rate is
applied in their proposed budget.
Applicants may provide any additional
documentation that they believe best
supports their proposal.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: Africa Grant Program.
Service Form Number(s): 3–2338.
Type of Request: New 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
responses

Completion time
per response

Annual burden
hours

FWS Form 3–2338 (cover page) .............................................
Application narrative ................................................................
Report (mid-term and final) .....................................................

50
50
10

50
50
20

1 hour ..............
11 hours ..........
30 hours ..........

50
550
600

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

110

120

.....................

1,200

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;

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(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
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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

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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

notice announces a meeting of the
Trinity Adaptive Management Working
Group (TAMWG).

Dated: August 22, 2007.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7–21301 Filed 10–29–07; 8:45 am]

Dated: October 16, 2007.
Randy A. Brown,
Designated Federal Officer, Arcata Fish and
Wildlife Office, Arcata, CA.
[FR Doc. E7–21296 Filed 10–29–07; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Trinity Adaptive Management Working
Group

Proposed Information Collection
Activities, Request for Comments

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.

AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Trinity Adaptive
Management Working Group (TAMWG)
affords stakeholders the opportunity to
give policy, management, and technical
input concerning Trinity River
(California) restoration efforts to the
Trinity Management Council (TMC).
Primary objectives of the meeting will
include discussion of the following
topics: Trinity River Restoration
Program (TRRP) decision-making
process, TRRP budget, TRRP science
program, TRRP implementation
planning and progress, and legislative
developments. Completion of the
agenda is dependent on the amount of
time each item takes. The meeting could
end early if the agenda has been
completed. The meeting is open to the
public.
DATES: The Trinity Adaptive
Management Working Group will meet
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday,
December 6, 2007 and from 8:30 to 12
noon on Friday, December 7, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Weaverville Victorian Inn, 1709
Main St., 299 West, Weaverville, CA
96093.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Randy A. Brown of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1655 Heindon Road,
Arcata, CA 95521. Telephone: (707)
822–7201. Randy A. Brown is the
working group’s Designated Federal
Officer. For background information and
questions regarding the Trinity River
Restoration Program, please contact
Douglas Schleusner, Executive Director,
P.O. Box 1300, 1313 South Main Street,
Weaverville, CA 96093. Telephone:
(530) 623–1800, E-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this

SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Information Collection Request for
the Housing Assistance Application
requires renewal. The proposed
information collection requirement,
with no appreciable changes, described
below will be submitted to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget for
review after a public comment period as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The Bureau is soliciting public
comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
December 31, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments
regarding this proposal. Comments
should refer to the proposal by name
and/or OMB Control Number and
should be sent to Les Jensen, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Department of Interior,
1849 C Street, NW., MS–4513–MIB,
Washington, DC 20240. Telephone:
(907) 586–7397.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the collection of information
form or requests for additional
information should be directed to Les
Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Department of Interior, 1849 C Street,
NW., MS–4513–MIB, Washington, DC
20240. Telephone: (907) 586–7397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.

I. Abstract
The information is needed to establish
an applicant’s eligibility to receive
services under the Housing
Improvement Program and to establish
the priority order in which eligible
applicants may receive services under
the program.
II. Method of Collection
The housing regulations at 25 CFR
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and selection criteria (§ § 256.6, 256.8,
256.9, 256.10, 256.13, 256.14), which
must be met by prospective applicants
seeking program services. Information
collected from applicants under these
regulations provides eligibility and
selection data used by the local
servicing housing office to establish
whether an applicant is eligible to
receive services. The local servicing
housing office may be a tribal housing
office under a Public Law 93–638,
Indian Self-Determination contract or a
Self-Governance annual funding
agreement, or part of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. Additionally, the data is
used by the Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs to establish whether a request for
waiver of a specific housing regulation
is in the best interest of the applicant
and the Federal Government.
III. Data
(1) Title of the Collection of
Information: 25 CFR 256, Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Housing Assistance Application.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0084.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2007.
Type of Review: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
(2) Summary of the Collection of
Information: The collection of
information provides pertinent data
concerning an applicant’s eligibility to
receive services under the Housing
Improvement Program and includes:
A. Applicant Information including:
Name, Current Address, Telephone
Number, Date of Birth, Social Security
Number, Tribe, Roll Number,
Reservation, Marital Status, Name of
Spouse, Date of Birth of spouse, Tribe of
spouse, and Roll Number of Spouse.
B. Family Information including:
Name, Date of Birth, Relationship to
Applicant, and Tribe/Roll Number.
C. Income Information: Earned and
Unearned Income.
D. Housing Information including:
Location of the house to be repaired,
constructed, or purchased. Description
of housing assistance for which
applying. Knowledge of receipt of prior
Housing Improvement Program
assistance, amount to whom and when.
Ownership or rental; availability of
electricity and name of electric
company. Type of sewer system. Water
source. Number of bedrooms. Size of
house, and Bathroom facilities.
E. Land Information including:
Landowner; Legal status of land; or
Type of interest in land.
F. General Information including:
Prior receipt of services under the
Housing Improvement Program and
description of such; Ownership of other

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