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Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
The Small Grants Program has one
project proposal period per year and the

Standard Grants Program has two per
year. Annual reports are due 90 days
after the anniversary date of the grant
Number of annual
respondents

Activity

Number of annual
responses

Completion time
per response

Annual burden
hours

Small Grants – Application ......................................................
Small Grants – Reports ...........................................................
Standard Grants – Application ................................................
Standard Grants - Reports ......................................................

70
150
85
200

70
150
85
200

60 hours ..........
30 hours ..........
325 hours ........
40 hours ..........

4,200
4,500
27,625
8,000

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

505

505

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

44,325

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: May 29, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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agreement. Final reports are due 90 days
after the end of the project period. The
project period is 2 years.

Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0113;
Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act (NMBCA) Grant
Programs
AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

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ACTION:

Notice; request for comments.

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 December
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 August 25, 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 ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The NMBCA establishes a matching
grants program to fund projects that
promote the conservation of neotropical
migratory birds in the United States,
Canada, Latin America, and the
Caribbean. The purposes of NMBCA are
to:
(1) Perpetuate healthy populations of
neotropical migratory birds;
(2) Assist in the conservation of these
birds by supporting conservation
initiatives in the United States, Canada,
Latin America, and the Caribbean; and
(3) Provide financial resources and
foster international cooperation for
those initiatives.
Principal conservation actions
supported by NMBCA are:

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(1) Protection and management of
neotropical migratory bird populations.
(2) Maintenance, management,
protection, and restoration of
neotropical migratory bird habitat.
(3) Research and monitoring.
(4) Law enforcement.
(5) Community outreach and
education.
We publish notices of funding
availability on the Grants.gov website
(http://www.grants.gov) as well as in
the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (http://cfda.gov). To compete
for grant funds, partnerships submit
applications that describe in substantial
detail project locations, project
resources, future benefits, and other
characteristics that meet the standards
established by the Fish and Wildlife
Service and the requirements of
NMBCA.
Materials that describe the program
and assist applicants in formulating
project proposals for consideration are
available on our website at http://
www.fws.gov/birdhabitat. Persons who
do not have access to the Internet may
obtain instructional materials by mail.
We have not made any major changes in
the scope and general nature of the
instructions since the OMB first
approved the information collection in
2002.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0113.
Title: Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act (NMBCA) Grant
Programs.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: (1) an individual,
corporation, partnership, trust,
association, or other private entity; (2)
an officer, employee, agent, department,
or instrumentality of any State,
municipality, or political subdivision of
a State, or of any foreign government: (3)
a State, municipality, or political
subdivision of a State; (4) any other
entity subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States or of any foreign country;
and (5) an international organization.

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Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
This grants program has one project

proposal submission per year. Annual
reports are due 90 days after the
anniversary date of the grant agreement.
Number of annual
respondents

Activity

Final reports are due 90 days after the
end of the project period. The project
period is up to 2 years.

Number of annual
responses

Completion time
per response

Annual burden
hours

Grant Applications ...................................................................
Reports ....................................................................................

160
60

160
60

70 hours ..........
30 hours ..........

11,200
1,800

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

220

220

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

13,000

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 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: June 11, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E8–14225 Filed 6–23–08; 8:45 am]
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Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0127; Horseshoe
Crab Tagging Program
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

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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 December
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 August 25, 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 ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Horseshoe crabs are among the
world’s oldest creatures. People have
used this evolutionary survivor for
centuries. Horseshoe crabs play an
important role in the ecology of the
coastal ecosystem, and, over time, have
provided opportunities for commercial,
recreational, medical, scientific, and
educational uses.
In 1998, the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), a
management organization with
representatives from each State on the
Atlantic Coast, developed a horseshoe
crab management plan. The ASMFC
plan and its subsequent addenda
established mandatory State-by-State
harvest quotas, and created the 1,500
square mile Carl N. Shuster, Jr.
Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary off the mouth
of Delaware Bay. Fishermen use active
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to conserve bait that have successfully
reduced commercial horseshoe crab
landings in recent years. Conch and eel
fishermen have been using bait bags in
their traps so they can use a portion of
one crab per trap, compared to using a
whole crab in each trap. The bait bags
have reduced the demand for bait by 50
to 75 percent.
Although restrictive measures have
been taken in recent years, populations
are not showing immediate increases.
Because horseshoe crabs do not breed
until they reach 9 years or older, it may
take some time before the population
measurably increases. A Horseshoe Crab
Cooperative Tagging Program was
established to monitor this species.
Cooperating Federal and State agencies,
universities, and biomedical companies
tag and release horseshoe crabs.
Agencies that tag and release the crabs
complete the Horseshoe Crab Tagging
Release Form (FWS Form 3-2311) and
provide the Service with:
(1) Organization name.
(2) Contact person name.
(3) Tag number.
(4) Sex of crab.
(5) Prosomal width.
(6) Capture site, latitude, longitude,
waterbody, State, and date.
Through public participants who
recover tagged crabs, we collect the
following information using FWS Form
3-2310 (Horseshoe Crab Recapture
Report):
(1) Tag number.
(2) Whether or not tag was removed.
(3) Whether or not the tag was circular
or square.
(4) Condition of crab.
(5) Date captured/found.
(6) Crab fate.
(7) Finder type.
(8) Capture method.
(9) Capture location.
(10) Reporter information.
(11) Comments.
If the public participant who reports
the tagged crab requests information, we
send data pertaining to the tagging
program, and tag and release
information on the horseshoe crab he/
she found or captured. The information

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