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Program

CDFA No.

Authority

Wildlife Restoration ...........................................................................

15.611 ..........

16 U.S.C. 669–669k ...........................

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;
Number of annual
respondents

Activity
Initial Application (project narrative) ........................................
Amendment ..............................................................................
Performance Reports ...............................................................
Totals ................................................................................

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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.

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2,000
1,500
6,000
9,500

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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-MB-2009-N0062] [91200-12320000-P2]

Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0133; Control
and Management of Resident Canada
Geese
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service, 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 August 31,
2009. We may not conduct or sponsor

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Implementing
Regulations
50 CFR 80

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.

Number of annual
responses

215
150
215
580

11597

Completion time
per response
52 hours ..........
28 hours ..........
11 hours ..........
.....................

Annual burden
hours
104,000
42,000
66,000
212,000

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); [email protected] (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone
at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
prohibits the take, possession, import,
export, transport, sale, purchase, or
bartering of migratory birds or their
parts except as permitted under the
terms of a valid permit or as permitted
by regulations. In 2006, we issued
regulations establishing two
depredation orders and three control
orders that allow State and tribal
wildlife agencies, private landowners,
and airports to conduct resident Canada
goose population management,
including the take of birds. The Service
monitors the data collected for activities

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under these orders and may rescind an
order if monitoring indicates that
activities are inconsistent with
conservation of Canada geese.
Control order for airports. In the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 50
CFR 21.49 allows managers at
commercial, public, and private airports
and military airfields and their
employees or agents to implement
management of resident Canada geese to
resolve or prevent threats to public
safety. An airport must be part of the
National Plan of Integrated Airport
Systems and have received Federal
grant-in-aid assistance or be a military
airfield under the jurisdiction, custody,
or control of the Secretary of a military
department. Each facility exercising the
privileges of the order must submit an
annual report with the date, numbers,
and locations of birds, nests, and eggs
taken.
Depredation order for nests and eggs.
50 CFR 21.50 allows private landowners
and managers of public lands to destroy
resident Canada goose nests and eggs on
property under their jurisdiction
provided they register annually on our
website at https://epermits.fws.gov/
eRCGR. Registrants must provide basic
information, such as name, address,
phone number and email, and identify
where the control work will occur and
who will conduct it. Registrants must
return to the website at the end of the
nesting season to report the number of
nests with eggs they destroyed.
Depredation order for agricultural
facilities. 50 CFR 21.51 allows States

and tribes, via their wildlife agency, to
implement a program to allow
landowners, operators, and tenants
actively engaged in commercial
agriculture to conduct damage
management control when geese are
committing depredations or to resolve
or prevent other injury to agricultural
interests. State and tribal wildlife
agencies in the Atlantic, Central, and
Mississippi Flyway portions of 41 States
can implement the provisions of the
order. Agricultural producers must
maintain a log of the date and number
of birds taken under this authorization.
States and tribes exercising the
privileges the order grants must submit
an annual report of the numbers of
birds, nests, and eggs taken and the
county where take occurred.
Public health control order. 50 CFR
21.52 authorizes States and tribes of the
lower 48 States to conduct (via the State
or tribal wildlife agency) resident
Canada goose control and management
activities when the geese pose a direct
threat to human health. States and tribes
operating under this order must submit
an annual report summarizing activities,
including the numbers of birds taken
and the county where take occurred.
Population control. 50 CFR 21.61
establishes a managed take program to
reduce and stabilize resident Canada
goose populations when traditional and
otherwise authorized management
measures are not successful or feasible.
A State or tribal wildlife agency in the
Atlantic, Mississippi, or Central Flyway
may request approval for this
Number of annual
respondents

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Activity

population control program. If
approved, the State or tribe may use
hunters to harvest resident Canada geese
during the month of August. Requests
for approval must include a discussion
of the State’s or tribe’s efforts to address
its injurious situations using other
methods or a discussion of the reasons
why the methods are not feasible. If the
Service Director approves a request, the
State or tribe must (1) keep annual
records of activities carried out under
the authority of the program, and (2)
provide an annual summary, including
number of individuals participating in
the program and the number of resident
Canada geese shot. Additionally,
participating States and tribes must
monitor the spring breeding population
by providing an annual estimate of the
breeding population and distribution of
resident Canada geese in their State.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0133.
Title: Control and Management of
Resident Canada Geese, 50 CFR 20.21,
21.46, 21.50, 21.51, 21.52, and 21.61.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: State fish and
wildlife agencies, tribes, and local
governments; airports, and landowners.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Number of annual
responses

Completion time
per response

Annual burden
hours

21.49 – Airport Control Order – Annual Report ......................
21.50 - Nest and Egg Depredation Order – Registration .......
21.50 – Nest and Egg Depredation Order – Annual Report ...
21.51 – Agricultural Depredation Order – Recordkeeping ......
21.51 – Agricultural Depredation Order – Annual Report .......
21.52 – Public Health Control Order – Annual Report ...........
21.61 – Population Control Approval Request – Recordkeeping and Annual Report.
21.61 – Population Control Approval Request – Monitoring ...

110
1,600
1,600
460
20
20
15

110
1,600
1,600
460
20
20
15

1.5 hours .........
.5 hours ...........
.5 hours ...........
.5 hours ...........
8 hours ............
1 hour ..............
24 hours ..........

165
800
800
230
160
20
360

10

10

160 hours ........

1,600

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

3,835

3,835

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

4,135

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

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(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

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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.

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Dated: March 9, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E9–5960 Filed 3–17–09; 8:45 am

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

(Myotis sodalis) and gray bats (Myotis
grisescens) across the range of the
species for the purpose of population
monitoring and conservation, habitat
management, and data collection for
monitoring of white nose syndrome.
Proposed activities are for the purpose
of enhancement of survival of the
species in the wild.

Fish and Wildlife Service

Permit Application Number TE206781

[FWS–R3–ES–2009–N0055; 30120–1113–
0000–F6]

Applicant: Ecological Specialists, Inc.,
O’Fallon, Missouri.
The applicant requests a permit
renewal to take (capture and release)
clubshell (Pleurobema clava), fanshell
(Cyprogenia stegaria), fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax), Higgins’ eye
pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii),
northern riffleshell (Epioblasma
torulosa rangiana), orange-foot
pimpleback pearlymussel (Plethobasus
cooperianus), pink mucket
pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta), and
scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon),; to take
(capture and relocate) Higgins’ eye
pearlymussel; and to take (collect dead
specimens, capture and release) winged
mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) to
determine presence or absence of the
species and to relocate individuals that
may be in danger of injury or stranding.
Proposed activities are aimed at
enhancement of the survival of the
species in the wild.

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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of permit
applications; request for comments.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(Act) prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such
activity. The Act requires that we invite
public comment before issuing these
permits.
DATES: We must receive any written
comments on or before April 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
the Regional Director, Attn: Peter
Fasbender, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Ecological Services, 1 Federal
Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4056;
electronic mail, [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Fasbender, (612) 713–5343.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
We invite public comment on the
following permit applications for certain
activities with endangered species
authorized by section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our
regulations governing the taking of
endangered species in the Code of
Federal Regulations at 50 CFR part 17.
Submit your written data, comments, or
request for a copy of the complete
application to the address shown in
ADDRESSES. When submitting
comments, please refer to the
appropriate permit application number.
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Permit Applications
Permit Application Number TE206783
Applicant: Marlo Perdicas,
Marshallville, Ohio.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture and release) Indiana bats

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Permit Application Number TE206778
Applicant: Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Twin Cities,
Minnesota.
The applicant requests a permit
renewal to take (capture and release,
capture and relocate) Higgins’ eye
pearlymussel and winged mapleleaf
mussel throughout the States of Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for
scientific study in the interest of
recovery of the species. Activities
include population monitoring and
assessment, relocation, and mussel
propagation activities at the Genoa
National Fish Hatchery and in
conjunction with State partners.
Activities are for the enhancement of
propagation and survival of the species
in the wild.
Permit Application Number TE207149
Applicant: Sarah Bradley, Salem,
Missouri.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture and release) Indiana bats
and gray bats throughout the Mark
Twain National Forest and adjoining
properties. Studies include presence or
absence surveys, studies to document
habitat use, and population monitoring

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for enhancement of recovery and
survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number TE207150
Applicant: Bradley Steffen, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture and release) Indiana bats
and gray bats throughout the range of
the species. The activities proposed
under this permit application include
presence or absence surveys, studies to
document habitat use, population
monitoring, and evaluation of potential
impacts of proposed projects. Activities
are proposed for enhancement of the
survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number TE207154
Applicant: Michigan Department of
Natural Resources, Lansing, Michigan.
The applicant requests a permit to
take Karner blue butterflies within the
State of Michigan on State-owned lands.
Take will occur during the
implementation of land management
practices designed to maximize the
suitability of habitat for the species that
may incidentally take a limited number
of individual eggs, larvae, or adult
butterflies, but will result in an increase
in population numbers overall.
Activities are proposed to enhance the
recovery and survival of the species in
the wild.
Permit Application Number TE207178
Applicant: Amy Halsall, Woodridge,
Illinois.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture and release) Indiana bats
within Illinois and Indiana. Proposed
activities include presence or absence
surveys, studies to document habitat
use, population monitoring, and
evaluation of project impacts in the
interest of recovery and enhancement of
the survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number TE207180
Applicant: Division of Wildlife, Ohio
Department of Natural Resources,
Columbus, Ohio.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture, breed, and release) Karner
blue butterflies within the States of
Ohio and Michigan. Activities include
captive rearing at the Toledo Zoo and
reintroduction of reared stock into the
Oak Openings of Lucas County, Ohio.
Activities are aimed at recovery and
enhancement of the survival of the
species in the wild.
Permit Application Number TE207191
Applicant: Natural Resources Research
Institute, University of Minnesota,
Duluth, Minnesota.

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