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extend the approval for this information
collection for 3 years.
Section 8 of the Endangered Species
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) authorizes
the establishment of the Wildlife
Without Borders—Critically Endangered
Animals Conservation Fund to fund
projects that conserve the world’s most
endangered species. Critically
endangered species are those that face
an extremely high risk of extinction in
the immediate future. The Division of
International Conservation, Fish and
Wildlife Service, administers this
competitive grants program to provide
funding for conservation actions that
have a high likelihood of creating
durable benefits to specific species
facing immediate threat of extinction.
Applicants submit proposals for
funding in response to a Notice of
Funding Availability that we publish on
Grants.gov and the program web page.
Applications consist of:

(1) Cover page with basic project
details (FWS Form 3-2338A).
(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 (non-domestic applicants do not
submit the standard forms).
Applications 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.
All assistance awards under this
program have a maximum reporting
requirement of a:
(1) Mid-term report (performance
report and a financial status report) due
within 30 days of the conclusion of the
first half of the project period, and
(2) Final report (performance and
financial status report and copies of all
deliverables, photographic
Number of annual
respondents

Activity
Applications ..............................................................................
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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OMB Control Number: 1018-0142.
Title: Wildlife Without Borders—
Critically Endangered Animals
Conservation Fund Grant Program.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2338A.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–MB–2009–N140] [91200–1232–
BPPR–P2]

Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; 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) 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. OMB approval for this
information collection is scheduled to
expire on August 31, 2009. We may not
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II. Data

Number of annual
responses

Dated: July 9, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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documentation of the project and
products resulting from the project) due
within 90 days of the end of the
performance period.

12 hours ..........
30 hours ..........
.....................

Annual burden
hours
480
600
1,080

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 send comments on or
before August 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA
at (202) 395-5806 (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) or [email protected] (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or
e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0133.
Title: Control and Management of
Resident Canada Geese, 50 CFR 20.21,
21.49, 21.50, 21.51, 21.52, and 21.61.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.

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Affected Public: State fish and
wildlife agencies, tribes, and local

governments; airports, landowners; and
farms.
Number of annual
respondents

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Activity

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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

21.49 – Airport Control Order – Annual Report ......................
21.50 - Nest and Egg Depredation Order – Registration and
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 – Population
Estimates.

110
2,000

110
4,000

1.5 hours .........
.5 hours ...........

166
2,000

600
30
35
30

600
30
35
30

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

300
240
35
720

30

30

160 hours ........

4,800

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

2,835

4,835

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

8,261

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. We monitor
the data collected for activities under
these orders and may rescind an order
if monitoring indicates that activities are
inconsistent with conservation of
Canada geese.
Control order for airports. 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
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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 of the order 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
population control program. If
approved, the State or tribe may use
hunters to harvest resident Canada geese
during the month of August. Requests
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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.
Comments: On March 18, 2009, we
published in the Federal Register (74
FR 11597) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited comments for 60 days,
ending on May 18, 2009. We received
one comment in response to that notice.
The commenter opposed the killing of
geese, but did not address the
information collection requirements. We
did not make any changes to the
collection requirements.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection 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. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,

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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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: June 26, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0119

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AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
its intention to request approval to
continue the collection of information
for 30 CFR 874.16—contractor
eligibility, and the Abandoned Mine
Land Contractor Information form. This
information collection activity was
previously approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), and
assigned clearance number 1029–0119.
DATES: Comments on the proposed
information collection must be received
by September 15, 2009, to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
1951 Constitution Ave., NW., Room
202–SIB, Washington, DC 20240.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
receive a copy of the information
collection request contact John A.
Trelease, at (202) 208–2783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13), require that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
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1320.8 (d)]. This notice identifies
information collection that OSM will be
submitting to ONE for approval. This
collection is contained in 30 CFR 874.16
and the Abandoned Mine Land
Contractor Information form. OSM will
request a 3-year term of approval for
each information collection activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
need for the collection of information
for the performance of the functions of
the agency; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information/collection; and (4)
ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information. A summary of the
public comments will accompany
OSM’s submission of the information
collection request to OMB.
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.
The following information is provided
for the information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) summary of the
information collection activity; and (4)
frequency of collection, description of
the respondents, estimated total annual
responses, and the total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
the collection of information.
Title: 30 CFR 874.16—Contractor
eligibility, and the AML Contractor
Information form.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0119.
Summary: 30 CFR 874.16 requires
that every successful bidder for an AML
contract must be eligible under 30 CFR
773.15(b)(1) at the time of contract
award to receive a permit or conditional
permit to conduct surface coal mining
operations. Further, the regulation
requires the eligibility to be confirmed
by OSM’s automated AVS and the
contractor must be eligible under the
regulations implementing Section 510(c)
of the Surface Mining Act to receive
permits to conduct mining operations.
The AML Contractor Information form
provides a tool for OSM and the States/
Indian tribes to help them prevent
persons with outstanding violations
from conducting further mining or AML
reclamation activities in the State.
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Frequency of Collection: Once per
contract.
Description of Respondents: AML
contract applicants and State and tribal
regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 337 bidders
and 16 State responses.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 136.
Dated: July 13, 2009.
Alfred E. Whitehouse,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Final General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement, Fort
Stanwix National Monument, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final
General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement, Fort
Stanwix National Monument, New
York.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park
Service (NPS) announces the
availability of a Final General
Management Plan and Environmental
Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for Fort
Stanwix National Monument, located in
the city of Rome, New York. Consistent
with National Park Service rules,
regulations, and policies, and the park’s
mission, the proposed federal action to
establish a programmatic framework for
park management in the form of a
general management plan that is
consistent with the purposes of the park
as set forth in the park’s enabling
legislation An Act to Provide for the
Establishment of a National Monument
on the Site of Fort Stanwix in the State
of New York (Pub. L. 74–291).
The Final GMP/EIS analyzes
alternatives to guide the management
and development of Fort Stanwix
National Monument over the next 15 to
20 years, consistent with the park’s
mission and NPS policy and other laws
and regulations. NPS regional planning
staff and staff at Fort Stanwix NM
collaborated in the development of the
Final GMP/EIS. The main issues that the
Final GMP/EIS has focused on include
protection of cultural resources, visitor
services, partnership opportunities,
carrying capacity, and the park
boundary.
The Final GMP/EIS analyzes two
alternatives to guide the management

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