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amended to include the following areas
among those areas determined to have
been adversely affected by the event
declared a major disaster by the
President in his declaration of May 15,
2009.
Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Roane, Upshur,
and Wirt Counties for Public Assistance.
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households in Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-WSR-2009-N125] [[91400-5110POLI-7B and 91400-9410-POLI-7B]

Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control
Number 1018-0109; Wildlife and Sport
Fish Grants and Cooperative
Agreements
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 June 30, 2009. 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 send comments on or
before July 15, 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).

Number of annual
respondents

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

Abstract: We administer 18 wildlife
and sport fish financial assistance
programs. For a list of the programs
included in this information collection,
see our previous notice published on
March 18, 2009 (74 FR 11596). We
provide most of this financial assistance
as grants, but cooperative agreements
are possible if the Federal Government
is substantially involved in carrying out
the project.
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

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Completion time
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2,500
1,500
3,500
7,500

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.
Comments: On March 18, 2009, we
published in the Federal Register (74
FR 11596) a notice of our intent to

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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: 1018-0109.
Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants
and Cooperative Agreements.
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;
institutions of higher education; and
nongovernmental organizations.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: We require
applications annually for new grants.
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
under the conditions stated at 43 CFR
12.52 and 43 CFR 12.914.

Number of annual
responses

200
150
200
550

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2 hours ............
6 hours ............
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Annual burden
hours
100,000
3,000
21,000
124,000

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 the notice.
The commenter stated that many of the
grant programs ‘‘need cutting’’ and
opposed any expenditure of public
funds for hunter education and safety
training. The commenter did not
address the information collection
requirements, and we did not did not
make any changes based on this
comment.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:

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(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,
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 9, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E9–14036 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am

The CCP Process

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R1–R–2009–N0093]; [1265–0000–
10137–S3]

Oregon Islands, Three Arch Rocks,
and Cape Meares National Wildlife
Refuges, Lincoln County, OR

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AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: draft
comprehensive conservation plan, draft
wilderness stewardship plan, and
environmental assessment; request for
comments.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of our draft comprehensive
conservation plan and environmental
assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for the Cape
Meares, Oregon Islands, and Three Arch
Rocks National Wildlife Refuges
(Refuges), and a draft wilderness
stewardship plan (Draft WSP) for the
Oregon Islands and Three Arch Rocks
Refuges (collectively Draft CCP/WSP/
EA). The Draft CCP/WSP/EA is available
for public review and comment. It
describes our proposal for managing the
Refuges for the next 15 years. The
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy
Lowe, Project Leader, (541) 867–4550.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

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Complex office, located in Newport,
Oregon, manages the Refuges, which are
scattered along the Oregon coast in
Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Lane, Coos,
and Curry Counties.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we
need to receive your written comments
by July 15, 2009. See ADDRESSES for
delivery options.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the
Draft CCP/WSP/EA to: Roy Lowe,
Project Leader, Oregon Coast National
Wildlife Refuge Complex, 2127 SE
Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR
97365–5258; fax (541) 867–4551; or email [email protected].
Please use ‘‘Oregon Islands CCP’’ in the
subject. Additional information
concerning the Refuges can be found on
the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/
oregoncoast/. For more information on
reviewing documents, see ‘‘Public
Availability of Documents’’ and ‘‘Public
Comments’’ under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

The Draft CCP/WSP/EA was prepared
pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge
System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd–668ee) (Administration
Act), as amended by the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement
Act of 1997; the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) (NEPA); and the Service’s
Wilderness Stewardship Policy (610 FW
3). The Administration Act requires us
to develop a CCP for each national
wildlife refuge. The purpose of
developing a CCP is to provide refuge
managers a 15-year plan for achieving
refuge purposes and contributing
toward the mission of the National
Wildlife Refuge System, consistent with
sound principles of fish and wildlife
management, conservation, legal
mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction for conserving wildlife and
habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
hunting, fishing, wildlife observation
and photography, and environmental
education and interpretation. We will
review and update the CCP at least
every 15 years in accordance with the
Administration Act.
Public Involvement
We began the public scoping phase of
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WSP/EA by publishing a Notice of
Intent in the Federal Register on
October 26, 2006 (71 FR 62605),
announcing our intention to complete a
CCP/WSP/EA for the Refuges and
inviting public comments. A list of
public involvement efforts we have
completed to date follow.
• In October 2006, we distributed
Planning Update 1 to our project
mailing list and public outlets located
near one or more Refuges. In it, we
announced the initiation of the planning
process, invited the public to a series of
public open house meetings, provided
background information on the Refuges,
and requested public comments on
Refuge management issues.
• Between November 1 and 15, 2006,
we held five public open house
meetings in communities along the
Oregon coast, to meet the public and
obtain comments on refuge management
issues. The public meetings were
announced through local media via
press releases, on the Refuge Complex
Web site, and in Planning Update 1.
• In March 2007, we distributed
Planning Update 2, which included a
summary of the public open house
meetings and the public comments we
obtained at the meetings and through
other means, a planning schedule, and
draft vision statements for the Refuges.
Overview of the Refuges
Cape Meares Refuge is located on
Oregon’s Pacific Coast between
Tillamook Bay and Netarts Bay. It is
comprised of two separate units
consisting of vertical coastal cliffs, rock
outcroppings, and rolling headlands
with old-growth forest dominated by
Sitka spruce and western hemlock. This
small Refuge protects one of the last
stands of old-growth coastal forest in
Oregon. The vertical sea cliffs around
the headland support nesting seabird
populations including tufted puffins,
common murres, pigeon guillemots,
pelagic cormorants, and others.
Peregrine falcons nest on the cliffs, and
bald eagles forage on the headland.
The Oregon Islands Refuge includes
1,854 rocks, reefs and islands, and two
headland units, and spans 320 miles of
the Oregon Coast. With the exception of
the two headlands and Tillamook Rock,
all of the Refuge’s rocks, reefs, and
islands are included in the Oregon
Islands Wilderness. Most of Oregon’s
estimated 1.2 million nesting seabirds
are found on this Refuge. A large
percentage of Oregon’s seal and sea lion
(pinnipeds) populations use the Refuge
for haulout and/or pupping, including
more than 5,000 harbor seals, 4,000
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