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International Conservation administers
competitive grant programs funded
under the:
• African Elephant Conservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 4201–4245).
• Asian Elephant Conservation Act of
1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261).
• Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000
(Pub. L. 106–411).
• Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation
Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306).
• Marine Turtle Conservation Act
(Pub. L. 108–266).
• Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) (Wildlife Without Borders
Programs—Africa; Mexico; Latin
America and the Caribbean; Russia;
Critically Endangered Animals; and
Amphibians in Decline).
Currently, information that we collect
for Critically Endangered Animals
grants is approved under OMB Control
No. 1018–0142, which expires
December 31, 2012. Information
collection for Amphibians in Decline
grants is approved under OMB Control
No. 1018–0144, which expires
September 30, 2013. We are proposing
to consolidate all of our international
conservation grants under OMB Control
No. 1018–0123. If OMB approves this
request, we will discontinue OMB
Control Numbers 1018–0142 and 1018–
0144.
Applicants submit proposals for
funding in response to Notices of
Funding Availability that we publish on
Grants.gov. We collect the following
information:
• Cover page with basic project
details (FWS Form 3–2338).
• Project summary and narrative.
• Letter of appropriate government
endorsement.
• Brief curricula vitae for key project
personnel.
• 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
(NICRA) and any additional
documentation supporting the proposed
project.
The project summary and narrative
are the basis for this information
collection request. 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 onthe-ground projects are 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
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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
supports their proposal.
All assistance awards under these
grant programs have a maximum
reporting requirement of a:
• 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
• Final report (performance and
financial status report and copies of all
deliverables, photographic
documentation of the project and
products resulting from the project) due
within 90 days of the end of the
performance period.
Comments: On October 27, 2010, we
published in the Federal Register (75
FR 66119) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited comments for 60 days,
ending on December 27, 2010. We did
not receive any comments.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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.

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Dated: May 18, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–MB–2011–N097;
[91200–1231–9BPP–L2]

Proposed Information Collection;
Conservation Order for Light Geese
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (U.S. 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 October 31,
2011. 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: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by July 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or [email protected] (e-mail).
Please include 1018–0103 in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at INFOCOL@
fws.gov (e-mail) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUMMARY:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
The number of light geese (lesser
snow, greater snow, and Ross’ geese) in
the midcontinent region has nearly
quadrupled during the past several
decades due to a decline in adult
mortality and an increase in winter
survival. We refer to these species and
subspecies as light geese because of
their light coloration as opposed to dark
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geese. Because of their feeding activity,
light geese have become seriously
injurious to their habitat as well as to
habitat important to other migratory
birds. This poses a serious threat to the
short- and long-term health and status of
some migratory bird populations. We
believe that the number of light geese in
the midcontinent region has exceeded
long-term sustainable levels for their
arctic and subarctic breeding habitats
and that the populations must be
reduced. Title 50 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 21 provides
authority for the management of
overabundant light geese.
Regulations at 50 CFR 21.60 authorize
States and tribes in the midcontinent
and Atlantic flyway regions to control
light geese within the United States
through the use of alternative regulatory
strategies. The conservation order
authorizes States and tribes to
implement population control measures
without having to obtain a permit, thus
significantly reducing their
administrative burden. The
conservation order is a streamlined
process that affords an efficient and
effective population reduction strategy,
rather than addressing the issue through
our permitting process. Furthermore,
this strategy precludes the use of more
drastic and costly direct populationreduction measures such as trapping
and culling geese. States and tribes
participating in the conservation order
must:
• Designate participants and inform
them of the requirements and
conditions of the conservation order.
Individual States and tribes determine
the method to designate participants.
• Keep records of activities carried
out under the authority of the
conservation order, including:
(1) Number of persons participating in
the conservation order;
(2) Number of days that people
participated in the conservation order;
(3) Number of persons who pursued
light geese with the aid of a shotgun
capable of holding more than three
shells;
(4) Number of persons who pursued
light geese with the aid of an electronic
call;
(5) Number of persons who pursued
light geese during the period one-half
hour after sunset;
(6) Total number of light geese shot
and retrieved during the conservation
order;
(7) Number of light geese taken with
the aid of an electronic call;
(8) Number of light geese taken with
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(9) Number of light geese taken during
the period one-half hour after sunset;
and
(10) Number of light geese shot, but
not retrieved.
• Submit an annual report
summarizing the activities conducted
under the conservation order on or
before September 15 of each year. Tribal
information can be incorporated in State
reports to reduce the number of reports
submitted.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0103.
Title: Conservation Order for Light
Geese, 50 CFR 21.60.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: State and
tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Number of Respondents: 39.
Number of Annual Responses: 39.
Completion Time per Response: 74
hours (collect information from
respondents, maintain records, and
prepare reports).
Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,886.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: $97,500, primarily for overhead
costs (materials, printing, postage, etc.)
III. Comments
We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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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Dated: May 19, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–IA–2011–N105; 96300–1671–
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Receipt of Application for Approval
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application
for approval; request for comment.
AGENCY:

The public is invited to
comment on the following application
for approval to conduct certain activities
with birds that are protected in
accordance with the Wild Bird
Conservation Act of 1992.
DATES: Written data, comments, or
requests for a copy of this application
must be received by June 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information submitted with this
application are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents
within 30 days of the date of publication
of this notice to: Chief, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Division of
Management Authority, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA
22203; fax 703/358–2298.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Hoover, Chief, Branch of
Operations, Division of Management
Authority, at 703–358–2095.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
public is invited to comment on the
following application for approval to
conduct certain activities with bird
species covered under the Wild Bird
Conservation Act of 1992. This notice is
provided pursuant to Section 112(4) of
the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992,
50 CFR 15.26(c). Written data,
comments, or requests for copies of this
complete application should be
submitted to the Chief (address above).
Applicant: Ms. Heather E. Bright,
Parker, Colorado.
The applicant wishes to establish a
cooperative breeding program for the
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor). The
approval would be for the cooperative
breeding program and all its members,
including the applicant. If approved, the
program will be overseen by the Rocky
Mountain Society of Aviculture.
SUMMARY:

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