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Migratory Birds and Wetlands Conservation Grant Programs

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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 24, 2011 / Notices

Dated: May 18, 2011.
L. Renee Orr,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy
and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2011–12724 Filed 5–23–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–MB–2011–N104; FY 11 91100–
3740–GRNT 7C]

Proposed Information Collection;
Migratory Birds and Wetlands
Conservation Grant Programs
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 December
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 1018–0100 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:

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I. Abstract
The Division of Bird Habitat
Conservation administers grant
programs associated with the North
American Wetlands Conservation Act
(NAWCA), Public Law 101–233 and the
Neotropical Migratory Bird

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Conservation Act (NMBCA), Public Law
106–247. Currently, information that we
collect for NMBCA grants is approved
under OMB Control No. 1018–0113,
which expires March 31, 2012. We are
proposing to consolidate NAWCA and
NMBCA grants under OMB Control No.
1018–0100. If OMB approves this
request, we will discontinue OMB
Control Number 1018–0113.
North American Wetlands Conservation
Act Grants
NAWCA provides matching grants to
organizations and individuals who have
developed partnerships to carry out
wetlands conservation projects in the
United States, Canada, and Mexico for
the benefit of wetlands-associated
migratory birds and other wildlife.
There is a Standard and a Small Grants
Program. Both are competitive grants
programs and require that grant requests
be matched by partner contributions at
no less than a 1-to-1 ratio. Funds from
U.S. Federal sources may contribute to
a project, but are not eligible as match.
The Standard Grants Program
supports projects in Canada, the United
States, and Mexico that involve longterm protection, restoration, and/or
enhancement of wetlands and
associated uplands habitats. In Mexico,
partners may also conduct projects
involving technical training,
environmental education and outreach,
organizational infrastructure
development, and sustainable-use
studies.
The Small Grants Program operates
only in the United States. It supports the
same type of projects and adheres to the
same selection criteria and
administrative guidelines as the U.S.
Standard Grants Program. However,
project activities are usually smaller in
scope and involve fewer project dollars.
Grant requests may not exceed $75,000,
and funding priority is given to grantees
or partners new to the NAWCA Grants
Program.
We publish notices of funding
availability on the Grants.gov Web site
at http://www.grants.gov as well as in
the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance at 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 North
American Wetlands Conservation
Council and the requirements of
NAWCA. Materials that describe the

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program and assist applicants in
formulating project proposals are
available on our Web site at http://
www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/
NAWCA. 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
1999.
Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act
NMBCA establishes a matching grant
programs to fund projects that promote
the conservation of neotropical
migratory birds in the United States,
Canada, Latin America, and the
Caribbean.
We publish notices of funding
availability on the Grants.gov Web site
as well as in the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance. 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 Web site at http://
www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/
NMBCA/index.shtm. 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: 1018–0100.
Title: Migratory Birds and Wetlands
Conservation Grant Programs.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Domestic
and foreign individuals, businesses and
other for-profit organizations;
educational organizations; not-for-profit
institutions; and Federal, State, local,
and/or tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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Number of
respondents

Activity

Total annual
burden hours

NAWCA Small Grants—Applications ...............................................................
NAWCA Small Grants—Reports .....................................................................
NAWCA U.S. Standard Grants—Applications .................................................
NAWCA Canadian and Mexican Standard Grants—Applications ...................
NAWCA Standard Grants—Reports ................................................................
NMBCA Grant Applications .............................................................................
NMBCA Reports ..............................................................................................

87
109
77
32
188
106
71

58
33
215
80
86
62
42

5,046
3,597
16,555
2,560
16,168
6,572
2,982

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

670

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

53,480

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.
Dated: May 19, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–12807 Filed 5–23–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–IA–2011–N103; 96200–1672–
0002–R5]

Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; International
Conservation Grant Programs
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, FWS) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on May 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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before June 23, 2011.
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).
SUMMARY:

Number of
respondents

Activity

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Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Number of
responses

Please provide a copy of your comments
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail), or [email protected] (email). Please include 1018–0123 in the
subject line of your comments.
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at
[email protected] (e-mail) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone). You may review the
ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to review
Department of the Interior collections
under review by OMB.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 1018–0123.
Title: International Conservation
Grant Programs.
Service Form Number: 3–2338.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Domestic
and nondomestic individuals; nonprofit
organizations; educational institutions;
private sector entities; and State, local,
and tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Number of
responses

Total annual
burden hours

Applications ......................................................................................................
Reports ............................................................................................................

668
302

668
604

22
40

14,696
24,160

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

970

1,272

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

38,856

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