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eligible to serve as a member of the
Council. The Secretaries will select
discretionary members from among the
national interest groups listed below.
These members must be senior-level
representatives of their organizations
and/or have the ability to represent their
designated constituency.
(1) State fish and wildlife resource
management agencies;
(2) Wildlife and habitat conservation/
management organizations;
(3) Game bird hunting organizations;
(4) Waterfowl hunting organizations;
(5) Big game hunting organizations;
(6) Sportsmen and women community
at large;
(7) Archery, hunting, and/or shooting
sports industry;
(8) Hunting and shooting sports
outreach and education organizations;
(9) Tourism, outfitter, and/or guide
industries related to hunting and/or
shooting sports;
(10) Tribal resource management
organizations.
The Council functions solely as an
advisory body and in compliance with
provisions of the FACA (5 U.S.C.
Appendix 2).
Certification: I hereby certify that the
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage
Conservation Council (Council) is
necessary and is in the public interest
in connection with the performance of
duties imposed on the Department of
the Interior and the Department of
Agriculture under 43 U.S.C. 1457 and
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act
of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a), the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement
Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd), and
Executive Order 13443, Facilitation of
Hunting Heritage and Wildlife
Conservation.
Dated: March 6, 2012.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
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Control Number 1014–0016]

Information Collection Activities:
Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way;
Submitted for Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment
Request
Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement, Interior.

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ACTION:

30-day Notice.

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), BSEE is notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
Subpart J, ‘‘Pipelines and Pipeline
Rights-of-Way.’’ This notice also
provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the revised
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.
DATES: You must submit comments by
April 18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either
fax (202) 395–5806 or email
([email protected]) directly
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior (1014–0016). Please provide a
copy of your comments to BSEE by any
of the means below.
• Electronically: go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled,
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter BSEE–
2011–0002 then click search. Follow the
instructions to submit public comments
and view all related materials. We will
post all comments.
• Email [email protected], fax
(703) 787–1546, or mail or hand-carry
comments to: Department of the
Interior; Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement; Attention:
Nicole Mason; 381 Elden Street,
HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817.
Please reference 1014–0016 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Mason, Regulations and
Development Branch, (703) 787–1605,
to request additional information about
this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR
submitted to OMB, go to http://
www.reginfo.gov (select Information
Collection Review, Currently Under
Review).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart J, Pipelines
and Pipeline Rights-of-Way.
Form: BSEE–0149.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0016.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to prescribe rules and regulations
necessary for the administration of the
leasing provisions of the Act related to
mineral resources on the OCS. Such
rules and regulations will apply to all
operations conducted under a lease,
right-of-way (ROW), or a right-of-use
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and easement. Section 1334(e)
authorizes the Secretary to grant ROWs
through the submerged lands of the OCS
for pipelines ‘‘* * * for the
transportation of oil, natural gas,
sulphur, or other minerals, or under
such regulations and upon such
conditions as may be prescribed by the
Secretary, * * * including (as provided
in section 1347(b) of this title) assuring
maximum environmental protection by
utilization of the best available and
safest technologies, including the safest
practices for pipeline burial * * *.’’
The Independent Offices
Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the
Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L.
104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26,
1996), and OMB Circular A–25,
authorize Federal agencies to recover
the full cost of services that confer
special benefits. This authority and
responsibility are among those
delegated to BSEE. BSEE regulations
specify cost recovery service fees for
pipeline and assignment applications.
This information collection (IC)
request addresses the regulations under
30 CFR 250, subpart J, on pipelines and
pipeline ROWs and is considered a
revision. Between the initial 60-day FR
notice and now, BSEE requested and
obtained OMB approval via a Notice of
Action (12/12/2011) to transfer 1010–
0050 to 1014–0016. This transfer was a
result of the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulations and
Enforcement splitting into two bureaus
and some specific subpart J regulatory
requirements going to both bureaus.
Therefore, the program change is due to
that final rulemaking (76 FR 64432)
where the requirements pertaining to
bonding (Form BOEM–2030; § 250.1011)
have been removed from BSEE
regulations and are now located in the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
regulations (30 CFR 550.1011). This
collection also covers the related
Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs)
that BSEE issues to clarify and provide
additional guidance on some aspects of
the regulations.
Regulations at 30 CFR part 250,
subpart J, implement these statutory
requirements. We use the information to
ensure those activities are performed in
a safe manner. BSEE needs information
concerning the proposed pipeline and
safety equipment, inspections and tests,
and natural and manmade hazards near
the proposed pipeline route. BSEE uses
the information to review pipeline
designs prior to approving an
application for an ROW or lease term
pipeline to ensure that the pipeline, as
constructed, will provide for safe
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of the OCS. We review proposed
pipeline routes to ensure that the
pipeline would not conflict with any
State requirements or unduly interfere
with other OCS activities. BSEE reviews
proposals for taking pipeline safety
equipment out of service to ensure
alternate measures are used that will
properly provide for the safety of the
pipeline and associated facilities
(platform, etc.). We review notification
of relinquishment of an ROW grant and
requests to abandon pipelines to ensure
that all legal obligations are met and
pipelines are properly abandoned. BSEE
monitors the records concerning
pipeline inspections and tests to ensure
safety of operations and protection of
the environment and to schedule their
workload to permit witnessing and
inspecting operations. Information is
also necessary to determine the point at
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has regulatory responsibility for a
pipeline and to be informed of the
identified operator if not the same as the
ROW holder.
The following form is also submitted
to BSEE under subpart J:
BSEE–0149—Assignment of Federal
OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant: BSEE
uses the information to track the
ownership of pipeline ROWs; as well as
use the information to update the
corporate database that is used to
determine what leases are available for
a Lease Sale and the ownership of all
OCS leases.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2); also under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public or for limited inspection,’’
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Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Information
Program.’’
No items of a sensitive nature are
collected. Responses are mandatory or
are required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency: On occasion, annual.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents include lessees, operators,
and holders of pipeline ROWs.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
estimated annual hour burden for this
information collection is a total of
55,072 hours. The following chart
details the individual components and
estimated hour burdens. In calculating
the burdens, we assumed that
respondents perform certain
requirements in the normal course of
their activities. We consider these to be
usual and customary and took that into
account in estimating the burden.
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Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified seven non-hour
paperwork cost burdens for this
collection. However, note that the actual
service fee amounts are specified in 30
CFR 250.125, which provides a
consolidated table of the service fees
required under the 30 CFR 250
regulations. The non-hour cost burdens
(cost recovery fees) in this IC total an
estimated $1,824,851, and they are
required under:
Section 250.1000(b)—New Pipeline
Application (lease term)—$3,283.
Section 250.1000(b)—Pipeline
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Section 250.1000(b)—Pipeline
Application Modification (ROW)—
$3,865.
Section 250.1008(e)—Pipeline Repair
Notification—$360.
Section 250.1015(a)—Pipeline ROW
Grant Application—$2,569.
Section 250.1015(a)—Pipeline
Conversion from Lease term to ROW—
$219.
Section 250.1018(b)—Pipeline ROW
Assignment—$186.
We have not identified any other nonhour cost burdens associated with this
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
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collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide
notice * * * and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information * * *.’’
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
collection is necessary or useful; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the burden of
the proposed collection of information;
(c) enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
on the respondents, including the use of
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To comply with the public
consultation process, on December 5,
2011, we published a Federal Register
notice (76 FR 75894) announcing that
we would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
control number for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR 250 regulations and forms. The
regulation also informs the public that
they may comment at any time on the
collections of information and provides
the address to which they should send
comments. We have received no
comments in response to these efforts.
Public Comment Procedures: Before
including your address, phone number,
email 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.
Acting BSEE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon (703)
787–1607.
Dated: February 22, 2012.
Douglas W. Morris,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R1–ES–2012–N026;
FXES11130100000F5–123–FF01E00000]

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
for permits to conduct activities with
the purpose of enhancing the survival of
endangered species. The Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),
prohibits certain activities with respect
to endangered species unless a Federal
permit allows such activity. The Act
also requires that we invite public
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To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by April
18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Endangered Species
Program Manager, Ecological Services,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific
Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue,
Portland, OR 97232–4181. Please refer
to the permit number for the application
when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colleen Henson, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above address or by
telephone (503–231–2071) or fax (503–
231–6243).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

Background
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
prohibits certain activities with respect
to endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such
activity. Along with our implementing
regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17, the
Act provides for certain permits, and
requires that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits for
endangered species.
A permit granted by us under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes the
permittee to conduct activities
(including take or interstate commerce)
with respect to U.S. endangered or
threatened species for scientific
purposes or enhancement of
propagation or survival. Our regulations
implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Act for these permits are found at 50
CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for
endangered plant species, and 50 CFR
17.72 for threatened plant species.
Applications Available for Review and
Comment
We invite local, State, and Federal
agencies, and the public to comment on
the following applications. Please refer
to the appropriate permit number for the
application when submitting comments.
Documents and other information
submitted with these applications are
available for review by request from the
Endangered Species Program Manager at
the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice, subject to the
requirements of the Privacy Act (5
U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Permit Number: TE–64043A
Applicant: David Bainbridge, DVM,
Verona, Illinois
The applicant requests an interstate
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conjunction with captive propagation
for the purpose of enhancing their
survival. This notification covers
activities conducted by the applicant
over the next 5 years.
Permit Number: TE–66384A
Applicant: Idaho Department of Fish
and Game, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
The applicant requests a permit to
take (collect eggs, net and tag juveniles
and adults) the Kootenai River white
sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) in
conjunction with spawning,
recruitment, monitoring, and population
studies in Boundary County, Idaho, for
the purpose of enhancing the species’
survival.
Permit Number: TE–012136
Applicant: Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality, Hillsboro,
Oregon
The permittee requests a permit
amendment to take (harass by
electrofishing, capture, and release) the
Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps) in
conjunction with monitoring studies in
Lake County, Oregon, for the purpose of
enhancing the species’ survival. The
permit currently covers take of Oregon
chub (Oregonichthys crameri), Lost
River sucker (Deltistes luxatus), and
shortnose sucker (Chasmistes
brevirostris), for which notices were
published in the Federal Register on
July 2, 1999 (64 FR 36032) and June 20,
2000 (65 FR 38297).
Permit Number: TE–66612A
Applicant: Wildwood Wildlife Park,
Minocqua, Wisconsin
The applicant requests an interstate
commerce permit to purchase nene
geese (Branta sandvicensis) in
conjunction with captive propagation
for the purpose of enhancing their
survival. This notification covers
activities conducted by the applicant
over the next 5 years.
Public Availability of Comments
All comments and materials we
receive in response to this request will
be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours at the address listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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
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