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disrupted. The Board’s seven members
will be balanced to represent a crosssection of disciplines and expertise
relevant to the National Park Service
mission. The renewal of the Board
comports with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix), and
follows consultation with the General
Services Administration. The
administrative reestablishment will be
effective on the date the charter is filed
pursuant to section 9(c) of the Act and
41 CFR 102–3.70.
Certification: I hereby certify that the
renewal of the National Park Service
Concessions Management Advisory
Board is necessary and in the public
interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the
Department of the Interior by the Act of
August 25, 1916, 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and
other statutes relating to the
administration of the National Park
System.
Dated: March 14, 2012.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–ES–2012–N077;
FXES111309WLLF0D2–123–FF09E30000]

Proposed Information Collection; Wolf
Livestock Demonstration Project Grant
Program
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. We
may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it

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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 June 1, 2012.
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] (email).
Please include ‘‘1018–New’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at
[email protected] (email) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Subtitle C of Title VI of the Omnibus
Public Land Management Act of 2009
(Act) (Pub. L. 111–11) authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture to develop a
Wolf Livestock Demonstration Project
Grant Program (WLDPGP) to:
• Assist livestock producers in
undertaking proactive, nonlethal
activities to reduce the risk of livestock
loss due to predation by wolves; and
• Compensate livestock producers for
livestock losses due to such predation.
The Act directs that the program be
established as a grant program to
provide funding to States and tribes,
that the Federal cost-share not exceed
50 percent, and that funds be expended
equally between the two purposes. The
Act included an authorization of
appropriations up to $1 million each
fiscal year for 5 years. For FY 2012, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Program will
allocate the funding as competitively
awarded grants to States and tribes with
a prior history of wolf depredation.
States with delisted wolf populations
are eligible for funding, provided that
they meet the eligibility criteria
contained in Public Law 111–11.
The following additional criteria
apply to all WLDPGP grants and must
be satisfied for a project to receive
WLDPGP funding:
• A proposal cannot include U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service full-time
equivalent (FTE) costs.
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• A proposal cannot seek funding for
projects that serve to satisfy regulatory
requirements of the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) including complying with a
biological opinion under section 7 or
fulfilling commitments of a Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP) under section
10, or for projects that serve to satisfy
other Federal regulatory requirements
(e.g., mitigation for Federal permits).
• State administrative costs must be
assumed by the State or included in the
proposal in accordance with Federal
requirements.
We will 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, eligible States
and tribes must submit an application
that describes in substantial detail
project locations, project resources,
future benefits, and other characteristics
that meet the Wolf Livestock
Demonstration Project purposes as
listed above. In accordance with the
Act, States and tribes that receive a
grant must:
• Maintain files of all claims received
under programs funded by the grant,
including supporting documentation;
and
• Submit an annual report that
includes a summary of claims and
expenditures under the program during
the year and a description of any action
taken on the claims.
Materials that describe the program
and assist applicants in formulating
project proposals will be available on
our Web site at www.fws.gov/grants
Persons who do not have access to the
Internet may obtain instructional
materials by mail.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX.
This is a new collection.
Title: Wolf Livestock Demonstration
Project Grant Program.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new
OMB control number.
Description of Respondents: States
and Indian tribes.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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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,
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.

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
information collection is scheduled to
expire on September 30, 2012. 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: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by June 1, 2012.
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] (email).
Please include ‘‘1018–0148’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at
[email protected] (email) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: March 27, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

I. Abstract
In January 2012, we requested that
OMB approve, on an emergency basis,
our request to collect information
associated with the Land-Based Wind
Energy Guidelines (Guidelines). We
asked for emergency approval because
of the potential negative effects that
proposed wind energy facilities may
have on wildlife and their habitat. OMB
approved our request and assigned OMB
Control No. 1018–0148, which expires
September 30, 2012. We are going to ask
OMB to extend the approval for this
information collection for 3 years.
As wind energy production increased,
both developers and wildlife agencies
recognized the need for a system to
evaluate and address the potential
negative impacts of wind energy
projects on species of concern. These
voluntary Guidelines (http://
www.fws.gov/windenergy) provide a
structured, scientific process for
addressing wildlife conservation

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–FHC–2011–N266;
FXHC11220900000Z2–112–FF09F20000]

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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

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concerns at all stages of land-based
wind energy development. They also
promote effective communication
among wind energy developers and
Federal, State, tribal, and local
conservation agencies. When used in
concert with appropriate regulatory
tools, the Guidelines will be the best
practical approach for conserving
species of concern.
The Guidelines discuss various risks
to ‘‘species of concern’’ from wind
energy projects, including collisions
with wind turbines and associated
infrastructure; loss and degradation of
habitat from turbines and infrastructure;
fragmentation of large habitat blocks
into smaller segments that may not
support sensitive species; displacement
and behavioral changes; and indirect
effects such as increased predator
populations or introduction of invasive
plants. The Guidelines assist developers
in identifying species of concern that
may potentially be affected by proposed
projects, including, but not limited to:
• Migratory birds;
• Bats;
• Bald and golden eagles and other
birds of prey;
• Prairie and sage grouse; and
• Listed, proposed, or candidate
endangered and threatened species.
The Guidelines follow a tiered
approach. The wind energy developer
begins at Tier 1 or Tier 2, which entails
gathering of existing data to help
identify any potential risks to wildlife
and their habitats at proposed wind
energy project sites. The developer then
proceeds through subsequent tiers, as
appropriate, to collect information in
increasing detail until the level of risk
is adequately ascertained and a decision
on whether or not to develop the site
can be made. Many projects may not
proceed beyond Tiers 1 or 2, when
developers become aware of potential
barriers, including high risks to wildlife.
Developers would only have an interest
in adhering to the Guidelines for those
projects that proceed beyond Tiers 1
and 2.
At each tier level, wind energy
developers and operators should retain
documentation to provide to the
Service. Such documentation may
include copies of correspondence with
the Service, results of pre- and post-

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