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respondents’ facilities, the nature of the
collections, quantities, issues of
complexity, and any other related
factors.

Dated: March 6, 2014.
Debra Sonderman,
Director, Office of Acquisition and Property
Management.

III. Request for Comments
The Department invites comments on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agencies, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agencies’
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information and the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(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, including through the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort,
and financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install, and use
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, and to complete and
review the collection of information;
and to transmit or otherwise disclose
the information.
All written comments, with names
and addresses, will be available for
public inspection. If you wish us to
withhold your personal information,
you must prominently state at the
beginning of your comment what
personal information you want us to
withhold. We will honor your request to
the extent allowable by law. If you wish
to view any comments received, you
may do so by visiting the Interior
Museum Program’s Web site at: http://
www.doi.gov/museum.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.

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Proposed Information Collection;
International 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 September
30, 2014. 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 May 13, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_
[email protected] (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
Some of the world’s most treasured
and exotic animals are dangerously
close to extinction. Destruction of
natural habitat, illegal poaching, and
pet-trade smuggling are devastating
populations of tigers, rhinos, marine
turtles, great apes, elephants, and many
other highly cherished species. The
Division of International Conservation
administers competitive grant programs
funded under the:

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• African Elephant Conservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 4201–4245).
• Asian Elephant Conservation Act of
1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261).
• Great Apes 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 Species, and
Amphibians in Decline).
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. A panel of technical experts
reviews each proposal to assess how
well the project addresses the priorities
identified by each program’s authorizing
legislation and the associated project
costs. As all of the on-the-ground
projects are conducted outside the
United States, the letter of appropriate
government endorsement ensures that
the proposed activities will be
supportive of locally identified
priorities and needs. Brief curricula
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.
All assistance awards under these
grant programs have a maximum
reporting requirement of:
• Interim reports (performance report
and a financial status report) as
appropriate, and a
• Final report (performance and
financial status report and copies of all

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deliverables, photographic
documentation of the project and
products resulting from the project) due
within 90 days of the end of the
performance period.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0123.

Title: International Conservation
Grant Programs.
Service Form Number: 3–2338.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Domestic
and nondomestic individuals; nonprofit
organizations; educational institutions;
Number of
respondents

Activity

Completion
time per
response

Number of
responses

Total
annual
burden
hours

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

502
164

502
315

12 hours
30 hours

6,024
9,450

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

666

817

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

15,474

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

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
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private sector entities; and State, local
and tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Dated: March 10, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Endangered Species; Receipt of
Applications for Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
for permit.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless Federal authorization is
acquired that allows such activities.
DATES: We must receive comments or
requests for documents on or before
April 14, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203;
fax (703) 358–2280; or email DMAFR@
fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
(telephone); (703) 358–2280 (fax);
[email protected] (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How do I request copies of
applications or comment on submitted
applications?
Send your request for copies of
applications or comments and materials
concerning any of the applications to
the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
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in your request or submission. We will
not consider requests or comments sent
to an email or address not listed under
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
address in your request for copies of
applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or
comments as specific as possible. Please
confine your comments to issues for
which we seek comments in this notice,
and explain the basis for your
comments. Include sufficient
information with your comments to
allow us to authenticate any scientific or
commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to
influence agency decisions are: (1)
Those supported by quantitative
information or studies; and (2) Those
that include citations to, and analyses
of, the applicable laws and regulations.
We will not consider or include in our
administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment
period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I review comments submitted by
others?
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the street
address listed under ADDRESSES. The
public may review documents and other
information applicants have sent in
support of the application unless our
allowing viewing would violate the
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
Act. 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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