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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 216 / Friday, November 7, 2014 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2014–N235;
FRES480102200B0–XXX–FF02ENEH00]

Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Survey of
Residents’ Attitudes on Jaguar
Conservation
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) 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. We may not conduct or sponsor
and a person is not required to respond
to a collection of information unless it

SUMMARY:

displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before December 8, 2014.
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 OIRA_
[email protected] (email).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803, (mail), or [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–Resident’’
in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_
[email protected] (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone). You may review the ICR
online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow

Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX.
This is a new collection.
Title: Survey of Residents’ Attitudes
on Jaguar Conservation.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new
OMB control number.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 225.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals, land-based business
owners/operators; government agency
personnel; local wildlife associations;
and conservation or recreation
organizations.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Number of
responses

Activity

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the instructions to review Department of
the Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Initial contact ................................................................................................................................
Complete Jaguar Survey .............................................................................................................

225
200

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

425

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.
Abstract: This survey is designed to
elicit information about the public’s
perspectives on attitudes towards and
beliefs about jaguars in the
Northwestern Recovery Unit (southern
Arizona and southwestern New
Mexico). We plan to survey 200
residents, land-based business owners/
operators, related government agency
personnel, and local wildlife association
and/or conservation organization
members in the Northwestern Recovery
Unit. The survey will gather information
on people’s current level of knowledge
about jaguar ecology and status,
people’s attitudes towards jaguars, and
the social barriers and opportunities to
jaguar conservation in this region. The
surveys will consist of in-person
interviews. This information will aid us
in identifying groups that might be
interested in being involved or staying
informed about jaguar conservation and
highlighting groups with particular
concerns that might be addressed in
forthcoming policies or programs. We
will use information gained from this
survey to formulate future jaguar
conservation strategies, as well as to
create educational and outreach
materials for jaguar recovery.

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Comments Received and Our Responses
On December 17, 2013, we published
in the Federal Register (78 FR 76315) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on February 18, 2014.
We received the following comments:
Comment: The commenter requested
that surveys be collected from residents
of Hidalgo County, New Mexico, as well
as from residents of Cochise, Pima, and
Santa Cruz Counties of Arizona, and
that the number of interviews
conducted with residents of each of the
four counties in the Northwestern
Recovery Unit be proportional to the
counties’ population.
Response: We will survey residents in
Hidalgo County, New Mexico. The
contractor will make every effort to
distribute the 200 surveys so that each
county’s residents are adequately
represented.
Comment: One comment requested
that the survey include farmers and
ranchers in Hidalgo County, New
Mexico.
Response: The method of
interviewing residents will mean that
farmers and ranchers will likely be
included among the rural residents
surveyed. The category of small farmers/

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Completion
time per
response
(minutes)

Total annual
burden hours

3
15

11
50
61

ranchers will be targeted purposely, as
a stakeholder category. Small-acreage
land users are often not included in data
collection that targets ranchers and
other agricultural producers. A
concurrent information collection will
include ranchers and farmers in the
Northwestern Recovery Unit. Thus, they
will not be included in this survey to
avoid duplication of effort.
Comment: One commenter requested
to be included as a survey respondent.
Response: We will include the
commenter’s agency as a respondent in
the related government agency
personnel survey stakeholder category.
Comment: One commenter requested
a copy of the survey instrument and the
results of surveys once completed.
Response: We will send a copy of the
survey instrument and the final report,
which will include information on the
data collected, analysis methods,
results, and conclusions. The final
report will be available after May 2015.
Request for Public 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;

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• 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, 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: November 4, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–26513 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R8–ES–2014–N213;
FXES11120000F2–145–FF08ECAR00]

Orange County Transportation
Authority, Orange County, California;
M2 Natural Community Conservation
Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan, Draft
Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement, and
Incidental Take Permit Application
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of
public meetings.
AGENCY:

We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce receipt of
an application from the Orange County
Transportation Authority (OCTA/
applicant) for an incidental take permit
under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act). The permit is
needed to authorize take of listed
animal species due to construction and
habitat management and monitoring
activities within areas affected by
covered freeway projects and in
preserves in Orange County, California.
We have prepared a draft environmental
impact statement (DEIS), which is the
Federal portion of the draft
environmental impact report (DEIR)/
DEIS, to analyze the impacts of issuing
an incidental take permit based on the

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OCTA’s proposed natural community
conservation plan (NCCP)/habitat
conservation plan (HCP). The DEIR
portion of the joint document was
prepared by the OCTA in compliance
with the California Environmental
Quality Act. The DEIS/DEIR, HCP, and
NCCP are available for review.
DATES: Please send written comments
on or before February 5, 2015.
Two public meetings will be held to
solicit public comments on the DEIR/
DEIS. These public meetings will be
held on the following dates:
1. Thursday, November 20, 2014, 5
p.m. to 7 p.m., Orange County
Transportation Authority, 550 S. Main
Street, Orange, California 92868.
2. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, 5 p.m. to
7 p.m., Rancho Santa Margarita City
Hall, 22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa
Margarita, California 92688.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may download copies of the DEIS/DEIR,
HCP, and NCCP at the OCTA’s Web site,
at http://www.octa.net/. Alternatively,
you may use one of the methods under
Submitting Comments to request hard
copies or a CD–ROM of the documents.
Submitting Comments: You may
submit comments or requests for copies
or more information by one of the
following methods.
• U.S. Mail: Mr. Mendel Stewart,
Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 2177 Salk Avenue, Suite 250,
Carlsbad, CA 92008.
• In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or
Pickup: Call (760) 431–1766 to make an
appointment during regular business
hours at the above address or at the
OCTA Office, 550 S Main Street,
Orange, CA 92868.
• Fax: Mr. Mendel Stewart, Field
Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, (760) 431–5901, Attn.: Orange
County Transportation Authority M2
HCP/EIS Comments.
Hardbound copies are also available
for viewing at the following Orange
County public libraries:
1. Tustin Library, 345 E. Main St.,
Tustin, CA 92780.
2. Mission Viejo Library, 100 Civic
Center, Mission Viejo, CA 92691.
3. Garden Grove Regional Library,
11200 Stanford Ave., Garden Grove, CA
92840.
The public meeting locations are:
1. Orange: OCTA, Conference Rooms
103/104, 550 South Main Street, Orange,
CA 92863.
2. Rancho Santa Margarita City Hall,
22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita,
California 92688.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Karen A. Goebel, Assistant Field
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Wildlife Office address above; telephone
(760) 431–9440. Information and
comments related specifically to the
DEIR and the California Environmental
Quality Act should be submitted to Mr.
Dan Phu, Orange County Transportation
Authority (Attn: M2 NCCP/HCP), 550
South Main Street, P.O. Box 14184,
Orange, CA 92863–1584.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We
announce receipt of an application from
the Orange County Transportation
Authority (OCTA/applicant) for an
incidental take permit under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). The applicant is
requesting a permit to incidentally take
10 animal species (including three
federally listed species) and seeking
assurances for 3 plant species during the
term of the proposed 40-year permit.
The permit is needed to authorize take
of listed animal species due to
construction and habitat management
and monitoring activities within areas
affected by covered freeway projects and
in preserves in Orange County,
California.
We have prepared a draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS),
which is the Federal portion of the draft
environmental impact report (DEIR)/
DEIS, to analyze the impacts of issuing
an incidental take permit based on the
OCTA’s proposed natural community
conservation plan (NCCP)/habitat
conservation plan (HCP). The DEIR
portion of the joint document was
prepared by the OCTA in compliance
with the California Environmental
Quality Act. The analyses provided in
the DEIR/DEIS are intended to inform
the public of the proposed action (i.e.,
permit issuance), alternatives, and
associated impacts; address public
comments received during the scoping
period for the DEIR/DEIS; disclose the
direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental effects of the proposed
action and each of the alternatives; and
indicate any irreversible commitment of
resources that would result from
implementation of the proposed action.
Background
Section 9 of the Act and Federal
regulations prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish
and wildlife species federally listed as
endangered or threatened. Take of
federally listed fish or wildlife is
defined under the Act as to harass,
harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill,
trap, capture, or collect listed species, or
attempt to engage in such conduct (16
U.S.C. 1538). ‘‘Harm’’ includes
significant habitat modification or
degradation that actually kills or injures

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