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I. Abstract

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FW–HQ–NCTC–2014–N137: FF09X32000–
FXGO16610900400–145]

Proposed Information Collection;
Application for Training, National
Conservation Training Center
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, 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 September 2,
2014.
SUMMARY:

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 ‘‘1018–0115’’ 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).

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ADDRESSES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Conservation Training Center
(NCTC) in Shepherdstown, West
Virginia, provides natural resource and
other professional training for Service
employees, employees of other Federal
agencies, and other affiliations,
including State agencies, private
individuals, not-for-profit organizations,
and university personnel. FWS Form 3–
2193 (Training Application) is a quick
and easy method for prospective
students who are not from the
Department of the Interior to request
training. We encourage applicants to use
FWS Form 3–2193 and to submit their
requests electronically. However, we do
not require applicants to complete both
a training form required by their agency
and FWS Form 3–2193. NCTC will
accept any single training request as
long as each submission identifies the
name, address, and phone number of
the applicant, sponsoring agency, class
name, start date, and all required
financial payment information.
NCTC uses data from the form to
generate class rosters, class transcripts,
and statistics, and as a budgeting tool
for projecting training requirements. It is
also used to track attendance,
mandatory requirements, tuition, and
invoicing for all NCTC–sponsored
courses both onsite and offsite.

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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. 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.
Dated: June 27, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

II. Data

Fish and Wildlife Service

OMB Control Number: 1018–0115.
Title: Application for Training,
National Conservation Training Center.
Service Form Number: 3–2193.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Persons
who wish to participate in training
given at or sponsored by the National
Conservation Training Center (NCTC).
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
when applying for training at NCTC.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 500.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
500.
Estimated Time Per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 84.

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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;

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Proposed Information Collection;
Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines
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, 2014. We may not conduct or
sponsor and you are 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 September 2,
2014.
SUMMARY:

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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 ‘‘1018–0148’’ 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:
ADDRESSES:

I. Abstract
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. We
issued voluntary Land-Based Wind
Energy Guidelines (http://www.fws.gov/
windenergy) in March 2012 to provide
a structured, scientific process for
addressing wildlife conservation
concerns at all stages of land-based
wind energy development. The
Guidelines 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 are 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

Number of
respondents

Activity (reporting and recordkeeping)

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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 chickens 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 Tier 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 Tier 1 or
2.
At each tier, 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 postconstruction studies conducted at
project sites, bird and bat conservation
strategies, or any other record that
supports a developer’s adherence to the
Guidelines. The extent of the
documentation will depend on the
conditions of the site being developed.
Sites with greater risk of impacts to
wildlife and habitats will likely involve
more extensive communication with the
Service and longer durations of pre- and

Number of
responses

Completion
time per
response
(hours)

post-construction studies than sites with
little risk.
Distributed or community-scale wind
energy projects are unlikely to have
significant adverse impacts to wildlife
and their habitats. The Guidelines
recommend that developers of these
small-scale projects do the desktop
analysis described in Tier 1 or Tier 2
using publicly available information to
determine whether they should
communicate with the Service. Since
such project designs usually include a
single turbine associated with existing
development, conducting a Tier 1 or
Tier 2 analysis for distributed or
community-scale wind energy projects
should incur limited nonhour burden
costs. For such projects, if there is no
potential risk identified, a developer
will have no need to communicate with
the Service regarding the project or to
conduct studies described in Tiers 3, 4,
and 5.
Adherence to the Guidelines is
voluntary. Following the Guidelines
does not relieve any individual,
company, or agency of the responsibility
to comply with applicable laws and
regulations. Developers of wind energy
projects have a responsibility to comply
with the law; for example, they must
obtain incidental take authorization for
species protected by the Endangered
Species Act and/or Bald and Golden
Eagle Protection Act.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0148.
Title: Land-Based Wind Energy
Guidelines.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Developers and operators of wind
energy facilities.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Total annual
burden hours

Nonhour
burden cost
per response

Total annual
nonhour
burden cost

Tier 1 (desktop analysis) .........................
Tier 2 (site characterization) ....................
Tier 3 (pre-construction studies) ..............
Tier 4 (post-construction fatality monitoring and habitat studies) ....................
Tier 5 (other post-construction studies ....

150
110
80

150
110
80

83
375
2,880

12,450
41,250
230,400

$2,000
4,000
23,000

$300,000
440,000
1,840,000

50
10

50
10

2,550
2,400

127,500
24,000

95,000
191,000

4,750,000
1,910,000

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

400

400

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

435,600

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

9,240,000

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
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the size and complexity of issues
associated with each project. These

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limited to: Travel expenses for site

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visits, studies conducted, and meetings
with the Service and other Federal and
State agencies; training in survey
methodologies; data management;
special transportation such as all-terrain
vehicles or helicopters; equipment
needed for acoustic, telemetry, or radar
monitoring, and carcass storage.
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.
Dated: June 27, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–15617 Filed 7–2–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R8–ES–2014–N068;
FXES11120800000F2–145–FF08ECAR00]

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Incidental Take Permit Application and
Draft Environmental Assessment for
the Proposed West Valley Habitat
Conservation Plan, City of Colton, San
Bernardino County, California
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

This notice advises the public
that we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), have received an

SUMMARY:

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application for an incidental take permit
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act), from the City of Colton
(City), San Bernardino County,
California. The Service, in cooperation
and coordination with the City, has
prepared a draft environmental
assessment (EA) under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for
the City’s permit application and
proposed West Valley Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP). We have
prepared the draft EA to analyze the
impacts of the Service’s proposed
issuance of the requested permit for
incidental take of the Delhi Sands
flower-loving fly. The draft EA
considers the environmental effects
associated with the City’s
implementation of the proposed West
Valley HCP, as well as the measures the
City will undertake to minimize and
mitigate the effects of incidental take to
the maximum extent practicable. We
provide the analysis in the draft EA to
inform the public of the proposed
action, alternatives, and associated
impacts; and to disclose the direct,
indirect, and cumulative environmental
effects of the proposed action and each
of the alternatives. We request public
comment on the draft EA and proposed
West Valley HCP for the City’s proposed
activities.
DATES: We will accept comments
received or postmarked on or before
September 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may use one of the methods below to
request printed copies or a CD–ROM of
the documents. Please send your
requests or comments by any one of the
following methods, and specify ‘‘West
Valley HCP’’ in your request or
comment.
Submitting Comments: You may
submit comments or requests for copies
or more information by one of the
following methods.
• Email: [email protected].
Include ‘‘West Valley HCP’’ in the
subject line of the message.
• U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife
Office, Attn: Mr. Kennon A. Corey,
Assistant Field Supervisor, 777 East
Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208, Palm
Springs, CA 92262.
• In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or
Pickup: Telephone 760–322–2070 to
make an appointment during regular
business hours to drop off comments or
view received comments at the address
identified above.
• Fax: Mr. Kennon A. Corey,
Assistant Field Supervisor, 760–322–
4648, Attn: West Valley HCP.

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Ms.
Jenness McBride, Division Chief,
Coachella and Imperial Valleys, 777
East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208,
Palm Springs, CA 92262, telephone
760–322–2070. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339 to
contact the person identified above
during normal business hours. The FIRS
is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, to leave a message or question
with the person identified above. You
will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce the availability of our draft
EA for the City of Colton’s proposed
West Valley HCP, in accordance with
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.; NEPA), and NEPA implementing
regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 1506.6, as
well as the availability of the City’s
10(a)(1)(B) permit application in
compliance with section 10(c) of the
Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The
draft EA considers the environmental
effects associated with issuing the City’s
requested incidental take permit and
implementation of the proposed West
Valley HCP, including impacts to the
endangered Delhi Sands flower-loving
fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus
abdominalis).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Background
Section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) and Federal regulations at 50
CFR part 17 prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish
and wildlife species listed as
endangered or threatened. Take of listed
fish and wildlife is defined under the
Act as to ‘‘harass, harm, pursue, hunt,
shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or
collect listed animal species, or to
attempt to engage in such conduct’’ (16
U.S.C. 1538). Harm includes significant
habitat modification or degradation that
results in death or injury to listed
species by significantly impairing
essential behavioral patterns, including
breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR
17.3). Under limited circumstances, we
may issue permits to authorize
incidental take of listed wildlife species,
which the Act defines as take that is
incidental to, and not the purpose of,
the carrying out of otherwise lawful
activities.
Regulations governing incidental take
permits for threatened and endangered
species are at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22,
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