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Status: Surplus
GSA Number: 4–B–TN–0664–AG
Directions: GSA—Disposal Agency; Energy—
Landholding Agency; (State Rte. 58).
Comments: Accessibility/usage subjected to
Federal, state, & local laws including but
not limited to historic preservation,
floodplains, wetlands, endangered species,
Nat’l EPA; contact GSA for more
information.
Unsuitable Properties
Land
District of Columbia
4 Vacant Parcels
Joint Base Anacostica-Bolling
Washington DC
Landholding Agency: Navy
Property Number: 77201520015
Status: Underutilized
Directions: N. end ball fields; vacant/
underutilized land & parking lot S. of N.
end ball fields; vacant/underutilized land
W. of #370; open space off Duncan Ave.
Comments: Public access denied and no
alternative method to gain access without
compromising national security.
Reasons: Secured Area.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FW–HQ–ES–2015–N120; 4500030113]

Proposed Information Collection;
Policy for Evaluation of Conservation
Efforts When Making Listing Decisions
(PECE)
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

SUMMARY:

other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
IC is scheduled to expire on August 31,
2015. 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 August 18, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the 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 ‘‘1018–0119’’ 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:
I. Abstract
Section 4 of the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
specifies the process by which we can
list species as threatened or endangered.
When we consider whether or not to list
a species, the ESA requires us to take
into account the efforts being made by
any State or any political subdivision of
a State to protect such species. We also
take into account the efforts being made
by other entities. States or other entities
often formalize conservation efforts in
conservation agreements, conservation
plans, management plans, or similar
documents. The conservation efforts
recommended or called for in such
documents could prevent some species
from becoming so imperiled that they
meet the definition of a threatened or
endangered species under the ESA.
The Policy for Evaluation of
Conservation Efforts When Making
Listing Decisions (PECE) (68 FR 15100,
March 28, 2003) encourages the
development of conservation
agreements/plans and provides certainty
Number of
respondents

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about the standard that an individual
conservation effort must meet in order
for us to consider whether it contributes
to forming a basis for making a decision
about the listing of a species. PECE
applies to ‘‘formalized conservation
efforts’’ that have not been implemented
or have been implemented but have not
yet demonstrated if they are effective at
the time of a listing decision.
Under PECE, formalized conservation
efforts are defined as conservation
efforts (specific actions, activities, or
programs designed to eliminate or
reduce threats or otherwise improve the
status of a species) identified in a
conservation agreement, conservation
plan, management plan, or similar
document. To assist us in evaluating a
formalized conservation effort under
PECE, we collect information such as
conservation plans, monitoring results,
or progress reports. The development of
such agreements/plans is voluntary.
There is no requirement that the
individual conservation efforts included
in such documents be designed to meet
the standard in PECE. The PECE policy
is posted on our Candidate Conservation
Web site at http://www.fws.gov/
endangered/esa-library/pdf/PECEfinal.pdf.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0119.
Title: Policy for Evaluation of
Conservation Efforts When Making
Listing Decisions (PECE).
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Primarily
State, local, or tribal governments.
However, individuals, businesses, and
not-for-profit organizations could
develop agreements/plans or may agree
to implement certain conservation
efforts identified in a State agreement/
plan.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Completion
time per
response

Number of
responses

Total annual
burden hours

Original Agreement ..........................................................................................
Monitoring ........................................................................................................
Reporting .........................................................................................................

4
7
7

4
7
7

2,000
600
120

8,000
4,200
840

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

18

18

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

13,040

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.

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III. Comments
We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:

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• 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. 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 15, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, via email:
([email protected]); or
by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission with ‘OMB Control Number
1028–0087 National Geological and
Geophysical Data Preservation Program’.
Please also forward a copy of your
comments and suggestions on this
information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7195 (fax);
or [email protected] (email).
Please reference ‘OMB Information
Collection 1028–0087: National
Geological and Geophysical Data
Preservation Program’ in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty Adrian at (303) 202–4828 or by
mail at U.S. Geological Survey, Box
25046, MS 975, Denver Federal Center,
Denver, CO 80225, or by email at
[email protected]. You may also find
information about this ICR at
www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[USGS—GX15GL00DT7ST00]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of revision of a currently
approved information collection (1028–
0087).
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) are notifying the public that we
have submitted to Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) the information
collection request (ICR) described
below. To comply with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 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 ICR.
This collection is scheduled to expire
on September 30, 2015.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
on this ICR are considered, OMB must
receive them on or before July 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written
comments on this information

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This notice concerns the collection of
information that is sufficient and
relevant to evaluate and select proposals
for funding under the NGGDPP. We will
accept proposals from State geological
surveys requesting funds to (1)
inventory, assess, and preserve the
condition of geoscientific collections
and individual physical samples, (2)
create metadata for individual samples
and collections, (3) create or update
digital infrastructure, including data
migration to contemporary formats to
assure data are not lost due to recording
media degradation or changing data
recording formats or software programs;
and (4) rescue data at risk. Financial
assistance will be awarded annually on
a competitive basis following the
evaluation and ranking of State
proposals by a review panel composed
of representatives from the Department
of the Interior, State geological surveys,
academic institutions, and the private
sector. To submit a proposal,
respondents must complete a project
narrative and submit the application via
www.grants.gov. Grant recipients must
complete a final technical report at the
end of the project period. Narrative and
report guidance is available through
http://datapreservation.usgs.gov and at
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II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0087.
Form Number: not applicable.
Title: National Geological and
Geophysical Data Preservation Program
(NGGDPP).
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary,
but necessary to receive benefits.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Description of Respondents: All State
Geological Surveys will have the
opportunity to apply for matching
Federal funds.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 59 (32 applications and 27
reports).
Estimated Time per Response: We
estimate that it will take 42 hours per
person to fill out and submit an
application requesting financial
assistance and provide a final report.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
1,324 burden hours. We expect to
receive approximately 32 applications.
It takes each applicant approximately 38
hours to complete the narrative and to
present supporting documents. This
includes the time for project conception
and development, proposal writing and
reviewing, and submitting the proposal
application through Grants.gov (totaling
1,324 burden hours). We anticipate
awarding 27 grants per year. The award
recipients must submit a final report.
We estimate that it will take
approximately 4 hours to complete the
requirement for the final report (totaling
108 hours).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour 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 and
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until the OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obliged to respond.
Comments: On March 24, 2015, we
published a Federal Register notice 80
FR 15631 announcing that we would
submit this ICR to OMB for approval
and soliciting comments. The comment
period closed on May 26, 2015. We
received no comments.
III. Request for Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this ICR as to: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,

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