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replacement partner entity similar to the
qualifications detailed for the original
partner entity in the Intermediary’s
initial application. As this is pilot
program and HUD is responsible for
submitting annual program evaluation
reports to Congress, Intermediaries may
be required to work with a program
evaluation team and provide relevant
information, possibly including (but not
limited to) information pertaining to
retrofit implementation, program
administration, post-retrofit behavioral
interventions, and certain fees.
Intermediaries may be asked to clarify
or provide additional context for
previously submitted information,
including additional details on their
sources and uses of funds.
Respondents: Entities applying to be
Intermediaries under this program,
selected Intermediaries.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,000.
Frequency of Response: 66.67.
Average Hours per Response: 4.40.
Total Estimated Burdens: 4,401.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(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 those
who are to respond; including through
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.

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C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Dated: July 29, 2019.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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1018–New]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Policy Regarding Voluntary
Prelisting Conservation Actions
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service, we), are proposing a new
information collection in use without an
OMB Control Number.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
mail 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 by email to Info_Coll@
fws.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1018–VPCA in the subject line
of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at Info_
[email protected], or by telephone at (703)
358–2503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Service; (2)
will this information be processed and
used in a timely manner; (3) is the
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how
might the Service enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (5) how might the
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Service minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
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 ICR. 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.
Abstract: The Service is charged with
implementing the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). The goal of the Act is to
provide a means to conserve the
ecosystems upon which listed species
depend and a program for listed species
conservation. Through our Candidate
Conservation program, we encourage
the public to take conservation actions
for species prior to them being listed
under the Act. Doing so may result in
precluding the need to list a species,
may result in listing a species as
threatened instead of endangered, or, if
a species becomes listed, may provide
the basis for its recovery and eventual
removal from the protections of the Act.
This policy gives landowners,
government agencies, and others
incentives to carry out voluntary
conservation actions for unlisted
species. It allows the use of any benefits
to the species from voluntary
conservation actions undertaken prior to
listing under the Act—by the person
who undertook such actions or by third
parties—to mitigate or offset the
detrimental effects of other actions
undertaken after listing. The policy
requires participating States to track the
voluntary conservation actions and
provide this information to us on an
annual basis. We require this
information in order to provide the
entities that have taken the conservation
actions with proper credit that can later
be used to mitigate for any detrimental
actions they take after the species is
listed.
We plan to collect the following
information:
• Description of the prelisting
conservation action being taken.
• Location of the action (does not
include a specific address).

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• Name of the entity taking the action
and their contact information (email
address only).
• Frequency of the action (ongoing for
X years, or one-time implementation)
and an indication if the action is
included in a State Wildlife Action
Plan.
• Any transfer to a third party of the
mitigation or compensatory measure
rights.
Each State that chooses to participate
will collect this information from
landowners, businesses and
organizations, and tribal and local
governments that wish to receive credit
for voluntary prelisting conservation
actions. States may collect this

information via an Access database,
Excel spreadsheet, or other database of
their choosing and submit the
information to the Fish and Wildlife
Service (via email) annually. We will
use this information to calculate the
number of credits that the entity taking
the conservation action will receive. We
will keep track of the credits and notify
the entity of how much credit they have
earned. The entity can then use these
credits to mitigate or offset the
detrimental effects of other actions they
take after the species is listed (assuming
it is listed).
Title of Collection: Policy Regarding
Voluntary Prelisting Conservation
Actions.
Average
number of
responses
each

Annual
number of
respondents

Requirement

Collect and Report Information on Voluntary Prelisting
Conservation Actions:
Government ..................................................................
Report Information on Voluntary Prelisting Conservation
Actions to States:
Individuals .....................................................................
Private Sector ...............................................................
Government ..................................................................
Development of Conservation Strategy:
Government ..................................................................
States Develop a Voluntary Conservation-Action Program:
Government ..................................................................
Site Agreement:
Individuals .....................................................................
Private Sector ...............................................................
Government ..................................................................
Management Plan:
Individuals .....................................................................
Private Sector ...............................................................
Government ..................................................................
Credit Agreement:
Individuals .....................................................................
Private Sector ...............................................................
Government ..................................................................
Total: ......................................................................

OMB Control Number: 1018—New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Existing collection in
use without an OMB Control Number.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals; businesses and
organizations; and State, local, and
Tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Ongoing for
recordkeeping and annually for
reporting.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
Average
completion
time per
response
(hours)

Annual
number of
responses

Estimated
annual
burden
hours *

1

1

1

20

20

1
1
1

1
1
1

1
1
1

.25
.25
.25

.25
.25
.25

1

1

1

200

200

1

1

1

320

320

1
1
1

1
1
1

1
1
1

100
100
100

100
100
100

1
1
1

1
1
1

1
1
1

120
120
120

120
120
120

1
1
1

1
1
1

1
1
1

80
80
80

80
80
80

15

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

15

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

1,361

* Rounded

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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 OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: August 6, 2019.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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AOR3030.999900]

Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Proposed Eagle Shadow
Mountain Solar Project, Clark County,
Nevada
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

This notice advises the public
that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
as the lead Federal agency, with the

SUMMARY:

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Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS), Nellis Air Force Base (Nellis
AFB) and the Moapa Band of Paiute
Indians (Band) as Cooperating Agencies,
intends to file a draft environmental
impact statement (DEIS) with the EPA
for the proposed Eagle Shadow
Mountain Solar Project (ESM Solar
Project) on the Moapa River Indian
Reservation (Reservation) in Clark
County, Nevada. This notice also
announces that the DEIS is now
available for public review and that
public meetings will be held to solicit
comments on the DEIS.

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