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accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Merril Sollenberger, Administrative
Specialist, FEMA, U.S. Fire
Administration, (301) 447–1179,
[email protected]. You
may contact the Information
Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at
email address: [email protected].

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Approval
and Coordination of Requirements To
Use the NETC for Extracurricular and
Training Activities
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public to take this
opportunity to comment on a
reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information
collection for which approval has
expired. FEMA will submit the
information collection abstracted below
to the Office of Management and Budget
for review and clearance in accordance
with the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
will describe the nature of the
information collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e.,
the time, effort and resources used by
respondents to respond) and cost, and
the actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 15, 2021.

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The
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford
Act), 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207, authorizes
the President to establish a program of
disaster preparedness that utilizes
services of all appropriate agencies and
includes training and exercises. Section
611 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5196)
directs that the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) may
conduct training for the purpose of
emergency preparedness. In response,
FEMA established the National
Emergency Training Center (NETC),
located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The
NETC site has facilities and housing
available for those participating in
emergency preparedness training. For
planning purposes, a request for use of
these areas must be made in advance.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on August 28, 2020, at FR 85
53392 with a 60 day public comment
period. No relevant comments were
received. This information collection
expired on November 30, 2020. FEMA
is requesting a reinstatement, without
change, of a previously approved
information collection for which
approval has expired. The purpose of
this notice is to notify the public that
FEMA will submit the information
collection abstracted below to the Office
of Management and Budget for review
and clearance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

[Docket ID: FEMA–2020–0028; OMB No.
1660–0029]

SUMMARY:

Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2020–0028. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to read the
Privacy and Security Notice that is
available via a link on the homepage of
www.regulations.gov.

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Collection of Information
Title: Approval and Coordination of
Requirements to Use the NETC for
Extracurricular Training Activities.
Type of Information Collection:
Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information
collection for which approval has
expired.
OMB Number: 1660–0029.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form 119–17–1 Request for Housing
Accommodations, FEMA Form 119–17–
2 Request for Use of NETC Facilities.
Abstract: In accordance with FEMA
Directive 119–3: Facility Use and
Expenses at the National Emergency
Training Center, 21 May 2018, FEMA
Form 119–17–1, Request For Housing
Accommodations, and FEMA Form
119–17–2, Request for Use of NETC
Facilities are applied for functions at
NETC.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, Not-for-profit institutions,
Federal Government, State, local or
Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
120.
Estimated Number of Responses: 120.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 12.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $354.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: There are no annual
start-up or capital costs for
Respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $1,148.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,

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e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–ES–2020–0045;
FXES11140300000–212]

Draft Environmental Assessment and
Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan;
Receipt of an Application for an
Incidental Take Permit, Bluff Point
Wind Energy Center, Jay and
Randolph Counties, Indiana
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
documents; request for comment and
information.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), have received
an application from NextEra Energy
Bluff Point LLC (applicant), for an
incidental take permit (ITP) under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA), for its Bluff Point Wind
Energy Center (project). If approved, the
ITP would be for a 30-year period and
would authorize the incidental take of
an endangered species, the Indiana bat,
and a threatened species, the northern
long-eared bat. The applicant has
prepared a habitat conservation plan
(HCP) that describes the actions and
measures that the applicant would
implement to avoid, minimize, and
mitigate incidental take of the Indiana
bat and northern long-eared bat. We also
announce the availability of a draft
Environmental Assessment (DEA),
which has been prepared in response to
the permit application in accordance
with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We
request public comment on the
application, the DEA, and associated
documents.
DATES: We will accept comments
received or postmarked on or before
January 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Document availability:
Internet: Electronic copies of the
documents this notice announces will
be available online in Docket No. FWS–
R3–ES–2020–0045 at http://
www.regulations.gov. Public comments

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will also be available online at http://
www.regulations.gov.
Comment submission: In your
comment, please specify whether your
comment addresses the proposed HCP,
draft EA, or any combination of the
aforementioned documents, or other
supporting documents. You may submit
written comments by one of the
following methods:
• Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
Search for and submit comments on
Docket No. FWS–R3–ES–2020–0045.
• By hard copy: Submit comments by
U.S. mail to Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R3–
ES–2020–0045; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB/
3W; Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Pruitt, Field Supervisor,
Bloomington, Indiana, Ecological
Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 620 South Walker
Street, Bloomington, IN 47403;
telephone: 812–334–4261, extension
214; or Andrew Horton, Regional HCP
Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service—Interior Region 3, 5600
American Blvd., West, Suite 990,
Bloomington, MN 55437–1458;
telephone: 612–713–5337.
Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY
assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
Section 9 of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and its
implementing regulations prohibit the
‘‘take’’ of animal species listed as
endangered or threatened. Take is
defined under the ESA 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. 1532). However,
under section 10(a) of the ESA, we may
issue permits to authorize incidental
take of listed species. ‘‘Incidental take’’
is defined by the ESA as take that is
incidental to, and not the purpose of,
carrying out an otherwise lawful activity
(16 U.S.C. 1539). Regulations governing
incidental take permits for endangered
and threatened species, respectively, are
found in the Code of Federal
Regulations at 50 CFR 17.22 and 50 CFR
17.32.
Applicant’s Proposed Project
The applicant requests a 30-year ITP
to take the federally endangered Indiana
bat (Myotis sodalis) and threatened
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septentrionalis) at the Bluff Point Wind
Resource Area (BPWRA) in Jay and
Randolph Counties, consisting of
approximately 23,613 acres of private
land. The applicant determined that
unavoidable take is reasonably certain
to occur incidental to operation of 57
previously constructed wind turbines.
The proposed conservation strategy in
the applicant’s proposed HCP is
designed to avoid, minimize, and
mitigate the impacts of the covered
activity on the covered species. The
biological goals and objectives are to
minimize potential take of Indiana bats
and northern long-eared bats through
on-site minimization measures and to
provide habitat conservation measures
for Indiana bats and northern long-eared
bats to offset any unavoidable impacts
from operations of the project. The
BPWRA includes confirmed Indiana bat
summer roost habitat and northern longeared bat summer maternity habitat. The
HCP provides on-site avoidance and
minimization measures, which include
seasonal turbine operational curtailment
and adaptive management measures that
allow for modifications to the
minimization and mitigation measures
based on monitoring results and other
triggers, and a 1,000 foot minimization
buffer during the summer season to
protect potential summer habitat for
both covered species. Based on the
available data, the predicted level of
take is anticipated to be 63 Indiana bats
and 32 northern long-eared bats over the
30-year permit term. However, the
applicant requests a permit to take 165
Indiana bats and 84 northern long-eared
bats over the 30-year permit term due to
the uncertainty associated with
estimating take and the exact (or
specific) reduction in fatalities from the
minimization without facility specific
data. To fully offset the impacts of the
taking of 122 Indiana bats and 42
northern long-eared bats, the applicant
proposes to protect in perpetuity 77.2
acres of known maternity colony habitat
and staging/swarming habitat through a
conservation easement held by a 501(c)3
non-profit at a Land of Indiana site in
Greene County, Indiana through a thirdparty mitigation provider, First Indiana
Resources, LLC. The HCP includes
adaptive management measures if
mitigation is insufficient to fully offset
the impact of the actual take determined
through mortality monitoring.
National Environmental Policy Act
The issuance of an ITP is a Federal
action that triggers the need for
compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.). We prepared a draft EA that
analyzes the environmental impacts on
the human environment resulting from

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