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of annual
respondents

Requirement

Average number
of responses each

Average number
of annual
responses

Average
completion time
per response
(hours)

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Estimated annual
burden hours *

AGOL Online Submissions:
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150
150

5
5

750
750

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5 min ....................

63
63

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300

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1,500

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126

* Rounded.

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.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–OSA–2021–0113;
FF09S00000–XXX–FXSC42050900000–4205
and FF09W25000–212–FXGO166409WSFR0;
OMB Control Numbers 1018–New and 1018–
0100]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Changes to U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Administration of Grants To Implement
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
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), will seek Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of an emergency clearance of
a new information collection and a
revision to an existing information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 31,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
one of the following methods (please
reference Docket No. FWS–HQ–OSA–
2021–0113 in the subject line of your
comment):
• Internet (preferred): http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments

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on Docket No. FWS–HQ–OSA–2021–
0113.
• Email: [email protected].
• U.S. mail: Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W); Falls Church,
VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at [email protected],
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) and its implementing regulations
in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) at 5 CFR 1320, all information
collections require approval under the
PRA. 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.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies 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 especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
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(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency 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 response.
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: In response to the American
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA; Pub. L. 117–2,
March 11, 2021), the Service will seek
OMB approval of an emergency
clearance of a one-time high-level
survey of States, Federally recognized
Tribes, and territorial governments and
an associated revision to an existing
information collection (OMB Control
No. 1018–0100), as described below:
Emergency Clearance of a One-Time
Survey
The Service intends to seek
emergency clearance of a new
information collection to conduct a onetime survey of States, Federally
recognized Tribes, and territorial
governments under ARPA. The purpose
of this one-time survey is to provide a
snapshot of agencies’ current capacity to
conduct surveillance for and manage
wildlife diseases. This high-level survey
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program and it is not intended to assess
all aspects of a program, nor compare
among programs.
The information to be requested from
State, Tribal, and territorial
governments includes the following:
• Name of agency/organization;
• Business email address of
respondent; and
• Conditions of wildlife disease
program, to include whether the agency
has:
Æ An approved wildlife health
management plan;
Æ A dedicated wildlife health
professional within their jurisdiction;
Æ Access to diagnostic services;
Æ The ability to respond to wildlife
disease outbreaks;
Æ Established networks,
memorandums of agreements, and/or
working relationships with core
partners; and
Æ A mechanism for communication of
diagnostic results within and outside
their jurisdiction.
This one-time survey is a companion
information collection to a new
financial assistance program, the
Zoonotic Disease Initiative (ZDI), to be
added to our existing information
collection OMB Control No. 1018–0100.
This new financial assistance program
will begin in 2022, and the survey will
inform program creation and evaluation
for the ZDI. Members of the public may
obtain copies of the draft survey by
submitting a request to the Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, using one of the methods
identified in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
Title of Collection: High-Level Survey
to Assess Current Capacity to Manage
Wildlife Diseases by State, Tribal, and
Territorial Governments Under the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
OMB Control Number: 1018–New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Emergency clearance
of a new collection of information.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Tribal, and territorial governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 630 (50 States, 6
territories, and 574 Tribes).
Average Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 630.
Estimated Average Completion Time
per Response: 20 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 210 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
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Revision of OMB Control No. 1018–
0100
We issue financial assistance through
grants and cooperative agreement
awards to individuals; commercial
organizations; institutions of higher
education; nonprofit organizations;
foreign entities; and State, local, and
Tribal governments. The Service
administers a wide variety of financial
assistance programs, authorized by
Congress to address the Service’s
mission, as listed in the System for
Award Management (SAM) Assistance
Listings, previously referred to as the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
SAM provides public descriptions of
assistance listings of Federal programs,
projects, services, and activities that
provide assistance or benefits to the
American public. It contains financial
and non-financial assistance programs
administered by departments and
establishments of the Federal
government. The Assistance Listings are
assigned unique numbers and provide
information on program types, the
specific type of assistance for each
program, and the applicable financial
assistance authorities for each program.
See the Service’s active Assistance
Listings on SAM, at https://sam.gov/, for
additional detailed information.
The Service currently manages the
following types of assistance programs:
• Formula Grants
• Project Grants
• Project Grants (Discretionary)
• Cooperative Agreements
(Discretionary Grants)
• Direct Payments with Unrestricted
Use
• Use of Property, Facilities, and
Equipment
Some assistance programs are
mandatory and award funds to eligible
recipients according to a formula
prescribed in law or regulation. Other
programs are discretionary and award
funds based on competitive selection
and merit review processes. Mandatory
award recipients must give us specific,
detailed project information during the
application process so that we may
ensure that projects are eligible for the
mandatory funding, are substantial in
character and design, and comply with
all applicable Federal laws. Applicants
to discretionary programs must give us
information as dictated by the program
requirements and as requested in the
program’s public notice of funding
opportunity, including that information
that addresses ranking criteria. All
recipients must submit financial and
performance reports that contain
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recipients’ reports must adhere to
schedules and rules in 2 CFR part 200,
‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards,’’ and
the award terms and conditions. Part
200 prescribes the information that
Federal agencies must collect, and also
the information the financial assistance
applicants and recipients must provide
in order to receive benefits under
Federal financial assistance programs.
The regulations in part 200 support this
information collection.
The Service provides technical and
financial assistance to other Federal
agencies, States, local governments,
Federally recognized Tribes,
nongovernmental organizations, citizen
groups, and private landowners for the
conservation and management of fish
and wildlife resources. The process
begins with the submission of an
application. The respective program
reviews and prioritizes proposed
projects based on their respective
project selection criteria. Pending
availability of funding, applicants
submit their application documents to
the Service through the Federal
Grants.gov website or through the
Department’s grants management
system (currently the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services’
GrantSolutions), when solicited by the
Service through a Funding Opportunity.
As part of this collection of
information, the Service collects the
following types of information requiring
approval under the PRA:
A. Application Package: We use the
information provided in applications to:
(1) Determine eligibility under the
authorizing legislation and applicable
program regulations; (2) determine
allowability of major cost items under
the Cost Principles at 2 CFR 200; (3)
select those projects that will provide
the highest return on the Federal
investment; and (4) assist in compliance
with laws, as applicable, such as the
National Environmental Policy Act, the
National Historic Preservation Act, and
the Uniform Relocation Assistance and
Real Property Acquisition Policies Act
of 1970. The full application package
(submitted by the applicant) generally
includes the following:
• Required Federal financial
assistance application forms (SF–424
suite of forms, as applicable to specified
project).
• Project Narrative—generally
includes items such as:
Æ Statement of need,
Æ Project goals and objectives,
Æ Methods used and timetable,
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Æ Description of stakeholders or other
relevant organizations/individuals
involved and level of involvement,
Æ Project monitoring and evaluation
plan, and/or
Æ Other pertinent project specific
information.
• Pertinent project budget-related
information—generally includes items
such as:
Æ Budget justification,
Æ Detail on costs requiring prior
approval,
Æ Indirect cost statement,
Æ Federally funded equipment list,
and/or
Æ Certifications and disclosures.
B. Amendments: Recipients must
provide written explanation and submit
prior approval requests for budget or
project plan revisions, due date
extensions for required reports, or other
changes to approved award terms and
conditions. The information provided
by the recipient is used by the Service
to determine the eligibility and
allowability of activities and to comply
with the requirements of 2 CFR 200.
C. Reporting Requirements: Reporting
requirements associated with financial
assistance awards generally include the
following types of reports:
• Federal Financial Reports (using the
required SF–425),
• Performance Reports, and
• Real Property Status Reports, when
applicable (using the required SF–429
forms series).
D. Recordkeeping Requirements: In
accordance with 2 CFR 200.334,
financial records, supporting
documents, statistical records, and all
other non-Federal entity records
pertinent to a Federal award must be
retained for a period of 3 years after the
date of submission of the final
expenditure report or, for Federal
awards that are renewed quarterly or
annually, from the date of the
submission of the quarterly or annual
financial report, respectively, as
reported to the Federal awarding agency
or pass-through entity (in the case of a
subrecipient) (unless an exemption as
described in 2 CFR 200.334 applies that
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Wildlife Tracking and Reporting
Actions for the Conservation of Species
(TRACS)
The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.)
and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.,
except 777e–1) provide authority for
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at 50 CFR 80, subpart D, require that
States, territories, and the District of
Columbia annually certify their hunting
and fishing license sales. The Wildlife
and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR)
program began using TRACS to collect
State license data and certifications
electronically in Federal fiscal year
2021.
We collect the required data via FWS
Form 3–154 (State Fish and Wildlife
Agency Hunting and Sport Fishing
License Certification). Respondents are
the States, the Commonwealths of
Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana
Islands, the District of Columbia, and
the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and American Samoa (States).
As required by 50 CFR 80, States
complete FWS Form 3–154 on an
annual basis, in the format that the
Director specifies for certifying the
number of hunting and fishing license
holders and supporting data on total
licenses sold and costs to license
holders.
The Service uses the reported data to
support the certification and run the
formulas in the Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.)
and the Federal Aid in Sport Fish
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.,
except 777e–1 and g–1) for apportioning
Wildlife Restoration and Sport Fish
Restoration program funds among the
States. The Service also consolidates
and publishes this data for the public on
the WSFR internet site at http://
wsfrprograms.fws.gov/.
Foreign Aid Transparency and
Accountability Act Compliance
We administer the enhanced resultsoriented accountability requirements in
the Foreign Aid Transparency and
Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114–191);
OMB Guidance Memorandum M–18–04,
‘‘Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines
for Federal Departments and Agencies
that Administer United States Foreign
Assistance’’ (January 11, 2018); and
OMB revisions to 2 CFR part 200,
published August 13, 2020 (85 FR
49506).
Proposed Revision to OMB Control No.
1018–0100
We are establishing two new financial
assistance programs with funding
authorized by ARPA (Section 6003), as
described below:
The Zoonotic Disease Initiative will
provide financial assistance funding to
establish and enhance the capacity of
State, Tribal, and territorial fish and
wildlife agencies to effectively address
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and aquatic wildlife, through
surveillance, management, and research.
The goal is to protect the public against
zoonotic disease outbreaks. We
submitted the program’s
implementation plan to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review per OMB Guidance
Memorandum M–21–24, ‘‘Promoting
Public Trust in the Federal Government
and Effective Policy Implementation
through Interagency Review and
Coordination of the American Rescue
Plan Act’’ (April 26, 2021).
The MENTOR-Bat program will
provide financial assistance funding to
support applied conservation projects
and development of a global network of
committed individuals in foreign
countries working to reduce harmful
interactions between bats and humans
and address disease outbreaks before
they become pandemics. We will submit
the program’s implementation plan to
the OMB for review per OMB
memorandum M–21–24.
We anticipate an estimated burden
increase of 276 annual responses and
7,593 annual burden hours associated
with this proposed revision in response
to the addition of the two new financial
assistance programs. Once OMB’s
review of the program implementation
plans is complete, we will submit
requests to establish new Assistance
Listings for these programs in the
Annual Publication of Assistance
Listings to the General Services
Administration (GSA). Both programs
will apply the uniform requirements in
title 2 of the CFR, including 2 CFR 25,
170, 175, 180, 182, and 200 (including
Uniform Audit), and the Department of
the Interior’s implementation
regulations at 2 CFR 1400–1402.
Title of Collection: Administrative
Procedures for U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Financial Assistance Programs.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0100.
Form Number: FWS Form 3–154.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals; commercial organizations;
institutions of higher education;
nonprofit organizations; foreign entities;
and State, local, and Tribal
governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 14,962.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 16,300.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 3 hours to 100
hours, depending on the activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 399,263.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
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Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[GX22LB00TZ80100; OMB Control Number
1028–0079]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; North American
Breeding Bird Survey
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. You may also submit
comments by mail to the U.S. Geological
Survey, Information Collections Officer,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159,
Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1028–
1028–0079 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this Information Collection Request
(ICR), contact David Ziolkowski by
email at [email protected] or by
telephone at 301–497–5753. You may
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gov/public/do/PRAMain. Individuals
who are hearing- or speech-impaired
may call the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), 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.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on January
20, 2022 (FR 87, Number 13, Pages
3115–3116). No comments were
received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency 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 response.
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 personally identifiable
information (PII) in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your PII—may be
made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
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data for more than 600 North American
bird species. These data and the
analyzed relative abundance and
population trend estimates derived from
them will be made available via the
internet and through special
publications, which are used by
Government agencies, industry,
education programs, and the general
public. We will protect information
from respondents considered
proprietary under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), its
implementing regulations (43 CFR part
2), and in accordance with ‘‘Data and
information to be made available to the
public or for limited inspection’’ (30
CFR 250.197). Responses are voluntary.
No questions of a ‘sensitive’ nature are
asked.
Title of Collection: North American
Breeding Bird Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0079.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 1,650.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,600.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 11 hours on average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 28,600.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $152,100. (Mileage costs
average $56 per response; based on an
approximate 100-mile round trip made
for data collection per response and
using the U.S. GSA 2021 privately
owned vehicle mileage reimbursement
rate of $58.50 per mile.)
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, nor is a person 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.).
Thomas O’Connell,
Center Director, Eastern Ecological Science
Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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