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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.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–20710 Filed 9–22–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–IA–2023–N068;
FXIA167109CWT01/234/FF09A40000; OMB
Control Number 1018–New]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget; CITES
Master’s Course
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), are proposing a new
information collection in use without
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of publication
of this notice at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W),
5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
22041–3803 (mail); or by email to Info_
[email protected]. Please reference ‘‘1018–
CITES’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
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

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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
at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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.
On February 14, 2023, we published
in the Federal Register (88 FR 9533) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on April 17, 2023. In an
effort to increase public awareness of,
and participation in, our public
commenting processes associated with
information collection requests, the
Service also published the Federal
Register notice on Regulations.gov
(Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2022–0142)
to provide the public with an additional
method to submit comments (in
addition to the typical Info_Coll@
fws.gov email and U.S. mail submission
methods). We received two comments
in response to that notice. However,
neither comment addressed the
information collection requirements, so
no response is required.
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
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
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(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: Wildlife trafficking ranks as
the second greatest threat to species
survival after habitat destruction. The
United States recognizes wildlife
trafficking as a serious transnational
crime that threatens thousands of plant
and animal species and undermines
U.S. priorities, including national
security, human health, and economic
growth. The Service employs a sciencebased approach to counter wildlife
trafficking, including through the
implementation of the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES). CITES is the sole global treaty
dedicated to preventing the
unsustainable trade in plants and
animals and is an essential component
to counter illegal wildlife trade as it
provides mechanisms and incentives to
effectively manage natural resources.
The United States has been a Party to
CITES since 1973. Under the
Endangered Species Act, the Service has
been designated to carry out the
provisions of CITES for the United
States.
As one of the largest and oldest
environmental treaties in the world,
CITES is a key conservation tool for the
protection of 35,000 plant and animal
species. Currently 183 countries have
agreed to implement CITES. However,
realizing the full conservation impact of
CITES remains challenging and is
highly dependent on each country’s
financial and technical capacity. Even
when a Party has the political will and
desire to implement CITES, it may not
have the resources, systems, or
personnel to effectively follow CITES’
mandates, such as evaluating permit

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applications or enforcing laws. This
creates inequity between countries in
how CITES is implemented, with
serious downstream impacts such as the
degradation of wild populations and
ecosystems, often resulting in negative
implications for communities living
among wildlife.
To help develop the technical
expertise necessary to effectively
implement CITES, the International
University of Andalucı´a (UNIA) offers a
unique master’s degree program entitled
‘‘The Management and Conservation of
Species in Trade: The International
Framework’’ (also known as the ‘‘CITES
Master’s Course’’). The program, which
was established in 1997, provides highquality training focused on the scientific
foundations, techniques, and
mechanisms of CITES implementation.
Approximately 400 students have
graduated from the program, many
becoming leaders in CITES and global
policy.
Recognizing the important potential
offered through UNIA’s CITES Master’s
Course, the Service provides
scholarships to support wildlife
professionals interested in furthering
their CITES expertise by participating in
the course, with a focus on potential
participants from countries most
vulnerable to illegal and unsustainable
wildlife trade. The competitive
scholarships cover costs for tuition,
lodging, and supplies, provide an
opportunity for the scholars to
participate in the CITES Conference of
the Parties, and offer technical and
financial research support.
The Service collaborates with the
Department of Interior’s International
Technical Assistance Program (DOI–
ITAP) through an interagency agreement
to manage the numerous logistics
associated with the scholarships.
Scholarships support cohorts of
students from Latin America, the
Caribbean, and Central and East Africa.
The Service and DOI–ITAP staff solicit
recommendations from relevant CITES
authorities, nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), and U.S.
Government agencies working in those
countries to select top candidates for the
scholarships. Recommendations are
provided through direct communication
with project leads, most often via email.
Project leads review application
packages submitted by candidates for
the program.
We choose candidates based on
certain criteria, such as the quality of
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CITES work, and their demonstration of
a lasting commitment to wildlife
conservation and CITES
implementation. Selected candidates
then follow a separate application
process for acceptance into the
International University of Andalucı´a
CITES Master’s Course. Although
scholarship activities aid the candidates
to assemble and submit application
materials to the University, the U.S.
Government does not influence who is
accepted into the graduate program.
Prospective students must complete
the ‘‘Universidad Internacional de
Andalucia (UNIA) Application and/or
Enrollment Form’’ and submit it to the
Service for consideration. The UNIA
application/enrollment form collects the
following information from prospective
students:
• Trainee information, to include:
—Full name,
—Passport number,
—Date and place of birth,
—Nationality,
—Sex,
—Phone number(s),
—Email address, and
—Mailing Address
• Qualifications and professional
background:
—Education information, to include
level of education, degree/certificate
information, school, and studies
undertaken, and
—Employment information, to include
professional status, name of employer,
and job title.
• Enrollment information and type of
enrollment for the requested course.
• Payment information.
• Supplemental documents to be
attached to application:
—Photocopy of passport,
—Payment receipt, and
—Program-specific documents.
We ask the scholars accepted into the
master’s program to assist in project
monitoring and evaluation by
responding to periodic assessment
surveys throughout the course of their 1year graduate experience so that project
officers can gauge the impact and
effectiveness of the training. After
graduating, the scholars are requested to
fill out an assessment to further our
understanding of the course’s overall
impact. We also ask students to help
develop communication and outreach
materials to share the impacts of the
scholarships with partners and the
public. The pre- and post-training
assessments collect the following
information:

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• Trainee information, to include:
—Name,
—Gender,
—Age range,
—Institution represented,
—Job title/position,
—Contact information, such as their
complete mailing address, phone
numbers, and email address, and
—Country.
• Trainee’s assessment of training—
Questions provide participants an
opportunity to offer feedback on their
training to help inform how we can
improve project activities and goals.
• Potential effect of training on the
trainee’s job—Questions provide an
opportunity for participants to share
how the technical training provided
through the scholarships may open
professional opportunities.
• Knowledge of biodiversity and
CITES—Questions are designed to
measure the impact of training by
quantifying changes in each
participant’s knowledge of biodiversity
and CITES between pre- and posttraining assessments.
• Capacity to apply knowledge on
biodiversity and CITES—Questions are
designed to measure the impact of
training by quantifying changes in
knowledge between pre- and posttraining assessments.
The Service will use the information
collected to ensure project activities are
meeting high project standards and are
achieving intended outcomes. In
addition, information collected for
project outreach and communication
will be used to inform the public on
project outcomes and to garner interest
in future scholarship opportunities.
The public may request copies of the
application form contained in this
information collection by sending a
request to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer in
ADDRESSES, above.
Title of Collection: CITES Master’s
Course.
OMB Control Number: 1018–New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Existing information
collection in use without OMB
approval.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Program participants from foreign
public sector and foreign government
entities.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.

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number of
annual
respondents

Requirement

Average
number of
responses
each

Average
number of
annual
responses

Average
completion
time per
response

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Estimated
annual
burden hours *

Nomination/Application
Private Sector ......................................................................
Government .........................................................................

3
30

1
1

3
30

1 hour ............
1 hour ............

3
30

1
1

1
14

20 minutes .....
20 minutes .....

0
5

Pre-Assessment Questionnaire
Private Sector ......................................................................
Government .........................................................................

1
14

Post-Assessment Questionnaire
Private Sector ......................................................................
Government .........................................................................

1
14

1
1

1
14

20 minutes .....
20 minutes .....

0
5

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

63

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

63

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

43

* 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.
[FR Doc. 2023–20709 Filed 9–22–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[234.LLHQ220000.L10200000.PK0000; OMB
Control Number 1004–0041]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Authorizing Grazing Use
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection request (ICR) 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

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‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jessica Phillips by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 406–490–5654. 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. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
invite the public and other Federal
agencies to comment on new, proposed,
revised and continuing collections of
information. This helps the BLM assess
impacts of its information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand BLM information
collection requirements and ensure
requested data are provided in the
desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on June 13,
2023 (88 FR 38530). No comments were
received in response to that notice.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again inviting the
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on the proposed ICR described
below. The BLM is especially interested

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in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether the 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 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 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 submitted in response to
this notice are a matter of public record.
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 Taylor Grazing Act of
1934 (43 U.S.C. 315) and the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701) authorize the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to
administer the livestock grazing
program consistent with land use plans,
multiple use objectives, sustained yield,
environmental values, economic
considerations, and other factors.

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