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and saved. Lessons learned, best 

management practices, and corrective 

actions are pre-populated into the 

workspace based on the scenario and 

objectives of the exercise determined 

during its creation. EXIS is adaptable to 

changing exercise, tracking, and 

reporting needs as they mature and can 

support the addition of future exercise 

elements. 

The program tags exercise objectives, 

scenarios, and findings, in order to 

automatically populate the database 

with lessons learned from past exercises 

conducted in similar environments. 

Users cannot only call up their own past 

experiences, but identify lessons 

learned by other organizations in the 

industry. Recognizing the extent to 

which surface modes include thousands 

of geographically dispersed owner/ 

operators, such a Web-based capability 

is invaluable for connecting and sharing 

information. 

By linking ‘‘exercise communities,’’ 

users can also tackle cross-jurisdictional 

issues, such as interoperability. Users 

are able to focus on the underlying 

issues of transportation security and 

preparedness, and avoid repeating 

costly mistakes. Finally, users can also 

provide feedback on the usefulness of 

EXIS itself so that TSA may improve 

this system to better suit the 

stakeholders’ future security needs. 

TSA intends EXIS to be used 

primarily by individuals with security 

responsibilities, such as heads of 

security, for public and private owner/ 

operators in the surface transportation 

community, including mass transit 

systems, freight/rail operators, highway/ 

trucking companies, school bus 

operators, and pipeline systems. These 

individuals, and other stakeholders, can 

voluntarily contact TSA to request 

access to EXIS; TSA does not require 

participation in EXIS. Those seeking 

access or desiring more information 

about I–STEP products and services can 

contact a TSA modal representative or 

send their request by e-mail to 

ISTEP@dhs.gov. 

Description of Data Collection 

TSA will collect five types of 

information through EXIS. The 

collection is voluntary. EXIS users are 

not required to provide all information 

requested—however, if users choose to 

withhold information, they will not 

receive the benefits of EXIS associated 

with that information collection. 

1. User registration information. TSA 

will collect this information to ensure 

only those members of the 

transportation community with a 

relevant interest in conducting security 

training exercises and with an 

appropriate level of need to access 

security training information can be 

allowed onto EXIS. Such registration 

information will include the user’s 

name, professional contact information, 

agency/company, job title, employer, 

and employment verification contact 

information. 

2. Desired nature and scope of the 

exercise. TSA will collect this 

information to generate an EXIS training 

exercise appropriate for the particular 

user. Users are asked to submit their 

desired transportation mode, exercise 

properties, objectives, scenario events, 

other participating agencies, and preexercise data (to assess the user’s state 

of readiness for transportation security 

incidents prior to the exercise). 

3. Corrective actions/lessons learned/ 

best practices. TSA collects this 

information to document and share the 

users’ ideas and methods for improving 

transportation security with other 

transportation stakeholders. 

4. Evaluation feedback. TSA collects 

this information for the purpose of 

evaluating the usefulness of EXIS in 

facilitating security training exercises 

for the users. TSA can then modify EXIS 

to better suit its users’ needs. 

5. After-Action Reports. TSA collects 

reports that summarize information 

from items (2) and (3) mentioned above 

in order to create formal After-Action 

Reports. This includes reports on the 

exercise overview, goals and objectives, 

scenario event synopsis, analysis of 

critical issues, exercise design 

characteristics, conclusions, and the 

executive summary. 

Use of Results 

TSA will use this information to 

assess and improve the capabilities of 

all surface transportation modes to 

prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, 

respond to, and recover from 

transportation security incidents. A 

failure to collect this information will 

limit TSA’s ability to effectively test 

security countermeasures, security 

plans, and the ability of a modal 

operator to respond to and quickly 

recover after a transportation security 

incident. Insufficient awareness, 

prevention, response, and recovery to a 

transportation security incident will 

result in increased vulnerability of the 

U.S. transportation network and a 

reduced ability of DHS to assess system 

readiness. 

Based on industry population 

estimates and growth rates, and interest 

generated amongst the surface 

transportation modes prior to EXIS’ 

release to the public, TSA estimates that 

there will be approximately 380,000 

users within the first three years of the 

system’s use. TSA estimates users will 

spend approximately 8 hours per EXIS 

user inputting the information described 

above. TSA estimates that an EXIS user 

will conduct one security training 

exercise per year. Given this 

information, the total annual hour 

burden for this information collection 

for all respondents within the first three 

years of EXIS’ release is estimated to be 

approximately 3,000,000. There are no 

fees to use EXIS. The total annual cost 

burden to respondents is $0.00. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia on January 3, 

2011. 

Joanna Johnson, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office 

of Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21 Filed 1–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–MB–2010–N242; 91400–5110– 

0000–7B; 91400–9410–0000–7B] 

Multistate Conservation Grant 

Program; Priority List for Conservation 

Projects 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list 

and approval of the projects. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the 

FY 2011 priority list of wildlife and 

sport fish conservation projects from the 

Association of Fish and Wildlife 

Agencies (AFWA). As required by the 

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Programs Improvement Act of 2000, 

AFWA submits a list of projects to us 

each year to consider for funding under 

the Multistate Conservation Grant 

program. We have reviewed the list and 

will award the grants from the list. 

ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate 

Conservation Grants Program 

Coordinator, Division of Federal 

Assistance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail 

Stop MBSP–4020, Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

C. Stremple, (703) 358–2156 (phone) or 

John_Stremple@fws.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Programs Improvement Act of 2000 

(Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106–408) 

amended 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.) and established the Multistate 


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Conservation Grant Program. The 

Improvement Act authorizes us to 

award grants of up to $3 million 

annually from funds available under 

each of the Restoration Acts, for a total 

of up to $6 million annually. We may 

award grants from a list of priority 

projects recommended to us by AFWA. 

The FWS Director, exercising the 

authority of the Secretary of the Interior, 

need not fund all projects on the list, 

but all projects funded must be on the 

list. 

Grantees under this program may use 

funds for sport fisheries and wildlife 

management and research projects, 

boating access development, hunter 

safety and education, aquatic education, 

fish and wildlife habitat improvements, 

and other purposes consistent with the 

enabling legislation. 

To be eligible for funding, a project 

must benefit fish and/or wildlife 

conservation in at least 26 States, or in 

a majority of the States in any one FWS 

Region, or it must benefit a regional 

association of State fish and wildlife 

agencies. We may award grants to a 

State, a group of States, or one or more 

nongovernmental organizations. For the 

purpose of carrying out the National 

Survey of Fishing, Hunting and 

Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may 

award grants to the FWS, if requested by 

AFWA, or to a State or a group of States. 

Also, AFWA requires all project 

proposals to address its National 

Conservation Needs, which are 

announced annually by AFWA at the 

same time as its request for proposals. 

Further, applicants must provide 

certification that no activities conducted 

under a Multistate Conservation grant 

will promote or encourage opposition to 

regulated hunting or trapping of wildlife 

or to regulated angling or taking of fish. 

Eligible project proposals are 

reviewed and ranked by AFWA 

Committees and interested 

nongovernmental organizations that 

represent conservation organizations, 

sportsmen’s organizations, and 

industries that support or promote 

fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational 

shooting, bowhunting, or archery. 

AFWA’s Committee on National Grants 

recommends a final list of priority 

projects to the directors of State fish and 

wildlife agencies for their approval by 

majority vote. By statute, AFWA then 

must transmit the final approved list to 

the FWS for funding under the 

Multistate Conservation Grant program 

by October 1. 

This year, we received a list of 12 

recommended projects. We recommend 

them for funding in 2011. AFWA’s 

recommended list follows: 

MSCGP 2011 CYCLE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS

ID Title Submitter WR request SFR request Total 2011 

grant request 

11–014 .............. Coordination of Farm Bill Program Implementation to 

Optimize Fish & Wildlife Benefits to the States.

AFWA ................ $82,962.00 $82,962.00 $165,924.00 

11–058 .............. State Fish and Wildlife Agency Director Travel Coordination and Administration.AFWA ................ 83,325.00 83,325.00 166,650.00 

11–060 .............. Assessing Agency Capacities to Manage Fish and 

Wildlife Health.

Cornell University 90,042.00 90,042.00 180,085.00 

11–063 .............. National Fish Habitat Board Action Plan Implementation.AFWA ................ 0 240,000.00 240,000.00 

11–026 .............. Coordination of the Industry, Federal and State 

Agency Coalition.

AFWA ................ 90,600.00 90,600.00 181,200.00 

11–001 .............. Review and Assessment of Bioenergy Provisions in 

the 2008 Farm Bill.

AFWA ................ 46,200.00 46,200.00 92,400.00 

11–071 .............. Management Assistance Team .................................. AFWA ................ 487,923.00 487,923.00 975,846.00 

11–015 .............. Economic and other Benefits of State Public Access 

Programs and Implementation of the Voluntary 

Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program.

AFWA ................ 85,525.00 85,525.00 171,050.00 

11–069 .............. Operation of the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership.Arkansas Game 

& Fish.

0 296,000.00 296,000.00 

11–023 .............. Trailblazer Adventure Program: Involving Youth and 

Families in Conservation.

U.S. Sportsman

Alliance Foundation.

160,000.00 0 160,000.00 

11–009 .............. Expanding Western Farm Bill Conservation Program 

Delivery through Biologist Partnerships.

Pheasants Forever & Quail 

Forever.

180,000.00 20,000.00 200,000.00 

11–025 .............. Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow Professional 

Development Project.

WMI ................... 261,000.00 0 261,000.00 

Total ........... ..................................................................................... ....................... 1,522,577.00 1,567,577.00 3,090,154.00 

Dated: October 28, 2010. 

Rowan W. Gould, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–53 Filed 1–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–65] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Natchez Trace 

Parkway, Tupelo, MS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Natchez 

Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS, that meet 

the definition of unassociated funerary 

objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 


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