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proposed collection of information to: 

(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) Enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) 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. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Federal Housing 

Administration (FHA): Home Energy 

Retrofit Loan Pilot Program. 

Description of Information Collection: 

Lender reporting requirements under 

the Retrofit Pilot Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2502–0596. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of Affected Public: FHAapproved lenders. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of responses, 

and hours of response: An estimation of 

the total number of hours needed to 

prepare the information collection is 

320, number of respondents is 20 

frequency response is annually, and the 

estimated number of hours per response 

is 16. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: March 09, 2011. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6064 Filed 3–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–72–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5489–N–01] 

Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Payments Program—Contract Rent 

Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs), 

Fiscal Year 2011 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Housing 

Act of 1937 requires that assistance 

contracts signed by owners participating 

in the Department’s Section 8 housing 

assistance payment programs provide 

annual adjustment to monthly rentals 

for units covered by the contract. This 

Notice announces revised Contract Rent 

AAFs for adjustment of contract rents 

on assistance contract anniversaries. 

The factors are based on a formula using 

residential rent and utility cost changes 

from the most current annual Bureau of 

Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index 

(CPI) survey. These factors are applied 

at Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) 

contract anniversaries for those calendar 

months commencing after the effective 

date of this Notice. HUD will publish 

‘‘Renewal Funding AAFs,’’ in a separate 

Notice, to be used exclusively for 

renewal funding of tenant-based rental 

assistance, if so required in the fiscal 

year (FY) 2011 HUD Budget. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 16, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Danielle Bastarache, Director, 

Housing Voucher Management, Office of 

Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 

Office of Public and Indian Housing, 

202–708–1380, for questions relating to 

the Project-Based Certificate and 

Moderate Rehabilitation programs (non 

Single Room Occupancy); Ann Oliva, 

Director, Office of Special Needs 

Assistance Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

202–708–4300, for questions regarding 

the Single Room Occupancy (SRO) 

Moderate Rehabilitation program; Willie 

Spearmon, Director, Office of Housing 

Assistance and Grant Administration, 

Office of Housing, 202–708–3000, for 

questions relating to all other Section 8 

programs; and Marie L. Lihn, 

Economist, Economic and Market 

Analysis Division, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 202–708– 

0590, for technical information 

regarding the development of the 

schedules for specific areas or the 

methods used for calculating the AAFs. 

Mailing address for the above persons: 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or 

speech-impaired persons may contact 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

800–877–8339 (TTY). (Other than the 

‘‘800’’ TTY number, the above-listed 

telephone numbers are not toll free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tables 

showing Contract Rent AAFs will be 

available electronically from the HUD 

data information page at http:// 

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/ 

aaf.html/FY2011_CR_tables.pdf. 

I. Applying Contract Rent AAFs to 

Various Section 8 Programs 

Contract Rent AAFs established by 

this Notice are used to adjust contract 

rents for units assisted in certain 

Section 8 housing assistance payment 

programs during the initial (i.e., prerenewal) term of the HAP contract and 

for all units in the Project-Based 

Certificate program. There are three 

categories of Section 8 programs that 

use the Contract Rent AAFs: 

Category 1—The Section 8 New 

Construction and Substantial 

Rehabilitation programs and the Section 

8 Moderate Rehabilitation program. 

Category 2—The Section 8 Loan 

Management (LM) and Property 

Disposition (PD) programs. 

Category 3—The Section 8 ProjectBased Certificate (PBC) program. 

Each Section 8 program category uses 

the Contract Rent AAFs differently. The 

specific application of the Contract Rent 

AAFs is determined by the law, the 

HAP contract, and appropriate program 

regulations or requirements. 

AAFs are not used in the following 

cases: 

Renewal Rents. With the exception of 

the Project-Based Certificate program, 

Contract Rent AAFs are not used to 

determine renewal rents after expiration 

of the original Section 8 HAP contract 

(either for projects where the Section 8 

HAP contract is renewed under a 

restructuring plan adopted under 24 

CFR part 401; or renewed without 

restructuring under 24 CFR part 402). In 

general, renewal rents are based on the 

applicable State-by-State operating cost 

adjustment factor (OCAF) published by 

HUD; the OCAF is applied to the 

previous year’s contract rent minus debt 

service. 

Budget-Based Rents. Contract Rent 

AAFs are not used for budget-based rent 

adjustments. For projects receiving 

Section 8 subsidies under the LM 

program (24 CFR part 886, subpart A) 

and for projects receiving Section 8 

subsidies under the PD program (24 CFR 

part 886, subpart C), contract rents are 

adjusted, at HUD’s option, either by 

applying the Contract Rent AAFs or by 

budget-based adjustments in accordance 

with 24 CFR 886.112(b) and 24 CFR 

886.312(b). Budget-based adjustments 

are used for most Section 8/202 projects. 

Certificate Program. In the past, 

Contract Rent AAFs were used to adjust 

the contract rent (including 

manufactured home space rentals) in 

both the tenant-based and project-based 

certificate programs. The tenant-based 

certificate program has been terminated 

and all tenancies in the tenant-based 

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to the Housing Choice Voucher 

Program, which does not use Contract 

Rent AAFs to adjust rents. All tenancies 

remaining in the project-based 

certificate program continue to use 

Contract Rent AAFs to adjust contract 

rent for outstanding HAP contracts. 

Voucher Program. Contract Rent 

AAFs are not used to adjust rents in the 

Tenant-Based or the Project-Based 

Voucher programs. 

Moderate Rehabilitation Program. 

Under the Section 8 Moderate 

Rehabilitation program (both the regular 

program and the single room occupancy 

program), the public housing agency 

(PHA) applies the Contract Rent AAF to 

the base rent component of the contract 

rent, not the full contract rent. 

II. Adjustment Procedures 

This section of the Notice provides a 

broad description of procedures for 

adjusting the contract rent. Technical 

details and requirements are described 

in HUD notices H 2002–10 (Section 8 

New Construction and Substantial 

Rehabilitation, Loan Management, and 

Property Disposition) and PIH 97–57 

(Moderate Rehabilitation and ProjectBased Certificates). 

Because of statutory and structural 

distinctions among the various Section 

8 programs, there are separate rent 

adjustment procedures for the three 

program categories: 

Category 1: Section 8 New Construction, 

Substantial Rehabilitation, and 

Moderate Rehabilitation Programs 

In the Section 8 New Construction 

and Substantial Rehabilitation 

programs, the published Contract Rent 

AAF factor is applied to the preadjustment contract rent. In the Section 

8 Moderate Rehabilitation program, the 

published Contract Rent AAF is applied 

to the pre-adjustment base rent. 

For Category 1 programs, the Table 1 

Contract Rent AAF factor is applied 

before determining comparability (rent 

reasonableness). Comparability applies 

if the pre-adjustment gross rent (preadjustment contract rent plus any 

allowance for tenant-paid utilities) is 

above the published Fair Market Rent 

(FMR). 

If the comparable rent level (plus any 

initial difference) is lower than the 

contract rent as adjusted by application 

of the Table 1 Contract Rent AAF, the 

comparable rent level (plus any initial 

difference) will be the new contract 

rent. However, the pre-adjustment 

contract rent will not be decreased by 

application of comparability. 

In all other cases (i.e., unless the 

contract rent is reduced by 

comparability): 

• The Table 1 Contract Rent AAF is 

used for a unit occupied by a new 

family since the last annual contract 

anniversary. 

• The Table 2 Contract Rent AAF is 

used for a unit occupied by the same 

family as at the time of the last annual 

contract anniversary. 

Category 2: The Loan Management 

Program (24 CFR Part 886, Subpart A) 

and Property Disposition Program (24 

CFR Part 886, Subpart C) 

At this time Category 2 programs are 

not subject to comparability. 

(Comparability will again apply if HUD 

establishes regulations for conducting 

comparability studies under 42 U.S.C. 

1437f(c)(2)(C).). Rents are adjusted by 

applying the full amount of the 

applicable AAF under this Notice. 

The applicable Contract Rent AAF is 

determined as follows: 

• The Table 1 Contract Rent AAF is 

used for a unit occupied by a new 

family since the last annual contract 

anniversary. 

• The Table 2 Contract Rent AAF is 

used for a unit occupied by the same 

family as at the time of the last annual 

contract anniversary. 

Category 3: Section 8 Project-Based 

Certificate Program 

The following procedures are used to 

adjust contract rent for outstanding HAP 

contracts in the Section 8 PBC program: 

• The Table 2 Contract Rent AAF is 

always used. The Table 1 Contract Rent 

AAF is not used. 

• The Table 2 Contract Rent AAF is 

always applied before determining 

comparability (rent reasonableness). 

• Comparability always applies. If the 

comparable rent level is lower than the 

rent to owner (contract rent) as adjusted 

by application of the Table 2 Contract 

Rent AAF, the comparable rent level 

will be the new rent to owner. 

• The new rent to owner will not be 

reduced below the contract rent on the 

effective date of the HAP contract. 

III. When To Use Reduced AAFs (From 

AAF Table 2) 

In accordance with Section 8(c)(2)(A) 

of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(2)(A)), the 

Contract Rent AAF is reduced by 0.01: 

• For all tenancies assisted in the 

Section 8 Project-Based Certificate 

program. 

• In other Section 8 programs, for a 

unit occupied by the same family at the 

time of the last annual rent adjustment 

(and where the rent is not reduced by 

application of comparability (rent 

reasonableness)). 

The law provides that: 

Except for assistance under the certificate 

program, for any unit occupied by the same 

family at the time of the last annual rental 

adjustment, where the assistance contract 

provides for the adjustment of the maximum 

monthly rent by applying an annual 

adjustment factor and where the rent for a 

unit is otherwise eligible for an adjustment 

based on the full amount of the factor, 0.01 

shall be subtracted from the amount of the 

factor, except that the factor shall not be 

reduced to less than 1.0. In the case of 

assistance under the certificate program, 0.01 

shall be subtracted from the amount of the 

annual adjustment factor (except that the 

factor shall not be reduced to less than 1.0), 

and the adjusted rent shall not exceed the 

rent for a comparable unassisted unit of 

similar quality, type and age in the market 

area. 42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(2)(A). 

Legislative history for this statutory 

provision states that ‘‘the rationale [for 

lower AAFs for non-turnover units is] 

that operating costs are less if tenant 

turnover is less * * *.’’ Department of 

Veteran Affairs and Housing and Urban 

Development, and Independent 

Agencies Appropriations for 1995, 

Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the 

Committee on Appropriations 103d 

Cong., 2d Sess. 591 (1994). The 

Congressional Record also states the 

following: 

Because the cost to owners of turnoverrelated vacancies, maintenance, and 

marketing are lower for long-term stable 

tenants, these tenants are typically charged 

less than recent movers in the unassisted 

market. Since HUD pays the full amount of 

any rent increases for assisted tenants section 

8 projects and under the Certificate program, 

HUD should expect to benefit from this 

‘‘tenure discount.’’ Turnover is lower in 

assisted properties than in the unassisted 

market, so the effect of the current 

inconsistency with market-based rent 

increases is exacerbated. (140 Cong. Rec. 

8659, 8693 (1994)). 

To implement the law, HUD 

publishes two separate Contract Rent 

AAF Tables, Tables 1 and 2. The 

difference between Table 1 and Table 2 

is that each Contract Rent AAF in Table 

2 is 0.01 less than the corresponding 

Contract Rent AAF in Table 1. Where a 

Contract Rent AAF in Table 1 would 

otherwise be less than 1.0, it is set at 1.0, 

as required by statute; the 

corresponding Contract Rent AAF in 

Table 2 will also be set at 1.0, as 

required by statute. 

IV. How To Find the AAF 

Tables 1 and 2 that show Contract 

Rent AAFs are posted on the HUD User 

Web site at http://www.huduser.org/ 

portal/datasets/aaf.html/ 

FY2011_CR_tables.pdf. There are two 

columns in each table. The first column 

is used to adjust contract rent for rental 

units where the highest cost utility is 


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1CPI indexes CUUSA103SEHA and 

CUSR0000SAH2 respectively. 

2The formulas used to produce these factors can 

be found in the Annual Adjustment Factors 

overview and in the FMR documentation at 

http://www.HUDUSER.org. 

3There are four non-metropolitan counties that 

continue to use CPI city updates: Ashtabula County, 

OH, Henderson County, TX, Island County, WA, 

and Lenawee County, MI. BLS has not updated the 

geography underlying its survey for new OMB 

metropolitan area definitions and these counties, 

are no longer in metropolitan areas, but they are 

included as parts of CPI surveys because they meet 

the 75 percent standard HUD imposes on survey 

coverage. These four counties are treated the same 

as metropolitan areas using CPI city data. 

included in the contract rent, i.e., where 

the owner pays for the highest cost 

utility. The second column is used 

where the highest cost utility is not 

included in the contract rent, i.e., where 

the tenant pays for the highest cost 

utility. 

The applicable Contract Rent AAF is 

selected as follows: 

• Determine whether Table 1 or Table 

2 is applicable. In Table 1 or Table 2, 

locate the Contract Rent AAF for the 

geographic area where the contract unit 

is located. 

• Determine whether the highest cost 

utility is or is not included in contract 

rent for the contract unit. 

• If highest cost utility is included, 

select the Contract Rent AAF from the 

column for ‘‘highest cost included.’’ If 

highest cost utility is not included, 

select the Contract Rent AAF from the 

column for ‘‘utility excluded.’’ 

V. Methodology 

Contract Rent AAFs are rent inflation 

factors. Two types of rent inflation 

factors are calculated for Contract Rent 

AAFs: gross rent factors and shelter rent 

factors. The gross rent factor accounts 

for inflation in the cost of both the rent 

of the residence and the utilities used by 

the unit; the shelter rent factor accounts 

for the inflation in the rent of the 

residence, but does not include any 

change in the cost of utilities. The gross 

rent inflation factor is designated as 

‘‘Highest Cost Utility Included’’ and the 

shelter rent inflation factor is designated 

as ‘‘Highest Cost Utility Excluded’’. 

Contract Rent AAFs are calculated 

using CPI data on ‘‘rent of primary 

residence’’ and ‘‘fuels and utilities’’.1

The CPI inflation index for rent of 

primary residence measures the 

inflation of all surveyed units regardless 

of whether utilities are included in the 

rent of the unit or not. In other words, 

it measures the inflation of the ‘‘contract 

rent’’ which includes units with all 

utilities included in the rent, units with 

some utilities included in the rent and 

units with no utilities included in the 

rent. In producing a gross rent inflation 

factor and a shelter rent inflation factor, 

HUD decomposes the contract rent CPI 

inflation factor into parts to represent 

the gross rent change and the shelter 

rent change. This is done by applying 

the percentage of renters who pay for 

heat (a proxy for the percentage renters 

who pay shelter rent) from the 

Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) 

and American Community Survey 

(ACS) data on the ratio of utilities to 

rents.2

Survey Data Used to Produce Contract 

Rent AAFs 

In this publication, the rent and fuel 

and utilities inflation factors for large 

metropolitan areas and Census regions 

are based on changes in the rent of 

primary residence and fuels and utilities 

CPI indices from 2008 to 2009. The CEX 

data used to decompose the contract 

rent inflation factor into gross rent and 

shelter rent inflation factors come from 

a special tabulation of 2008 CEX survey 

data produced for HUD for the purpose 

of computing Contract Rent AAFs. The 

utility-to-rent ratio used to produce 

Contract Rent AAFs comes from 2008 

ACS median rent and utility costs. 

Geographic Areas 

Contract Rent AAFs are produced for 

all Class A CPI cities (CPI cities with a 

population of 1.5 million or more) and 

for the four Census Regions. They are 

applied to core-based statistical areas 

(CBSAs), as defined by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

according to how much of the CBSA is 

covered by the CPI city-survey. If more 

than 75 percent of the CBSA is covered 

by the CPI city-survey, the Contract Rent 

AAF that is based on that CPI survey is 

applied to the whole CBSA and to any 

HUD-defined metropolitan area, called 

‘‘HUD Metro FMR Area’’ (HMFA), 

within that CBSA. If the CBSA is not 

covered by a CPI city-survey, the CBSA 

uses the relevant regional CPI factor. 

Almost all non-metropolitan counties 

use regional CPI factors.3 For areas 

assigned the Census Region CPI factor, 

both metropolitan and non-metropolitan 

areas receive the same factor. 

Each metropolitan area that uses a 

local CPI update factor is listed 

alphabetically in the tables, by State and 

each HMFA is listed alphabetically 

within its respective CBSA. Each 

Contract Rent AAF applies to a 

specified geographic area and to units of 

all bedroom sizes. Contract Rent AAFs 

are provided: 

• For separate metropolitan areas, 

including HMFAs and counties that are 

currently designated as nonmetropolitan, but are part of the 

metropolitan area defined in the local 

CPI survey. 

• For the four Census Regions for 

those metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that are not covered 

by a CPI city-survey. 

The Contract Rent AAFs shown at 

http://www.huduser.org/portal/ 

datasets/aaf.html/ 

FY2011_CR_tables.pdf use the same 

OMB metropolitan area definitions, as 

revised by HUD, that are used in the FY 

2011 FMRs. 

Area Definitions 

To make certain that they are using 

the correct Contract Rent AAFs, users 

should refer to the Area Definitions 

Table section at http:// 

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/ 

aaf.html/FY2011_AreaDef.pdf. For units 

located in metropolitan areas with a 

local CPI survey, Contract Rent AAF 

areas are listed separately. For units 

located in areas without a local CPI 

survey, the metropolitan or 

nonmetropolitan counties receive the 

regional CPI for that Census Region. 

The Area Definitions Table at http:// 

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/ 

aaf.html/FY2011_AreaDef.pdf lists areas 

in alphabetical order by State. The 

associated CPI region is shown next to 

each State name. Areas whose Contract 

Rent AAFs are determined by local CPI 

surveys are listed first. All metropolitan 

areas with local CPI surveys have 

separate Contract Rent AAF schedules 

and are shown with their corresponding 

county definitions or as metropolitan 

counties. In the six New England States, 

the listings are for counties or parts of 

counties as defined by towns or cities. 

The remaining counties use the CPI for 

the Census Region and are not 

specifically listed in the Area 

Definitions Table at http:// 

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/ 

aaf.html/FY2011_AreaDef.pdf. 

Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands use 

the South Region Contract Rent AAFs. 

All areas in Hawaii use the Contract 

Rent AAFs identified in the Table as 

‘‘STATE: Hawaii,’’ which are based on 

the CPI survey for the Honolulu 

metropolitan area. The Pacific Islands 

use the West Region Contract Rent 

AAFs. 

Accordingly, HUD publishes these 

Annual Adjustment Factors for the 

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments 

programs as set forth in the Contract 

Rent AAF Tables posted at http:// 

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/ 

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Dated: March 7, 2011. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6065 Filed 3–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Assistant Secretary— 

Water and Science; Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 

Restoration of a Portion of Lower 

Hobble Creek 

AGENCY: Central Utah Project 

Completion Act Completion Office, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, as amended, the 

Department of the Interior, the Central 

Utah Water Conservancy District, and 

the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 

Conservation Commission, as joint 

leads, are initiating an Environmental 

Assessment of the impacts associated 

with the proposed restoration of the 

eastern portion of Lower Hobble Creek, 

near Springville, Utah. This restoration 

effort is intended to facilitate the 

recovery of the June Sucker (Chasmistes 

liorus), a Federally listed endangered 

species, through improvement of 

spawning habitat and maintenance of 

stream flow. It is anticipated that the 

resultant effort would include the 

possible restoration of approximately 

2 miles of stream channel, potential 

modification or removal of several 

existing barriers to fish passage, and 

enhancement of the existing water 

supply. 

DATES: Date and location for public 

scoping will be announced locally. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Mr. Lee Baxter at (801) 379– 

1174, or by e-mail at lbaxter@usbr.gov. 

Reed R. Murray, 

Program Director, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act, Department of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6090 Filed 3–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2011–N051;80221–1113– 

0000–F5] 

Endangered Species Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(Act) prohibits activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. The Act also requires that we 

invite public comment before issuing 

these permits. 

DATES: Comments on these permit 

applications must be received on or 

before April 15, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments 

should be submitted to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Endangered 

Species Program Manager, Region 8, 

2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2606, 

Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916– 

414–6464; fax: 916–414–6486). Please 

refer to the respective permit number for 

each application when submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist; see ADDRESSES (telephone: 

760–431–9440; fax: 760–431–9624). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicants have applied for 

scientific research permits to conduct 

certain activities with endangered 

species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We seek 

review and comment from local, State, 

and Federal agencies and the public on 

the following permit requests. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail 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. 

Permit No. TE–815214 

Applicant: Oceano Dunes State 

Vehicular Recreation Area, Arroyo 

Grande, California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (February 13, 2008, 

73 FR 8344) to take (set up and use 

remote sensing cameras to document 

and identify predation) the California 

least tern (Sterna antillarumbrowni) in 

conjunction with population monitoring 

and predator management activities in 

San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara 

Counties, California, for the purpose of 

enhancing their survival. 

Permit No. TE–33863A 

Applicant: Deborah K. Blackburn, 

Austin, Texas. 

The applicant requests apermitto take 

(harass by survey) the southwestern 

willow flycatcher 

(Empidonaxtrailliiextimus) in 

conjunction with surveys and 

population monitoring activities 

throughout the range of the species in 

California and Nevada for the purpose 

of enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–064431 

Applicant: Aztec Engineering Group 

Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (February 10, 2011, 

76 FR 7577) to take (harass by survey 

and monitor nests) the southwestern 

willow flycatcher 

(Empidonaxtrailliiextimus), and take 

(harass by survey) the Yuma clapper rail 

(Ralluslongirostrisyumanensis) in 

conjunction with surveys and 

population monitoring activities 

throughout the range of each species in 

California and Nevada for the purpose 

of enhancing their survival. 

Permit No. TE–027422 

Applicant: Brian T. Pittman, Petaluma, 

California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (June 20, 2000, 65 

FR 38297) to take (harass by survey, 

capture, handle, measure, and release) 

the arroyo toad (Anaxyruscalifornicus), 

and take (harass by survey, capture, 

handle, mark, collect biological 

samples, collect voucher specimens) the 

California tiger salamander 

(Ambystomacaliforniense) in 

conjunction with surveys, genetic 

study,and population monitoring 

activities throughout the range of each 

species in California for the purpose of 

enhancing their survival. 

Permit No. TE–213726 

Applicant: Joelle J. Fournier, San Diego, 

California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (May 3, 2010, 75 

FR 23287) to take (harass by survey, 

trap, capture, band adults, erect fence, 

use cameras, handle, transport sick and 

injured chicks and adults, and collect 

and transport abandoned eggs) the 

California least tern (Sterna 

antillarumbrowni) in conjunction with 

surveys, population monitoring and 

rehabilitation activities at Camp 

Pendleton Marine Base, Naval 

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