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conservation programs that benefit 

wildlife, hunting, and outdoor 

recreation on private lands; and 

8. When requested by the agencies’ 

designated ex officio members or the 

Designated Federal Officer in 

consultation with the Council 

Chairman, performing a variety of 

assessments or reviews of policies, 

programs, and efforts through the 

Council’s designated subcommittees or 

workgroups. 

Background information on the 

Council is available at http:// 

www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Meeting Agenda 

The Council will hold a 

teleconference to consider: 

• BLM’s draft Resource Management 

Plan for the Sonoran Desert National 

Monument; and 

The final agenda will be posted on the 

Internet at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Public Input 

If you wish to 

You must contact the Council 

Coordinator (see 

FOR FURTHER 

INFORMATION 

CONTACT) no 

later than 

Listen to the teleconference.May 4th, 2012. 

Submit written information 

or questions before the 

teleconference for the 

council to consider during the teleconference.

May 4th, 2012. 

Give an oral presentation 

during the teleconference.

May 4th, 2012. 

Submitting Written Information or 

Questions 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information or 

questions for the Council to consider 

during the teleconference. Written 

statements must be received by the date 

listed in ‘‘Public Input’’ under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the Council for their consideration prior 

to this teleconference. Written 

statements must be supplied to the 

Council Coordinator in one of the 

following formats: One hard copy with 

original signature, and one electronic 

copy via email (acceptable file formats 

are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or rich text file). 

Giving an Oral Presentation 

Individuals or groups requesting to 

make an oral presentation during the 

teleconference will be limited to 2 

minutes per speaker, with no more than 

a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. 

Interested parties should contact the 

Council Coordinator, in writing 

(preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on 

the public speaker list for this 

teleconference. To ensure an 

opportunity to speak during the public 

comment period of the teleconference, 

members of the public must register 

with the Council Coordinator. 

Registered speakers who wish to expand 

upon their oral statements, or those who 

had wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda, may 

submit written statements to the 

Council Coordinator up to 30 days 

subsequent to the teleconference. 

Meeting Minutes 

Summary minutes of the 

teleconference will be maintained by 

the Council Coordinator (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and will 

be available for public inspection within 

90 days of the meeting and will be 

posted on the Council’s Web site at 

http://www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Gregory E. Siekaniec, 

Acting Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10211 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2012–N096: 

FXIA16710900000P5–123–FF09A30000] 

Wild Bird Conservation Act; Receipt of 

Application for Approval of a 

Cooperative Breeding Program 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application 

for approval; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The public is invited to 

comment on the following application 

for approval to conduct certain activities 

with birds that are protected in 

accordance with the Wild Bird 

Conservation Act of 1992 (WBCA). 

DATES: Written data, comments, or 

requests for a copy of this application 

must be received by May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with this 

application are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice to: Chief, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 

22203; fax: 703–358–2298. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Hoover, Chief, Branch of 

Operations, Division of Management 

Authority, at 703–358–2104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the WBCA (16 U.S.C. 4901 

et seq.) is to ensure that the market in 

the United States for exotic bird species 

does not cause harm to the wild 

populations of those species. With a few 

exceptions, the WBCA prohibits the 

import of bird species included in the 

Appendices to the Convention on 

International Trade in Endangered 

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 

(CITES). Under the WBCA, we, the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, issue permits 

for import of listed birds for scientific 

research, zoological breeding or display 

programs, or personal pet purposes, 

when the applicant meets certain 

criteria. We also may approve 

cooperative breeding programs of listed 

birds, and subsequent import permits 

under such breeding programs. 

The public is invited to comment on 

the following application for approval to 

establish a cooperative breeding 

program under the WBCA. This notice 

is provided pursuant to the WBCA and 

its implementing regulations in the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 

CFR 15.26. Written data, comments, or 

requests for copies of this complete 

application should be submitted to the 

Chief (address above). 

Applicant: Mac Embury, Grants Pass, 

OR 

The applicant wishes to establish a 

cooperative breeding program for Black 

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus), 

Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis), 

Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), Saker 

Falcon (Falco cherrug), African Fisheagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), and Southern 

White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti). The 

applicant wishes to be an active 

participant in this program along with 

three other individuals. If approved, the 

program will be overseen by the Oregon 

Falconers Association. 

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. 

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Dated: April 17, 2012. 

Laura Noguchi, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Operations, Division 

of Management Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10232 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[GX12GB009PAMR00] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an 

information Collection (1028–0089), 

Mineral Resources Program’s (MRP) 

Mineral Resource External Research 

Program (MRERP). 

SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological 

Survey) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

and as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this IC. This 

IC is scheduled to expire on August 31, 

2012. 

To submit a proposal for the MRERP 

a project narrative must be completed 

and submitted via Grants.gov. 

Furthermore, for multi-year projects, an 

annual progress report must be 

completed, and for all projects, a final 

technical report is required at the end of 

the project period. The narrative and 

report guidance is available at http:// 

www.usgs.gov/contracts/Minerals/ 

index.html. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

June 26, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this information collection to the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, 

VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7199 (fax); 

or smbaloch@usgs.gov (email). Use 

Information Collection Number 1028– 

0089 in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

L. Doebrich at 703–648–6103. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Mineral Resource External 

Research Program (MRERP). 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0089. 

Form Number: Project narrative and 

report guidance posted on Grants.gov. 

Abstract: Through the MRERP, the 

MRP of the USGS offers an annual 

competitive grant and/or cooperative 

agreement opportunity to universities, 

State agencies, Tribal governments or 

organizations, and industry or other 

private sector organizations. Applicants 

must have the ability to conduct 

research in topics related to nonfuel 

mineral resources and that meet the 

goals of the MRP. The MRERP will 

consider all research-based proposals 

that address one of the MRP’s long-term 

goals. The long-term goals of the MRP, 

as described in its strategic plan 

(http://minerals.usgs.gov/plan/ 

2006-2010/2006-2010_plan.html) are (1) 

Ensure availability of up-to-date 

quantitative assessments of potential for 

undiscovered mineral deposits, (2) 

ensure availability of up-to-date 

geoenvironmental assessments of 

priority Federal lands, (3) ensure 

availability of reliable geologic, 

geochemical, geophysical, and mineral 

locality data for the United States, and 

(4) ensure availability of long-term data 

sets describing mineral production and 

consumption. Furthermore, annual 

research priorities are provided as 

guidance for applicants to consider 

when submitting proposals. Annual 

research priorities are determined by 

USGS MRP management. Since its 

initiation in 2004, the MRERP has 

awarded more than $2.8 million to 48 

different research projects across the 

country. 

We will protect information from 

respondents considered proprietary 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing 

regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under 

regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data 

and information to be made available to 

the public or for limited inspection.’’ 

Responses are voluntary. No questions 

of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We 

intend to release the project abstracts 

and primary investigators for awarded/ 

funded projects only. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Annual Number and 

Description of Respondents: 

Approximately 500 research scientists 

from universities, State agencies, Tribal 

governments or organizations, and 

industry or other private sector 

organizations. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 25. 

Estimated Annual burden hours: 

1125. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We 

estimate the public reporting burden 

averages 45 hours per response. This 

includes the time for (1) Project 

conception and development, proposal 

writing and reviewing, and submitting 

project narrative through Grants.gov, (2) 

preparation of annual progress report, 

and (3) preparation of final technical 

report. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this collection 

of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency 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. 

Comments: We are soliciting 

comments as to: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

duties, including whether the 

information is useful; (b) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information; 

(c) how to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) how 

to minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted 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 IC. 

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 OMB in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that it will 

be done. 

Dated April 13, 2012. 

Ione Taylor, 

Associate Director, Energy and Minerals, and 

Environmental Health. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10177 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWYD03000 

L51100000.GN0000.LVEMK10CW580–WYW– 

166318] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Lost Creek Uranium In Situ 

Recovery Project, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

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