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accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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 

responses. 

Maile Arthur, 

Acting Records Management Branch Chief, 

Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27677 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2020–0028; OMB No. 

1660–0029] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Approval 

and Coordination of Requirements To 

Use the NETC for Extracurricular and 

Training Activities 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public to take this 

opportunity to comment on a 

reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. FEMA will submit the 

information collection abstracted below 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

for review and clearance in accordance 

with the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 

will describe the nature of the 

information collection, the categories of 

respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., 

the time, effort and resources used by 

respondents to respond) and cost, and 

the actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2020–0028. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy and Security Notice that is 

available via a link on the homepage of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Merril Sollenberger, Administrative 

Specialist, FEMA, U.S. Fire 

Administration, (301) 447–1179, 

merril.sollenberger@fema.dhs.gov. You 

may contact the Information 

Management Division for copies of the 

proposed collection of information at 

email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford 

Act), 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207, authorizes 

the President to establish a program of 

disaster preparedness that utilizes 

services of all appropriate agencies and 

includes training and exercises. Section 

611 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5196) 

directs that the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) may 

conduct training for the purpose of 

emergency preparedness. In response, 

FEMA established the National 

Emergency Training Center (NETC), 

located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The 

NETC site has facilities and housing 

available for those participating in 

emergency preparedness training. For 

planning purposes, a request for use of 

these areas must be made in advance. 

This proposed information collection 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on August 28, 2020, at FR 85 

53392 with a 60 day public comment 

period. No relevant comments were 

received. This information collection 

expired on November 30, 2020. FEMA 

is requesting a reinstatement, without 

change, of a previously approved 

information collection for which 

approval has expired. The purpose of 

this notice is to notify the public that 

FEMA will submit the information 

collection abstracted below to the Office 

of Management and Budget for review 

and clearance. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Approval and Coordination of 

Requirements to Use the NETC for 

Extracurricular Training Activities. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Reinstatement, without change, of a 

previously approved information 

collection for which approval has 

expired. 

OMB Number: 1660–0029. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form 119–17–1 Request for Housing 

Accommodations, FEMA Form 119–17– 

2 Request for Use of NETC Facilities. 

Abstract: In accordance with FEMA 

Directive 119–3: Facility Use and 

Expenses at the National Emergency 

Training Center, 21 May 2018, FEMA 

Form 119–17–1, Request For Housing 

Accommodations, and FEMA Form 

119–17–2, Request for Use of NETC 

Facilities are applied for functions at 

NETC. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, Not-for-profit institutions, 

Federal Government, State, local or 

Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

120. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 120. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 12. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $354. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: There are no annual 

start-up or capital costs for 

Respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $1,148. 

Comments 

Comments may be submitted as 

indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 

above. Comments are solicited to (a) 

evaluate whether the proposed data 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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, 


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e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Maile Arthur, 

Acting Records Management Branch Chief, 

Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27678 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–ES–2020–0045; 

FXES11140300000–212] 

Draft Environmental Assessment and 

Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan; 

Receipt of an Application for an 

Incidental Take Permit, Bluff Point 

Wind Energy Center, Jay and 

Randolph Counties, Indiana 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

documents; request for comment and 

information. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have received 

an application from NextEra Energy 

Bluff Point LLC (applicant), for an 

incidental take permit (ITP) under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA), for its Bluff Point Wind 

Energy Center (project). If approved, the 

ITP would be for a 30-year period and 

would authorize the incidental take of 

an endangered species, the Indiana bat, 

and a threatened species, the northern 

long-eared bat. The applicant has 

prepared a habitat conservation plan 

(HCP) that describes the actions and 

measures that the applicant would 

implement to avoid, minimize, and 

mitigate incidental take of the Indiana 

bat and northern long-eared bat. We also 

announce the availability of a draft 

Environmental Assessment (DEA), 

which has been prepared in response to 

the permit application in accordance 

with the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We 

request public comment on the 

application, the DEA, and associated 

documents. 

DATES: We will accept comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

January 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability: 

Internet: Electronic copies of the 

documents this notice announces will 

be available online in Docket No. FWS– 

R3–ES–2020–0045 at http://

www.regulations.gov. Public comments 

will also be available online at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Comment submission: In your 

comment, please specify whether your 

comment addresses the proposed HCP, 

draft EA, or any combination of the 

aforementioned documents, or other 

supporting documents. You may submit 

written comments by one of the 

following methods: 

• Online: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Search for and submit comments on 

Docket No. FWS–R3–ES–2020–0045. 

• By hard copy: Submit comments by 

U.S. mail to Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R3– 

ES–2020–0045; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB/ 

3W; Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Pruitt, Field Supervisor, 

Bloomington, Indiana, Ecological 

Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 620 South Walker 

Street, Bloomington, IN 47403; 

telephone: 812–334–4261, extension 

214; or Andrew Horton, Regional HCP 

Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service—Interior Region 3, 5600 

American Blvd., West, Suite 990, 

Bloomington, MN 55437–1458; 

telephone: 612–713–5337. 

Individuals who are hearing or speech 

impaired may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY 

assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 9 of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and its 

implementing regulations prohibit the 

‘‘take’’ of animal species listed as 

endangered or threatened. Take is 

defined under the ESA as to ‘‘harass, 

harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, 

trap, capture, or collect ‘‘listed animal 

species,’’ or to attempt to engage in such 

conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532). However, 

under section 10(a) of the ESA, we may 

issue permits to authorize incidental 

take of listed species. ‘‘Incidental take’’ 

is defined by the ESA as take that is 

incidental to, and not the purpose of, 

carrying out an otherwise lawful activity 

(16 U.S.C. 1539). Regulations governing 

incidental take permits for endangered 

and threatened species, respectively, are 

found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations at 50 CFR 17.22 and 50 CFR 

17.32. 

Applicant’s Proposed Project 

The applicant requests a 30-year ITP 

to take the federally endangered Indiana 

bat (Myotis sodalis) and threatened 

northern long-eared bat (Myotis 

septentrionalis) at the Bluff Point Wind 

Resource Area (BPWRA) in Jay and 

Randolph Counties, consisting of 

approximately 23,613 acres of private 

land. The applicant determined that 

unavoidable take is reasonably certain 

to occur incidental to operation of 57 

previously constructed wind turbines. 

The proposed conservation strategy in 

the applicant’s proposed HCP is 

designed to avoid, minimize, and 

mitigate the impacts of the covered 

activity on the covered species. The 

biological goals and objectives are to 

minimize potential take of Indiana bats 

and northern long-eared bats through 

on-site minimization measures and to 

provide habitat conservation measures 

for Indiana bats and northern long-eared 

bats to offset any unavoidable impacts 

from operations of the project. The 

BPWRA includes confirmed Indiana bat 

summer roost habitat and northern longeared bat summer maternity habitat. The 

HCP provides on-site avoidance and 

minimization measures, which include 

seasonal turbine operational curtailment 

and adaptive management measures that 

allow for modifications to the 

minimization and mitigation measures 

based on monitoring results and other 

triggers, and a 1,000 foot minimization 

buffer during the summer season to 

protect potential summer habitat for 

both covered species. Based on the 

available data, the predicted level of 

take is anticipated to be 63 Indiana bats 

and 32 northern long-eared bats over the 

30-year permit term. However, the 

applicant requests a permit to take 165 

Indiana bats and 84 northern long-eared 

bats over the 30-year permit term due to 

the uncertainty associated with 

estimating take and the exact (or 

specific) reduction in fatalities from the 

minimization without facility specific 

data. To fully offset the impacts of the 

taking of 122 Indiana bats and 42 

northern long-eared bats, the applicant 

proposes to protect in perpetuity 77.2 

acres of known maternity colony habitat 

and staging/swarming habitat through a 

conservation easement held by a 501(c)3 

non-profit at a Land of Indiana site in 

Greene County, Indiana through a thirdparty mitigation provider, First Indiana 

Resources, LLC. The HCP includes 

adaptive management measures if 

mitigation is insufficient to fully offset 

the impact of the actual take determined 

through mortality monitoring. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

The issuance of an ITP is a Federal 

action that triggers the need for 

compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq.). We prepared a draft EA that 

analyzes the environmental impacts on 

the human environment resulting from 


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