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Title of Proposal: Section 8 Random 

Digit Dialing Fair Marketing Rent 

Surveys. 

Description of Information Collection: 

These surveys provide HUD with a way 

to estimate Section 8 Fair Market Rents 

(FMRs) in areas not covered by the 

American Community Survey annual 

reports and in areas where FMRs are 

believed to be incorrect. The affected 

public would be those renters random 

selected to be surveyed and Section 8 

voucher holders. The change in this 

request from what has been approved is 

to include the use of cell phones, mail 

surveys and web-based surveys. The 

burden on the respondent and on those 

contacted but screened out is to less 

than in the previous requests because 

fewer surveys are being conducted. 

Minor changes have been made to the 

survey instrument to make it clearer. 

OMB Control Number: 2528–0142. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 2,314 1 0.260 602 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Emergency Collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: May 18, 2011. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Officer of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12805 Filed 5–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 

BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: June 6, 2011, 9 a.m.–1:30 

p.m. 

PLACE: 901 N. Stuart Street, Tenth Floor, 

Arlington, Virginia 22203. 

STATUS: Open session. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

• Approval of the Minutes of the 

March 28, 2011, Meeting of the Board of 

Directors 

• Strategic Plan 

• Advisory Council 

• Next Meetings 

PORTIONS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: 

• Approval of the Minutes of the 

March 28, 2011, Meeting of the Board of 

Directors 

• Strategic Plan 

• Advisory Council 

• Next Meetings 

PORTIONS TO BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: 

• None 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Jennifer Hodges Reynolds, (703) 306– 

0002. 

Jennifer Hodges Reynolds, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12961 Filed 5–20–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

[Docket No. BOEM–2011–0012] 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Renewable Energy Program Interim 

Policy Leasing for Marine Hydrokinetic 

Technology Testing Offshore Florida 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare 

an Environmental Assessment (EA). 

SUMMARY: This notice is being published 

as an initial step for the purpose of 

involving Federal agencies, states, 

tribes, local government, and the public 

in the leasing decision for an offshore 

technology testing facility located on the 

OCS, in accordance with the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations implementing the 

provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.). On November 6, 2007, the 

Minerals Management Service (MMS), 

now BOEMRE, announced an interim 

policy for authorizing the issuance of 

leases for the installation of offshore 

data collection and technology testing 

facilities on the OCS (72 FR 62673). A 

lease application has been submitted 

pursuant to the interim policy, initiating 

the need for an EA. 

On June 11, 2010 Florida Atlantic 

University’s (FAU) Southeast National 

Marine Renewable Energy Center 

(SNMREC) submitted an application to 

lease three OCS blocks, approximately 

nine to 15 nautical miles offshore of 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, under its 

original nomination submitted on 

November 8, 2007. These three blocks 

are located on the Atlantic OCS in the 

Official Protraction Diagram NG 17–06 

numbered 7003, 7053, and 7054. The 

proposed lease area ranges from a depth 

of 262 meters (m) in Block 7053 to 366 

m in the southern half of Block 7054. 

This project application was amended 

on February 10, 2011, and describes 

data collection and technology testing 

activities to be conducted on the 

proposed lease. FAU SNMREC intends 

to deploy a single-anchor mooring, with 

a mooring and telemetry buoy (MTB) 

(similar to the Navy Oceanographic 

Meteorological Automatic Device 

(NOMAD) weather buoys) for the 

purpose of testing, for limited periods, 

equipment designed to use the Florida 

current to generate electricity on the 

proposed leasehold. The proposed MTB 

would act as both a sensor and 

measurement platform and mooring 

point for a platform or vessel which can 

deploy small-scale ocean current 

devices. The device(s) to be deployed 

would be limited to 100-kilowatt (kW) 

power extraction and seven-meter 

diameter rotor(s). Initially, it is 

proposed to deploy an experimental 

demonstration device with 20 kW 

maximum power and a three-meter rotor 

diameter from a vessel moored to the 

MTB. 

BOEMRE intends to prepare an EA for 

the purpose of considering the 

environmental consequences associated 

with issuing an interim policy lease to 

FAU SNMREC, which will include 

impacts that may result from the 

installation of an MTB, deployment of 

small-scale ocean current devices, and 

operations of a deployment vessel on 

the potential leasehold. The EA will 

consider multiple environmental issues, 

including impacts to benthic habitats, 

sea turtles, pelagic fishes, marine 

mammals, and existing human uses. At 

a minimum, the alternatives that will be 

considered are no action (i.e., no 

issuance of a lease), and the issuance of 

a lease and approval of certain 

technology testing activities within the 

lease area, such as deployment of 

technology demonstration devices, 

single anchor moorings, and an MTB. 

With this NOI, BOEMRE is requesting 

comments and input from Federal, state, 


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and local government agencies, tribal 

governments, and other interested 

parties, which may assist BOEMRE in 

identifying the important environmental 

issues and any additional alternatives 

that should be considered in the EA. 

Input is also requested regarding 

measures (e.g., limitations on activities 

based on technology, siting, or timing) 

that would mitigate impacts to 

environmental resources and 

socioeconomic conditions that could 

result from leasing and the technology 

testing activities in the lease area. 

Consultation with other Federal 

agencies, tribal governments, and 

affected states will be carried out during 

the EA process and will be completed 

before a final decision is made on 

whether, or under what circumstances 

to issue a lease. 

Authority: This NOI to prepare an EA is 

published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEMRE Office of 

Offshore Alternative Energy Programs, 

381 Elden Street, MS 4090, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170–4817, (703) 787–1340 or 

michelle.morin@boemre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Interim Policy 

Subsection 8(p)(1)(C) of the OCS 

Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(1)(3)), 

which was added by section 388 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), gave 

the Secretary of the Interior the 

authority to issue leases, easements and 

rights-of-way on the OCS for alternative 

energy activities. This authority has 

been delegated to BOEMRE. In a 

Request for Information and 

Nominations published on November 6, 

2007, in the Federal Register (72 FR 

62673) BOEMRE announced that it had 

established an interim policy under 

which it would issue limited leases 

authorizing alternative energy resource 

assessment, data collection, and 

technology testing activities on the OCS 

and that it was accepting nominations 

for limited leases to conduct such 

activities. Limited leases issued under 

the interim policy for energy resource 

assessment data collection and 

technology testing activities have a term 

of 5 years, and do not authorize the 

production or transmission of energy. In 

response to the November 6, 2007 

notice, BOEMRE received more than 40 

nominations proposing areas for limited 

leases on the OCS off the Pacific and 

Atlantic Coasts. 

BOEMRE reviewed in detail all 

nominations received and, on April 18, 

2008, identified 16 proposed lease areas 

for priority consideration based on 

factors such as the technological 

complexity of the project proposed, 

timing needs, competing OCS space-use 

issues, and relevant state-supported 

renewable energy activities and 

initiatives (73 FR 21152). BOEMRE also 

took into consideration the importance 

of supporting the advancement of 

activities related to the development of 

each of the renewable energy resource 

types that would be studied in the 

proposals—wind, current, and wave. Of 

the 16 areas, BOEMRE identified four 

proposed areas offshore Florida as 

priority areas for the testing of ocean 

current technology and the collection of 

resource data. 

In the April 18, 2008 notice, BOEMRE 

also solicited from interested parties 

expressions of competitive interest in 

leasing any of these nominated areas. 

See 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). The notice 

also invited comments and solicited 

information from the public regarding 

the suitability of these areas for leasing 

and the environmental and 

socioeconomic consequences that may 

be associated with issuing research 

leases in these areas. BOEMRE received 

no indications of competitive interest in 

acquiring leases within these four areas 

offshore Florida, which include the 

three blocks identified in FAU 

SNMREC’s most recent application. As 

a result, BOEMRE intends to make a 

final decision on whether to proceed 

with the issuance of a lease 

noncompetitively, once the required 

environmental review, which is the 

subject of this NOI, is completed. 

Interim policy leases will be governed 

by the terms outlined in the interim 

policy lease and stipulations published 

in the Federal Register (73 FR 21363) on 

April 21, 2008. More information about 

the interim policy can be found at: 

http://www.boemre.gov/offshore/

RenewableEnergy/Regulatory

Information.htm#Interim_Policy. 

2. Cooperating Agencies 

BOEMRE invites other Federal 

agencies and state, tribal, and local 

governments to consider becoming 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the EA. CEQ regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA define cooperating agencies as 

those with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or 

special expertise’’ (40 CFR 1508.5). 

Potential cooperating agencies should 

consider their authority and capacity to 

assume the responsibilities of a 

cooperating agency and remember that 

an agency’s role in the environmental 

analysis neither enlarges nor diminishes 

the final decision-making authority of 

any other agency involved in the NEPA 

process. 

Upon request, BOEMRE will provide 

potential cooperating agencies with a 

draft Memorandum of Agreement that 

includes a schedule with critical action 

dates and milestones, mutual 

responsibilities, designated points of 

contact, and expectations for handling 

pre-decisional information. Agencies 

should also consider the ‘‘Factors for 

Determining Whether to Invite, Decline, 

or End Cooperating Agency Status’’ in 

Attachment 1 to CEQ’s January 30, 2002, 

Memorandum for the Heads of Federal 

Agencies: Cooperating Agencies in 

Implementing the Procedural 

Requirements of the NEPA. A copy of 

this document is available at: http://ceq.

hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/cooperating/

cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html 

and http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/

cooperating/cooperatingagencymemo

factors.html. 

BOEMRE, as the lead agency, will not 

provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Even if an 

organization is not a cooperating 

agency, opportunities will exist to 

provide information and comments to 

BOEMRE during the normal public 

input phases of the NEPA/EA process. 

3. Comments 

Federal, state, local government 

agencies, tribal governments, and other 

interested parties are requested to send 

their written comments regarding 

important environmental issues and the 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

related to the proposed issuance of a 

limited lease to FAU SNMREC on which 

it intends to conduct data collection and 

technology testing activities in one of 

the following ways: 

1. Electronically: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled 

‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘BOEM– 

2011–0012,’’ then click ‘‘Search’’. Follow 

the instructions to submit public 

comments and view supporting and 

related materials available for this 

document. 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Comments on OCS Renewable 

Energy Program Interim Policy Lease for 

FAU SNMREC’’ to Program Manager, 

Office of Offshore Alternative Energy 

Programs (MS 4090), Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, 381 Elden Street, 

Herndon, Virginia 20170. 

Comments should be submitted no 

later than June 23, 2011. 


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Dated: May 18, 2011. 

L. Renee Orr, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12724 Filed 5–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–MB–2011–N104; FY 11 91100– 

3740–GRNT 7C] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Migratory Birds and Wetlands 

Conservation Grant Programs 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 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 December 

31, 2011. We 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. 

DATES: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments on this IC, we 

must receive them by July 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); or INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail). 

Please include 1018–0100 in the subject 

line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey at INFOCOL@

fws.gov (e-mail) or 703–358–2482 

(telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Division of Bird Habitat 

Conservation administers grant 

programs associated with the North 

American Wetlands Conservation Act 

(NAWCA), Public Law 101–233 and the 

Neotropical Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act (NMBCA), Public Law 

106–247. Currently, information that we 

collect for NMBCA grants is approved 

under OMB Control No. 1018–0113, 

which expires March 31, 2012. We are 

proposing to consolidate NAWCA and 

NMBCA grants under OMB Control No. 

1018–0100. If OMB approves this 

request, we will discontinue OMB 

Control Number 1018–0113. 

North American Wetlands Conservation 

Act Grants 

NAWCA provides matching grants to 

organizations and individuals who have 

developed partnerships to carry out 

wetlands conservation projects in the 

United States, Canada, and Mexico for 

the benefit of wetlands-associated 

migratory birds and other wildlife. 

There is a Standard and a Small Grants 

Program. Both are competitive grants 

programs and require that grant requests 

be matched by partner contributions at 

no less than a 1-to-1 ratio. Funds from 

U.S. Federal sources may contribute to 

a project, but are not eligible as match. 

The Standard Grants Program 

supports projects in Canada, the United 

States, and Mexico that involve longterm protection, restoration, and/or 

enhancement of wetlands and 

associated uplands habitats. In Mexico, 

partners may also conduct projects 

involving technical training, 

environmental education and outreach, 

organizational infrastructure 

development, and sustainable-use 

studies. 

The Small Grants Program operates 

only in the United States. It supports the 

same type of projects and adheres to the 

same selection criteria and 

administrative guidelines as the U.S. 

Standard Grants Program. However, 

project activities are usually smaller in 

scope and involve fewer project dollars. 

Grant requests may not exceed $75,000, 

and funding priority is given to grantees 

or partners new to the NAWCA Grants 

Program. 

We publish notices of funding 

availability on the Grants.gov Web site 

at http://www.grants.gov as well as in 

the Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance at http://cfda.gov. To 

compete for grant funds, partnerships 

submit applications that describe in 

substantial detail project locations, 

project resources, future benefits, and 

other characteristics that meet the 

standards established by the North 

American Wetlands Conservation 

Council and the requirements of 

NAWCA. Materials that describe the 

program and assist applicants in 

formulating project proposals are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/ 

NAWCA. Persons who do not have 

access to the Internet may obtain 

instructional materials by mail. We have 

not made any major changes in the 

scope and general nature of the 

instructions since the OMB first 

approved the information collection in 

1999. 

Neotropical Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act 

NMBCA establishes a matching grant 

programs to fund projects that promote 

the conservation of neotropical 

migratory birds in the United States, 

Canada, Latin America, and the 

Caribbean. 

We publish notices of funding 

availability on the Grants.gov Web site 

as well as in the Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance. To compete for 

grant funds, partnerships submit 

applications that describe in substantial 

detail project locations, project 

resources, future benefits, and other 

characteristics that meet the standards 

established by the Fish and Wildlife 

Service and the requirements of 

NMBCA. 

Materials that describe the program 

and assist applicants in formulating 

project proposals for consideration are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/ 

NMBCA/index.shtm. Persons who do 

not have access to the Internet may 

obtain instructional materials by mail. 

We have not made any major changes in 

the scope and general nature of the 

instructions since the OMB first 

approved the information collection in 

2002. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0100. 

Title: Migratory Birds and Wetlands 

Conservation Grant Programs. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Respondents: Domestic 

and foreign individuals, businesses and 

other for-profit organizations; 

educational organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions; and Federal, State, local, 

and/or tribal governments. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 


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