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Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

Application for Rural Housing and 

Economic Development program grant 

funds. Information is required to rate 

and rank competitive applications and 

to ensure eligibility of applicants for 

funding. Semi-annual reporting is 

required to monitor grant management. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 29, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2506–0169) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 

Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or 

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a 

toll-free number. Copies of available 

documents submitted to OMB may be 

obtained from Ms. Deitzer or from 

HUD’s Web site at http:// 

hlannwp031.hud.gov/po/i/icbts/ 

collectionsearch.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development has submitted to OMB a 

request for approval of the information 

collection described below. This notice 

is soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affecting agencies 

concerning the 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: Rural Housing and 

Economic Development Program 

Application and Semi-Annual 

Reporting. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0169. 

Form Numbers: SF–424, HUD–40210, 

HUD–424B, HUD–424C, HUD–424D, 

HUD–40076, HUD–2880, HUD–2990, 

HUD–2991, HUD–2992, HUD–2993, 

HUD–2994, HUD–50070, HUD–50071, 

SF–269a. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: 

Application for Rural Housing and 

Economic Development program grant 

funds. Information is required to rate 

and rank competitive applications and 

to ensure eligibility of applicants for 

funding. Semi-annual reporting is 

required to monitor grant management. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion, Semi-annually. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden ...................................... 627 1.66 41.54 43,490 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

43,490. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: February 20, 2007. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–3265 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Safe Harbor Agreement and Receipt of 

Application for an Enhancement of 

Survival Permit Associated With the 

Restoration of Habitat for Utah Prairie 

Dogs on Private Land in Piute County, 

UT 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Mr. Verl Bagley (Applicant/ 

Cooperator) has applied to the Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service) for an 

Enhancement of Survival Permit (ESP) 

for the Utah prairie dog (UPD) pursuant 

to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

This permit application includes a Safe 

Harbor Agreement (SHA) between the 

Applicant and the Service. The Service 

requests information, views, and 

opinions from the public via this notice. 

Further, the Service is soliciting 

information regarding the adequacy of 

the SHA as measured against the 

Service’s Safe Harbor Policy and the 

regulations that implement it. 

DATES: Written comments on the permit 

application must be received on or 

before March 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review 

the SHA and the ESP application may 

obtain a copy by writing the Service’s 

Mountain-Prairie Regional Office, 

Denver, Colorado. Documents also will 

be available for public inspection during 

normal business hours at the Regional 

Office, 134 Union Boulevard, Denver, 

Colorado 80228–1807, or the Utah Field 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

2369 West Orton Circle, Suite 50, West 

Valley City, Utah 84119. Written data or 

comments concerning the SHA or ESP 

application should be submitted to the 

Regional office and must be in writing 

to be processed. Comments must be 

submitted in writing to be adequately 

considered in the Service’s decisionmaking process. Please reference permit 

number TE131544–0 in your comments, 

or in the request for the documents 

discussed herein. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Mehlhop, Regional Safe Harbor 

Coordinator (see Denver address above), 

telephone 303–236–4215, or Larry Crist, 

Utah Field Office Supervisor (see West 

Valley City address above), telephone 

801–975–3330. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The UPD 

is the westernmost member of the genus 

Cynomys. The species’ range, which is 

limited to the southwestern quarter of 

Utah, is the most restricted of all prairie 

dog species in the United States. 

Distribution of the UPD has been greatly 

reduced due to disease (plague), 

poisoning, drought, and human-related 

habitat alteration. Protection of this 

species and enhancement of its habitat 

on private land will benefit recovery 

efforts. 

The primary objective of a SHA is to 

encourage voluntary conservation 

measures to benefit the species and the 

landowner. Through this agreement, the 


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landowner will receive relief from any 

additional section 9 liability under the 

Act beyond that which exists at the time 

the agreement is signed (‘‘regulatory 

baseline’’). The property is currently 

maintained as fallow land, native 

rangeland, and irrigated pastureland 

and is bordered by other private lands 

and Federal lands owned by the Bureau 

of Land Management. At the present 

time, the property supports several 

active prairie dog burrows that comprise 

a small colony. Several unoccupied 

burrows also occur on the property. 

Foraging habitat and habitat that offers 

visual surveillance for the prairie dogs 

will be further enhanced by 

implementing a prescribed grazing plan, 

seeding to improve the forage quality for 

UPD, and installing irrigation 

improvements. Additionally, 

reintroduction of UPDs will occur on 

the property once the vegetation 

conditions have improved. 

Habitat improvements will be 

occurring throughout the term of the 

agreement through managed grazing. 

The Cooperator will receive an ESP that 

authorizes implementation of the 

conservation actions and other 

provisions of this Agreement and 

authorizes incidental take of the covered 

species above the Cooperator’s baseline 

responsibilities, as defined in SHA. The 

proposed SHA would become effective 

upon signature of the SHA and issuance 

of the permit, and would remain in 

effect for 15 years. The requested permit 

would remain in effect for 35 years. We 

have made the determination that the 

proposed activities described in the 

application and SHA will increase 

available prairie dog habitat and will 

potentially expand an existing active 

colony and allow successful 

establishment of a reintroduced colony 

of Utah prairie dogs on the Bagley 

property. The action is categorically 

excluded under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This 

notice is provided pursuant to section 

10 of the Act, and the Service’s Safe 

Harbor Policy (64 FR 32717). 

The Service has evaluated the impacts 

of this action under the NEPA and 

determined that it warrants categorical 

exclusion as described in 516 DM 8, 8.5 

C. (1). The Service will evaluate 

whether the issuance of the ESP 

complies with section 7 of the Act by 

conducting an intra-Service section 7 

consultation on the issuance of the 

permit. The result of the biological 

opinion, in combination with the above 

finding and any public comments, will 

be used in the final analysis to 

determine whether or not to issue the 

requested ESP, pursuant to the 

regulation that guide issuance of the 

type of permit. 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: January 11, 2007. 

James J. Slack, 

Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado. 

[FR Doc. E7–3360 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Safe Harbor Agreement and Receipt of 

Application for an Enhancement of 

Survival Permit Associated With the 

Restoration of Habitat for Utah Prairie 

Dogs on Private Land in Piute County, 

UT 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Mr. Val Norman (Applicant/ 

Cooperator) has applied to the Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service) for an 

Enhancement of Survival Permit (ESP) 

for the Utah prairie dog (UPD) pursuant 

to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

This permit application includes a Safe 

Harbor Agreement (SHA) between the 

Applicant and the Service. The Service 

requests information, views, and 

opinions from the public via this notice. 

Further, the Service is soliciting 

information regarding the adequacy of 

the SHA as measured against the 

Service’s Safe Harbor Policy and the 

regulations that implement it. 

DATES: Written comments on the permit 

application must be received on or 

before March 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review 

the SHA and the ESP application may 

obtain a copy by writing the Service’s 

Mountain-Prairie Regional Office, 

Denver, Colorado. Documents also will 

be available for public inspection during 

normal business hours at the Regional 

Office, 134 Union Boulevard, Denver, 

Colorado 80228–1807, or the Utah Field 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

2369 West Orton Circle, Suite 50, West 

Valley City, Utah 84119. Written data or 

comments concerning the SHA or ESP 

application should be submitted to the 

Regional office and must be in writing 

to be processed. Comments must be 

submitted in writing to be adequately 

considered in the Service’s decisionmaking process. Please reference permit 

number TE131545–0 in your comments, 

or in the request for the documents 

discussed herein. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Mehlhop, Regional Safe Harbor 

Coordinator (see Denver address above), 

telephone 303–236–4215, or Larry Crist, 

Utah Field Office Supervisor (see West 

Valley City address above), telephone 

801–975–3330. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The UPD 

is the westernmost member of the genus 

Cynomys. The species’ range, which is 

limited to the southwestern quarter of 

Utah, is the most restricted of all prairie 

dog species in the United States. 

Distribution of the UPD has been greatly 

reduced due to disease (plague), 

poisoning, drought, and human-related 

habitat alteration. Protection of this 

species and enhancement of its habitat 

on private land will benefit recovery 

efforts. 

The primary objective of a SHA is to 

encourage voluntary conservation 

measures to benefit the species and the 

landowner. Through this agreement, the 

landowner will receive relief from any 

additional section 9 liability under the 

Act beyond that which exists at the time 

the agreement is signed (‘‘regulatory 

baseline’’). There are no buildings or 

residences on the property; however it 

is currently used to house hunting dogs 

in an enclosed area less than 0.4 hectare 

(1 acre) in size. The rest of the property 

is unused and is not currently suitable 

for livestock grazing due to the high 

density of invasive weeds. The property 

is bordered on four sides by private 

lands. At the present time, the property 

supports an active prairie dog colony 

with many unoccupied burrows. In 

addition, active UPD colonies are 

known to exist on private property east 

and south of the Norman property. 

Foraging habitat and habitat that offers 

visual surveillance for the prairie dogs 

will be further enhanced by 

implementing a prescribed grazing plan, 

seeding to improve the forage quality for 

UPD, and installing irrigation 

improvements. 

Habitat improvements will occur 

throughout the term of the agreement 

through managed grazing. The 

Cooperator will receive an ESP that 

authorizes implementation of the 

conservation actions and other 

provisions of this Agreement and 

authorizes incidental take of the covered 

species above the Cooperator’s baseline 

responsibilities, as defined in the SHA. 

The proposed SHA would become 

effective upon signature of the SHA and 

issuance of the permit, and would 

remain in effect for 15 years. The 

requested permit would remain in effect 

for 35 years. We have made the 

determination that the proposed 

activities described in the application 


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