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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, 

or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Division of International 

Conservation awards grants funded 

under the: 

(1) African Elephant Conservation Act 

(16 U.S.C. 4201-4245). 

(2) Asian Elephant Conservation Act 

of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261). 

(3) Great Apes Conservation Act of 

2000 (Pub. L. 106-411). 

(4) Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation 

Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5306). 

(5) Marine Turtle Conservation Act 

(Pub. L. 108-266). 

(6) Wildlife Without Borders 

Programs - Mexico, Latin America and 

the Caribbean, and Russia. 

The information that we collect for 

grants awarded under the Marine Turtle 

Conservation Act is approved under 

OMB Control No. 1018-0128, which 

expires March 31, 2009. We are 

proposing to include that information 

collection with the others in this 

approval request, all under OMB 

Control Number 1018-0123. 

Applicants submit proposals for 

funding in response to Notices of 

Funding Availability that we publish on 

Grants.gov. We collect the following 

information under each Notice of 

Funding Availability: 

(1) Cover page with basic project 

details (FWS Form 3-2338). This is a 

new form that we propose to replace the 

six forms currently approved under 

OMB Control No. 1018-0123. 

(2) Project summary and narrative. 

(3) Letter of appropriate government 

endorsement. 

(4) Brief curricula vitae for key project 

personnel. 

(5) Complete Standard Forms 424, 

424a and 424b (nondomestic applicants 

do not submit the standard forms). 

Proposals may also include, as 

appropriate, a copy of the organization’s 

Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement 

(NIRCA) and any additional 

documentation supporting the proposed 

project. 

The project summary and narrative is 

the basis for this information collection 

request for approval. A panel of 

technical experts reviews each proposal 

to assess how well the project addresses 

the priorities identified by each 

program’s authorizing legislation. As all 

of the on-the-ground projects funded by 

these programs are conducted outside 

the United States, the letter of 

appropriate government endorsement 

ensures that the proposed activities will 

not meet with local resistance or work 

in opposition to locally identified 

priorities and needs. Brief curricula 

vitae for key project personnel allow the 

review panel to assess the qualifications 

of project staff to effectively carry out 

the project goals and objectives. As all 

Federal entities must honor the indirect 

cost rates an organization has negotiated 

with its cognizant agency, we require all 

organizations with a NICRA to submit 

the agreement paperwork with their 

proposals to verify how their rate is 

applied in their proposed budget. 

Applicants may provide any additional 

documentation that they believe best 

supports their proposal. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018-0123. 

Title: International Conservation 

Grant Programs. 

Service Form Number(s): 3-2338. 

Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Affected Public: Domestic and 

nondomestic Federal, State, and local 

governments; nonprofit, 

nongovernmental organizations; public 

and private institutions of higher 

education; and any other organization or 

individual with demonstrated perience 

deemed necessary to carry out the 

proposed project.. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Cover page (FWS Form 3-2338) ............................................. 489 489 1 hour .............. 489 

Narratives ................................................................................. 489 489 11 hours .......... 5,379 

Reports (mid-term and final) .................................................... 231 231 30 hours .......... 6,930 

Totals ................................................................................ 1,209 1,209 ..................... 12,798 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

(1) whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice are a matter of public record. 

We will include and/or summarize each 

comment in our request to OMB to 

approve this IC. 

Dated: March 1, 2007 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

FR Doc. E7–4844 Filed 3–15–07; 8:45 am 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of an Application for an 

Incidental Take Permit for 

Construction of a Combination of 

Commercial Buildings and Residential 

Units in Palm Beach County, FL 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of an incidental take permit 

(ITP) and Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP). Royal Tequesta LLC (Applicant) 

requests an ITP pursuant to section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The 

Applicant anticipates taking about 2.24 

acres of Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma 

coerulescens) (scrub-jay) foraging and 

sheltering habitat incidental to partial 

land clearing of their 6-acre lot and 

subsequent commercial and residential 

construction and supporting 

infrastructure in Palm Beach County, 

Florida (Project). The destruction of 2.24 

acre of foraging and sheltering habitat is 

expected to result in the take of one 

family of scrub-jays. The Applicant’s 

Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) 

describes the mitigation and 

minimization measures proposed to 

address the effects of the Project to the 

Florida scrub-jay. 


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DATES: Written comments on the ITP 

applications and HCPs should be sent to 

the South Florida Ecological Services 

Office (see ADDRESSES) and should be 

received on or before April 16, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review 

the application and HCP may obtain a 

copy by writing the Service’s South 

Florida Ecological Services Office. 

Please reference permit number TE 

136147–0 in such requests. Documents 

will also be available for public 

inspection by appointment during 

normal business hours at the South 

Florida Ecological Services Office, 1339 

20th Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960–

3559. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Trish Adams, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, South Florida Ecological 

Services Office, Vero Beach, Florida (see 

ADDRESSES), telephone: 772/562–3909, 

ext. 232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you 

wish to comment, you may submit 

comments by any one of several 

methods. Please reference permit 

number TE 136147–0 in such requests. 

You may mail comments to the 

Service’s South Florida Ecological 

Services Office (see ADDRESSES). You 

may also comment via the Internet to 

trish_adams@fws.gov. Please also 

include your name and return address 

in your Internet message. If you do not 

receive a confirmation from us that we 

have received your internet message, 

contact us directly at the telephone 

number listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally, you may 

hand deliver comments to the Service 

office listed under ADDRESSES. Our 

practice is to make comments, including 

names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home address from 

the administrative record. We will 

honor such requests to the extent 

allowable by law. There may also be 

other circumstances in which we would 

withhold from the administrative record 

a respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name and address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. We will not, however, 

consider anonymous comments. We 

will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Construction of the Project will take 

place within Section 30, Township 40 

South, Range 43 East, Tequesta, Palm 

Beach County, Florida. The Project site 

is bounded by the Casa del Sol 

development project on the north, 

County Line Plaza on the south, U.S. 

Highway 1 on the east, and by the 

Village of Tequesta water treatment 

plant on the west. Scrub-jays occupy 

3.58 acres of the 6-acre site. 

The Applicant proposes to minimize 

take of scrub-jays by avoiding land 

clearing activities during the breeding or 

nesting season (March through June) 

and by preserving, restoring, and 

maintaining 1.34 acres of scrub-jay 

habitat on their 6-acre lot in perpetuity. 

The Applicants propose to mitigate for 

the loss of 2.24 acres of occupied scrubjay habitat by contributing a total of 

$384,017.78 to the Florida Scrub-jay 

Conservation Program Fund 

administered by The Nature 

Conservancy. Funds in this account are 

ear-marked for use in the conservation 

and recovery of scrub-jays and may 

include habitat acquisition, restoration, 

and management. 

The Service has determined that the 

Applicant’s proposal, including the 

proposed mitigation and minimization 

measures, will have a minor or 

negligible effect on the species covered 

in the HCP. Therefore, the ITP is for a 

‘‘low-effect’’ project and qualifies as a 

categorical exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as 

provided by the Department of the 

Interior Manual (516 DM 2, Appendix 1 

and 516 DM 6, Appendix 1). This 

preliminary information may be revised 

based on our review of public comments 

that we receive in response to this 

notice. Low-effect HCPs are those 

involving (1) minor or negligible effects 

on federally listed or candidate species 

and their habitats, and (2) minor or 

negligible effects on other 

environmental values or resources. 

The Service will evaluate the HCP 

and comments submitted thereon to 

determine whether the application 

meets the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.). If it 

is determined that those requirements 

are met, the ITP will be issued for the 

incidental take of the Florida scrub-jay. 

The Service will also evaluate whether 

issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP 

complies with section 7 of the Act by 

conducting an intra-Service section 7 

consultation. The results of this 

consultation, in combination with the 

above findings, will be used in the final 

analysis to determine whether or not to 

issue the ITP. 

Authority: This notice is provided 

pursuant to Section 10 of the Endangered 

Species Act and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 

1506.6). 

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

Paul Souza, 

Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological 

Services Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Draft Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan and Environmental Assessment 

for Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) announces the 

availability of the Missisquoi National 

Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan 

(CCP) and Environmental Assessment 

(EA). It describes how we intend to 

manage Missisquoi NWR during the 

next 15 years. We prepared this Draft 

CCP/EA in conformance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act, as 

amended. 

DATES: The Draft CCP/EA will be 

available for public review and 

comment for a 30-day period starting 

with the publication of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of 

the draft CCP/EA on compact diskette or 

in print by writing to Carl Melberg, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast 

Regional Office, 300 Westgate Center 

Drive, Hadley, Massachusetts 01035–

9589, or by electronic mail at 

northeastplanning@fws.gov, noting in 

the subject line ‘‘Missisquoi National 

Wildlife Refuge.’’ You may also view 

the draft on the Web at http:// 

library.fws.gov/ccps.htm. During the 30- 

day comment period, we plan to host 

public meetings in the local area. We 

will post the details of each meeting at 

least 2 weeks in advance to our project 

mailing list in local papers, at the refuge 

and at our Web site, http:// 

www.fws.gov/northeast/ 

missisquoirefuge/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl 

Melberg, 413–253–8521. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997, requires the 

Service to develop a CCP for each 

refuge. The purpose of developing a 

CCP is to provide refuge managers with 


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