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Oversight of project activities by a 

biological monitor; fencing the project 

limits; removing vegetation outside the 

vireo nesting season; implementing a 

Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan 

to avoid and minimize erosion, 

sedimentation, and pollution in 

adjacent native habitat; removing 

invasive plant species from the project 

work area; minimizing the use of project 

lighting; storing and removing trash; 

controlling dust; ensuring that fire 

suppression equipment at all times; and 

monitoring and reporting to the Service 

upon project completion. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

The Proposed Action consists of the 

issuance of an incidental take permit 

and implementation of the proposed 

HCP, which includes measures to avoid, 

minimize, and mitigate impacts to the 

vireo. If we approve the permit, take of 

vireo would be authorized for the 

applicant’s activities associated with the 

implementation of the OC Reclamation 

Mine project. In the proposed HCP, the 

applicant considers the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, no incidental take of least 

Bell’s vireo resulting from habitat 

modification would occur, and no longterm protection and management would 

be afforded to the species. The No 

Action Alternative would not meet the 

primary goal of the proposed Project, 

which is serve as a receiver site for 

excess fill and to fill the abandoned pit 

mine. Because the abandoned pit mine 

contains the habitat supporting the 

vireo, it is not possible to implement the 

project and avoid incidental take of 

vireo. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that approval of the HCP 

and issuance of an incidental take 

permit qualify for categorical exclusion 

under NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as 

provided by the Department of the 

Interior implementing regulations in 

part 46 of title 43 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (43 CFR 46.205, 46.210, and 

46.215), and that the HCP qualifies as a 

low-effect plan as defined by the Habitat 

Conservation Planning Handbook 

(December 2016). 

We base our determination that a HCP 

qualifies as a low-effect plan on the 

following three criteria: 

(1) Implementation of the HCP would 

result in minor or negligible effects on 

federally listed, proposed, and 

candidate species and their habitats; 

(2) Implementation of the HCP would 

result in minor or negligible effects on 

other environmental values or 

resources; and 

(3) Impacts of the HCP, considered 

together with the impacts of other past, 

present, and reasonably foreseeable 

similarly situated projects, would not 

result, over time, in cumulative effects 

to environmental values or resources 

that would be considered significant. 

Based upon this preliminary 

determination, we do not intend to 

prepare further NEPA documentation. 

We will consider public comments in 

making the final determination on 

whether to prepare such additional 

documentation. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the proposed HCP 

and comments we receive to determine 

whether the permit application meets 

the requirements and issuance criteria 

under section 10(a) of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We will also 

evaluate whether issuance of a section 

10(a)(1)(B) incidental take permit would 

comply with section 7 of the ESA by 

conducting an intra-Service 

consultation. We will use the results of 

this consultation, in combination with 

the above findings, in our final analysis 

to determine whether or not to issue a 

permit. If the requirements and issuance 

criteria under section 10(a) are met, we 

will issue the permit to the applicant for 

incidental take of vireo. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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 may 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. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

G. Mendel Stewart, 

Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Carlsbad, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

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Number 1090–0011] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; DOI Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Office of the Secretary are proposing 

to renew an information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to 

Jeffrey Parrillo, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240; or by email to 

jeffrey_parrillo@ios.doi.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1090– 

0011 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jeffrey Parrillo, 1849 C 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20240; or by 

email to jeffrey_parrillo@ios.doi.gov. 

You may also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on March 

22, 2018 (83 FR 12590). No comments 

were received. 

We are again soliciting comments on 

the proposed ICR that is described 


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below. We are especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is the collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Office of the Secretary; (2) will this 

information be processed and used in a 

timely manner; (3) is the estimate of 

burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Office of the Secretary enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Office of the Secretary 

minimize the burden of this collection 

on the respondents, including through 

the use of information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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. 

Abstract: The information collection 

activity will garner qualitative customer 

and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: The 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

Title of Collection: DOI Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery. 

OMB Control Number: 1090–0011. 

Form Number: DI–4010. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals/households; businesses; 

and, State, local, and Tribal 

governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 78,750 for surveys, 4,250 

for comment cards, 3,750 for focus 

groups. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 78,750 for surveys, 4,250 for 

comment cards, 3,750 for focus groups. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 15 minutes for surveys, 2 

minutes for comment cards, 2 hours for 

focus groups. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 28,605 Hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency 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. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Jeffrey Parrillo, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[189D0102DM DLSN00000.000000 

DS61200000 DX61201; OMB Control 

Number 1040–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; DOI Programmatic 

Clearance for Customer Satisfaction 

Surveys 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Office of the Secretary are proposing 

to renew an information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to 

Jeffrey Parrillo, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240; or by email to 

jeffrey_parrillo@ios.doi.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1040– 

0001 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jeffrey Parrillo, 1849 C 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20240; or by 

email to jeffrey_parrillo@ios.doi.gov. 

You may also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

We published a Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day public comment 

period soliciting comments on this 

collection of information on March 22, 

2018 (83 FR 12590). In that notice, we 

solicited comments for 60 days, ending 

on May 21, 2018. We received no 

comments in response to that notice. 


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