Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 15, 2012 / Notices 8803 

Indian tribe and award grants based on 

the following criteria: 

(1) Type and extent of community 

benefits provided, including to 

underserved communities. Community 

benefits are defined in the final program 

rule as: 

(i) Economic benefits such as timber 

and non-timber products; 

(ii) Environmental benefits, including 

clean air and water, stormwater 

management, and wildlife habitat; 

(iii) Benefits from forest-based 

experiential learning, including K–12 

conservation education programs; 

vocational education programs in 

disciplines such as forestry and 

environmental biology; and 

environmental education through 

individual study or voluntary 

participation in programs offered by 

organizations such as 4–H, Boy or Girl 

Scouts, Master Gardeners, etc.; 

(iv) Benefits from serving as replicable 

models of effective forest stewardship 

for private landowners; and 

(v) Recreational benefits such as 

hiking, hunting and fishing secured 

through public access. 

(2) Extent and nature of community 

engagement in the establishment and 

long-term management of the 

community forest; 

(3) Amount of cost share leveraged; 

(4) Extent to which the community 

forest contributes to a landscape 

conservation initiative; 

(5) Extent of due diligence completed 

on the project, including cost share 

committed and status of appraisal; 

(6) Likelihood that, unprotected, the 

property would be converted to nonforest uses; and 

(7) Costs to the Federal Government. 

6. Grant Requirements 

a. Once an application is selected, 

funding will be obligated to the grant 

recipient through a grant. 

b. Local and Indian Tribal 

Governments should refer to 2 CFR part 

225, Cost Principles for State, Local, and 

Indian Tribal Governments (OMB 

Circular A–87) and 7 CFR part 3016 

(Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

to State and Local Governments) for 

directions. 

c. Nonprofit organizations should 

refer to 2 CFR part 215 Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Other Agreements with Institutions 

of Higher Education, Hospitals and 

Other Nonprofit Organizations (OMB 

Circular A–110) and 7 CFR Part 3019 

Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

with Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and other Nonprofit 

Organizations for directions. 

d. Forest Service must approve any 

amendments to a proposal or request to 

reallocate funding within a grant 

proposal. If negotiations on a selected 

project fail, the applicant cannot 

substitute an alternative site. 

e. The grant recipient must comply 

with the requirements in section § 230.8 

in the final rule before funds will be 

released. 

f. After the project has closed, as a 

requirement of the grant, grant 

recipients will be required to provide 

the Forest Service with a Geographic 

Information System (GIS) shapefile: a 

digital, vector-based storage format for 

storing geometric location and 

associated attribute information, of CFP 

project tracts and cost share tracts, if 

applicable. 

g. Any funds not expended within the 

grant period must be de-obligated and 

revert to the Forest Service. 

h. All media, press, signage, and other 

documents discussing the creation of 

the community forest must reference the 

partnership and financial assistance by 

the Forest Service through the CFP. 

i. Additional conditions of the grants 

awarded under this program are found 

in section § 230.9 of the final rule. 

Dated: December 21, 2011. 

Robin L. Thompson, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State & Private 

Forestry. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3528 Filed 2–14–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species Vessel and Gear Marking. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0373. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 8,937. 

Average Hours Per Response: Vessel 

marking, 45 minutes; gear marking (per 

each type of gear per vessel), 15 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 7,936. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for an 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Under current regulations at 50 CFR 

635.6, fishing vessels permitted for 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS) must display their official vessel 

numbers on their vessels. Flotation 

devices and high-flyers attached to 

certain fishing gears must also be 

marked with the vessel’s number to 

identify the vessel to which the gear 

belongs. These requirements are 

necessary for identification, law 

enforcement, and monitoring purposes. 

Specifically, all vessel owners that 

hold a valid HMS permit under 50 CFR 

635.4, other than an HMS Angling 

permit, are required to display their 

vessel identification number. Numbers 

must be permanently affixed to, or 

painted on, the port and starboard sides 

of the deckhouse or hull and on an 

appropriate weather deck, so as to be 

clearly visible from an enforcement 

vessel or aircraft. 

Furthermore, the owner or operator of 

a vessel for which a permit has been 

issued under § 635.4 and that uses 

handline, buoy gear, harpoon, longline, 

or gillnet, must display the vessel’s 

name, registration number or Atlantic 

Tunas, HMS Angling, or HMS Charter/ 

Headboat permit number on each float 

attached to a handline, buoy gear, or 

harpoon, and on the terminal floats and 

high-flyers (if applicable) on a longline 

or gillnet used by the vessel. The 

vessel’s name or number must be at 

least 1 inch (2.5 cm) in height in block 

letters or Arabic numerals in a color that 

contrasts with the background color of 

the float or high-flyer. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

JJessup@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: February 9, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3433 Filed 2–14–12; 8:45 am] 

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