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disrupted. The Board’s seven members 

will be balanced to represent a crosssection of disciplines and expertise 

relevant to the National Park Service 

mission. The renewal of the Board 

comports with the requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix), and 

follows consultation with the General 

Services Administration. The 

administrative reestablishment will be 

effective on the date the charter is filed 

pursuant to section 9(c) of the Act and 

41 CFR 102–3.70. 

Certification: I hereby certify that the 

renewal of the National Park Service 

Concessions Management Advisory 

Board is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

Department of the Interior by the Act of 

August 25, 1916, 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and 

other statutes relating to the 

administration of the National Park 

System. 

Dated: March 14, 2012. 

Ken Salazar, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7856 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–53–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–ES–2012–N077; 

FXES111309WLLF0D2–123–FF09E30000] 

Proposed Information Collection; Wolf 

Livestock Demonstration Project Grant 

Program 

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. 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 June 1, 2012. 

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 (email). 

Please include ‘‘1018–New’’ 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 (email) or 703–358– 

2482 (telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Subtitle C of Title VI of the Omnibus 

Public Land Management Act of 2009 

(Act) (Pub. L. 111–11) authorizes the 

Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture to develop a 

Wolf Livestock Demonstration Project 

Grant Program (WLDPGP) to: 

• Assist livestock producers in 

undertaking proactive, nonlethal 

activities to reduce the risk of livestock 

loss due to predation by wolves; and 

• Compensate livestock producers for 

livestock losses due to such predation. 

The Act directs that the program be 

established as a grant program to 

provide funding to States and tribes, 

that the Federal cost-share not exceed 

50 percent, and that funds be expended 

equally between the two purposes. The 

Act included an authorization of 

appropriations up to $1 million each 

fiscal year for 5 years. For FY 2012, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Endangered Species Program will 

allocate the funding as competitively 

awarded grants to States and tribes with 

a prior history of wolf depredation. 

States with delisted wolf populations 

are eligible for funding, provided that 

they meet the eligibility criteria 

contained in Public Law 111–11. 

The following additional criteria 

apply to all WLDPGP grants and must 

be satisfied for a project to receive 

WLDPGP funding: 

• A proposal cannot include U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service full-time 

equivalent (FTE) costs. 

• A proposal cannot seek funding for 

projects that serve to satisfy regulatory 

requirements of the Endangered Species 

Act (ESA) including complying with a 

biological opinion under section 7 or 

fulfilling commitments of a Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP) under section 

10, or for projects that serve to satisfy 

other Federal regulatory requirements 

(e.g., mitigation for Federal permits). 

• State administrative costs must be 

assumed by the State or included in the 

proposal in accordance with Federal 

requirements. 

We will 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, eligible States 

and tribes must submit an application 

that describes in substantial detail 

project locations, project resources, 

future benefits, and other characteristics 

that meet the Wolf Livestock 

Demonstration Project purposes as 

listed above. In accordance with the 

Act, States and tribes that receive a 

grant must: 

• Maintain files of all claims received 

under programs funded by the grant, 

including supporting documentation; 

and 

• Submit an annual report that 

includes a summary of claims and 

expenditures under the program during 

the year and a description of any action 

taken on the claims. 

Materials that describe the program 

and assist applicants in formulating 

project proposals will be available on 

our Web site at www.fws.gov/grants 

Persons who do not have access to the 

Internet may obtain instructional 

materials by mail. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX. 

This is a new collection. 

Title: Wolf Livestock Demonstration 

Project Grant Program. 

Service Form Number: None. 

Type of Request: Request for a new 

OMB control number. 

Description of Respondents: States 

and Indian tribes. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Activity Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Applications ...................................................................................................... 22 22 8 176 

Reports ............................................................................................................ 20 20 4 80 

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Activity Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Recordkeeping ................................................................................................. 20 20 10 200 

TOTALS ........................................................................................................... 62 62 456 

III. Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

information collection on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this IC. 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. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy and Directives 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7837 Filed 3–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–FHC–2011–N266; 

FXHC11220900000Z2–112–FF09F20000] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines 

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 

information collection is scheduled to 

expire on September 30, 2012. 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. 

However, under OMB regulations, we 

may continue to conduct or sponsor this 

information collection while it is 

pending at OMB. 

DATES: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments on this IC, we 

must receive them by June 1, 2012. 

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 (email). 

Please include ‘‘1018–0148’’ 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 (email) or 703–358– 

2482 (telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In January 2012, we requested that 

OMB approve, on an emergency basis, 

our request to collect information 

associated with the Land-Based Wind 

Energy Guidelines (Guidelines). We 

asked for emergency approval because 

of the potential negative effects that 

proposed wind energy facilities may 

have on wildlife and their habitat. OMB 

approved our request and assigned OMB 

Control No. 1018–0148, which expires 

September 30, 2012. We are going to ask 

OMB to extend the approval for this 

information collection for 3 years. 

As wind energy production increased, 

both developers and wildlife agencies 

recognized the need for a system to 

evaluate and address the potential 

negative impacts of wind energy 

projects on species of concern. These 

voluntary Guidelines (http:// 

www.fws.gov/windenergy) provide a 

structured, scientific process for 

addressing wildlife conservation 

concerns at all stages of land-based 

wind energy development. They also 

promote effective communication 

among wind energy developers and 

Federal, State, tribal, and local 

conservation agencies. When used in 

concert with appropriate regulatory 

tools, the Guidelines will be the best 

practical approach for conserving 

species of concern. 

The Guidelines discuss various risks 

to ‘‘species of concern’’ from wind 

energy projects, including collisions 

with wind turbines and associated 

infrastructure; loss and degradation of 

habitat from turbines and infrastructure; 

fragmentation of large habitat blocks 

into smaller segments that may not 

support sensitive species; displacement 

and behavioral changes; and indirect 

effects such as increased predator 

populations or introduction of invasive 

plants. The Guidelines assist developers 

in identifying species of concern that 

may potentially be affected by proposed 

projects, including, but not limited to: 

• Migratory birds; 

• Bats; 

• Bald and golden eagles and other 

birds of prey; 

• Prairie and sage grouse; and 

• Listed, proposed, or candidate 

endangered and threatened species. 

The Guidelines follow a tiered 

approach. The wind energy developer 

begins at Tier 1 or Tier 2, which entails 

gathering of existing data to help 

identify any potential risks to wildlife 

and their habitats at proposed wind 

energy project sites. The developer then 

proceeds through subsequent tiers, as 

appropriate, to collect information in 

increasing detail until the level of risk 

is adequately ascertained and a decision 

on whether or not to develop the site 

can be made. Many projects may not 

proceed beyond Tiers 1 or 2, when 

developers become aware of potential 

barriers, including high risks to wildlife. 

Developers would only have an interest 

in adhering to the Guidelines for those 

projects that proceed beyond Tiers 1 

and 2. 

At each tier level, wind energy 

developers and operators should retain 

documentation to provide to the 

Service. Such documentation may 

include copies of correspondence with 

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