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opportunity to test the conversion of 

public housing and other HUD-assisted 

properties to long-term, project-based 

Section 8 rental assistance to achieve 

certain goals, including the preservation 

and improvement of these properties 

through access by public housing 

agencies (PHAs) and owners to private 

debt and equity to address immediate 

and long-term capital needs; the extent 

to which residents have increased 

housing choices after the conversion; 

and the overall impact of conversion on 

the subject properties. The March 8, 

2012, notice advised that HUD posted 

on its Web site the full details of the 

demonstration in a Program Notice 

entitled ‘‘Rental Assistance 

Demonstration–Partial Implementation 

and Request for Comments.’’ HUD refers 

the reader to the March 8, 2012, Federal 

Register notice for detailed information 

about RAD, as well as to the Program 

Notice, posted on HUD’s Web site at 

www.hud.gov/rad. This notice extends 

the due date for the submission of 

public comments on the Program Notice 

to April 23, 2012, and clarifies the scope 

of the demonstration that took effect on 

March 8, 2012. 

II. Extension of Public Comment Due 

Date 

The March 8, 2012, notice solicited 

public comment on the demonstration 

and established a comment due date of 

April 9, 2012. In order to ensure that 

interested members of the public have 

sufficient time to prepare and submit 

comments, HUD is extending the due 

date for the submission of comments on 

the Program Notice until April 23, 2012. 

III. Clarification of Demonstration 

Scope 

As provided in the March 8, 2012, 

notice and in the Program Notice, RAD 

consists of two components. The first 

component, which is covered under 

Sections I and II of the Program Notice 

for PHAs and Mod Rehab owners, 

respectively, allows projects funder 

under HUD’s public housing and Mod 

Rehab programs to convert to long-term 

Section 8 rental assistance contracts. 

Under this first component, PHAs and 

Mod Rehab owners may apply to HUD 

to convert to one of two forms of Section 

8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) 

contracts: Project-based vouchers (PBVs) 

or project-based rental assistance 

(PBRA). 

The second component, which is 

covered under Section II of the Program 

Notice, for owners of Mod Rehab 

projects, and under Section III of the 

Program Notice, for owners of Rent 

Supplement (Rent Supp) and Rental 

Assistance (RAP) projects, of the 

Program Notice, allows projects funded 

under the Mod Rehab, Rent Supp and 

RAP programs, with a contract 

expiration or termination occurring after 

October 1, 2006, and no later than 

September 30, 2013, to convert tenant 

protection vouchers (TPVs) to PBVs. 

The ‘‘Effective Date’’ section of the 

March 8, 2012, notice provided that the 

conversion of Rent Supp and RAP 

Properties under Section III of the 

Program Notice were effective on March 

8, 2012. 

The March 8, 2012 notice, at 77 FR 

14030, following the explanation of the 

Section II and Section III provisions of 

the second component stated, 

inconsistent with the ‘‘Effective Date’’ 

provision, ‘‘These provisions are 

effective immediately.’’ 

Accordingly, this notice clarifies the 

scope of the sections of the 

demonstration that are effective on 

March 8, 2012, to eliminate any 

confusion made by the statement at the 

end of the explanation of the second 

component at 77 FR 14030. The only 

provisions that are effective 

immediately are, as provided in the 

‘‘Effective Date’’ section of the notice, 

those of Section III of the Program 

Notice for the conversion of Rent Supp 

and RAP Properties. The Section II 

provisions for properties funded under 

Mod Rehab, which are part of the 

discussion of the second component, are 

not yet in effect. 

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Deborah Hernandez, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 

and Indian Housing. 

Carol J. Galante, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing— 

Federal Housing Commissioner. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–MB–2011–N215; 91400– 

5110–0000–7B; 91400–9410–0000–7B] 

Multistate Conservation Grant 

Program; Priority List and Approval for 

Conservation Projects 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list 

and approval of the projects. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the 

fiscal year 2012, priority list of wildlife 

and sport fish conservation projects 

from the Association of Fish and 

Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). As required 

by the Wildlife and Sport Fish 

Restoration Programs Improvement Act 

of 2000, AFWA submits a list of projects 

to us each year to consider for funding 

under the Multistate Conservation Grant 

program. We have reviewed the list and 

have awarded the grants from the list. 

ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate 

Conservation Grants Program 

Coordinator, Wildlife and Sport Fish 

Restoration Program, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Mail Stop MBSP–4020, 

Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

C. Stremple, at the above address, or at 

(703) 358–2156 (phone) or John_

Stremple@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Programs Improvement Act of 2000 

(Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106–408) 

amended the Pittman-Robertson 

Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 

et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport 

Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et 

seq.) and established the Multistate 

Conservation Grant Program. The 

Improvement Act authorizes us to 

award grants of up to $3 million 

annually from funds available under 

each of the Restoration Acts, for a total 

of up to $6 million annually. Projects 

can be funded from both funds 

depending on the project activities. We 

may award grants to projects from a list 

of priority projects recommended to us 

by the Association of Fish and Wildlife 

Agencies. The FWS Director, exercising 

the authority of the Secretary of the 

Interior, need not fund all projects on 

the list, but all projects funded must be 

on the list. 

Grantees under this program may use 

funds for sport fisheries and wildlife 

management and research projects, 

boating access development, hunter 

safety and education, aquatic education, 

fish and wildlife habitat improvements, 

and other purposes consistent with the 

enabling legislation. 

To be eligible for funding, a project 

must benefit fish and/or wildlife 

conservation in at least 26 States, or in 

a majority of the States in any one FWS 

Region, or it must benefit a regional 

association of State fish and wildlife 

agencies. We may award grants to a 

State, a group of States, or one or more 

nongovernmental organizations. For the 

purpose of carrying out the National 

Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and 

Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may 

award grants to the FWS, if requested by 

AFWA, or to a State or a group of States. 

Also, AFWA requires all project 

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Conservation Needs, which are 

announced annually by AFWA at the 

same time as its request for proposals. 

Further, applicants must provide 

certification that no activities conducted 

under a Multistate Conservation grant 

will promote or encourage opposition to 

regulated hunting or trapping of wildlife 

or to regulated angling or taking of fish. 

Eligible project proposals are 

reviewed and ranked by AFWA 

Committees and interested 

nongovernmental organizations that 

represent conservation organizations, 

sportsmen’s and women’s organizations, 

and industries that support or promote 

fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational 

shooting, bowhunting, or archery. 

AFWA’s Committee on National Grants 

recommends a final list of priority 

projects to the directors of State fish and 

wildlife agencies for their approval by 

majority vote. By statute, AFWA then 

must transmit the final approved list to 

the FWS for funding under the 

Multistate Conservation Grant program 

by October 1 of the fiscal year. 

This year, we received a list of 12 

recommended projects from AFWA. We 

recommend all of them for funding in 

fiscal year 2012. The list follows: 

MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM—FY 2012 CYCLE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS

ID Title Submitter PR funding 1 DJ funding 2 Total 2012 

grant request 

12–034 ...... Multistate Conservation Grant Program 

Coordination.

AFWA ........................................... $145,260.00 $145,260.00 $290,520.00 

12–001 ...... Coordination of Farm Bill Program Implementation to Optimize Fish and Wildlife 

Benefits to the States.

AFWA ........................................... 156,600.00 52,200.00 208,800.00 

12–008 ...... Coordination of the Industry, Federal and 

State Agency Coalition.

AFWA ........................................... 152,775.00 50,925.00 203,700.00 

12–028 ...... State Fish and Wildlife Agency Coordination and Administration.AFWA ........................................... 299,359.80 299,359.80 598,719.60 

12–029 ...... State Fish and Wildlife Agency Director 

Travel Coordination and Administration.

AFWA ........................................... 64,075.00 64,075.00 128,150.00 

12–010 ...... 2011 Economic Impacts of Sportfishing .... American Sportfishing Association 0.0 82,503.00 82,503.00 

12–022 ...... The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Program 75th Anniversary.

Wildlife Management Institute ...... 50,000.00 50,000.00 100,000.00 

12–011 ...... Investigating Factors Related to Hunting 

and Fishing License Sales Increases.

American Sportfishing Association 92,886.15 92,886.15 185,772.30 

12–017 ...... Longitudinal Evaluation of Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting Recruitment/Retention Programs.National Wild Turkey Federation 173,172.38 173,172.38 346,344.76 

12–033 ...... Organizational Development Training for 

Fish Habitat Partnerships to Increase 

Capacity.

National Fish Habitat Action Plan 

Board.

0 100,000.00 100,000.00 

12–021 ...... Trailblazer Adventure Program .................. U.S. Sportsman Alliance Foundation.40,000.00 40,000.00 80,000.00 

12–030 ...... Conserving Fish Habitat from Whitewater 

to Bluewater.

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission.

0 261,440.38 261,440.38 

1,174,128.33 1,411,821.71 2,585,950.04 

1PR Funding: Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration funds. 

2 DJ Funding: Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration funds. 

Dated: December 28, 2011. 

Rowan W. Gould, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCA9300000 L13400000.DS0000] 

Notice of Amendment to the Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Desert Renewable Energy 

Conservation Plan, Including Kern, Los 

Angeles, San Bernardino, Inyo, 

Riverside, Imperial, and San Diego 

Counties; and Possible Land Use Plan 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Central California District, Sacramento, 

California and California Desert District, 

Moreno Valley, California intend to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) which may include 

amendments to the California Desert 

Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan, Bishop 

Resource Management Plan (RMP), 

Caliente/Bakersfield RMP, and Eastern 

San Diego County RMP for the areas that 

are within the planning boundary of the 

proposed Desert Renewable Energy 

Conservation Plan (DRECP). These 

potential plan amendments will be 

analyzed in the DRECP Draft EIS and 

CDCA Plan Amendment (PA), as 

noticed in the Federal Register on 

November 20, 2009 (74 FR 60291) and 

August 29, 2011 (76 FR 45606). By this 

notice, the BLM is announcing the 

beginning of the scoping process to 


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