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information; date received; date 

accessioned; accession type; 

description; project name; item total by 

discipline; catalog status; and, any 

catalog numbers in the accession. 

(d) Inventories of DOI museum 

collections, including certain DOI 

required data: object found; item count; 

location; condition; date of inventory; 

and inventory method. 

(e) Input on U.S. Department of the 

Interior Collections Housed at NonFederal Facilities, which includes: the 

estimated number of DOI collections at 

the facility, if applicable; accession 

numbers of DOI collections; number of 

catalog records for DOI collections; type 

of museum catalog database used, if 

applicable; existence of DOI NAGPRA 

collections; inventory status; and 

research use. The information will be 

used by DOI to determine if DOI 

collections are located at the 

respondents’ facilities, the nature of the 

collections, quantities, issues of 

complexity, and any other related 

factors. 

(4) As required under 5 CFR 

1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 

soliciting comments on the information 

collection was published on March 14, 

2014 (79 FR 14525). No comments were 

received. This notice provides the 

public with an additional 30 days in 

which to comment on the proposed 

information collection activity. 

III. Request for Comments 

The Department of the Interior invites 

comments on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

and the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort, 

or financial resources expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide information to or 

for a federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments, with names 

and addresses, will be available for 

public inspection. If you wish us to 

withhold your personal information, 

you must prominently state at the 

beginning of your comment what 

personal information you want us to 

withhold. We will honor your request to 

the extent allowable by law. If you wish 

to view any comments received, you 

may do so by scheduling an 

appointment with Property & 

Acquisition Management at the contact 

information provided in the ADDRESSES

section. Valid picture identification is 

required for entry into the Department 

of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20240. 

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 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

James G. McCaffery, III, 

Acting Director, Office of Acquisition and 

Property Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4334–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2014–N256; 

FXES11130800000–156–FF08EVEN00] 

Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement for 

Smith’s Blue Butterfly and California 

Red-Legged Frog at Garrapata State 

Park, Monterey County, California 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of 

permit application. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have 

received, from the California 

Department of Parks and Recreation, 

Monterey District (applicant), an 

application for an enhancement of 

survival permit for the federally 

endangered Smith’s blue butterfly and 

threatened California red-legged frog 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). This permit 

application includes a proposed safe 

harbor agreement (agreement) between 

the applicant and the Service. The 

agreement and permit application are 

available for public comment. 

DATES: To ensure we are able to 

consider your comments, please send 

them to us by March 5, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The documents are 

available on our Web site: http://

www.fws.gov/ventura. A limited number 

of printed copies are available by 

request. You may request documents or 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods. 

• Email: fw8SHA_garrapata@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Garrapata State Park SHA’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• U.S. Mail: Field Supervisor; U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service; Ventura Fish 

and Wildlife Office; 2493 Portola Road, 

Suite B; Ventura, CA 93003. 

• Fax: Attn: Field Supervisor, (805) 

644–3958. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Morrissette, Senior Biologist, Ventura 

Fish and Wildlife Office at the address 

above or by telephone at (805) 644– 

1766. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have 

received an application for an 

enhancement of survival permit for the 

federally endangered Smith’s blue 

butterfly (Euphilotes enoptes smithi) 

and threatened California red-legged 

frog (Rana draytonii) under the Act. 

This permit application includes a 

proposed safe harbor agreement 

(agreement) between the applicant and 

the Service. The agreement and permit 

application are available for public 

comment. 

Availability of Documents 

You may obtain copies of the 

documents for review by using one of 

the methods in ADDRESSES, or by 

contacting the individual named in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. You also may make an 

appointment to view the documents at 

the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office 

(see ADDRESSES) during normal business 

hours. 

Background 

Under a safe harbor agreement, 

participating landowners voluntarily 

undertake management activities on 

their property to enhance, restore, or 

maintain habitat benefiting species 

listed under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.). Safe harbor agreements, and the 

subsequent permits that are issued 

under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act, 

encourage private and other non-Federal 

property owners to implement 

conservation efforts for listed species by 

assuring property owners that they will 

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restrictions as a result of efforts to 

attract or increase the numbers or 

distribution of a listed species on their 

property. Application requirements and 

issuance criteria for permits through 

safe harbor agreements are found in 50 

CFR 17.22(c) and 50 CFR 17.32(c). 

We have worked with the applicant to 

develop the proposed agreement for the 

conservation of the Smith’s blue 

butterfly and California red-legged frog 

on the property subject to the agreement 

(enrolled property), which is owned and 

managed by the applicant. The enrolled 

property is Garrapata State Park in 

Monterey County, California. Within the 

2,902 acres of land within the enrolled 

property, habitat for the Smith’s blue 

butterfly and California red-legged frog 

will be restored, enhanced, and 

managed under a written agreement 

between the applicant and Service. We 

expect that the activities proposed in 

the agreement will result in an increase 

in suitable habitat for these species and 

provide for their increase in number and 

their expansion into additional areas 

that are currently not occupied, thus 

resulting in a net conservation benefit 

for these species. 

The agreement provides for the 

restoration, enhancement, and 

management of habitat suitable for the 

Smith’s blue butterfly and California 

red-legged frog at the enrolled property. 

The proposed duration of the agreement 

is 15 years, and the proposed term of the 

enhancement of survival permit is 15 

years. The agreement fully describes the 

proposed management activities to be 

undertaken by the applicant and the net 

conservation benefits expected to be 

gained for the Smith’s blue butterfly and 

California red-legged frog. 

Upon approval of the agreement and 

satisfactory completion of all other 

applicable legal requirements, and 

consistent with the Service’s Safe 

Harbor Policy published in the Federal 

Register on June 17, 1999 (64 FR 32717), 

the Service would issue a permit to the 

applicant authorizing take of the 

Smith’s blue butterfly and California 

red-legged frog incidental to the 

implementation of the management 

activities specified in the agreement; 

incidental to surveys and monitoring; 

and incidental to the return to preagreement conditions (baseline). 

Management activities included in the 

agreement will provide for the 

restoration, enhancement, and 

management of native habitats within 

the enrolled property. The objective of 

such activities is to enhance the 

populations of Smith’s blue butterflies 

and California red-legged frogs by 

increasing the quality and quantity of 

suitable habitat on the enrolled 

property. Take of Smith’s blue 

butterflies and California red-legged 

frogs incidental to the aforementioned 

activities is unlikely; however, it is 

possible that in the course of such 

activities or other lawful activities on 

the enrolled property, the applicant 

could incidentally take Smith’s blue 

butterflies or California red-legged frogs 

thereby necessitating take authority 

under the permit. 

Baseline conditions have been 

determined for the enrolled property 

based on the occurrence of the Smith’s 

blue butterfly and California red-legged 

frog and the extent of suitable habitat for 

the respective species as provided in the 

agreement. The applicant must maintain 

baseline conditions on the enrolled 

property in order to receive coverage 

regarding incidental take of Smith’s blue 

butterflies and California red-legged 

frogs. The agreement and requested 

permit would allow the applicant to 

return to baseline conditions after the 

end of the term of the agreement and 

prior to the expiration of the 15-year 

permit, if so desired by the applicant. 

Public Review and Comments 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the proposed 

agreement and permit application are 

eligible for categorical exclusion under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

We explain the basis for this 

determination in an Environmental 

Action Statement, which also is 

available for public review. 

Individuals wishing copies of the 

permit application, copies of our draft 

Environmental Action Statement, and 

copies of the agreement, including a 

map of the proposed permit area, should 

contact the Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office (see ADDRESSES). 

If you wish to comment on the permit 

application or the agreement, you may 

submit your comments to one of the 

addresses listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this document. Comments 

and materials received, including names 

and addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the address in the ADDRESSES

section above and will become part of 

the public record, under section 10(c) of 

the Act. 

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. 

We will evaluate this permit 

application, associated documents, and 

comments we receive to determine 

whether the permit application meets 

the requirements of section 10(a) of the 

Act and NEPA regulations. If we 

determine that the requirements are 

met, we will sign the proposed 

agreement and issue an enhancement of 

survival permit under section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the Act to the applicant 

for take of the Smith’s blue butterfly and 

California red-legged frog incidental to 

otherwise lawful activities in 

accordance with the terms of the 

agreement. We will not make our final 

decision until after the end of the 30- 

day comment period and will fully 

consider all comments we receive 

during the comment period. 

The Service provides this notice 

under section 10(c) of the Act and under 

implementing regulations for NEPA 

(40 CFR 1506.6). 

Stephen P. Henry, 

Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[GX15RN00FUJA300] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection, 1028–0048, Did You Feel It? 

Earthquake. 

SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological 

Survey) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 collection is 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 2015. 

DATES: To ensure that your comments 

are considered, we must receive them 

on or before April 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this information collection to the 

Information Collection Clearance 


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