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Impact on Availability of Affected 

Species for Taking for Subsistence Uses 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals implicated by this 

action. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

There are no ESA-listed marine 

mammals found in the action area; 

therefore, no consultation under the 

ESA is required for such species. As 

described elsewhere in this document, 

SCWA and the Corps consulted with 

NMFS under section 7 of the ESA 

regarding the potential effects of their 

operations and maintenance activities, 

including SCWA’s estuary management 

program, on ESA-listed salmonids. As a 

result of this consultation, NMFS issued 

the Russian River Biological Opinion 

(NMFS, 2008), including Reasonable 

and Prudent Alternatives, which 

prescribes modifications to SCWA’s 

estuary management activities. The 

effects of the proposed activities and 

authorized take would not cause 

additional effects for which section 7 

consultation would be required. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as implemented by 

the regulations published by the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6, we 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) to consider the direct, indirect and 

cumulative effects to the human 

environment resulting from issuance of 

the original IHA to SCWA for the 

specified activities and found that it 

would not result in any significant 

impacts to the human environment. We 

signed a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) on March 30, 2010. We 

have reviewed SWCA’s application for a 

renewed IHA for ongoing estuary 

management activities for 2013 and the 

2012 monitoring report. Based on that 

review, we have determined that the 

proposed action follows closely the 

IHAs issued and implemented in 2010– 

12 and does not present any substantial 

changes, or significant new 

circumstances or information relevant to 

environmental concerns which would 

require a supplement to the 2010 EA or 

preparation of a new NEPA document. 

Therefore, we have determined that a 

new or supplemental EA or 

Environmental Impact Statement is 

unnecessary, and reaffirm the existing 

FONSI for this action. The 2010 EA and 

FONSI for this action are available for 

review at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/ 

permits/incidental.htm. 

Determinations 

We have determined that the impact 

of conducting the specific estuary 

management activities described in this 

notice and in the IHA request in the 

specific geographic region in Sonoma 

County, California may result, at worst, 

in a temporary modification in behavior 

(Level B harassment) of small numbers 

of marine mammals. Further, this 

activity is expected to result in a 

negligible impact on the affected species 

or stocks of marine mammals. The 

provision requiring that the activity not 

have an unmitigable impact on the 

availability of the affected species or 

stock of marine mammals for 

subsistence uses is not implicated for 

this action. 

Authorization 

As a result of these determinations, 

we have issued an IHA to SCWA to 

conduct estuary management activities 

in the Russian River from the period of 

April 21, 2013, through April 20, 2014, 

provided the previously mentioned 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

requirements are incorporated. 

Dated: April 16, 2013. 

Helen M. Golde, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09273 Filed 4–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER 

SUPERVISION AGENCY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Court Services and Offender 

Supervision Agency, CSOSA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of a federal 

government-wide effort to streamline 

the process to seek feedback from the 

public on service delivery, CSOSA is 

seeking comment on the development of 

the following proposed Generic 

Information Collection Request (Generic 

ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery ’’ for approval 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This 

notice announces our intent to submit 

this collection to OMB for approval and 

solicit comments on specific aspects for 

the proposed information collection. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by June 21, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments, identified by ‘‘Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ to: Rorey Smith, Deputy 

General Counsel and Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of General Counsel, Court 

Services and Offender Supervision 

Agency, 633 Indiana Avenue NW., 

Room 1380, Washington, DC 20004 or to 

Rorey.Smith@csosa.gov, Fax: (202) 220– 

5315. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public. For this reason, please do not 

include in your comments information 

of a confidential nature, such as 

sensitive personal information or 

proprietary information. If you send an 

email comment, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the public docket and may be made 

available on the Internet. Please note 

that responses to this public comment 

request containing any routine notice 

about the confidentiality of the 

communication will be treated as public 

comments that may be made available to 

the public notwithstanding the 

inclusion of the routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rorey Smith, Deputy General Counsel 

and Chief Privacy Officer, Office of 

General Counsel, Court Services and 

Offender Supervision Agency, 633 

Indiana Avenue NW., Room 1380, 

Washington, DC 20004, (202) 220–5797 

or to Rorey.Smith@csosa.gov. 

For content support: Diane Bradley, 

Assistant General Counsel, Office of 

General Counsel, Court Services and 

Offender Supervision Agency, 633 

Indiana Avenue NW., Room 1375, 

Washington, DC 20004, (202) 220–5364 

or to Diane.Bradley@csosa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501–3520), federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they collect or 

sponsor. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

PRA (944 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) requires 

federal agencies to provide a 60-day 

notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, before submitting the 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 


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requirement, CSOSA is publishing 

notice of the proposed collection of 

information set forth in this document. 

The proposed information collection 

activity provides a means to 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. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

1. The collections are voluntary; 

2. The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the federal 

government; 

3. The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other federal agencies; 

4. Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

5. Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

6. Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

7. Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

8. Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does 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 to 

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. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Current Actions: New collection of 

information. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

(1) Affected Public: Individuals 

currently or recently under courtordered supervision by CSOSA. CSOSA 

stakeholders including members of the 

community (e.g., DC residents who 

attend CSOSA community justice 

advisory network meetings) and 

criminal justice systems (e.g., judges, 

parole commissioners, etc.). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1340. 

Below we provide projected average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

activities: 3. 

Average number of Respondents per 

Activity: 447. 

Annual responses: 1340. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average minutes per response: 7. 

Burden hours: 145. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 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. 

Dated: April 16, 2013. 

Rorey Smith, 

Deputy General Counsel, Court Services and 

Offender Supervision Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09371 Filed 4–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3129–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0086] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 


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