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Requirement 

Average number 

of annual 

respondents 

Average number 

of responses each 

Average number 

of annual 

responses 

Average 

completion time 

per response 

(hours) 

Estimated annual 

burden hours * 

AGOL Online Submissions: 

Private Sector ................................. 150 5 750 5 min .................... 63 

Government .................................... 150 5 750 5 min .................... 63 

Totals ....................................... 300 .............................. 1,500 .............................. 126 

* Rounded. 

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 OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–OSA–2021–0113; 

FF09S00000–XXX–FXSC42050900000–4205 

and FF09W25000–212–FXGO166409WSFR0; 

OMB Control Numbers 1018–New and 1018– 

0100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Changes to U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Administration of Grants To Implement 

the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service), will seek Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of an emergency clearance of 

a new information collection and a 

revision to an existing information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 31, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection request (ICR) by 

one of the following methods (please 

reference Docket No. FWS–HQ–OSA– 

2021–0113 in the subject line of your 

comment): 

• Internet (preferred): http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–HQ–OSA–2021– 

0113. 

• Email: Info_Coll@fws.gov. 

• U.S. mail: Service Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W); Falls Church, 

VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madonna L. Baucum, Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov, 

or by telephone at (703) 358–2503. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

in the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) at 5 CFR 1320, all information 

collections require approval under the 

PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor 

and you are not required to respond to 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on new, 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand our 

information collection requirements and 

provide the requested data in the 

desired format. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency 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 technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

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 ICR. 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. 

Abstract: In response to the American 

Rescue Plan Act (ARPA; Pub. L. 117–2, 

March 11, 2021), the Service will seek 

OMB approval of an emergency 

clearance of a one-time high-level 

survey of States, Federally recognized 

Tribes, and territorial governments and 

an associated revision to an existing 

information collection (OMB Control 

No. 1018–0100), as described below: 

Emergency Clearance of a One-Time 

Survey 

The Service intends to seek 

emergency clearance of a new 

information collection to conduct a onetime survey of States, Federally 

recognized Tribes, and territorial 

governments under ARPA. The purpose 

of this one-time survey is to provide a 

snapshot of agencies’ current capacity to 

conduct surveillance for and manage 

wildlife diseases. This high-level survey 

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program and it is not intended to assess 

all aspects of a program, nor compare 

among programs. 

The information to be requested from 

State, Tribal, and territorial 

governments includes the following: 

• Name of agency/organization; 

• Business email address of 

respondent; and 

• Conditions of wildlife disease 

program, to include whether the agency 

has: 

Æ An approved wildlife health 

management plan; 

Æ A dedicated wildlife health 

professional within their jurisdiction; 

Æ Access to diagnostic services; 

Æ The ability to respond to wildlife 

disease outbreaks; 

Æ Established networks, 

memorandums of agreements, and/or 

working relationships with core 

partners; and 

Æ A mechanism for communication of 

diagnostic results within and outside 

their jurisdiction. 

This one-time survey is a companion 

information collection to a new 

financial assistance program, the 

Zoonotic Disease Initiative (ZDI), to be 

added to our existing information 

collection OMB Control No. 1018–0100. 

This new financial assistance program 

will begin in 2022, and the survey will 

inform program creation and evaluation 

for the ZDI. Members of the public may 

obtain copies of the draft survey by 

submitting a request to the Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, using one of the methods 

identified in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

Title of Collection: High-Level Survey 

to Assess Current Capacity to Manage 

Wildlife Diseases by State, Tribal, and 

Territorial Governments Under the 

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–New. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Emergency clearance 

of a new collection of information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Tribal, and territorial governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 630 (50 States, 6 

territories, and 574 Tribes). 

Average Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 630. 

Estimated Average Completion Time 

per Response: 20 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 210 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

Revision of OMB Control No. 1018– 

0100 

We issue financial assistance through 

grants and cooperative agreement 

awards to individuals; commercial 

organizations; institutions of higher 

education; nonprofit organizations; 

foreign entities; and State, local, and 

Tribal governments. The Service 

administers a wide variety of financial 

assistance programs, authorized by 

Congress to address the Service’s 

mission, as listed in the System for 

Award Management (SAM) Assistance 

Listings, previously referred to as the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

SAM provides public descriptions of 

assistance listings of Federal programs, 

projects, services, and activities that 

provide assistance or benefits to the 

American public. It contains financial 

and non-financial assistance programs 

administered by departments and 

establishments of the Federal 

government. The Assistance Listings are 

assigned unique numbers and provide 

information on program types, the 

specific type of assistance for each 

program, and the applicable financial 

assistance authorities for each program. 

See the Service’s active Assistance 

Listings on SAM, at https://sam.gov/, for 

additional detailed information. 

The Service currently manages the 

following types of assistance programs: 

• Formula Grants 

• Project Grants 

• Project Grants (Discretionary) 

• Cooperative Agreements 

(Discretionary Grants) 

• Direct Payments with Unrestricted 

Use 

• Use of Property, Facilities, and 

Equipment 

Some assistance programs are 

mandatory and award funds to eligible 

recipients according to a formula 

prescribed in law or regulation. Other 

programs are discretionary and award 

funds based on competitive selection 

and merit review processes. Mandatory 

award recipients must give us specific, 

detailed project information during the 

application process so that we may 

ensure that projects are eligible for the 

mandatory funding, are substantial in 

character and design, and comply with 

all applicable Federal laws. Applicants 

to discretionary programs must give us 

information as dictated by the program 

requirements and as requested in the 

program’s public notice of funding 

opportunity, including that information 

that addresses ranking criteria. All 

recipients must submit financial and 

performance reports that contain 

information necessary for us to track 

costs and accomplishments. The 

recipients’ reports must adhere to 

schedules and rules in 2 CFR part 200, 

‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements, 

Cost Principles, and Audit 

Requirements for Federal Awards,’’ and 

the award terms and conditions. Part 

200 prescribes the information that 

Federal agencies must collect, and also 

the information the financial assistance 

applicants and recipients must provide 

in order to receive benefits under 

Federal financial assistance programs. 

The regulations in part 200 support this 

information collection. 

The Service provides technical and 

financial assistance to other Federal 

agencies, States, local governments, 

Federally recognized Tribes, 

nongovernmental organizations, citizen 

groups, and private landowners for the 

conservation and management of fish 

and wildlife resources. The process 

begins with the submission of an 

application. The respective program 

reviews and prioritizes proposed 

projects based on their respective 

project selection criteria. Pending 

availability of funding, applicants 

submit their application documents to 

the Service through the Federal 

Grants.gov website or through the 

Department’s grants management 

system (currently the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services’ 

GrantSolutions), when solicited by the 

Service through a Funding Opportunity. 

As part of this collection of 

information, the Service collects the 

following types of information requiring 

approval under the PRA: 

A. Application Package: We use the 

information provided in applications to: 

(1) Determine eligibility under the 

authorizing legislation and applicable 

program regulations; (2) determine 

allowability of major cost items under 

the Cost Principles at 2 CFR 200; (3) 

select those projects that will provide 

the highest return on the Federal 

investment; and (4) assist in compliance 

with laws, as applicable, such as the 

National Environmental Policy Act, the 

National Historic Preservation Act, and 

the Uniform Relocation Assistance and 

Real Property Acquisition Policies Act 

of 1970. The full application package 

(submitted by the applicant) generally 

includes the following: 

• Required Federal financial 

assistance application forms (SF–424 

suite of forms, as applicable to specified 

project). 

• Project Narrative—generally 

includes items such as: 

Æ Statement of need, 

Æ Project goals and objectives, 

Æ Methods used and timetable, 

Æ Description of key personnel 

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Æ Description of stakeholders or other 

relevant organizations/individuals 

involved and level of involvement, 

Æ Project monitoring and evaluation 

plan, and/or 

Æ Other pertinent project specific 

information. 

• Pertinent project budget-related 

information—generally includes items 

such as: 

Æ Budget justification, 

Æ Detail on costs requiring prior 

approval, 

Æ Indirect cost statement, 

Æ Federally funded equipment list, 

and/or 

Æ Certifications and disclosures. 

B. Amendments: Recipients must 

provide written explanation and submit 

prior approval requests for budget or 

project plan revisions, due date 

extensions for required reports, or other 

changes to approved award terms and 

conditions. The information provided 

by the recipient is used by the Service 

to determine the eligibility and 

allowability of activities and to comply 

with the requirements of 2 CFR 200. 

C. Reporting Requirements: Reporting 

requirements associated with financial 

assistance awards generally include the 

following types of reports: 

• Federal Financial Reports (using the 

required SF–425), 

• Performance Reports, and 

• Real Property Status Reports, when 

applicable (using the required SF–429 

forms series). 

D. Recordkeeping Requirements: In 

accordance with 2 CFR 200.334, 

financial records, supporting 

documents, statistical records, and all 

other non-Federal entity records 

pertinent to a Federal award must be 

retained for a period of 3 years after the 

date of submission of the final 

expenditure report or, for Federal 

awards that are renewed quarterly or 

annually, from the date of the 

submission of the quarterly or annual 

financial report, respectively, as 

reported to the Federal awarding agency 

or pass-through entity (in the case of a 

subrecipient) (unless an exemption as 

described in 2 CFR 200.334 applies that 

requires retention of records longer than 

3 years). 

Wildlife Tracking and Reporting 

Actions for the Conservation of Species 

(TRACS) 

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., 

except 777e–1) provide authority for 

Federal assistance to the States for 

management and restoration of fish and 

wildlife. These Acts and the regulations 

at 50 CFR 80, subpart D, require that 

States, territories, and the District of 

Columbia annually certify their hunting 

and fishing license sales. The Wildlife 

and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) 

program began using TRACS to collect 

State license data and certifications 

electronically in Federal fiscal year 

2021. 

We collect the required data via FWS 

Form 3–154 (State Fish and Wildlife 

Agency Hunting and Sport Fishing 

License Certification). Respondents are 

the States, the Commonwealths of 

Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana 

Islands, the District of Columbia, and 

the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, and American Samoa (States). 

As required by 50 CFR 80, States 

complete FWS Form 3–154 on an 

annual basis, in the format that the 

Director specifies for certifying the 

number of hunting and fishing license 

holders and supporting data on total 

licenses sold and costs to license 

holders. 

The Service uses the reported data to 

support the certification and run the 

formulas in the Federal Aid in Wildlife 

Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) 

and the Federal Aid in Sport Fish 

Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq., 

except 777e–1 and g–1) for apportioning 

Wildlife Restoration and Sport Fish 

Restoration program funds among the 

States. The Service also consolidates 

and publishes this data for the public on 

the WSFR internet site at http://

wsfrprograms.fws.gov/. 

Foreign Aid Transparency and 

Accountability Act Compliance 

We administer the enhanced resultsoriented accountability requirements in 

the Foreign Aid Transparency and 

Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114–191); 

OMB Guidance Memorandum M–18–04, 

‘‘Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines 

for Federal Departments and Agencies 

that Administer United States Foreign 

Assistance’’ (January 11, 2018); and 

OMB revisions to 2 CFR part 200, 

published August 13, 2020 (85 FR 

49506). 

Proposed Revision to OMB Control No. 

1018–0100 

We are establishing two new financial 

assistance programs with funding 

authorized by ARPA (Section 6003), as 

described below: 

The Zoonotic Disease Initiative will 

provide financial assistance funding to 

establish and enhance the capacity of 

State, Tribal, and territorial fish and 

wildlife agencies to effectively address 

health issues involving, and minimize 

the negative impacts of health issues 

affecting, free-ranging terrestrial, avian, 

and aquatic wildlife, through 

surveillance, management, and research. 

The goal is to protect the public against 

zoonotic disease outbreaks. We 

submitted the program’s 

implementation plan to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review per OMB Guidance 

Memorandum M–21–24, ‘‘Promoting 

Public Trust in the Federal Government 

and Effective Policy Implementation 

through Interagency Review and 

Coordination of the American Rescue 

Plan Act’’ (April 26, 2021). 

The MENTOR-Bat program will 

provide financial assistance funding to 

support applied conservation projects 

and development of a global network of 

committed individuals in foreign 

countries working to reduce harmful 

interactions between bats and humans 

and address disease outbreaks before 

they become pandemics. We will submit 

the program’s implementation plan to 

the OMB for review per OMB 

memorandum M–21–24. 

We anticipate an estimated burden 

increase of 276 annual responses and 

7,593 annual burden hours associated 

with this proposed revision in response 

to the addition of the two new financial 

assistance programs. Once OMB’s 

review of the program implementation 

plans is complete, we will submit 

requests to establish new Assistance 

Listings for these programs in the 

Annual Publication of Assistance 

Listings to the General Services 

Administration (GSA). Both programs 

will apply the uniform requirements in 

title 2 of the CFR, including 2 CFR 25, 

170, 175, 180, 182, and 200 (including 

Uniform Audit), and the Department of 

the Interior’s implementation 

regulations at 2 CFR 1400–1402. 

Title of Collection: Administrative 

Procedures for U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Financial Assistance Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0100. 

Form Number: FWS Form 3–154. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals; commercial organizations; 

institutions of higher education; 

nonprofit organizations; foreign entities; 

and State, local, and Tribal 

governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 14,962. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 16,300. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 3 hours to 100 

hours, depending on the activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 399,263. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 


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Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

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 OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX22LB00TZ80100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0079] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; North American 

Breeding Bird Survey 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 28, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. You may also submit 

comments by mail to the U.S. Geological 

Survey, Information Collections Officer, 

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, 

Reston, VA 20192; or by email to gsinfo_collections@usgs.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1028– 

1028–0079 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this Information Collection Request 

(ICR), contact David Ziolkowski by 

email at dziolkowski@usgs.gov or by 

telephone at 301–497–5753. You may 

also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.

gov/public/do/PRAMain. Individuals 

who are hearing- or speech-impaired 

may call the Federal Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339 for TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general 

public and other Federal agencies with 

an opportunity to comment on new, 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand our 

information collection requirements and 

provide the requested data in the 

desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on January 

20, 2022 (FR 87, Number 13, Pages 

3115–3116). No comments were 

received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency 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 technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: Respondents supply the 

U.S. Geological Survey with bird count 

data for more than 600 North American 

bird species. These data and the 

analyzed relative abundance and 

population trend estimates derived from 

them will be made available via the 

internet and through special 

publications, which are used by 

Government agencies, industry, 

education programs, and the general 

public. We will protect information 

from respondents considered 

proprietary under the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), its 

implementing regulations (43 CFR part 

2), and in accordance with ‘‘Data and 

information to be made available to the 

public or for limited inspection’’ (30 

CFR 250.197). Responses are voluntary. 

No questions of a ‘sensitive’ nature are 

asked. 

Title of Collection: North American 

Breeding Bird Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0079. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 1,650. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,600. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 11 hours on average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 28,600. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $152,100. (Mileage costs 

average $56 per response; based on an 

approximate 100-mile round trip made 

for data collection per response and 

using the U.S. GSA 2021 privately 

owned vehicle mileage reimbursement 

rate of $58.50 per mile.) 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Thomas O’Connell, 

Center Director, Eastern Ecological Science 

Center, U.S. Geological Survey. 

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