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Program CDFA No. Authority Implementing 

Regulations 

Wildlife Restoration ........................................................................... 15.611 .......... 16 U.S.C. 669–669k ........................... 50 CFR 80 

To compete for financial assistance 

funds, you must submit an application 

that describes in substantial detail 

project locations, benefits, funding, and 

other characteristics. Materials to assist 

applicants in formulating project 

proposals are available on Grants.gov. 

We use the application to determine: 

(1) Eligibility for the grant. 

(2) The scale of resource values or 

relative worth of the project. 

(3) The effect of the project on 

environmental and cultural resources. 

(4) How well the proposed project 

will meet the purposes of the program’s 

establishing legislation. 

Persons or entities receiving grants 

must submit periodic performance 

reports that contain information 

necessary for us to track costs and 

accomplishments. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0109. 

Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements, 50 CFR 

80, 81, 84, 85, and 86. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: States; the 

Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the 

Northern Mariana Islands; the District of 

Columbia; the territories of Guam, U.S. 

Virgin Islands, and American Samoa; 

federally-recognized tribal governments; 

institutions of higher education; and 

nongovernmental organizations. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: We require 

project narrative statements annually for 

new or extended projects. We require 

amendments on occasion when key 

elements of a project change. We require 

quarterly and final performance reports 

in the National Outreach and 

Communication Program and annual 

and final performance reports in the 

other 17 programs. We may require 

more frequent reports in the other 17 

programs under the conditions stated at 

43 CFR 12.52 and 43 CFR 12.914. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Initial Application (project narrative) ........................................ 215 2,000 52 hours .......... 104,000 

Amendment .............................................................................. 150 1,500 28 hours .......... 42,000 

Performance Reports ............................................................... 215 6,000 11 hours .......... 66,000 

Totals ................................................................................ 580 9,500 ..................... 212,000 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) 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, 

e-mail 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 3, 2009 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

FR Doc. E9–5794 Filed 3–17–09; 8:45 am 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-MB-2009-N0062] [91200-1232- 

0000-P2] 

Proposed Information Collection; OMB 

Control Number 1018-0133; Control 

and Management of Resident Canada 

Geese 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 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 

IC is scheduled to expire on August 31, 

2009. 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: Your comments must be received 

by May 18, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone 

at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act 

prohibits the take, possession, import, 

export, transport, sale, purchase, or 

bartering of migratory birds or their 

parts except as permitted under the 

terms of a valid permit or as permitted 

by regulations. In 2006, we issued 

regulations establishing two 

depredation orders and three control 

orders that allow State and tribal 

wildlife agencies, private landowners, 

and airports to conduct resident Canada 

goose population management, 

including the take of birds. The Service 

monitors the data collected for activities 


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under these orders and may rescind an 

order if monitoring indicates that 

activities are inconsistent with 

conservation of Canada geese. 

Control order for airports. In the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 50 

CFR 21.49 allows managers at 

commercial, public, and private airports 

and military airfields and their 

employees or agents to implement 

management of resident Canada geese to 

resolve or prevent threats to public 

safety. An airport must be part of the 

National Plan of Integrated Airport 

Systems and have received Federal 

grant-in-aid assistance or be a military 

airfield under the jurisdiction, custody, 

or control of the Secretary of a military 

department. Each facility exercising the 

privileges of the order must submit an 

annual report with the date, numbers, 

and locations of birds, nests, and eggs 

taken. 

Depredation order for nests and eggs. 

50 CFR 21.50 allows private landowners 

and managers of public lands to destroy 

resident Canada goose nests and eggs on 

property under their jurisdiction 

provided they register annually on our 

website at https://epermits.fws.gov/ 

eRCGR. Registrants must provide basic 

information, such as name, address, 

phone number and email, and identify 

where the control work will occur and 

who will conduct it. Registrants must 

return to the website at the end of the 

nesting season to report the number of 

nests with eggs they destroyed. 

Depredation order for agricultural 

facilities. 50 CFR 21.51 allows States 

and tribes, via their wildlife agency, to 

implement a program to allow 

landowners, operators, and tenants 

actively engaged in commercial 

agriculture to conduct damage 

management control when geese are 

committing depredations or to resolve 

or prevent other injury to agricultural 

interests. State and tribal wildlife 

agencies in the Atlantic, Central, and 

Mississippi Flyway portions of 41 States 

can implement the provisions of the 

order. Agricultural producers must 

maintain a log of the date and number 

of birds taken under this authorization. 

States and tribes exercising the 

privileges the order grants must submit 

an annual report of the numbers of 

birds, nests, and eggs taken and the 

county where take occurred. 

Public health control order. 50 CFR 

21.52 authorizes States and tribes of the 

lower 48 States to conduct (via the State 

or tribal wildlife agency) resident 

Canada goose control and management 

activities when the geese pose a direct 

threat to human health. States and tribes 

operating under this order must submit 

an annual report summarizing activities, 

including the numbers of birds taken 

and the county where take occurred. 

Population control. 50 CFR 21.61 

establishes a managed take program to 

reduce and stabilize resident Canada 

goose populations when traditional and 

otherwise authorized management 

measures are not successful or feasible. 

A State or tribal wildlife agency in the 

Atlantic, Mississippi, or Central Flyway 

may request approval for this 

population control program. If 

approved, the State or tribe may use 

hunters to harvest resident Canada geese 

during the month of August. Requests 

for approval must include a discussion 

of the State’s or tribe’s efforts to address 

its injurious situations using other 

methods or a discussion of the reasons 

why the methods are not feasible. If the 

Service Director approves a request, the 

State or tribe must (1) keep annual 

records of activities carried out under 

the authority of the program, and (2) 

provide an annual summary, including 

number of individuals participating in 

the program and the number of resident 

Canada geese shot. Additionally, 

participating States and tribes must 

monitor the spring breeding population 

by providing an annual estimate of the 

breeding population and distribution of 

resident Canada geese in their State. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018-0133. 

Title: Control and Management of 

Resident Canada Geese, 50 CFR 20.21, 

21.46, 21.50, 21.51, 21.52, and 21.61. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: State fish and 

wildlife agencies, tribes, and local 

governments; airports, and landowners. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

21.49 – Airport Control Order – Annual Report ...................... 110 110 1.5 hours ......... 165 

21.50 - Nest and Egg Depredation Order – Registration ....... 1,600 1,600 .5 hours ........... 800 

21.50 – Nest and Egg Depredation Order – Annual Report ... 1,600 1,600 .5 hours ........... 800 

21.51 – Agricultural Depredation Order – Recordkeeping ...... 460 460 .5 hours ........... 230 

21.51 – Agricultural Depredation Order – Annual Report ....... 20 20 8 hours ............ 160 

21.52 – Public Health Control Order – Annual Report ........... 20 20 1 hour .............. 20 

21.61 – Population Control Approval Request – Recordkeeping and Annual Report.15 15 24 hours .......... 360 

21.61 – Population Control Approval Request – Monitoring ... 10 10 160 hours ........ 1,600 

Totals ................................................................................ 3,835 3,835 ..................... 4,135 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) 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, 

e-mail 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. 


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Dated: March 9, 2009 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

FR Doc. E9–5960 Filed 3–17–09; 8:45 am 

BILLING CODE 4310-55-S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–ES–2009–N0055; 30120–1113– 

0000–F6] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(Act) prohibits activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. The Act requires that we invite 

public comment before issuing these 

permits. 

DATES: We must receive any written 

comments on or before April 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

the Regional Director, Attn: Peter 

Fasbender, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Ecological Services, 1 Federal 

Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4056; 

electronic mail, permitsR3ES@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Fasbender, (612) 713–5343. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

We invite public comment on the 

following permit applications for certain 

activities with endangered species 

authorized by section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our 

regulations governing the taking of 

endangered species in the Code of 

Federal Regulations at 50 CFR part 17. 

Submit your written data, comments, or 

request for a copy of the complete 

application to the address shown in 

ADDRESSES. When submitting 

comments, please refer to the 

appropriate permit application number. 

Permit Applications 

Permit Application Number TE206783 

Applicant: Marlo Perdicas, 

Marshallville, Ohio. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture and release) Indiana bats 

(Myotis sodalis) and gray bats (Myotis 

grisescens) across the range of the 

species for the purpose of population 

monitoring and conservation, habitat 

management, and data collection for 

monitoring of white nose syndrome. 

Proposed activities are for the purpose 

of enhancement of survival of the 

species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number TE206781 

Applicant: Ecological Specialists, Inc., 

O’Fallon, Missouri. 

The applicant requests a permit 

renewal to take (capture and release) 

clubshell (Pleurobema clava), fanshell 

(Cyprogenia stegaria), fat pocketbook 

(Potamilus capax), Higgins’ eye 

pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii), 

northern riffleshell (Epioblasma 

torulosa rangiana), orange-foot 

pimpleback pearlymussel (Plethobasus 

cooperianus), pink mucket 

pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta), and 

scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon),; to take 

(capture and relocate) Higgins’ eye 

pearlymussel; and to take (collect dead 

specimens, capture and release) winged 

mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) to 

determine presence or absence of the 

species and to relocate individuals that 

may be in danger of injury or stranding. 

Proposed activities are aimed at 

enhancement of the survival of the 

species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number TE206778 

Applicant: Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Twin Cities, 

Minnesota. 

The applicant requests a permit 

renewal to take (capture and release, 

capture and relocate) Higgins’ eye 

pearlymussel and winged mapleleaf 

mussel throughout the States of Illinois, 

Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for 

scientific study in the interest of 

recovery of the species. Activities 

include population monitoring and 

assessment, relocation, and mussel 

propagation activities at the Genoa 

National Fish Hatchery and in 

conjunction with State partners. 

Activities are for the enhancement of 

propagation and survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Application Number TE207149 

Applicant: Sarah Bradley, Salem, 

Missouri. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture and release) Indiana bats 

and gray bats throughout the Mark 

Twain National Forest and adjoining 

properties. Studies include presence or 

absence surveys, studies to document 

habitat use, and population monitoring 

for enhancement of recovery and 

survival of the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number TE207150 

Applicant: Bradley Steffen, Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture and release) Indiana bats 

and gray bats throughout the range of 

the species. The activities proposed 

under this permit application include 

presence or absence surveys, studies to 

document habitat use, population 

monitoring, and evaluation of potential 

impacts of proposed projects. Activities 

are proposed for enhancement of the 

survival of the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number TE207154 

Applicant: Michigan Department of 

Natural Resources, Lansing, Michigan. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take Karner blue butterflies within the 

State of Michigan on State-owned lands. 

Take will occur during the 

implementation of land management 

practices designed to maximize the 

suitability of habitat for the species that 

may incidentally take a limited number 

of individual eggs, larvae, or adult 

butterflies, but will result in an increase 

in population numbers overall. 

Activities are proposed to enhance the 

recovery and survival of the species in 

the wild. 

Permit Application Number TE207178 

Applicant: Amy Halsall, Woodridge, 

Illinois. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture and release) Indiana bats 

within Illinois and Indiana. Proposed 

activities include presence or absence 

surveys, studies to document habitat 

use, population monitoring, and 

evaluation of project impacts in the 

interest of recovery and enhancement of 

the survival of the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number TE207180 

Applicant: Division of Wildlife, Ohio 

Department of Natural Resources, 

Columbus, Ohio. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture, breed, and release) Karner 

blue butterflies within the States of 

Ohio and Michigan. Activities include 

captive rearing at the Toledo Zoo and 

reintroduction of reared stock into the 

Oak Openings of Lucas County, Ohio. 

Activities are aimed at recovery and 

enhancement of the survival of the 

species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number TE207191 

Applicant: Natural Resources Research 

Institute, University of Minnesota, 

Duluth, Minnesota. 


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