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4. 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

Title: DHS Civil Rights and Civil 

Liberties Complaint and Privacy Waiver 

Form. 

OMB Number: 1600–NEW. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Members of the 

Public or non-government 

organizations. 

Number of Respondents: 692. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1. 

Total Burden Hours: 692. 

Robert Porter Dorr, 

Executive Director, Business Management 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13210 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7036–N–05] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Protection and 

Enhancement of Environmental 

Quality; OMB Control No: 2506–0177 

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning 

and Development, (HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 23, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Anna Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5535 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz 

Zepeda, Environmental Specialist, 

Office of Environment and Energy, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410; email Liz 

Zepeda at elizabeth.g.zepeda@hud.gov 

or telephone 202–402–3988. This is not 

a toll-free number. Persons with hearing 

or speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Guido. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 24 

CFR part 50—Protection and 

Enhancement of Environmental Quality. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0177. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: HUD 

requests its applicants to supply 

environmental information that is not 

otherwise available to HUD staff for the 

environmental review on an applicant’s 

proposal for HUD financial assistance to 

develop or improve housing or 

community facilities. HUD itself must 

perform an environmental review for 

the purpose of compliance with its 

environmental regulations found at 24 

CFR part 50, Protection and 

Enhancement of Environmental Quality. 

Part 50 implements the National 

Environmental Policy Act and 

implementing procedures of the Council 

on Environmental Quality, as well as 

the related federal environmental laws 

and executive orders. HUD’s agencywide provisions—24 CFR 50.3(h)(1) and 

50.32—regulate how individual HUD 

program staffs are to utilize such 

collected data when HUD itself prepares 

the environmental review and 

compliance. Separately, individual HUD 

programs each have their own 

regulations and guidance implementing 

environmental and related collection 

responsibilities. For the next three 

years, this approved collection will 

continue unchanged under this OMB 

control number to assure adequate 

coverage for all HUD programs subject 

to Part 50. 

Respondents: Businesses, not-forprofit institutions, and local 

governments receiving HUD funding. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,700. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

1,700. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Hours per Response: 3. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 

$238,272.00. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

Total ............................. 1,700 1 1,700 3 5,100 $46.72 $238,272.00 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

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 those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 


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chapter 35. Principal Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, James A. Jemison II, 

having reviewed and approved this 

document, is delegating the authority to 

electronically sign this document to 

submitter, Nacheshia Foxx, who is the 

Federal Register Liaison for HUD, for 

purposes of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Nacheshia Foxx, 

Federal Register Liaison for Department of 

Housing and Urban Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12994 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2021–N008; FF08EVEN00– 

FXES111608MSSO0] 

Marine Mammal Protection Act; Stock 

Assessment Report for the Southern 

Sea Otter in California 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of final 

revised stock assessment report for the 

southern sea otter in California; 

response to comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (MMPA), and its 

implementing regulations, we, the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

announce that we have revised our 

stock assessment report (SAR) for the 

southern sea otter stock in the State of 

California, including incorporation of 

public comments. We now make our 

final revised SAR available to the 

public. 

ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You 

may obtain a copy of the SAR from our 

website at https://www.fws.gov/ventura/ 

endangered/species/info/sso.html. 

Alternatively, you may contact the 

Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 2493 Portola 

Road, Suite B, Ventura, CA 93003; 

telephone: 805–644–1766. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the methods, data, and 

results of the stock assessment, contact 

Lilian Carswell by telephone (805–677– 

3325) or by email (Lilian_Carswell@

fws.gov). Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

announcing the availability of the final 

revised SAR for the southern sea otter 

(Enhydra lutris nereis) stock in the State 

of California. 

Background 

Under the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

in the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) at 50 CFR part 18, we regulate the 

taking; import; and, under certain 

conditions, possession; transportation; 

purchasing; selling; and offering for 

sale, purchase, or export, of marine 

mammals. One of the goals of the 

MMPA is to ensure that stocks of marine 

mammals occurring in waters under 

U.S. jurisdiction do not experience a 

level of human-caused mortality and 

serious injury that is likely to cause the 

stock to be reduced below its optimum 

sustainable population (OSP) level. OSP 

is defined under the MMPA as ‘‘the 

number of animals which will result in 

the maximum productivity of the 

population or the species, keeping in 

mind the carrying capacity of the habitat 

and the health of the ecosystem of 

which they form a constituent element’’ 

(16 U.S.C. 1362(9)). 

To help accomplish the goal of 

maintaining marine mammal stocks at 

their OSPs, section 117 of the MMPA 

requires the Service and the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to 

prepare a SAR for each marine mammal 

stock that occurs in waters under U.S. 

jurisdiction. Each SAR must include: 

1. A description of the stock and its 

geographic range; 

2. A minimum population estimate, 

current and maximum net productivity 

rate, and current population trend; 

3. An estimate of annual humancaused mortality and serious injury by 

source and, for a strategic stock, other 

factors that may be causing a decline or 

impeding recovery of the stock; 

4. A description of commercial fishery 

interactions; 

5. A categorization of the status of the 

stock; and 

6. An estimate of the potential 

biological removal (PBR) level. 

The MMPA defines the PBR as ‘‘the 

maximum number of animals, not 

including natural mortalities, that may 

be removed from a marine mammal 

stock while allowing that stock to reach 

or maintain its [OSP]’’ (16 U.S.C. 

1362(20)). The PBR is the product of the 

minimum population estimate of the 

stock (Nmin); one-half the maximum 

theoretical or estimated net productivity 

rate of the stock at a small population 

size (Rmax); and a recovery factor (Fr) of 

between 0.1 and 1.0. This can be written 

as: 

PBR = (Nmin)(1⁄2 of the Rmax)(Fr) 

Section 117(c)(1) of the MMPA 

requires the Service and NMFS to 

review the SARs (a) at least annually for 

stocks that are specified as strategic 

stocks, (b) at least annually for stocks for 

which significant new information is 

available, and (c) at least once every 3 

years for all other stocks. If our review 

of the status of a stock indicates that it 

has changed or may be more accurately 

determined, then the SAR must be 

revised accordingly. (16 U.S.C. 

1386(c)(2)). 

A strategic stock is defined in the 

MMPA as a marine mammal stock ‘‘(A) 

for which the level of direct humancaused mortality exceeds the [PBR] 

level; (B) which, based on the best 

available scientific information, is 

declining and is likely to be listed as a 

threatened species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 [, as 

amended] (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) [the 

‘‘ESA’’], within the foreseeable future; 

or (C) which is listed as a threatened 

species or endangered species under the 

[ESA], or is designated as depleted 

under [the MMPA].’’ (16 U.S.C. 

1362(19)). 

Stock Assessment Report History for 

the Southern Sea Otter in California 

The southern sea otter SAR was last 

revised in 2017 (82 FR 40793, August 

28, 2017). Because the southern sea otter 

qualifies as a strategic stock due to its 

listing as a threatened species under the 

ESA, the Service reviewed the stock 

assessment in 2018. The review 

concluded that the status had not 

changed, nor could it be more 

accurately determined. However, upon 

review in 2019, the Service determined 

that revision was warranted because its 

status could be more accurately 

determined. Before releasing our draft 

SAR for public review and comment, we 

submitted it for technical review 

internally and for scientific review by 

the Pacific Regional Scientific Review 

Group, which was established under the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1386(d)). In a January 

27, 2020, Federal Register notice (85 FR 

4696), we made our draft SAR available 

for the MMPA-required 90-day public 

review and comment period. Following 

the close of the comment period, we 

revised the SAR based on public 

comments we received (see Response to 

Public Comments) and prepared the 

final revised SAR. Between publication 

of the draft and final revised SARs, we 

have not revised the status of the stock 

itself (the southern sea otter continues 

to retain its status as a strategic stock). 

However, we have updated the SAR to 

include the most recent information 

available. 


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