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will not be provided, but we will 

provide a summary of how we 

addressed substantive comments in an 

appendix to the approved recovery plan. 

We invite written comments on the 

draft recovery plan. In particular, we are 

interested in additional information 

regarding the current threats to the 

species and the implementation of the 

recommended recovery actions. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments received, including 

names and addresses, will become part 

of the administrative record and will be 

available to the public. 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. If you submit a 

hardcopy comment that includes 

personal identifying information, you 

may request at the top of your document 

that we withhold this information from 

public review. However, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Authority 

We developed our draft recovery plan 

and publish this notice under the 

authority of section 4(f) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Amy L. Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–WSFR–2021–N161; 

FF09W25000–212–FXGO166409WSFR0; 

OMB Control Number 1018–0100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Administrative 

Procedures for U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Financial Assistance Programs 

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, are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

11, 2021. 

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 Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments to the Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041–3803 (mail); or 

by email to Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1018– 

0100 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

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 who are hearing or speech 

impaired may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY 

assistance. You may also view the 

information collection request (ICR) at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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

3501 et seq.) 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. 

On October 9, 2020, we published in 

the Federal Register (85 FR 64158) a 

notice of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on December 8, 2020. 

We received one comment in response 

to the notice that did not address the 

information collection requirements. 

The commenter expressed general 

concerns about lack of transparency in 

Federal financial assistance funding, 

specifically funding awarded to a State 

fish and game agency and foreign 

assistance. The Service complies with 

all Federal financial assistance public 

transparency requirements. Data on all 

Service financial assistance programs 

are available at https://beta.sam.gov/. 

Data on all Service award actions are 

available at https://

www.usaspending.gov/. Data on the 

Service’s foreign assistance authorities 

and activities are available at https://

www.foreignassistance.gov/. The 

Service also issues press releases for a 

wide variety of financial assistance 

programs. The Wildlife and Sport Fish 

Restoration Program routinely issues 

press releases for the mandatory formula 

grants to States awarded under the 

Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration 

Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish 

Restoration Act. The public can access 

Service press release archives at https:// 

www.fws.gov/news/. 

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 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: 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 


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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.gov. 

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 

financial assistance applicants and 

recipients must provide to receive 

benefits under Federal financial 

assistance programs, and supports this 

information collection. 

The Service provides technical and 

financial assistance to other Federal 

agencies, States, local governments, 

Native American 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 part 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 

qualifications, 

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, reporting due 

date extensions, 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 part 

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). 

Proposed Revisions 

Consolidation of OMB Control No. 

1018–0007 Into 1018–0100 

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 

in the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) at 50 CFR part 80, subpart D, 

require that States, territories, and the 

District of Columbia annually certify 

their hunting and fishing license sales. 

The Service’s Wildlife and Sport Fish 

Restoration (WSFR) program currently 

collects those certifications under OMB 

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Certification of Hunting and Sport 

Fishing Licenses Issued, 50 CFR part 80, 

subpart D.’’ The WSFR program 

continues to enhance use of their 

‘‘Wildlife Tracking and Reporting 

Actions for the Conservation of Species 

(TRACS)’’ system to collect information 

electronically from financial assistance 

applicants and recipients. As of Federal 

fiscal year 2021, WSFR will begin using 

TRACS to collect State license data and 

certifications electronically. As this 

control number includes the Wildlife 

TRACS system collection, in this 

revision we are consolidating the OMB 

Control No. 1018–0007 information 

collection requirements into this 

collection. If OMB approves this 

request, we will discontinue OMB 

Control Number 1018–0007. 

Consolidation of OMB approvals for 

Service financial assistance-related 

collections into a single collection 

reduces burden on the public by 

ensuring consistency in the application 

and award administration processes 

across all Service financial assistance 

programs. 

Foreign Aid Transparency and 

Accountability Act Compliance 

We are implementing the enhanced 

results-oriented 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,’’ and OMB revisions to 2 

CFR part 200 published August 13, 2020 

(85 FR 49506). To meet the enhanced 

requirements, some programs may 

collect more performance information 

than previously collected. 

Title of Collection: Administrative 

Procedures for U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Financial Assistance Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0100. 

Form Number: 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: 14,711. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 16,024. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 3 hours to 100 

hours, depending on the activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 391,670. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain a Benefit. 

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 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2020–N034; 

FXES11140400000–201–FF04E00000] 

Endangered Species; Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received 

applications for permits, permit 

renewals and/or permit amendments to 

conduct activities intended to enhance 

the propagation or survival of 

endangered species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended. We invite the public and 

local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies 

to comment on these applications. 

Before issuing any of the requested 

permits, we will take into consideration 

any information that we receive during 

the public comment period. 

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the applications by 

August 11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: 

Reviewing Documents: Documents 

and other information submitted with 

the applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act. Submit a request for a copy of such 

documents to Karen Marlowe (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

comment, you may submit comments by 

one of the following methods: 

• U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Regional Office, Ecological 

Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, 

Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen 

Marlowe, Permit Coordinator). 

• Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. 

Please include your name and return 

address in your email message. If you do 

not receive a confirmation from the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service that we have 

received your email message, contact us 

directly at the telephone number listed 

in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 

404–679–7097 (telephone), karen_

marlowe@fws.gov (email), or 404–679– 

7081 (fax). Individuals who are hearing 

or speech impaired may call the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 for 

TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite 

review and comment from local, State, 

and Federal agencies and the public on 

applications we have received for 

permits to conduct certain activities 

with endangered and threatened species 

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

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

and our regulations in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 

part 17. With some exceptions, the ESA 

prohibits take of listed species unless a 

Federal permit is issued that authorizes 

such take. The ESA’s definition of 

‘‘take’’ includes hunting, shooting, 

harming, wounding, or killing, and also 

such activities as pursuing, harassing, 

trapping, capturing, or collecting. 

A recovery permit issued by us under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 

authorizes the permittee to take 

endangered or threatened species while 

engaging in activities that are conducted 

for scientific purposes that promote 

recovery of species or for enhancement 

of propagation or survival of species. 

These activities often include the 

capture and collection of species, which 

would result in prohibited take were a 

permit not issued. Our regulations 

implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for 

these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 

for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 

17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 

CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, 

and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant 

species. 

Permit Applications Available for 

Review and Comment 

Proposed activities in the following 

permit requests are for the recovery and 

enhancement of propagation or survival 

of the species in the wild. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

Accordingly, we invite local, State, 

Tribal, and Federal agencies and the 

public to submit written data, views, or 

arguments with respect to these 

applications. The comments and 


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