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TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS—Continued

Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal 

Regional Native 

American liaison and 

phone number 

Region 7 ....... Alaska ...................................................................... Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503–

6199.

Tony DeGange 

(907) 786–3492 

Request for Proposals: The Service 

invites submission of grant proposals for 

the protection and management of 

habitat to benefit federally listed, 

proposed, or candidate species or other 

at-risk species from federally recognized 

Indian tribal governments (including 

Alaska Native Villages). This program 

supports the efforts of tribal 

governments in programs that develop 

or augment the capacity to manage, 

conserve, or protect fish and wildlife 

species of concern through the 

provision of funding and technical 

support. 

For complete application guidelines, 

please refer to http://grants.fws.gov/

tribal.html or contact the Native 

American Liaison in your Fish and 

Wildlife Service Region (see Table 1 in 

ADDRESSES). The Application Kit 

outlines program requirements, 

selection criteria, and award 

procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact the Native 

American Liaison in the appropriate 

Regional Office (see Table 1 under 

ADDRESSES) or Patrick Durham, Office of 

the Native American Liaison, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, 

Mail Stop 3012 MIB, Washington, DC 

20240, 202/208–4133.

Dated: January 25, 2005. 

Marshall Jones, 

Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 05–2091 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Fiscal Year 2005 Tribal Wildlife Grants; 

Request for Grant Proposals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of request for proposals.

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) are soliciting project 

proposals for Federal assistance under 

the Tribal Wildlife Grants program 

(TWG). The Department of the Interior 

and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 authorized 

an appropriation of $69,027,526 for 

wildlife conservation grants to States 

and to the District of Columbia, U.S. 

Territories, and Tribes under provisions 

of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 

for the development and 

implementation of programs for the 

benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 

including species that are not hunted or 

fished. The Act further specified that 

the Service use $ 5,916,645 of the funds 

for a competitive grant program 

available to federally recognized Indian 

Tribes. This allows the Secretary, 

through the Director of the Service, to 

manage a separate Tribal grant program 

not subject to the provisions of the 

formula-based State Wildlife Grants 

program, or other requirements of the 

State Wildlife Grants portion of Pub. L. 

107–63.

DATES: Project proposals must be 

postmarked by April 4, 2005 and 

submitted to the appropriate Regional 

Office (see Table 1 in ADDRESSES).

ADDRESSES: For information regarding 

collection requirements and application 

kit, applicants should contact the Native 

American Liaison in the Service’s 

Regional Office for the State in which 

the proposed project would occur. The 

contact information for each Regional 

Office is listed in Table 1 below. 

Information on the TWG is also 

available from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Office of the Native 

American Liaison, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Mail Stop 3251, Washington, DC 20240, 

fax (202) 501–3524 and electronically at 

http://grants.fws.gov/tribal.html.

Send your project proposal to the 

Service’s Regional Office for the State in 

which the proposed project would occur 

(see Table 1 under this section). You 

must submit one original and two 

copies of the complete proposal. We 

will not accept facsimile project 

proposals.

TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS

Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal Regional Native American liaison and phone number 

Region 1 .................. Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and California.Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Eastside Federal Complex, 911 

NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232–

4181.

Scott L. Aikin, (503) 231–6123. 

Region 2 .................. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and 

Texas.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 500 Gold Avenue, SW., P.O. 

Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103–

1306.

John Antonio, (505) 248–6810. 

Region 3 .................. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 

MN 55111–4080.

John Leonard, (612) 713–5108. 

Region 4 .................. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, 

Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 1875 Century Blvd., Rm. 410, 

Atlanta, GA 30345.

James D. Brown, (404) 679–

7125 or Kyla Hastie, (404) 

679–7133. 

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TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS—Continued

Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal Regional Native American liaison and phone number 

Region 5 .................. Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 

York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 

Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive, 

Hadley, MA 01035–9589.

D.J. Monette, (413) 253–8662. 

Region 6 .................. Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, 

North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and 

Wyoming.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 134 Union Boulevard, Suite 

400, Lakewood, CO 80228.

David Redhorse, (303) 236–

4575. 

Region 7 .................. Alaska ........................................................ Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503–6199.

Tony DeGange, (907) 786–

3492. 

Request For Proposals: The Service 

invites submission of grant proposals 

from federally recognized Indian tribal 

governments (including Alaska Native 

Villages) for the development and 

implementation of programs for the 

benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 

including species that are not hunted or 

fished. This program supports the 

efforts of federally recognized Tribal 

governments in projects that develop or 

augment the capacity to manage, 

conserve, or protect fish and wildlife 

resources through the provision of 

funding and technical support. 

For complete application guidelines, 

please refer to http://grants.fws.gov/

tribal.html or contact the Native 

American Liaison in your Fish and 

Wildlife Service Region (see Table 1 in 

ADDRESSES). The Application Kit 

outlines program requirements, 

selection criteria, and award 

procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact the Native 

American Liaison in the appropriate 

Regional Office (see Table 1 under 

ADDRESSES) or Patrick Durham, Office of 

the Native American Liaison, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, 

Mail Stop 3012 MIB, Washington, DC 

20240, 202/208–4133.

Dated: January 25, 2005. 

Marshall Jones, 

Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Submission of Agency Information 

Collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget for Review Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) is submitting this information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget for renewal of the Indian 

Child Welfare Annual Report form. The 

information collected will aid the BIA 

in fulfilling requirements of law. This 

renewal meets the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Your comments and 

suggestions on the requirements should 

be made directly to the attention: Desk 

Officer for the Department of the 

Interior, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, either by 

facsimile at (202) 395–6566, or by e-mail 

to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy to Larry Blair, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Department of the 

Interior, 1951 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Mail Stop–320–SIB, Washington, 

DC 20240. Telephone: (202) 513–7621.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested persons may obtain copies of 

the information collection requests 

without charge by contacting Mr. Larry 

Blair at (202) 513–7621, Facsimile 

number (202) 208–2648.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The information collection required 

by the use of this form is necessary to 

comply with Public Law 95–608, the 

Indian Child Welfare Act, and as 

codified in 25 CFR part 23, Indian Child 

Welfare Act (ICWA). This information is 

collected through the use of a 

consolidated caseload form by tribal 

Indian Child Welfare Act program 

directors who are the providers of the 

ICWA services. The information is used 

to determine the extent of service needs 

in local Indian communities, assessment 

of the Indian Child Welfare Act program 

effectiveness, and to provide data for the 

annual program budget justification. 

The responses to this request for 

information collection are voluntary and 

the aggregated report is not considered 

confidential. The public is not required 

to respond unless a currently valid OMB 

control number is displayed. 

II. Request for Comments 

We requested comments on the 

proposed renewal in the Federal 

Register (69 FR 65629) on November 15, 

2004. No comments were received. You 

may submit comments to OMB at the 

address provided in the ADDRESSES

section with a copy to the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs within 30 days 

concerning the following: 

(a) the necessity of this information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden (hours and cost) 

of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways we could enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and, 

(d) ways we could minimize the 

burden of the collection of the 

information on therespondents, such as 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or request, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. 

OMB is required to respond to this 

request within 60 days after publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register, 

but may respond after 30 days; 

therefore, your comments should be 

submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

publication to assure maximum 

consideration.