Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 23, 2005 / Notices 70873 

Dated: November 3, 2005. 

Darcy Bingham, 

Branch Chief, Information Resources 

Management Branch, Information 

Technology Services Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–23135 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Information Collection Renewal Sent to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act; 1018–0113; 

Information Collection in Support of 

Grants Programs Authorized by the 

Neotropical Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act (Pub. L. 106–247, 14 

Stat. 593) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Service) have sent a request to 

OMB to renew approval for our 

information collection associated with 

the Neotropical Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act (NMBCA) grants 

program. The current OMB control 

number for this information collection 

is 1018–0113, which expires November 

30, 2005. We have requested that OMB 

renew approval of this information 

collection for a 3-year term. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before December 23, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this information 

collection renewal to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior at 

OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–6566 (fax) or 

OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). 

Please provide a copy of your comments 

to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); (703) 358–2269 (fax); or 

hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection requirements or explanatory 

information, contact Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, at the above addresses or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 

implement the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), require that 

interested members of the public and 

affected agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). Federal agencies 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. 

On July 29, 2005, we published in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 43900) a 60-day 

notice of our intent to request renewal 

of this information collection authority 

from OMB. In that notice, we solicited 

public comments for 60 days ending 

September 27, 2005. We did not receive 

any comments regarding this notice. 

The NMBCA establishes a matching 

grants program to fund projects that 

promote the conservation of neotropical 

migratory birds in the United States, 

Latin America, and the Caribbean. The 

purposes of NMBCA are to: (1) 

Perpetuate healthy populations of 

neotropical migratory birds; (2) assist in 

the conservation of these birds by 

supporting conservation initiatives in 

the United States, Latin America, and 

the Caribbean; and (3) provide financial 

resources and foster international 

cooperation for those initiatives. 

Principal conservation actions 

supported by NMBCA are protection 

and management of neotropical 

migratory bird populations; 

maintenance, management, protection, 

and restoration of neotropical migratory 

bird habitat; research and monitoring; 

law enforcement; and community 

outreach and education. 

Competing for grant funds involves 

applications from partnerships that 

describe in substantial detail project 

locations, project resources, future 

benefits, and other characteristics, to 

meet the standards established by the 

Fish and Wildlife Service and the 

requirements of NMBCA. The 

information collection for this program 

is part of a system of records covered by 

the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)). 

Materials that describe the program 

and assist applicants in formulating 

project proposals are available on our 

Web site at http://www.fws.gov/ 

birdhabitat/. Persons who do not have 

access to the website may obtain 

instructional materials by mail by 

contacting the Service’s Division of Bird 

Habitat Conservation. There has been 

little change in the scope and general 

nature of these instructions since OMB 

first approved this information 

collection in 2002. Instructions assist 

applicants in formulating detailed 

project proposals for consideration by a 

panel of reviewers from the Fish and 

Wildlife Service. These instructional 

materials are the basis for this 

information collection request. 

We publish notices of funding 

availability annually on the Grants.gov 

Web site (http://www.grants.gov) as well 

as in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (http://cfda.gov). We use 

information collected under this 

program to respond to such needs as 

audits, program planning and 

management, program evaluation, 

Government Performance and Results 

Act reporting, Standard Form 424 

(Application for Federal Assistance), 

assistance awards, budget reports and 

justifications, public and private 

requests for information, data provided 

to other programs for databases on 

similar programs, congressional 

inquiries, and reports required by 

NMBCA. 

If the information were not collected, 

we would have to eliminate the program 

because it would not be possible to 

determine eligibility and the relative 

worth of the proposed projects. 

Reducing the frequency of collection 

would only reduce the frequency of 

grant opportunities as the information 

collected is unique to each project 

proposal. Discontinuation of the 

program is not a viable option. 

Title: Information Collection in 

Support of Grants Programs Authorized 

by the Neotropical Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act (Pub. L. 106–247; 14 

Stat. 593). 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0113. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Frequency of Collection: Occasional. 

This grants program has one project 

proposal submission per year. Annual 

reports are due 90 days after the 

anniversary date of the grant agreement. 

Final reports are due 90 days after the 

end of the project period. The project 

period is up to 2 years. 

Description of Respondents: (1) An 

individual, corporation, partnership, 

trust, association, or other private entity; 

(2) an officer, employee, agent, 

department, or instrumentality of the 

Federal Government, of any State, 

municipality, or political subdivision of 

a State, or of any foreign government: (3) 

a State, municipality, or political 

subdivision of a State; (4) any other 

entity subject to the jurisdiction of the 

United States or of any foreign country; 

and (5) an international organization. 

Number of Respondents: 160 submit 

grant applications; 60 submit required 

reports. 

Annual Burden: 70 hours per 

application; 30 hours per report. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,000. 

We again invite your comments on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the NMBCA grants 

programs, including whether or not in 

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the opinion of the respondent the 

information has practical utility; (2) the 

accuracy of our estimate of the annual 

hour burden of information requested; 

(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. 

Dated: November 17, 2005. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–23172 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Information Collection Renewal To Be 

Sent to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act; OMB 

Control Number 1018–0120; Federal 

Subsistence Regional Advisory 

Council Member Application/ 

Nomination and Interview Forms 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service) plan to request that OMB renew 

approval for our information collection 

associated with the recruitment of 

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory 

Council members. The current OMB 

control number for this information 

collection is 1018–0120, which expires 

February 28, 2006. We will request that 

OMB renew approval of this 

information collection for a 3-year term. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before January 23, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection to Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 

222–ARLSQ, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); 

hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail); or (703) 

358–2269 (fax). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection requirement, explanatory 

information, or related forms, contact 

Hope Grey at the addresses above or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which 

implement provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), require that interested members 

of the public and affected agencies have 

an opportunity to comment on 

information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see CFR 

1320.8(d)). Federal agencies 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. 

Title VIII of the Alaska National 

Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) designates the 

Departments of the Interior and 

Agriculture as the key agencies 

responsible for implementing the 

subsistence priority on Federal public 

lands for rural Alaska residents. These 

responsibilities include the 

establishment of Federal Subsistence 

Regional Advisory Councils (Regional 

Councils) with members from each 

region who are knowledgeable about the 

region and subsistence uses of the 

public lands. Membership on the 

Regional Councils includes subsistence 

use and sport/commercial use 

representatives and is one way for the 

public to become involved in the 

Federal regulatory process. 

Based upon recommendations of the 

Federal Subsistence Board, the 

Secretary of the Interior, with the 

concurrence of the Secretary of 

Agriculture, appoints members to the 

Regional Councils. One-third of the 

seats on the Regional Councils become 

vacant each year. Additional vacancies 

may occur due to resignations or deaths 

of sitting members. We recruit and 

screen applicants to help the Federal 

Subsistence Board develop a list of 

recommended appointments for 

consideration by the Secretary of the 

Interior. We use three forms to collect 

information during the recruitment 

process: FWS Form 3–2321 (Regional 

Council Membership Application/ 

Nomination), FWS Form 3–2322 

(Regional Council Candidate Interview), 

and FWS Form 3–2323 (Regional 

Council Reference/Key Contact 

Interview). We no longer use Form 7- 

FW5 (Federal Subsistence Regional 

Advisory Council Membership 

Nomination). 

Title: Federal Subsistence Regional 

Advisory Council Member Application/ 

Nomination and Interview Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0120. 

Form Numbers: FWS Form 3–2321, 

FWS Form 3–2322, and FWS Form 3–

2323. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Description of Respondents: Alaska 

residents. 

Form No. 

Number of 

annual 

responses 

Average 

burden hour 

per response 

Total 

annual 

burden 

hours 

FWS Form 3–2321 ........................................................................................................................................ 100 2 200 

FWS Form 3–2322 ........................................................................................................................................ 100 .5 50 

FWS Form 3–2323 ........................................................................................................................................ 400 .25 100 

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ 600 .................... 350 

Each person desiring to serve on a 

Regional Council must complete FWS 

Form 3–2321. Persons nominating other 

individuals for membership must also 

complete this form. Applicants provide 

information on (1) their knowledge of 

fish and wildlife resources as well as 

subsistence and other uses of the 

resources; (2) their service on working 

groups, conservation committees, etc.; 

(3) how they would represent the people 

in the region; and (4) their willingness 

to travel and attend meetings. In 

addition, applicants must provide three 

references. 

Federal staff use FWS Form 3–2322 to 

conduct applicant interviews by 

telephone. Respondents do not see the 

printed form. Interviewers will ask 

questions regarding the applicant’s 

willingness to serve on the Regional 

Council and will ask applicants to 

explain information provided on FWS 

Form 3–2321. 

Federal staff use FWS Form 3–2323 

(Regional Council Reference/Key 

Contact Interview Form) to conduct 

interviews of references/key contacts for 

prospective Regional Council members. 

We conduct all interviews by telephone 

and the respondents do not see the 

printed form. Interviewers will ask 

questions about the applicant’s (1) 

knowledge of fish and wildlife resources 

as well as subsistence practices and 

commercial/sport activities; (2)