32056 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Notices 

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) If the information will be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(4) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(5) 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. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

Anna P. Guido, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

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Availability of Birds of Conservation 

Concern 2021 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of Birds of Conservation 

Concern 2021. This publication 

identifies species, subspecies, and 

populations of migratory birds in need 

of additional conservation actions. The 

purpose and goal of this publication is 

to stimulate and guide coordinated, 

collaborative, and proactive 

conservation actions for these taxa 

among Federal, State, Tribal, and 

private partners. 

ADDRESSES: The subject document is 

available at https://www.fws.gov/birds/ 

management/managed-species/birds-ofconservation-concern.php. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jerome Ford, Assistant Director, 

Migratory Birds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Department of the Interior, 

1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 

20240; 202–208–1050; jerome_ford@

fws.gov. Individuals who are hearing or 

speech impaired may call the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 for 

TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

announce the availability of Birds of 

Conservation Concern 2021. This 

publication identifies species, 

subspecies, and populations of 

migratory birds in need of additional 

conservation actions. Our goal in 

publishing this list is to stimulate 

coordinated, collaborative, and 

proactive conservation actions among 

Federal, International, State, Tribal, and 

private partners. 

The 1988 amendment to the Fish and 

Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980 

(FWCA; 16 U.S.C. 2901–2912) requires 

the Secretary of the Interior, through the 

Service, to ‘‘identify species, subspecies, 

and populations of all migratory 

nongame birds that, without additional 

conservation actions, are likely to 

become candidates for listing under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543) [ESA].’’ 

16 U.S.C. 2912; Public Law 100–653, 

802. Birds of Conservation Concern 

2021 fulfills that mandate and 

supersedes Birds of Conservation 

Concern 2008 (74 FR 11128). The 

overall purpose of the Birds of 

Conservation Concern list is to identify, 

by geography, those nongame migratory 

birds in greatest need of conservation 

attention. Thus, the species that appear 

in Birds of Conservation Concern 2021 

are deemed to be the highest priority for 

conservation actions. We anticipate that 

the document will be consulted by 

Federal agencies and their partners prior 

to undertaking cooperative research, 

monitoring, and management actions 

that might directly or indirectly affect 

migratory birds. 

The philosophy underlying the BCC 

reports is that proactive bird 

conservation is critical at a time when 

continued human impacts will be 

intensified by effects of a changing 

climate. By investing in actions for 

designated BCC taxa, we can prevent 

further degradation to environments 

that we all share, improve the odds for 

successful long-term conservation, and 

avoid the complexities associated with 

federal ESA listing. Proactive 

conservation is recognized as being 

more cost-effective than the recovery 

efforts required once a bird is listed 

under the ESA (e.g., Drechsler et al. 

2011). 

To serve as a broad early-warning 

system in the context of the FWCA, this 

list includes all of the species that we 

consider to be of conservation concern. 

Our objective in publishing the list is to 

focus conservation attention on bird 

species of concern well in advance of a 

possible or plausible need to consider 

them for listing under the ESA. 

Inclusion on this list does not constitute 

a finding that listing under the ESA is 

warranted, or that substantial 

information exists to indicate that 

listing under the ESA may be warranted. 

Many of the species on this list may 

never have to be considered for ESA 

listing, even if no additional 

conservation actions are taken. 

Authority 

The authority for this notice is the 

FWCA; the ESA; the Fish and Wildlife 

Act of 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 742a 

et seq.); and 16 U.S.C. 701. 

Jerome Ford, 

Assistant Director, Migratory Birds. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Online Program 

Management System for Carbon 

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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 

(Service), are proposing a new 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 16, 

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 


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