52964 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 167 / Monday, August 30, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1934– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2010–0002] 

Missouri; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Missouri 

(FEMA–1934–DR), dated August 17, 

2010, and related determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 17, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Recovery Directorate, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

August 17, 2010, the President issued a 

major disaster declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 

(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows: 

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Missouri 

resulting from severe storms, flooding, and 

tornadoes during the period of June 12 to July 

31, 2010, is of sufficient severity and 

magnitude to warrant a major disaster 

declaration under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford 

Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such a major 

disaster exists in the State of Missouri. 

In order to provide Federal assistance, you 

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds 

available for these purposes such amounts as 

you find necessary for Federal disaster 

assistance and administrative expenses. 

You are authorized to provide Public 

Assistance in the designated areas and 

Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. 

Consistent with the requirement that Federal 

assistance is supplemental, any Federal 

funds provided under the Stafford Act for 

Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will 

be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible 

costs. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration for the approved 

assistance to the extent allowable under the 

Stafford Act. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Jose M. Girot, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this major 

disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Missouri have been designated as 

adversely affected by this major disaster: 

Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, 

Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clark, 

Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, 

Harrison, Holt, Howard, Jackson, Lafayette, 

Lewis, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, 

Putnam, Ray, Schuyler, Scotland, Sullivan, 

and Worth Counties for Public Assistance. 

All counties within the State of Missouri 

are eligible to apply for assistance under the 

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21604 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Revision of Information Collection; 

Non-Use Valuation Survey, Klamath 

Basin 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Secretary of the Department of the 

Interior announces the proposed 

revision of an information collection 

‘‘Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey,’’ 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Control No. 1090–0010, and that 

it is seeking comments on its provisions. 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our 

continuing efforts to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, we invite the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on this information collection. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments directly to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior (OMB 

1090–0010), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by electronic 

mail at OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or 

by fax at 202–395–5806. Please also 

send a copy of your comments to the 

Department of the Interior; Office of 

Policy Analysis, Attention: Don 

Bieniewicz, Mail Stop 3530; 1849 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240. If 

you wish to e-mail comments, the email address is 

Donald_Bieniewicz@ios.doi.gov. 

Reference ‘‘Klamath Non-use valuation 

survey’’ in your e-mail subject line. 

Include your name and return address 

in your e-mail message and mark your 

message for return receipt. 

DATES: OMB has 60 days to review this 

request but may act after 30 days, 

therefore you should submit your 

comments on or before September 29, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benjamin Simon, Economics Staff 

Director, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. 

Department of the Interior telephone at 

202–208–5978 or by e-mail at 

Benjamin_Simon@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 

implement the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), 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)). This notice 

identifies an information collection 

activity that the Office of the Secretary 

will submit to OMB for revision. 

The Klamath River provides habitat 

for fall and spring run Chinook salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho 

salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), 

steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), 

green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris), 

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentate), 

and Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys 

pacificus). Some of these species are 

important components of non-tribal 

harvest (e.g., fall Chinook, steelhead), 

some have important subsistence and 

cultural value to Klamath Basin tribes 

(e.g., salmon, sturgeon, lamprey, 

eulachon), and some are at low levels of 

abundance or Endangered Species Actlisted (e.g., spring Chinook, lamprey, 

coho, eulachon). In addition to its 

importance as fish habitat, the Klamath 

River also provides water to agriculture 

through the Bureau of Reclamation’s 

Klamath Irrigation Project. 

Oversubscription of Klamath water has 

thwarted recovery of depressed fish 

stocks and led to economic hardship for 

farming and fishing communities— 


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prompting Federal disaster relief for 

farmers in 2001 and for fishermen in 

2006. 

In November 2008 the U.S. 

Government, the States of Oregon and 

California, and the utility company 

PacifiCorp signed an agreement in 

principle (AIP) to remove four 

hydroelectric dams on the Klamath 

River by 2020. Dam removal is being 

considered a viable alternative to 

volitional fish passage (ladders and 

screens), which was being considered 

by the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC) as a condition for 

relicensing of PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric 

project. Parties to the AIP are working 

with stakeholders (including tribes, 

fishers, farmers, conservation groups, 

and local governments) to reach a final 

agreement that would result in the 

largest dam removal project in U.S. 

history. If achieved, this agreement will 

be part of a comprehensive solution to 

species recovery, water allocation, and 

water quality problems in the Klamath 

Basin. 

In October 2011 the Secretary of the 

Interior is expected to make a final 

determination regarding dam removal, 

contingent on results of an economic 

analysis that will address benefits, costs, 

and distributional effects of dam 

removal relative to volitional fish 

passage. Dam removal is expected to 

have positive long-term effects on the 

viability of fish populations and other 

aspects of the Klamath Basin ecosystem. 

Benefits of these environmental 

improvements include ‘‘non-use values,’’ 

which accrue to members of the public 

who value such improvements 

regardless of whether they ever 

consume Klamath fish or visit the 

Klamath Basin. An information 

collection is planned in order to 

implement a state-of-the-art non-use 

valuation survey of the U.S. public that 

addresses the incremental 

environmental improvements of dam 

removal relative to volitional fish 

passage. This data collection is intended 

to address one component of an 

economic analysis that will include all 

costs and benefits of dam removal 

relative to volitional fish passage. 

II. Data 

Title: Klamath Non-Use Valuation 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1090–0010. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

approved collection. 

Affected Entities: Households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 10,885 households who 

will receive the survey (3,389 

respondents and 7,496 nonrespondents). 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

3,389. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

base for this survey is 10,885 

households. The households will be 

divided into two mailing groups, at a 

10/90 split. The first wave of mailings 

will be to 10% of the households. 17% 

of households are estimated to respond, 

which will take 30 minutes. Nonrespondents will take 3 minutes. The 

second mailing will be sent to the 

remaining 83% of non-respondent 

households. 10% of the households are 

estimated to respond to the second 

mailing, taking 30 minutes. The second 

group of non-respondents are estimated 

to spend 3 minutes. The Department 

will then conduct preliminary analysis. 

The second wave of mailings will be 

to the remaining 90% of the households. 

17% of households are estimated to 

respond, which will take 30 minutes. 

Non-respondents will take 3 minutes. 

The second phase will be sent to the 

remaining 83% of non-respondent 

households. 10% of the households are 

estimated to respond to the second 

mailing, taking 30 minutes. The second 

group of non-respondents are estimated 

to spend 3 minutes. 

The remaining non-respondents from 

the second mailings will be split into 

two groups in a 80/20 split. It is 

assumed that 65% of the nonrespondent households will have a 

phone number. Both groups will be sent 

another copy of the survey. For the 

households with a phone number, a non 

response bias call will be made, taking 

an estimated 2 to 5 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,205 hours. 

III. Request for Comments 

On June 9, 2009, we published in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 27340) a request 

for public comments on this proposed 

survey. No comments were received. 

This notice provides the public with an 

additional 30 days in which to comment 

on the proposed information collection 

activity. The Department of the Interior 

invites comments on: 

(1) Whether or not the 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 collection 

and 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) Ways to 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 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or 

prove information to or for a Federal 

agency. 

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 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: August 25, 2010. 

Benjamin M. Simon, 

Economics Staff Director, Office of Policy 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21521 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2010–N180; 20124–1113– 

0000–F5] 

Endangered and Threatened Species 

Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The following applicants have 

applied for scientific research permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). The Act requires that we 

invite public comment on these permit 

applications. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

September 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to the Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, Ecological Services, 

P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, 

Albuquerque, NM 87103. Documents 

and other information submitted with 

these applications are available for 

review, subject to the requirements of 

the Privacy Act and Freedom of 

Information Act. Documents will be 

available for public inspection, by 

appointment only, during normal 

business hours at the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave., SW., 

Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM. Please 

refer to the respective permit number for 

each application when submitting 

comments. 


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