66390 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 216 / Friday, November 7, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2014–N235; 

FRES480102200B0–XXX–FF02ENEH00] 

Information Collection Request Sent to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; Survey of 

Residents’ Attitudes on Jaguar 

Conservation 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service) have sent an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for 

review and approval. We summarize the 

ICR below and describe the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. We 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. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before December 8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this information 

collection to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior at OMB– 

OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). 

Please provide a copy of your comments 

to the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803, (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov 

(email). Please include ‘‘1018–Resident’’ 

in the subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_

grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482 

(telephone). You may review the ICR 

online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to review Department of 

the Interior collections under review by 

OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information Collection Request 

OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX. 

This is a new collection. 

Title: Survey of Residents’ Attitudes 

on Jaguar Conservation. 

Service Form Number: None. 

Type of Request: Request for a new 

OMB control number. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 225. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals, land-based business 

owners/operators; government agency 

personnel; local wildlife associations; 

and conservation or recreation 

organizations. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Activity Number of 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Initial contact ................................................................................................................................ 225 3 11 

Complete Jaguar Survey ............................................................................................................. 200 15 50 

Totals .................................................................................................................................... 425 61 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden 

Cost: None. 

Abstract: This survey is designed to 

elicit information about the public’s 

perspectives on attitudes towards and 

beliefs about jaguars in the 

Northwestern Recovery Unit (southern 

Arizona and southwestern New 

Mexico). We plan to survey 200 

residents, land-based business owners/

operators, related government agency 

personnel, and local wildlife association 

and/or conservation organization 

members in the Northwestern Recovery 

Unit. The survey will gather information 

on people’s current level of knowledge 

about jaguar ecology and status, 

people’s attitudes towards jaguars, and 

the social barriers and opportunities to 

jaguar conservation in this region. The 

surveys will consist of in-person 

interviews. This information will aid us 

in identifying groups that might be 

interested in being involved or staying 

informed about jaguar conservation and 

highlighting groups with particular 

concerns that might be addressed in 

forthcoming policies or programs. We 

will use information gained from this 

survey to formulate future jaguar 

conservation strategies, as well as to 

create educational and outreach 

materials for jaguar recovery. 

Comments Received and Our Responses 

On December 17, 2013, we published 

in the Federal Register (78 FR 76315) a 

notice of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on February 18, 2014. 

We received the following comments: 

Comment: The commenter requested 

that surveys be collected from residents 

of Hidalgo County, New Mexico, as well 

as from residents of Cochise, Pima, and 

Santa Cruz Counties of Arizona, and 

that the number of interviews 

conducted with residents of each of the 

four counties in the Northwestern 

Recovery Unit be proportional to the 

counties’ population. 

Response: We will survey residents in 

Hidalgo County, New Mexico. The 

contractor will make every effort to 

distribute the 200 surveys so that each 

county’s residents are adequately 

represented. 

Comment: One comment requested 

that the survey include farmers and 

ranchers in Hidalgo County, New 

Mexico. 

Response: The method of 

interviewing residents will mean that 

farmers and ranchers will likely be 

included among the rural residents 

surveyed. The category of small farmers/ 

ranchers will be targeted purposely, as 

a stakeholder category. Small-acreage 

land users are often not included in data 

collection that targets ranchers and 

other agricultural producers. A 

concurrent information collection will 

include ranchers and farmers in the 

Northwestern Recovery Unit. Thus, they 

will not be included in this survey to 

avoid duplication of effort. 

Comment: One commenter requested 

to be included as a survey respondent. 

Response: We will include the 

commenter’s agency as a respondent in 

the related government agency 

personnel survey stakeholder category. 

Comment: One commenter requested 

a copy of the survey instrument and the 

results of surveys once completed. 

Response: We will send a copy of the 

survey instrument and the final report, 

which will include information on the 

data collected, analysis methods, 

results, and conclusions. The final 

report will be available after May 2015. 

Request for Public Comments 

We again invite comments concerning 

this information collection on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

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• The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

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 OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that it will be done. 

Dated: November 4, 2014. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy and Directives 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26513 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2014–N213; 

FXES11120000F2–145–FF08ECAR00] 

Orange County Transportation 

Authority, Orange County, California; 

M2 Natural Community Conservation 

Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan, Draft 

Environmental Impact Report/

Environmental Impact Statement, and 

Incidental Take Permit Application 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of 

public meetings. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce receipt of 

an application from the Orange County 

Transportation Authority (OCTA/

applicant) for an incidental take permit 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). The permit is 

needed to authorize take of listed 

animal species due to construction and 

habitat management and monitoring 

activities within areas affected by 

covered freeway projects and in 

preserves in Orange County, California. 

We have prepared a draft environmental 

impact statement (DEIS), which is the 

Federal portion of the draft 

environmental impact report (DEIR)/

DEIS, to analyze the impacts of issuing 

an incidental take permit based on the 

OCTA’s proposed natural community 

conservation plan (NCCP)/habitat 

conservation plan (HCP). The DEIR 

portion of the joint document was 

prepared by the OCTA in compliance 

with the California Environmental 

Quality Act. The DEIS/DEIR, HCP, and 

NCCP are available for review. 

DATES: Please send written comments 

on or before February 5, 2015. 

Two public meetings will be held to 

solicit public comments on the DEIR/

DEIS. These public meetings will be 

held on the following dates: 

1. Thursday, November 20, 2014, 5 

p.m. to 7 p.m., Orange County 

Transportation Authority, 550 S. Main 

Street, Orange, California 92868. 

2. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, 5 p.m. to 

7 p.m., Rancho Santa Margarita City 

Hall, 22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa 

Margarita, California 92688. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may download copies of the DEIS/DEIR, 

HCP, and NCCP at the OCTA’s Web site, 

at http://www.octa.net/. Alternatively, 

you may use one of the methods under 

Submitting Comments to request hard 

copies or a CD–ROM of the documents. 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments or requests for copies 

or more information by one of the 

following methods. 

• U.S. Mail: Mr. Mendel Stewart, 

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 2177 Salk Avenue, Suite 250, 

Carlsbad, CA 92008. 

• In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or 

Pickup: Call (760) 431–1766 to make an 

appointment during regular business 

hours at the above address or at the 

OCTA Office, 550 S Main Street, 

Orange, CA 92868. 

• Fax: Mr. Mendel Stewart, Field 

Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, (760) 431–5901, Attn.: Orange 

County Transportation Authority M2 

HCP/EIS Comments. 

Hardbound copies are also available 

for viewing at the following Orange 

County public libraries: 

1. Tustin Library, 345 E. Main St., 

Tustin, CA 92780. 

2. Mission Viejo Library, 100 Civic 

Center, Mission Viejo, CA 92691. 

3. Garden Grove Regional Library, 

11200 Stanford Ave., Garden Grove, CA 

92840. 

The public meeting locations are: 

1. Orange: OCTA, Conference Rooms 

103/104, 550 South Main Street, Orange, 

CA 92863. 

2. Rancho Santa Margarita City Hall, 

22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita, 

California 92688. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen A. Goebel, Assistant Field 

Supervisor, at the Carlsbad Fish and 

Wildlife Office address above; telephone 

(760) 431–9440. Information and 

comments related specifically to the 

DEIR and the California Environmental 

Quality Act should be submitted to Mr. 

Dan Phu, Orange County Transportation 

Authority (Attn: M2 NCCP/HCP), 550 

South Main Street, P.O. Box 14184, 

Orange, CA 92863–1584. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

announce receipt of an application from 

the Orange County Transportation 

Authority (OCTA/applicant) for an 

incidental take permit under section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). The applicant is 

requesting a permit to incidentally take 

10 animal species (including three 

federally listed species) and seeking 

assurances for 3 plant species during the 

term of the proposed 40-year permit. 

The permit is needed to authorize take 

of listed animal species due to 

construction and habitat management 

and monitoring activities within areas 

affected by covered freeway projects and 

in preserves in Orange County, 

California. 

We have prepared a draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS), 

which is the Federal portion of the draft 

environmental impact report (DEIR)/

DEIS, to analyze the impacts of issuing 

an incidental take permit based on the 

OCTA’s proposed natural community 

conservation plan (NCCP)/habitat 

conservation plan (HCP). The DEIR 

portion of the joint document was 

prepared by the OCTA in compliance 

with the California Environmental 

Quality Act. The analyses provided in 

the DEIR/DEIS are intended to inform 

the public of the proposed action (i.e., 

permit issuance), alternatives, and 

associated impacts; address public 

comments received during the scoping 

period for the DEIR/DEIS; disclose the 

direct, indirect, and cumulative 

environmental effects of the proposed 

action and each of the alternatives; and 

indicate any irreversible commitment of 

resources that would result from 

implementation of the proposed action. 

Background 

Section 9 of the Act and Federal 

regulations prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish 

and wildlife species federally listed as 

endangered or threatened. Take of 

federally listed fish or wildlife is 

defined under the Act as to harass, 

harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, 

trap, capture, or collect listed species, or 

attempt to engage in such conduct (16 

U.S.C. 1538). ‘‘Harm’’ includes 

significant habitat modification or 

degradation that actually kills or injures 

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