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proposed collection or to obtain a copy

of the data collection plan(s) and/or

instruction(s), contact: Mr. Lance

Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports

Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook

Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD

20852.1601, call non-toll free (301) 443–

5938, or send via facsimile to (301) 443–

2613, or E-mail requests, comments, and

return address to:

lhodahkwen@hqe.ihs.gov.

Comment Due Date: Your comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received within 30 days of the date of

this publication.

Dated: December 21, 2001.

Michael E. Lincoln,

Deputy Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection Being

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: New Information Collection—

State Certification of Expenditures.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) has submitted the

information collection requirement

described below to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA). The Service is soliciting

comment and suggestions on the

requirement as described below.

DATES: Interested parties must submit

comments on or before January 30,

2002. OMB has 60 days to approve or

disapprove an information collection,

but may respond after 30 days.

Therefore to ensure maximum

consideration, OMB should receive

public comments by the above date.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

send comments and suggestions on the

requirement to: Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attn: Interior

Desk Officer, New Executive Office

Building, 725 17th Street, Washington,

DC 20503, and they should send a copy

of the comment to: Rebecca A. Mullin,

Information Collection Clearance

Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 222,

Arlington, VA 22203 or Rebecca

Mullin@fws.gov e-mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim

Hess, (703) 358–1849, fax (703) 358–

1837, or TimlHess@fws.gov e-mail.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Forms: Certification of

Spending.

Service Form Number: 3–2197a.

This form currently has no OMB

Control Number. The Service 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.

Description and Use: The Service

administers grant programs authorized

by the Federal Aid in Wildlife and Sport

Fish Restoration Acts. The Wildlife and

Sport Fish Restoration Programs

Improvement Act of 2000 requires that

States certify annually in writing that

their expenditure of these Federal grant

funds was in accordance with the

appropriate Act. The Service must

forward these certifications to Congress

annually by December 31st each year.

The Service invited comments over a

60 day period in the Federal Register

(Volume 66, Number 184, Page 48700–

48703) starting September 21, 2001. No

comments were received.

The Service submitted the following

information collection requirements to

OMB for review and approval under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments are again

invited on (1) whether 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

estimates of burden of the collection of

information; (3) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Frequency: Annually.

Description of Respondents: States,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands,

and American Samoa.

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Completion Time and Annual

Response Estimate:

Form name Completion time per form Annual response Annual burden

(In hours)

State Certification of Expenditures .......... 1⁄2 Hour .................................................... 60 Forms ................................................. 30

Dated: December 11, 2001.

Rebecca Mullin,

Fish and Wildlife Service, Information

Collection Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–32092 Filed 12–28–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection for Monitoring

Species After Delisting Under the

Endangered Species Act

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The collection of information

described below has been submitted to

OMB for approval under the provisions

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Copies of specific information collection

requirements, related forms and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting the Information Collection

Clearance Officer of the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service at the address and/or

phone numbers listed below (see

ADDRESSES).

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to

approve or disapprove information

collection but may respond after 30

days. Therefore, to ensure maximum

consideration, you must submit

comments on or before January 30,

2002.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on

specific requirements to the Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of the Interior Desk Officer,

725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20503, and to Rebecca A. Mullin,

Information Collection Clearance

Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Mail Stop 222-ARLSQ; 4401 N. Fairfax

Drive, Arlington, VA 22203, 703/358–

2287.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

receive a copy of the information

collection approval request, explanatory