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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

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information and related forms, contact

Rebecca A. Mullin, Information

Collection Clearance Officer (see

ADDRESSES). Questions related to the

Endangered Species Act requirements

for monitoring of recovered species may

be directed to Renne Lohoefener, Chief,

Division of Consultation, Habitat

Conservation Plans, Recovery, and State

Grants, 703/358–2171.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR Part 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)). OMB regulations

at 5 CFR 1320.3(c) define the collection

of information as the obtaining of

information by or for an agency by

means of identical questions posed to,

or identical reporting, record-keeping,

or disclosure requirements imposed on

10 or more persons. Furthermore, 5 CRF

1320.3(c)(4) specifies that ‘‘10 or more

persons’’ refers to the persons to whom

a collection of information is addressed

by the agency within any 12-month

period. For the purposes of this

definition, employees of the Federal

government are not included in the

definition of ‘‘persons.’’ 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.

Section 4(g) of the Endangered

Species Act (ESA) requires that all

species that are recovered and removed

from the lists of endangered and

threatened species (delisted) be

monitored for a period of not less than

5 years. The purpose of this requirement

is to detect any failure of a recovered

species to sustain itself without the

protections of the ESA. We, the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) work

with relevant State agencies and other

species experts to develop appropriate

plans and procedures for systematically

monitoring recovered wildlife and

plants. In many cases, collections of

information from monitoring of

recovered species will not require

approval by OMB under the Paperwork

Reduction Act because monitoring will

require collection of information from

less than 10 non-Federal persons per 12-

month period.

We submitted the following

information collection requirements to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. A previous 60-day

notice on this information collection

requirement was published in the

Federal Register on October 10, 2001,

(66 FR 51681) inviting public comment

for 60 days. The comment period

expired on December 10, 2001, and no

comments were received. This notice

provides an additional 30 days in which

to comment on the following

information. We are requesting that

OMB grant a 3-year term of approval for

these information collection activities.

The information collection requirements

in this submission implement the

regulatory requirements of the

Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.

1539).

On October 17, 1998, OMB approved

information collection relative to

monitoring of the American peregrine

falcon. OMB control number 1018–

0101, Information Collection

Requirements for Monitoring Peregrine

Falcons Once the Species is Delisted,

estimated that we would request 20

responses per year, requiring 12 annual

burden hours on the part of

respondents. The American peregrine

falcon was removed from the list of

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife on

August 25, 1999, but formal collection

of monitoring data under section 4(g) of

the ESA has not yet commenced. OMB

approval under control number 1018–

0101 expires on December 31, 2001.

We have consolidated its information

collection requirements pursuant to the

monitoring of all recovered species,

including the American peregrine

falcon, that will require identical

questions posed to 10 or more nonFederal persons per 12-month period,

thereby streamlining fulfillment of

monitoring requirements for recovered

species. Information collection meeting

these criteria will usually be limited to

species with large geographic ranges

that include substantial amounts of nonFederal land. Although the ESA requires

that monitoring of recovered species be

conducted for not less than 5 years, the

life history of some species will make it

appropriate to monitor the species for a

longer period of time in order to

meaningfully evaluate whether the

recovered species continues to maintain

itself. In such cases, collection of

monitoring data may occur on a multiyear interval (for example, data may be

collected every second year, totaling

eight information collections over a 15-

year period). Information collection will

commonly include data on species

abundance, reproduction rates, and, in

some cases, impacts of potential threats

to the species. Data compilation and

preparation of responses will generally

be performed by professional biologists

employed by Federal and State agencies

and other organizations that have been

involved in past species conservation

efforts. Information requests may vary

by respondent, and both requests and

responses will primarily be in written

format. Forms are not appropriate for

this type of information collection, as

effective requests and responses must

accommodate variability in species

across their geographic range and allow

respondents latitude for full and

accurate communication of the data.

We expect that, in addition to the

American peregrine falcon, three to four

other species may be removed from the

list of threatened and endangered

species due to recovery and will require

collection of post-delisting monitoring

information from 10 or more persons

within a 12-month period before the end

of 2004. Therefore, we are requesting a

change to the currently approved

information collection for the American

peregrine falcon to include these

additional species.

Annual burden estimates for

collection of monitoring data for all

recovered species pursuant to section

4(g) of the ESA, between January 1,

2002, and December 31, 2004, and

requiring OMB approvals under the

Paperwork Reduction Act are

summarized below. Annual variation

reflects monitoring of the American

peregrine falcon in 2002 only (the next

monitoring period for this species will

occur in 2005) and anticipated increases

in the number of other recovered

species:

Year

Estimated

number

of respondents per

year

Estimated

average

time required

per report

(In hours)

Average

total annual burden hours

2002 ...... 95 2 190

2003 ...... 110 2 220

2004 ...... 135 2 270

Comments are invited on (1) whether

the collection of information described

in this notice is necessary for the proper

performance of monitoring of recovered

species as prescribed in section 4(g) of

the ESA, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of burden, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology;

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the

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collection of information on

respondents. The information

collections in this program will be part

of a system of records covered by the

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

Dated: December 18, 2001.

Rebecca A. Mullin,

Fish and Wildlife Service, Information

Collection Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–32122 Filed 12–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

Endangered Species

The public is invited to comment on

the following application(s) for a permit

to conduct certain activities with

endangered species. This notice is

provided pursuant to section 10(c) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

Written data, comments, or requests for

copies of these complete applications

should be submitted to the Director

(address below) and must be received

within 30 days of the date of this notice.

Applicant: Ronald L. Schauer, Danville,

CA, PRT–051011

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo,

Omaha, NE, PRT–051046.

The applicant requests a permit to

export semen samples from captive born

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)

to the University of Sydney, Australia,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species through scientific

research.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

has information collection approval

from OMB through March 31, 2004,

OMB Control Number 1018–0093.

Federal Agencies may not conduct or

sponsor and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a current valid OMB

control number.

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, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents within 30

days of the date of publication of this

notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Division of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203,

telephone 703/358–2104 or fax 703/

358–2281.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

Anna Barry,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,

Division of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 01–32057 Filed 12–28–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Western Regional Panel

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of workshop and

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species (ANS) Task Force Western

Regional Panel and an Invasive Species

Screening Process workshop. The

meeting topics and workshop agenda

are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

DATES: The Invasive Species Screening

Process workshop will be held from

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, January

8, 2002, and 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday,

January 9, 2002. The Western Regional

Panel will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00

p.m., Wednesday, January 9, 2002, and

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, January

10, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The Invasive Species

Screening Process workshop and the

Western Regional Panel meeting will be

held at the Hotel San Remo, 115 East

Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada

89109. Phone 800–522–7366.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina

Proctor, Aquatic Nuisance Species

Coordinator, at 303–236–7862 ext 260 or

by e-mail at bettina_proctor@fws.gov; or

Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force at

703–358–2308 or by e-mail at

sharon_gross@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.

I), this notice announces a meeting of

the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force Western Regional Panel and an

Invasive Species Screening Process

workshop. The Task Force was

established by the Nonindigenous

Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and

Control Act of 1990 (16U.S.C. 4701–

4741). The purpose of the Invasive

Species Screening Process workshop is

to discuss methods for screening

nonindigenous invasive species

imported for sale or introduced into

natural water bodies. A goal of the

workshop is to bring affected parties

together to discuss cooperative options

to prevent the introduction of invasive

species. Topics to be covered during the

workshop include shipping industry

perspective for the importation of

invasive species; perspectives from

nursery, pet, and aquaculture industries;

Australia’s invasive species screening

program; Federal screening process and

under development by the National

Invasive Species Council and the ANS

Task Force; an overview of screening

programs in Washington, Oregon, and

Hawaii; and a panel discussion on

developing an invasive species

screening process. The Western

Regional Panel will discuss several

topics including: Facilitation of State

Aquatic Nuisance Species Management

Plans; development of a rapid response

plan; and development of a brochure

and display; an update on aquatic

nuisance species activities from

individual states; a summary of the

Invasive Species Screening Process

workshop; a review of the new work

plan and budget; NISA reauthorization;

and updates on West Coast ballast water

100th Meridian initiative, and Lewis

and Clark activities.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 810, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622 and will

be available for public inspection during

regular business hours, Monday through

Friday.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

Cathleen I. Short,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries and

Habitat Conservation.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Technology Transfer Act 1986; Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed Cooperative

Research & Development Agreement

(CRADA) negotiations.

SUMMARY: The United States Geological

Survey (USGS) is contemplating