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33764 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 110 / Thursday, June 7, 2012 / Notices

Council on decisions related to the public at large and the following special scheduled to expire on August 31, 2012. planning, evaluation, and conduct of interests: Aquaculturist/mariculturist, We may not conduct or sponsor and a injury assessment, restoration, long-term commercial fisher, commercial tourism person is not required to respond to a monitoring, and research activities business person, recreation user, collection of information unless it using funds obtained as part of the civil conservationist/environmentalist, displays a currently valid OMB control settlement pursuant to the T/V Exxon Native landowner, sport hunter/fisher, number. However, under OMB Valdez oil spill of 1989. Public subsistence user, and scientist/ regulations, we may continue to Advisory Committee members will be technologist. conduct or sponsor this information selected to serve a 24-month term Nominees need to submit the collection while it is pending at OMB. beginning in October 2012. following information to the Trustee DATES: You must submit comments on DATES: All nominations should be Council: or before July 9, 2012. received on or before August 3, 2012. 1. Nominee’s full legal name; 2. Nominee’s email address; ADDRESSES: Send your comments and ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent suggestions on this information to Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil 3. Nominee’s home mailing address; 4. Nominee’s home telephone collection to the Desk Officer for the Spill Trustee Council, 441 West 5th Department of the Interior at OMB– Avenue, Suite 500, Anchorage, number; 5. Special interests the nominee OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or 99501–2340 or by email to PAC [email protected] (email). Nominations, Executive Director, c/o represents; 6. A resume or one-page synopsis of Please provide a copy of your comments Cherri Womac, to the Service Information Collection [email protected]. the nominee’s: a. Date of birth; Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: b. Education; Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 Douglas Mutter, Designated Federal c. Affiliations; North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA Officer, Department of the Interior, d. Knowledge of the region, peoples 22203 (mail), or [email protected] Office of Environmental Policy and or principal economic and social (email). Please include ‘‘1018–0109’’ in Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite 119, activities of the area affected by the the subject line of your comments. Anchorage, Alaska 99501, 907–271– T/V ; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 5011; or Cherri Womac, Exxon Valdez d. expertise in public lands and request additional information about Oil Spill Trustee Council, 441 West 5th resource management, if any; this ICR, contact Hope Grey at Avenue, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska e. breadth of experience and [email protected] (email) or 703–358– 99501–2340, 907–278–8012 or 800– perspective and length of experience in 2482 (telephone). You may review the 478–7745. A copy of the charter for the one or more of the special interests; and ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Public Advisory Committee is available 7. Indicate if the person being Follow the instructions to review upon request. nominated has been contacted and Department of the Interior collections SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agrees to consider serving if selected. under review by OMB. Public Advisory Committee was created Dated: June 4, 2012. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: by Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum Willie R. Taylor, OMB Control Number: 1018–0109. of Agreement and Consent Decree Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants entered into by the of Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance. and Cooperative Agreements, 80, 81, 84, America and the State of Alaska on 85, and 86. August 27, 1991, and approved by the [FR Doc. 2012–13821 Filed 6–6–12; 8:45 am] United States District Court for the BILLING CODE 4310–RG–P Service Form Number: None. District of Alaska in settlement of Type of Request: Extension of a United States of America v. State of currently approved collection. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Alaska, Civil Action No. A91–081 CV. Description of Respondents: States; the Commonwealths of and The Public Advisory Committee was Fish and Wildlife Service created to advise the Trustee Council on the ; the matters relating to decisions on injury [FWS–R9–WSR–2012–N137; District of Columbia; the territories of assessment, restoration activities or FVWF941009000007B–XXX–FF09W11000/ , U.S. Virgin Islands, and other use of natural resources damage FVWF51100900000–XXX–FF09W11000] ; federally-recognized tribal governments; institutions of recoveries obtained by the governments. Information Collection Request Sent to The Trustee Council consists of higher education; and nongovernmental the Office of Management and Budget organizations. representatives of the State of Alaska (OMB) for Approval; Wildlife and Sport Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Attorney General; Commissioner of the Fish Grants and Cooperative obtain or retain a benefit. Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Agreements Commissioner of the Alaska Department Frequency of Collection: We require of Environmental Conservation; the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, applications annually for new grants. Secretary of the Interior; the Secretary of Interior. We require amendments on occasion Agriculture; and the Administrator of ACTION: Notice; request for comments. when key elements of a project change. the National Oceanic and Atmospheric We require quarterly and final Administration, U.S. Department of SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife performance reports in the National Commerce. Appointment to the Public Service) have sent an Information Outreach and Communication Program Advisory Committee will be made by Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for and annual and final performance the Secretary of the Interior with review and approval. We summarize the reports in the other programs. We may unanimous approval of the Trustees. ICR below and describe the nature of the require more frequent reports under the The Public Advisory Committee collection and the estimated burden and conditions stated at 43 CFR 12.52 and consists of 10 members representing the cost. This information collection is 43 CFR 12.914.

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Completion Number of Number of time per Total annual Activity respondents responses response burden hours (in hours)

Initial Application (project narrative) ...... 200 2,500 40 100,000 Revision of Award Terms (Amendment) ...... 150 1,500 2 3,000 Performance Reports ...... 200 3,500 6 21,000

Totals ...... 550 7,500 ...... 124,000

Abstract: The Wildlife and Sport Fish • Ways to minimize the burden of the DATES: To ensure that we are able to Restoration Program (WSFR), U.S. Fish collection of information on consider your comments on this IC, we and Wildlife Service, administers respondents. must receive them by August 6, 2012. financial assistance programs (see 77 FR Comments that you submit in ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 3489, January 24, 2012). We award most response to this notice are a matter of IC to the Service Information Collection financial assistance as grants, but public record. Before including your Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and cooperative agreements are possible if address, phone number, email address, Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 the Federal Government will be or other personal identifying North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA substantially involved in carrying out information in your comment, you 22203 (mail); or [email protected] the project. You can find a description should be aware that your entire (email). Please include ‘‘1018–0143’’ in of most programs in the Catalog of comment, including your personal the subject line of your comments. Federal Domestic Assistance. identifying information, may be made FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To To apply for financial assistance publicly available at any time. While request additional information about funds, you must submit an application you can ask OMB in your comment to this IC, contact Hope Grey at that describes in substantial detail withhold your personal identifying [email protected] (email) or 703–358– project locations, benefits, funding, and information from public review, we 2482 (telephone). other characteristics. Materials to assist cannot guarantee that it will be done. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: applicants in formulating project proposals are available on Grants.gov. Dated: May 31, 2012. I. Abstract We use the application to determine: Tina A. Campbell, This information collection • Eligibility for the grant. Chief, Division of Policy and Directives implements the requirements of the • Scale of resource values or relative Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 worth of the project. [FR Doc. 2012–13792 Filed 6–6–12; 8:45 am] et seq.) (ESA). There are no • Effect of the project on BILLING CODE 4310–55–P corresponding Service regulations for environmental and cultural resources. the ESA’s post-delisting monitoring • How well the proposed project will requirement. meet the purposes of the program’s DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The bald eagle (Haliaeetus establishing legislation. leucocephalus) in the lower 48 States Fish and Wildlife Service Persons or entities receiving grants was removed from the List of must submit periodic performance Endangered and Threatened Wildlife reports that contain information [FWS–R3–ES–2012–N138: (delisted) on August 8, 2007 (72 FR necessary for us to track costs and FX3ES11130300000D2–123–FF03E00000] 37346, July 9, 2007). Section 4(g) of the accomplishments. Proposed Information Collection; Bald ESA requires that all species that are Comments: On January 24, 2012, we Eagle Post-delisting Monitoring recovered and removed from the List of published in the Federal Register (77 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife be FR 3489) a notice of our intent to AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, monitored in cooperation with the request that OMB renew approval for Interior. States for a period of not less than 5 this information collection. In that years. The purpose of this requirement notice, we solicited comments for 60 ACTION: Notice; request for comments. is to detect any failure of a recovered days, ending on March 26, 2012. We species to sustain itself without the received one comment. The commenter SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife protections of the ESA. We work with objected to the funding of these grants, Service) will ask the Office of relevant Federal, State, and tribal but did not address the information Management and Budget (OMB) to entities, and other species experts to collection requirements. We did not approve the information collection (IC) develop plans and procedures for make any changes to our requirements. described below. As required by the systematically monitoring recovered We again invite comments concerning Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and wildlife and plants after a species is this information collection on: as part of our continuing efforts to delisted. • Whether or not the collection of reduce paperwork and respondent The bald eagle has a large geographic information is necessary, including burden, we invite the general public and distribution that includes a substantial whether or not the information will other Federal agencies to take this amount of non-Federal land. Although have practical utility; opportunity to comment on this IC. This the ESA requires that monitoring of • The accuracy of our estimate of the IC is scheduled to expire on November recovered species be conducted for not burden for this collection of 30, 2012. We may not conduct or less than 5 years, the life history of bald information; sponsor and a person is not required to eagles is such that it is appropriate to • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, respond to a collection of information monitor this species for a longer period and clarity of the information to be unless it displays a currently valid OMB of time in order to meaningfully collected; and control number. evaluate whether or not the bald eagle

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