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DATES: Comments Due Date: December
21, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2502–0553) and
should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410;
e-mail Lillian Deitzer at
Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or
telephone (202) 402–8048. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of available
documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Deitzer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban

Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information
collection described below. This notice
is soliciting comments from members of
the public and affecting agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information to: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) Minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond; including
through the use of appropriate
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This notice also lists the following
information:
Number of
respondents

Annual
responses

738

1.81

Reporting Burden ..............................................................................

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1,070.
Status: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Authority Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: November 16, 2009.
Lillian Deitzer,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–27859 Filed 11–18–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
Proposed Information Collection;
Program Announcement for the
Establishment of DOI Regional Climate
Change Response Centers, National
Climate Change and Wildlife Science
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AGENCY: United States Geological
Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and
as part of our continuing efforts to
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reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. 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 January 19, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on
this information collection directly to
Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information
Collection Clearance Officer, 2150–C
Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525
(mail); (970) 226–9230 (fax); or
pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
NEW, NCCSC in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadine Hartke by mail at U. S.
Geological Survey, MS 300 National
Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Reston, VA 20192, or by telephone at
703–648–4607.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The primary objective of the National
Climate Change and Wildlife Science
Center (NCCWSC) will be to assist the
Department of the Interior (DOI) in
establishing a network of geographically
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Title of Proposal: Neighborhood
Networks Management and Tracking
Data Collection Instruments.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0553.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Its Proposed Use:
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing
Programs is requesting clearance for a
revision of a current data collection
designed to capture information from
the Neighborhood Networks center
paper and START business plans. The
revision includes enhancements to the
format of the online Strategic Tracking
and Reporting Tool (START), and
contact verification information from an
electronic postcard data collection. The
data collection will assist HUD in
obtaining up-to-date information
regarding Neighborhood Networks
centers.
Frequency of Submission: Annually,
Semi-annually, Other (as needed).

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Response Centers (Centers), as described
in the Department of the Interior
Secretarial Order 3289 (http://
www.doi.gov/climatechange/
index.html). These Centers will be colocated at cooperating organizations at
non-USGS facilities. The Centers will
include NCCWSC staff that report to a
national USGS office, but will involve
other DOI or collaborating Bureaus. The
goal of the NCCWSC and the affiliated
Regional Centers is to work in close
partnership with the climate change
science; ecological or hydrological
science; and natural and cultural
resource management communities to
understand high priority science needs
for climate adaptation and to develop
science and information porducts that
can help resource managers develop
strategies for responding to climate
change.
The purpose of this information
collection is to identify institutions that
are willing to host a Regional Center,
and determine if their science and
partnership capabilities are sufficient to
serve as a host organization. Host
organizations must be able to contribute
climate science and ecological
capabilities that complement and
enhance USGS scientific and
computational capacity, and those of
other science partners. Host science
collaborations and experience with
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partnerships and communities will be a
valuable and necessary component of
serving as a host. The information
collected will be used to establish DOI
Regional Climate Change Response
Centers through Cooperative
Agreements with the host institution.
The National Climate Change and
Wildlife Science Center will issue a
Program Announcement that will
request interested host institutions to
submit proposals. Proposals will
address the institution’s current climate
change science program, its existing
linkages with USGS and other DOI
bureaus, a description of linkages with
potential Regional Center partners, and
institution organization capabilities and
contributions to serve as a host.

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II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: Establishment of DOI Regional
Climate Change Response Centers,
National Climate Change and Wildlife
Science Center Program Announcement.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 80. Respondents may
include institutions of higher education
and other non-profit organizations.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
80.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
1,600 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting will
average 20 hours per response. This
includes time to develop a technical
proposal, budget sheets, perform
internal proposal reviews, secure
support letters, and submit the proposal
through Grants.gov.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: There
are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection of
information.
III. Request for Comments
To comply with the public
consultation process, we publish this
Federal Register notice announcing that
we will submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. This notice provides the
required 60-day public comment period.
We invite comments concerning this
ICR on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden on the proposed
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enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail 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
publically available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: November 10, 2009.
Susan D. Haseltine,
Associate Director for Biology, U.S. Geological
Survey.
[FR Doc. E9–27780 Filed 11–18–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–ES–2009–N246; 30120–1113–
0000–F6]

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Permit Application
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of permit
application; request for comments.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following application
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(Act) prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such
activity. The Act requires that we invite
public comment before issuing this
permit.
DATES: We must receive any written
comments on or before December 21,
2009.

Send written comments to
the Regional Director, Attn: Peter
Fasbender, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Ecological Services, 1 Federal
Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4056;
electronic mail, permitsR3ES@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Fasbender, (612) 713–5343.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
We invite public comment on the
following permit application for certain
activities with endangered species
authorized by section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our
regulations governing the taking of
endangered species in the Code of
Federal Regulations at 50 CFR 17.
Submit your written data, comments, or
request for a copy of the complete
application to the address shown in
ADDRESSES. When submitting
comments, please refer to the
appropriate permit application number.
Permit Applications
Permit Application Number:
TE230947.
Applicant: Malacological Consultants,
LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture and release/relocate)
Higgins’ eye pearlymussel and winged
mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) in
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa to
determine presence or absence of the
species and to relocate individuals that
may be in danger of injury or stranding.
Proposed activities are aimed at
enhancement of the survival of the
species in the wild.
Public Comments
We seek public review and comments
on this permit application. Please refer
to the permit number when you submit
comments. Comments and materials we
receive are available for public
inspection, by appointment, during
normal business hours at the address
shown in the ADDRESSES section. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail 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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), we have made an initial
determination that the proposed
activities in these permits are
categorically excluded from the
requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement (516
DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)).

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