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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 183 / Monday, September 22, 2014 / Notices

respondents, including the use of
technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on May 19, 2014,
we published a Federal Register notice
(79 FR 28758) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
Control Number for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR 250, Subpart M regulations. The
regulation also informs the public that
they may comment at any time on the
collections of information and provides
the address to which they should send
comments. We received no comments in
response to the Federal Register notice.
Public Availability of Comments:
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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Information Collection Clearance
Officer: Cheryl Blundon, 703–787–1607.
Dated: September 4, 2014.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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RIN 1018–AY29

Policy Regarding Voluntary Prelisting
Conservation Actions
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Announcement of draft policy;
extension of comment period.
AGENCY:

On July 22, 2014, we, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, announced a
draft policy on crediting voluntary
conservation actions taken for species
prior to their listing under the
Endangered Species Act. The proposed
policy seeks to give landowners,
government agencies, and others
incentives to carry out voluntary
conservation actions for nonlisted
species by allowing the benefits to the

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species from a voluntary conservation
action undertaken prior to listing under
the Act to be used—either by the person
who undertook such action or by a third
party—to mitigate or to serve as a
compensatory measure for the
detrimental effects of another action
undertaken after listing. This draft
policy, if adopted, would help us
further our efforts to protect native
species and conserve the ecosystems on
which they depend.
We announce the extension of the
comment period for our July 22, 2014,
proposed policy to ensure the public
has sufficient time to comment on the
proposed policy.
DATES: We will accept comments from
all interested parties until November 6,
2014. Please note that if you are using
the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see
ADDRESSES below), the deadline for
submitting an electronic comment is
11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on
this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box
enter the Docket number for the
proposed policy, which is FWS–R9–ES–
2011–0099. You may enter a comment
by clicking on ‘‘Comment Now!’’. Please
ensure that you have found the correct
document before submitting your
comment.
• U.S. mail or hand delivery: Public
Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.
FWS–R9–ES–2011–0099; Division of
Policy and Directives Management; U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; MS: PDM,
5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
22041–3803.
We will post all comments on
http://www.regulations.gov. This
generally means that we will post any
personal information you provide us
(see Public Comments below for more
information).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Serfis, Chief, Branch of
Communications and Candidate
Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Headquarters, MS: ES, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803, telephone 703/358–2171.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 22, 2014 (79 FR 42525), we
published a draft policy on crediting
voluntary conservation actions taken for
species prior to their listing under the
Endangered Species Act and requested
comments, information, and suggestions
from the public. See that document for
specific questions we asked and for
more detailed information.

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We have received a request for an
extension of the comment period from
the Association of Fish & Wildlife
Agencies so that State fish and wildlife
agencies could have adequate time to
submit comments in response to the
proposal. To accommodate this request,
we extend the comment period for an
additional 45 days.
Public Comments
If you previously submitted
comments or information on the
proposed policy, please do not resubmit
them. We have incorporated them into
the public record, and we will fully
consider them in our final policy. Our
final policy will take into consideration
all written comments and any
additional information we receive.
We intend that a final policy will
consider information and
recommendations from all interested
parties. We, therefore, solicit comments,
information, and recommendations from
governmental agencies, Indian Tribes,
the scientific community, industry
groups, environmental interest groups,
and any other interested parties. All
comments and materials received by the
date listed above in DATES will be
considered prior to the approval of a
final document.
If you submit information via http://
www.regulations.gov, your entire
submission—including any personal
identifying information—will be posted
on the Web site. If your submission is
made via a hardcopy that includes
personal identifying information, you
may request at the top of your document
that we withhold this information from
public review. However, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
We will post all hardcopy submissions
on http://www.regulations.gov.
Authority
The authority for this action is the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: September 16, 2014.
Stephen Guertin,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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