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42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part 67.
FEMA has developed criteria for
floodplain management in floodprone
areas in accordance with 44 CFR part
60.
Interested lessees and owners of real
property are encouraged to review the
new or revised FIRM and FIS report

available at the address cited below for
each community or online through the
FEMA Map Service Center at https://
msc.fema.gov.
The flood hazard determinations are
made final in the watersheds and/or
communities listed in the table below.

Community

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’)
Nicholas A. Shufro,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Risk
Management, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.

Community map repository address
City and County of Denver, Colorado
Docket No.: FEMA–B–2281

City and County of Denver .......................................................................

Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Department 507, Denver, CO 80202.

Plymouth County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)
Docket No.: FEMA–B–2101, FEMA–B–2339
Town
Town
Town
Town

of
of
of
of

Abington .....................................................................................
Hingham .....................................................................................
Norwell ........................................................................................
Rockland .....................................................................................

Town
Town
Town
Town

Hall,
Hall,
Hall,
Hall,

500
210
345
242

Gliniewicz Way, Abington, MA 02351.
Central Street, Hingham, MA 02043.
Main Street, Norwell, MA 02061.
Union Street, Rockland, MA 02370.

Suffolk County, Massachusetts (All Jurisdictions)
Docket No.: FEMA–B–2101, FEMA–B–2339
City of Boston ...........................................................................................
City of Chelsea .........................................................................................
City of Revere ...........................................................................................

City Hall, 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201.
City Hall, 500 Broadway, Chelsea, MA 02150.
City Hall, 281 Broadway, Revere, MA 02151.

Hardin County, Ohio and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA–B–2323
City of Kenton ...........................................................................................
Unincorporated Areas of Hardin County ..................................................
Village of Ada ...........................................................................................
Village of Alger .........................................................................................
Village of McGuffey ..................................................................................

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2024–0042;
FXMB12330900000–245–FF09M13200; OMB
Control Number 1018–0172]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Federal Migratory Bird
Hunting and Conservation Stamp
(Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp
Contests
Fish and Wildlife Service,

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Interior.
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), are proposing to
renew an information collection.

SUMMARY:

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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 17,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
one of the following methods (reference
‘‘1018–0172’’ in the subject line of your
comment):
• Internet (preferred): https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2024–
0042.
• U.S. mail: Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church,
VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at Info_
Coll@fws.gov, or by telephone at (703)
358–2503. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to
DATES:

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AGENCY:

City Building, 111 West Franklin Street, Kenton, OH 43326.
Hardin County Courthouse, Tax Map Department, One Courthouse
Square, Suite 150, Kenton, OH 43326.
Municipal Building, 115 West Buckeye Avenue, Ada, OH 45810.
Village Office, 207 Angle Street, Alger, OH 45812.
Municipal Building, 404 Courtright Street, McGuffey, OH 45859.

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access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are

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especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
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, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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.
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History of the Federal Duck Stamp
On March 16, 1934, Congress passed,
and President Franklin D. Roosevelt
signed, the Migratory Bird Hunting
Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718–718k).
Popularly known as the Duck Stamp
Act, it required all waterfowl hunters 16
years or older to buy a stamp annually.
The revenue generated was originally
earmarked for the Department of
Agriculture, but 5 years later was
transferred to the Department of the
Interior and the Service.
In the years since its enactment, the
Federal Duck Stamp Program has
become one of the most popular and
successful conservation programs ever
initiated. Today, some 1.5 million
stamps are sold each year, and as of
2023, Federal Duck Stamps have
generated more than $1.2 billion for the
preservation of more than 6 million
acres of waterfowl habitat in the United
States. Numerous other birds, mammals,
fish, reptiles, and amphibians have
similarly prospered because of habitat
protection made possible by the
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Nation’s endangered and threatened
species find food or shelter in refuges
preserved by Duck Stamp funds.
Moreover, the protected wetlands help
dissipate storms, purify water supplies,
store flood water, and nourish fish
hatchlings important for sport and
commercial fishermen.
History of the Duck Stamp Contest
Jay N. ‘‘Ding’’ Darling, a nationally
known political cartoonist for the Des
Moines Register and a noted hunter and
wildlife conservationist, designed the
first Federal Duck Stamp at President
Roosevelt’s request. In subsequent years,
noted wildlife artists submitted designs.
The first Federal Duck Stamp Contest
was opened in 1949 to any U.S. artist
who wished to enter, and 65 artists
submitted a total of 88 design entries.
Since then, the contest has been known
as the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting
and Conservation Stamp Art (Duck
Stamp) Contest and has attracted large
numbers of entrants.
The Duck Stamp Contest (50 CFR part
91) remains the only art competition of
its kind regulated by the U.S.
Government. The Secretary of the
Interior appoints a panel of noted art,
waterfowl, and philatelic authorities to
select each year’s winning design.
Winners receive no compensation for
the work, except for a signed pane of
their stamps; however, winners retain
the copyright to their artwork and may
sell the original and prints of their
designs, which are sought by hunters,
conservationists, and art collectors.
For the Duck Stamp Contest, the
Service selects five or fewer species of
waterfowl each year; each entry must
employ one of the Service-designated
species as the dominant feature (defined
as being in the foreground and clearly
the focus of attention). Designs may also
include national wildlife refuges as the
background of habitat scenes, noneligible species, or other scenes that
depict uses of the stamp for waterfowl
hunting, conservation, and collecting
purposes. Entries may be in any media,
except for photography or computergenerated art. Designs must be the
contestants’ original hand-drawn
creation and may not be copied or
duplicated from previously published
art, including photographs, or from
images in any format published on the
internet.
History of the Junior Duck Stamp
Contest
The Federal Junior Duck Stamp
Conservation and Design Program
(Junior Duck Stamp Program) began in
1989 as an extension of the Migratory
Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp.

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The national Junior Duck Stamp art
contest started in 1993, and the first
stamp design was selected from entries
from eight participating States. The
program was recognized by Congress
with the 1994 enactment of the Junior
Duck Stamp Conservation and Design
Program Act (16 U.S.C. 719). All 50
States, Washington DC, and 2 of the U.S.
Territories currently participate in the
annual contest.
The Junior Duck Stamp Program
introduces wetland and waterfowl
conservation to students in kindergarten
through high school. It crosses cultural,
ethnic, social, and geographic
boundaries to teach greater awareness
and guide students in exploring our
nation’s natural resources. It is the
Service’s premier conservation
education initiative.
The Junior Duck Stamp Program
includes a dynamic art-and-sciencebased curriculum. This nontraditional
pairing of subjects brings new interest to
both the sciences and the arts. The
program teaches students across the
nation conservation through the arts,
using scientific and wildlife observation
principles to encourage visual
communication about what they learn.
Four curriculum guides, with activities
and resources, were developed for use
as a year-round study plan to assist
students in exploring science in real-life
situations.
Modeled after the Federal Duck
Stamp Contest, the annual Junior Duck
Stamp Art and Conservation Message
Contest (Junior Duck Stamp Contest)
was developed as a visual assessment of
a student’s learning and progression.
The Junior Duck Stamp Contest
encourages partnerships among Federal
and State government agencies,
nongovernmental organizations,
businesses, and volunteers to help
recognize and honor thousands of
teachers and students throughout the
United States for their participation in
conservation-related activities. Since
2000, the contest has received more
than 570,000 entries.
The winning artwork from the
national art contest serves as the design
for the Junior Duck Stamp, which the
Service produces annually. This $5
stamp has become a much sought after
collector’s item. One hundred percent of
the revenue from the sale of Junior Duck
stamps goes to support recognition and
environmental education activities for
students who participate in the
program. More than $1.25 million in
Junior Duck Stamp proceeds have been
used to provide recognition, incentives,
and scholarships to participating
students, teachers, and schools. The
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about land stewardship and the
importance of connecting to the natural
world. Several students who have
participated in the Junior Duck Stamp
Program have gone on to become fulltime wildlife artists and conservation
professionals; many attribute their
interest and success to their early
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Who Can Enter the Federal Duck Stamp
and Junior Duck Stamp Contests
The Duck Stamp Contest is open to all
U.S. citizens, nationals, and resident
aliens who are at least 18 years of age
by June 1. Individuals enrolled in
kindergarten through grade 12 may
participate in the Junior Duck Stamp
Contest. All eligible students are
encouraged to participate in the Junior
Duck Stamp Conservation and Design
Program annual art and conservation
message contest as part of the program
curriculum through public, private, and
homeschools, as well as through
nonformal educational experiences such
as those found in scouting, art studios,
and nature centers.
Entry Requirements
Each entry in the Duck Stamp Contest
requires a completed entry form and an
entry fee. Information required on the
entry form includes:
• ‘‘Display, Participation &
Reproduction Rights Agreement’’
certification form;
• Basic contact information (name,
address, phone numbers, and email
address);
• Date of birth (to verify eligibility);
• Species portrayed and medium
used; and
• Name of hometown newspaper (for
press coverage).
Each entry in the Junior Duck Stamp
Contest requires a completed entry form
that requests:
• Basic contact information (name,
address, phone numbers, and email
address);
• Age/grade (to verify eligibility and
so they may be judged with their peers);
• Parent’s name and contact
information (email address and phone
numbers);
• Whether the student has a Social
Security or VISA immigration number
or is a foreign exchange student (to
verify eligibility to receive prizes);
• Title, species, medium/style used,
and conservation message associated
with the drawing;
• Basic contact information for their
teacher and school (name, address,
phone numbers, school/studio/
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• Certification of authenticity.
Students in grades 7 through 12 and
all national level students are also
required to include citations for any
resources they used to develop their
designs. We use this information to
verify that the student has not
plagiarized or copied someone else’s
work. The Service also translates entry
forms into other appropriate languages
to increase the understanding of the
rules and what the parents and students
are signing.
Title of Collection: Federal Migratory
Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp
(Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp
Contests.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0172.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 25,200.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 25,200.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 7–20 minutes,
depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 8,356.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $53,000 annually (entry
fees of $125 plus an average of $15 for
mailing costs, for an estimated 200
annual submissions to the Federal Duck
Stamp Contest). There are no fees
associated with the Junior Duck Stamp
Contest submissions. We estimate the
mailing costs associated with entering
submissions to the Junior Duck Stamp
contest to be approximately $25,000
annually. Most of the student entries are
mailed directly by schools, who utilize
the bulk mail option, thereby reducing
the amount of postage and packages
received.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2024–0040;
FXIA16710900000–245–FF09A30000]

Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt
of Permit Application
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
application; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on an application to conduct
certain activities with a foreign species
that is listed as endangered under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA). With
some exceptions, the ESA prohibits
activities with listed species unless
Federal authorization is issued that
allows such activities. The ESA also
requires that we invite public comment
before issuing permits for any activity
otherwise prohibited by the ESA with
respect to any endangered species.
DATES: We must receive comments by
April 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: The
application, application supporting
materials, and any comments and other
materials that we receive will be
available for public inspection at
https://www.regulations.gov in Docket
No. FWS–HQ–IA–2024–0040.
Submitting Comments: When
submitting comments, please specify the
name of the applicant and the permit
number at the beginning of your
comment. You may submit comments
by one of the following methods:
• Internet: https://
www.regulations.gov. Search for and
submit comments on Docket No. FWS–
HQ–IA–2024–0040.
• U.S. mail: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–HQ–
IA–2024–0040; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W;
5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA
22041–3803.
For more information, see Public
Comment Procedures under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Tapia, by phone at 703–358–
2185 or via email at DMAFR@fws.gov.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
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