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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0015; Migratory
Bird Surveys
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) 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
reduce paperwork and respondent
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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 May 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail); or
(703) 358–2269 (fax).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703-711) and the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742d)
designate the Department of the Interior
as the key agency responsible for (1) the
wise management of migratory bird
populations frequenting the United
States, and (2) setting hunting
regulations that allow appropriate
harvests that are within the guidelines
that will allow for those populations’
well-being. These responsibilities
dictate that we gather accurate data on
various characteristics of migratory bird
harvest. We use the knowledge attained
by determining harvests and harvest
rates of migratory game birds to regulate
populations (by promulgating hunting
regulations) and to encourage hunting
opportunity, especially where crop
depredations are chronic and/or lightlyharvested populations occur. Based on
information from harvest surveys, we
can adjust hunting regulations as
needed to optimize harvests at levels
that provide a maximum of hunting
recreation while keeping populations at
desired levels.
Under the Migratory Bird Harvest
Program, State licensing authorities
collect the name and address
information needed to provide a sample
frame of all licensed migratory bird
hunters. Since Federal regulations
require that the States collect this
information, we are including the
associated burden in our approval
request to OMB. We propose to combine
three surveys in this IC because the
surveys are interrelated and/or
dependent upon each other:
(1) Migratory Bird Hunter Surveys,
currently approved under OMB Control
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No. 1018-0015, which expires February
28, 2008.
(2) Parts Collection Survey, also
approved under OMB Control No. 10180015.
(3) Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey,
currently approved under OMB Control
No. 1018-0023, which expires
November 30, 2007.
The Migratory Bird Hunter Survey is
based on the Migratory Bird Harvest
Information Program, under which each
State annually provides a list of all
migratory bird hunters in the State. We
randomly select migratory bird hunters;
send them either a waterfowl
questionnaire, a dove and band-tailed
pigeon questionnaire, a woodcock
questionnaire, or a snipe, rail, gallinule
and coot questionnaire; and ask them to
report their harvest of those species. The
resulting estimates of harvest per hunter
are combined with the complete list of
migratory bird hunters to provide
estimates of the total harvest of those
species.
The Parts Collection Survey estimates
the species, sex, and age composition of
the harvest, and the geographic and
temporal distribution of the harvest.
Randomly selected successful hunters
who responded to the Migratory Bird
Hunter Survey the previous year are
asked to complete and return a postcard
if they are willing to participate in the
Parts Collection Survey. We provide
postage-paid envelopes to respondents
before the hunting season and ask them
to send in a wing or the tail feathers
from each duck, goose, or coot they
harvest, or a wing from each woodcock,
band-tailed pigeon, snipe, rail, or
gallinule they harvest. We use the wings
and tail feathers to identify the species,
sex, and age of the harvested sample.
We also ask respondents to report on the
envelope the date and location of
harvest for each bird. Results of this
survey are combined with the harvest
estimates obtained from the Migratory
Bird Hunter Survey to provide speciesspecific national harvest estimates.
The combined results of these surveys
enable us to evaluate the effects of
season length, season dates, and bag
limits on the harvest of each species,
and thus help us determine appropriate
hunting regulations.
We are proposing to include the
Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey (current
OMB Control Number 1018-0023) with
the others in this approval request, all
under OMB Control Number 1018-0015.
The Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey is an
annual questionnaire survey of people
who obtained a sandhill crane hunting
permit. At the end of the hunting
season, we randomly select a sample of
permit holders and ask them to report
the date, location, and number of birds
harvested for each of their sandhill
crane hunts. Their responses provide
estimates of the temporal and
geographic distribution of the harvest as
well as the average harvest per hunter,
which, combined with the total number
of permits issued, enables us to estimate
the total harvest of sandhill cranes.
Number of annual
respondents
Activity
Based on information from this survey,
we adjust hunting regulations as needed
to optimize harvest at levels that
provide a maximum of hunting
recreation while keeping the population
at the desired level.
We are also seeking approval to add
a mourning dove wing collection to the
Parts Collection Survey on an
experimental basis. We will use the
wings to identify the age of each sample,
thereby providing estimates of annual
mourning dove productivity at the
management unit level. Those estimates
of annual productivity are needed to
improve the mourning dove population
models that we have developed for each
management unit. We will compare the
results and costs of our experimental
mail survey with results and costs of
mourning dove wing collection methods
that are currently employed by some,
but not all, States that have dove
hunting seasons. If mourning dove
productivity estimates are similar for
the two methods, we would propose to
adopt the more cost-effective method on
a national scale.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0015.
Title: Migratory Bird Surveys.
Service Form Number(s): 3-165, 3165A, 3-165B, 3-165C, and 3-2056J-N.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Migratory game bird
hunters.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Number of annual
responses
3,800,000
85,000
10,000
7,500
3,800,000
85,000
110,000
7,500
Totals ................................................................................
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Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program ...........................
Migratory Bird Hunter Survey ..................................................
Parts Collection Survey ...........................................................
Sandhill Cane Harvest Survey ................................................
3,902,500
Completion time
per response
4,002,500
III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
IC on:
(1) whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
(3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice are a matter of public record.
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0.033
0.067
0.033
0.067
hours
hours
hours
hours
Annual burden
hours
.....
.....
.....
.....
125,400
5,695
3,630
503
.....................
135,228
We will include and/or summarize each
comment in our request to OMB to
approve this IC.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Dated: March 1, 2007
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0094; Federal
Fish and Wildlife License/Permit
Applications, Native Endangered and
Threatened Species, 50 CFR 13 and 17
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0015;
Migratory Bird Surveys
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) 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 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 May 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); hope_
grey@fws.gov (e-mail); or (703) 358-2269 (fax).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711) and the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742d) designate the Department of the
Interior as the key agency responsible for (1) the wise management of
migratory bird populations frequenting the United States, and (2)
setting hunting regulations that allow appropriate harvests that are
within the guidelines that will allow for those populations' well-
being. These responsibilities dictate that we gather accurate data on
various characteristics of migratory bird harvest. We use the knowledge
attained by determining harvests and harvest rates of migratory game
birds to regulate populations (by promulgating hunting regulations) and
to encourage hunting opportunity, especially where crop depredations
are chronic and/or lightly-harvested populations occur. Based on
information from harvest surveys, we can adjust hunting regulations as
needed to optimize harvests at levels that provide a maximum of hunting
recreation while keeping populations at desired levels.
Under the Migratory Bird Harvest Program, State licensing
authorities collect the name and address information needed to provide
a sample frame of all licensed migratory bird hunters. Since Federal
regulations require that the States collect this information, we are
including the associated burden in our approval request to OMB. We
propose to combine three surveys in this IC because the surveys are
interrelated and/or dependent upon each other:
(1) Migratory Bird Hunter Surveys, currently approved under OMB
Control
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No. 1018-0015, which expires February 28, 2008.
(2) Parts Collection Survey, also approved under OMB Control No.
1018-0015.
(3) Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey, currently approved under OMB
Control No. 1018-0023, which expires November 30, 2007.
The Migratory Bird Hunter Survey is based on the Migratory Bird
Harvest Information Program, under which each State annually provides a
list of all migratory bird hunters in the State. We randomly select
migratory bird hunters; send them either a waterfowl questionnaire, a
dove and band-tailed pigeon questionnaire, a woodcock questionnaire, or
a snipe, rail, gallinule and coot questionnaire; and ask them to report
their harvest of those species. The resulting estimates of harvest per
hunter are combined with the complete list of migratory bird hunters to
provide estimates of the total harvest of those species.
The Parts Collection Survey estimates the species, sex, and age
composition of the harvest, and the geographic and temporal
distribution of the harvest. Randomly selected successful hunters who
responded to the Migratory Bird Hunter Survey the previous year are
asked to complete and return a postcard if they are willing to
participate in the Parts Collection Survey. We provide postage-paid
envelopes to respondents before the hunting season and ask them to send
in a wing or the tail feathers from each duck, goose, or coot they
harvest, or a wing from each woodcock, band-tailed pigeon, snipe, rail,
or gallinule they harvest. We use the wings and tail feathers to
identify the species, sex, and age of the harvested sample. We also ask
respondents to report on the envelope the date and location of harvest
for each bird. Results of this survey are combined with the harvest
estimates obtained from the Migratory Bird Hunter Survey to provide
species-specific national harvest estimates.
The combined results of these surveys enable us to evaluate the
effects of season length, season dates, and bag limits on the harvest
of each species, and thus help us determine appropriate hunting
regulations.
We are proposing to include the Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey
(current OMB Control Number 1018-0023) with the others in this approval
request, all under OMB Control Number 1018-0015. The Sandhill Crane
Harvest Survey is an annual questionnaire survey of people who obtained
a sandhill crane hunting permit. At the end of the hunting season, we
randomly select a sample of permit holders and ask them to report the
date, location, and number of birds harvested for each of their
sandhill crane hunts. Their responses provide estimates of the temporal
and geographic distribution of the harvest as well as the average
harvest per hunter, which, combined with the total number of permits
issued, enables us to estimate the total harvest of sandhill cranes.
Based on information from this survey, we adjust hunting regulations as
needed to optimize harvest at levels that provide a maximum of hunting
recreation while keeping the population at the desired level.
We are also seeking approval to add a mourning dove wing collection
to the Parts Collection Survey on an experimental basis. We will use
the wings to identify the age of each sample, thereby providing
estimates of annual mourning dove productivity at the management unit
level. Those estimates of annual productivity are needed to improve the
mourning dove population models that we have developed for each
management unit. We will compare the results and costs of our
experimental mail survey with results and costs of mourning dove wing
collection methods that are currently employed by some, but not all,
States that have dove hunting seasons. If mourning dove productivity
estimates are similar for the two methods, we would propose to adopt
the more cost-effective method on a national scale.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0015.
Title: Migratory Bird Surveys.
Service Form Number(s): 3-165, 3-165A, 3-165B, 3-165C, and 3-2056J-
N.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Migratory game bird hunters.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
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Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Activity respondents responses response hours
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Migratory Bird Harvest 3,800,000 3,800,000 0.033 hours........ 125,400
Information Program.
Migratory Bird Hunter Survey.... 85,000 85,000 0.067 hours........ 5,695
Parts Collection Survey......... 10,000 110,000 0.033 hours........ 3,630
Sandhill Cane Harvest Survey.... 7,500 7,500 0.067 hours........ 503
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Totals...................... 3,902,500 4,002,500 ................... 135,228
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III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this IC on:
(1) whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents.
Comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include and/or summarize each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this IC.
Dated: March 1, 2007
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E7-4842 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am
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