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(DHS), the current academic status of
the alien, including whether the alien is
maintaining status as a full-time
student, or whether an exchange visitor
is satisfying the terms and conditions of
his or her program, and any disciplinary
action taken by the institution or
exchange visitor program sponsor
against the alien as a result of a
conviction of a crime. The Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT)
Act of 2001, Public Law 107–56
(October 26, 2001), subsequently
amended IIRIRA and added the
requirement that information be
collected on the date of entry and portof-entry. On October 30, 2001, the
President issued Homeland Security
Directive No. 2 (Directive 2) requiring
DHS to conduct periodic, ongoing
review of all institutions certified to
accept nonimmigrant students. On May
14, 2002 the Enhanced Border Security
and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
(Border Security Act), Public Law 107–
173, 116 Stat. 543 (May 14, 2002), was
enacted. It required DHS to recertify all
schools approved for attendance by F or
M nonimmigrant students within two
years of the passage of the Border
Security Act. Further, it mandates that
DHS conduct an additional
recertification of these schools every
two years following. Data collection
requirements for SEVP certification,
oversight and recertification of schools
authorized to enroll F or M
nonimmigrant students are not specified
in the aforementioned legislation, but
are enumerated in 8 CFR 214.3 and
214.4. The Student and Exchange
Visitor Program (SEVP), a component of
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), is the program
mandated by these laws to carry out
these responsibilities.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond annually:
30,000.
6.8 hours.
Average time per respondent.
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Respondents .........................
Time for student management reporting.
Time for management of
SEVP certification.
9.1 hours.
2.3 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 273,000.
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Comments and/or questions; requests
for a copy of the proposed information
collection instrument, with instructions;
or inquiries for additional information
should be directed to: Lee Shirkey,
Program Manager, Records Management
Branch; U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, 425 I Street, NW., Room
1122, Washington, DC 20536; (202) 616–
2266.
Dated: July 9, 2007.
Lee Shirkey,
Program Manager, Records Management
Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Department of Homeland
Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018–0066; Marine
Mammal Tagging, Marking, and
Reporting
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
burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
IC is scheduled to expire on November
30, 2007. 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 September 10, 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:
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I. Abstract
Under Section 101(b) of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361–
1407), Alaska Natives residing in Alaska
and dwelling on the coast of the North
Pacific or Arctic Ocean may harvest
polar bears, northern sea otters, and
Pacific walrus for subsistence or
handicraft purposes. Section 109(i) of
the MMPA authorizes the Secretary of
the Interior to prescribe marking,
tagging, and reporting regulations
applicable to the Alaska Native
subsistence and handicraft take.
On behalf of the Secretary, we
implemented regulations at 50 CFR
18.23(f) for Alaska Natives harvesting
polar bear, northern sea otter, and
Pacific walrus. These regulations enable
us to gather data on the Alaska Native
subsistence and handicraft harvest and
on the biology of polar bear, northern
sea otter, and Pacific walrus in Alaska
to determine what effect such take may
be having on these populations. The
regulations also provide us with a
means of monitoring the disposition of
the harvest to ensure that any
commercial use of products created
from these species meets the criteria set
forth in Section 101(b) of the MMPA.
The information we collect includes,
but is not limited to:
(1) Date of kill.
(2) Sex of the animal.
(3) Kill location.
(4) Form of transportation used to
make the kill of polar bears.
(5) Amount of time (i.e., hours/days
hunted) spent hunting polar bears.
(6) Type of take (live killed or beach
found) for walrus.
(7) Number of otters present in and
number of otters harvested from pod.
(8) Condition of the bear and whether
or not polar bear cubs were present.
(9) Name of the hunter or possessor of
the specified parts at the time of
marking, tagging, and reporting.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0066.
Title: Marine Mammal Tagging,
Marking, and Reporting.
Service Form Number(s): R7–50, R7–
51, R7–52.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Number of annual
respondents
Activity
Number of annual
responses
Completion time
per response
38097
Annual burden
hours
R7–50 (walrus) ........................................................................
R7–51 (polar bear) ..................................................................
R7–52 (sea otter) .....................................................................
1,190
52
796
1,190
52
796
15 minutes .......
15 minutes .......
15 minues ........
298
13
199
Totals ................................................................................
2,038
2,038
.....................
510
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 that you submit 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. 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.
Dated: June 25, 2007
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment for
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife
Refuge in Tyrrell, Washington, and
Hyde Counties, NC
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, announce that a Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/
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EA) for Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife
Refuge is available for distribution. The
National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, requires that
we develop a comprehensive
conservation plan for each national
wildlife refuge. This Draft CCP, when
final, will describe how we intend to
manage Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife
Refuge over the next 15 years.
DATES: Written comments must be
received at the postal address listed
below no later than August 13, 2007.
ADDRESSES: To provide written
comments or to obtain a copy of the
Draft CCP/EA, please write to: Howard
Phillips, Refuge Manager, Pocosin Lakes
National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 329,
Columbia, North Carolina 27925; or
telephone: 252/796–3004, Extension
226. The Draft CCP/EA may also be
accessed and downloaded from the
Service’s Internet Site: https://
southeast.fws.gov/planning/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments:
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.
Background: Congress established the
12,000-acre Pungo National Wildlife
Refuge in 1963, by the authority of the
Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929
and the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956.
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
was established in 1990. At that time,
Pungo Refuge was made a unit of
Pocosin Lakes Refuge. The refuge, in
northeast North Carolina, consists of
110,106 acres in fee simple ownership,
and is made up of the following
habitats: 63,896 acres of pocosin
wetlands; 4,280 acres of bay forest;
3,124 acres of peatland Atlantic white
cedar; 13,649 acres of mixed pine
flatwoods; 14,045 acres of hardwood
swamp forest; 970 acres of cypress-gum
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swamp; 987 acres of marsh; 276 acres of
xeric sandhill scrub; 1,250 acres of
cropland; 443 acres of moist-soil areas;
446 acres of natural shoreline; and 6,740
acres of open water. These habitats
support a variety of wildlife species,
including red wolves, red-cockaded
woodpeckers, waterfowl, shorebirds,
wading birds, marsh birds, and
neotropical migratory songbirds.
The refuge hosts approximately
80,000 visitors annually who participate
in hunting, fishing, wildlife observation,
wildlife photography, and
environmental education and
interpretation. Because of the estimated
number of people stopping at the Tyrrell
County Visitor Center (460,000), which
is located immediately adjacent to the
refuge’s visitor center and Scuppernong
River Interpretive Boardwalk, actual
refuge visitation is likely much higher;
perhaps exceeding 200,000.
Significant issues addressed in the
Draft CCP/EA include: managing
impoundments to create optimum
habitat for migrating waterfowl,
shorebirds, wading birds, and aquatic
organisms; managing and providing
optimum habitat for threatened and
endangered species; managing marshes
and pine forests with prescribed fire;
monitoring, managing, and eradicating
invasive pest plants and animals;
restoring natural hydrology on the
refuge; surveying for waterfowl,
shorebirds, wading birds, and
neotropical migratory songbirds;
providing adequate law enforcement;
providing outreach and interpretive
opportunities to the public; providing
quality hunting and fishing
opportunities; and managing access for
public use activities.
Also addressed in the Draft CCP/EA
are compatibility determinations for the
following uses: (1) Hunting; (2) Fishing;
(3) Wildlife Observation and
Photography; (4) Environmental
Education and Interpretation; (5) Refuge
Access for Public Uses; (6) Trapping of
Selected Furbearers for Management; (7)
Collecting Reptiles and Amphibians; (8)
Refuge Resource Research Studies; (9)
Cooperative Farming; (10) Commercial
Photography; (11) Commercial Tours
and Guiding; (12) Wood and Reed
Gathering; (13) Meetings of Non-Service
Agencies and Organizations on the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0066;
Marine Mammal Tagging, Marking, and Reporting
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. This IC is scheduled to expire
on November 30, 2007. 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 September 10, 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
Under Section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407), Alaska Natives residing in
Alaska and dwelling on the coast of the North Pacific or Arctic Ocean
may harvest polar bears, northern sea otters, and Pacific walrus for
subsistence or handicraft purposes. Section 109(i) of the MMPA
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe marking, tagging,
and reporting regulations applicable to the Alaska Native subsistence
and handicraft take.
On behalf of the Secretary, we implemented regulations at 50 CFR
18.23(f) for Alaska Natives harvesting polar bear, northern sea otter,
and Pacific walrus. These regulations enable us to gather data on the
Alaska Native subsistence and handicraft harvest and on the biology of
polar bear, northern sea otter, and Pacific walrus in Alaska to
determine what effect such take may be having on these populations. The
regulations also provide us with a means of monitoring the disposition
of the harvest to ensure that any commercial use of products created
from these species meets the criteria set forth in Section 101(b) of
the MMPA. The information we collect includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Date of kill.
(2) Sex of the animal.
(3) Kill location.
(4) Form of transportation used to make the kill of polar bears.
(5) Amount of time (i.e., hours/days hunted) spent hunting polar
bears.
(6) Type of take (live killed or beach found) for walrus.
(7) Number of otters present in and number of otters harvested from
pod.
(8) Condition of the bear and whether or not polar bear cubs were
present.
(9) Name of the hunter or possessor of the specified parts at the
time of marking, tagging, and reporting.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0066.
Title: Marine Mammal Tagging, Marking, and Reporting.
Service Form Number(s): R7-50, R7-51, R7-52.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Activity respondents responses response hours
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R7-50 (walrus).................. 1,190 1,190 15 minutes......... 298
R7-51 (polar bear).............. 52 52 15 minutes......... 13
R7-52 (sea otter)............... 796 796 15 minues.......... 199
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Totals...................... 2,038 2,038 ................... 510
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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 that you submit 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. 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.
Dated: June 25, 2007
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E7-13469 Filed 7-11-07; 08:45 am
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