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for projecting training requirements. It is
also used to track attendance,
mandatory requirements, tuition, and
invoicing for all NCTC-sponsored
courses both on- and off-site.
Comments: On April 25, 2008, we
published in the Federal Register (73 FR
22430) a notice of our intent to request
that OMB renew approval for this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited comments for 60 days,
ending on June 24, 2008. We received
one comment. The comment was
directed to the subject matter, validity,
and necessity of the training and not at
the need for the information collection.
The commenter stated that training does
not help the general public and that
NCTC is a private hunting club. The
commenter believes that the training we
provide is focused on gun, hunting, and
violence proponents.
All training courses that NCTC offers,
with the exception of some bureau
specific courses, are open to members of
the general public who have the
required background experience or
knowledge to allow their full
understanding of the subject matter.
Very few of our training courses have an
emphasis on guns and hunting. Those
courses that do touch on this subject are
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wildlife management and law
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changes to the collection in response to
this comment.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection 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. 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[FWS-R9-MB-2008-N00169] [91200-12319BPP-L2]
Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control
Number 1018-0103; Conservation
Order for Control of Midcontinent Light
Geese
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. The ICR, which is
summarized below, describes the nature
of the collection and the estimated
burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled
to expire on June 30, 2008. 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.
However, under OMB regulations, we
may continue to conduct or sponsor this
information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before July 28, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-6566
(fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov
(e-mail). Please provide a copy of your
comments to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail); (703) 358-2269 (fax); or
hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0103.
Title: Conservation Order for Control
of Midcontinent Light Geese, 50 CFR
21.60.
Service Form Number(s): None.
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Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: State and tribal
governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Number of Respondents: 24.
Number of Annual Responses: 24.
Completion Time per Response: 74
hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,776
hours.
Abstract: The number of light geese
(lesser snow, greater snow, and Ross’
geese) in the midcontinent region has
nearly quadrupled during the past
several decades due to a decline in adult
mortality and an increase in winter
survival. We refer to these species and
subspecies as light geese because of
their light coloration as opposed to dark
geese such as white-fronted or Canada
geese. Because of their feeding activity,
light geese have become seriously
injurious to their habitat as well as to
habitat important to other migratory
birds. This poses a serious threat to the
short- and long-term health and status of
some migratory bird populations. We
believe that the number of light geese in
the midcontinent region has exceeded
long-term sustainable levels for their
arctic and subarctic breeding habitats
and that the populations must be
reduced. 50 CFR 21 provides authority
for the management of overabundant,
midcontinent light geese.
On February 16, 1999, we published
a final rule (64 FR 7517) that established
a conservation order for midcontinent
light geese (50 CFR 21.60). This
regulation authorizes States and tribes
in the midcontinent region to control
midcontinent light geese within the
United States through the use of
alternative regulatory strategies. The
conservation order authorizes States/
tribes to implement population control
measures without having to obtain a
permit, thus significantly reducing their
administrative burden. The
conservation order is a streamlined
process that affords an efficient and
effective population reduction strategy,
rather than addressing the issue through
our permitting process. Furthermore,
this strategy precludes the use of more
drastic and costly direct populationreduction measures such as trapping
and culling geese.
States/tribes that participate in the
conservation order must inform and
brief all participants on the
requirements in 50 CFR 21.60 and
conservation order conditions that
apply to the implementation of light
geese control measures. Participating
States/tribes must collect information
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on the number of birds taken during
control efforts, the methods by which
they were taken, and the date on which
they were taken. We use this
information to administer the
conservation order and, particularly, to
monitor the effectiveness of control
strategies and to protect migratory birds.
Each participating State/tribe must
submit an annual report summarizing
the activities it conducted.
Comments: On April 25, 2008, we
published in the Federal Register (73 FR
22429) a notice of our intent to request
that OMB renew authority for this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited public comments for 60
days, ending on June 24, 2008. We
received one comment during this
period. The commenter objected to the
killing of geese and did not address the
information collection requirements. We
did not make any changes to our
information collection as a result of this
comment.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection 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. 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
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Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E8–14583 Filed 6–26–08; 8:45am
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R8–ES–2008–N0154; 80221–1113–
0000–F5]
Endangered Species Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species.
DATES: Comments on these permit
applications must be received on or
before July 28, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments
should be submitted to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Endangered
Species Program Manager, Region 8,
2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2606,
Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916–
414–6464; fax: 916–414–6486).
Please refer to the respective permit
number for each application when
submitting comments. All comments
received, including names and
addresses, will become part of the
official administrative record and may
be made available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, see ADDRESSES, (telephone:
760–431–9440; fax: 760–431–9624).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following applicants have applied for
scientific research permits to conduct
certain activities with endangered
species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A)
of the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (‘‘we’’) solicits review
and comment from local, State, and
Federal agencies, and the public on the
following permit requests. 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.
Permit No. TE–097845
Applicant: Mantech SRS Technologies,
Lompoc, California.
The applicant requests an amendment
to take (capture, collect, and kill) the
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Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta longiantenna), the
Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus
wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the
vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
packardi) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of each species in
California; and take (survey by pursuit)
the El Segundo Blue butterfly
(Euphilotes battoides allyni) in
conjunction with surveys in Ventura
and Santa Barbara Counties, California
for the purpose of enhancing their
survival.
Permit No. TE–069171
Applicant: National Park Service,
Thousand Oaks, California.
The applicant requests an amendment
to remove/reduce to possession the
Astragalus brauntonii (Braunton’s
milkvetch) from federal lands in
conjunction genetic research and
taxonomic status studies throughout the
range of the species in California, for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE–147533
Applicant: Jeffery J. Mitchell, San
Francisco, California.
The applicant requests an amendment
to take (survey, capture, collect
biological samples, and release) the
California tiger salamander (Ambystoma
californiense) in conjunction with
biological research throughout the range
of the species in California, for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE–185595
Applicant: Kelly E. Buja, Sacramento,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture, collect, and kill) the
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta longiantenna), the
Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus
wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the
vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
packardi) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of each species in
California, for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
We solicit public review and
comment on each of these recovery
permit applications. Comments and
materials we receive will be available
for public inspection, by appointment,
during normal business hours at the
address listed in the ADDRESSES section
of this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-MB-2008-N00169] [91200-1231-9BPP-L2]
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0103; Conservation
Order for Control of Midcontinent Light Geese
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which
is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30,
2008. 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may
continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before July 28, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-
6566 (fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). Please provide a copy
of your comments to Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); (703) 358-2269 (fax); or
hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0103.
Title: Conservation Order for Control of Midcontinent Light Geese,
50 CFR 21.60.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: State and tribal governments.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Number of Respondents: 24.
Number of Annual Responses: 24.
Completion Time per Response: 74 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,776 hours.
Abstract: The number of light geese (lesser snow, greater snow, and
Ross' geese) in the midcontinent region has nearly quadrupled during
the past several decades due to a decline in adult mortality and an
increase in winter survival. We refer to these species and subspecies
as light geese because of their light coloration as opposed to dark
geese such as white-fronted or Canada geese. Because of their feeding
activity, light geese have become seriously injurious to their habitat
as well as to habitat important to other migratory birds. This poses a
serious threat to the short- and long-term health and status of some
migratory bird populations. We believe that the number of light geese
in the midcontinent region has exceeded long-term sustainable levels
for their arctic and subarctic breeding habitats and that the
populations must be reduced. 50 CFR 21 provides authority for the
management of overabundant, midcontinent light geese.
On February 16, 1999, we published a final rule (64 FR 7517) that
established a conservation order for midcontinent light geese (50 CFR
21.60). This regulation authorizes States and tribes in the
midcontinent region to control midcontinent light geese within the
United States through the use of alternative regulatory strategies. The
conservation order authorizes States/tribes to implement population
control measures without having to obtain a permit, thus significantly
reducing their administrative burden. The conservation order is a
streamlined process that affords an efficient and effective population
reduction strategy, rather than addressing the issue through our
permitting process. Furthermore, this strategy precludes the use of
more drastic and costly direct population-reduction measures such as
trapping and culling geese.
States/tribes that participate in the conservation order must
inform and brief all participants on the requirements in 50 CFR 21.60
and conservation order conditions that apply to the implementation of
light geese control measures. Participating States/tribes must collect
information
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on the number of birds taken during control efforts, the methods by
which they were taken, and the date on which they were taken. We use
this information to administer the conservation order and,
particularly, to monitor the effectiveness of control strategies and to
protect migratory birds. Each participating State/tribe must submit an
annual report summarizing the activities it conducted.
Comments: On April 25, 2008, we published in the Federal Register
(73 FR 22429) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew
authority for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited
public comments for 60 days, ending on June 24, 2008. We received one
comment during this period. The commenter objected to the killing of
geese and did not address the information collection requirements. We
did not make any changes to our information collection as a result of
this comment.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection 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. 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E8-14583 Filed 6-26-08; 8:45am
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