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Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control
Number 1018-0124; Alaska Migratory
Bird Subsistence Harvest Household
Survey
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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 January 31, 2010. 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 send comments on or
before February 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA
Number of annual
respondents
Activity
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3-2380—Tracking Sheet and Household Consent ..................
3-2381-1 thru 3-2381-4—Harvest Report (three seasonal
sheets).
Totals ................................................................................
Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty
Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 703-712) 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 managing migratory bird populations
that frequent the United States and for
setting harvest regulations that allow for
the conservation of those populations.
These responsibilities include gathering
accurate geographical and temporal data
on various characteristics of migratory
bird harvest. We use harvest data to
review regulation proposals and to issue
harvest regulations.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Protocol Amendment (1995)
(Amendment) provides for the
customary and traditional use of
migratory birds and their eggs for
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or
e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0124.
Title: Alaska Migratory Bird
Subsistence Harvest Household Survey.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2380, 32381-1, 3-2381-2, 3-2381-3, and 3-23814.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Households within
subsistence eligible areas of Alaska
(Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Archipelago,
the Aleutian Islands, or in areas north
and west of the Alaska Range).
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually for
Tracking Sheet and Household Consent;
three times annually for Harvest Report.
Number of annual
responses
Completion time
per response
Annual burden
hours
2,829
2,300
2,829
6,900
5 minutes .........
5 minutes .........
236
575
5,129
9,729
.....................
811
subsistence use by indigenous
inhabitants of Alaska. The Amendment
states that its intent is not to cause
significant increases in the take of
species of migratory birds relative to
their continental population sizes. A
submittal letter from the Department of
State to the White House (May 20, 1996)
accompanied the Amendment and
specified the need for harvest
monitoring. The submittal letter stated
that the Service, the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game (ADFG), and Alaska
Native organizations would collect
harvest information cooperatively
within the subsistence eligible areas.
Harvest survey data help to ensure that
customary and traditional subsistence
uses of migratory birds and their eggs by
indigenous inhabitants of Alaska do not
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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) or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
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significantly increase the take of species
of migratory birds relative to their
continental population sizes.
Between 1989 and 2004, we
monitored subsistence harvest of
migratory birds using annual household
surveys in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta,
which is the region of highest
subsistence bird harvest in the State of
Alaska. In 2004, we began monitoring
subsistence harvest of migratory birds in
subsistence eligible areas Statewide.
The Statewide harvest assessment
program helps to track trends and
changes in levels of harvest. The harvest
assessment program relies on
collaboration among the Service, the
ADFG, and a number of Alaska Native
organizations.
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We gather information on the annual
subsistence harvest of 60 bird species/
species categories (ducks, geese, swans,
cranes, upland game birds, seabirds,
shorebirds, and grebes and loons) in the
subsistence eligible areas of Alaska. The
survey covers 10 regions of Alaska,
which are further divided in 29
subregions. We survey the regions and
villages in a rotation schedule to
accommodate budget constraints and to
minimize respondent burden. The
survey covers spring, summer, and fall
harvest in most regions.
In collaboration with Alaska Native
organizations, we hire local resident
surveyors to collect the harvest
information. The surveyors list all
households in the villages to be
surveyed and provide survey
information and harvest report forms to
randomly selected households that have
agreed to participate in the survey. To
ensure anonymity of harvest
information, we identify households by
a numeric code. The surveyor visits
households three times during the
survey year. At the first household visit,
the surveyor explains the survey
purposes and invites household
participation. The surveyor returns at
the end of the season of most harvest
and at the end of the two other seasons
combined to help the household
complete the harvest report form.
We have revised the survey methods
to streamline procedures and reduce
respondent burden. We plan to use two
forms for household participation:
• FWS Form 3-2380 (Tracking Sheet
and Household Consent). The surveyor
visits each household selected to
participate in the survey to provide
information on the objectives and to
obtain household consent to participate.
The surveyor uses this form to record
consent and track subsequent visits for
completion of harvest reports
• FWS Forms 3-2381-1, 3-2381-2, 32381-3, and 3-2381-4 (Harvest Report).
The Harvest Report has drawings of bird
species most commonly available for
harvest in the different regions of Alaska
with fields for writing down the
numbers of birds and eggs taken. There
are four versions of this form: Interior
Alaska, North Slope, Southern Coastal
Alaska, and Western Alaska. This form
has a page for each season surveyed,
and, on each page, there are fields for
the household code, community name,
harvest year, date of completion, and
comments.
Comments: On July 6, 2009, we
published in the Federal Register (74
FR 31970) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew this ICR. In that
notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on September 4, 2009. We
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did not receive any comments in
response to that notice.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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.
Dated: January 7, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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5481; fax: 907–271–4549; e-mail:
mschoder@blm.gov.
This
survey was executed at the request of
the National Park Service, Alaska
Region, and represents reacquired
Federal Lands as part of a land exchange
authorized by Public Law 105–317.
The lands surveyed are:
The plat(s) and field notes of U.S.
Survey No. 13830, Alaska, a subdivision
of a portion 1C and 1D, U.S. Survey No.
1249, the retracement of a portion of
U.S. Survey No. 3414, the retracement
and dependent resurvey of portions of
U.S. Survey No. 13151 and an
informational traverse of the apparent
centerline of portions of the Chilkoot
Trail, situated on the Taiya River
approximately 4 miles northwesterly of
Skagway, Alaska, within Tps. 25, 26 and
27 S., Rs. 59 and 60 E., Copper River
Meridian.
We will place copies of the survey
plat and field notes we describe in open
files. They will be available to the
public as a matter of information.
Copies may be obtained from this office
for a minimum recovery fee.
If BLM receives a protest against the
survey, as shown on the plat, prior to
the date of official filing, the filing will
be stayed pending consideration of the
protest. We will not officially file the
plat until the day after we have accepted
or dismissed all protests and they have
become final, including decisions on
appeals.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 43 U.S.C. chap. 3 sec. 53.
Dated: January 5, 2010.
Michael H. Schoder,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor.
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Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey;
Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of
survey.
Notice of filing of plats of
survey; Alaska.
DATES: The plat(s) of survey described
below is scheduled to be officially filed
in the Alaska State Office, Bureau of
Land Management, Anchorage, Alaska,
thirty (30) days from the date of
publication in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office; 222
W. 7th Ave., Stop 13; Anchorage, AK
99513–7599.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael H. Schoder, Chief Cadastral
Surveyor for Alaska, Division of
Cadastral Survey, telephone: 907–271–
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or marine mammals.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-MB-2010-N007] [70151-1231-BS51-L6]
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0124; Alaska
Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest Household Survey
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 January
31, 2010. 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 send comments on or before February 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (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) or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or
by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0124.
Title: Alaska Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest Household Survey.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2380, 3-2381-1, 3-2381-2, 3-2381-3, and
3-2381-4.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Households within subsistence eligible areas of
Alaska (Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Archipelago, the Aleutian Islands, or
in areas north and west of the Alaska Range).
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually for Tracking Sheet and Household
Consent; three times annually for Harvest Report.
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Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Activity respondents responses response hours
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3-2380--Tracking Sheet and 2,829 2,829 5 minutes.......... 236
Household Consent.
3-2381-1 thru 3-2381-4--Harvest 2,300 6,900 5 minutes.......... 575
Report (three seasonal sheets).
Totals...................... 5,129 9,729 ................... 811
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Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 703-712)
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 managing
migratory bird populations that frequent the United States and for
setting harvest regulations that allow for the conservation of those
populations. These responsibilities include gathering accurate
geographical and temporal data on various characteristics of migratory
bird harvest. We use harvest data to review regulation proposals and to
issue harvest regulations.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act Protocol Amendment (1995) (Amendment)
provides for the customary and traditional use of migratory birds and
their eggs for subsistence use by indigenous inhabitants of Alaska. The
Amendment states that its intent is not to cause significant increases
in the take of species of migratory birds relative to their continental
population sizes. A submittal letter from the Department of State to
the White House (May 20, 1996) accompanied the Amendment and specified
the need for harvest monitoring. The submittal letter stated that the
Service, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG), and Alaska
Native organizations would collect harvest information cooperatively
within the subsistence eligible areas. Harvest survey data help to
ensure that customary and traditional subsistence uses of migratory
birds and their eggs by indigenous inhabitants of Alaska do not
significantly increase the take of species of migratory birds relative
to their continental population sizes.
Between 1989 and 2004, we monitored subsistence harvest of
migratory birds using annual household surveys in the Yukon-Kuskokwim
Delta, which is the region of highest subsistence bird harvest in the
State of Alaska. In 2004, we began monitoring subsistence harvest of
migratory birds in subsistence eligible areas Statewide. The Statewide
harvest assessment program helps to track trends and changes in levels
of harvest. The harvest assessment program relies on collaboration
among the Service, the ADFG, and a number of Alaska Native
organizations.
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We gather information on the annual subsistence harvest of 60 bird
species/species categories (ducks, geese, swans, cranes, upland game
birds, seabirds, shorebirds, and grebes and loons) in the subsistence
eligible areas of Alaska. The survey covers 10 regions of Alaska, which
are further divided in 29 subregions. We survey the regions and
villages in a rotation schedule to accommodate budget constraints and
to minimize respondent burden. The survey covers spring, summer, and
fall harvest in most regions.
In collaboration with Alaska Native organizations, we hire local
resident surveyors to collect the harvest information. The surveyors
list all households in the villages to be surveyed and provide survey
information and harvest report forms to randomly selected households
that have agreed to participate in the survey. To ensure anonymity of
harvest information, we identify households by a numeric code. The
surveyor visits households three times during the survey year. At the
first household visit, the surveyor explains the survey purposes and
invites household participation. The surveyor returns at the end of the
season of most harvest and at the end of the two other seasons combined
to help the household complete the harvest report form.
We have revised the survey methods to streamline procedures and
reduce respondent burden. We plan to use two forms for household
participation:
FWS Form 3-2380 (Tracking Sheet and Household Consent).
The surveyor visits each household selected to participate in the
survey to provide information on the objectives and to obtain household
consent to participate. The surveyor uses this form to record consent
and track subsequent visits for completion of harvest reports
FWS Forms 3-2381-1, 3-2381-2, 3-2381-3, and 3-2381-4
(Harvest Report). The Harvest Report has drawings of bird species most
commonly available for harvest in the different regions of Alaska with
fields for writing down the numbers of birds and eggs taken. There are
four versions of this form: Interior Alaska, North Slope, Southern
Coastal Alaska, and Western Alaska. This form has a page for each
season surveyed, and, on each page, there are fields for the household
code, community name, harvest year, date of completion, and comments.
Comments: On July 6, 2009, we published in the Federal Register (74
FR 31970) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew this ICR. In
that notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending on September 4,
2009. We did not receive any comments in response to that notice.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information;
Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
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.
Dated: January 7, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-663 Filed 1-14-10; 8:45 am]
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