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of experimental population animals or
the inadvertent discovery of an injured
or dead individual.
The information that we collect
includes:
• Name, address, and phone number
of reporting party.
• Species involved.
• Type of incident.
• Location and time of the reported
incident.
• Description of the circumstances
related to the incident.
This information helps us to assess
the effectiveness of control activities
and to develop better means to reduce
problems with livestock for those
species where depredation is a problem.
Service recovery specialists use the
information to determine the success of
reintroductions in relation to
established recovery plan goals for the
threatened and endangered species
involved.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0095.
Number of
respondents
Activity
Title: Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife, Experimental Populations, 50
CFR 17.84 and 17.85.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals and households, private
sector, and State/local/tribal
governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Completion
time per
response
(minutes)
Number of
responses
Total annual
burden hours
Notification—general take or removal .............................................................
Notification—depredation-related take ............................................................
Notification—specimen collection ....................................................................
44
36
21
44
36
21
15
15
15
11
9
5
Totals ........................................................................................................
101
101
........................
25
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III. Comments
We 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. We will include 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: October 28, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–FHC–2010–N246; 71490–1351–
0000–L5]
Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control No.
1018–0070; Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals During Specified Activities
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on
November 30, 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
SUMMARY:
Number of annual
responses
Activity
Application for procedural regulations 1 .............................................................
LOA Requests ...................................................................................................
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information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before December 3, 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, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email).
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: 1018–0070.
Title: Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals During Specified Activities,
50 CFR 18.27 and 50 CFR 18, Subparts
I and J.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: 20 oil
and gas companies.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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600
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Number of annual
responses
Activity
Completion time per
response (hours)
Total annual burden hours
Onsite Monitoring and Observation Reports .....................................................
Final Monitoring Report .....................................................................................
300
25
1.5
10
450
250
TOTALS ......................................................................................................
352
..................................
1,500
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Occurs once every 5 years.
Abstract: This revised information
collection combines requirements
associated with specified marine
mammal activities in the Beaufort and
Chukchi Seas. The Office of
Management and Budget approved the
information collection requirements
associated with oil and gas exploration
activities in the Chukchi Sea and
assigned OMB Control No. 1018–0139,
which expires June 30, 2011. If OMB
approves this combined request, we will
discontinue OMB Control No. 1018–
0139.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) imposed, with certain
exceptions, a moratorium on the taking
of marine mammals. Section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA directs the
Secretary of the Interior to allow, upon
request by citizens of the United States,
the taking of small numbers of marine
mammals incidental to specified
activities (other than commercial
fishing) if the Secretary makes certain
findings and prescribes specific
regulations that, among other things,
establish permissible methods of taking.
Applicants seeking to conduct
activities must request a Letter of
Authorization (LOA) for the specific
activity and submit onsite monitoring
reports and a final report of the activity
to the Secretary. This is a nonform
collection. Regulations at 50 CFR 18.27
outline the procedures and
requirements for submitting a request.
Specific regulations governing
authorized activities in the Beaufort Sea
are in 50 CFR 18, subpart J. Regulations
governing authorized activities in the
Chukchi Sea are in 50 CFR 18, subpart
I. These regulations provide the
applicant with a detailed description of
information that we need to evaluate the
proposed activity and determine
whether or not to issue specific
regulations and, subsequently, LOAs.
We use the information to verify the
finding required to issue incidental take
regulations, to decide if we should issue
an LOA, and, if issued, what conditions
should be in the LOA. In addition, we
will analyze the information to
determine impacts to the marine
mammals and the availability of those
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marine mammals for subsistence
purposes of Alaska Natives.
Comments: On July 20, 2010, we
published in the Federal Register (75
FR 42118) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited comments for 60 days,
ending on September 20, 2010. We
received one comment. The commenter
expressed opposition to authorization of
activities for the oil and gas industry.
We note the concerns raised by this
individual; however, we do not grant
authorization for industry activities.
Instead, we are required under Section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA to take
certain actions with regard to the
‘‘incidental taking’’ of marine mammals
that may result from specified activities.
The regulations at 50 CFR 18.27(c)
define incidental, but not intentional,
taking as ‘‘takings which are infrequent,
unavoidable, or accidental. It does not
mean that the taking must be
unexpected.’’ The commenter did not
address the information collection
requirements, and we did not make any
changes to our information collection.
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.
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Dated: October 28, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–27694 Filed 11–2–10; 8:45 am]
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Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge,
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Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
comprehensive conservation plan and
environmental assessment; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), intend to
prepare a comprehensive conservation
plan (CCP) for Tualatin River National
Wildlife Refuge (refuge) in Sherwood,
Oregon. We will also prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) to
evaluate the potential effects of various
CCP alternatives. We provide this notice
in compliance with our CCP policy to
advise other Federal and State agencies,
Tribes, and the public of our intentions
and to obtain suggestions and
information on the scope of issues to
consider during the CCP planning
process.
SUMMARY:
To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by January
10, 2011. We will announce
opportunities for public input in local
news media, through mailings of
planning updates, and by postings on
the refuge’s Web site throughout the
CCP planning process.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or
requests for more information by any of
the following methods:
E-mail: TualatinCCP@fws.gov. Include
‘‘Tualatin River CCP/EA’’ in the subject
line of the message.
Fax: Attn: Project Leader, (503) 625–
5947.
U.S. Mail: Attn: Project Leader,
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge,
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-FHC-2010-N246; 71490-1351-0000-L5]
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control No. 1018-0070; Incidental Take
of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: We (U.S Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November
30, 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 submit comments on or before December 3, 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, U.S. 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: 1018-0070.
Title: Incidental Take of Marine Mammals During Specified
Activities, 50 CFR 18.27 and 50 CFR 18, Subparts I and J.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: 20 oil and gas companies.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Number of annual Completion time per Total annual
Activity responses response (hours) burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application for procedural regulations \1\......... 2 100 200
LOA Requests....................................... 25 24 600
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Onsite Monitoring and Observation Reports.......... 300 1.5 450
Final Monitoring Report............................ 25 10 250
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TOTALS......................................... 352 ................... 1,500
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\1\ Occurs once every 5 years.
Abstract: This revised information collection combines requirements
associated with specified marine mammal activities in the Beaufort and
Chukchi Seas. The Office of Management and Budget approved the
information collection requirements associated with oil and gas
exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea and assigned OMB Control No.
1018-0139, which expires June 30, 2011. If OMB approves this combined
request, we will discontinue OMB Control No. 1018-0139.
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) imposed, with certain exceptions, a moratorium on
the taking of marine mammals. Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA directs
the Secretary of the Interior to allow, upon request by citizens of the
United States, the taking of small numbers of marine mammals incidental
to specified activities (other than commercial fishing) if the
Secretary makes certain findings and prescribes specific regulations
that, among other things, establish permissible methods of taking.
Applicants seeking to conduct activities must request a Letter of
Authorization (LOA) for the specific activity and submit onsite
monitoring reports and a final report of the activity to the Secretary.
This is a nonform collection. Regulations at 50 CFR 18.27 outline the
procedures and requirements for submitting a request. Specific
regulations governing authorized activities in the Beaufort Sea are in
50 CFR 18, subpart J. Regulations governing authorized activities in
the Chukchi Sea are in 50 CFR 18, subpart I. These regulations provide
the applicant with a detailed description of information that we need
to evaluate the proposed activity and determine whether or not to issue
specific regulations and, subsequently, LOAs.
We use the information to verify the finding required to issue
incidental take regulations, to decide if we should issue an LOA, and,
if issued, what conditions should be in the LOA. In addition, we will
analyze the information to determine impacts to the marine mammals and
the availability of those marine mammals for subsistence purposes of
Alaska Natives.
Comments: On July 20, 2010, we published in the Federal Register
(75 FR 42118) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on September 20, 2010. We received one comment. The
commenter expressed opposition to authorization of activities for the
oil and gas industry. We note the concerns raised by this individual;
however, we do not grant authorization for industry activities.
Instead, we are required under Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA to take
certain actions with regard to the ``incidental taking'' of marine
mammals that may result from specified activities. The regulations at
50 CFR 18.27(c) define incidental, but not intentional, taking as
``takings which are infrequent, unavoidable, or accidental. It does not
mean that the taking must be unexpected.'' The commenter did not
address the information collection requirements, and we did not make
any changes to our information collection.
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: October 28, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service..
[FR Doc. 2010-27694 Filed 11-2-10; 8:45 am]
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