Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget for Approval; Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and Activity Reports for National Wildlife Refuges, 21258-21259 [2015-08808]
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Dated: April 13, 2015.
David W. Hoskins,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task
Force, Assistant Director for Fish and Aquatic
Conservation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–R–2015–N073;
FXRS12630900000–156–FF09R81000]
Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
for Approval; Hunting and Fishing
Application Forms and Activity
Reports for National Wildlife Refuges
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 the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
SUMMARY:
collection and the estimated burden and
cost. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on April 30, 2015.
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 May 18, 2015.
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_
Submission@omb.eop.gov (email).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0140’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_
Number of
respondents
Activity
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
3–2354
3–2355
3–2356
3–2357
3–2358
3–2359
3–2360
3–2361
3–2362
Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018–0140.
Title: Hunting and Fishing
Application Forms and Activity Reports
for National Wildlife Refuges; 50 CFR
25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32.
Service Form Number(s): 3–2354, 3–
2355, 3–2356, 3–2357, 3–2358, 3–2359,
3–2360, 3–2361, 3–2362.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
(for applications, usually once per year
at the beginning of the hunting season;
for activity reports, once at the
conclusion of the hunting/fishing
experience).
Completion
time per
response
(minutes)
Number of
responses
Total annual
burden hours
........................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
169,200
87,400
2,400
4,900
2,400
82,700
387,300
29,100
24,400
169,200
87,400
2,400
4,900
2,400
82,700
387,300
29,100
24,400
30
30
30
30
30
15
15
15
15
84,600
43,700
1,200
2,450
1,200
20,675
96,825
7,275
6,100
Totals ......................................................................................
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grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone). You may review the ICR
online at https://www.reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to review Department of
the Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
789,800
789,800
........................
264,025
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: We estimate the annual nonhour
cost burden to be $60,000 for hunting
application fees at some refuges.
Abstract: The National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee), as
amended (Administration Act), and the
Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16
U.S.C. 460k–460k–4) (Recreation Act)
govern the administration and uses of
national wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The
Administration Act consolidated all the
different refuge areas into a single
Refuge System. It also authorizes us to
permit public uses, including hunting
and fishing, on lands of the Refuge
System when we find that the activity
is compatible and appropriate with the
purpose for which the refuge was
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established. The Recreation Act allows
the use of refuges for public recreation
when the use is not inconsistent or does
not interfere with the primary
purpose(s) of the refuge.
We administer 373 hunting programs
and 271 fishing programs on 408 refuges
and wetland management districts. We
only collect user information at about 20
percent of these refuges. Information
that we plan to collect will help us:
• Administer and monitor hunting
and fishing programs on refuges.
• Distribute hunting and fishing
permits in a fair and equitable manner
to eligible participants.
We use nine application and report
forms associated with hunting and
fishing on refuges. We may not allow all
opportunities on all refuges; therefore,
we developed different forms to
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simplify the process and avoid
confusion for applicants. The currently
approved forms are available online at
https://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all
refuges will use each form and some
refuges may collect the identical
information in a nonform format.
We use the following application
forms when we assign areas, dates, and/
or types of hunts via a drawing because
of limited resources, high demand, or
when a permit is needed to hunt. We
issue application forms for specific
periods, usually seasonally or annually.
• FWS Form 3–2354 (Quota Deer
Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2355 (Waterfowl
Lottery Application).
• FWS Form 3–2356 (Big/Upland
Game Hunt Application).
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• FWS Form 3–2357 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2358 (Fishing/
Shrimping/Crabbing Application).
We collect information on:
• Applicant (name, address, phone
number) so that we can notify
applicants of their selection.
• User preferences (dates, areas,
method) so that we can distribute users
equitably.
• Whether or not the applicant is
applying for a special opportunity for
disabled or youth hunters.
• Age of youth hunter(s) so that we
can establish eligibility.
We ask users to report on their
success after their experience so that we
can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and
resource impacts. We use the following
activity reports, which we distribute
during appropriate seasons, as
determined by State or Federal
regulations.
• FWS Form 3–2359 (Big Game
Harvest Report).
• FWS Form 3–2360 (Fishing Report).
• FWS Form 3–2361 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Report).
• FWS Form 3–2362 (Upland/Small
Game/Furbearer Report).
We collect information on:
• Names of users so we can
differentiate between responses.
• City and State of residence so that
we can better understand if users are
local or traveling.
• Dates, time, and number in party so
we can identify use trends and allocate
staff and resources.
• Details of success by species so that
we can evaluate quality of experience
and resource impacts.
Comments Received and Our Responses
Comments: On February 2, 2015, we
published in the Federal Register (80
FR 5572) 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 April 3, 2015. We
received one comment. The commenter
opposed the issuance of any hunting
permits, but did not address the
information collection requirements. We
did not make any changes to our
requirements.
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Request for Public Comments
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;
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• 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, email 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: April 13, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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Endangered Species; Receipt of
Applications for Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
for permit.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless Federal authorization is
acquired that allows such activities.
DATES: We must receive comments or
requests for documents on or before
May 18, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Division of
Management Authority, Branch of
Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358–
2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax);
DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How do I request copies of
applications or comment on submitted
applications?
Send your request for copies of
applications or comments and materials
concerning any of the applications to
the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
Please include the Federal Register
notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant
in your request or submission. We will
not consider requests or comments sent
to an email or address not listed under
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
address in your request for copies of
applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or
comments as specific as possible. Please
confine your comments to issues for
which we seek comments in this notice,
and explain the basis for your
comments. Include sufficient
information with your comments to
allow us to authenticate any scientific or
commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to
influence agency decisions are: (1)
Those supported by quantitative
information or studies; and (2) Those
that include citations to, and analyses
of, the applicable laws and regulations.
We will not consider or include in our
administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment
period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I review comments submitted by
others?
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the street
address listed under ADDRESSES. The
public may review documents and other
information applicants have sent in
support of the application unless our
allowing viewing would violate the
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
Act. Before including your address,
phone number, email 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.
II. Background
To help us carry out our conservation
responsibilities for affected species, and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-R-2015-N073; FXRS12630900000-156-FF09R81000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget for Approval; Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and
Activity Reports for National Wildlife Refuges
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This
information collection is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2015. 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 May 18, 2015.
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_Submission@omb.eop.gov
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
(mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0140'' in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at https://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018-0140.
Title: Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and Activity Reports
for National Wildlife Refuges; 50 CFR 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2354, 3-2355, 3-2356, 3-2357, 3-2358, 3-
2359, 3-2360, 3-2361, 3-2362.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion (for applications, usually
once per year at the beginning of the hunting season; for activity
reports, once at the conclusion of the hunting/fishing experience).
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Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(minutes)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FWS Form 3-2354........................ 169,200 169,200 30 84,600
FWS Form 3-2355........................ 87,400 87,400 30 43,700
FWS Form 3-2356........................ 2,400 2,400 30 1,200
FWS Form 3-2357........................ 4,900 4,900 30 2,450
FWS Form 3-2358........................ 2,400 2,400 30 1,200
FWS Form 3-2359........................ 82,700 82,700 15 20,675
FWS Form 3-2360........................ 387,300 387,300 15 96,825
FWS Form 3-2361........................ 29,100 29,100 15 7,275
FWS Form 3-2362........................ 24,400 24,400 15 6,100
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Totals............................. 789,800 789,800 .............. 264,025
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: We estimate the annual
nonhour cost burden to be $60,000 for hunting application fees at some
refuges.
Abstract: The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), as amended (Administration Act), and the
Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k-460k-4) (Recreation Act)
govern the administration and uses of national wildlife refuges and
wetland management districts. The Administration Act consolidated all
the different refuge areas into a single Refuge System. It also
authorizes us to permit public uses, including hunting and fishing, on
lands of the Refuge System when we find that the activity is compatible
and appropriate with the purpose for which the refuge was established.
The Recreation Act allows the use of refuges for public recreation when
the use is not inconsistent or does not interfere with the primary
purpose(s) of the refuge.
We administer 373 hunting programs and 271 fishing programs on 408
refuges and wetland management districts. We only collect user
information at about 20 percent of these refuges. Information that we
plan to collect will help us:
Administer and monitor hunting and fishing programs on
refuges.
Distribute hunting and fishing permits in a fair and
equitable manner to eligible participants.
We use nine application and report forms associated with hunting
and fishing on refuges. We may not allow all opportunities on all
refuges; therefore, we developed different forms to simplify the
process and avoid confusion for applicants. The currently approved
forms are available online at https://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all
refuges will use each form and some refuges may collect the identical
information in a nonform format.
We use the following application forms when we assign areas, dates,
and/or types of hunts via a drawing because of limited resources, high
demand, or when a permit is needed to hunt. We issue application forms
for specific periods, usually seasonally or annually.
FWS Form 3-2354 (Quota Deer Hunt Application).
FWS Form 3-2355 (Waterfowl Lottery Application).
FWS Form 3-2356 (Big/Upland Game Hunt Application).
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FWS Form 3-2357 (Migratory Bird Hunt Application).
FWS Form 3-2358 (Fishing/Shrimping/Crabbing Application).
We collect information on:
Applicant (name, address, phone number) so that we can
notify applicants of their selection.
User preferences (dates, areas, method) so that we can
distribute users equitably.
Whether or not the applicant is applying for a special
opportunity for disabled or youth hunters.
Age of youth hunter(s) so that we can establish
eligibility.
We ask users to report on their success after their experience so
that we can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and resource impacts. We
use the following activity reports, which we distribute during
appropriate seasons, as determined by State or Federal regulations.
FWS Form 3-2359 (Big Game Harvest Report).
FWS Form 3-2360 (Fishing Report).
FWS Form 3-2361 (Migratory Bird Hunt Report).
FWS Form 3-2362 (Upland/Small Game/Furbearer Report).
We collect information on:
Names of users so we can differentiate between responses.
City and State of residence so that we can better
understand if users are local or traveling.
Dates, time, and number in party so we can identify use
trends and allocate staff and resources.
Details of success by species so that we can evaluate
quality of experience and resource impacts.
Comments Received and Our Responses
Comments: On February 2, 2015, we published in the Federal Register
(80 FR 5572) 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 April 3, 2015. We received one comment. The
commenter opposed the issuance of any hunting permits, but did not
address the information collection requirements. We did not make any
changes to our requirements.
Request for Public Comments
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, email
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: April 13, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-08808 Filed 4-16-15; 8:45 am]
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