Proposed Information Collection; Depredation Orders for Double-Crested Cormorants, 58770-58771 [2015-24704]
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IV. Authority
To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by November 30,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the 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 ‘‘1018–0121’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992
(16 U.S.C. 4901–4916).
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Proposed Information Collection;
Depredation Orders for DoubleCrested Cormorants
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. 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 February
29, 2016. 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.
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This information collection is
associated with regulations
implementing the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
Under the MBTA, it is unlawful to take,
possess, import, export, transport, sell,
purchase, barter, or offer for sale,
purchase, or barter, migratory birds or
their parts, nests, or eggs, except as
authorized by regulations implementing
the MBTA.
The regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 21.47
(Aquaculture Depredation Order)
authorize aquaculture producers and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(APHIS—Wildlife Services) in 13 States
to take double-crested cormorants when
the birds are found committing or about
to commit depredations on commercial
freshwater aquaculture stocks. The
regulations at 50 CFR 21.48 (Public
Number of
respondents
Activity
Resource Depredation Order) authorize
State fish and wildlife agencies,
APHIS—Wildlife Services, and federally
recognized tribes in 24 States to take
double-crested cormorants to prevent
depredations on the public resources of
fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats.
Both 50 CFR 21.47 and 21.48 impose
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements on those operating under
the depredation orders. We use the
information collected to:
• Help assess the impact of the
depredation orders on double-crested
cormorant populations.
• Protect nontarget migratory birds or
other species.
• Ensure that agencies and
individuals are operating in accordance
with the terms, conditions, and purpose
of the orders.
• Help gauge the effectiveness of the
orders at mitigating cormorant-related
damages.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0121.
Title: Depredation Orders for DoubleCrested Cormorants, 50 CFR 21.47 and
21.48.
Service Form Number(s): 3–202–18–
2147; 3–202–19–2148.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Aquaculture producers, States, and
tribes.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually for
reports; ongoing for recordkeeping.
Completion
time per
response
(hours)
Number of
responses
Total annual
burden hours
1
1
1
1
1
12
12
9
325
1
12
12
9
325
1
3
20
75
7
1
36
240
675
2,275
Totals ................................................................................................................
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Report take of migratory bird species other than double-crested cormorants
(21.47(d)(7); 21.48(d)(7)) .....................................................................................
Report take of species protected under Endangered Species Act (21.47(d)(8);
21.48(d)(8)) ..........................................................................................................
Written notice of intent to conduct control activities (21.48(d)(9)) ..........................
Report of control activities (21.48(d)(10) and (11)) .................................................
Report effects of management activities (21.48(d)(12)) ..........................................
Recordkeeping (21.47(d)(9)) ...................................................................................
360
360
......................
3,228
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.
III. Comments
We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
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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
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• 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,
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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.
Dated: September 24, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Request for Nominations for the
Invasive Species Advisory Committee
National Invasive Species
Council, Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, on behalf of the
interdepartmental National Invasive
Species Council (NISC), proposes to
appoint new members to the Invasive
Species Advisory Committee (ISAC).
The Secretary of the Interior, acting as
administrative lead, is requesting
nominations for qualified persons to
serve as members of the ISAC.
DATES: Nominations must be
postmarked by November 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent
to Jamie K. Reaser, Executive Director,
National Invasive Species Council (OS/
NISC), Regular/Express Mail: 1849 C
Street NW. (Mailstop 3530),
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelsey Brantley, Program Specialist and
ISAC Coordinator, at (202) 208–4122,
fax: (202) 208–4118, or by email at
Kelsey_Brantley@ios.doi.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Advisory Committee Scope and
Objectives
Executive Order (EO) 13122
authorized the National Invasive
Species Council (NISC) to provide
interdepartmental coordination,
planning, and leadership for the Federal
Government on the prevention,
eradication, and control of invasive
species. NISC is currently comprised of
thirteen Federal Departments and
Agencies. The Co-chairs of NISC are the
Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture,
and Commerce. The Invasive Species
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Advisory Committee (ISAC) advises
NISC. NISC is requesting nominations
for individuals to serve on the ISAC.
NISC provides high-level
interdepartmental coordination of
Federal invasive species actions and
works with other Federal and nonFederal groups to address invasive
species issues at the national level.
NISC duties, as outlined in EO 13112
are to: Oversee implementation of EO
13112, while working to ensure that the
Federal agency activities concerning
invasive species are coordinated,
complementary, cost-efficient, and
effective; encourage planning and action
at local, tribal, state, regional, and
ecosystem-based level to achieve
strategic goals; develop
recommendations for international
cooperation; work with the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) to develop
guidance to Federal Agencies pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA); facilitate development of a
coordinated network among Federal
Agencies to document, evaluate, and
monitor invasive species impacts; and
prepare, issue (implement), and update
a National Invasive Species
Management Plan (Management Plan).
ISAC is chartered under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA; 5
U.S.C. App. 2). At the request of NISC,
ISAC provides advice to NISC member
Departments and Agencies on topics
related to NISC’s aforementioned duties.
As a multi-stakeholder advisory
committee, ISAC is intended to play a
key role in recommending plans and
actions to be taken at local, tribal, State,
regional, and ecosystem-based levels to
achieve the goals and objectives of the
Management Plan. It is hoped that,
collectively, ISAC will represent the
views of the broad range of individuals
and communities knowledgeable of and
affected by invasive species.
Prospective members of ISAC need to
have substantial expertise in the
prevention, eradication, and/or control
of invasive species, as well as to
demonstrate a high degree of capacity
for: advising individuals in leadership
positions, team work, project
management, tracking relevant Federal
government programs and policy
making procedures, and networking
with and representing their peercommunity of interest. ISAC members
need not be scientists. Membership from
a wide range of disciplines and
professional sectors is encouraged. At
this time, we are particularly interested
in applications from representatives of
tribes, states, non-governmental
organizations, the private sector, and
large-scale land management entities
(urban and rural).
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After consultation with the other
members of NISC, the Secretary of the
Interior will appoint members to ISAC.
NISC will select members based on their
individual qualifications, as well as the
overall need to achieve a balanced
representation of viewpoints, subject
matter expertise, regional knowledge,
and representation of communities of
interests. ISAC member terms are
limited to three (3) years from their date
of appointment to ISAC. Following
completion of their first term, an ISAC
member may request consideration for
reappointment to an additional term.
Reappointment is not guaranteed.
Typically, the ISAC meets twice per
year (spring and fall). Between these
meetings, ISAC members are expected
to participate in committee work via
conference calls and email exchanges.
Members of the ISAC and its
subcommittees serve without pay.
However, while away from their homes
or regular places of business in the
performance of services of the ISAC,
members may be reimbursed for travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, in the same manner as
persons employed intermittently in the
government service, as authorized by
section 5703 of title 5, United States
Code. Employees of the Federal
Government ARE NOT eligible for
nomination or appointment to ISAC.
Individuals who are federally registered
lobbyists are ineligible to serve on all
FACA and non-FACA boards,
committees, or councils in an individual
capacity. The term ‘‘individual
capacity’’ refers to individuals who are
appointed to exercise their own
individual best judgment on behalf of
the government, such as when they are
designated Special Government
Employees, rather than being appointed
to represent a particular interest.
Nominations should include a resume
providing an adequate description of the
nominee’s qualifications, including
information that would enable the
Department of the Interior to make an
informed decision regarding meeting the
membership requirements of the
Committee and permit the Department
of the Interior to contact a potential
member.
Any interested person or entity may
nominate one or more qualified
individuals for membership on the
ISAC. Self-nominations are also
accepted. Persons or entities submitting
nomination packages on the behalf of
others must confirm that the
individual(s) is/are aware of their
nomination. Nominations must be
postmarked no later than November 30,
2015 to Jamie K. Reaser, Executive
Director, National Invasive Species
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FW-HQ-MB-2015-N186; FF09M29000-156F1611MD-FXMB12320900000]
Proposed Information Collection; Depredation Orders for Double-
Crested Cormorants
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. 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 February 29, 2016. 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: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC,
we must receive them by November 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the 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 ``1018-0121'' in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This information collection is associated with regulations
implementing the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 et
seq.). Under the MBTA, it is unlawful to take, possess, import, export,
transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or
barter, migratory birds or their parts, nests, or eggs, except as
authorized by regulations implementing the MBTA.
The regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
21.47 (Aquaculture Depredation Order) authorize aquaculture producers
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (APHIS--Wildlife Services) in 13
States to take double-crested cormorants when the birds are found
committing or about to commit depredations on commercial freshwater
aquaculture stocks. The regulations at 50 CFR 21.48 (Public Resource
Depredation Order) authorize State fish and wildlife agencies, APHIS--
Wildlife Services, and federally recognized tribes in 24 States to take
double-crested cormorants to prevent depredations on the public
resources of fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats.
Both 50 CFR 21.47 and 21.48 impose reporting and recordkeeping
requirements on those operating under the depredation orders. We use
the information collected to:
Help assess the impact of the depredation orders on
double-crested cormorant populations.
Protect nontarget migratory birds or other species.
Ensure that agencies and individuals are operating in
accordance with the terms, conditions, and purpose of the orders.
Help gauge the effectiveness of the orders at mitigating
cormorant-related damages.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0121.
Title: Depredation Orders for Double-Crested Cormorants, 50 CFR
21.47 and 21.48.
Service Form Number(s): 3-202-18-2147; 3-202-19-2148.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Aquaculture producers, States, and
tribes.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually for reports; ongoing for
recordkeeping.
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Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Report take of migratory bird species other than double- 1 1 1 1
crested cormorants (21.47(d)(7); 21.48(d)(7))..........
Report take of species protected under Endangered 1 1 1 1
Species Act (21.47(d)(8); 21.48(d)(8)).................
Written notice of intent to conduct control activities 12 12 3 36
(21.48(d)(9))..........................................
Report of control activities (21.48(d)(10) and (11)).... 12 12 20 240
Report effects of management activities (21.48(d)(12)).. 9 9 75 675
Recordkeeping (21.47(d)(9))............................. 325 325 7 2,275
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Totals.............................................. 360 360 ............ 3,228
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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,
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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.
Dated: September 24, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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