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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2017–N088; FF09M21200–
167–FXMB1231099BPP0; OMB Control
Number 1018–0103]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Conservation Order for
Light Geese
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 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
information collection is scheduled to
expire on April 30, 2018. 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 September 1,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or Info_Coll@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0103’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer at Info_Coll@fws.gov
(email) or (703) 358–2503 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (Act;
16 U.S.C. 703–712) implements the four
bilateral migratory bird treaties the
United States entered into with Great
Britain (for Canada), Mexico, Japan, and
Russia. The Act authorizes and directs
the Secretary of the Interior to allow
hunting, taking, etc., of migratory birds
subject to the provisions of and in order
to carry out the purposes of the four
treaties. Section VII of the U.S.-Canada
Migratory Bird Treaty authorizes the
taking of migratory birds that, under
extraordinary conditions, become
seriously injurious to agricultural or
other interests.
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. Title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at part 21 provides
authority for the management of
overabundant light geese.
Regulations at 50 CFR 21.60 authorize
States and tribes in the midcontinent
and Atlantic flyway regions to control
light geese within the United States
through the use of alternative regulatory
Annual
number of
respondents
Activity
Conservation Order for Control of Light Geese (State/
Tribal Governments):
Reporting ...................................................................
Recordkeeping ...........................................................
Conservation Order Participants—Provide Information to
States (Individuals or Households):
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strategies. The conservation order
authorizes States and tribes to
implement population control measures
without having to obtain a Federal
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 and tribes
participating in the conservation order
must:
• Designate participants and inform
them of the requirements and
conditions of the conservation order.
Individual States and tribes determine
the method to designate participants
and how they will collect information
from participants.
• Keep records of activities carried
out under the authority of the
conservation order, including:
(1) Number of persons participating in
the conservation order;
(2) Number of days people
participated in the conservation order;
(3) Number of light geese shot and
retrieved under the conservation order;
and
(4) Number of light geese shot, but not
retrieved.
• Submit an annual report
summarizing the activities conducted
under the conservation order on or
before September 15 of each year. Tribal
information can be incorporated in State
reports to reduce the number of reports
submitted.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0103.
Title: Conservation Order for Light
Geese, 50 CFR 21.60.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: State and
tribal governments; individuals who
participate in the conservation order.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Completion
time per
response
Total annual
responses
1
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Annual
burden
hours *
1,638
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Annual
number of
respondents
Activity
Number of
responses
each
Completion
time per
response
Total annual
responses
Annual
burden
hours *
Reporting ...................................................................
21,538
1
21,538
8 minutes ..........
2,872
Total ....................................................................
21,577
........................
21,577
...........................
4,627
* Rounded.
Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden
Cost: $78,000, primarily for State
overhead costs (materials, printing,
postage, etc.).
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,
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.
IV. Authorities
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
The authorities for this action are the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C.
703–712) and the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: June 27, 2017.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–13883 Filed 6–30–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2017–N061; FF07CAFB00–
178–FXFR13350700001]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: OMB Control Number 1018–
0146; Annual Report—Depredation
Order for Blackbirds, Grackles,
Cowbirds, Magpies, and Crows
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 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
information collection is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2017. 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 September 1,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC 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 Info_Coll@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0146’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, at Info_Coll@fws.gov
(email) or (703) 358–2503 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
(MBTA; 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.)
implements four treaties concerning
migratory birds signed by the United
States with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and
Russia. These treaties require we
preserve most species of birds in the
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United States, and activities involving
migratory birds are prohibited except as
authorized by regulation. 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
regulation.
This information collection is
associated with our regulations that
implement the MBTA. In 2003, the
Service issued regulations at 50 CFR
21.43 establishing a depredation order
that authorize the take of blackbirds,
cowbirds, crows, grackles, and magpies
under certain circumstances. These
regulations impose reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. In this
regulation is a depredation order that
authorizes take of blackbirds, cowbirds,
grackles, crows, and magpies ‘‘when
found committing or about to commit
depredations upon ornamental or shade
trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or
wildlife, or when concentrated in such
numbers and manner as to constitute a
health hazard or other nuisance.’’
All persons or entities acting under
this depredation order must provide an
annual report containing the following
information for each species:
• Number of birds taken,
• Months and years in which the
birds were taken,
• State(s) and county(ies) in which
the birds were taken, and
• General purpose for which the birds
were taken (such as for protection of
agriculture, human health and safety,
property, or natural resources).
We collect this information so that we
will be able to determine how many
birds of each species are taken each year
and whether the control actions are
likely to affect the populations of those
species.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0146.
Title: Depredation Order for
Blackbirds, Grackles, Cowbirds,
Magpies, and Crows, 50 CFR 21.43.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Form
3–202–21–2143.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: State and
Federal wildlife damage management
personnel; farmers; and individuals.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-MB-2017-N088; FF09M21200-167-FXMB1231099BPP0; OMB Control
Number 1018-0103]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Conservation Order for
Light Geese
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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
information collection is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2018. 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 September 1, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC 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
Info_Coll@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0103'' in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer at Info_Coll@fws.gov (email) or (703) 358-2503
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (Act; 16 U.S.C. 703-712) implements
the four bilateral migratory bird treaties the United States entered
into with Great Britain (for Canada), Mexico, Japan, and Russia. The
Act authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow
hunting, taking, etc., of migratory birds subject to the provisions of
and in order to carry out the purposes of the four treaties. Section
VII of the U.S.-Canada Migratory Bird Treaty authorizes the taking of
migratory birds that, under extraordinary conditions, become seriously
injurious to agricultural or other interests.
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. Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at part
21 provides authority for the management of overabundant light geese.
Regulations at 50 CFR 21.60 authorize States and tribes in the
midcontinent and Atlantic flyway regions to control light geese within
the United States through the use of alternative regulatory strategies.
The conservation order authorizes States and tribes to implement
population control measures without having to obtain a Federal 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 and
tribes participating in the conservation order must:
Designate participants and inform them of the requirements
and conditions of the conservation order. Individual States and tribes
determine the method to designate participants and how they will
collect information from participants.
Keep records of activities carried out under the authority
of the conservation order, including:
(1) Number of persons participating in the conservation order;
(2) Number of days people participated in the conservation order;
(3) Number of light geese shot and retrieved under the conservation
order; and
(4) Number of light geese shot, but not retrieved.
Submit an annual report summarizing the activities
conducted under the conservation order on or before September 15 of
each year. Tribal information can be incorporated in State reports to
reduce the number of reports submitted.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0103.
Title: Conservation Order for Light Geese, 50 CFR 21.60.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: State and tribal governments;
individuals who participate in the conservation order.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual number Number of Total annual Annual burden
Activity of respondents responses each responses Completion time per response hours *
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conservation Order for Control of Light Geese
(State/Tribal Governments):
Reporting.................................. 39 1 39 42 hours............................... 1,638
Recordkeeping.............................. 3 hours................................ 117
Conservation Order Participants--Provide
Information to States (Individuals or
Households):
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Reporting.................................. 21,538 1 21,538 8 minutes.............................. 2,872
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Total.................................. 21,577 .............. 21,577 ....................................... 4,627
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* Rounded.
Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $78,000, primarily for State
overhead costs (materials, printing, postage, etc.).
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,
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.
IV. Authorities
The authorities for this action are the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
(16 U.S.C. 703-712) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.).
Dated: June 27, 2017.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-13883 Filed 6-30-17; 8:45 am]
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