Agency Information Collection Activities; Incidental Take of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities, 60107-60108 [2019-24298]
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Abstract: Information collection
requirements associated with the
Federal fish and wildlife permit
applications and reports for both
migratory birds and eagles are currently
approved under a single OMB control
number, 1018–0022, ‘‘Federal Fish and
Wildlife Permit Applications and
Reports—Migratory Birds and Eagles; 50
CFR 10, 13, 21, 22.’’ With this
submission to OMB, we are proposing to
reinstate OMB Control Number 1018–
0167, ‘‘Eagle Take Permits and Fees, 50
CFR 22,’’ in order transfer the eagle
requirements back in to a separate
information collection. This transfer
will facilitate easier management of the
information collection requirements
associated with eagles. We are not
proposing any changes to the currently
approved eagle requirements. This
request will simply transfer the
information collection requirements
associated with eagles back in to their
original collection under OMB Control
Number 1018–0167.
The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection
Act (Eagle Act; 16 U.S.C. 668–668d)
prohibits take of bald eagles and golden
eagles except pursuant to Federal
regulations. The Eagle Act regulations at
title 50, part 22 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) define the ‘‘take’’ of
an eagle to include the following broad
range of actions: To ‘‘pursue, shoot,
shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture,
trap, collect, destroy, molest, or
disturb.’’ The Eagle Act allows the
Secretary of the Interior to authorize
certain otherwise prohibited activities
through regulations.
All Service permit applications
associated with eagles are in the 3–200
and 3–202 series of forms, each tailored
to a specific activity based on the
requirements for specific types of
permits. For this reinstatement, we
combined Forms 3–200–10c and 3–200–
10d into one form (3–200–10c) to reduce
the number of application forms and
help streamline the application process.
Since both forms dealt with possession
for education purposes, and asked
virtually the same questions of the
applicant, there was no need to have
separate forms. We collect standard
identifier information for all permits.
The information that we collect on
applications and reports is the
minimum necessary for us to determine
if the applicant meets/continues to meet
issuance requirements for the particular
activity.
In addition to reinstating this
information collection, the Service will
request OMB approval to automate
certain eagle permit forms. The
Service’s new ‘‘ePermits’’ initiative is an
automated permit application system
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that will allow the agency to move
towards a streamlined permitting
process to reduce public burden. Public
burden reduction is a priority for the
Service; the Assistant Secretary for Fish,
Wildlife, and Parks; and senior
leadership at the Department of the
Interior. The intent of the ePermits
initiative is to fully automate the
permitting process to improve the
customer experience and to reduce time
burden on respondents. This new
system will enhance the user experience
by allowing users to enter data from any
device that has internet access,
including personal computers, tablets,
and smartphones. It will also link the
permit applicant to the Pay.gov system
for payment of the associated permit
application fee.
We anticipate including the following
Service forms in the ePermits initiative:
FWS Forms 3–200–14, 3–200–15a, 3–
200–15b, 3–200–16, 3–200–18, 3–200–
69, 3–200–72, 3–200–77, 3–200–78, 3–
200–82, and 3–202–11 through 3–202–
16.
Title of Collection: Eagle Take Permits
and Fees, 50 CFR 22.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0167.
Form Number: FWS Forms 3–200–14,
3–200–15a, 3–200–15b, 3–200–16, 3–
200–18, 3–200–71, 3–200–72, 3–200–77,
3–200–78, 3–200–82, 3–202–11 through
3–202–16, and 3–2480.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved information
collection with revisions.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and businesses. We expect
the majority of applicants seeking longterm permits will be in the energy
production and electrical distribution
business.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 11,273.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 11,520.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 15 minutes to
650 hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 258,996.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
for applications; annually or on
occasion for reports.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $1,725,500 (primarily
associated with application processing
fees).
An agency 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.
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The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: November 4, 2019.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–ES–2019–N121; FF07CAMM00–
178–FXES111607MRG01; OMB Control
Number 1018–0070]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals During Specified Activities
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service, we), are proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request by mail
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/PERMA
(JAO/1N), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA 22041–3803 (mail); or by
email to Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1018–
0070 in the subject line of your
comments.
SUMMARY:
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at Info_
Coll@fws.gov, or by telephone at (703)
358–2503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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We are soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
the collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Service; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a
timely manner; (3) is the estimate of
burden accurate; (4) how might the
Service enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the Service
minimize the burden of this collection
on the respondents, including through
the use of information technology.
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 ICR. 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.
Abstract: This information collection
includes requirements associated with
specified oil and gas industry activities
and their incidental taking of polar
bears, Pacific walruses, and northern sea
otters in Alaska. The Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 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 on-site monitoring
reports and a final report of the activity
to the Secretary. This is a nonform
collection. Respondents must comply
with the regulations at 50 CFR 18.27,
which outline the procedures and
requirements for submitting a request.
Specific regulations governing
authorized incidental take of marine
mammals activities are contained in 50
Number of
annual
respondents
Type of action
Polar Bear Den Detection Report:
Private Sector ...............................................................
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals—Final Monitoring Report:
Private Sector ...............................................................
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals—Onsite Monitoring
and Observation Reports:
Private Sector ...............................................................
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals—Application for Regulations: 1
Private Sector ...............................................................
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals—LOA Requests:
Private Sector ...............................................................
Total .......................................................................
1 Occurs
Number of
responses
each
CFR 18, subparts J (Beaufort Sea) and K
(Cook Inlet). These regulations provide
the applicant with a detailed
description of information that we need
to evaluate the proposed activity and
determine if it is appropriate to issue
specific regulations and, subsequently,
LOAs.
We use the information to verify the
findings required to issue incidental
take regulations, to decide if we should
issue an LOA, and (if an LOA is issued)
what conditions should be included in
the LOA. In addition, we analyze the
information to determine impacts to
polar bears, Pacific walruses, northern
sea otters, and the availability of those
marine mammals for subsistence
purposes of Alaska Natives.
Title of Collection: Incidental Take of
Marine Mammals During Specified
Activities, 50 CFR 18.27 and 50 CFR 18,
Subparts J and K.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0070.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Oil and
gas industry companies.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
Average
completion
time (hours)
Total annual
responses
Total annual
burden hours
4
1
4
50
200
20
1.25
25
10
250
20
15
300
1.5
450
20
0.1
2
150
300
20
1.25
25
24
600
84
........................
356
........................
1,800
once every 5 years.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: November 4, 2019.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60107-60108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24298]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-ES-2019-N121; FF07CAMM00-178-FXES111607MRG01; OMB Control
Number 1018-0070]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Incidental Take of
Marine Mammals During Specified Activities
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, we), are proposing to
renew an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection request by
mail to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/PERMA (JAO/1N), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA 22041-3803 (mail); or by email to [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1018-0070 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (703) 358-2503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired
format.
[[Page 60108]]
We are soliciting comments on the proposed information collection
request (ICR) that is described below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the Service; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Service enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(5) how might the Service minimize the burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use of information technology.
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 ICR. 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.
Abstract: This information collection includes requirements
associated with specified oil and gas industry activities and their
incidental taking of polar bears, Pacific walruses, and northern sea
otters in Alaska. The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 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 on-site
monitoring reports and a final report of the activity to the Secretary.
This is a nonform collection. Respondents must comply with the
regulations at 50 CFR 18.27, which outline the procedures and
requirements for submitting a request. Specific regulations governing
authorized incidental take of marine mammals activities are contained
in 50 CFR 18, subparts J (Beaufort Sea) and K (Cook Inlet). These
regulations provide the applicant with a detailed description of
information that we need to evaluate the proposed activity and
determine if it is appropriate to issue specific regulations and,
subsequently, LOAs.
We use the information to verify the findings required to issue
incidental take regulations, to decide if we should issue an LOA, and
(if an LOA is issued) what conditions should be included in the LOA. In
addition, we analyze the information to determine impacts to polar
bears, Pacific walruses, northern sea otters, and the availability of
those marine mammals for subsistence purposes of Alaska Natives.
Title of Collection: Incidental Take of Marine Mammals During
Specified Activities, 50 CFR 18.27 and 50 CFR 18, Subparts J and K.
OMB Control Number: 1018-0070.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Oil and gas industry companies.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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Number of Average
Type of action annual Number of Total annual completion Total annual
respondents responses each responses time (hours) burden hours
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Polar Bear Den Detection Report:
Private Sector.............. 4 1 4 50 200
Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals--Final Monitoring
Report:
Private Sector.............. 20 1.25 25 10 250
Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals--Onsite Monitoring and
Observation Reports:
Private Sector.............. 20 15 300 1.5 450
Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals--Application for
Regulations: \1\
Private Sector.............. 20 0.1 2 150 300
Incidental Take of Marine
Mammals--LOA Requests:
Private Sector.............. 20 1.25 25 24 600
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Total................... 84 .............. 356 .............. 1,800
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\1\ Occurs once every 5 years.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: November 4, 2019.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-24298 Filed 11-6-19; 8:45 am]
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