Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 52500 [2022-18469]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 165 (Friday, August 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 52500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18469]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; 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 those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by 
September 26, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collection should be 
submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the 
following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number, and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: National Management Information System (Wildlife Service).
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0335.
    Summary of Collection: The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 
under 7 U.S.C. 8351-8353 to conduct a program of wildlife services with 
respect to injurious animal species and to enter into agreements with 
states, local jurisdictions, individuals, and public and private 
organizations and institutions for the control of nuisance mammals and 
birds and those mammal and bird species that are reservoirs of zoonotic 
diseases. These populations, if left unmanaged, can pose a risk to 
human health and safety and may cause tremendous economic damage to 
crops, livestock herds, and private property within the United States. 
The Wildlife Services (WS) program of the United States Department of 
Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is responsible 
for assisting the public with managing wildlife damage conflicts. WS 
provides advice or enters into agreements for its services. Through its 
technical assistance approach, WS offers advice through telephone or 
onsite consultations, training sessions, demonstration projects, and 
other means. Mitigation activities are then performed by the requester. 
Through its direct control approach, goods, services, and expertise are 
provided with appropriated and cooperative funds.
    Need and Use of the Information: WS collects only information 
needed to determine appropriate courses of action for providing 
effective wildlife damage management services. Information is used by 
the agency to identify and differentiate between cooperators (i.e., 
property owners, land managers, or resource owners) who request 
assistance, and to identify land areas on which management activities 
would be conducted. Information is also collected to identify the 
relationship between resources or property, WS' protection of such 
resources or property, the damage caused by wildlife, and the 
management methods or activities required to mitigate the damage. 
Records are maintained of permissions to access cooperator property, 
wildlife damage occurrences on cooperator property and allowable 
methods to address wildlife damage, and occurrences which may have 
affected non-target species or humans during, or related to, WS project 
actions. Finally, information is used to help WS evaluate, modify, and 
improve its programs.
    If left unmanaged, some wildlife species can pose a risk to human 
health and safety and may cause tremendous amounts of damage to crops, 
livestock herds, and private property within the United States. Without 
mitigation, the damage could result in severe physical and economic 
losses for States, tribes, businesses, organizations, and private 
property owners.
    Description of Respondents: State and local jurisdictions, Tribes, 
public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and 
individuals.
    Number of Respondents: 77,712.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,608.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-18469 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]
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