Agency Information Collection Activities; Klamath Basin Juvenile Salmon Monitoring Data System, 88301-88302 [2024-25882]

Agencies

• Fish and Wildlife Service
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88301-88302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25882]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-R8-FAC-2024-0150; FXFR1335088KRF0-256-FF08EACT00; OMB 
Control Number 1018-New]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Klamath Basin Juvenile 
Salmon Monitoring Data System

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), are proposing a new 
information collection in use without Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection request 
(ICR) by one of the following methods (please reference ``1018-
Klamath'' in the subject line of your comments):
     Internet (preferred): https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments on Docket No. FWS-R8-FAC-2024-
0150.
     U.S. mail: Service Information Collection Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB 
(JAO/3W), Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.

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. Individuals in the United States who are 
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay 
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay 
services offered within their country to make international calls to 
the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 5 
CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require approval under 
the PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to 
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies 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.
    We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) How might the agency 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, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    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.

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    Abstract: The Klamath River basin historically supported large runs 
of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Coho Salmon (O. kisutch), 
steelhead (O. mykiss), and other anadromous fishes (KRBFTF 1991; NAS 
2004; USDOI and NMFS 2012). These species contribute to economically 
and culturally important subsistence, sport, and commercial fisheries. 
However, abundance of anadromous fish species has declined dramatically 
due to a variety of factors, including overfishing, logging, mining, 
road building, livestock grazing, water diversion, wetland conversion, 
and dam construction (KRBFTF 1991; NAS 2004; USDOI and NMFS 2012).
    In 2000, the Service, in collaboration with the Karuk Tribe and the 
U.S. Geological Survey, began trapping juvenile salmonids annually on 
the Klamath River between Iron Gate Dam and the Scott River confluence, 
in order to collect outmigration timing data and weekly catch of young-
of-the-year (age-0) Chinook Salmon to calibrate the production model 
SALMOD (Bartholow et al. 2002). Beginning in 2006, the objectives of 
this ongoing monitoring project shifted to generate weekly stratified 
estimates of production (Gough et al. 2015) and prevalence of infection 
with the parasite Ceratonova shasta (Nichols and True 2007; Nichols et 
al. 2009; True et al. 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016; Bolick et al. 2012, 
2013). Additionally, these data have been used to develop and calibrate 
an improved salmon production model, the Stream Salmonid Simulator, or 
S3 Model (Perry et al. 2018, 2019), which is being used as a decision-
support tool to aid in water management (Perry et al. 2019). Data 
generated by this project are also useful for assessing the status and 
trends of salmonid populations in the Klamath River.
    The authorities for Service activities in restoring fishery 
resources of the Klamath Basin are described in several acts, the most 
significant being the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742(a)-
754), Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661-666), 
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 791 et seq.), Klamath Termination Act of 1954 (25 U.S.C. 564), 
and Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757a et seq.), among 
others.
    We collect the following information in conjunction with 
submissions in the Klamath Basin Juvenile Salmon Monitoring Data 
System:
    1. Trapping event data:
    a. Event date, site, trap identification, and crew;
    b. Weather conditions;
    c. Dates traps set and pulled;
    d. Species type, count, and length;
    e. Mortality counts and external abnormalities;
    f. Box data, to include measurements, saturation, temperature, and 
pH level; and
    g. Comments.
    2. Marking event data:
    a. Event date, site, trap identification, and crew;
    b. Origin;
    c. Species and type;
    d. Measurements;
    e. Counts;
    f. Start and end time, effectiveness, and buffer used;
    g. Timestamp and number marked;
    h. Number unmarked;
    i. Release site, trap, and date/time;
    j. Water quality type and temperature; and
    k. Comments.
    The data are collected by partnering States, Tribes, and other 
Federal agencies. The Service and our partners will use the collected 
data to inform decision makers in the Klamath Basin of real-time fish 
conditions and to help manage water resources in response to those 
conditions. The data are also used to generate annual reports 
summarizing the biological data, catch numbers, and fish health 
information. The catch and mark/recapture data are used to generate 
population estimates, which are also included in annual reports.
    A copy of the data submission form is available to the public for 
viewing in the docket on the https://www.regulations.gov website, or by 
submitting an email request to the Service ICCO as provided in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    Title of Collection: Klamath Basin Juvenile Salmon Monitoring Data 
System.
    OMB Control Number: 1018-New.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: New.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State/Tribal government respondents.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 8.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 700.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 30 minutes for electronic 
submissions and 45 minutes for paper-based submissions.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 375.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $2,080.
    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.).

Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-25882 Filed 11-6-24; 8:45 am]
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