80 FR 21258 - Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget for Approval; Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and Activity Reports for National Wildlife Refuges
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 74 (April 17, 2015)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 74 (April 17, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-08808 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 21258-21259] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-08808] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-HQ-R-2015-N073; FXRS12630900000-156-FF09R81000] Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget for Approval; Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and Activity Reports for National Wildlife Refuges AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2015. 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB. DATES: You must submit comments on or before May 18, 2015. ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] (email). Please provide a copy of your comments 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 [email protected] (email). Please include ``1018-0140'' in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at [email protected] (email) or 703- 358-2482 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information Collection Request OMB Control Number: 1018-0140. Title: Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and Activity Reports for National Wildlife Refuges; 50 CFR 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32. Service Form Number(s): 3-2354, 3-2355, 3-2356, 3-2357, 3-2358, 3- 2359, 3-2360, 3-2361, 3-2362. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Description of Respondents: Individuals. Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion (for applications, usually once per year at the beginning of the hunting season; for activity reports, once at the conclusion of the hunting/fishing experience). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Completion Number of Number of time per Total annual Activity respondents responses response burden hours (minutes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FWS Form 3-2354........................ 169,200 169,200 30 84,600 FWS Form 3-2355........................ 87,400 87,400 30 43,700 FWS Form 3-2356........................ 2,400 2,400 30 1,200 FWS Form 3-2357........................ 4,900 4,900 30 2,450 FWS Form 3-2358........................ 2,400 2,400 30 1,200 FWS Form 3-2359........................ 82,700 82,700 15 20,675 FWS Form 3-2360........................ 387,300 387,300 15 96,825 FWS Form 3-2361........................ 29,100 29,100 15 7,275 FWS Form 3-2362........................ 24,400 24,400 15 6,100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals............................. 789,800 789,800 .............. 264,025 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: We estimate the annual nonhour cost burden to be $60,000 for hunting application fees at some refuges. Abstract: The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), as amended (Administration Act), and the Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k-460k-4) (Recreation Act) govern the administration and uses of national wildlife refuges and wetland management districts. The Administration Act consolidated all the different refuge areas into a single Refuge System. It also authorizes us to permit public uses, including hunting and fishing, on lands of the Refuge System when we find that the activity is compatible and appropriate with the purpose for which the refuge was established. The Recreation Act allows the use of refuges for public recreation when the use is not inconsistent or does not interfere with the primary purpose(s) of the refuge. We administer 373 hunting programs and 271 fishing programs on 408 refuges and wetland management districts. We only collect user information at about 20 percent of these refuges. Information that we plan to collect will help us:Administer and monitor hunting and fishing programs on refuges. Distribute hunting and fishing permits in a fair and equitable manner to eligible participants. We use nine application and report forms associated with hunting and fishing on refuges. We may not allow all opportunities on all refuges; therefore, we developed different forms to simplify the process and avoid confusion for applicants. The currently approved forms are available online at http://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all refuges will use each form and some refuges may collect the identical information in a nonform format. We use the following application forms when we assign areas, dates, and/or types of hunts via a drawing because of limited resources, high demand, or when a permit is needed to hunt. We issue application forms for specific periods, usually seasonally or annually. FWS Form 3-2354 (Quota Deer Hunt Application). FWS Form 3-2355 (Waterfowl Lottery Application). FWS Form 3-2356 (Big/Upland Game Hunt Application). [[Page 21259]] FWS Form 3-2357 (Migratory Bird Hunt Application). FWS Form 3-2358 (Fishing/Shrimping/Crabbing Application). We collect information on: Applicant (name, address, phone number) so that we can notify applicants of their selection. User preferences (dates, areas, method) so that we can distribute users equitably. Whether or not the applicant is applying for a special opportunity for disabled or youth hunters. Age of youth hunter(s) so that we can establish eligibility. We ask users to report on their success after their experience so that we can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and resource impacts. We use the following activity reports, which we distribute during appropriate seasons, as determined by State or Federal regulations. FWS Form 3-2359 (Big Game Harvest Report). FWS Form 3-2360 (Fishing Report). FWS Form 3-2361 (Migratory Bird Hunt Report). FWS Form 3-2362 (Upland/Small Game/Furbearer Report). We collect information on: Names of users so we can differentiate between responses. City and State of residence so that we can better understand if users are local or traveling. Dates, time, and number in party so we can identify use trends and allocate staff and resources. Details of success by species so that we can evaluate quality of experience and resource impacts. Comments Received and Our Responses Comments: On February 2, 2015, we published in the Federal Register (80 FR 5572) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending on April 3, 2015. We received one comment. The commenter opposed the issuance of any hunting permits, but did not address the information collection requirements. We did not make any changes to our requirements. Request for Public Comments We again 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. 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done. Dated: April 13, 2015. Tina A. Campbell, Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2015-08808 Filed 4-16-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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Dated: April 13, 2015. collection and the estimated burden and grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
David W. Hoskins, cost. This information collection is (telephone). You may review the ICR
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task scheduled to expire on April 30, 2015. online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow
Force, Assistant Director for Fish and Aquatic We may not conduct or sponsor and a the instructions to review Department of
Conservation. person is not required to respond to a the Interior collections under review by
[FR Doc. 2015–08921 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] collection of information unless it OMB.
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P displays a currently valid OMB control SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
number. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to Information Collection Request
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR conduct or sponsor this information
OMB Control Number: 1018–0140.
collection while it is pending at OMB.
Fish and Wildlife Service Title: Hunting and Fishing
DATES: You must submit comments on
Application Forms and Activity Reports
[FWS–HQ–R–2015–N073; or before May 18, 2015.
for National Wildlife Refuges; 50 CFR
FXRS12630900000–156–FF09R81000] ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32.
suggestions on this information
Information Collection Request Sent to Service Form Number(s): 3–2354, 3–
collection to the Desk Officer for the
the Office of Management and Budget 2355, 3–2356, 3–2357, 3–2358, 3–2359,
Department of the Interior at OMB–
for Approval; Hunting and Fishing 3–2360, 3–2361, 3–2362.
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_
Application Forms and Activity Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). Type of Request: Extension of a
Reports for National Wildlife Refuges Please provide a copy of your comments currently approved collection.
to the Service Information Collection Description of Respondents:
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Individuals.
Interior.
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275 Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– obtain or retain a benefit.
SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 3803 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov Frequency of Collection: On occasion
Service) have sent an Information (email). Please include ‘‘1018–0140’’ in (for applications, usually once per year
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of the subject line of your comments. at the beginning of the hunting season;
Management and Budget (OMB) for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To for activity reports, once at the
review and approval. We summarize the request additional information about conclusion of the hunting/fishing
ICR below and describe the nature of the this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_ experience).
Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(minutes)
FWS Form 3–2354 ........................................................................ 169,200 169,200 30 84,600
FWS Form 3–2355 ........................................................................ 87,400 87,400 30 43,700
FWS Form 3–2356 ........................................................................ 2,400 2,400 30 1,200
FWS Form 3–2357 ........................................................................ 4,900 4,900 30 2,450
FWS Form 3–2358 ........................................................................ 2,400 2,400 30 1,200
FWS Form 3–2359 ........................................................................ 82,700 82,700 15 20,675
FWS Form 3–2360 ........................................................................ 387,300 387,300 15 96,825
FWS Form 3–2361 ........................................................................ 29,100 29,100 15 7,275
FWS Form 3–2362 ........................................................................ 24,400 24,400 15 6,100
Totals ...................................................................................... 789,800 789,800 ........................ 264,025
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden established. The Recreation Act allows simplify the process and avoid
Cost: We estimate the annual nonhour the use of refuges for public recreation confusion for applicants. The currently
cost burden to be $60,000 for hunting when the use is not inconsistent or does approved forms are available online at
application fees at some refuges. not interfere with the primary http://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all
Abstract: The National Wildlife purpose(s) of the refuge. refuges will use each form and some
Refuge System Administration Act of We administer 373 hunting programs refuges may collect the identical
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee), as and 271 fishing programs on 408 refuges information in a nonform format.
amended (Administration Act), and the and wetland management districts. We We use the following application
Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 only collect user information at about 20 forms when we assign areas, dates, and/
U.S.C. 460k–460k–4) (Recreation Act) percent of these refuges. Information or types of hunts via a drawing because
govern the administration and uses of that we plan to collect will help us: of limited resources, high demand, or
national wildlife refuges and wetland • Administer and monitor hunting when a permit is needed to hunt. We
management districts. The and fishing programs on refuges. issue application forms for specific
Administration Act consolidated all the • Distribute hunting and fishing periods, usually seasonally or annually.
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different refuge areas into a single permits in a fair and equitable manner
Refuge System. It also authorizes us to to eligible participants. • FWS Form 3–2354 (Quota Deer
permit public uses, including hunting We use nine application and report Hunt Application).
and fishing, on lands of the Refuge forms associated with hunting and • FWS Form 3–2355 (Waterfowl
System when we find that the activity fishing on refuges. We may not allow all Lottery Application).
is compatible and appropriate with the opportunities on all refuges; therefore, • FWS Form 3–2356 (Big/Upland
purpose for which the refuge was we developed different forms to Game Hunt Application).
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• FWS Form 3–2357 (Migratory Bird • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, I. Public Comment Procedures
Hunt Application). and clarity of the information to be
A. How do I request copies of
• FWS Form 3–2358 (Fishing/ collected; and
applications or comment on submitted
Shrimping/Crabbing Application). • Ways to minimize the burden of the applications?
We collect information on: collection of information on
• Applicant (name, address, phone respondents. Send your request for copies of
number) so that we can notify Comments that you submit in applications or comments and materials
applicants of their selection. response to this notice are a matter of concerning any of the applications to
• User preferences (dates, areas, public record. Before including your the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
method) so that we can distribute users address, phone number, email address, Please include the Federal Register
equitably. or other personal identifying notice publication date, the PRT-
• Whether or not the applicant is information in your comment, you number, and the name of the applicant
applying for a special opportunity for should be aware that your entire in your request or submission. We will
disabled or youth hunters. comment, including your personal not consider requests or comments sent
• Age of youth hunter(s) so that we identifying information, may be made to an email or address not listed under
can establish eligibility. ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
publicly available at any time. While
We ask users to report on their you can ask OMB in your comment to address in your request for copies of
success after their experience so that we withhold your personal identifying applications, we will attempt to respond
can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and information from public review, we to your request electronically.
resource impacts. We use the following Please make your requests or
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
activity reports, which we distribute comments as specific as possible. Please
during appropriate seasons, as Dated: April 13, 2015. confine your comments to issues for
determined by State or Federal Tina A. Campbell, which we seek comments in this notice,
regulations. Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and and explain the basis for your
• FWS Form 3–2359 (Big Game Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife comments. Include sufficient
Harvest Report). Service. information with your comments to
• FWS Form 3–2360 (Fishing Report). [FR Doc. 2015–08808 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] allow us to authenticate any scientific or
• FWS Form 3–2361 (Migratory Bird BILLING CODE 4310–55–P commercial data you include.
Hunt Report). The comments and recommendations
• FWS Form 3–2362 (Upland/Small that will be most useful and likely to
Game/Furbearer Report). DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR influence agency decisions are: (1)
We collect information on: Those supported by quantitative
• Names of users so we can Fish and Wildlife Service information or studies; and (2) Those
differentiate between responses. that include citations to, and analyses
• City and State of residence so that [FWS–HQ–IA–2015–N072; of, the applicable laws and regulations.
we can better understand if users are FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] We will not consider or include in our
local or traveling. administrative record comments we
• Dates, time, and number in party so Endangered Species; Receipt of receive after the close of the comment
we can identify use trends and allocate Applications for Permit period (see DATES) or comments
staff and resources. AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, delivered to an address other than those
• Details of success by species so that Interior. listed above (see ADDRESSES).
we can evaluate quality of experience
and resource impacts. ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications B. May I review comments submitted by
for permit. others?
Comments Received and Our Responses Comments, including names and
Comments: On February 2, 2015, we SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and street addresses of respondents, will be
published in the Federal Register (80 Wildlife Service, invite the public to available for public review at the street
FR 5572) a notice of our intent to comment on the following applications address listed under ADDRESSES. The
request that OMB renew approval for to conduct certain activities with public may review documents and other
this information collection. In that endangered species. With some information applicants have sent in
notice, we solicited comments for 60 exceptions, the Endangered Species Act support of the application unless our
days, ending on April 3, 2015. We (ESA) prohibits activities with listed allowing viewing would violate the
received one comment. The commenter species unless Federal authorization is Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
opposed the issuance of any hunting acquired that allows such activities. Act. Before including your address,
permits, but did not address the DATES: We must receive comments or phone number, email address, or other
information collection requirements. We requests for documents on or before personal identifying information in your
did not make any changes to our May 18, 2015. comment, you should be aware that
requirements. ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and your entire comment—including your
Wildlife Service, Division of personal identifying information—may
Request for Public Comments
Management Authority, Branch of be made publicly available at any time.
We again invite comments concerning Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, While you can ask us in your comment
this information collection on: Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– to withhold your personal identifying
• Whether or not the collection of
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2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. information from public review, we
information is necessary, including cannot guarantee that we will be able to
whether or not the information will FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
do so.
have practical utility; Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
• The accuracy of our estimate of the (telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); II. Background
burden for this collection of DMAFR@fws.gov (email). To help us carry out our conservation
information; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: responsibilities for affected species, and
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