80 FR 28637 - Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Horseshoe Crab Tagging Program

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 96 (May 19, 2015)

Page Range		28637-28638
FR Document		2015-12048

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to 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 May 31, 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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R5-FHC-2015-N092; FF05F24400-FXFR13350500000]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Horseshoe Crab Tagging Program

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to 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 May 31, 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 June 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 ``1018-0127'' 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: 1018-0127.
    Title: Horseshoe Crab Tagging Program.
    Service Form Number(s): 3-2310 and 3-2311.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Tagging agencies include Federal and 
State agencies, universities, and biomedical companies. Members of the 
general public provide recapture information.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion when horseshoe crabs are 
tagged and when horseshoe crabs are found or captured.

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                                          Number of       Number of
               Activity                    annual          annual         Completion time per      Annual burden
                                         respondents      responses             response               hours
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FWS Form 3-2310......................           1,160           2,750  10 minutes...............             458
FWS Form 3-2311......................              18              18  95 hours *...............           1,710
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    Totals...........................           1,178           2,768  .........................           2,168
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* Average time required per response is dependent on the number of tags applied by an agency in 1 year. Agencies
  tag between 25 and 9,000 horseshoe crabs annually, taking between 2 to 5 minutes per crab to tag, record, and
  report data. Each agency determines the number of tags it will apply.

    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    Abstract: Horseshoe crabs play a vital role commercially, 
biomedically, and ecologically along the Atlantic coast. Horseshoe 
crabs are commercially harvested and used as bait in eel and conch 
fisheries. Biomedical companies along the coast also collect and bleed 
horseshoe crabs at their facilities. Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate is 
derived from crab blood, which has no synthetic substitute, and is used 
by pharmaceutical companies to test sterility of products. Finally, 
migratory shorebirds also depend on the eggs of horseshoe crabs to 
refuel on their migrations from South America to the Arctic. One bird 
in particular, the red knot, feeds primarily on horseshoe crab eggs 
during its stopover. Effective January 12, 2015, the red knot was 
listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
    In 1998, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), a 
management organization with representatives from each State on the 
Atlantic Coast, developed a horseshoe crab management plan. The ASMFC 
plan and its subsequent addenda established mandatory State-by-State 
harvest quotas, and created the 1,500-square-mile Carl N. Shuster, Jr., 
Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary off the mouth of Delaware Bay.
    Restrictive measures have been taken in recent years, but 
populations are increasing slowly. Because horseshoe crabs do not breed 
until they are 9 years or older, it may take some time before the 
population measurably increases. Federal and State agencies, 
universities, and biomedical companies participate in a Horseshoe Crab 
Cooperative Tagging Program. The Maryland Fishery Resources Office, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, maintains the information that we 
collect under this program and uses it to evaluate migratory patterns, 
survival, and abundance of horseshoe crabs.
    Agencies that tag and release the crabs complete FWS Form 3-2311 
(Horseshoe Crab Tagging) and provide the Service with:
     Organization name.
     Contact person name.
     Tag number.
     Sex of crab.
     Prosomal width.
     Capture site, latitude, longitude, waterbody, State, and 
date.
    Members of the public who recover tagged crabs provide the 
following information using the online submission

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form (http://www.fws.gov/crabtag/) or via a toll-free telephone number:
     Tag number.
     Whether or not tag was removed.
     Condition of crab.
     Date captured/found.
     Crab fate.
     Finder type.
     Capture method.
     Capture location.
     Reporter information.
     Comments.

If the public participant who reports the tagged crab requests 
information, we send data pertaining to the tagging program and tag and 
release information on the horseshoe crab that was found or captured.

Comments Received and Our Responses

    Comments: On February 10, 2015, we published in the Federal 
Register (80 FR 7490) 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 13, 2015. We did not receive any 
comments.

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: May 13, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Correction ACTION: Notice; request for comments. (email). Please include ‘‘1018–0127’’ in
In notice document, FR Doc. 2015– the subject line of your comments.
11619, beginning on page 27694 in the SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
issue of Thursday, May 14, 2015, make Service) have sent an Information request additional information about
the following corrections in the first Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_
column on page 27695: review and approval. We summarize the grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
Remove ‘‘EST’’ and replace it with ICR below and describe the nature of the (telephone). You may review the ICR
‘‘EDT’’ the three (3) times that it appears collection and the estimated burden and online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow
in the DATES: section. Please note that cost. This information collection is the instructions to review Department of
all other information in the May 14, scheduled to expire on May 31, 2015. the Interior collections under review by
2015, notice is unchanged. We may not conduct or sponsor and a OMB.
Dated: May 14, 2015.
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Joanne Roman Stump,
displays a currently valid OMB control Information Collection Request
Acting Director, Regulations and Disclosure
number. However, under OMB
Law Division, U.S. Customs and Border OMB Control Number: 1018–0127.
Protection. regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information Title: Horseshoe Crab Tagging
[FR Doc. 2015–12079 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am]
collection while it is pending at OMB. Program.
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DATES: You must submit comments on Service Form Number(s): 3–2310 and
or before June 18, 2015. 3–2311.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Type of Request: Extension of
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and currently approved collection.
Fish and Wildlife Service suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Description of Respondents: Tagging
[FWS–R5–FHC–2015–N092; FF05F24400– Department of the Interior at OMB– agencies include Federal and State
FXFR13350500000] OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_ agencies, universities, and biomedical
Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). companies. Members of the general
Information Collection Request Sent to public provide recapture information.
Please provide a copy of your comments
the Office of Management and Budget Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
to the Service Information Collection
(OMB) for Approval; Horseshoe Crab
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Frequency of Collection: On occasion
Tagging Program
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275 when horseshoe crabs are tagged and
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– when horseshoe crabs are found or
Interior. 3803 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov captured.

Number of Number of Completion Annual burden
Activity annual annual time per hours
respondents responses response

FWS Form 3–2310 ............................................................................................. 1,160 2,750 10 minutes .. 458
FWS Form 3–2311 ............................................................................................. 18 18 95 hours * .... 1,710

Totals .......................................................................................................... 1,178 2,768 ..................... 2,168
* Average time required per response is dependent on the number of tags applied by an agency in 1 year. Agencies tag between 25 and 9,000
horseshoe crabs annually, taking between 2 to 5 minutes per crab to tag, record, and report data. Each agency determines the number of tags it
will apply.

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden as threatened under the Endangered in a Horseshoe Crab Cooperative
Cost: None. Species Act. Tagging Program. The Maryland Fishery
Abstract: Horseshoe crabs play a vital In 1998, the Atlantic States Marine Resources Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
role commercially, biomedically, and Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), a Service, maintains the information that
ecologically along the Atlantic coast. management organization with we collect under this program and uses
Horseshoe crabs are commercially representatives from each State on the it to evaluate migratory patterns,
harvested and used as bait in eel and Atlantic Coast, developed a horseshoe survival, and abundance of horseshoe
conch fisheries. Biomedical companies crab management plan. The ASMFC crabs.
along the coast also collect and bleed plan and its subsequent addenda Agencies that tag and release the crabs
horseshoe crabs at their facilities. established mandatory State-by-State complete FWS Form 3–2311 (Horseshoe
Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate is derived harvest quotas, and created the 1,500- Crab Tagging) and provide the Service
from crab blood, which has no synthetic square-mile Carl N. Shuster, Jr., with:
substitute, and is used by Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary off the mouth • Organization name.
pharmaceutical companies to test of Delaware Bay. • Contact person name.
sterility of products. Finally, migratory Restrictive measures have been taken • Tag number.
• Sex of crab.
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shorebirds also depend on the eggs of in recent years, but populations are
horseshoe crabs to refuel on their increasing slowly. Because horseshoe • Prosomal width.
migrations from South America to the crabs do not breed until they are 9 years • Capture site, latitude, longitude,
Arctic. One bird in particular, the red or older, it may take some time before waterbody, State, and date.
knot, feeds primarily on horseshoe crab the population measurably increases. Members of the public who recover
eggs during its stopover. Effective Federal and State agencies, universities, tagged crabs provide the following
January 12, 2015, the red knot was listed and biomedical companies participate information using the online submission

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form (http://www.fws.gov/crabtag/) or DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR nature and obstacles to greater contact
via a toll-free telephone number: with nature; general knowledge of
• Tag number. Fish and Wildlife Service nature and wildlife; concerns toward
• Whether or not tag was removed. [FW–R5–NCTC–2015–N093; FF09X35000– selected environmental issues; and
• Condition of crab. 156–FXGO16610900600] socio-demographic variables. Results
• Date captured/found. will help improve the design and
Proposed Information Collection; delivery of new or existing programs
• Crab fate.
National Initiative To Understand and aimed at engaging the public in nature-
• Finder type. Connect Americans and Nature related activities (e.g., outreach and
• Capture method. educational programming at national
• Capture location. AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife refuges and national fish
• Reporter information. Interior. hatcheries).
• Comments. ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
II. Data
If the public participant who reports the SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
tagged crab requests information, we OMB Control Number: 1018–New.
Service) will ask the Office of Title: National Initiative to
send data pertaining to the tagging Management and Budget (OMB) to
program and tag and release information Understand and Connect Americans and
approve the information collection (IC) Nature.
on the horseshoe crab that was found or described below. As required by the Service Form Number: None.
captured. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Type of Request: Request for a new
Comments Received and Our Responses as part of our continuing efforts to OMB control number.
reduce paperwork and respondent Description of Respondents:
Comments: On February 10, 2015, we burden, we invite the general public and Individuals.
published in the Federal Register (80 other Federal agencies to take this Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
FR 7490) a notice of our intent to opportunity to comment on this IC. We Frequency of Collection: One time.
request that OMB renew approval for may not conduct or sponsor and a Estimated Number of Respondents:
this information collection. In that person is not required to respond to a 8,950.
notice, we solicited comments for 60 collection of information unless it Estimated Number of Annual
days, ending on April 13, 2015. We did displays a currently valid OMB control Responses: 8,950.
not receive any comments. number. Completion Time per Response: 20
Request for Public Comments DATES: To ensure that we are able to minutes.
consider your comments on this IC, we Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
We again invite comments concerning must receive them by July 20, 2015. 2,983.
this information collection on: Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
• Whether or not the collection of Cost: None.
IC to the Information Collection
information is necessary, including
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and III. Comments
whether or not the information will
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
have practical utility; We invite comments concerning this
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
• The accuracy of our estimate of the 3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
information collection on:
burden for this collection of • Whether or not the collection of
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–New’’ in
information; information is necessary, including
the subject line of your comments.
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, whether or not the information will
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To have practical utility;
and clarity of the information to be
request additional information about • The accuracy of our estimate of the
collected; and
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_ burden for this collection of
• Ways to minimize the burden of the grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
collection of information on information;
(telephone). • Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
respondents.
Comments that you submit in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: and clarity of the information to be
response to this notice are a matter of collected; and
I. Abstract • Ways to minimize the burden of the
public record. Before including your
Nature and the outdoors have always collection of information on
address, phone number, email address,
been an important part of the fabric of respondents.
or other personal identifying
American life. But, there are major Comments that you submit in
information in your comment, you
questions about the present and future response to this notice are a matter of
should be aware that your entire
role of nature and the outdoors in our public record. We will include or
comment, including your personal
increasingly diverse, technologically summarize each comment in our request
identifying information, may be made
oriented, and rapidly changing society. to OMB to approve this IC. Before
publicly available at any time. While
For our programs to remain relevant to including your address, phone number,
you can ask OMB in your comment to
American life today and tomorrow, we email address, or other personal
withhold your personal identifying
must be aware of public sentiment identifying information in your
information from public review, we
toward the part nature plays in the comment, you should be aware that
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
quality of our lifestyles. your entire comment, including your
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Dated: May 13, 2015. It is for these reasons that we plan to personal identifying information, may
Tina A. Campbell, use a quantitative survey to collect: be made publicly available at any time.
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Information on the attitudes that the While you can ask us in your comment
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife public maintains towards the natural to withhold your personal identifying
Service. environment; the effects of contact with information from public review, we
[FR Doc. 2015–12048 Filed 5–18–15; 8:45 am] nature on participants’ health and cannot guarantee that we will be able to
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P quality of life; the extent of contact with do so.

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FR Citation		80 FR 28637

80 FR 28637 - Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Horseshoe Crab Tagging Program

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 96 (May 19, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service