82 FR 11598 - Proposed Information Collection; Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and Reporting Certificates, and Registration of Certain Dead Marine Mammal Hard Parts

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)

Page Range		11598-11599
FR Document		2017-03583

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2017. 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11598-11599]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03583]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R7-MM-2017-N010; FF07CAMM00.FX.ES111607MRG00]


Proposed Information Collection; Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, 
and Reporting Certificates, and Registration of Certain Dead Marine 
Mammal Hard Parts

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 
as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take 
this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire 
on June 30, 2017. 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.

DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, 
we must receive them by April 25, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC 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 ``1018-0066'' in the 
subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this IC, contact Madonna Baucum at [email protected] (email) 
or (703) 358-2503 (telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    Under section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
(MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407), Alaska Natives residing in 
Alaska and dwelling on the coast of the North Pacific or Arctic Oceans 
may harvest polar bears, northern sea otters, and Pacific walruses for 
subsistence or handicraft purposes. Section 109(i) of the MMPA 
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe marking, tagging, 
and reporting regulations

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applicable to the Alaska Native subsistence and handicraft take.
    On behalf of the Secretary, we implemented regulations at 50 CFR 
18.23(f) for Alaska Natives harvesting polar bears, northern sea 
otters, and Pacific walruses. These regulations enable us to gather 
data on the Alaska Native subsistence and handicraft harvest and on the 
biology of polar bears, northern sea otters, and Pacific walruses in 
Alaska to determine what effect such take may be having on these 
populations. The regulations also provide us with a means of monitoring 
the disposition of the harvest to ensure that any commercial use of 
products created from these species meets the criteria set forth in 
section 101(b) of the MMPA. We use three forms to collect the 
information: FWS Form 3-2414 (Polar Bear Tagging Certificates), FWS 
Form 3-2415 (Walrus Tagging Certificates), and FWS Form 3-2416 (Sea 
Otter Tagging Certificates). The information we collect includes, but 
is not limited to:
     Date of kill.
     Sex of the animal.
     Kill location.
     Age of the animal (i.e., adult, subadult, cub, or pup).
     Form of transportation used to make the kill of polar 
bears.
     Amount of time (i.e., hours/days hunted) spent hunting 
polar bears.
     Type of take (live-killed or beach-found) for walrus.
     Number of otters present in and number of otters harvested 
from pod.
     Condition of the polar bear and whether or not bear cubs 
were present.
     Name of the hunter or possessor of the specified parts at 
the time of marking, tagging, and reporting.
    We are proposing to use FWS Form 3-2406 (Registration of Certain 
Dead Marine Mammal Hard Parts) to record the collection of bones, 
teeth, or ivory of dead marine mammals by non-Native and Natives not 
eligible to harvest marine mammals under the MMPA. It is legal to 
collect such parts from a beach or from land within a quarter of a mile 
of the ocean (50 CFR 18.26). The information we collect will include, 
but is not limited to:
     Date and location found.
     Age, sex, and size of the animal.
     Tag numbers.
     Name, address, phone number, and birthdate of the 
collector.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1018-0066.
    Title: Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and Reporting Certificates, 
and Registration of Certain Dead Marine Mammal Hard Parts, 50 CFR 
18.23(f) and 50 CFR 18.26.
    Service Form Number(s): 3-2406, 3-2414, 3-2415, and 3-2416.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals and households.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                     Number of       Number of       time per      Total annual
                    Activity                        respondents      responses       response      burden hours
                                                                                     (minutes)
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3-2414 (Polar Bear).............................              25              60              15              15
3-2415 (Walrus).................................             100             500              15             125
3-2416 (Sea Otter)..............................              75           1,280              15             320
3-2406 (Beach Found)............................             300             300              15              75
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    Totals......................................             500           2,140  ..............             535
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III. Comments

    We 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this IC. 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.

    Dated: February 17, 2017.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-03583 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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Completion Annual
Annual Annual time per
Regulation/activity burden
respondents responses response hours *
(hours)

Transfer/Transport of Live Captive-Held Marine Mammals (Form 3–200–87) 25 25 1 25
Musical Instrument Application (Form 3–200–88) ........................................... 13 15 0.5 8
Request for Approval of a CITES Export Program (American Ginseng,
CITES furbearers, American Alligator) ......................................................... 2 2 12 24
Report for Furbearer CITES Export Programs ................................................ 52 52 1 52
Report for American Alligator CITES Export Program .................................... 10 10 1 10
Participation in the Plant Rescue Center Program—Application .................... 3 3 1 3
Plant Rescue Program—Report on Receipt and Condition of Specimens ..... 195 250 0.5 125

ICs from 1018–0150, ‘‘Renewal of CITES Registration of Commercial Breeding Operations for Appendix I Wildlife, 50 CFR 23’’

Report Take—Grizzly Bears ............................................................................ 25 25 0.25 6
Report Take—Mountain Lions ......................................................................... 15 15 0.25 4
Marking/Labeling of Vicuna Products, Beluga Sturgeon Caviar, and African
Elephant Sport-Hunted Trophies ................................................................. 471 601 0.5 300
Beluga Sturgeon Exemption ............................................................................ 1 1 16 16
Wildlife Hybrid Exemption ................................................................................ 75 150 0.5 75
Exception to Use of CITES Specimens after Import ....................................... 250 250 0.5 125

ICs from 1018–0164, ‘‘Import of Sport-Hunted African Elephant Trophies, 50 CFR 17’’

Import of Sport-hunted Trophies of Southern African Leopard, African Ele-
phant, and Namibian Southern White Rhinoceros—Application (Form 3–
200–19) ........................................................................................................ 513 548 0.33 182

Total: ......................................................................................................... 4,920 8,522 ........................ 6,686
* Rounded.

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Dated: February 17, 2017. and a person is not required to respond
Cost: $840,600. Tina A. Campbell, to a collection of information unless it
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and displays a currently valid OMB control
III. Comments
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife number.
We invite comments concerning this Service.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to
information collection on: [FR Doc. 2017–03586 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am] consider your comments on this IC, we
• Whether or not the collection of BILLING CODE 4333–15–P must receive them by April 25, 2017.
information is necessary, including ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
whether or not the information will IC to the Service Information Collection
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
have practical utility; Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
• The accuracy of our estimate of the Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275
burden for this collection of Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
[FWS–R7–MM–2017–N010;
information; 3803 (mail); or madonna_baucum@
FF07CAMM00.FX.ES111607MRG00]
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, fws.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1018–
and clarity of the information to be Proposed Information Collection; 0066’’ in the subject line of your
collected; and Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and comments.
• Ways to minimize the burden of the Reporting Certificates, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
collection of information on Registration of Certain Dead Marine request additional information about
respondents. Mammal Hard Parts this IC, contact Madonna Baucum at
Comments that you submit in AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, madonna_baucum@fws.gov (email) or
response to this notice are a matter of Interior. (703) 358–2503 (telephone).
public record. We will include or ACTION: Notice; request for comments. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
summarize each comment in our request
I. Abstract
to OMB to approve this IC. Before SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
including your address, phone number, Service) will ask the Office of Under section 101(b) of the Marine
email address, or other personal Management and Budget (OMB) to Mammal Protection Act of 1972
identifying information in your approve the information collection (IC) (MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361–
comment, you should be aware that described below. As required by the 1407), Alaska Natives residing in Alaska
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

your entire comment, including your Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and and dwelling on the coast of the North
personal identifying information, may as part of our continuing efforts to Pacific or Arctic Oceans may harvest
be made publicly available at any time. reduce paperwork and respondent polar bears, northern sea otters, and
While you can ask us in your comment burden, we invite the general public and Pacific walruses for subsistence or
to withhold your personal identifying other Federal agencies to take this handicraft purposes. Section 109(i) of
information from public review, we opportunity to comment on this IC. This the MMPA authorizes the Secretary of
cannot guarantee that we will be able to IC is scheduled to expire on June 30, the Interior to prescribe marking,
do so. 2017. We may not conduct or sponsor tagging, and reporting regulations

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applicable to the Alaska Native • Date of kill. of the ocean (50 CFR 18.26). The
subsistence and handicraft take. • Sex of the animal. information we collect will include, but
On behalf of the Secretary, we • Kill location. is not limited to:
implemented regulations at 50 CFR • Age of the animal (i.e., adult, • Date and location found.
18.23(f) for Alaska Natives harvesting subadult, cub, or pup). • Age, sex, and size of the animal.
polar bears, northern sea otters, and • Form of transportation used to
Pacific walruses. These regulations make the kill of polar bears. • Tag numbers.
enable us to gather data on the Alaska • Amount of time (i.e., hours/days • Name, address, phone number, and
Native subsistence and handicraft hunted) spent hunting polar bears. birthdate of the collector.
harvest and on the biology of polar • Type of take (live–killed or beach– II. Data
bears, northern sea otters, and Pacific found) for walrus.
walruses in Alaska to determine what • Number of otters present in and OMB Control Number: 1018–0066.
effect such take may be having on these number of otters harvested from pod. Title: Marine Mammal Marking,
populations. The regulations also • Condition of the polar bear and Tagging, and Reporting Certificates, and
provide us with a means of monitoring whether or not bear cubs were present. Registration of Certain Dead Marine
the disposition of the harvest to ensure • Name of the hunter or possessor of Mammal Hard Parts, 50 CFR 18.23(f)
that any commercial use of products the specified parts at the time of and 50 CFR 18.26.
created from these species meets the marking, tagging, and reporting. Service Form Number(s): 3–2406, 3–
criteria set forth in section 101(b) of the We are proposing to use FWS Form 3– 2414, 3–2415, and 3–2416.
MMPA. We use three forms to collect 2406 (Registration of Certain Dead
Type of Request: Revision of a
the information: FWS Form 3–2414 Marine Mammal Hard Parts) to record
currently approved collection.
(Polar Bear Tagging Certificates), FWS the collection of bones, teeth, or ivory
Form 3–2415 (Walrus Tagging of dead marine mammals by non-Native Description of Respondents:
Certificates), and FWS Form 3–2416 and Natives not eligible to harvest Individuals and households.
(Sea Otter Tagging Certificates). The marine mammals under the MMPA. It is Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
information we collect includes, but is legal to collect such parts from a beach obtain or retain a benefit.
not limited to: or from land within a quarter of a mile Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(minutes)

3–2414 (Polar Bear) ........................................................................................ 25 60 15 15
3–2415 (Walrus) .............................................................................................. 100 500 15 125
3–2416 (Sea Otter) .......................................................................................... 75 1,280 15 320
3–2406 (Beach Found) .................................................................................... 300 300 15 75

Totals ........................................................................................................ 500 2,140 ........................ 535

III. Comments to withhold your personal identifying SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
We invite comments concerning this information from public review, we Service) will ask the Office of
information collection on: cannot guarantee that we will be able to Management and Budget (OMB) to
• Whether or not the collection of do so. approve the information collection (IC)
information is necessary, including Dated: February 17, 2017. described below. As required by the
whether or not the information will Tina A. Campbell, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
have practical utility; Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and as part of our continuing efforts to
• The accuracy of our estimate of the Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife reduce paperwork and respondent
burden for this collection of Service. burden, we invite the general public and
information; [FR Doc. 2017–03583 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am] other Federal agencies to take this
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, opportunity to comment on this IC. This
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
and clarity of the information to be IC is scheduled to expire on May 31,
collected; and 2017. We may not conduct or sponsor
• Ways to minimize the burden of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and a person is not required to respond
collection of information on
to a collection of information unless it
respondents. Fish and Wildlife Service
Comments that you submit in displays a currently valid OMB control
response to this notice are a matter of number.
[FWS–HQ–MB–2017–N016; FF09M21200–
public record. We will include or DATES: To ensure that we are able to
167–FXMB1231099BPP0]
summarize each comment in our request consider your comments on this IC, we
to OMB to approve this IC. Before
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Proposed Information Collection; must receive them by April 25, 2017.
including your address, phone number, Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit
email address, or other personal ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
Applications and Reports—Migratory
identifying information in your IC to the Service Information Collection
Birds and Eagles
comment, you should be aware that Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
your entire comment, including your AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275
personal identifying information, may Interior. Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
be made publicly available at any time. 3803 (mail); or madonna_baucum@
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
While you can ask us in your comment fws.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1018–

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FR Citation		82 FR 11598

82 FR 11598 - Proposed Information Collection; Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and Reporting Certificates, and Registration of Certain Dead Marine Mammal Hard Parts

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service