82_FR_27982 82 FR 27866 - Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 1018-0066; Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and Reporting Certificates, and Registration of Certain Dead Marine Mammal Hard Parts

82 FR 27866 - Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 1018-0066; 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 116 (June 19, 2017)

Page Range27866-27867
FR Document2017-12727

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 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 116 (Monday, June 19, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 116 (Monday, June 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27866-27867]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12727]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R7-ES-2017-N057; FF07CAMM00.FX.ES111607MRG02]


Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 
1018-0066; 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) 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 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. 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 July 19, 2017.

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 ``1018-0066'' in the subject 
line of your comments. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Service Information Collection 
Clearance Officer, 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 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;

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     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; and
     Name of the hunter or possessor of the specified parts at 
the time of marking, tagging, and reporting.
    We 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 via Form 3-2406 includes, 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 18.26.
    Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms 3-2406, 3-2414, 3-2415, and 3-
2416.
    Type of Request: Extension 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
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals......................................             500           2,140  ..............             535
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Costs: None.

III. Comments

    On February 24, 2017, we published in the Federal Register (82 FR 
11598) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this 
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 
days, ending on April 25, 2017. We received one comment in response to 
that notice:
    Email comment dated April 24, 2017 from Marine Mammal Commission.
    The Marine Mammal Commission supports the continuation of the 
information collection programs related to the taking of marine mammals 
for subsistence and handicraft purposes by Alaska Natives. Collection 
of this information is authorized under section 109(i) of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act. This information is important for tracking 
Native use of marine mammals and to provide the documentation that 
marine mammal parts were legally taken.
    The Commission also supports the continued use of FWS Form 3-2406 
for registering marine mammal hard parts found on beaches and near 
shore areas. Under applicable regulations, these parts can be retained 
only if they are registered with the FWS (or NMFS). As such, retention 
of the registration form is necessary.
    FWS Response: None required.

IV. Request for and Availability of 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.

V. Authorities

    The authorities for this action are the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 (MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407) and the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

    Dated: June 14, 2017.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
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                                                       Comment 4C: Ways to enhance the quality,             or other personal identifying                          Service Information Collection
                                                    utility, and clarity of the information to be           information in your comment, you                       Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
                                                    collected:                                              should be aware that your entire                       Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
                                                       The Central Flyway Council stated that
                                                                                                            comment, including your personal                       Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
                                                    they believe the surveys are conducted in an
                                                    appropriate fashion that provides accurate              identifying information, may be made                   3803 (mail), or info_coll@fws.gov
                                                    and precise estimates of migratory bird                 publicly available at any time. While                  (email). Please include ‘‘1018–0066’’ in
                                                    hunter and harvest. They also stated that               you can ask OMB in your comment to                     the subject line of your comments. You
                                                    until alternative methodologies have been               withhold your personal identifying                     may review the ICR online at http://
                                                    developed and vetted, mailing surveys is the            information from public review, we                     www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
                                                    sole method for obtaining high-quality                  cannot guarantee that it will be done.                 instructions to review Department of the
                                                    information with migratory bird surveys.                                                                       Interior collections under review by
                                                    They noted that this information collection             V. Authorities                                         OMB.
                                                    allows individual States to evaluate human-
                                                                                                              The authorities for this action are the              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    dimension decisions (e.g., timing of seasons,
                                                    boundaries of hunting zones) related to the             Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C.                   Service Information Collection
                                                    States’ hunting season selections within the            703 et seq.), Fish and Wildlife Act of                 Clearance Officer, at info_coll@fws.gov
                                                    Federal framework for migratory bird                    1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a–742j), and the                    (email) or (703) 358–2503 (telephone).
                                                    seasons.                                                Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                       Service Response to Comment 4C: No                   U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
                                                    response required.                                                                                             I. Abstract
                                                       Comment 4D: Ways to minimize the                       Dated: June 14, 2017.
                                                    burden of the collection of information on              Madonna L. Baucum,                                        Under section 101(b) of the Marine
                                                    respondents:                                            Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.         Mammal Protection Act of 1972
                                                       The Central Flyway Council reiterated that           Fish and Wildlife Service.                             (MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361–
                                                    they did not believe the surveys caused a               [FR Doc. 2017–12724 Filed 6–16–17; 8:45 am]            1407), Alaska Natives residing in Alaska
                                                    significant burden on respondents, but
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
                                                                                                                                                                   and dwelling on the coast of the North
                                                    encouraged the examination of methods to                                                                       Pacific or Arctic Oceans may harvest
                                                    reduce the burden of the surveys on                                                                            polar bears, northern sea otters, and
                                                    respondents, and stated they were willing to                                                                   Pacific walruses for subsistence or
                                                    work with the Service on any improvements               DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                                                                                                   handicraft purposes. Section 109(i) of
                                                    or changes in the future. They further noted
                                                    that these changes would require appropriate            Fish and Wildlife Service                              the MMPA authorizes the Secretary of
                                                    funding for their development and                                                                              the Interior to prescribe marking,
                                                                                                            [FWS–R7–ES–2017–N057;
                                                    implementation, and also said there is a need                                                                  tagging, and reporting regulations
                                                                                                            FF07CAMM00.FX.ES111607MRG02]
                                                    to ensure comparability with previous                                                                          applicable to the Alaska Native
                                                    methods.                                                Agency Information Collection                          subsistence and handicraft take.
                                                       Service Response to Comment 4D: As                                                                             On behalf of the Secretary, we
                                                    stated in Service response 2D above, in the
                                                                                                            Activities: OMB Control Number 1018–
                                                                                                            0066; Marine Mammal Marking,                           implemented regulations at 50 CFR
                                                    next several years, we intend to undertake a                                                                   18.23(f) for Alaska Natives harvesting
                                                    critical review of the sampling design of this          Tagging, and Reporting Certificates,
                                                                                                            and Registration of Certain Dead                       polar bears, northern sea otters, and
                                                    survey, as part of an effort to modernize our
                                                    overall data management processes. We will              Marine Mammal Hard Parts                               Pacific walruses. These regulations
                                                    also be moving to an online harvest diary                                                                      enable us to gather data on the Alaska
                                                    form, which should reduce the burden on                 AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,                   Native subsistence and handicraft
                                                    respondents by making it easier to fill out             Interior.                                              harvest and on the biology of polar
                                                    and submit the form. We fully intend to                 ACTION: Notice; request for comments.                  bears, northern sea otters, and Pacific
                                                    involve flyway partners in this modification                                                                   walruses in Alaska to determine what
                                                    to the survey, which should allow us to                 SUMMARY:   We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife                  effect such take may be having on these
                                                    increase sample sizes where needed, while               Service) have sent an Information                      populations. The regulations also
                                                    maintaining reliability and accuracy of the             Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for                    provide us with a means of monitoring
                                                    survey.                                                                                                        the disposition of the harvest to ensure
                                                                                                            review and approval. We summarize the
                                                                                                            ICR below and describe the nature of the               that any commercial use of products
                                                    IV. Request for and Availability of
                                                                                                            collection and the estimated burden and                created from these species meets the
                                                    Public Comments
                                                                                                            cost. This information collection is                   criteria set forth in section 101(b) of the
                                                      We again invite comments concerning                   scheduled to expire on June 30, 2017.                  MMPA. We use three forms to collect
                                                    this information collection on:                         We may not conduct or sponsor and a                    the information: FWS Form 3–2414
                                                      • Whether or not the collection of                    person is not required to respond to a                 (Polar Bear Tagging Certificates), FWS
                                                    information is necessary, including                     collection of information unless it                    Form 3–2415 (Walrus Tagging
                                                    whether or not the information will                     displays a currently valid OMB control                 Certificates), and FWS Form 3–2416
                                                    have practical utility;                                 number. However, under OMB                             (Sea Otter Tagging Certificates). The
                                                      • The accuracy of our estimate of the                 regulations, we may continue to                        information we collect includes, but is
                                                    burden for this collection of                           conduct or sponsor this information                    not limited to:
                                                    information;                                            collection while it is pending at OMB.                    • Date of kill;
                                                      • Ways to enhance the quality, utility,                                                                         • Sex of the animal;
                                                                                                            DATES: You must submit comments on
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                                                    and clarity of the information to be                                                                              • Kill location;
                                                    collected; and                                          or before July 19, 2017.                                  • Age of the animal (i.e., adult,
                                                      • Ways to minimize the burden of the                  ADDRESSES: Send your comments and                      subadult, cub, or pup);
                                                    collection of information on                            suggestions on this information                           • Form of transportation used to
                                                    respondents.                                            collection to the Desk Officer for the                 make the kill of polar bears;
                                                      Comments that you submit in                           Department of the Interior at OMB–                        • Amount of time (i.e., hours/days
                                                    response to this notice are a matter of                 OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_                  hunted) spent hunting polar bears;
                                                    public record. Before including your                    DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (email). Please                        • Type of take (live-killed or beach-
                                                    address, phone number, email address,                   provide a copy of your comments to the                 found) for walrus;


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                                                      • Number of otters present in and                                       marine mammals under the MMPA. It is                              Title: Marine Mammal Marking,
                                                    number of otters harvested from pod;                                      legal to collect such parts from a beach                        Tagging, and Reporting Certificates, and
                                                      • Condition of the polar bear and                                       or from land within a quarter of a mile                         Registration of Certain Dead Marine
                                                    whether or not bear cubs were present;                                    of the ocean (50 CFR 18.26). The                                Mammal Hard Parts, 50 CFR 18.23(f)
                                                    and                                                                       information we collect via Form 3–2406                          and 18.26.
                                                      • Name of the hunter or possessor of                                    includes, but is not limited to:                                  Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms
                                                    the specified parts at the time of                                          • Date and location found.                                    3–2406, 3–2414, 3–2415, and 3–2416.
                                                    marking, tagging, and reporting.                                            • Age, sex, and size of the animal.                             Type of Request: Extension of a
                                                      We use FWS Form 3–2406                                                    • Tag numbers.                                                currently approved collection.
                                                    (Registration of Certain Dead Marine                                        • Name, address, phone number, and                              Description of Respondents:
                                                    Mammal Hard Parts) to record the                                          birthdate of the collector.                                     Individuals and households.
                                                    collection of bones, teeth, or ivory of                                                                                                     Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
                                                    dead marine mammals by non-Native                                         II. Data                                                        obtain or retain a benefit.
                                                    and Natives not eligible to harvest                                           OMB Control Number: 1018–0066.                                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



                                                      Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden                                           • Whether or not the collection of                            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    Costs: None.                                                              information is necessary, including
                                                                                                                              whether or not the information will                             U.S. Geological Survey
                                                    III. Comments
                                                                                                                              have practical utility;
                                                       On February 24, 2017, we published                                                                                                     [GX17RB00CMFCA00]
                                                                                                                                • The accuracy of our estimate of the
                                                    in the Federal Register (82 FR 11598) a                                   burden for this collection of
                                                    notice of our intent to request that OMB                                                                                                  Agency Information Collection
                                                                                                                              information;                                                    Activities: OMB Control Number 1028–
                                                    approve this information collection. In
                                                                                                                                • Ways to enhance the quality, utility,                       NEW; Current and Future Landsat User
                                                    that notice, we solicited comments for
                                                                                                                              and clarity of the information to be                            Requirements
                                                    60 days, ending on April 25, 2017. We
                                                                                                                              collected; and
                                                    received one comment in response to                                                                                                       AGENCY:   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
                                                    that notice:                                                                • Ways to minimize the burden of the
                                                                                                                                                                                              Interior.
                                                       Email comment dated April 24, 2017                                     collection of information on
                                                                                                                              respondents.                                                    ACTION: Notice of a new information
                                                    from Marine Mammal Commission.
                                                       The Marine Mammal Commission                                             Comments that you submit in                                   collection; request for comments.
                                                    supports the continuation of the                                          response to this notice are a matter of                         SUMMARY:    We (the U.S. Geological
                                                    information collection programs related                                   public record. Before including your                            Survey) will ask the Office of
                                                    to the taking of marine mammals for                                       address, phone number, email address,                           Management and Budget (OMB) to
                                                    subsistence and handicraft purposes by                                    or other personal identifying                                   approve the information collection (IC)
                                                    Alaska Natives. Collection of this                                        information in your comment, you                                described below. As required by the
                                                    information is authorized under section                                   should be aware that your entire                                Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
                                                    109(i) of the Marine Mammal Protection                                    comment, including your personal                                1995, and as part of our continuing
                                                    Act. This information is important for                                    identifying information, may be made                            efforts to reduce paperwork and
                                                    tracking Native use of marine mammals                                     publicly available at any time. While                           respondent burden, we invite the
                                                    and to provide the documentation that                                     you can ask OMB in your comment to                              general public and other Federal
                                                    marine mammal parts were legally                                          withhold your personal identifying                              agencies to take this opportunity to
                                                    taken.                                                                    information from public review, we                              comment on this IC.
                                                       The Commission also supports the                                       cannot guarantee that it will be done.
                                                                                                                                                                                              DATES: To ensure that your comments
                                                    continued use of FWS Form 3–2406 for
                                                    registering marine mammal hard parts                                      V. Authorities                                                  are considered, we must receive them
                                                    found on beaches and near shore areas.                                                                                                    on or before August 18, 2017.
                                                                                                                                The authorities for this action are the
                                                    Under applicable regulations, these                                                                                                       ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                                                                                              Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
                                                    parts can be retained only if they are                                    (MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361–                             on this information collection to the
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                                                    registered with the FWS (or NMFS). As                                     1407) and the Paperwork Reduction Act                           Information Collection Clearance
                                                    such, retention of the registration form                                  of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).                               Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
                                                    is necessary.                                                                                                                             Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
                                                                                                                                Dated: June 14, 2017.                                         VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7197 (fax);
                                                       FWS Response: None required.
                                                                                                                              Madonna L. Baucum,                                              or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email).
                                                    IV. Request for and Availability of                                       Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.                  Please reference ‘Information Collection
                                                    Public Comments                                                           Fish and Wildlife Service.                                      1028–NEW, Current and Future Landsat
                                                      We again invite comments concerning                                     [FR Doc. 2017–12727 Filed 6–16–17; 8:45 am]                     User Requirements’ in all
                                                    this information collection on:                                           BILLING CODE 4333–15–P                                          correspondence.


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Document Created: 2017-06-17 01:48:21
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; request for comments.
DatesYou must submit comments on or before July 19, 2017.
ContactService Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] (email) or (703) 358-2503 (telephone).
FR Citation82 FR 27866 

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