83 FR 4671 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp Contests
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 22 (February 1, 2018)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 22 (February 1, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-01968 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 4671-4674] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-01968] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-HQ-MB-2017-N168; FF09M13200/189/FXMB12330900000; OMB Control Number 1018-New] Agency Information Collection Activities; Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp Contests AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. [[Page 4672]] ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, we) are proposing a new information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before April 2, 2018. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection request (ICR) by mail 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 by email to Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 1018-Duck Stamp in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov, or by telephone at (703) 358-2503. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper functions of the Service; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Service enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Service minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Abstract History of the Federal Duck Stamp On March 16, 1934, Congress passed, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718- 718k). Popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act, it required all waterfowl hunters 16 years or older to buy a stamp annually. The revenue generated was originally earmarked for the Department of Agriculture, but 5 years later was transferred to the Department of the Interior and the Service. In the years since its enactment, the Federal Duck Stamp Program has become one of the most popular and successful conservation programs ever initiated. Today, some 1.5 million stamps are sold each year, and as of 2017, Federal Duck Stamps have generated more than $1 billion for the preservation of more than 6 million acres of waterfowl habitat in the United States. Numerous other birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians have similarly prospered because of habitat protection made possible by the program. An estimated one-third of the Nation's endangered and threatened species find food or shelter in refuges preserved by Duck Stamp funds. Moreover, the protected wetlands help dissipate storms, purify water supplies, store flood water, and nourish fish hatchlings important for sport and commercial fishermen. History of the Duck Stamp Contest Jay N. ``Ding'' Darling, a nationally known political cartoonist for the Des Moines Register and a noted hunter and wildlife conservationist, designed the first Federal Duck Stamp at President Roosevelt's request. In subsequent years, noted wildlife artists submitted designs. The first Federal Duck Stamp Contest was opened in 1949 to any U.S. artist who wished to enter, and 65 artists submitted a total of 88 design entries. Since then, the contest has been known as the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Art (Duck Stamp) Contest and has attracted large numbers of entrants. The Duck Stamp Contest (50 CFR part 91) remains the only art competition of its kind sponsored by the U.S. Government. The Secretary of the Interior appoints a panel of noted art, waterfowl, and philatelic authorities to select each year's winning design. Winners receive no compensation for the work, except a pane of their stamps, but winners may sell prints of their designs, which are sought by hunters, conservationists, and art collectors. The Service selects five or fewer species of waterfowl each year; each entry must employ one of the Service-designated species as the dominant feature (defined as being in the foreground and clearly the focus of attention). Designs may also include hunting dogs, hunting scenes, waterfowl decoys, national wildlife refuges as the background of habitat scenes, non-eligible species, or other scenes that depict uses of the stamp for sporting, conservation, and collecting purposes. Entries may be in any media EXCEPT photography or computer-generated art. Designs must be the contestants' original hand-drawn creation and may not be copied or duplicated from previously published art, including photographs, or from images in any format published on the internet. History of the Junior Duck Stamp Contest The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program (Junior Duck Stamp Program) began in 1989 as an extension of the Migratory Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. The national Junior Duck Stamp art contest started in 1993, and the first stamp design was selected from entries from eight participating states. The program was recognized by Congress with the 1994 enactment of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act (16 U.S.C. 719). All 50 states, Washington, DC, and 2 of the U.S. Territories currently participate in the annual contest. The Junior Duck Stamp Program introduces wetland and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high school. It crosses cultural, ethnic, social, and geographic boundaries to teach greater awareness and guide students in exploring our nation's natural resources. It is the Service's premier conservation education initiative. The Junior Duck Stamp Program includes a dynamic art- and science- based curriculum. This non-traditional pairing of subjects brings new interest to both the sciences and the arts. The program teaches students across the nation conservation through the arts, using scientific and wildlife observation principles to encourage visual communication about what they learn. Four curriculum guides, with activities and resources, were developed for use [[Page 4673]] as a year-round study plan to assist students in exploring science in real-life situations. Modeled after the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, the annual Junior Duck Stamp Art and Conservation Message Contest (Junior Duck Stamp Contest) was developed as a visual assessment of a student's learning and progression. The Junior Duck Stamp Contest encourages partnerships among Federal and State government agencies, nongovernment organizations, businesses, and volunteers to help recognize and honor thousands of teachers and students throughout the United States for their participation in conservation-related activities. Since 2000, the contest has received more than 478,000 entries. The winning artwork from the national art contest serves as the design for the Junior Duck Stamp, which the Service produces annually. This $5 stamp has become a much sought after collector's item. One hundred percent of the revenue from the sale of Junior Duck stamps goes to support recognition and environmental education activities for students who participate in the program. More than $1.25 million in Junior Duck Stamp proceeds have been used to provide recognition, incentives, and scholarships to participating students, teachers, and schools. The Program continues to educate youth about land stewardship and the importance of connecting to their natural worlds. Several students who have participated in the Junior Duck Stamp Program have gone on to become full-time wildlife artists and conservation professionals; many attribute their interest and success to their early exposure to the Junior Duck Stamp Program. Who Can Enter the Federal Duck Stamp and Junior Duck Stamp Contests The Duck Stamp Contest is open to all U.S. citizens, nationals, and resident aliens who are at least 18 years of age by June 1. Individuals enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 may participate in the Junior Duck Stamp Contest. All eligible students are encouraged to participate in the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program annual art and conservation message contest as part of the program curriculum through public, private, and homeschools, as well as through nonformal educational experiences such as those found in scouting, art studios, and nature centers. Entry Requirements Each entry in the Duck Stamp Contest requires a completed entry form and an entry fee. Information required on the entry form includes:``Display, Participation & Reproduction Rights Agreement'' certification form; Basic contact information (name, address, phone numbers, and email address); Date of birth (to verify eligibility); Species portrayed and medium used; and Name of hometown newspaper (for press coverage). Each entry in the Junior Duck Stamp Contest requires a completed entry form that requests: Basic contact information (name, address, phone numbers, and email address); Age (to verify eligibility); Parent's name and contact information; Whether the student has a Social Security or VISA immigration number (to verify eligibility to receive prizes); Whether the student is a foreign exchange student; Grade of student (so they may be judged with their peers); The title, species, medium used, and conservation message associated with the drawing; Basic contact information for their teacher and school (name, address, phone numbers, and email address); and Certification of authenticity. Students in Grades 7-12 and all national level students are also required to include citations for any resources they used to develop their designs. We use this information to verify that the student has not plagiarized or copied someone else's work. The Service also translates entry forms into other appropriate languages to increase the understanding of the rules and what the parents and students are signing. Title of Collection: Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp Contests. OMB Control Number: 1018--NEW. Form Number: None. Type of Review: Existing collection in use without an OMB Control Number. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals. Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: Annually. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Average Total number number of Total number completion Total annual Activity of annual submissions of annual time per burden hours respondents each responses response (min) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duck Stamp Program Contest Entry Form ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individuals..................... 200 1 200 15 50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Junior Duck Stamp Program Contest Entry Form ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individuals..................... 25,000 1 25,000 * 30 12,500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals...................... 25,200 1 25,200 .............. 12,550 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Burden for Junior Duck Stamp Program entry form is longer since both the parents and teacher must sign the form, and the student must provide references. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $25,000.00 annually associated with entry fees required for contest entry submissions and mailing costs for submissions to the Federal Duck Stamp Contest. There are no fees associated with the Junior Duck Stamp Contest submissions. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). [[Page 4674]] Dated: January 29, 2018. Madonna L. Baucum, Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2018-01968 Filed 1-31-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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Collection Request should be forwarded 13549, which authorize the collection of annual government cost has increased
to DHS/NPPD/IP, ATTN: 1670–0013, this information. by $334,848.
245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0380, The PSCP is designed to facilitate This is a revised information
Arlington, VA 20598–0640. access to security clearances for private collection.
Instructions: All submissions received sector officials involved in the OMB is particularly interested in
must include the words ‘‘Department of infrastructure protection mission. The comments that:
Homeland Security’’ and the docket CISCP is designed to facilitate access to 1. Evaluate whether the proposed
number for this action. Comments security clearances for private sector collection of information is necessary
received will be posted without entities involved in cybersecurity for the proper performance of the
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, information sharing related to the functions of the agency, including
including any personal information National Cybersecurity Communications whether the information will have
provided. Integration Center (NCCIC) via CRADAs practical utility;
Comments submitted in response to and for individuals via the CCIPP. 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
this notice may be made available to the CRADAs are agreements between the agency’s estimate of the burden of the
public through relevant websites. For U.S. government and private entities for proposed collection of information,
this reason, please do not include in joint research and development efforts, including the validity of the
your comments information of a and can be used to create bi-directional methodology and assumptions used;
confidential nature, such as sensitive information sharing frameworks 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
personal information or proprietary between DHS and private sector entities. clarity of the information to be
information. If you send an email The CCIPP, commonly referred to as the collected; and
comment, your email address will be ‘‘Hybrid,’’ is a tool through which DHS 4. Minimize the burden of the
automatically captured and included as shares classified cybersecurity-related collection of information on those who
part of the comment that is placed in the information with critical infrastructure are to respond, including through the
public docket and made available on the partners. These partners are subject use of appropriate automated,
internet. Please note that responses to matter experts within specific industries electronic, mechanical, or other
this public comment request containing and have specialized knowledge not technological collection techniques or
any routine notice about the available within DHS. Private citizens other forms of information technology,
confidentiality of the communication do not receive monetary compensation e.g., permitting electronic submissions
will be treated as public comments that for their time. DHS has created these of responses.
may be made available to the public programs to sponsor clearances for these Title of Collection: Private Sector
notwithstanding the inclusion of the individuals who are not employed by or Clearance Program, Cooperative
routine notice. contracted with another Federal agency Research and Development Agreement,
(the traditional means of obtaining a and Classified Critical Infrastructure
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
clearance) and must have clearances. Protection Program Request.
specific questions related to collection Program changes require a revision of
activities, please contact Quintin OMB Control Number: 1670–0013.
the existing collection. These changes Frequency: Annually.
Whitaker at 703–235–9485 or at PSCP@ include: Updating the title of the
HQ.DHS.GOV. Affected Public: Private and Public
collection, the form being used by Sector.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CISCP, and updates to the form itself.
Partnerships between the U.S. Number of Respondents: 660.
The form will be used by the CISCP in Estimated Time per Respondent: 10
Government and the private sector at the same manner as the PSCP to sponsor
times necessitate the sharing of minutes.
private sector entities and individuals Total Burden Hours: 110 hours.
classified information. The PSCP and for security clearances. The CISCP will
Cyber Information Sharing and Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
increase the burden totals by 360 $0.
Collaboration Program (CISCP) facilitate responses, 60 burden hours, and $6,155
this sharing by sponsoring security Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
annual burden cost. For the PSCP, the
clearances for certain members of each Total Burden Cost (operating/
burden estimates have decreased by 200
sector based on either their membership maintaining): $0.
responses, 33 burden hours and $706
on a Sector Coordinating Council (SCC)/ annual burden cost based on actual David Epperson,
association or their infrastructure responses received. As a result, the total Chief Information Officer.
protection job-related duties. In order to burden estimates will increase overall [FR Doc. 2018–02009 Filed 1–31–18; 8:45 am]
begin the process of approving a by 160 responses, 27 burden hours, BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P
nominee to participate in the clearance $5,448 annual burden costs.
program, DHS collects the nominee’s The changes to the form itself include:
employment information and Personally adding CRADA and CCIPP to the title;
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Identifiable Information (PII). The adding drop down capabilities relevant
nominee’s association/SCC membership for the CRADA and the CCIPP, adding Fish and Wildlife Service
or employment information is reviewed justification guidance to the back of the
for approval, and his or her PII is input form, and updating the wording of the [FWS–HQ–MB–2017–N168; FF09M13200/
into the Electronic Questionnaires for field titles and instructions to improve 189/FXMB12330900000; OMB Control
Number 1018–New]
Investigations Processing (e-QIP) clarity. The changes to the form itself
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system, the Office of Personnel will not change the burden estimates as Agency Information Collection
Management’s (OPM) secure portal for the only field being added is a menu to Activities; Federal Migratory Bird
investigation processing. distinguish the program type. Hunting and Conservation Stamp
The U.S. Government is authorized to The annual government cost for the (Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp
ask for this information under Section collection has increased by $242,850 Contests
201 of the Homeland Security Act of due to the addition of the CISCP and has
2002 (Pub. L. 107–296, 6 U.S.C. 121), increased by $91,998 for the PSCP due AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
and Executive Orders 12968, 13526, and to updated wage rates. As a result, the Interior.
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Dated: January 29, 2018. Hand-delivery: You may hand-deliver habitat incidental to relocation and
Madonna L. Baucum, comments to the Atlanta or the Vero construction of a 1.3-mile section of
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Beach Offices. Dude Ranch Road in Polk County,
Fish and Wildlife Service. Email: You may email comments to Florida. The existing paved two-lane
[FR Doc. 2018–01968 Filed 1–31–18; 8:45 am] david_dell@fws.gov. Please include your county roadway is being relocated, per
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P name and email address in your email permission of Polk County, to allow for
message. If you do not receive an email sand mining within the existing Dude
confirmation from us that we have Ranch Road footprint and lands
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR received your email message, contact us adjacent to this footprint. The applicant
directly at either telephone number in indicates that sand mining in this area
Fish and Wildlife Service FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. would not be financially feasible
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. without relocation of the roadway. Polk
[FWS–R4–ES–2017–N148; David Dell, Regional HCP Coordinator, County requires the applicant to
FXES11140400000–178–FF04E00000] at the Atlanta Regional Office (see relocate the roadway segment to
ADDRESSES); or Mr. John Wrublik, maintain access for local residents and
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Project Manager, at the South Florida the public to the areas adjacent to the
Incidental Take Permit Application, Ecological Services Office (see project site.
Habitat Conservation Plan for Skink ADDRESSES); telephone: 772–469–4282.
Species, and Environmental Habitat Conservation Plan
If you use a telecommunications device
Assessment for Roadway Relocation The HCP includes measures to
for the deaf (TDD), please call the
in Polk County, FL minimize and mitigate impacts to the
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
sand skink and the blue-tailed mole
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the skink resulting from the roadway
Interior. Endangered Species Act of 1973, as relocation. To minimize impacts to
ACTION: Notice of availability; request amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., ESA), these species and their habitat, the
for comments. we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, footprint of the relocated roadway was
announce the receipt and availability of reduced to the greatest extent
SUMMARY: Under the Endangered a proposed habitat conservation plan practicable. The mitigation proposed by
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), (HCP), accompanying incidental take the applicant consists of the purchase of
we, the Fish and Wildlife Service permit (ITP) application, and 24.2 credits (equaling 12.1 acres of skink
(Service), announce the receipt and environmental assessment (EA) related habitat) from the Scrub Conservation
availability of a proposed habitat to an application from Cemex Bank (SCB) in Highlands County,
conservation plan and environmental Construction Materials Florida, LLC Florida. The SCB, which is a Service
assessment related to an application for (applicant) for a permit to take sand approved conservation bank, will
a permit associated with relocation of a skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) and blue- preserve and manage skink habitat in
1.3-mile segment of Dude Ranch Road tailed mole skink (Eumeces egregius perpetuity.
(project) located in Polk County, lividus) (covered species), incidental to
Florida. If issued, the permit would the relocation of a 1.3-mile segment of Public Comments
authorize take of the threatened sand Dude Ranch Road in Polk County, We specifically request information,
skink and blue-tailed mole skink Florida. We invite the public to views, and opinions from the public on
incidental to project construction. We comment on these documents. our proposed Federal action, including
invite the public to comment on these The applicants’ proposed HCP identification of any other aspects of or
documents. describes the mitigation and impacts to the human environment not
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
minimization measures proposed to already identified in the EA prepared
send your written comments by March address the impacts to the covered pursuant to the NEPA regulations at 40
5, 2018. species. Per the National Environmental CFR 1506.6. Further, we specifically
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; solicit information regarding the
ADDRESSES: NEPA), the EA analyzes the take of the adequacy of the HCP per 50 CFR parts
Obtaining Documents: Documents are covered species and impact to the 13 and 17.
available for public inspection by environment. The applicant requests a Before including your address, phone
appointment during regular business 5-year ITP under section 10(a)(1)(B) of number, email address, or other
hours at either of the following the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et personal identifying information in your
locations: seq.). comment, you should be aware that
• Atlanta Regional Office, Ecological your entire comment—including your
Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Assessment
personal identifying information—may
1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA The EA assesses the likely be made publicly available at any time.
30345. environmental impacts associated with While you can ask us in your comment
• South Florida Ecological Services the implementation of the activities, to withhold your personal identifying
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including the environmental information from public review, we
1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960. consequences of the no-action cannot guarantee that we will be able to
Submitting Comments: Submit alternative, relocation of the roadway do so.
comments by one of the following segment outside of the proposed
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methods. Please reference TE21091C–0 footprint, and the proposed action. The Covered Area
in all comments. For additional proposed action alternative is issuance Sand skinks and blue-tailed mole
guidance, please see Public Comments of the ITP and implementation of the skinks historically occurred within xeric
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. HCP as submitted by the applicant. The uplands throughout the sandy ridges of
U.S. mail: You may mail comments to applicant anticipates destroying central Florida. The area encompassed
the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Atlanta approximately 12.1 acres of occupied by the ITP application and HCP consists
Regional Office. sand skink and blue-tailed mole skink of 12.1 acres of privately owned lands
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| Action | Notice of information collection; request for comment. | |
| Dates | Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before April 2, 2018. | |
| Contact | To request additional information about this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (703) 358-2503. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 4671 |
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