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but did oppose the use of horseshoe
crabs by biomedical companies and
proposed a ban on the use of horseshoe
crabs for any purpose. We have not
made any changes to our information
collection as a result of the comment.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) 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, e-mail 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: November 18, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control
Number 1018-0019; North American
Woodcock Singing Ground Survey

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AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. The ICR, which is
summarized below, describes the nature
of the collection and the estimated
burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled
to expire on December 31, 2008. We
may not conduct or sponsor and a
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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 send comments on or
before January 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-6566
(fax) or [email protected]
(e-mail). Please provide a copy of your
comments to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail) or [email protected] (email).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or
e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 1018-0019.
Title: North American Woodcock
Singing Ground Survey.
Service Form Number(s): 3-156.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: State, Provincial,
local, and tribal employees.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 680.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,206 hours. We believe 544
persons (80 percent of the respondents)
will enter data electronically, with an
average reporting burden of 1.8 hours
per respondent. For all other
respondents, we estimate the reporting
burden to be 1.67 hours per respondent.
Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty
Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712) and Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a 754j-2) designate the Department of the
Interior as the primary agency
responsible for:
(1) Wise management of migratory
bird populations frequenting the United
States, and
(2) Setting hunting regulations that
allow for the well-being of migratory
bird populations.
These responsibilities dictate that we
gather accurate data on various
characteristics of migratory bird
populations.
The North American Woodcock
Singing Ground Survey is an essential
part of the migratory bird management
program. State, Federal, Provincial,
local, and tribal conservation agencies
conduct the survey annually to provide

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the data necessary to determine the
population status of the woodcock. In
addition, the information is vital in
assessing the relative changes in the
geographic distribution of the
woodcock. We use the information
primarily to develop recommendations
for hunting regulations. Without
information on the population’s status,
we might promulgate hunting
regulations that (1) are not sufficiently
restrictive, which could cause harm to
the woodcock population, or (2) are too
restrictive, which would unduly restrict
recreational opportunities afforded by
woodcock hunting. The Service, State
conservation agencies, university
associates, and other interested parties
use the data for various research and
management projects.
Comments: On July 24, 2008, we
published in the Federal Register (73
FR 43254) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew this ICR. In that
notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on September 22, 2008. We
received one comment. The commenter
expressed opposition to hunting and to
the Government, but did not address the
information collection requirements. We
did not make any changes to our
information collection requirements.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) 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, e-mail 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: November 26, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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