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(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8–29158 Filed 12–9–08; 8:45 am]
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Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail), or [email protected] (e-mail).
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:

I. Abstract
Title VIII of the Alaska National
Interest
Lands Conservation Act (16
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S.C. 3101) designates the Departments
[FWS-R7-SM-2008-N0309] [70101-1261-0000- of the Interior and Agriculture as the
L6]
key agencies responsible for
implementing the subsistence priority
Proposed Information Collection; OMB on Federal public lands for rural Alaska
Control Number 1018-0120; Federal
residents. These responsibilities include
Subsistence Regional Advisory
the establishment of Regional Councils
Council Membership Application/
with members from each region who are
Nomination and Interview Forms
knowledgeable about the region and
subsistence uses of the public lands.
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
One-third of the seats on the Regional
Interior.
Councils become vacant each year.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
Additional vacancies may occur due to
resignations or deaths of sitting
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
members.
Service) will ask the Office of
Each person desiring to serve on a
Management and Budget (OMB) to
Regional Council must complete FWS
approve the information collection (IC)
Form 3-2321 (Federal Subsistence
described below. As required by the
Regional Advisory Council Membership
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
Application/Nomination). Persons
as part of our continuing efforts to
nominating other individuals for
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and membership must also complete this
form. Applicants must provide three
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This references and information on:
(1) Their knowledge of fish and
IC is scheduled to expire on March 31,
wildlife resources as well as subsistence
2009. We may not conduct or sponsor
and other uses of the resources.
and a person is not required to respond
(2) Their service on working groups,
to a collection of information unless it
conservation
committees, etc.
displays a currently valid OMB control
(3) How they would represent the
number.
people in the region.
DATES: Your comments must be received
(4) Their willingness to travel and
by February 9, 2009.
attend meetings.
Federal staff will use FWS Form 3ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 2322 (Regional Advisory Council
Candidate Interview Form) to conduct
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
applicant interviews by telephone.
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Number of annual
respondents

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FWS Form 3-2321 ...................................................................
FWS Form 3-2322 ...................................................................
FWS Form 3-2323 ...................................................................
Totals ................................................................................

III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
IC 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;

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II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0120.
Title: Federal Subsistence Regional
Advisory Council Membership
Application/Nomination and Interview
Forms.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms
3-2321, 3-2322, and 3-2323.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Alaska residents.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Number of annual
responses
100
100
400
600

(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. We will include and/or
summarize each comment in our request

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Respondents do not see the printed
form. Interviewers will ask questions
regarding the applicant’s willingness to
serve on the Regional Council and will
ask the applicant to explain information
provided on FWS Form 3-2321.
Federal staff will use FWS Form 32323 (Regional Council Reference/Key
Contact Interview Form) to conduct
interviews of references/key contacts for
prospective Regional Council members.
We conduct all interviews by telephone
and the respondents do not see the
printed form. Interviewers will ask
questions about the applicant’s:
(1) Knowledge of fish and wildlife
resources as well as subsistence
practices and commercial/sport
activities.
(2) Leadership ability.
(3) Ability to communicate.
The Federal Subsistence Board uses
this information to make
recommendations to the Secretary of the
Interior for appointment of members to
the Regional Councils. We restrict the
information collected to the Regional
Council member selection process and
only to staff that the Federal Subsistence
Board deems necessary. The
information collections in this program
are part of a system of records covered
by the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).

Completion time
per response
2 hours ............
30 minutes .......
15 minutes .......
.....................

Annual burden
hours
200
50
100
350

to OMB to approve this IC. 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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying

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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: November 6, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E8–29138 Filed 12–9–08; 8:45 am
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R5-FHC-2008-N0330] [51320-13340000 L4]

Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; OMB Control
Number 1018-0127; Horseshoe Crab
Tagging Program
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
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 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
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FWS Form 3-2310 ...................................................................
FWS Form 3-2311 ...................................................................
Totals ................................................................................

*Average time required per response
is dependent on the number of tags
applied by an agency in 1 year.
Agencies tag between 25 and 9,000
horseshoe crabs annually, taking
between 2 to 5 minutes per crab to tag.
Each agency determines the number of
tags it will apply.
Abstract: Horseshoe crabs play a vital
role commercially, biomedically, and
ecologically along the Atlantic coast.
Horseshoe crabs are commercially
harvested and used as bait in eel and
conch fisheries. Biomedical companies
along the coast also collect and bleed
horseshoe crabs at their facilities.
Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate is derived
from crab blood, which has no synthetic
substitute, and is used by
pharmaceutical companies to test
sterility of products. Finally, migratory
shorebirds also depend on the eggs of
horseshoe crabs to refuel on their
migrations from South America to the
Arctic. One bird in particular, the red
knot, feeds primarily on horseshoe crab
eggs during its stopover. That bird is
under a status review for listing under
the Endangered Species Act.
In 1998, the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), a
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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: 1018-0127.
Title: Horseshoe Crab Tagging
Program.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms
3-2310 and 3-2311.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Tagging agencies
include Federal and State agencies,
universities, and biomedical companies.
Members of the general public provide
recapture information.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
When horseshoe crabs are tagged and
when horseshoe crabs are found or
captured.

1,500
10
1,510

Atlantic Coast, developed a horseshoe
crab management plan. The ASMFC
plan and its subsequent addenda
established mandatory State-by-State
harvest quotas, and created the 1,500
square mile Carl N. Shuster, Jr.
Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary off the mouth
of Delaware Bay.
Although restrictive measures have
been taken in recent years, populations
are not showing immediate increases.
Because horseshoe crabs do not breed
until they are 9 years or older, it may
take some time before the population
measurably increases. Federal and State
agencies, universities, and biomedical
companies participate in a Horseshoe
Crab Cooperative Tagging Program. The
Maryland Fishery Resources Office, Fish
and Wildlife Service, maintains the
information that we collect under this
program and uses it to evaluate
migratory patterns, survival, and
abundance of horseshoe crabs.
Agencies that tag and release the crabs
complete FWS Form 3-2311 (Horseshoe
Crab Tagging) and provide the Service
with:
(1) Organization name.
(2) Contact person name.
(3) Tag number.
(4) Sex of crab.
(5) Prosomal width.

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North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail) or [email protected] (email).

Number of annual
responses

500
10
510

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Completion time
per response
10 minutes .......
73 hours* .........
.....................

Annual burden
hours
250
730
980

(6) Capture site, latitude, longitude,
waterbody, State, and date.
Members of the public who recover
tagged crabs provide the following
information using FWS Form 3-2310
(Horseshoe Crab Recapture Report):
(1) Tag number.
(2) Whether or not tag was removed.
(3) Whether or not the tag was circular
or square.
(4) Condition of crab.
(5) Date captured/found.
(6) Crab fate.
(7) Finder type.
(8) Capture method.
(9) Capture location.
(10) Reporter information.
(11) Comments.
If the public participant who reports
the tagged crab requests information, we
send data pertaining to the tagging
program and tag and release information
on the horseshoe crab he/she found or
captured.
Comments: On June 24, 2008, we
published in the Federal Register (73
FR 35705) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew this ICR. In that
notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on August 25, 2008. We
received one comment. The commenter
did not address the necessity, clarity, or
accuracy of the information collection,

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