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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
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: October 12, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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IC is scheduled to expire on March 31,
2011. 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 December 17,
2010.
Send your comments on the
IC 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] (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at
(703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

I. Abstract

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Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018–0066; Marine
Mammal Tagging, Marking, and
Reporting Certificates
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

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 walrus 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 bear, northern sea otter, and
Pacific walrus. These regulations enable
us to gather data on the Alaska Native
subsistence and handicraft harvest and
Number of
respondents

Activity

II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0066.
Title: Marine Mammal Tagging,
Marking, and Reporting Certificates, 50
CFR 18.23(f).
Service Form Number(s): R7–50, R7–
51, R7–52.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals and households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Completion time per response

Total annual
burden hours

R7–50 (walrus) ........................................................................
R7–51 (polar bear) ..................................................................
R7–52 (sea otter) ....................................................................

620
25
750

620
25
750

15 minutes ..............................
15 minutes ..............................
15 minutes ..............................

155
13
188

Totals ...............................................................................

1,395

1,395

............................................

356

III. Comments

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Number of
responses

on the biology of polar bear, northern
sea otter, and Pacific walrus 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, which 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 bear and whether
or not polar bear cubs were present.
• Name of the hunter or possessor of
the specified parts at the time of
marking, tagging, and reporting.

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;

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• 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,

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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
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

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Dated: October 12, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.

Background

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Draft Friends Organizations Policy
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), propose to
establish a policy to guide Service
employees to increase efficiency and
effectiveness in achieving the Service’s
mission through partnerships with
Friends organizations (volunteer/
advocate). Today, Friends organizations
play a vital role in helping to fulfill the
Service’s mission of ‘‘working with
others, to conserve, protect and enhance
fish, wildlife, and plants and their
habitats for the continuing benefit of the
American people.’’
This draft policy provides guidance
for Service employees who work with
Friends organizations to increase
community involvement in our
programs. Specifically, it includes
guidance regarding financial and
administrative practices, Friends
Partnership Agreements, and revenue
generating operations. We propose to
incorporate this draft policy as Part 633,
chapters 1–4 of the Fish and Wildlife
Service Manual.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by
December 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this draft policy by any of the
following methods:
U.S. Mail or Hand Delivery: Kevin
Kilcullen, Visitor Services, National
Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 635, Arlington, VA 22203;
Fax: 703–358–2517; or
E-mail:
[email protected].

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SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Kilcullen, at address or fax above,
or telephone: 703–358–2382.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft
guidance document which is the subject
of this notice is available at: http://
www.fws.gov/refuges/friends.

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The National Wildlife Refuge System
Volunteer and Community Partnership
Enhancement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C.
742f) amended the Fish and Wildlife
Act of 1956 to promote volunteer
programs and community partnerships
for the benefit of national wildlife
refuges. The Act states that we will
‘‘encourage the use of volunteers in the
management of refuges and facilitate
partnerships between the Refuge System
and non-Federal entities to promote
public awareness of the resources of the
Refuge System and public participation
in the conservation of those resources.’’
The National Fish Hatchery System
Volunteer Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 760aa)
provides for the expansion of volunteer
projects and community partnerships of
the National Fish Hatchery System. The
Act states that we will ‘‘enhance an
existing volunteer program of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
and promote community partnerships
for the benefit of national fish hatcheries
and fisheries program offices.’’ Both
Acts direct us to work with volunteers
and partners to promote public
awareness and participation in our
conservation programs. This draft policy
for Friends organizations was based on
these statutory requirements.
The National Friends Program was
established in 1996 to encourage and
organize community involvement in
Service activities. The program works to
expand the number and effectiveness of
community-based Friends organizations
which assist us in delivering our
mission. During the last decade, the
Friends program has grown
substantially in size and complexity.
There are more than 230 Friends
organizations, with an estimated total of
40–60,000 members. These
organizations significantly strengthen
the work of refuges, waterfowl
production areas, and fish hatcheries
and program offices across the country.

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Chapter 2 describes the information
we need when we consider the financial
and administrative activities under
Friends agreements, including the
practices and activities that the Service
may allow on Government property.
Chapter 3 describes the major
components of, and process for
developing and modifying, the legal
Friends Partnership Agreement between
Friends organizations and the Service.
Chapter 4 describes how we work
with Friends organizations to manage
revenue-generating operations on
Service property.
Request for Public Comments
We seek public comments on the draft
Friends policy, and will consider
comments and any additional
information we receive during the
comment period (see DATES). You may
submit comments to any of the places
cited in ADDRESSES. Please submit
Internet comments as an ASCII file,
avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption.
Public Availability of Comments
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
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Daniel M. Ashe,
Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Draft Policy
We recognize that Friends provide
many vital services to our sites and
programs. This draft policy provides
guidance on roles and responsibilities
for both the Service and Friends
organizations. The purpose of this draft
policy is to provide Service employees
with guidance when working with
Friends organizations.
Chapter 1 of this draft policy
identifies the authorities for working
with Friends organizations; describes
the relationship between the Service
and Friends organizations; and
describes the responsibilities of Service
employees and Friends organizations.

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Draft General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement,
Hampton National Historic Site,
Maryland
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Draft General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for
Hampton National Historic Site,
Maryland.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332 (2) (C), the National Park
Service (NPS) announces the

SUMMARY:

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