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The first commenter objected to the
authorization of depredation-related
take. We note the concerns raised by
this individual, but the comment did
not address issues surrounding the
proposed collection of information or
the cost and hour burden estimates.
The second commenter provided the
following comments:
Comment: The estimated burden for
collection of information is severely
underestimated. The commenter agreed
that the actual reporting time is
probably only 15 minutes per
respondent, but stated that gathering
data necessary to compile the reported
information requires far more time, and
may require a field investigation or
followup phone call to verify the report.
Response: We believe our estimates
are within reason because they
represent the average amount of time it
will take to provide the requested
information via making a telephone call
or sending a facsimile. This ICR covers
multiple experimental populations,
multiple species (which may have more
than one experimental population),
multiple types of activities, multiple
geographic locations across the United
States, and multiple Service Regions.
We estimate that the time required to
provide the notification will vary
substantially from 1 to 45 minutes. We
acknowledge that it may take some
respondents, such as State fish and
wildlife agencies, longer than others to
gather and compile the data prior to
notifying us. State fish and wildlife
agencies may provide information to us
on multiple species, experimental
populations, and incidents in a single
notification (thereby requiring more
than 15 minutes for them to provide us
with the information). In contrast to
State fish and wildlife agencies, the
general public usually provides
information on a single species,
experimental population, and incident
in one notification (thereby requiring
substantially less than 15 minutes for
them to provide us with the
information). Given the variety of
potential situations requiring
notification, as well as the variety of
potential respondents, we believe 15
minutes per response is a reasonable
estimate of the average burden.
Comment: General sighting reports do
not appear to be included in the three
categories of information collection.
Response: General sightings are
included in the description of the
information collection for specimen
collection.
Comment: The Service should design
a standard data input form and
evaluation descriptors for the reporting
of visual information, allowing for

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adjustments in the form for each
population as needed.
Response: We collect the information
by means of telephone calls or
facsimiles from the public. The actual
details of the information we collect are
unique to each species and
experimental population, based on the
specific information needed for that
species and experimental population.
The types of incidents that must be
reported also vary by species. For
example, under our wolf experimental
populations, livestock depredation
under a permit must be reported within
24 hours. We do not ask for this same
information under our whooping crane
experimental populations because
whooping cranes are not predators, and,
therefore, depredation permits are not
needed. This ICR covers multiple
experimental populations, multiple
species (which may have more than one
experimental population), multiple
types of activities, multiple geographic
locations across the United States, and
multiple Service Regions. Given these
complexities and variability in the
detail of the information needed, it is
not feasible to develop a standard data
input form for each experimental
population.
Comment: Sharing the data in
summary form would increase the
utility of the data.
Response: State wildlife agencies are
our primary conservation partners, and
we routinely share data with them (and
vice versa), including the data gathered
under this information collection.
Comment: Reporting take (quantity)
could be burdensome for species that
produce large numbers of young at a
time (e.g., fish, amphibians, and
butterflies). The commenter suggests
standardizing the reporting of take
(quantity) as a way to reduce the
reporting burden for these species.
Response: We will coordinate with
our Regional Offices and respondents to
see if we can simplify and standardize
the reporting of take (quantity) for
species with large numbers of young.
We have not made any changes to our
information collection requirements as a
result of the above 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

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• 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: March 22, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R1–MB–2011–NXXX; 10154–1231–
0000–D3]

Proposed Information Collection;
Monitoring Recovered Species After
Delisting—American Peregrine Falcon
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
IC is scheduled to expire on July 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 May 27, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or [email protected] (e-mail).
Please include 1018–0101 in the subject
line of your comments.
SUMMARY:

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To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at the e-mail
address in ADDRESSES or at 703–358–
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

I. Abstract
This IC implements requirements of
the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) (ESA). There are no
corresponding Service regulations for
the ESA’s post-delisting monitoring
requirement. This IC also implements
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C.
704) and Service regulations in Chapter
I, subchapter B of title 50 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR).
The American peregrine falcon was
removed from the List of Endangered
and Threatened Wildlife on August 25,
1999 (64 FR 46542). Section 4(g) of the
ESA requires that all species that are
recovered and removed from the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
(delisted) be monitored in cooperation
with the States for a period of not less
than 5 years. The purpose of this
requirement is to detect any failure of a
recovered species to sustain itself
without the protections of the ESA. We
work with relevant State agencies and
other species experts to develop
appropriate plans and procedures for
systematically monitoring recovered
wildlife and plants.
The American peregrine falcon has a
large geographic distribution that

includes a substantial amount of nonFederal land. Although the ESA requires
that monitoring of recovered species be
conducted for not less than 5 years, the
life history of American peregrine
falcons is such that it is appropriate to
monitor this species for a longer period
of time in order to meaningfully
evaluate whether or not the recovered
species continues to maintain its
recovered status. The Monitoring Plan
for the American Peregrine Falcon is
available on our Web site at http://
library.fws.gov/pubs1/peregrine03.pdf.
Formal collection of monitoring data
commenced in 2003. Rangewide
population monitoring of American
peregrine falcons under the Monitoring
Plan will take place every 3 years
through 2015.
We will use the information supplied
on FWS Forms 3–2307, 3–2308, and 3–
2309 to review the status of the
American peregrine falcon in the United
States and determine if it remains
recovered and, therefore, does not
require the protections of the ESA:
(1) FWS Form 3–2307 (Peregrine
Falcon Monitoring Form) addresses the
reporting requirements to record
observations on the nesting pair, and the
numbers of eggs and young during each
nest visit. Each territory will be visited
two (or more) times.
(2) FWS Form 3–2308 (Peregrine
Falcon Egg Contaminants Data Sheet)
addresses the reporting requirements to
Number of
respondents

Activity

II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0101.
Title: Monitoring Recovered Species
After Delisting—American Peregrine
Falcon.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms
3–2307, 3–2308, and 3–2309.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Professional biologists employed by
State agencies and other organizations,
and volunteers that have been involved
in past peregrine falcon conservation
efforts.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Monitoring is conducted every 3 years.
For eggs and feathers, 15 to 20 of each
are collected over a period of no more
than 5 years.
Estimated Nonhour Cost Burden: We
estimate the total nonhour burden cost
to be $156.00 for expenses incurred
when contaminants samples must be
shipped to designated labs for analysis
and storage.
Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Number of
responses

Total annual
burden hours

FWS Form 3–2307 ..........................................................................................
FWS Form 3–2308 ..........................................................................................
FWS Form 3–2309 ..........................................................................................

214
8
8

638
8
8

2.5
2.5
2.5

1,595
20
20

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

230

654

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

1,635

III. Comments

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record data on eggs collected
opportunistically during a nest visit.
(3) FWS Form 3–2309 (Peregrine
Falcon Feather Contaminants Data
Sheet) addresses the reporting
requirements to record data on feathers
collected opportunistically during a nest
visit. Once collected, the eggs and
feathers are archived in a deep freeze for
analysis at a later time.

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;
• 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

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public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
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
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

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Dated: March 22, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–7189 Filed 3–25–11; 8:45 am]
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