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speech-impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section A. Authority

Section B. Authority Excepted
The authority delegated in this
document does not include the
authority to sue or be sued or to issue
or waive regulations.

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Section C. Authority to Redelegate
The General Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Public Affairs is
authorized to redelegate to employees of
HUD any of the authority delegated
under Section A.
Section D. Authority Superseded
This delegation supersedes all prior
delegations of authority from the
Secretary to the Assistant Secretary for
Public Affairs.

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Dated: June 29, 2011.
Shaun Donovan,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011–18159 Filed 7–19–11; 8:45 am]

The Secretary hereby delegates to the
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Public Affairs authority and
responsibility for conveying the
Department’s mission through internal
and external outreach to include local,
regional, and national level media. The
Office of Public Affairs is responsible
for ensuring that information provided
to the news media by HUD is current,
complete, and accurate. It also has
responsibility for ensuring that all
applicable laws, regulations, and
policies involving the release of
information to the public are followed.
In carrying out these responsibilities,
the General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public Affairs shall, among other
duties:
1. Direct and coordinate all media
outreach for the Department regarding
the Department’s mission.
2. Use a variety of mediums and
media outlets to communicate the
Department’s initiatives and goals to
stakeholders, homeowners, renters, and
those individuals living in or in need of
subsidized housing.
3. Provide Americans with
information about housing policies and
programs through coordinating press
conferences; drafting press releases; and
utilizing the Internet and social media,
including departmental blogs, Facebook,
Twitter, Flikr, and You Tube, in
addition to community outreach and
other methods of communication.
4. Reviewing or drafting all official
speeches and statements made by HUD
officials and employees before such
statements are released to the public.

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Authority: Section 7(d), Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act (42
U.S.C. 3535(d)).

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5540–D–02]

Order of Succession for the Office of
Public Affairs
Office of Public Affairs, HUD.
Notice of order of succession.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In this notice, the General
Deputy Assistant Secretary designates
the Order of Succession for the Office of
Public Affairs. This Order of Succession
supersedes all prior orders of succession
for the Office of Public Affairs.
DATES: Effective Date: June 29, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Neill Coleman, General Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Office of Public
Affairs, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 10130, Washington, DC
20410–6000, telephone number 202–
708–0980. (This is not a toll-free
number.) Persons with hearing- or
speech-impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
General Deputy Assistant Secretary is
issuing this Order of Succession of
officials authorized to perform the
functions and duties of the Office of
Public Affairs when, by reason of
absence, disability, or vacancy in office,
the General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Public Affairs is not available to
exercise the powers or perform the
duties of the office. This Order of
Succession is subject to the provisions
of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of
1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345–3349d), and
supersedes all prior Orders of
Succession for the Office of Public
Affairs.
Accordingly, the General Deputy
Assistant Secretary designates the
following Order of Succession:
SUMMARY:

Section A. Order of Succession
Subject to the provisions of the
Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998,
during any period when, by reason of
absence, disability, or vacancy in office,
the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
is not available to exercise the powers

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or perform the duties of the office of the
Assistant Secretary, the following
officials within the Office of Public
Affairs are hereby designated to exercise
the powers and perform the duties of
the Office:
(1) Press Secretary;
(2) Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Public Affairs; and
(3) Supervisory Public Affairs
Specialist.
These officials shall perform the
functions and duties of the office in the
order specified herein, and no official
shall serve unless all the other officials,
whose position titles precede his/hers in
this order, are unable to act by reason
of absence, disability, or vacancy in
office.
Section B. Authority Superseded
This Order of Succession supersedes
all prior orders of succession for the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Public Affairs.
Authority: Section 7(d), Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act, 42
U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: June 29, 2011.
Neill Coleman,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011–18160 Filed 7–19–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–R–2011–N152; 93261–12630000–
9X]

Proposed Information Collection;
Hunting and Fishing Application
Forms and Activity Reports for
National Wildlife Refuges
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
renew approval for 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 January 31,
2012. 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.

SUMMARY:

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To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by September 19,
2011.

DATES:

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 ‘‘1018–0140’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at
[email protected] (e-mail) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

I. Abstract
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee), as amended
(Administration Act), and the Refuge
Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k–
460k–4) (Recreation Act) govern the
administration and uses of national
wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The
Administration Act consolidated all the
different refuge areas into a single
Refuge System. It also authorizes us to
permit public uses, including hunting
and fishing, on lands of the Refuge
System when we find that the activity
is compatible and appropriate with the
purpose for which the refuge was
established. The Recreation Act allows
the use of refuges for public recreation
when the use is not inconsistent or does
not interfere with the primary
purpose(s) of the refuge.
There are 408 national wildlife
refuges where we administer hunting
and/or fishing programs. We only
collect user information at about 20
percent of these refuges. Information
that we plan to collect will help us:

• Administer and monitor hunting
and fishing programs on refuges.
• Distribute hunting and fishing
permits in a fair and equitable manner
to eligible participants.
We use nine application and report
forms associated with hunting and
fishing on refuges. We may not allow all
opportunities on all refuges; therefore,
we developed different forms to
simplify the process and avoid
confusion for applicants. The currently
approved forms are available online at
http://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all
refuges will use each form and some
refuges may collect the identical
information in a nonform format.
We use the following application
forms when we assign areas, dates, and/
or types of hunts via a drawing because
of limited resources, high demand, or
when a permit is needed to hunt. We
issue application forms for specific
periods, usually seasonally or annually.
• FWS Form 3–2354 (Quota Deer
Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2355 (Waterfowl
Lottery Application).
• FWS Form 3–2356 (Big/Upland
Game Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2357 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2358 (Fishing/
Shrimping/Crabbing Application).
We collect information on:
• Applicant (name, address, phone
number) so that we can notify
applicants of their selection.
• User preferences (dates, areas,
method) so that we can distribute users
equitably.
• Whether or not the applicant is
applying for a special opportunity for
disabled or youth hunters.
• Age of youth hunter(s) so that we
can establish eligibility.
We ask users to report on their
success after their experience so that we
can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and
resource impacts. We use the following
Number of
respondents

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FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS

Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form

3–2354
3–2355
3–2356
3–2357
3–2358
3–2359
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activity reports, which we distribute
during appropriate seasons, as
determined by State or Federal
regulations.
• FWS Form 3–2359 (Big Game
Harvest Report).
• FWS Form 3–2360 (Fishing Report).
• FWS Form 3–2361 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Report).
• FWS Form 3–2362 (Upland/Small
Game/Furbearer Report).
We collect information on:
• Names of users so we can
differentiate between responses.
• City and State of residence so that
we can better understand if users are
local or traveling.
• Dates, time, and number in party so
we can identify use trends and allocate
staff and resources.
• Details of success by species so that
we can evaluate quality of experience
and resource impacts.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0140.
Title: Hunting and Fishing
Application Forms and Activity Reports
for National Wildlife Refuges, 50 CFR
parts 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms
3–2354, 3–2355, 3–2356, 3–2357, 3–
2358, 3–2359, 3–2360, 3–2361, 3–2362.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals and households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
(for applications, usually once per year
at the beginning of the hunting season;
for activity reports, once at the
conclusion of the hunting/fishing
experience).
Nonhour Cost Burden: We estimate
the annual nonhour cost burden to be
$60,000 for hunting application fees at
some refuges.
Number of
responses

Completion
time per
response
( utes)

Total annual
burden hours

180,000
93,000
2,600
5,200
2,600
88,000
412,000
31,000
26,000

180,000
93,000
2,600
5,200
2,600
88,000
412,000
31,000
26,000

30
30
30
30
30
15
15
15
15

90,000
46,500
1,300
2,600
1,300
22,000
103,000
7,750
6,500

840,400

840,400

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III. Comments
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 imize 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,
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: July 14, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–18252 Filed 7–19–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–R–2011–N114; 1261–0000–29154–
4A]

Hunt Fee at Caddo Lake National
Wildlife Refuge, TX
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Implement a
Hunt Fee.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce our
intent to implement a hunt fee at Caddo
Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge),
located in Texas, as authorized by
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act (REA). The Refuge’s proposed fee is
$12.50 for lottery deer and feral hog
hunt. Under REA provisions, the Refuge
will identify and post the specific fee.
DATES: Submit your comments on this
action by August 19, 2011. Unless we
publish a notice in the Federal Register

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withdrawing this action, we will
implement the hunt fee on January 16,
2012 at the Refuge.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by
one of the following methods:
• By U.S. mail to: U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Attn: Visitor Services,
500 Gold Ave., SW., Room 4504,
Albuquerque, NM 87102.
• By fax to: (505) 248–6621.
• By e-mail to:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken
Garrahan, at (505) 248–6635.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
is the regulatory agency for wildlife in
Texas. To monitor deer population
dynamics throughout the state, TPWD
has identified 33 unique Resource
Management Units (RMUs) having
similar soils, vegetation types and land
use practices. TPWD collects, compiles,
and analyzes deer population data from
identified RMUs and associated
ecoregions throughout the state and
adjusts deer hunting regulations
accordingly.
Caddo Lake NWR is within RMU 16
where deer densities increased from 8.7
to 15.1 deer per 1,000 acres and
recruitment decreased almost 50 percent
from 2005 to 2008. The Refuge has
worked in cooperation with TPWD
biologists and staff to monitor the deer
herd on Caddo Lake NWR.
In 2008 and 2009, Refuge and TPWD
staff conducted spotlight surveys,
browse surveys, forest understory
evaluations and review of historic and
ongoing Army deer hunt data (prior to
2004, the land was under the
jurisdiction of the United States Army,
Department of Defense). The data
indicate that the Refuge deer herd is at/
near carrying capacity (K) levels, or that
it exceeds K levels in certain areas of the
Refuge. During this 2-year period, deer
density on the refuge has increased from
34.3 to 58.9 deer per 1,000 acres.
Estimated doe per buck ratio also
increased from 2:1 to 3:1, while
recruitment remained low, at near 0.15
fawns per doe. Accordingly, the
proposed limited deer hunt will reduce
the number of deer to obtain a more
healthy and sustainable population on
the Refuge.
Feral hogs are an extremely invasive
exotic species that is not considered a
game species by the State of Texas.
Texas is home to an estimated 2 million
feral hogs. This is due in part to
intentional releases, suitable habitat,
disease eradication, limited natural
predators, and high reproductive
potential. There are very few inhibiting
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The hunting of feral hogs has become a
popular sport in the State, and the
public interest would best be served by
allowing this activity on the refuge. The
damaging effects of feral hogs were
present prior to the establishment of the
refuge, and their numbers and damaging
effects on the habitat and native wildlife
species will continue to increase
without a control mechanism. If a
control mechanism (i.e. hunting or
trapping) is not established and
implemented, feral hogs will degrade
the refuge habitat and have a negative
impact on native wildlife species.
We announce our intent to implement
a $12.50 hunt fee for a lottery deer and
feral hog hunt at the Refuge under 16
U.S.C. 6802(g) of the REA. The Refuge
plans to use collected fees to defray
costs associated with a hunting program
on the Refuge. Fees garnered through
this program will be used to offset
expenses in operating the hunt,
including providing refuge hunt
permits/brochures, boundary line/hunt
area signage, maintenance of overtime
by law enforcement officers, employee
salaries dedicated to the administration
of the hunts, and for expansion and
improvement of parking areas, and
improved accessibility for mobility
impaired hunters. It is our policy to
only allow activities that are appropriate
and compatible with the Refuge’s
purposes.
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.
Authorities and Requirements of the
REA
In December 2004, the REA became
law (16 U.S.C. 6801–6814). The REA
provides authority through December
2014 for the Secretaries of the
Departments of the Interior and
Agriculture to establish, modify, charge,
and collect recreation fees for use at
some Federal recreation lands and
waters, and contains specific provisions
addressing public involvement in the
establishment of recreation fees. The
REA also directed the Secretaries of the
Departments of the Interior and
Agriculture to publish advance notice in
the Federal Register whenever bureaus

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