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(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection

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Dated: September 27, 2012.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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Office of the Secretary
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory
Committee
AGENCY:
ACTION:

Office of the Secretary, Interior.

Notice of renewal.

Dated: September 25, 2012.
Ken Salazar,
Secretary of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

The U.S. Department of the
Interior announces the charter renewal
of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public
Advisory committee.

SUMMARY:

The Court
Order establishing the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Trustee Council also requires a
public advisory committee. The Exxon
Valdez Public Advisory Committee was
established to advise the Trustee
Council, and began functioning in
October 1992. The Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Public Advisory Committee
consists of 10 members representing the
following principal interests: Sport
hunting and fishing, conservation and
environmental, public-at-large,
recreation users, commercial tourism,
science/technical, subsistence,
commercial fishing, aquaculture and
mariculture, and Native landowners.
In order to ensure that a broad range
of public viewpoints continues to be
available to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Trustee Council, and in keeping with
the settlement agreement, the
continuation of the Exxon Valdez Public
Advisory Committee is recommended.
In accordance with the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2), following
the recommendation and approval of
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee
Council, and in consultation with the
General Services Administration, the
Secretary of the Interior hereby renews
the charter for the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Public Advisory Committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Sponsor’s Notice of Change of Address.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: USCIS Form
I–865; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. This form will be used by
every sponsor who has filed an Affidavit
of Support under Section 213A of the
Immigration and Nationality Act to
notify the USCIS of a change of address.
The data will be used to locate a
sponsor if there is a request for
reimbursement.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 100,000 responses at 15
minutes (.25) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 25,000 annual burden hours.
If you need a copy of the information
collection instrument with
supplementary documents, or need
additional information, please visit
http://www.regulations.gov. We may
also be contacted at: USCIS, Office of
Policy and Strategy, Regulatory
Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2020;
Telephone 202–272–8377.

[FR Doc. 2012–24298 Filed 10–2–12; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

[FWS–HQ–LE–2012–N229; FF09L00200–FX–
LE12240900000G2]

Proposed Information Collection;
Declaration for Importation or
Exportation of Fish or Wildlife
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 March 31,
2013. 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 3, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail); or [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0012’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at (email) or
703–358–2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Douglas Mutter, Department of the
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy
and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Room
119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271–
5011.

I. Abstract

CERTIFICATION STATEMENT: I hereby
certify that the renewal of the Charter of
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public
Advisory Committee is necessary and in
the public interest in connection with
the performance of duties mandated by
the settlement of United States v. State
of Alaska, No. A91–081 CV, and is in
accordance with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
and supplemented.

The Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) makes it unlawful
to import or export fish, wildlife, or
plants without filing a declaration or
report deemed necessary for enforcing
the Act or upholding the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered
Species (CITES) (see 16 U.S.C. 1538(e)).
With a few exceptions, businesses,
individuals, or government agencies
importing into or exporting from the
United States any fish, wildlife, or

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wildlife product must complete and
submit to the Service an FWS Form 3–
177 (Declaration for Importation or
Exportation of Fish or Wildlife). This
form as well as FWS Form 3–177a
(Continuation Sheet) and instructions
for completion are available for
electronic submission at https://
edecs.fws.gov. These forms are also
available in fillable format at http://
www.fws.gov/forms/.
The information that we collect is
unique to each wildlife shipment and
enables us to:
• Accurately inspect the contents of
the shipment;
• Enforce any regulations that pertain
to the fish, wildlife, or wildlife products
contained in the shipment; and
• Maintain records of the importation
and exportation of these commodities.
Businesses or individuals must file
FWS Forms 3–177 and 3–177a with us
at the time and port where they request
clearance of the import or export of

wildlife or wildlife products. Our
regulations allow for certain species of
wildlife to be imported or exported
between the United States and Canada
or Mexico at U.S. Customs and Border
Protection ports, even though our
wildlife inspectors may not be present.
In these instances, importers and
exporters may file the forms with U.S.
Customs and Border Protection. We
collect the following information:
(1) Name of the importer or exporter
and broker.
(2) Scientific and common name of
the fish or wildlife.
(3) Permit numbers (if permits are
required).
(4) Description, quantity, and value of
the fish or wildlife.
(5) Natural country of origin of the
fish or wildlife.
In addition, certain information, such
as the airway bill or bill of lading
number, the location of the fish or
wildlife for inspection, and the number
Number of
respondents

Activity

II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0012.
Title: Declaration for Importation or
Exportation of Fish or Wildlife, 50 CFR
14.61–14.64.
Service Form Numbers: 3–177 and 3–
177a.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Businesses or individuals that import or
export fish, wildlife, or wildlife
products; scientific institutions that
import or export fish or wildlife
scientific specimens; and government
agencies that import or export fish or
wildlife specimens for various purposes.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of
responses

Completion
time per
response
(minutes)

Total annual
burden hours

3–177 hard copy submission ...........................................................................
3–177 electronic submission ...........................................................................

4,200
16,500

28,332
154,971

15
10

7,083
25,829

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

20,700

183,303

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

32,912

III. Comments

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of cartons containing fish or wildlife,
assists our wildlife inspectors if a
physical examination of the shipment is
necessary

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
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before
including your address, phone number,
email 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

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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: September 26, 2012.
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–HQ–MB–2012–N227;
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Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Control and
Management of Resident Canada
Geese
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and

SUMMARY:

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cost. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on November 30,
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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before November 2, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or
[email protected] (email).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail), or [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0133’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at
[email protected] (email) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone). You may review the
ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov.

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