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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 ‘‘1018–0143’’ 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.
Follow the instructions to review
Department of the Interior collections
under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018–0143.
Title: Bald Eagle Post-delisting
Monitoring.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: States,
tribes, and local governments; Federal
land managers; and nongovernmental
partners.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Once every 5
years.

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Note: For each 5-year survey, we estimate
a total of 48 respondents will provide 48
responses totaling 1,478 burden hours. The
burden estimates below are annualized over
the 3-year period of OMB approval.

Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 16.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
16.
Estimated Time per Response: 30.8
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 493.
Abstract: This information collection
implements the 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.
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus
leucocephalus) in the lower 48 States
was removed from the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
(delisted) on August 8, 2007 (72 FR
37346, July 9, 2007). Section 4(g) of the
ESA requires that all species that are
recovered and removed from the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 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
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relevant Federal, State, and tribal
entities, and other species experts to
develop plans and procedures for
systematically monitoring recovered
wildlife and plants after a species is
delisted. The bald eagle has a large
geographic distribution that includes a
substantial amount of non-Federal land.
Although the ESA requires that
monitoring of recovered species be
conducted for not less than 5 years, the
life history of bald eagles 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 bald eagle continues to maintain its
recovered status.
We plan to monitor the status of the
bald eagle in the 48 contiguous States by
collecting data on nests over a 20-year
period with sampling events held once
every 5 years. The Post-delisting
Monitoring Plan for the Bald Eagle
(Plan) describes monitoring procedures
and methods. The Plan is available at
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/
protect/FINAL_BEPDM11May2010.pdf.
We will use the monitoring data to
review the status of the bald eagle in the
United States and determine if it
remains recovered and, therefore, does
not require the protections of the ESA.
Comments: On June 7, 2012, we
published in the Federal Register (77
FR 33765) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew approval for
this information collection. In that
notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on August 6, 2012. We
received one comment. The commenter
objected to the removal of the bald eagle
from the endangered species list, but
did not address the information
collection requirements. We did not
make any changes to our requirements
based on this comment.
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
• 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, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal

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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: October 19, 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
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Proposed Information Collection;
Alaska Migratory Bird Subsistence
Harvest Household Survey
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 April 30, 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 24,
2012.
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] (email).
Please include ‘‘1018–0124’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at
[email protected] (email) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
(16 U.S.C. 703–712) and the Fish and

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Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742d)
designate the Department of the Interior
as the key agency responsible for
managing migratory bird populations
that frequent the United States and for
setting harvest regulations that allow for
the conservation of those populations.
These responsibilities include gathering
accurate geographical and temporal data
on various characteristics of migratory
bird harvest. We use harvest data to
review regulation proposals and to issue
harvest regulations.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Protocol Amendment (1995)
(Amendment) provides for the
customary and traditional use of
migratory birds and their eggs for
subsistence use by indigenous
inhabitants of Alaska. The Amendment
states that its intent is not to cause
significant increases in the take of
species of migratory birds relative to
their continental population sizes. A
submittal letter from the Department of
State to the White House (May 20, 1996)
accompanied the Amendment and
specified the need for harvest
monitoring. The submittal letter stated
that the Service, the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game (ADFG), and Alaska
Native organizations would collect
harvest information cooperatively
within the subsistence eligible areas.
Harvest survey data help to ensure that
customary and traditional subsistence
uses of migratory birds and their eggs by
indigenous inhabitants of Alaska do not
significantly increase the take of species
of migratory birds relative to their
continental population sizes.
Between 1989 and 2004, we
monitored subsistence harvest of
migratory birds using annual household
surveys in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta,
which is the region of highest
subsistence bird harvest in the State of

Alaska. In 2004, we began monitoring
subsistence harvest of migratory birds in
subsistence eligible areas Statewide.
The Statewide harvest assessment
program helps to track trends and
changes in levels of harvest. The harvest
assessment program relies on
collaboration among the Service, the
ADFG, and a number of Alaska Native
organizations.
We gather information on the annual
subsistence harvest of about 50 bird
species/species categories (ducks, geese,
swans, cranes, upland game birds,
seabirds, shorebirds, and grebes and
loons) in the subsistence eligible areas
of Alaska. The survey covers 10 regions
of Alaska, which are further divided in
29 subregions. We survey the regions
and villages in a rotation schedule to
accommodate budget constraints and to
minimize respondent burden. The
survey covers spring, summer, and fall
harvest in most regions.
In collaboration with Alaska Native
organizations, we hire local resident
surveyors to collect the harvest
information. The surveyors list all
households in the villages to be
surveyed and provide survey
information and harvest report forms to
randomly selected households that have
agreed to participate in the survey. To
ensure anonymity of harvest
information, we identify households by
a numeric code. The surveyor visits
households three times during the
survey year. At the first household visit,
the surveyor explains the survey
purposes and invites household
participation. The surveyor returns at
the end of the season of most harvest
and at the end of the two other seasons
combined to help the household
complete the harvest report form.
We have designed the survey methods
to streamline procedures and reduce
Number of
respondents

Activity

II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0124.
Title: Alaska Migratory Bird
Subsistence Harvest Household Survey.
Service Form Number(s): 3–2380, 3–
2381–1, 3–2381–2, 3–2381–3, and 3–
2381–4.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Households within subsistence eligible
areas of Alaska (Alaska Peninsula,
Kodiak Archipelago, the Aleutian
Islands, or in areas north and west of the
Alaska Range).
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually for
Tracking Sheet and Household Consent;
three times annually for Harvest Report.
Number of
responses

Completion
time per
response
(min.)

Total annual
burden hours

3–2380—Tracking Sheet and Household Consent .........................................
3–2381–1 thru 3–2381–4—Harvest Report (three seasonal sheets) .............

2,760
2,300

2,760
6,900

5
5

230
575

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

5,060

9,660

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

805

III. Comments

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respondent burden. We plan to use two
forms for household participation:
• FWS Form 3–2380 (Tracking Sheet
and Household Consent). The surveyor
visits each household selected to
participate in the survey to provide
information on the objectives and to
obtain household consent to participate.
The surveyor uses this form to record
consent and track subsequent visits for
completion of harvest reports.
• FWS Forms 3–2381–1, 3–2381–2,
3–2381–3, and 3–2381–4 (Harvest
Report). The Harvest Report has
drawings of bird species most
commonly available for harvest in the
different regions of Alaska with fields
for writing down the numbers of birds
and eggs taken. There are four versions
of this form: Interior Alaska, North
Slope, Southern Coastal Alaska, and
Western Alaska. This form has a sheet
for each season surveyed, and, on each
sheet, there are fields for the household
code, community name, harvest year,
date of completion, and 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
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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
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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

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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: October 18, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–26262 Filed 10–24–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[FWS–R9–ES–2012–N245;
FXES111309WLLF0D2–123–FF09E30000]

Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Wolf-Livestock
Demonstration Project Grant Program
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
cost. 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: You must submit comments on
or before November 26, 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–
SUMMARY:

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WLDPGP’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
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.
Follow the instructions to review
Department of the Interior collections
under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX.
This is a new collection.
Title: Wolf-Livestock Demonstration
Project Grant Program.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new
OMB control number.
Description of Respondents: States
and Indian tribes.
Number of Respondents: 22.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Number of
responses

Activity

65203

Completion
time per
response

Total annual
burden hours

Applications ..................................................................................................................................
Reports and Recordkeeping ........................................................................................................

22
20

8 hours
14 hours

176
280

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

42

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

456

Abstract: Subtitle C of Title VI of the
Omnibus Public Land Management Act
of 2009 (Act) (Pub. L. 111–11)
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture to
develop a Wolf-Livestock
Demonstration Project Grant Program
(WLDPGP) to:
• Assist livestock producers in
undertaking proactive, nonlethal
activities to reduce the risk of livestock
loss due to predation by wolves; and
• Compensate livestock producers for
livestock losses due to such predation.
The Act directs that the program be
established as a grant program to
provide funding to States and tribes,
that the Federal cost-share not exceed
50 percent, and that funds be expended
equally between the two purposes. The
Act included an authorization of
appropriations up to $1 million each
fiscal year for 5 years. The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Endangered Species
Program will allocate the funding as
competitively awarded grants to States
and tribes with a prior history of wolf
depredation. States with delisted wolf
populations are eligible for funding,
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The following additional criteria
apply to all WLDPGP grants and must
be satisfied for a project to receive
WLDPGP funding:
• A proposal cannot include U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service full-time
equivalent (FTE) costs.
• A proposal cannot seek funding for
projects that serve to satisfy regulatory
requirements of the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) including complying with a
biological opinion under section 7 or
fulfilling commitments of a Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP) under section
10, or for projects that serve to satisfy
other Federal regulatory requirements
(e.g., mitigation for Federal permits).
• State administrative costs must be
assumed by the State or included in the
proposal in accordance with Federal
requirements.
We will publish notices of funding
availability on the Grants.gov Web site
at http://www.grants.gov as well as in
the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance at http://cfda.gov. To
compete for grant funds, eligible States
and tribes must submit an application
that describes in substantial detail
project locations, project resources,
future benefits, and other characteristics
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Demonstration Project Grant Program
purposes as listed above. In accordance
with the Act, States and tribes that
receive a grant must:
• Maintain files of all claims received
under programs funded by the grant,
including supporting documentation;
and
• Submit an annual report that
includes a summary of claims and
expenditures under the program during
the year and a description of any action
taken on the claims.
Materials that describe the program and
assist applicants in formulating project
proposals will be available on our Web
site at www.fws.gov/grants. Persons who
do not have access to the Internet may
obtain instructional materials by mail.
Comments: On April 2, 2012, we
published in the Federal Register (77
FR 19682) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice,
we solicited comments for 60 days,
ending on June 1, 2012. We received
one comment in response to that notice.
The commenter objected to this grant
program, but did not address the
information collection requirements. We
did not make any changes to the
requirements.

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