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Comment 4C: Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected:
The Central Flyway Council stated that
they believe the surveys are conducted in an
appropriate fashion that provides accurate
and precise estimates of migratory bird
hunter and harvest. They also stated that
until alternative methodologies have been
developed and vetted, mailing surveys is the
sole method for obtaining high-quality
information with migratory bird surveys.
They noted that this information collection
allows individual States to evaluate humandimension decisions (e.g., timing of seasons,
boundaries of hunting zones) related to the
States’ hunting season selections within the
Federal framework for migratory bird
seasons.
Service Response to Comment 4C: No
response required.
Comment 4D: Ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on
respondents:
The Central Flyway Council reiterated that
they did not believe the surveys caused a
significant burden on respondents, but
encouraged the examination of methods to
reduce the burden of the surveys on
respondents, and stated they were willing to
work with the Service on any improvements
or changes in the future. They further noted
that these changes would require appropriate
funding for their development and
implementation, and also said there is a need
to ensure comparability with previous
methods.
Service Response to Comment 4D: As
stated in Service response 2D above, in the
next several years, we intend to undertake a
critical review of the sampling design of this
survey, as part of an effort to modernize our
overall data management processes. We will
also be moving to an online harvest diary
form, which should reduce the burden on
respondents by making it easier to fill out
and submit the form. We fully intend to
involve flyway partners in this modification
to the survey, which should allow us to
increase sample sizes where needed, while
maintaining reliability and accuracy of the
survey.

IV. Request for and Availability of
Public 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
• 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,

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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.
V. Authorities
The authorities for this action are the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C.
703 et seq.), Fish and Wildlife Act of
1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a–742j), and the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: June 14, 2017.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–ES–2017–N057;
FF07CAMM00.FX.ES111607MRG02]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: OMB Control Number 1018–
0066; Marine Mammal Marking,
Tagging, and Reporting Certificates,
and Registration of Certain Dead
Marine Mammal Hard Parts
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. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on June 30, 2017.
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 July 19, 2017.
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 OIRA_
[email protected] (email). Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
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Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail), or [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0066’’ in
the subject line of your comments. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, at [email protected]
(email) or (703) 358–2503 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
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 walruses 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 bears, northern sea otters, and
Pacific walruses. These regulations
enable us to gather data on the Alaska
Native subsistence and handicraft
harvest and on the biology of polar
bears, northern sea otters, and Pacific
walruses 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: FWS Form 3–2414
(Polar Bear Tagging Certificates), FWS
Form 3–2415 (Walrus Tagging
Certificates), and FWS Form 3–2416
(Sea Otter Tagging Certificates). The
information we collect 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 beachfound) for walrus;

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• Number of otters present in and
number of otters harvested from pod;
• Condition of the polar bear and
whether or not bear cubs were present;
and
• Name of the hunter or possessor of
the specified parts at the time of
marking, tagging, and reporting.
We use FWS Form 3–2406
(Registration of Certain Dead Marine
Mammal Hard Parts) to record the
collection of bones, teeth, or ivory of
dead marine mammals by non-Native
and Natives not eligible to harvest

marine mammals under the MMPA. It is
legal to collect such parts from a beach
or from land within a quarter of a mile
of the ocean (50 CFR 18.26). The
information we collect via Form 3–2406
includes, but is not limited to:
• Date and location found.
• Age, sex, and size of the animal.
• Tag numbers.
• Name, address, phone number, and
birthdate of the collector.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0066.
Number of
respondents

Activity

3–2414
3–2415
3–2416
3–2406

Number of
responses

Completion
time per
response
(minutes)

Total annual
burden hours

(Polar Bear) ........................................................................................
(Walrus) ..............................................................................................
(Sea Otter) ..........................................................................................
(Beach Found) ....................................................................................

25
100
75
300

60
500
1,280
300

15
15
15
15

15
125
320
75

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

500

2,140

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

535

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Costs: None.

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Title: Marine Mammal Marking,
Tagging, and Reporting Certificates, and
Registration of Certain Dead Marine
Mammal Hard Parts, 50 CFR 18.23(f)
and 18.26.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms
3–2406, 3–2414, 3–2415, and 3–2416.
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.

III. Comments
On February 24, 2017, we published
in the Federal Register (82 FR 11598) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on April 25, 2017. We
received one comment in response to
that notice:
Email comment dated April 24, 2017
from Marine Mammal Commission.
The Marine Mammal Commission
supports the continuation of the
information collection programs related
to the taking of marine mammals for
subsistence and handicraft purposes by
Alaska Natives. Collection of this
information is authorized under section
109(i) of the Marine Mammal Protection
Act. This information is important for
tracking Native use of marine mammals
and to provide the documentation that
marine mammal parts were legally
taken.
The Commission also supports the
continued use of FWS Form 3–2406 for
registering marine mammal hard parts
found on beaches and near shore areas.
Under applicable regulations, these
parts can be retained only if they are
registered with the FWS (or NMFS). As
such, retention of the registration form
is necessary.
FWS Response: None required.
IV. Request for and Availability of
Public Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:

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• 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
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.
V. Authorities
The authorities for this action are the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361–
1407) and the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: June 14, 2017.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX17RB00CMFCA00]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: OMB Control Number 1028–
NEW; Current and Future Landsat User
Requirements
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7197 (fax);
or [email protected] (email).
Please reference ‘Information Collection
1028–NEW, Current and Future Landsat
User Requirements’ in all
correspondence.
SUMMARY:

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