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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 36 / Friday, February 24, 2017 / Notices
Dated: February 17, 2017.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–03584 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2017–N009;
FXMB12310900WHO–178–FF09M26000]

Proposed Information Collection;
Migratory Bird Surveys
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 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.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by April 25, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or madonna_baucum@
fws.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1018–
0023’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna Baucum, at madonna_
[email protected] (email) or (703) 358–
2503 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703–711) and the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742d)
designate the Department of the Interior
as the key agency responsible for (1) the
wise management of migratory bird
populations frequenting the United
States, and (2) setting hunting
regulations that allow appropriate
harvests that are within the guidelines
that will allow for those populations’
well-being. These responsibilities
dictate that we gather accurate data on
various characteristics of migratory bird
harvest. Based on information from
harvest surveys, we can adjust hunting
regulations as needed to optimize
harvests at levels that provide a
maximum of hunting recreation while
keeping populations at desired levels.
Under 50 CFR 20.20, migratory bird
hunters must register for the Migratory
Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP)
in each State in which they hunt each
year. State natural resource agencies
must send names and addresses of all
migratory bird hunters to Branch of
Harvest Surveys, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Division of Migratory Bird
Management, on an annual basis.
The Migratory Bird Hunter Survey is
based on the Migratory Bird Harvest
Information Program. We randomly
select migratory bird hunters and ask
them to report their harvest. The
resulting estimates of harvest per hunter
are combined with the complete list of
migratory bird hunters to provide
estimates of the total harvest for the
species surveyed.
The Parts Collection Survey estimates
the species, sex, and age composition of
the harvest, and the geographic and
temporal distribution of the harvest.
Randomly selected successful hunters
who responded to the Migratory Bird
Hunter Survey the previous year are
asked to complete and return a postcard
if they are willing to participate in the
Parts Collection Survey. We provide
postage-paid envelopes to respondents
before the hunting season and ask them
to send in a wing or the tail feathers
from each duck or goose that they
Number of
respondents

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harvest, or a wing from each mourning
dove, woodcock, band-tailed pigeon,
snipe, rail, or gallinule that they harvest.
We use the wings and tail feathers to
identify the species, sex, and age of the
harvested sample. We also ask
respondents to report on the envelope
the date and location of harvest for each
bird. We combine the results of this
survey with the harvest estimates
obtained from the Migratory Bird
Hunter Survey to provide speciesspecific national harvest estimates.
The combined results of these surveys
enable us to evaluate the effects of
season length, season dates, and bag
limits on the harvest of each species,
and thus help us determine appropriate
hunting regulations.
The Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey is
an annual questionnaire survey of
people who obtained a sandhill crane
hunting permit. At the end of the
hunting season, we randomly select a
sample of permit holders and ask them
to report the date, location, and number
of birds harvested for each of their
sandhill crane hunts. Their responses
provide estimates of the temporal and
geographic distribution of the harvest as
well as the average harvest per hunter,
which, combined with the total number
of permits issued, enables us to estimate
the total harvest of sandhill cranes.
Based on information from this survey,
we adjust hunting regulations as
needed.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0023.
Title: Migratory Bird Surveys, 50 CFR
20.20.
Service Form Number(s): 3–165, 3–
165A through E, 3–2056J through N.
Type of Request: Revision to a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: States
and migratory game bird hunters.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
for HIP registration information;
voluntary for participation in the
surveys.
Frequency of Collection: Annually or
on occasion.
Number of
responses

Completion
time per
response

Total annual
burden hours

Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program
49

806

185 hours .......

149,110

37,046
22,585
8,910

37,046
22,585
8,910

5 minutes .......
4 minutes .......
4 minutes .......

3,087
1,506
594

Migratory Bird Hunter Survey
Form 3–2056J .................................................................................................
Form 3–2056K .................................................................................................
Form 3–2056L .................................................................................................

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Number of
respondents

Activity
Form 3–2056M ................................................................................................

Completion
time per
response

Number of
responses

11,698

11,698

3 minutes .......

4,155
3,590
1,008
445
1,050
880

93,563
3,590
5,545
445
1,050
1,425

5
1
5
1
1
5

Total annual
burden hours
858

Parts Collection Survey
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form

3–165 .....................................................................................................
3–165A ...................................................................................................
3–165B ...................................................................................................
3–165C ...................................................................................................
3–165D ...................................................................................................
3–165E ...................................................................................................

minutes .......
minute .........
minutes .......
minute .........
minute .........
minutes .......

7,797
60
462
7
18
119

Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey
Form 3–2056N .................................................................................................

4,008

4,008

3.5 minutes ....

234

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

95,424

190,671

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

163,852

Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden
Cost: None.
III. Comments

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Dated: February 17, 2017.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–03582 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
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Bureau of Land Management
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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
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Renewal of Approved Information
Collection; OMB Control No. 1004–
0009
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 30-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to continue the collection of
information to request approval from
individuals, private entities, and State
or local governments seeking leases,
permits, and easements for the use,
occupancy, or development of public
lands administered by the BLM. The
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) previously approved this
information collection activity, and
assigned it control number 1004–0009.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this information collection request
within 60 days but may respond after 30
days. For maximum consideration,
written comments should be received
on or before March 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #1004–
0009), Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806,
or by electronic mail at OIRA_
[email protected]. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
BLM. You may do so via mail, fax, or
electronic mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
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Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: Jean Sonneman at 202–245–
0050.
Electronic mail: [email protected].
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0009’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey Cartwright, at 208–373–3885.
Persons who use a telecommunication
device for the deaf may call the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339, to
leave a message for Mr. Cartwright. You
may also review the information
collection request online at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5
CFR part 1320 provide that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Until OMB approves a collection of
information, you are not obligated to
respond. In order to obtain and renew
an OMB control number, Federal
agencies are required to seek public
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)).
As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the
BLM published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register on September 22, 2016
(81 FR 65391), and the comment period
ended November 21, 2016. The BLM
received no comments.
The BLM now requests comments on
the following subjects:
1. Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the BLM, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate
of the burden of collecting the

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