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97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.)
Robert J. Fenton,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2017–N088; FF09M21200–
167–FXMB1231099BPP0; OMB Control
Number 1018–0103]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Conservation Order for
Light Geese
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 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
information collection is scheduled to
expire on April 30, 2018. 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 September 1,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275

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SUMMARY:

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0103’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer at [email protected]
(email) or (703) 358–2503 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (Act;
16 U.S.C. 703–712) implements the four
bilateral migratory bird treaties the
United States entered into with Great
Britain (for Canada), Mexico, Japan, and
Russia. The Act authorizes and directs
the Secretary of the Interior to allow
hunting, taking, etc., of migratory birds
subject to the provisions of and in order
to carry out the purposes of the four
treaties. Section VII of the U.S.-Canada
Migratory Bird Treaty authorizes the
taking of migratory birds that, under
extraordinary conditions, become
seriously injurious to agricultural or
other interests.
The number of light geese (lesser
snow, greater snow, and Ross’ geese) in
the midcontinent region has nearly
quadrupled during the past several
decades, due to a decline in adult
mortality and an increase in winter
survival. We refer to these species and
subspecies as light geese because of
their light coloration, as opposed to dark
geese, such as white-fronted or Canada
geese. Because of their feeding activity,
light geese have become seriously
injurious to their habitat, as well as to
habitat important to other migratory
birds. This poses a serious threat to the
short- and long-term health and status of
some migratory bird populations. We
believe that the number of light geese in
the midcontinent region has exceeded
long-term sustainable levels for their
arctic and subarctic breeding habitats,
and that the populations must be
reduced. Title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at part 21 provides
authority for the management of
overabundant light geese.
Regulations at 50 CFR 21.60 authorize
States and tribes in the midcontinent
and Atlantic flyway regions to control
light geese within the United States
through the use of alternative regulatory
Annual
number of
respondents

Activity
Conservation Order for Control of Light Geese (State/
Tribal Governments):
Reporting ...................................................................
Recordkeeping ...........................................................
Conservation Order Participants—Provide Information to
States (Individuals or Households):

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strategies. The conservation order
authorizes States and tribes to
implement population control measures
without having to obtain a Federal
permit, thus significantly reducing their
administrative burden. The
conservation order is a streamlined
process that affords an efficient and
effective population reduction strategy,
rather than addressing the issue through
our permitting process. Furthermore,
this strategy precludes the use of more
drastic and costly direct populationreduction measures such as trapping
and culling geese. States and tribes
participating in the conservation order
must:
• Designate participants and inform
them of the requirements and
conditions of the conservation order.
Individual States and tribes determine
the method to designate participants
and how they will collect information
from participants.
• Keep records of activities carried
out under the authority of the
conservation order, including:
(1) Number of persons participating in
the conservation order;
(2) Number of days people
participated in the conservation order;
(3) Number of light geese shot and
retrieved under the conservation order;
and
(4) Number of light geese shot, but not
retrieved.
• Submit an annual report
summarizing the activities conducted
under the conservation order on or
before September 15 of each year. Tribal
information can be incorporated in State
reports to reduce the number of reports
submitted.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0103.
Title: Conservation Order for Light
Geese, 50 CFR 21.60.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: State and
tribal governments; individuals who
participate in the conservation order.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Completion
time per
response

Total annual
responses

1

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Annual
burden
hours *

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Annual
number of
respondents

Activity

Number of
responses
each

Completion
time per
response

Total annual
responses

Annual
burden
hours *

Reporting ...................................................................

21,538

1

21,538

8 minutes ..........

2,872

Total ....................................................................

21,577

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

21,577

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

4,627

* Rounded.

Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden
Cost: $78,000, primarily for State
overhead costs (materials, printing,
postage, etc.).
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 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.
IV. Authorities

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The authorities for this action are the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C.
703–712) and the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: June 27, 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–HQ–MB–2017–N061; FF07CAFB00–
178–FXFR13350700001]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: OMB Control Number 1018–
0146; Annual Report—Depredation
Order for Blackbirds, Grackles,
Cowbirds, Magpies, and Crows
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 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
information collection is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 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 September 1,
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 [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0146’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, at [email protected]
(email) or (703) 358–2503 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
(MBTA; 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.)
implements four treaties concerning
migratory birds signed by the United
States with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and
Russia. These treaties require we
preserve most species of birds in the

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United States, and activities involving
migratory birds are prohibited except as
authorized by regulation. Under the
MBTA, it is unlawful to take, possess,
import, export, transport, sell, purchase,
barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or
barter migratory birds or their parts,
nests, or eggs except as authorized by
regulation.
This information collection is
associated with our regulations that
implement the MBTA. In 2003, the
Service issued regulations at 50 CFR
21.43 establishing a depredation order
that authorize the take of blackbirds,
cowbirds, crows, grackles, and magpies
under certain circumstances. These
regulations impose reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. In this
regulation is a depredation order that
authorizes take of blackbirds, cowbirds,
grackles, crows, and magpies ‘‘when
found committing or about to commit
depredations upon ornamental or shade
trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or
wildlife, or when concentrated in such
numbers and manner as to constitute a
health hazard or other nuisance.’’
All persons or entities acting under
this depredation order must provide an
annual report containing the following
information for each species:
• Number of birds taken,
• Months and years in which the
birds were taken,
• State(s) and county(ies) in which
the birds were taken, and
• General purpose for which the birds
were taken (such as for protection of
agriculture, human health and safety,
property, or natural resources).
We collect this information so that we
will be able to determine how many
birds of each species are taken each year
and whether the control actions are
likely to affect the populations of those
species.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0146.
Title: Depredation Order for
Blackbirds, Grackles, Cowbirds,
Magpies, and Crows, 50 CFR 21.43.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Form
3–202–21–2143.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: State and
Federal wildlife damage management
personnel; farmers; and individuals.

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