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months. Turnover of sea otters in the
area would slightly increase the total
number of animals exposed to projectrelated noise; however, we expect that
number would remain small. We find
that the number of sea otters utilizing
the affected area is small relative to the
size of the population.
Impact on Subsistence
The subsistence provision of the
MMPA does not apply to southern sea
otters.
Endangered Species Act
The proposed activity will occur
within the range of the southern sea
otter, which is listed as threatened
under the ESA. The Applicant has
initiated interagency consultation under
section 7 of the ESA with the Service’s
Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office. We
will complete intra-Service section 7
consultation on our proposed issuance
of the IHA.

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National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
The impacts associated with the
project are described in a draft
supplemental environmental assessment
(EA) prepared on behalf of the USCG.
The Service will review the EA and
decide either to adopt it or prepare its
own NEPA document before making a
determination on the issuance of an
IHA. Our analysis will be completed
prior to issuance or denial of the IHA
and will be available at http://
www.fws.gov/ventura/endangered/
species/info/sso.html.
Government-to-Government Relations
With Native American Tribal
Governments
In accordance with the President’s
memorandum of April 29, 1994,
‘‘Government-to-Government Relations
with Native American Tribal
Governments’’ (59 FR 22951), Executive
Order 13175, Secretarial Order 3206, the
Department of the Interior’s manual at
512 DM 2, and the Native American
Policy of the Service (January 20, 2016),
we readily acknowledge our
responsibility to communicate
meaningfully with federally recognized
Tribes on a Government-to-Government
basis. We have evaluated possible
effects on federally recognized Indian
Tribes and have determined that there
are no effects.
Proposed Authorization
The Service proposes to issue an IHA
for small numbers of sea otters harassed
incidentally by the Applicant while the
Applicant is completing waterfront
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during a 1-year authorization period
beginning on or before June 15, 2018.
Authorization for incidental take
beyond this period would require a
request for renewal.
The final IHA would incorporate the
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
requirements discussed in this proposal.
The Applicant would be responsible for
following those requirements. These
authorizations would not allow the
intentional taking of sea otters.
If the level of activity exceeded that
described by the Applicant, or the level
or nature of take exceeded those
projected here, the Service would
reevaluate its findings. The Secretary
may modify, suspend, or revoke an
authorization if the findings are not
accurate or the conditions described in
this notice are not being met.
Request for Public Comments
The Service requests interested
persons to submit comments and
information concerning this proposed
IHA. Consistent with section
101(a)(5)(D)(iii) of the MMPA, we are
opening the comment period on this
proposed authorization for 30 days (see
DATES).
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.
Dated: March 1, 2018.
Angela Picco,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region.
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1028-New]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Phragmites Adaptive
Management Framework
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 25,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
[email protected]; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
USGS, Information Collections
Clearance Officer, 12201Sunrise Valley
Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
email to [email protected].
Please reference ‘OMB Information
Collection 1028–NEW: Phragmites
Adaptive Management Framework’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Clint Moore, Research
Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological
Survey, Georgia Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit, Warnell School
of Forestry and Natural Resources,
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
30602 (mail); 706–542–1166 (phone); or
[email protected] (email). You may also
view the ICR at www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
USGS, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information.
This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
It also helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on
November 28, 2017 (82 FR 56262). No
comments were received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
USGS; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the USGS enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the USGS minimize the burden of
SUMMARY:

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this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
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 may 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.
Abstract: The Phragmites Adaptive
Management Framework (PAMF) is a
collaborative effort to confront and
reduce the spread of invasive
Phragmites grass in the Great Lakes
watershed. Phragmites is associated
with reduced water quality, loss of
biodiversity, reduced recreational
opportunities, and increased fire
hazards. Reducing or eliminating
Phragmites throughout the region will
reverse these deleterious effects and
help achieve the comprehensive
restoration goals for the Great Lakes
basin (see the Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative at https://www.glri.us/). The
PAMF initiative uses the principles of
adaptive management, a learning-based
form of management in which data
gathered following a treatment action
are used to improve the predictive
models that inform the decision-making
process itself. Identified as a priority by
the multi-national Great Lakes
Phragmites Collaborative (http://
www.greatlakesphragmites.net/), PAMF
is a network of public and private
cooperators who share a common desire
to reduce or eradicate invasive
Phragmites on lands that they manage.
Membership in PAMF is voluntary and
occurs after the cooperator has decided
to treat Phragmites. A process is being
developed to deliver site-specific
guidance to participants that will both
help them understand what treatment
approach is most likely to achieve their
management objectives and support
regional adaptive learning through
improvements and feedbacks to
underlying scientific models.
Cooperators will monitor and report
vegetation characteristics on lands
enrolled in the program, and they will
report attributes about treatments
applied. The data will be used in
analytical routines that will indicate a
best treatment action to apply based on
measured conditions and will update
the set of predictive models that
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USGS is providing scientific leadership
to the initiative through the
development of models, monitoring
design, data systems, and a workflow to
process the collected data into
management guidance.
Title: Phragmites Adaptive
Management Framework.
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: General
public, NGOs, governmental entities
(Federal, State, Local, Tribal,
Provincial).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 100.
Total Estimated Total Number of
Annual Responses: 200.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: We estimate that it will take
1.5 hours per person to review training
materials, traverse the property to
observe conditions, and enter
information into a web-based form.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 300.
Respondent’s Obligation: None,
participation is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Information
is collected twice annually for each
enrolled parcel, for as long as
participant is enrolled in the program.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour
Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Russell Strach,
Center Director, USGS Great Lakes Science
Center.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Efficacy of Oak Savanna
Restoration History Information
Request
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:

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the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 25,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
mail to the U.S. Geological Survey,
Information Collections Clearance
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS
159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1028–
NEW in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Noel B. Pavlovic by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 219–926–8336 X428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information.
This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
It also helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the research
being conducted by the USGS; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
information gathered enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
research being conducted; and (5) how
might the researchers minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
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 ICR. 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 may 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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