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American shad are tagged by the New
York Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYDEC), which retains
all fish tagging information. The public
reports tags to MDFWCO, who provides
information on tag returns to NYDEC.
Tag return data are used to monitor
migration and abundance of shad along
the Atlantic coast.
Data collected across these tagging
programs are similar in nature,
including: Tag number, date of capture,
waterbody of capture, capture method,
fish length, fish weight, fish fate
(whether released or killed), fisher type
(i.e., commercial, recreational, etc.). In
addition, if the tag reporter desires more
information on their tagged fish or
wants the modest reward that comes
with reporting a tag, we ask their
address so that we can mail them the
information.
Title of Collection: Horseshoe Crab
and Cooperative Fish Tagging Programs.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0127.
Form Number: FWS Forms 3–2310, 3–
2311, and 3–2493 through 3–2496.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Respondents include Federal and State
agencies, universities, and biomedical
companies who conduct tagging and
members of the general public who
provide recapture information.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 2,026.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 3,648.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 5 minutes to 95
hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,241.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Respondents
will provide information on occasion,
upon tagging or upon encounter with a
tagged crab or fish.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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.).
Dated: April 16, 2018.
Madonna 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–R–2018–N027;
FXRS12630900000–167–FF09R81000; OMB
Control Number 1018–0140]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Hunting and Fishing
Application Forms and Activity
Reports for National Wildlife Refuges
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 21,
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 the
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or by email to Info_Coll@
fws.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1018–0140 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at Info_
[email protected], or by telephone at (703)
358–2503. You may also view the ICR
at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
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 new, 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
SUMMARY:

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comments on this collection of
information was published on August
31, 2017 (82 FR 41421). We received no
comments in response to that notice.
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
Service; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Service enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Service 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. 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.
Abstract: The National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee), as
amended (Administration Act), and the
Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16
U.S.C. 460k–460k–4) (Recreation Act)
govern the administration and uses of
national wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The
Administration Act consolidated all the
different refuge areas into a single
Refuge System. It also authorizes us to
permit public uses, including hunting
and fishing, on lands of the Refuge
System when we find that the activity
is compatible and appropriate with the
purpose for which the refuge was
established. The Recreation Act allows
the use of refuges for public recreation
when the use is not inconsistent or does
not interfere with the primary
purpose(s) of the refuge.
We administer 373 hunting programs
and 310 fishing programs on 411 refuges
and wetland management districts. We
only collect user information at about 20
percent of these refuges. Information
that we plan to collect will help us:
• Administer and monitor hunting
and fishing programs on refuges.
• Distribute hunting and fishing
permits in a fair and equitable manner
to eligible participants.

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We use nine application and report
forms associated with hunting and
fishing on refuges. We may not allow all
opportunities on all refuges; therefore,
we developed different forms to
simplify the process and avoid
confusion for applicants. The currently
approved forms are available online at
http://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all
refuges will use each form and some
refuges may collect the identical
information in a non-form format
(meaning there is no designated form
associated with the collection of
information).
We use the following application
forms when we assign areas, dates, and/
or types of hunts via a drawing because
of limited resources, high demand, or
when a permit is needed to hunt. We
issue application forms for specific
periods, usually seasonally or annually.
• FWS Form 3–2354 (Quota Deer
Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2355 (Waterfowl
Lottery Application).
• FWS Form 3–2356 (Big/Upland
Game Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2357 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Application).
• FWS Form 3–2358 (Fishing/
Shrimping/Crabbing Application).
Forms 3–2354 through 3–2358 collect
information on:
• Applicant (name, address, phone
number) so that we can notify
applicants of their selection.
• User preferences (dates, areas,
method) so that we can distribute users
equitably.
• Whether or not the applicant is
applying for a special opportunity for
disabled or youth hunters.
• Age of youth hunter(s) so that we
can establish eligibility.
We ask users to report on their
success after their experience so that we
can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and
resource impacts. We use the following
activity reports, which we distribute
during appropriate seasons, as
determined by State or Federal
regulations.
• FWS Form 3–2359 (Big Game
Harvest Report).
• FWS Form 3–2360 (Fishing Report).
• FWS Form 3–2361 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Report).
• FWS Form 3–2362 (Upland/Small
Game/Furbearer Report).
Forms 3–2359 through 3–2362 collect
information on:
• Names of users so we can
differentiate between responses.
• City and State of residence so that
we can better understand if users are
local or traveling.
• Dates, time, and number in party so
we can identify use trends and allocate
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• Details of success by species so that
we can evaluate quality of experience
and resource impacts.
Title of Collection: Hunting and
Fishing Application Forms and Activity
Reports for National Wildlife Refuges,
50 CFR 25.41, 25.43, 25.51, 26.32, 26.33,
27.42, 30.11, 31.15, 32.1 to 32.72.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0140.
Form Number: FWS Forms 3–2354
through 3–2362.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 805,492 (269,011 for
applications and 536,481 for activity
reports).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 805,492.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 15 minutes for hunting/
fishing applications and 10 minutes for
activity reports.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 156,667 (67,253 for
applications and 89,414 for activity
reports).
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
(for applications, usually once per year
at the beginning of the hunting season;
for activity reports, once at the
conclusion of the hunting/fishing
experience).
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: We estimate the annual
non-hour cost burden to be $65,000 for
hunting application fees at
approximately 31 of the 408 refuges that
are open for hunting and/or fishing.
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.).
Dated: April 16, 2018.
Madonna 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–2018–N052;
FXMB123109WEBB0–167–FF09M25100;
OMB Control Number 1018–0019]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; North American
Woodcock Singing Ground Survey
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 21,
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 the
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or by email to Info_Coll@
fws.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1018–0019 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at Info_
[email protected], or by telephone at (703)
358–2503. You may also view the ICR
at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
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 new, 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
SUMMARY:

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