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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
staff and resources.

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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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information was published on October
13, 2017 (82 FR 47763). We received
one comment in response to that notice
but it did not address the information
collection requirements. No changes to
the information collection were made as
a result of this comment.
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 Migratory Bird Treaty
Act (16 U.S.C. 703–712) and the Fish
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C.
742a–754j–2) designate the Department
of the Interior as the primary agency
responsible for:
• Managing migratory bird
populations frequenting the United
States, and
• Setting hunting regulations that
allow for the well-being of migratory
bird populations.
These responsibilities dictate that we
gather accurate data on various
characteristics of migratory bird
populations.
The North American Woodcock
Singing Ground Survey is an essential
part of the migratory bird management
program. State, Federal, Provincial,
local, and tribal conservation agencies
conduct the survey annually to provide
the data necessary to determine the
population status of the woodcock. In
addition, the information is vital in
assessing the relative changes in the
geographic distribution of the
woodcock. We use the information
primarily to develop recommendations
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information on the population’s status,
we might promulgate hunting
regulations that:
• Are not sufficiently restrictive,
which could cause harm to the
woodcock population, or
• Are too restrictive, which would
unduly restrict recreational
opportunities afforded by woodcock
hunting.
The Service, State conservation
agencies, university associates, and
other interested parties use the data for
various research and management
projects.
Title of Collection: North American
Woodcock Singing Ground Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0019.
Form Number: FWS Form 3–156.
Type of Review: Renewal of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Provincial, local, and Tribal employees.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 808.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 808.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 1.75 hours to
1.88 hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,515.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
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.
[FR Doc. 2018–08189 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[189A2100DD/AAKC001030/
A0A501010.999900]

HEARTH Act Approval of the Oneida
Nation of Wisconsin’s Regulation
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

On January 23, 2018, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approved
the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
(previously listed as Oneida Tribe of

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Indians of Wisconsin) (Nation) leasing
regulations under the Helping Expedite
and Advance Responsible Tribal
Homeownership Act of 2012 (HEARTH
Act). With this approval, the Nation is
authorized to enter into business,
agricultural and residential leases
without further BIA approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sharlene Round Face, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Division of Real Estate Services,
1849 C Street, MS–4642–MIB, NW,
Washington, DC 20240, at (202) 208–
3615.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Summary of the HEARTH Act
The HEARTH Act makes a voluntary,
alternative land leasing process
available to Tribes, by amending the
Indian Long-Term Leasing Act of 1955,
25 U.S.C. 415. The HEARTH Act
authorizes Tribes to negotiate and enter
into agricultural and business leases of
Tribal trust lands with a primary term
of 25 years, and up to two renewal terms
of 25 years each, without the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary). The HEARTH Act also
authorizes Tribes to enter into leases for
residential, recreational, religious or
educational purposes for a primary term
of up to 75 years without the approval
of the Secretary. Participating Tribes
develop Tribal leasing regulations,
including an environmental review
process, and then must obtain the
Secretary’s approval of those regulations
prior to entering into leases. The
HEARTH Act requires the Secretary to
approve Tribal regulations if the Tribal
regulations are consistent with the
Department of the Interior’s
(Department) leasing regulations at 25
CFR part 162 and provide for an
environmental review process that
meets requirements set forth in the
HEARTH Act. This notice announces
that the Secretary, through the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs, has approved
the Tribal regulations for the Oneida
Nation of Wisconsin.
II. Federal Preemption of State and
Local Taxes
The Department’s regulations
governing the surface leasing of trust
and restricted Indian lands specify that,
subject to applicable Federal law,
permanent improvements on leased
land, leasehold or possessory interests,
and activities under the lease are not
subject to State and local taxation and
may be subject to taxation by the Indian
Tribe with jurisdiction. See 25 CFR
162.017. As explained further in the
preamble to the final regulations, the
Federal government has a strong interest

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