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wildlife refuges when we find the
activity to be compatible with the
purposes for which the refuge was
established. With the objective of
making available a variety of quality
visitor services for wildlife-dependent
recreation on National Wildlife Refuge
System lands, we issue permits for
commercial guide services, including
big game hunting, sport fishing, wildlife
viewing, river trips, and other guided
activities. We use FWS Form 3–2349 as
a method to:
• Monitor the quality of services
provided by commercial guides.
• Gauge client satisfaction with the
services.
• Assess the impacts of the activity
on refuge resources.
The client is the best source of
information on the quality of
commercial guiding services. We
collect:
• Client name.
• Guide name(s).
• Type of guided activity.
• Dates and location of guided
activity.
• Information on the services
received, such as the client’s
expectations, safety, environmental
impacts, and client’s overall
satisfaction.
We encourage respondents to provide
any additional comments that they wish
regarding the guide service or refuge
experience, and ask whether or not they
wish to be contacted for additional
information.
The above information, in
combination with State-required guide
activity reports and contacts with guides
and clients in the field, provides a
comprehensive method for monitoring
permitted commercial guide activities.
A regular program of client evaluation
helps refuge managers detect potential
problems with guide services so that we
can take corrective actions promptly. In
addition, we use this information during
the competitive selection process for big
game and sport fishing guide permits to
evaluate an applicant’s ability to
provide a quality guiding service.
Title of Collection: Alaska Guide
Service Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0141.
Form Number: FWS Form 3–2349.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Clients
of permitted commercial guide service
providers.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 264.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 264.
Estimated Completion Time per
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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 66.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time,
following use of commercial guide
services.
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 3, 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–N026; FF09M21200–
178–FXMB12320900000; OMB Control
Number 1018–0133]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Control and Management of
Resident Canada Geese
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
(Service), are proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 5,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
mail 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 1018–0133 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
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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.
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 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. 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 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 et seq.) prohibits the
take, possession, import, export,
transport, sale, purchase, or bartering of
migratory birds or their parts, except as
permitted under the terms of a valid
permit or as permitted by regulations. In
2006, we issued regulations establishing
two depredation orders and three
control orders that allow State and tribal
wildlife agencies, private landowners,
and airports to conduct resident Canada
goose population management,
including the take of birds, nest and
eggs. We monitor the data collected for
activities under these orders and may
rescind an order if monitoring indicates
that activities are inconsistent with
conservation of Canada geese.
Control order for airports. Our
regulations at 50 CFR 21.49 allow
managers at commercial, public, and
private airports and military airfields
and their employees or agents to
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Canada geese to resolve or prevent
threats to public safety. An airport must
be part of the National Plan of Integrated
Airport Systems and have received
Federal grant-in-aid assistance or be a
military airfield under the jurisdiction,
custody, or control of the Secretary of a
military department. Each facility
exercising the privileges of the order
must submit an annual report with the
date, numbers, and locations of birds,
nests, and eggs taken.
Depredation order for nests and eggs.
Our regulations at 50 CFR 21.50 allow
private landowners and managers of
public lands to destroy resident Canada
goose nests and eggs on property under
their jurisdiction, provided they register
annually on our website at https://
epermits.fws.gov/eRCGR. Registrants
must provide basic information, such as
name, address, phone number, and
email, and identify where the control
work will occur and who will conduct
it. Registrants must return to the website
to report the number of nests with eggs
they destroyed.
Depredation order for agricultural
facilities. Our regulations at 50 CFR
21.51 allow States and tribes, via their
wildlife agencies, to implement
programs to allow landowners,
operators, and tenants actively engaged
in commercial agriculture to conduct
damage management control when
geese are committing depredations, or to
resolve or prevent other injury to
agricultural interests. State and tribal
wildlife agencies in the Atlantic,
Central, and Mississippi Flyway
portions of 41 States may implement the
provisions of the order. Each
implementing agricultural producer
must maintain a log of the date and

number of birds taken under this
authorization. Each State and tribe
exercising the privileges of the order
must submit an annual report of the
numbers of birds, nests, and eggs taken,
and the county or counties where take
occurred.
Public health control order. Our
regulations at 50 CFR 21.52 authorize
States and tribes of the lower 48 States
to conduct (via the State or tribal
wildlife agency) resident Canada goose
control and management activities when
the geese pose a direct threat to human
health. States and tribes operating under
this order must submit an annual report
summarizing activities, including the
numbers of birds taken and the county
where take occurred.
Population control. Our regulations at
50 CFR 21.61 establish a managed take
program to reduce and stabilize resident
Canada goose populations when
traditional and otherwise authorized
management measures are not
successful or feasible. A State or tribal
wildlife agency in the Atlantic,
Mississippi, or Central Flyway may
request approval for this population
control program. If approved, the State
or tribe may use hunters to harvest
resident Canada geese during the month
of August. Requests for approval must
include a discussion of the State’s or
tribe’s efforts to address its injurious
situations using other methods, or a
discussion of the reasons why the
methods are not feasible. If the Service
Director approves a request, the State or
tribe must (1) keep annual records of
activities carried out under the authority
of the program, and (2) provide an
annual summary, including number of
individuals participating in the program

and the number of resident Canada
geese shot. Additionally, participating
States and tribes must monitor the
spring breeding population by providing
an annual estimate of the breeding
population and distribution of resident
Canada geese in their State.
Our regulations at 50 CFR 21.49,
21.50, 21.51, and 21.52 require that
persons or entities operating under the
depredation and control orders must
immediately report the take of any
species protected under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA). This information
ensures that the incidental take limits
authorized under section 7 of the ESA
are not exceeded.
Title of Collection: Control and
Management of Resident Canada Geese,
50 CFR 20.21, 21.49, 21.50, 21.51, 21.52,
and 21.61.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0133.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State
fish and wildlife agencies, tribes, and
local governments; airports;
landowners; and farms.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 8,698.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 8,698.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 8
hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 3,360.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
Annual
number of
responses

Regulation/activity

Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Total annual
burden hours *

21.49—Airport Control Order (Annual Report)
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................
Government .................................................................................................................................

25
25

1.5
1.5

38
38

126
674
200

0.5
0.5
0.5

63
337
100

374
2,026
600

0.25
0.25
0.25

94
507
150

500
2,700

0.25
0.25

125
675

21.50—Nest & Egg Depredation Order (Initial Registration)
Individuals ....................................................................................................................................
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................
Government .................................................................................................................................

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21.50—Nest & Egg Depredation Order (Renew Registration)
Individuals ....................................................................................................................................
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................
Government .................................................................................................................................
21.50—Nest & Egg Depredation Order (Annual Report)
Individuals ....................................................................................................................................
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................

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Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Annual
number of
responses

Regulation/activity

Government .................................................................................................................................

Total annual
burden hours *

800

0.25

200

600

0.5

300

20

8

160

20

1

20

2

0.25

1

12
36

36

21.51—Agricultural Depredation Order (Recordkeeping)
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................
21.51—Agricultural Depredation Order (Annual Report)
Government .................................................................................................................................
21.52—Public Health Control Order
Government .................................................................................................................................
21.49, 21.50, 21.51, & 21.52—Report Take of Endangered Species
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................

21.61—Population Control Approval Request (Annual Report and Recordkeeping)
Annual Report—Gov’t ..................................................................................................................
Recordkeeping—Gov’t .................................................................................................................

3
12

21.61—Population Control Approval Request (Population and Distribution Estimates)
Government .................................................................................................................................

3

160

480

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

8,698

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

3,360

* Rounded

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 3, 2018.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2018–07046 Filed 4–5–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2018–0018]

Request for Feedback on BOEM’s
Proposed Path Forward for Future
Offshore Renewable Energy Leasing
on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Request for feedback.

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AGENCY:

The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) invites the public
to contribute to the development of a
path forward for future renewable
leasing offshore the United States
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issued 13 commercial leases on the
Atlantic from North Carolina to
Massachusetts. BOEM is now
conducting a high-level assessment of
all waters offshore the United States
Atlantic Coast for potential additional
lease locations. BOEM proposes to rely
on various factors described below to
help it assess which geographic areas
along the Atlantic are the most likely to
have highest potential for successful
offshore wind development in the next
three to five years. BOEM is seeking
input on all aspects of its proposed path
forward, but particularly on the merits
of these factors and any other factors
BOEM should consider. This Atlantic
assessment is intended to inform future
area identification processes, not
replace them. Accordingly, after
reviewing the comments it receives
pursuant to this notice, BOEM plans to
coordinate with its intergovernmental
renewable energy task forces, and
conduct further stakeholder outreach as
a part of its continuing area
identification efforts.
DATES: Stakeholders should submit
comments electronically or postmarked
no later than May 21, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted in one of the two following
ways:
1. Electronically: http://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry
entitled, ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ search

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for BOEM–2018–0018. Follow the
instructions to submit public comments
in response to this document.
2. Written Comments: In written form,
delivered by hand or by mail, enclosed
in an envelope labeled, ‘‘Comments on
Request for Feedback’’ to: Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, VAM–OREP, Sterling,
Virginia 20166.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey Browning, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, VAM–OREP, Sterling,
Virginia 20166, (703) 787–1577 or
[email protected]; Wright
Frank, BOEM Office of Renewable
Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland
Road, VAM–OREP, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787–1325 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: This notice is published
pursuant to subsection 8(p) of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)
(43 U.S.C. 1337(p)), added by section
388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005,
and the implementing regulations at 30
CFR 585.116.
Overview: In this notice, BOEM has
initially identified the following factors
to be considered in the analysis
contemplated in this notice:

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