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implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22
and 40 CFR 1506.6, respectively).
Theresa E. Rabot,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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189–FXMB12320900000; OMB Control
Number 1018–0133]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; 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, are
proposing to renew an information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
25, 2019.
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 1018–0133 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. You may also view the ICR
at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.

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DATES:

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,

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 April 6,
2018 (83 FR 14879). We received one
comment in which the commenter
objected to the collection of this
information, but did not specifically
address the information collection
requirements. We did not make changes
to our requirements as a result of that
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 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
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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
implement management of resident
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

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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 or on their
Tribal lands.
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.
Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Annual
number of
responses

Regulation/activity

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
800

0.25
0.25
0.25

125
675
200

600

0.5

300

20

8

160

20

1

20

0.25

1

12
36

36

21.50—Nest and Egg Depredation Order (Initial Registration)
Individuals ....................................................................................................................................
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................
Government .................................................................................................................................
21.50—Nest and Egg Depredation Order (Renew Registration)
Individuals ....................................................................................................................................
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................
Government .................................................................................................................................
21.50—Nest and Egg Depredation Order (Annual Report)
Individuals ....................................................................................................................................
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................
Government .................................................................................................................................
21.51—Agricultural Depredation Order (Recordkeeping)
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................
21.51—Agricultural Depredation Order (Annual Report)
Government .................................................................................................................................
21.52—Public Health Control Order

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21.49, 21.50, 21.51, and 21.52—Report Take of Endangered Species
Private Sector ..............................................................................................................................

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

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Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Annual
number of
responses

Regulation/activity

Total
annual burden
hours *

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: December 19, 2018.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Proposed Crestmont Farm Safe Harbor
Agreement for the Taylor’s
Checkerspot Butterfly in Benton
County, Oregon
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior,
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), have received
an enhancement of survival permit
application from Crestmont Farm
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act
of 1973. The permit application
includes a draft safe harbor agreement
(SHA) developed for the conservation of
the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. The
permit would authorize the incidental
take of the endangered Taylor’s
checkerspot butterfly associated with
habitat management actions intended to
benefit the butterfly. We have prepared
a draft environment action statement
(EAS) for our preliminary determination
that the SHA and permit decision may
be eligible for categorical exclusion
under the National Environmental
Policy Act. We are making the permit
application package, including the
proposed SHA and draft EAS, available
for public review and comment.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received from

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interested parties no later than January
25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: To request further
information or submit written
comments, please use one of the
following methods, and note that your
information request or comments are in
reference to the ‘‘Crestmont Farm SHA.’’
• Internet: Documents may be viewed
on the internet at http://www.fws.gov/
oregonfwo/.
• Email: CrestmontSHAcomments@
fws.gov.
• U.S. Mail: State Supervisor, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; 2600 SE 98th
Avenue, Suite 100; Portland, OR 97266.
• Fax: 503–231–6195, Attn:
Crestmont Farm SHA.
• In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or
Pickup: Comments and materials
received will be available for public
inspection, by appointment (necessary
for viewing or picking up documents
only), during normal business hours at
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (at
the above address); call 503–231–6179
to make an appointment. Written
comments can be dropped off during
regular business hours at the above
address on or before the closing date of
the public comment period (see DATES).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Szlemp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (see ADDRESSES); telephone:
503–231–6179; facsimile: 503–231–
6195. If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf, please call the
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have
received an enhancement of survival
permit application from Crestmont Farm
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
The requested permit would authorize
the incidental take of the Taylor’s
checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas
editha taylori) in exchange for habitat
conservation actions that are expected
to provide a net conservation benefit for
the species. The permit application
includes a proposed safe harbor
agreement (SHA) that describes the
existing baseline conditions, and the
activities that are intended to produce a
net conservation benefit for Taylor’s
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Background
Section 9 of the ESA prohibits the
take of fish and wildlife species listed
as endangered or threatened under
section 4 of the ESA. Under the ESA,
the term ‘‘take’’ means to harass, harm,
pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap,
capture, or collect, or to attempt to
engage in any such conduct (16 U.S.C.
1532(19)). The term ‘‘harm,’’ as defined
in our regulations, includes significant
habitat modification or degradation that
results in death or injury to listed
species by significantly impairing
essential behavioral patterns, including
breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR
17.3). The term ‘‘harass’’ is defined in
our regulations as an intentional or
negligent act or omission which creates
the likelihood of injury to wildlife by
annoying it to such an extent as to
significantly disrupt normal behavioral
patterns, which include, but are not
limited to, breeding, feeding, or
sheltering (50 CFR 17.3). Under
specified circumstances, however, we
may issue permits that authorize take of
federally listed species, provided the
take is incidental to, but not the purpose
of, an otherwise lawful activity.
Regulations governing permits for
endangered species are at 50 CFR 17.22.
Under a SHA, participating
landowners voluntarily undertake
management activities on their property
to enhance, restore, or maintain habitat
benefiting species listed under the ESA.
SHAs, and the subsequent enhancement
of survival permits that are issued
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
ESA, encourage private and other nonfederal property owners to implement
conservation efforts for listed species by
providing assurances that they will not
be subjected to increased property use
restrictions as a result of their efforts to
attract listed species to their property, or
to increase the numbers or distribution
of listed species already on their
property. Application requirements and
issuance criteria for enhancement of
survival permits through SHAs are
found in 50 CFR 17.22(c). As provided
for in the Service’s final Safe Harbor
Policy (64 FR 32717; June 17, 1999),
SHAs provide assurances that allow the
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