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applicants for CCSP–K9 Holder and
Certified 3PK9–C Teams, for an average
annual hour burden of 496 hours. The
CCSF information collections represent
an estimated average of 6,320
respondents annually, for an average
annual hour burden of 6,124 hours.
Collectively, these information
collections represent an estimated
average of 6,966 respondents annually,
for an average annual hour burden of
9,175 hours.
Dated: December 6, 2018.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–NWRS–2018–N132;
FXRS1263040000–156–FF04R08000; OMB
Control Number 1018–0153]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; National Wildlife Refuge
Visitor Check-In Permit and Use Report
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 January
14, 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 1018–0153 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)

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358–2503. You may also view the ICR
at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
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.
On June 11, 2018, we published a
Federal Register notice requesting
comments on this collection of
information (83 FR 27017). In that
notice, we invited comments for 60
days, ending on August 10, 2018. We
received one comment that did not
address the information collection
requirements. We made no changes in
response to 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 that your
entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be 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 by the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of
1997, and the Refuge Recreation Act of
1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k–460k–4), govern
the administration and uses of national
wildlife refuges and wetland
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Administration Act 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 use FWS Form 3–2405 (SelfClearing Check-In Permit) to collect user
information on hunting and fishing on
refuges. This form offers a self-check-in
feature not found on other similar
forms, reducing the number of staffed
check-in stations. We found this method
increases game harvest reporting and
provides better estimates of total
numbers of game harvested. This form
also requests users to report other
species observed, data then used by
refuge staff and state agencies for
managing wildlife populations. Not all
refuges will use this form and some
refuges may collect the identical
information in a nonform format
(meaning there is no designated form
associated with the collection of
information). We collect:
• Information on the visitor (name,
address, and contact information). We
use this information to identify the
visitor or driver/passengers of a vehicle
while on the refuge. Having this
information readily available is critical
in a search and rescue situation. We do
not maintain or record this information.
• Information on whether or not
hunters/anglers were successful
(number and type of harvest/caught).
• Purpose of visit (hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, auto touring, birding,
hiking, boating/canoeing, visitor center,
special event, environmental education
class, volunteering, other recreation).
• Species observed.
• Date of visit.
The above information is a vital tool
in meeting refuge objectives and
maintaining quality visitor experiences.
It helps us:
• Administer and monitor the quality
of visitor programs and facilities on
refuges.
• Minimize resource disturbance,
manage healthy game populations, and
ensure the protection of fish and
wildlife species through the check-in/
out process.
• Assist in Statewide wildlife
management and enforcement and
develop reliable estimates of the number
of key game fish and wildlife, like the
Louisiana black bear (a recently delisted
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• Determine facility and program
needs and budgets based on user
demand for resources.
Title of Collection: National Wildlife
Refuge Visitor Check-In Permit and Use
Report.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0153.
Form Number: 3–2405.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals who visit national wildlife
refuges.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 650,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 650,000.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 54,167.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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: December 10, 2018.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GR18NDOOGQ44100 OMB Control Number
1028—NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Efficacy of Oak Savanna
Restoration History Information
Request
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
14, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)

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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 by
mail to USGS, 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. You
may also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USGS, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
provides 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 4/25/
2018 (FR 2018–08678). We received one
comment. The comment did not address
the issue of requesting information from
land managers about multiple oak
savanna management techniques.
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
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

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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: Managers from sites where
we will have collected vegetation data
will be contacted for information about
management activities. The information
will be used by the Principal
Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs and
research assistant(s) to generate a
history of management database for all
the sites and treatments sampled. Most
sites will include three or four subsites
as indicated by these treatment types:
Control, burned, thinned, and/or burned
and thinned. The data table will include
site name and subsite treatment types as
identification without any manager’s
name, title or contact information, since
this latter information is irrelevant to
the analysis. The data table of
management history will be used to
relate to the condition and status of the
groundlayer vegetation, as expressed in
variables such as species richness,
species turnover, composition through
ordination and other statistical methods
including structural equation modeling.
Results of analyses may include site
names and treatment types, but no
specific manager information will be
retained or relevant to the results.
Title of Collection: Efficacy of Oak
Savanna Restoration History
Information Request.
OMB Control Number: 1028—NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: State
property managers; local property
managers; and private land managers.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 30.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 1 hour.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 30.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time,
sometimes twice for clarification.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: $0.
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.).
Shonnie Fearon,
Acting Director, Great Lakes Science Center.
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