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2019, 7 HUD published a notice
announcing that the Secretary found
good cause to waive the statutory 60-day
review deadline and was issuing an
alternative requirement for review of
pending Action Plans and Action Plan
amendments involving funding under
Public Laws 115–123 and 115–56. The
January 9, 2019, Federal Register notice
provided that ‘‘HUD would review
pending Action Plan Amendments and
Action Plans and provide affected
grantees with a decision within a time
period which will be announced by
HUD after enactment of funding for the
Department’s normal operations.’’ 8
II. This Notice—Revised Review
Deadline
This notice announces the revised
deadline for HUD review of CDBG–DR
Action Plans and amendments. The
revised deadline is measured from the
end of the appropriations lapse that
impacted HUD’s operations. The
Department will review and respond not
later than March 1, 2019, Action Plan
amendments that were pending as of
December 21, 2018. This approach
means that HUD will act upon such
Action Plan amendments within 35
days of resuming operations subsequent
to the appropriations lapse that ended
January 26, 2019. Concurrently, the
Department will review and respond not
later than March 15, 2019, to Action
Plans that were pending as of December
21, 2018. This means that HUD will act
upon such Action Plans within 50 days
of resuming operations subsequent to
the same appropriations lapse. These
timeframes account for days lost to the
review process during the lapse but also
account for time associated with the full
resumption of regular work activities by
HUD staff subsequent to the end of the
lapse. This approach acknowledges not
only the general complexity of the
Action Plan submissions, but also the
cumulative impact upon HUD staffing
and operations resulting from the lapse
in appropriations.
Dated: February 22, 2019.
David C. Woll, Jr.,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Community
Planning and Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2019–N001;
FXMB12310900WHO–189–FF09M26000;
OMB Control Number 1018–0023]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Migratory Bird Harvest
Information Program and Migratory
Bird Surveys
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 revise an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 29,
2019.
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 1018–0023 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at [email protected],
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
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.
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
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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. 703–711) and the Fish
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C.
742d) designate the Department of the
Interior as the key agency responsible
for (1) the wise management of
migratory bird populations frequenting
the United States, and (2) setting
hunting regulations that allow
appropriate harvests that are within the
guidelines that will allow for those
populations’ well-being. These
responsibilities dictate that we gather
accurate data on various characteristics
of migratory bird harvest. Based on
information from harvest surveys, we
can adjust hunting regulations as
needed to optimize harvests at levels
that provide a maximum of hunting
recreation while keeping populations at
desired levels.
Under 50 CFR 20.20, migratory bird
hunters must register for the Migratory
Bird Harvest Information Program in
each State in which they hunt each year.
State natural resource agencies must
send names and addresses of all
migratory bird hunters to Branch of
Harvest Surveys, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Division of Migratory Bird
Management, on an annual basis.
The Migratory Bird Hunter Survey is
based on the Migratory Bird Harvest
Information Program. We randomly
select migratory bird hunters and ask
them to report their harvest. The
resulting estimates of harvest per hunter
are combined with the complete list of
migratory bird hunters to provide
estimates of the total harvest for the
species surveyed.
The Parts Collection Survey estimates
the species, sex, and age composition of
the harvest, and the geographic and
temporal distribution of the harvest.
Randomly selected successful hunters
who responded to the Migratory Bird
Hunter Survey the previous year are
asked to complete and return a postcard
if they are willing to participate in the

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Parts Collection Survey. We provide
postage-paid envelopes to respondents
before the hunting season and ask them
to send in a wing or the tail feathers
from each duck or goose that they
harvest, or a wing from each mourning
dove, woodcock, band-tailed pigeon,
snipe, rail, or gallinule that they harvest.
We use the wings and tail feathers to
identify the species, sex, and ages of the
harvested samples. We also ask
respondents to report on the envelope
the date and location of harvest for each
bird. We combine the results of this
survey with the harvest estimates
obtained from the Migratory Bird
Hunter Survey to provide speciesspecific national harvest estimates.
The combined results of these surveys
enable us to evaluate the effects of
season length, season dates, and bag
limits on the harvest of each species,
and thus help us determine appropriate
hunting regulations.
The Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey is
an annual questionnaire survey of
people who obtained a sandhill crane
hunting permit. At the end of the

more streamlined format. The online
form also allows for hunters to keep
track of their hunting activity in the
form of a log, which they can download
or print at the end of the season.
Preliminary testing of this online survey
suggests that the completion time is less
than that of our paper surveys and will
provide hunters with a more enjoyable
experience.
Title of Collection: Migratory Bird
Information Program and Migratory Bird
Surveys, 50 CFR 20.20.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0023.
Form Number: Forms 3–165, 3–165A
through E, 3–2056J through N.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: States
and migratory game bird hunters.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory
for Harvest Information Program
registration information; voluntary for
participation in the surveys.
Frequency of Collection: Annually or
on occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.

hunting season, we randomly select a
sample of permit holders and ask them
to report the date, location, and number
of birds harvested for each of their
sandhill crane hunts. Their responses
provide estimates of the temporal and
geographic distribution of the harvest as
well as the average harvest per hunter,
which, combined with the total number
of permits issued, enables us to estimate
the total harvest of sandhill cranes.
Based on information from this survey,
we adjust hunting regulations as
needed.
We received approval under the DOI
Fast Track clearance process (OMB
Control No. 1090–0011) to conduct
limited user testing of a new online
hunter diary survey. With this
submission, we will request OMB
approval of this new online harvest
survey that will eventually replace our
paper hunter diary survey (after a phasein period of 3 years). The new online
survey consists of a series of four
questions, which ask for the same
information that is currently solicited
on our paper forms, but in an easier and

Activity

Number of
respondents

Form No.

Completion
time per
response

Number of
responses

Total annual
burden hours *

Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program
Government ......................................................................

None .................

49

784

18,500
11,550
4,450
6,000

18,500
11,550
4,450
6,000

157 hours .......

123,088

Migratory Bird Hunter Survey
Individuals
Individuals
Individuals
Individuals

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

Form
Form
Form
Form

3–2056J ..
3–2056K ..
3–2056L ..
3–2056M

5
4
4
3

minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes

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

1,542
770
297
300

3.5 minutes ....

117

Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey
Individuals .........................................................................

3–2056N ...........

2,000

2,000

4,200
1,000
3,600
400
1,100
900

92,400
5,500
3,600
400
1,100
1,350

5
5
1
1
1
5

minutes .......
minutes .......
minute .........
minute .........
minute .........
minutes .......

7,700
458
60
7
18
113

Parts Collection Survey
Individuals
Individuals
Individuals
Individuals
Individuals
Individuals

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

Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form

3–165 ......
3–165A ....
3–165B ....
3–165C ...
3–165D ...
3–165E ....

Online Hunter Diary Survey (all species groups)
Individuals .........................................................................

On-line ..............

42,500

42,500

4 minutes .......

2,833

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

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

96,249

190,134

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

137,303

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* 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: February 25, 2019.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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