OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency must submit to OMB a summary of all comments related to the information collection contained in the proposed rule and the agency response. The agency should clearly indicate any changes made to the information collection as a result of these comments.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2022
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2022
2,658
0
2,658
221
0
221
0
0
0
Subsistence migratory bird hunting is authorized in subsistence-eligible areas of Alaska. We collect information on the annual subsistence harvest of 60 species of birds (including geese, ducks, swans, cranes, loons, seabirds, shorebirds, and upland game birds) through surveys of households in the subsistence-eligible areas of Alaska. Data are used to promulgate harvest regulations to provide maximum subsistence harvest opportunity while keeping migratory bird populations at desired levels.
Following a major review of the sampling design, our 2019 submission reported a burden decrease of 6,795 responses and 567 burden hours (reduced sampling effort, i.e., total households surveyed, and reduction from three household visits to a single household visit for harvest data collection). In 2019, we completed a third round of optimal allocation analyses to fine-tune the amount and distribution of the sampling effort to adjust survey costs to available funding while maintaining a statistically robust sampling design (Otis and Naves 2019). As the cost of adding communities is much higher than the cost of adding households, an adjustment was made to survey a smaller number of communities but a larger total number of households. In addition, we split the Cordova mail survey (Form 3-2381-5) out into a separate IC as we realized it was previously reported with the remaining harvest surveys as an average response of 3 submissions per year. The Cordova mail survey is only completed once per year necessitating it be a separate IC in ROCIS. Due to these updates, we are reporting a burden increase of 1,493 responses and 125 burden hours (change due to adjustment in agency estimate) associated with the updated sampling design.
We are also reporting a burden increase of 400 responses and 33 burden hours (change due to agency discretion) associated with the new Kodiak Roaded Area Experimental Season (Forms 3-2381-6 and 3-2381-7).
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 3-2381-4 North Slope Harvest Report
1018-0124 SSA 02262021.docx
Interim Rule 1018-BD07 84FR12946 04032019 2019-06585.pdf
Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest Household Survey