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process: No Action. Under a No Action
alternative, the Service would not issue
the requested EOS permit and the
applicant would not implement the
comprehensive conservation strategy for
these species described in the CCAA.
Without an EOS permit, the applicant
and partners would either need to
perform ongoing operations,
inspections, repairs, and maintenance
activities of their infrastructure in a
manner that avoids incidental take, or
they would need to seek coverage for
take through another ESA mechanism,
such as consultation under ESA section
7 (if a Federal nexus exists) or
development of a habitat conservation
plan under ESA section 10.
Next Steps

Public Availability of Comments

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Amy L. Lueders,
Regional Director, Southwest Region,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–R3–FAC–2023–0096;
FF03F43100–XXXF1611NR; OMB Control
Number 1018–0179]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Sea Lamprey Control
Program
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

We will evaluate the CCAA and
comments we receive to determine
whether the EOS permit application
meets the requirements of section 10(a)
of the ESA. We will also evaluate
whether issuance of a section
10(a)(1)(A) permit would comply with
section 7 of the ESA by conducting an
intra-Service section 7 consultation. We
will use the results of this consultation,
in combination with the above findings,
in our final analysis to determine
whether to issue an EOS permit. If all
necessary requirements are met, we will
issue the EOS permit to the applicant.

Written comments we receive become
part of the public record associated with
this action. 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 request in your comment that
we withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10(c) of the ESA and its implementing
regulations (50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32)
and the National Environmental Policy
Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its

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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, without change.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
one of the following methods (please
reference 1018–0179 in the subject line
of your comments):
• Internet (preferred): https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–R3–FAC–2023–
0096.
• Email: [email protected].
• U.S. mail: Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church,
VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at [email protected],
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
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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.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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: Service staff at the
Marquette and Ludington biological
stations fulfill U.S. obligations under
the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries
Between the United States of America
and Canada, Washington, 1954, and the
Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 (16
U.S.C. 931 et seq.). The Service works
with State, Tribal, and other Federal
agencies to monitor progress towards
fish community objectives for sea
lampreys in each of the Great Lakes, and
also to develop and implement actions
to achieve these objectives. Activities

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are closely coordinated with those of
State, Tribal, and other Federal and
provincial management agencies,
nongovernmental organizations, private
landowners, and the public. Our
primary goal is to conduct ecologically
sound and publicly acceptable
integrated sea lamprey control.
The Sea Lamprey Control Program is
administered and funded by the Great
Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) and
implemented by two control agents, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, who often
partner on larger projects. The sea
lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), a
parasitic fish species native to the
Atlantic Ocean, parasitizes other fish
species by sucking their blood and other
bodily fluids. Having survived through
at least four major extinction events, the
species has remained largely unchanged
for more than 340 million years. The sea
lamprey differs from many other fishes,
in that it does not have jaws or other
bony structures, but instead has a
skeleton made of cartilage. Sea lampreys
prey on most species of large Great
Lakes fish such as lake trout, salmon,
lake sturgeon, whitefish, burbot,
walleye, and catfish.
In the 1800s, sea lampreys invaded
the Great Lakes system via manmade
locks and shipping canals. Their
aggressive behavior and appetite for fish
blood wreaked havoc on native fish
populations, decimating an already
vulnerable lake trout fishery. The first
recorded observation of a sea lamprey in
the Great Lakes was in 1835 in Lake
Ontario. For a time, Niagara Falls served
as a natural barrier, confining sea
lampreys to Lake Ontario and
preventing them from entering the
remaining four Great Lakes. However, in
the early 1900s, modifications were
made to the Welland Canal, which
bypasses Niagara Falls and provides a
shipping connection between Lakes
Ontario and Erie. These modifications
allowed sea lampreys access to the rest
of the Great Lakes system. Within a
short time, sea lampreys spread
throughout the system: into Lake Erie by
1921, Lakes Michigan and Huron by
1936 and 1937, and Lake Superior by
1938. Sea lampreys were able to thrive
once they invaded the Great Lakes
because of the availability of excellent
spawning and larval habitat, an
abundance of host fish, a lack of
predators, and their high reproductive
potential—a single female can produce
as many as 100,000 eggs.
The Sea Lamprey Control Program
(SLCP) maintains an internal database.
In existence for more than 20 years, it
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control program to manage invasive sea
lamprey populations in the five Great
Lakes. The storage of data in this
database not only documents the history
of the SLCP since inception in 1953, but
it also provides data to steer assessment
and control of invasive sea lamprey
populations in the Great Lakes in
partnership with the GLFC. We provide
annual population data to Federal and
State regulatory agencies to inform
critical evaluations used to receive the
appropriate permits to allow us to
conduct sea lamprey control actions.
The SLCP database maintains the
points of contact for landowners to
request landowner permission to access
their land for treatment. The Service
collects basic contact information for
the landowner (name, home address,
phone number, cell phone number, and
email address), along with alternate
contact information, whether they allow
access to their land, methods of
transportation allowed on property,
whether a gate key or gate combination
is needed to access the land, whether
the landowner irrigates the land, and an
opportunity to ask additional questions
about treatment or sea lamprey
management.
Title of Collection: Sea Lamprey
Control Program.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0179.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals, private sector, and State/
local/Tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 440.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 440.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 37 (rounded).
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
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.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–R7–MB–2023–0081;
FXMB12610700000–234–FF07M01000; OMB
Control Number 1018–0124]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Alaska Subsistence Bird
Harvest Survey
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,
without change, a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
one of the following methods (reference
‘‘1018–0124’’ in the subject line of your
comment):
• Internet (preferred): https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–R7–MB–2023–
0081.
• Email: [email protected].
• U.S. mail: Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church,
VA 22041–3803.
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. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to
access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), 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
SUMMARY:

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