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enter into mentoring relationships with
current Friends groups who request this
service. The mentor relationship
typically lasts for one full year and
involves an on-site visit to the Friends
group and Service site which the
Friends group supports in an official
capacity (i.e., has a Friends Partnership
Agreement). The Service generally
issues a call for mentor applications
every 3 to 5 years, at most.
4. (Revised) Internal Financial Control
Documentation (Forms 990 or 990–EZ
Filers)—We reduced the number of
respondents specific to this requirement
to reflect only those Friends groups that
file Forms 990 or 990–EZ. Tax
information for this collection will be
retrieved by Service members from
information published on the IRS
website and not requested from Friends
groups.
5. (New) Internal Financial Control
Documentation (Forms 990–N or
Postcard Filers)—About 80 percent of
the Service’s Friends groups are very
small, each with annual gross receipts
totaling $50,000 or less. This means that
they do not file a 990 or 990–EZ (the
Internal IRS forms on which
organizations must declare all donations
and revenues). Rather, these smaller
groups, which represent most of our
partners, are required to file only the
990–N, or e-Postcard. The 990–N or ePostcard simply asks for confirmation
that the organization has annual gross
receipts totaling $50,000 or less.
Collection of this information, per the
OIG audit, from Friends groups filing
the 990–N or ePostcard is not
duplicative of what the IRS requires
from 80 percent of our Friends groups,
nor is it publicly available information
on the IRS website. Therefore, we need
to request this information on our
Annual Report (for only those small
entities filing the 990–N or e-Postcard).
Title of Collection: U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Agreements with
Friends Organizations.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0193.
Form Numbers: 3–2565 through 3–
2567.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Friends
Groups of the National Wildlife Refuge
System.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 1,693.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,693.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 2 hours to 40
hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 20,285.

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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.).
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–HQ–MB–2024–0044;
FXMB1231099BPP0–245–FF09M30000;
OMB Control Number 1018–New]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; National Double-Crested
Cormorant 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 a new
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 21,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
one of the following methods (please
reference ‘‘1018–DCC’’ in the subject
line of your comments):
• Internet (preferred): https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–HQ–JAO–2024–
0044.
• 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
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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 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) and its implementing regulations
at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information
collections require approval under the
PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor
and you are not required to respond to
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies 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 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. 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

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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service, we) is the Federal
agency delegated with the primary
responsibility for managing migratory
birds. Our authority derives from the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
(MBTA; 16 U.S.C. 703–712), as
amended, which implements
conventions with Great Britain (for
Canada), Mexico, Japan, and Russia. We
implement the provisions of the MBTA
through the regulations in parts 10, 13,
20, 21, 22, and 92 of title 50 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR). The
MBTA protects migratory birds (listed
in 50 CFR 10.13) from take directed at
birds, except as authorized under the
MBTA. Regulations pertaining to
specific migratory bird permit types are
at 50 CFR parts 21 and 22.
The double-crested cormorant
(cormorant; Phalacrocorax auritus) is a
fish-eating migratory bird that is
distributed across a large portion of
North America. There are five different
breeding populations—the Alaska,
Pacific (or Western), Interior, Atlantic,
and Southern populations. Although
each of these populations is categorized
by breeding range, the populations
commingle to various extents on their
migration and wintering areas, with
birds from populations closer to each
other overlapping more than those that
are more distant.
In response to ongoing damage at
aquaculture facilities and other damage
and conflicts associated with increasing
cormorant populations, the Service
administers regulations that authorize
the take of cormorants through regular
depredation permits (50 CFR 21.100) or
the special double-crested cormorant
permit available only to State and Tribal
fish and wildlife agencies (50 CFR
21.123). Take through these two permit
types is supported by assessments that
were completed in 2017 and 2020 under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The
2017 environmental assessment (EA)
supported issuance of depredation
permits (82 FR 52936; November 15,
2017), and the 2020 environmental
impact statement (EIS) supported
creation of the special double-crested
cormorant permit (85 FR 85535;
December 29, 2020). To determine
sustainable take of cormorants, the 2020
EIS contained a potential take limit
(PTL) assessment that is used to inform
permitting decisions.
Federal, State, Tribal, and many
private entities share the Service’s goal
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conduct cormorant monitoring and
contribute to ongoing research and
regional or local cormorant management
efforts. However, to date, coordinated
monitoring across the four North
American flyways (Pacific, Central,
Mississippi, and Atlantic), with shared
objectives and standardized sampling
design, does not exist. The desire to
enhance existing monitoring efforts was
shared in comments by States, Tribes,
nongovernment organizations, and
members of the public during the 2020
rulemaking process. Therefore, the
Service committed to work in
partnership with the Flyways to develop
a monitoring program for each
subpopulation of cormorants. In the
2020 final EIS, the Service made the
commitment to monitor cormorant
populations and produce a report every
5 years that provides analyses from
population monitoring and other status
information. The survey, which was
develop in coordination with the four
Flyways, will be conducted for the first
time in 2024 and is scheduled to be
repeated every 5 years in order to
update population estimates and PTL
assessments.
A combination of Federal (Service
and U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wildlife Services) and State biologists,
coordinated through Flyway working
groups, will conduct the survey during
April through June 2024. All surveys
will use a standardized data sheet that
documents the following:
1. Completion data:
a. State, county, names of observers,
and agency; and
b. Date/time, weather conditions
(wind, sky, temperature).
2. Nesting colony information:
a. Colony name;
b. Latitude/longitude;
c. Whether the colony was existing,
reestablished, or new;
d. Nest substrate; and
e. Site habitat condition.
3. Method used to survey the colony
(i.e., ground count or aerial count).
4. Nest counts:
a. Number of active or inactive nests
(with number of unknown);
b. Whether the entire colony was
surveyed;
c. Whether co-nesting species were
observed; and
d. Whether photos and/or videos were
taken.
5. General comments from the
observer.
To be flexible, States will have the
option to use an electronic version of
the datasheet (ArcGIS Survey123
software) or a paper-based survey form.
The data the Service collects through
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program will be used to update
cormorant population estimates and to
update PTL assessments with the most
up-to-date information as specified in
the 2020 EIS. The updated take limits
would also inform future Service permit
allocation. The Service will share the
population estimates and PTL
assessments with State and Tribal fish
and wildlife agencies to inform their
respective management actions, as well
as with other Federal agencies,
including the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Wildlife Services program.
Title of Collection: National DoubleCrested Cormorant Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1018–New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: State/
local/Tribal government (State biologists
coordinated through the four North
American Flyways (Pacific, Central,
Mississippi, and Atlantic)).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 40.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,016.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 4 hours (30 minutes reporting
and 3.5 hours recordkeeping).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,064.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
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 JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—Countering Weapons of
Mass Destruction
Notice is hereby given that, on
January 8, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a)
of the National Cooperative Research
and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.
4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Countering
Weapons of Mass Destruction
(‘‘CWMD’’) has filed written
notifications simultaneously with the

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