[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 3 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 755-756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31681]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-WSFR-2012-N300; FVWF941009000007B-XXX-FF09W23000;
FVWF511009000007B-XXX-FF09W23000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Annual Certification of Hunting and
Sport Fishing Licenses Issued
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to
expire on February 28, 2013. We 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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
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DATES: You must submit comments on or before February 4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Information
Collection Clearance Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS
2042-PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail), or
hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0007'' in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0007.
Title: Annual Certification of Hunting and Sport Fishing Licenses
Issued, 50 CFR 80, Subpart D.
Service Form Number(s): 3-154a and 3-154b.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: States, territories (Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, U.S.
Virgin Islands, and American Samoa), and District of Columbia.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 56.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 112.
Estimated Time per Response: Average of 12 hours for FWS Form 3-
154a and 20 hours for FWS Form 3-154b.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,792.
Abstract: The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C.
669 et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16
U.S.C. 777 et seq., except 777e-1) provide authority for Federal
assistance to the States for management and restoration of fish and
wildlife. These Acts and our regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 80, subpart D, require that States,
territories, and the District of Columbia annually certify their
hunting and fishing license sales. States, territories, and the
District of Columbia that receive grants under these Acts use FWS Forms
3-154a (Part I--Certification) and 3-154b (Part II--Summary of Hunting
and Sport Fishing Licenses Issued) to certify the number and amount of
hunting and fishing license sales. We use the information collected to
apportion and distribute funds according to the formula specified in
each Act.
Comments: On August 29, 2012, we published in the Federal Register
(77 FR 52344) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval
for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments
for 60 days, ending on October 29, 2012. We received one comment in
response to this notice. The respondent objected to the Wildlife
Restoration Act, but did not address the information collection
requirements. We did not make any changes to our requirements.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information;
Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents.
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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: December 27, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-31681 Filed 1-3-13; 8:45 am]
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