[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21759-21760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08976]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-R-2015-N074; FF07R08000F-XRS-1263-0700000-156]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Alaska Guide Service Evaluation
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 May 31, 2015. 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.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before May 20, 2015.
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 Service
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
(mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0141'' 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:
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Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018-0141.
Title: Alaska Guide Service Evaluation.
Service Form Number: 3-2349.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Clients of permitted commercial guide
service providers.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time, following use of commercial
guide services.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 264.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 264.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 66.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
Abstract: We collect information on FWS Form 3-2349 (Alaska Guide
Service Evaluation) to help us evaluate commercial guide services on
our national wildlife refuges in the State of Alaska (State). The
National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act of 1966, as amended (16
U.S.C. 668dd-ee), authorizes us to permit uses, including commercial
visitor services, on national wildlife refuges when we find the
activity to be compatible with the purposes for which the refuge was
established. With the objective of making available a variety of
quality visitor services for wildlife-dependent recreation on National
Wildlife Refuge System lands, we issue permits for commercial guide
services, including big game hunting, sport fishing, wildlife viewing,
river trips, and other guided activities. We use FWS Form 3-2349 as a
method to:
Monitor the quality of services provided by commercial
guides.
Gauge client satisfaction with the services.
Assess the impacts of the activity on refuge resources.
The client is the best source of information on the quality of
commercial guiding services. We collect:
Client name.
Guide name(s).
Type of guided activity.
Dates and location of guided activity.
Information on the services received such as the client's
expectations, safety, environmental impacts, and client's overall
satisfaction.
We encourage respondents to provide any additional comments that
they wish regarding the guide service or refuge experience, and ask
whether or not they wish to be contacted for additional information.
The above information, in combination with State-required guide
activity reports and contacts with guides and clients in the field,
provides a comprehensive method for monitoring permitted commercial
guide activities. A regular program of client evaluation helps refuge
managers detect potential problems with guide services so that we can
take corrective actions promptly. In addition, we use this information
during the competitive selection process for big game and sport fishing
guide permits to evaluate an applicant's ability to provide a quality
guiding service.
Comments Received and Our Responses
Comments: On February 2, 2015, we published in the Federal Register
(80 FR 5574) 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 April 3, 2015. We did not receive any comments.
Request for Public Comments
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: April 15, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-08976 Filed 4-17-15; 8:45 am]
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