[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8842-8843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02123]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-MB-2017-N013; FF09M21200-167-FXMB1231099BPP0L2]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Approval Procedures for Nontoxic Shot
and Shot Coatings
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 January 31, 2017. 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 March 2, 2017.
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_DOCKET@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
madonna_baucum@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0067'' in the
subject line of your comments. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madonna Baucum, at
madonna_baucum@fws.gov (email) or (703) 358-2503 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract:
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.)
prohibits the unauthorized take of migratory birds and authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to regulate take of migratory birds in the
United States. Under this authority, we control the hunting of
migratory game birds through regulations in 50 CFR part 20. On January
1, 1991, we banned lead shot for hunting waterfowl and coots in the
United States.
Regulations at 50 CFR 20.134 outline the application and approval
process for new types of nontoxic shot. When considering approval of a
candidate material as nontoxic, we must ensure that it is not hazardous
in the environment and that secondary exposure (ingestion of spent shot
or its components) is not a hazard to migratory birds. To make that
decision, we require each applicant to provide information about the
solubility and toxicity of the candidate material. Additionally, for
law enforcement purposes, a noninvasive field detection device must be
available to distinguish candidate shot from lead shot. This
information constitutes the bulk of an application for approval of
nontoxic shot. The Director uses the data in the application to decide
whether or not to approve a material as nontoxic.
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II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0067.
Title: Approval Procedures for Nontoxic Shot and Shot Coatings (50
CFR 20.134).
Expiration Date: January 31, 2017.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Businesses that produce and/or market
approved nontoxic shot types or nontoxic shot coatings.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1.
Completion Time per Response: 3,200 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,200 hours.
Estimated Annual Non-hour Cost Burden: $26,630 ($1,630 application
processing fee and $25,000 for solubility testing).
III. Comments
On November 17, 2016, we published in the Federal Register (81 FR
81153) 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 January 17, 2017. We received the following comments
in response to the notice:
Comment 1: Olin/Winchester Ammunition requested clarification on
the intent of our notice of intent.
Service Response: The purpose of our notice was to inform the
public of our intent to renew this information collection requirement
and to invite comments concerning the current information collection
burden (specific information sought further spelled out below).
Comment 2: A commenter questioned the estimated burden of 3,200
hours.
Service Response: Our current estimate of burden comes from over 25
years of experience dealing with nontoxic shot applications and the
companies preparing them.
Comment 3: The American Veterinary Medical Association expressed
support for the information collection. Additionally, they encouraged
us to change our terminology of ``nontoxic shot and shot coatings'' to
``nontoxic ammunition and ammunition coatings'' thereby being more
inclusive of ammunition types
Service Response: We understand the desire to be more inclusive;
however, our authority under the MBTA authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to regulate the take of migratory birds in the United States.
Under this authority, we promulgate regulations controlling the hunting
of migratory game birds through regulations in 50 CFR part 20. We do
not have any authority over general nontoxic ammunition and ammunition
coatings, only that which is used for the hunting and take of migratory
birds.
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.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-02123 Filed 1-30-17; 8:45 am]
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