[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43337-43339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18252]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-R-2011-N152; 93261-12630000-9X]
Proposed Information Collection; Hunting and Fishing Application
Forms and Activity Reports for National Wildlife Refuges
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to renew approval for the information
collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is
scheduled to expire on January 31, 2012. 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.
[[Page 43338]]
DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC,
we must receive them by September 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042-PDM,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); or
INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail). Please include ``1018-0140'' in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey at INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), as amended (Administration Act), and the Refuge
Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k-460k-4) (Recreation Act) govern
the administration and uses of national wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The Administration Act consolidated all the
different refuge areas into a single Refuge System. It also authorizes
us to permit public uses, including hunting and fishing, on lands of
the Refuge System when we find that the activity is compatible and
appropriate with the purpose for which the refuge was established. The
Recreation Act allows the use of refuges for public recreation when the
use is not inconsistent or does not interfere with the primary
purpose(s) of the refuge.
There are 408 national wildlife refuges where we administer hunting
and/or fishing programs. We only collect user information at about 20
percent of these refuges. Information that we plan to collect will help
us:
Administer and monitor hunting and fishing programs on
refuges.
Distribute hunting and fishing permits in a fair and
equitable manner to eligible participants.
We use nine application and report forms associated with hunting
and fishing on refuges. We may not allow all opportunities on all
refuges; therefore, we developed different forms to simplify the
process and avoid confusion for applicants. The currently approved
forms are available online at http://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all
refuges will use each form and some refuges may collect the identical
information in a nonform format.
We use the following application forms when we assign areas, dates,
and/or types of hunts via a drawing because of limited resources, high
demand, or when a permit is needed to hunt. We issue application forms
for specific periods, usually seasonally or annually.
FWS Form 3-2354 (Quota Deer Hunt Application).
FWS Form 3-2355 (Waterfowl Lottery Application).
FWS Form 3-2356 (Big/Upland Game Hunt Application).
FWS Form 3-2357 (Migratory Bird Hunt Application).
FWS Form 3-2358 (Fishing/Shrimping/Crabbing Application).
We collect information on:
Applicant (name, address, phone number) so that we can
notify applicants of their selection.
User preferences (dates, areas, method) so that we can
distribute users equitably.
Whether or not the applicant is applying for a special
opportunity for disabled or youth hunters.
Age of youth hunter(s) so that we can establish
eligibility.
We ask users to report on their success after their experience so
that we can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and resource impacts. We
use the following activity reports, which we distribute during
appropriate seasons, as determined by State or Federal regulations.
FWS Form 3-2359 (Big Game Harvest Report).
FWS Form 3-2360 (Fishing Report).
FWS Form 3-2361 (Migratory Bird Hunt Report).
FWS Form 3-2362 (Upland/Small Game/Furbearer Report).
We collect information on:
Names of users so we can differentiate between responses.
City and State of residence so that we can better
understand if users are local or traveling.
Dates, time, and number in party so we can identify use
trends and allocate staff and resources.
Details of success by species so that we can evaluate
quality of experience and resource impacts.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0140.
Title: Hunting and Fishing Application Forms and Activity Reports
for National Wildlife Refuges, 50 CFR parts 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms 3-2354, 3-2355, 3-2356, 3-2357,
3-2358, 3-2359, 3-2360, 3-2361, 3-2362.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals and households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion (for applications, usually
once per year at the beginning of the hunting season; for activity
reports, once at the conclusion of the hunting/fishing experience).
Nonhour Cost Burden: We estimate the annual nonhour cost burden to
be $60,000 for hunting application fees at some refuges.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response ( burden hours
utes)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FWS Form 3-2354................................. 180,000 180,000 30 90,000
FWS Form 3-2355................................. 93,000 93,000 30 46,500
FWS Form 3-2356................................. 2,600 2,600 30 1,300
FWS Form 3-2357................................. 5,200 5,200 30 2,600
FWS Form 3-2358................................. 2,600 2,600 30 1,300
FWS Form 3-2359................................. 88,000 88,000 15 22,000
FWS Form 3-2360................................. 412,000 412,000 15 103,000
FWS Form 3-2361................................. 31,000 31,000 15 7,750
FWS Form 3-2362................................. 26,000 26,000 15 6,500
---------------------------------------------------------------
840,400 840,400 .............. 280,950
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 43339]]
III. Comments
We 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 imize the burden of the collection of information
on respondents.
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 IC. Before including your address, phone number,
e-mail 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.
Dated: July 14, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-18252 Filed 7-19-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P