[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40374-40375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16664]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-MB-2012-N152; FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2]
Proposed Information Collection; Depredation Orders for Double-
Crested Cormorants
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve 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, 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.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC,
we must receive them by September 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042-
PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); or
INFOCOL@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0121'' 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 (email) or 703-358-
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This information collection is associated with regulations
implementing the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 et
seq.). Under the MBTA, it is unlawful to take, possess, import, export,
transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or
barter, migratory birds or their parts, nests, or eggs, except as
authorized by regulations implementing the MBTA.
The regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
21.47 (Aquaculture Depredation Order) authorize aquaculture producers
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (APHIS-Wildlife Services) in 13
States to take double-crested cormorants when the birds are found
committing or about to commit depredations on commercial freshwater
aquaculture stocks. The regulations at 50 CFR 21.48 (Public Resource
Depredation Order) authorize State fish and wildlife agencies, APHIS-
Wildlife Services, and federally recognized tribes in 24 States to take
double-crested cormorants to prevent depredations on the public
resources of fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats.
Both 50 CFR 21.47 and 21.48 impose reporting and recordkeeping
requirements on those operating under the depredation orders. We use
the information collected to:
Help assess the impact of the depredation orders on
double-crested cormorant populations.
Protect nontarget migratory birds or other species.
Ensure that agencies and individuals are operating in
accordance with the terms, conditions, and purpose of the orders.
Help gauge the effectiveness of the orders at mitigating
cormorant-related damages.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0121.
Title: Depredation Orders for Double-Crested Cormorants, 50 CFR
21.47 and 21.48.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Aquaculture producers, States, and
tribes.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually for reports; ongoing for
recordkeeping.
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Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(hours)
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Report take of migratory bird species other than 1 1 1 1
double-crested cormorants (21.47(d)(7);
21.48(d)(7))...................................
Report take of species protected under 1 1 1 1
Endangered Species Act (21.47(d)(8);
21.48(d)(8))...................................
Written notice of intent to conduct control 12 12 3 36
activities (21.48(d)(9)).......................
Report of control activities (21.48(d)(10) and 12 12 20 240
(11))..........................................
Report effects of management activities 9 9 75 675
(21.48(d)(12)).................................
Recordkeeping (21.47(d)(9))..................... 325 325 7 2,275
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Totals...................................... 360 360 .............. 3,228
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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 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before
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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 information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Dated: June 29, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-16664 Filed 7-6-12; 8:45 am]
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