[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37767-37768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15482]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2014-N136; FRES480102200B0-XXX-FF02ENEH00]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Survey of Rancher Opinions About
Wildlife and Jaguar Habitat Management
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
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collection and the estimated burden and cost. 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: You must submit comments on or before August 1, 2014.
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 2042-PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-Jaguar
Rancher'' 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:
Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018-XXXX. This is a new collection.
Title: Survey of Rancher Opinions about Wildlife and Jaguar Habitat
Management.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new OMB control number.
Number of Respondents: 325.
Description of Respondents: Ranchers in southern Arizona and
southwestern New Mexico.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
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Number of
Activity annual Completion time per response Total annual
responses burden hours
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Initial Contact............................... 325 2.5 minutes..................... 14
Reminders..................................... 243 1 minute........................ 4
Complete Survey............................... 228 30 minutes...................... 114
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Totals.................................... 796 ................................ 132
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
Abstract: We have contracted with the University of Arizona to
conduct a survey of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico
ranchers to determine their knowledge of and attitudes toward jaguar
habitat, their level of knowledge regarding payments for ecosystem
services, and their attitudes and interest toward a payment for
ecosystem services intended to benefit jaguar habitat. This survey is
necessary because there is currently no statistically significant
information available about rancher attitudes toward jaguar habitat or
their understanding of payments for ecosystem services.
The survey will improve rancher knowledge on these issues and will
inform our evaluation of the practicality of a payment for ecosystem
services for the benefit of jaguar habitat in southern Arizona and
southwestern New Mexico. It will also aid in the implementation of
jaguar habitat conservation efforts by increasing our knowledge of
rancher attitudes toward jaguars and jaguar habitat management in
southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
Information collected in the survey will include data on knowledge
of jaguar habitat attributes, opinions and attitudes about the
designation of critical habitat in southern Arizona and southwestern
New Mexico, knowledge of payment for ecosystem services programs
generally, and opinions and attitudes about participation in payment
for ecosystem services programs.
Comments Received and Our Responses
On December 17, 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR
76315) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on February 18, 2014. We received three comments:
Comment: One commenter objected to the survey and stated that it is
a waste of taxpayer dollars. The commenter did not address the
information collection requirements, and we have not made any changes
to the survey.
Comment: Two commenters requested inclusion of New Mexico ranchers
in the survey sample.
Response: Ranchers located in southwestern New Mexico (Hidalgo
County) will be included in the survey sample. The survey sample will
include ranchers in Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise Counties in Arizona
and Hidalgo County in New Mexico.
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: June 26, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-15482 Filed 7-1-14; 8:45 am]
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