[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40776-40777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16388]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-MB-2014-N141; FXES11120100000-145-FF01M01000]
Proposed Information Collection; Monitoring Recovered Species
After Delisting-American Peregrine Falcon
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 September 30, 2014. 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 12, 2014.
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 hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0101'' in the subject line
of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This information collection implements requirements of the
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (ESA). There are no
corresponding Service regulations for the ESA post-delisting monitoring
requirement. This IC also implements the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 704) and Service regulations in chapter I, subchapter B of title
50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
The American peregrine falcon was removed from the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife on August 25, 1999 (64 FR 46542).
Section 4(g) of the ESA requires that all species that are recovered
and removed from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
(delisted) be monitored in cooperation with the States for a period of
not less than 5 years. The purpose of this requirement is to detect any
failure of a recovered species to sustain itself without the
protections of the ESA. We work with relevant State agencies and other
species experts to develop appropriate plans and procedures for
systematically monitoring recovered wildlife and plants.
The American peregrine falcon has a large geographic distribution
that includes a substantial amount of non-Federal land. Although the
ESA requires that monitoring of recovered species be conducted for not
less than 5 years, the life history of American peregrine falcons is
such that it is appropriate to monitor this species for a longer period
of time in order to meaningfully evaluate whether or not the recovered
species continues to maintain its recovered status. The Monitoring Plan
for the American Peregrine Falcon is available on our Web site at
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa-library/pdf/Peregrineplan2003.pdf.
Formal collection of monitoring data commenced in 2003 and will
continue through 2015.
We will use the information supplied on FWS Forms 3-2307, 3-2308,
and 3-2309 to review the status of the American peregrine falcon in the
United States and determine if it remains recovered and, therefore,
does not require the protections of the ESA:
(1) FWS Form 3-2307 (Peregrine Falcon Monitoring Form) addresses
the reporting requirements to record observations on the nesting pair,
and the numbers of eggs and young during each nest visit. Each
territory will be visited at least two times.
(2) FWS Form 3-2308 (Peregrine Falcon Egg Contaminants Data Sheet)
addresses the reporting requirements to record data on eggs collected
opportunistically during a nest visit.
(3) FWS Form 3-2309 (Peregrine Falcon Feather Contaminants Data
Sheet) addresses the reporting requirements to record data on feathers
collected opportunistically during a nest visit. Once collected, the
eggs and feathers are archived in a deep freeze for analysis at a later
time.
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II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0101.
Title: Monitoring Recovered Species After Delisting-American
Peregrine Falcon.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2307, 3-2308, and 3-2309.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Professional biologists employed by
State agencies and other organizations, and volunteers that have been
involved in past peregrine falcon conservation efforts.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Monitoring is conducted every
3 years. For eggs and feathers, 15 to 20 of each are collected over a
period of no more than 5 years.
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Completion time
Activity Number of Number of per response Total annual
respondents responses (hours) burden hours
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FWS Form 3-2307................................ 71 639 2.5 1,598
FWS Form 3-2308................................ 8 8 2.5 20
FWS Form 3-2309................................ 8 8 2.5 20
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Totals..................................... 87 655 ............... 1,638
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Estimated Nonhour Cost Burden: We estimate the total nonhour burden
cost to be $156.00 for expenses incurred when contaminants samples must
be shipped to designated labs for analysis and storage.
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 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: July 9, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-16388 Filed 7-11-14; 8:45 am]
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