[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38287-38288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16723]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-NWRS-2019-N167; FF07RYKD00 FXRS12610700000 189; OMB Control
Number 1018-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; In-Season
Subsistence Salmon Fishery Catch and Effort Survey
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are proposing a new information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 5, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. 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 by email to Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please reference OMB
Control Number ``1018-YDNWR Salmon Survey'' in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov, or by
telephone at (703) 358-2503. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we provide the
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general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It
also helps the public understand our information collection
requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.
On October 12, 2018, we published a Federal Register notice with a
60-day public comment period soliciting comments on this proposed new
collection of information (83 FR 51695). In that notice, we solicited
comments for 60 days, ending on December 11, 2018. We received one
comment in response to that notice but it did not address the
information collection requirements. We made no changes to the
collection in response to that comment.
We are again soliciting comments on the information collection
request (ICR) that is described below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the Service; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Service enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(5) how might the Service minimize the burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use of information technology.
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 that your entire comment--including your
personal identifying information--may be 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.
Abstract: The administration and uses of national wildlife refuges
and wetland management districts are governed by the National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee)
(Administration Act), as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997; the Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C.
460k-460k-4) (Recreation Act); and, the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) (ANILCA). ANILCA provides
specific authorization and guidance for the administration and
management of national wildlife refuges within the State of Alaska.
The Service is requesting authorization to contribute to the design
and implementation of subsistence fisher surveys for the purposes of
informing in-season fisheries management decision-making in the
Kuskokwim River subsistence salmon fishery at Yukon Delta National
Wildlife Refuge (YDNWR). A program is already in place and is operated
by tribal partners [the Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council and
the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission (KRITFC)], but
the Service would like to be more involved in planning and
administering the surveys.
The information collected by the survey includes the times
individuals left and returned from boat launches, several
characteristics of their fishing gear, broad classification of where
the fishing activity occurred, for how long they actively fished, and
how many of each of three salmon species they harvested. When coupled
with aerial boat counts performed by the Service, these data can be
used to obtain quantitative estimates of total fishing activity and
salmon harvest occurring from short-duration subsistence harvest
opportunities. The estimates are then used to inform the management
strategy used jointly by the Service and the KRITFC.
Title of Collection: In-Season Subsistence Salmon Fishery Catch and
Effort Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1018-New.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Subsistence fishers within the Yukon
Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,014.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,014.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 85 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: July 31, 2019.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-16723 Filed 8-5-19; 8:45 am]
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