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The first commenter objected to the 

authorization of depredation-related 

take. We note the concerns raised by 

this individual, but the comment did 

not address issues surrounding the 

proposed collection of information or 

the cost and hour burden estimates. 

The second commenter provided the 

following comments: 

Comment: The estimated burden for 

collection of information is severely 

underestimated. The commenter agreed 

that the actual reporting time is 

probably only 15 minutes per 

respondent, but stated that gathering 

data necessary to compile the reported 

information requires far more time, and 

may require a field investigation or 

followup phone call to verify the report. 

Response: We believe our estimates 

are within reason because they 

represent the average amount of time it 

will take to provide the requested 

information via making a telephone call 

or sending a facsimile. This ICR covers 

multiple experimental populations, 

multiple species (which may have more 

than one experimental population), 

multiple types of activities, multiple 

geographic locations across the United 

States, and multiple Service Regions. 

We estimate that the time required to 

provide the notification will vary 

substantially from 1 to 45 minutes. We 

acknowledge that it may take some 

respondents, such as State fish and 

wildlife agencies, longer than others to 

gather and compile the data prior to 

notifying us. State fish and wildlife 

agencies may provide information to us 

on multiple species, experimental 

populations, and incidents in a single 

notification (thereby requiring more 

than 15 minutes for them to provide us 

with the information). In contrast to 

State fish and wildlife agencies, the 

general public usually provides 

information on a single species, 

experimental population, and incident 

in one notification (thereby requiring 

substantially less than 15 minutes for 

them to provide us with the 

information). Given the variety of 

potential situations requiring 

notification, as well as the variety of 

potential respondents, we believe 15 

minutes per response is a reasonable 

estimate of the average burden. 

Comment: General sighting reports do 

not appear to be included in the three 

categories of information collection. 

Response: General sightings are 

included in the description of the 

information collection for specimen 

collection. 

Comment: The Service should design 

a standard data input form and 

evaluation descriptors for the reporting 

of visual information, allowing for 

adjustments in the form for each 

population as needed. 

Response: We collect the information 

by means of telephone calls or 

facsimiles from the public. The actual 

details of the information we collect are 

unique to each species and 

experimental population, based on the 

specific information needed for that 

species and experimental population. 

The types of incidents that must be 

reported also vary by species. For 

example, under our wolf experimental 

populations, livestock depredation 

under a permit must be reported within 

24 hours. We do not ask for this same 

information under our whooping crane 

experimental populations because 

whooping cranes are not predators, and, 

therefore, depredation permits are not 

needed. This ICR covers multiple 

experimental populations, multiple 

species (which may have more than one 

experimental population), multiple 

types of activities, multiple geographic 

locations across the United States, and 

multiple Service Regions. Given these 

complexities and variability in the 

detail of the information needed, it is 

not feasible to develop a standard data 

input form for each experimental 

population. 

Comment: Sharing the data in 

summary form would increase the 

utility of the data. 

Response: State wildlife agencies are 

our primary conservation partners, and 

we routinely share data with them (and 

vice versa), including the data gathered 

under this information collection. 

Comment: Reporting take (quantity) 

could be burdensome for species that 

produce large numbers of young at a 

time (e.g., fish, amphibians, and 

butterflies). The commenter suggests 

standardizing the reporting of take 

(quantity) as a way to reduce the 

reporting burden for these species. 

Response: We will coordinate with 

our Regional Offices and respondents to 

see if we can simplify and standardize 

the reporting of take (quantity) for 

species with large numbers of young. 

We have not made any changes to our 

information collection requirements as a 

result of the above 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, 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 OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that it will be done. 

Dated: March 22, 2011. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy and Directives 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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[FWS–R1–MB–2011–NXXX; 10154–1231– 

0000–D3] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Monitoring Recovered Species After 

Delisting—American Peregrine Falcon 

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 

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 July 31, 

2011. 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 May 27, 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 1018–0101 in the subject 

line of your comments. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey at the e-mail 

address in ADDRESSES or at 703–358– 

2482 (telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This IC implements requirements of 

the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) (ESA). There are no 

corresponding Service regulations for 

the ESA’s 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 nonFederal 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:// 

library.fws.gov/pubs1/peregrine03.pdf. 

Formal collection of monitoring data 

commenced in 2003. Rangewide 

population monitoring of American 

peregrine falcons under the Monitoring 

Plan will take place every 3 years 

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 

two (or more) 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. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0101. 

Title: Monitoring Recovered Species 

After Delisting—American Peregrine 

Falcon. 

Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms 

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. 

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. 

Activity Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

FWS Form 3–2307 .......................................................................................... 214 638 2.5 1,595 

FWS Form 3–2308 .......................................................................................... 8 8 2.5 20 

FWS Form 3–2309 .......................................................................................... 8 8 2.5 20 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 230 654 ........................ 1,635 

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, 

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: March 22, 2011. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy and Directives 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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