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implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22 

and 40 CFR 1506.6, respectively). 

Theresa E. Rabot, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27887 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–MB–2018–N150; FF09M21200– 

189–FXMB12320900000; OMB Control 

Number 1018–0133] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Control and 

Management of Resident Canada 

Geese 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

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 1018–0133 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, 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 

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. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on April 6, 

2018 (83 FR 14879). We received one 

comment in which the commenter 

objected to the collection of this 

information, but did not specifically 

address the information collection 

requirements. We did not make changes 

to our requirements as a result of that 

comment. 

We are again soliciting comments on 

the proposed 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 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. 

Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty 

Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) prohibits the 

take, possession, import, export, 

transport, sale, purchase, or bartering of 

migratory birds or their parts, except as 

permitted under the terms of a valid 

permit or as permitted by regulations. In 

2006, we issued regulations establishing 

two depredation orders and three 

control orders that allow State and 

Tribal wildlife agencies, private 

landowners, and airports to conduct 

resident Canada goose population 

management, including the take of 

birds, nest and eggs. We monitor the 

data collected for activities under these 

orders and may rescind an order if 

monitoring indicates that activities are 

inconsistent with conservation of 

Canada geese. 

Control order for airports. Our 

regulations at 50 CFR 21.49 allow 

managers at commercial, public, and 

private airports and military airfields 

and their employees or agents to 

implement management of resident 

Canada geese to resolve or prevent 

threats to public safety. An airport must 

be part of the National Plan of Integrated 

Airport Systems and have received 

Federal grant-in-aid assistance or be a 

military airfield under the jurisdiction, 

custody, or control of the Secretary of a 

military department. Each facility 

exercising the privileges of the order 

must submit an annual report with the 

date, numbers, and locations of birds, 

nests, and eggs taken. 

Depredation order for nests and eggs. 

Our regulations at 50 CFR 21.50 allow 

private landowners and managers of 

public lands to destroy resident Canada 

goose nests and eggs on property under 

their jurisdiction, provided they register 

annually on our website at https://

epermits.fws.gov/eRCGR. Registrants 

must provide basic information, such as 

name, address, phone number, and 

email, and identify where the control 

work will occur and who will conduct 

it. Registrants must return to the website 

to report the number of nests with eggs 

they destroyed. 

Depredation order for agricultural 

facilities. Our regulations at 50 CFR 

21.51 allow States and Tribes, via their 

wildlife agencies, to implement 

programs to allow landowners, 

operators, and tenants actively engaged 

in commercial agriculture to conduct 

damage management control when 

geese are committing depredations, or to 

resolve or prevent other injury to 

agricultural interests. State and Tribal 

wildlife agencies in the Atlantic, 

Central, and Mississippi Flyway 

portions of 41 States may implement the 

provisions of the order. Each 

implementing agricultural producer 

must maintain a log of the date and 

number of birds taken under this 

authorization. Each State and Tribe 

exercising the privileges of the order 

must submit an annual report of the 

numbers of birds, nests, and eggs taken, 

and the county or counties where take 

occurred. 

Public health control order. Our 

regulations at 50 CFR 21.52 authorize 

States and Tribes of the lower 48 States 

to conduct (via the State or Tribal 

wildlife agency) resident Canada goose 

control and management activities when 

the geese pose a direct threat to human 

health. States and Tribes operating 

under this order must submit an annual 

report summarizing activities, including 


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the numbers of birds taken and the 

county where take occurred. 

Population control. Our regulations at 

50 CFR 21.61 establish a managed take 

program to reduce and stabilize resident 

Canada goose populations when 

traditional and otherwise authorized 

management measures are not 

successful or feasible. A State or Tribal 

wildlife agency in the Atlantic, 

Mississippi, or Central Flyway may 

request approval for this population 

control program. If approved, the State 

or Tribe may use hunters to harvest 

resident Canada geese during the month 

of August. Requests for approval must 

include a discussion of the State’s or 

Tribe’s efforts to address its injurious 

situations using other methods, or a 

discussion of the reasons why the 

methods are not feasible. If the Service 

Director approves a request, the State or 

Tribe must (1) keep annual records of 

activities carried out under the authority 

of the program, and (2) provide an 

annual summary, including number of 

individuals participating in the program 

and the number of resident Canada 

geese shot. Additionally, participating 

States and Tribes must monitor the 

spring breeding population by providing 

an annual estimate of the breeding 

population and distribution of resident 

Canada geese in their State or on their 

Tribal lands. 

Our regulations at 50 CFR 21.49, 

21.50, 21.51, and 21.52 require that 

persons or entities operating under the 

depredation and control orders must 

immediately report the take of any 

species protected under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). This information 

ensures that the incidental take limits 

authorized under section 7 of the ESA 

are not exceeded. 

Title of Collection: Control and 

Management of Resident Canada Geese, 

50 CFR 20.21, 21.49, 21.50, 21.51, 21.52, 

and 21.61. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0133. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State 

fish and wildlife agencies, Tribes, and 

local governments; airports; 

landowners; and farms. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 8,698. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 8,698. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 8 

hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,360. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

Regulation/activity 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Total 

annual burden 

hours * 

21.49—Airport Control Order (Annual Report) 

Private Sector .............................................................................................................................. 25 1.5 38 

Government ................................................................................................................................. 25 1.5 38 

21.50—Nest and Egg Depredation Order (Initial Registration) 

Individuals .................................................................................................................................... 126 0.5 63 

Private Sector .............................................................................................................................. 674 0.5 337 

Government ................................................................................................................................. 200 0.5 100 

21.50—Nest and Egg Depredation Order (Renew Registration) 

Individuals .................................................................................................................................... 374 0.25 94 

Private Sector .............................................................................................................................. 2,026 0.25 507 

Government ................................................................................................................................. 600 0.25 150 

21.50—Nest and Egg Depredation Order (Annual Report) 

Individuals .................................................................................................................................... 500 0.25 125 

Private Sector .............................................................................................................................. 2,700 0.25 675 

Government ................................................................................................................................. 800 0.25 200 

21.51—Agricultural Depredation Order (Recordkeeping) 

Private Sector .............................................................................................................................. 600 0.5 300 

21.51—Agricultural Depredation Order (Annual Report) 

Government ................................................................................................................................. 20 8 160 

21.52—Public Health Control Order 

Government ................................................................................................................................. 20 1 20 

21.49, 21.50, 21.51, and 21.52—Report Take of Endangered Species 

Private Sector .............................................................................................................................. 2 0.25 1 

21.61—Population Control Approval Request (Annual Report and Recordkeeping) 

Annual Report—Gov’t .................................................................................................................. 3 12 36 

Recordkeeping—Gov’t ................................................................................................................. 12 36 


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Regulation/activity 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Total 

annual burden 

hours * 

21.61—Population Control Approval Request (Population and Distribution Estimates) 

Government ................................................................................................................................. 3 160 480 

Totals: ................................................................................................................................... 8,698 ........................ 3,360 

* Rounded. 

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: December 19, 2018. 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27891 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2018–N100; 

FXES11140100000–189–FF01E00000] 

Proposed Crestmont Farm Safe Harbor 

Agreement for the Taylor’s 

Checkerspot Butterfly in Benton 

County, Oregon 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior, 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have received 

an enhancement of survival permit 

application from Crestmont Farm 

pursuant to the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973. The permit application 

includes a draft safe harbor agreement 

(SHA) developed for the conservation of 

the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. The 

permit would authorize the incidental 

take of the endangered Taylor’s 

checkerspot butterfly associated with 

habitat management actions intended to 

benefit the butterfly. We have prepared 

a draft environment action statement 

(EAS) for our preliminary determination 

that the SHA and permit decision may 

be eligible for categorical exclusion 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act. We are making the permit 

application package, including the 

proposed SHA and draft EAS, available 

for public review and comment. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received from 

interested parties no later than January 

25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: To request further 

information or submit written 

comments, please use one of the 

following methods, and note that your 

information request or comments are in 

reference to the ‘‘Crestmont Farm SHA.’’ • Internet: Documents may be viewed 

on the internet at http://www.fws.gov/ 

oregonfwo/. • Email: CrestmontSHAcomments@

fws.gov. • U.S. Mail: State Supervisor, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service; 2600 SE 98th 

Avenue, Suite 100; Portland, OR 97266. • Fax: 503–231–6195, Attn: 

Crestmont Farm SHA. • In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or 

Pickup: Comments and materials 

received will be available for public 

inspection, by appointment (necessary 

for viewing or picking up documents 

only), during normal business hours at 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (at 

the above address); call 503–231–6179 

to make an appointment. Written 

comments can be dropped off during 

regular business hours at the above 

address on or before the closing date of 

the public comment period (see DATES). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Szlemp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (see ADDRESSES); telephone: 

503–231–6179; facsimile: 503–231– 

6195. If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf, please call the 

Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have 

received an enhancement of survival 

permit application from Crestmont Farm 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

The requested permit would authorize 

the incidental take of the Taylor’s 

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas 

editha taylori) in exchange for habitat 

conservation actions that are expected 

to provide a net conservation benefit for 

the species. The permit application 

includes a proposed safe harbor 

agreement (SHA) that describes the 

existing baseline conditions, and the 

activities that are intended to produce a 

net conservation benefit for Taylor’s 

checkerspot butterfly. 

Background 

Section 9 of the ESA prohibits the 

take of fish and wildlife species listed 

as endangered or threatened under 

section 4 of the ESA. Under the ESA, 

the term ‘‘take’’ means to harass, harm, 

pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, 

capture, or collect, or to attempt to 

engage in any such conduct (16 U.S.C. 

1532(19)). The term ‘‘harm,’’ as defined 

in our regulations, includes significant 

habitat modification or degradation that 

results in death or injury to listed 

species by significantly impairing 

essential behavioral patterns, including 

breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR 

17.3). The term ‘‘harass’’ is defined in 

our regulations as an intentional or 

negligent act or omission which creates 

the likelihood of injury to wildlife by 

annoying it to such an extent as to 

significantly disrupt normal behavioral 

patterns, which include, but are not 

limited to, breeding, feeding, or 

sheltering (50 CFR 17.3). Under 

specified circumstances, however, we 

may issue permits that authorize take of 

federally listed species, provided the 

take is incidental to, but not the purpose 

of, an otherwise lawful activity. 

Regulations governing permits for 

endangered species are at 50 CFR 17.22. Under a SHA, participating 

landowners voluntarily undertake 

management activities on their property 

to enhance, restore, or maintain habitat 

benefiting species listed under the ESA. 

SHAs, and the subsequent enhancement 

of survival permits that are issued 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

ESA, encourage private and other nonfederal property owners to implement 

conservation efforts for listed species by 

providing assurances that they will not 

be subjected to increased property use 

restrictions as a result of their efforts to 

attract listed species to their property, or 

to increase the numbers or distribution 

of listed species already on their 

property. Application requirements and 

issuance criteria for enhancement of 

survival permits through SHAs are 

found in 50 CFR 17.22(c). As provided 

for in the Service’s final Safe Harbor 

Policy (64 FR 32717; June 17, 1999), 

SHAs provide assurances that allow the 

property owner to alter or modify their 


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