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OSM will request a 3-year term of 

approval for this information collection 

activity. 

Comments are invited On: (1) The 

need for the collection of information 

for the performance of the functions of 

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (4) 

ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on respondents, such 

as use of automated means of collection 

of the information. A summary of the 

public comments will accompany 

OSM’s submission of the information 

collection request to OMB. 

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. 

This notice provides the public with 

60 days in which to comment on the 

following information collection 

activity: 

Title: 30 CFR Part 769—Petition 

process for designation of Federal lands 

as unsuitable for all or certain types of 

surface coal mining operations and for 

termination of previous designations. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0098. 

Summary: This part establishes the 

minimum procedures and standards for 

designating Federal lands unsuitable for 

certain types of surface mining 

operations and for terminating 

designations pursuant to a petition. The 

information requested will aid the 

regulatory authority in the 

decisionmaking process to approve or 

disapprove a request. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Description of Respondents: People 

who may be adversely affected by 

surface mining on Federal lands. 

Total Annual Responses: 1. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,000 

hours. 

Dated: August 7, 2009. 

John R. Craynon, 

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support. 

[FR Doc. E9–19426 Filed 8–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-MB-2009-N169] [91200-1231-9BPPL2] 

Proposed Information Collection; OMB 

Control Number 1018-0121; 

Depredation Orders for DoubleCrested Cormorants 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (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 December 

31, 2009. 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 October 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone 

at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This information collection is 

associated with regulations 

implementing the Migratory Bird Treaty 

Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.). 

Under the MBTA, it is unlawful to take, 

possess, import, export, transport, sell, 

purchase, barter, or offer for sale, 

purchase, or barter, migratory birds or 

their parts, nests, or eggs, except as 

authorized by regulations implementing 

the MBTA. 

The regulations at 50 CFR 21.47 

(Aquaculture Depredation Order) 

authorize aquaculture producers in 13 

States to take double-crested cormorants 

when the birds are found committing or 

about to commit depredations on 

commercial freshwater aquaculture 

stocks. The regulations at 50 CFR 21.48 

(Public Resource Depredation Order) 

authorize State fish and wildlife 

agencies, the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (APHIS-Wildlife Services), 

and federally recognized tribes in 24 

States to take double-crested cormorants 

to prevent depredations on the public 

resources of fish, wildlife, plants, and 

their habitats. 

Both 50 CFR 21.47 and 21.48 impose 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements on those operating under 

the depredation orders. We use the 

information collected to: 

(1) Help assess the impact of the 

depredation orders on double-crested 

cormorant populations. 

(2) Protect nontarget migratory birds 

or other species. 

(3) Ensure that agencies and 

individuals are conforming to the terms, 

conditions, and purpose of the orders. 

(4) Help gauge the effectiveness of the 

orders at mitigating cormorant-related 

damages. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018-0121. 

Title: Depredation Orders for DoubleCrested Cormorants, 50 CFR 21.47 and 

21.48. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Aquaculture 

producers, States, and tribes. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually for 

reports; ongoing for recordkeeping. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Report take of migratory bird species other than doublecrested cormorants (21.47(d)(7); 21.48(d)(7)).1 1 1 hour .............. 1 

Report take of species protected under Endangered Species 

Act (21.47(d)(8); 21.48(d)(8)).

1 1 1 hour .............. 1 

Written notice of intent to conduct control activities 

(21.48(d)(9)).

12 12 3 hours ............ 36 

Report of control activities (21.48(d)(10) and (11)) ................. 12 12 20 hours .......... 240 

Report effects of management activities (21.48(d)(12)) .......... 9 9 100 hours ........ 900 


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Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Recordkeeping (21.47(d)(9)) ................................................... 500 500 7 hours ............ 3,500 

Totals ................................................................................ 535 535 ..................... 4,678 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) 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: August 6, 2009 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

FR Doc. E9–19405 Filed 8–12–09; 8:45 am 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-LE-2009-N168] [99011-1224-0000- 

9B] 

Proposed Information Collection; OMB 

Control Number 1018-0012; 

Declaration for Importation or 

Exportation of Fish or Wildlife 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 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 January 31, 

2010. 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 October 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone 

at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Endangered Species Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) makes it unlawful 

to import or export fish, wildlife, or 

plants without filing a declaration or 

report deemed necessary for enforcing 

the Act or upholding the Convention on 

International Trade in Endangered 

Species (CITES) (see 16 U.S.C. 1538(e)). 

With a few exceptions, businesses or 

individuals importing into or exporting 

from the United States any fish, 

wildlife, or wildlife product must 

complete and submit to the Service an 

FWS Form 3-177 (Declaration for 

Importation or Exportation of Fish or 

Wildlife). This form as well as FWS 

Form 3-177a (Continuation Sheet) and 

instructions for completion are available 

for electronic submission at https:// 

edecs.fws.gov. These forms are also 

available in hard copy at http:// 

www.fws.gov/forms/. 

The information that we collect is 

unique to each wildlife shipment and 

enables us to: 

• Accurately inspect the contents of 

the shipment; 

• Enforce any regulations that pertain 

to the fish, wildlife, or wildlife products 

contained in the shipment; and 

• Maintain records of the importation 

and exportation of these commodities. 

Additionally, we use information 

from FWS Forms 3-177 and 3-177A to 

compile an annual report that we 

provide to the CITES Secretariat in 

Geneva, Switzerland. This annual report 

on the number and types of imports and 

exports of fish, wildlife, and wildlife 

products is one of our treaty obligations 

under CITES. The report does not 

contain any personally identifying 

information. 

We also use the information obtained 

from FWS Form 3-177 as an 

enforcement tool and management aid 

to monitor the international wildlife 

market and detect trends and changes in 

the commercial trade of fish, wildlife, 

and wildlife products. Our Division of 

Scientific Authority and Division of 

Management Authority use this 

information to assess the need for 

additional protection for native species. 

The information we collect is part of 

a system of records covered by the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)). 

Businesses or individuals must file 

FWS Forms 3-177 and 3-177a with us at 

the time and port where they request 

clearance of the import or export of 

wildlife or wildlife products. Our 

regulations allow for certain species of 

wildlife to be imported or exported 

between the United States and Canada 

or Mexico at U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports, even though our 

wildlife inspectors may not be present. 

In these instances, importers and 

exporters may file the forms with U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection. We 

collect the following information: 

(1) Name of the importer or exporter 

and broker. 

(2) Scientific and common name of 

the fish or wildlife. 

(3) Permit numbers (if permits are 

required). 

(4) Description, quantity, and value of 

the fish or wildlife. 

(5) Natural country of origin of the 

fish or wildlife. 

In addition, certain information, such 

as the airway bill or bill of lading 

number, the location of the fish or 

wildlife for inspection, and the number 

of cartons containing fish or wildlife, 

assists our wildlife inspectors if a 

physical examination of the shipment is 

necessary. 


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