Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 84 / Monday, May 1, 2000 / Notices 25359

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection To Be

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for Renewal

Approval Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA)

ACTION: Information Collection Renewal.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) plans to submit the

collection of information requirement

described below to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

renewal approval under the provisions

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).

You may obtain copies of the collection

requirement and related forms and

explanatory material by contacting the

Service’s Information Collection

Clearance Officer at the phone number

listed below. The Service is soliciting

comment and suggestions on the

requirement as described below.

DATES: Interested parties must submit

comments on or before June 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

send comments and suggestions on the

requirement to Rebecca A. Mullin,

Information Collection Clearance

Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 222,

Arlington, VA 22203, (703) 358–2278 or

Rebecca Mullin@fws.gov E-mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack

Hicks, (703) 358–1851, fax (703) 358–

1837, or Jack Hicks@fws.gov E-mail.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Forms: Part I Certification and

Part II Summary of Hunting and Sport

Fishing License Issue.

OMB Approval Number: 1018–0007

expires 8/31/2000. The Service 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.

Description and Use: The Service

administers grant programs authorized

by the Federal Aid in Wildlife

Restoration Act and the Federal Aid in

Sport Fish Restoration Act. These Acts

require that States certify annually their

hunting and fishing license sales. The

Service uses the information collected

to determine apportionment and

distribution of funds under these Acts.

These forms were previously approved

under the referenced OMB control

number. This request is for renewal

with minimal changes to the previously

approved form.

Service Form Numbers: 3–154a (Part

1) and 3–154b (Part 2).

Supplementary Information: The

service plans to submit the following

information collection requirements to

OMB for review and extension approval

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995, Public Law 104–13. Comments are

invited on (1) whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s

estimates of burden of the 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

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Frequency: Annually.

Description of Respondents: States

and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

the District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and

American Samoa.

Completion Time and Annual

Response Estimate:

Form name Completion time per form Annual response Annual burden

hours

Certification Part 1 ................................... 1⁄2 Hour .................................................... 56 Forms ................................................. 28

Certification Part 2 ................................... 1⁄2 Hour .................................................... 56 Forms ................................................. 28

Totals ................................................ .................................................................. 112 Forms ............................................... 56

25360 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 84 / Monday, May 1, 2000 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 84 / Monday, May 1, 2000 / Notices 25361

Dated: April 25, 2000.

Jamie Rappaport Clark,

Director—U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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