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Activity/respondents 

Average 

number of 

annual 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

submissions 

each 

Average 

number of 

annual 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(min) 

Total annual 

burden 

hours * 

Tribal Council Invitation Letter (50 CFR 92.5): 

Tribal Governments ...................................................... 1 1 1 30 1 

Tribal Council Invitation Permit Request (50 CFR 92.5):.

Tribal Governments ...................................................... 1 1 1 30 1 

Tribal Council Notification to AMBCC (50 CFR 92.5): 

Tribal Governments ...................................................... 1 1 1 30 1 

Kodiak Island Roaded Area Hunter Registration Permit (50 

CFR 92.31): 

Individuals ..................................................................... 100 1 100 15 25

Cordova Household Registration Permit (50 CFR 92.31): 

Individuals ..................................................................... 50 1 50 15 13

Totals ..................................................................... 154 ........................ 154 ........................ 42 

* 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.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23029 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–MB–2023–N083; 

FXMB12610700000–234–FF07M01000; OMB 

Control Number 1018–0124] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget; Alaska 

Subsistence Bird Harvest Survey 

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 

(Service), are proposing to renew, 

without change, a currently approved 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 20, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of publication 

of this notice at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 

5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803 (mail); or by email to Info_

Coll@fws.gov. Please reference ‘‘1018- 

0124’’ 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. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), 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. 

On June 26, 2023, we published in the 

Federal Register (88 FR 41415) a notice 

of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on August 25, 2023. In 

an effort to increase public awareness 

of, and participation in, our public 

commenting processes associated with 

information collection requests, the 

Service also published the Federal 

Register notice on Regulations.gov 

(Docket No. FWS–R7–MB–2023–0081) 

to provide the public with an additional 

method to submit comments (in 

addition to the typical Info_Coll@

fws.gov email and U.S. mail submission 

methods). We received one comment in 

response to that notice which did not 

address the information collection 

requirements. No response to that 

comment is required. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

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 


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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 Migratory Bird Treaty 

Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 703–712) and the 

Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 

742d) designate the Department of the 

Interior as the key agency responsible 

for managing migratory bird populations 

that frequent the United States and for 

setting harvest regulations that allow for 

the conservation of those populations. 

These responsibilities include gathering 

data on various aspects of migratory 

bird harvest. We use harvest data to 

review regulation proposals and to issue 

harvest regulations. 

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act 

Protocol Amendment (1995) 

(Amendment) provides for the 

customary and traditional use of 

migratory birds and their eggs for 

subsistence use by Indigenous 

inhabitants of Alaska. The Amendment 

states that its intent is not to cause 

significant increases in the take of 

species of migratory birds relative to 

their continental population sizes. A 

submittal letter from the Department of 

State to the White House (May 20, 1996) 

accompanied the Amendment and 

specified the need for harvest 

monitoring. The submittal letter stated 

that the Service, the Alaska Department 

of Fish and Game (ADF&G), and Alaska 

Native Organizations would collect 

harvest information cooperatively 

within the subsistence-eligible areas. 

Harvest data help to ensure that 

customary and traditional subsistence 

uses of migratory birds and their eggs by 

Indigenous inhabitants of Alaska do not 

significantly increase the take of species 

of migratory birds relative to their 

continental population sizes. The 

Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management 

Council (AMBCC) was created in 2000, 

including the Service, the ADF&G, and 

the Alaska Native Caucus, to implement 

provisions related to the amendment of 

the Migratory Bird treaty Act allowing 

the spring-summer subsistence harvest 

of migratory birds in Alaska. 

Information collection authorized 

under Control Number 1018–0124 

includes three items: 

1. Five-Region Alaska Migratory Bird 

Co-Management Council Harvest 

Survey—We monitored subsistence 

harvest of migratory birds using 

household surveys in the YukonKuskokwim Delta region during the 

period 1985–2002, and in the Bristol 

Bay region during 1995–2002. Since 

2004, the AMBCC Harvest Assessment 

Program has been conducting regular 

surveys across Alaska to document the 

subsistence harvest of birds and their 

eggs. The statewide harvest assessment 

program helps to describe geographical 

and seasonal harvest patterns, and to 

track trends in harvest levels. The 

program relies on collaboration among 

the Service, the ADF&G, and diverse 

Alaska Native Organizations. 

We collect harvest data for about 60 

bird species/categories and their eggs 

(ducks, geese, swans, cranes, seabirds, 

shorebirds, grebes and loons, and grouse 

and ptarmigan) in the subsistenceeligible areas of Alaska. The survey 

covers spring, summer, and fall harvest 

in most regions. 

In collaboration with Alaska Native 

Organizations, we hire local resident 

surveyors to collect the harvest data. 

The surveyors list all households in the 

communities, randomly select 

households to be surveyed, and 

interview households that have agreed 

to participate. To ensure anonymity of 

harvest information, we identify each 

household by a numeric code. Since the 

beginning of the survey in 2004, twice 

we have re-evaluated and revised survey 

methods to streamline procedures and 

minimize respondent burden. The fiveregion AMBCC harvest survey uses the 

following currently approved forms for 

household participation: 

• Tracking Sheet and Household 

Consent (Form 3–2380)—The surveyor 

visits each household selected to 

participate in the survey to obtain 

household consent to participate. The 

surveyor uses this form to record 

household consent. 

• Harvest Reports (Forms 3–2381–1, 

3–2381–2, 3–2381–3, 3–2381–4, and 3– 

2381–5)—The Harvest Report forms 

include drawings of bird species most 

commonly available for harvest in 

different regions of Alaska, with fields 

for recording numbers of birds and eggs 

taken. Each form has up to four sheets, 

one sheet for each surveyed season. 

Because bird species available for 

harvest vary in different regions of 

Alaska, there are four versions of the 

harvest report form, each for a different 

set of species. This helps to prevent 

users from erroneously recording bird 

species as harvested in areas where they 

do not usually occur. The Western and 

Interior forms (3–2381–1 and 3–2381–3) 

have three sheets (spring, summer, and 

fall). We use the Southern Coastal form 

(3–2381–2) only in the Bristol Bay 

region. The North Slope form (3–2381– 

4) has two sheets (spring and summer). 

Each seasonal sheet has black and white 

drawings of bird species, next to which 

are fields to record the number of birds 

and eggs harvested. 

2. Cordova Permit Household Harvest 

Report (Form 3–2381–5)—Federal 

regulations allow residents of the 

community of Cordova (final rule 

published on April 8, 2014; 79 FR 

19454) and the neighboring 

communities of Tatitlek and Chenega 

(final rule published April 4, 2017; 82 

FR 16298) to harvest in the area defined 

for the Cordova harvest. Local partners, 

including the Eyak Tribe and the U.S. 

Forest Service Cordova Office’s Chugach 

Subsistence Program, worked in close 

collaboration with the ADF&G Division 

of Subsistence to develop a household 

registration and harvest monitoring 

system. Data collection for the 

household registration is approved 

under OMB control number 1018–0178. 

Data collection for the associated 

harvest reporting is approved under 

OMB control number 1018–0124. 

Harvest monitoring for the Cordova 

harvest is done using a post-season mail 

survey (three mailings). The Cordova 

harvest report form (3–2381–5) has only 

one sheet (spring). 

3. Kodiak Island Roaded Area Permit 

Hunter Harvest Report (Forms 3–2381– 

6 and 3–2381–7)—On April 19, 2021, 

we issued a final rule (RIN 1018–BF08; 

86 FR 20311) that allows migratory bird 

hunting and egg gathering by 

registration permit in the Kodiak Island 

Roaded Area in the Kodiak Archipelago 

Region of Alaska for a 3-year 

experimental season (2021–2023). We 

developed regulations for the springsummer subsistence harvest of 

migratory birds in the Kodiak Island 

Roaded Area under a co-management 

process involving the Service, the 

ADF&G, and Alaska Native 

representatives. To participate in the 

Kodiak roaded area harvest, harvesters 

must obtain a permit and to complete a 

harvest report form, even if they did not 

harvest. Staff from the ADF&G Division 

of Subsistence worked in close 

collaboration with the Sun’aq Tribe of 

Kodiak to develop the permit and 

harvest reporting system, which started 

in 2021. The Sun’aq Tribe issues the 

permits. Information collection for the 

permit is authorized under OMB 

Control Number 1018–0178. 

Information collection for the associated 

harvest monitoring is authorized under 

Control Number 1018–0124. 

The Sun’aq Tribe requested in-season 

harvest reporting. Permit holders 

receive the Kodiak Roaded Area InSeason Harvest Report (Form 3–2381–6) 

at the time the permit is issued. 

Harvesters must record their harvest 

using this form along the season. At the 


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end of the season (early September), all 

permit holders must submit the 

completed Kodiak Roaded Area InSeason Harvest Report (Form 3–2381–7) 

indicating whether they harvested birds 

and eggs, and if so, the kinds and 

amounts of birds and eggs harvested. 

Permit holders submit the completed 

form by mail to the ADF&G for data 

analysis (the form includes the return 

address and is postage-paid). To ensure 

a more complete harvest reporting, the 

ADF&G will mail a post-season harvest 

survey to permit holders who did not 

submit a completed in-season harvest 

log. The post-season mail survey 

includes two reminders. Reported 

harvests will be extrapolated to 

represent all permit holders, based on 

statistical methods. Forms 3–2381–6 

and 3–2381–7 are only completed twice 

per year (spring and summer seasons). 

Title of Collection: Alaska Migratory 

Bird Subsistence Harvest Household 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0124. 

Form Numbers: Forms 3–2380, and 3– 

2381–1 through 3–2381–7. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Households within subsistence-eligible 

areas of Alaska. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 2,271. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,371. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 5 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 364. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

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.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23028 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_NV_FRN_MO4500175288] 

Notice of Extension of Segregation of 

Public Lands for the Rough Hat Clark 

County Solar Project, Clark County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of segregation extension. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) segregated public 

lands included in the right-of-way 

application (N–099406) for the Rough 

Hat Clark County Solar Project from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the Mining Law, but not 

the mineral leasing or material sales 

acts, for a period of 2 years on October 

20, 2021, subject to valid existing rights. 

This 2-year extension of the segregation 

is necessary to allow the BLM to 

complete review of the Rough Hat Clark 

County Solar Project application and 

reach a decision on the application. 

DATES: This segregation extension for 

the lands identified in this notice is 

effective on October 20, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or to have your 

name added to the project mailing list, 

send requests to: Whitney Wirthlin, 

Southern Nevada District Energy and 

Infrastructure Team, at telephone (702) 

515–5084; address 4701 North Torrey 

Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130–2301; 

or email BLM_NV_SND_

EnergyProjects@blm.gov. Individuals in 

the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Whitney Wirthlin. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-of 

contact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice extends the segregation 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 20, 2021 (86 FR 58301) for an 

additional 2 years. Candela Renewables, 

LLC, submitted a right-of-way 

application to the BLM Las Vegas Field 

Office for the Rough Hat Clark County 

Solar Project requesting authorization to 

construct, operate, maintain, and 

eventually decommission a 400- 

megawatt photovoltaic solar electric 

generating facility, battery storage 

facilities, associated generation tie-line, 

and access road facilities. The BLM has 

made substantial progress in the review 

of the Rough Hat Clark County Solar 

Project right-of-way application; 

however, the BLM needs additional 

time to complete its review and make a 

decision on the application. 

The BLM completed the variance 

process required by the solar 

programmatic environmental impact 

statement and determined it was 

appropriate to continue processing the 

application. On October 21, 2022, the 

BLM published in the Federal Register 

(87 FR 68187) a Notice of Intent to 

amend the Las Vegas Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) and prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the proposed Rough Hat Clark 

County Solar Project in Clark County, 

Nevada. The BLM is currently preparing 

the draft RMP amendment/EIS. 

Authority: 43 CFR 2091.3–1(e) and 43 

CFR 2804.25(f). 

Jon K. Raby, 

Nevada State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23057 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AZ_FRN_MO4500175809] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the 

following described land were officially 

filed in the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Arizona State Office, Phoenix, 

Arizona on the dates indicated. The 

surveys announced in this notice are 

necessary for the management of lands 

administered by the agency indicated. 

ADDRESSES: These plats will be available 

for inspection in the Arizona State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

One North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004–4427. Protests 

of any of these surveys should be sent 

to the Arizona State Director at the 

above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geoffrey A. Graham, Chief Cadastral 

Surveyor of Arizona; (602) 417–9558; 

ggraham@blm.gov. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 


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