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Average Hours per Response: 0.5 

hours/application survey, 0.75 hours/ 

scoping and design survey, 0.75 hours/ 

post-construction survey, and 1 hour/ 

interview. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The 

total estimated cost for the proposed 

data collection is $108,082. 

The Table below provides the 

estimated burden hours for the planned 

surveys and interviews. These estimates 

assume the maximum targeted number 

of study participants and are calculated 

as the time needed to complete 

individual surveys and interviews. To 

estimate the hourly cost per respondent, 

HUD used the average hourly 

compensation (wages and benefits) of 

private workers who are in 

management, business, and financial 

occupations, according to the U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employer 

Costs for Employee Compensation 

Survey from June 2023 (https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.

pdf). 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per 

response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per 

response 

Annual cost 

Outreach Materials to Sample .................................................. 900 1 1 0.1 90 $80.96 $7,286 

GRRP Application Survey ......................................................... 900 1 1 0.5 450 80.96 36,432 

GRRP Scoping and Design Survey .......................................... 450 1 1 0.75 337.5 80.96 27,324 

GRRP Post-Construction Survey .............................................. 450 1 1 0.75 337.5 80.96 27,324 

GRRP Application Interview ...................................................... 40 1 1 1.0 40 80.96 3,238 

GRRP Scoping and Design Interview ....................................... 40 1 1 1.0 40 80.96 3,238 

GRRP Post-Construction Interview ........................................... 40 1 1 1.0 40 80.96 3,238 

Total ................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 1335 .................... 108,082 

Respondent’s Obligation: 

Participation is voluntary. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed 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 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

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 those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comments in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

Todd M. Richardson, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Development and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25509 Filed 11–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Correction 

AGENCY: Inter-American Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice, correction. 

SUMMARY: The Inter-American 

Foundation is announcing a correction 

to the notice of meeting of the Advisory 

Council. This meeting was announced 

in the Federal Register of November 14, 

2023. The meeting notice was published 

under the incorrect meeting authority. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Stinson, Associate General 

Counsel, (202) 683–7117 or nstinson@

iaf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

14, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023–25176 (88 FR 

78059), on page 78059, third column, 

correct the Title ‘‘Sunshine Act 

Meetings’’ and text ‘‘The Inter-American 

Foundation is holding this meeting 

under the Government in the Sunshine 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b’’ to read: 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

Meetings 

The Inter-American Foundation is 

holding this meeting under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 

1 Public Law 92–463. 

Nicole Stinson, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25638 Filed 11–16–23; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–MB–2023–N091; 

FXMB123109WEBB0–234–FF09M26000; 

OMB Control Number 1018–0019] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget; North 

American Woodcock Singing Ground 

Survey 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

comment period reopening. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service), are proposing to renew an 

information collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 20, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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 ‘‘1018–0019’’ in the subject 

line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madonna L. Baucum, Service 


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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 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information 

collections require approval under the 

PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor 

and you are not required to respond to 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

On February 28, 2023, we published 

in the Federal Register (88 FR 12695) a 

notice of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on May 1, 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–HQ–MB–2023–0003) 

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). 

On August 9, 2023, we published in 

the Federal Register (88 FR 53902) a 

notice reopening the comment period to 

provide the public with an opportunity 

to comment on the proposed revisions 

to this information collection that we 

planned to submit to OMB for approval. 

In that second notice, we solicited 

comments for 60 days, ending on 

October 10, 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–HQ– 

MB–2023–0003) to provide the public 

with an additional method to submit 

comments (in addition to the typical 

U.S. mail submission method). We 

received one comment in response to 

that second notice, but it did not 

address the information collection 

requirements. Therefore, no response is 

required. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies 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. 

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. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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. 703–712) designates the 

Department of the Interior as the 

primary agency responsible for 

managing migratory bird populations 

frequenting the United States and 

setting hunting regulations that allow 

for the well-being of migratory bird 

populations. These responsibilities 

dictate that we gather accurate data on 

various characteristics of migratory bird 

populations. 

The North American Woodcock 

Singing Ground Survey is an essential 

part of the migratory bird management 

program. Federal, State, Provincial, 

Tribal, and local conservation agencies 

conduct the survey annually to provide 

the data necessary to determine the 

population status of the American 

woodcock. In addition, the information 

is vital in assessing the relative changes 

in the geographic distribution of the 

species. We use the information 

primarily to develop recommendations 

for hunting regulations. Without 

information on the population’s status, 

we might promulgate hunting 

regulations that: 

• Are not sufficiently restrictive, 

which could cause harm to the 

woodcock population, or 

• Are too restrictive, which would 

unduly restrict recreational 

opportunities afforded by woodcock 

hunting. 

State, local, Tribal, Provincial, and 

Federal conservation agencies, as well 

as other participants, use Form 3–156 to 

conduct annual field surveys. 

Instructions for completing the survey 

and reporting data are on the reverse of 

the form. Observers can scan/email, 

scan/upload via link, mail, or fax Form 

3–156 to the Division of Migratory Bird 

Management, or enter the information 

electronically through the internet at 

https://migbirdapps.fws.gov/woodcock. 

We collect observer information 

(name, telephone, email address, and 

mailing address) so that we can contact 

the observer if questions or concerns 

arise. Observers provide information on: 

• Sky condition, temperature, wind, 

and precipitation. 

• Stop number. 

• Odometer reading. 

• Time at each stop. 

• Number of American Woodcock 

males heard peenting (calling). 

• Disturbance level. 

• Comments concerning the survey. 

We use the information that we 

collect to analyze the survey data and 

prepare reports. Assessment of the 

population’s status serves to guide the 

Service, the States, and the Canadian 

Government in the annual promulgation 

of hunting regulations. 

Proposed Revisions 

We will request OMB approval to 

revise our American Woodcock Singingground Survey data collection and data 

entry process over the 2023–2024 

period. We plan to develop and 

implement a new mobile application, 

along with a new web browser data 

entry method. The yet-to-be-developed 

application will operate on portable 

electronic devices while conducting 

field surveys. The data entry feature 

would still be collecting data on all the 

same fields within the survey form. 


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While we still plan to administer the 

paper-based survey form to every 

observer, the observer is not required to 

submit the paper-based results unless 

the observer does not utilize the data 

collection mobile application in the 

field. Instead, data entry will occur 

through the application’s web browser 

after the survey is complete. A mapping 

feature within the new application will 

allow observers to see each stop location 

along the route and keep track of their 

current location. This will assist in stop 

location verification efforts and help 

maintain a verified spatial reference for 

the survey. 

Initially, we expect the burden time to 

be higher as respondents adjust to the 

new method to collect and enter data, 

and for reviewing the updated 

instructions and completing the 

training. However, once observers are 

trained in using the application, the 

estimated burden will decrease in 

subsequent years. With this submission, 

we will also clearly differentiate the 

burden from U.S. based submissions 

with those from Canada. 

Title of Collection: North American 

Woodcock Singing Ground Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0019. 

Form Number: Form 3–156. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Provincial, local, and Tribal 

Governments. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES: FIRST YEAR

Requirement 

Average 

number of 

annual 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses 

each 

Average 

number of 

annual 

responses 

Average 

completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours * 

Survey—US (App Submission) REVISED: 

Government .................................................................. 290 1 290 3.72 1,079 

Survey—CAN (App Submission) NEW: 

Foreign Gov .................................................................. 100 1 100 3.72 372 

Survey—US (In the Field App Collection and Submission) 

NEW: 

Government .................................................................. 291 1 291 3.58 1,042 

Survey—CAN (In the Field App Collection and Submission) NEW: 

Foreign Gov .................................................................. 101 1 101 3.58 362 

Survey—US: 

Government .................................................................. 2 1 2 1.92 4 

Survey—CAN NEW: 

Foreign Gov .................................................................. 36 1 36 1.92 69 

Totals: .................................................................... 820 ........................ 820 ........................ 2,928 

* Rounded. 

TABLE 2—BURDEN ESTIMATES: SUBSEQUENT YEARS

Requirement 

Average 

number of 

annual 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses 

each 

Average 

number of 

annual 

responses 

Average 

completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours * 

Survey—US (App Submission) REVISED: 

Government .................................................................. 290 1 290 2.05 595 

Survey—CAN (App Submission) NEW: 

Foreign Gov .................................................................. 100 1 100 2.05 205 

Survey—US (In the Field App Collection and Submission) 

NEW: 

Government .................................................................. 291 1 291 1.92 559 

Survey—CAN (In the Field App Collection and Submission) NEW: 

Foreign Gov .................................................................. 101 1 101 1.92 194 

Survey—US: 

Government .................................................................. 2 1 2 1.92 4 

Survey—CAN NEW: 

Foreign Gov .................................................................. 36 1 36 1.92 69 

Totals: .................................................................... 820 ........................ 820 ........................ 1,626 

* 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.). 


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Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25555 Filed 11–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2023–0211; 

FXMB1231099BPP0–245–FF09M32000; 

OMB Control Number 1018–0171] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Establishment of Annual 

Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons 

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 revise a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection request (ICR) by 

one of the following methods (reference 

‘‘1018–0171’’ in the subject line of your 

comment): 

• Internet (preferred): https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2023– 

0211. 

• U.S. mail: Service Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church, 

VA 22041–3803. 

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. 

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 

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: Migratory game birds are 

those bird species so designated in 

conventions between the United States 

and several foreign nations for the 

protection and management of these 

birds. Under the Migratory Bird Treaty 

Act (16 U.S.C. 703–712), the Secretary 

of the Interior is authorized to 

determine when ‘‘hunting, taking, 

capture, killing, possession, sale, 

purchase, shipment, transportation, 

carriage, or export of any such bird, or 

any part, nest, or egg’’ of migratory game 

birds can take place, and to adopt 

regulations for this purpose. These 

regulations are written after giving due 

regard to ‘‘the zones of temperature and 

to the distribution, abundance, 

economic value, breeding habits, and 

times and lines of migratory flight of 

such birds’’ (16 U.S.C. 704(a)) and are 

updated annually. This responsibility 

has been delegated to the Service as the 

lead Federal agency for managing and 

conserving migratory birds in the 

United States. However, migratory bird 

management is a cooperative effort of 

State, Tribal, and Federal governments. 

Migratory game bird hunting seasons 

provide opportunities for recreation and 

sustenance; aid Federal, State, and 

Tribal governments in the management 

of migratory game birds; and permit 

harvests at levels compatible with 

migratory game bird population status 

and habitat conditions. 

The Service develops migratory game 

bird hunting regulations by establishing 

the frameworks, or outside limits, for 

season dates, season lengths, shooting 

hours, bag and possession limits, and 

areas where migratory game bird 

hunting may occur. Acknowledging 

regional differences in hunting 

conditions, the Service has 

administratively divided the Nation into 

four Flyways for the primary purpose of 

managing migratory game birds. Each 

Flyway (Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, 

and Pacific) has a Flyway Council, a 

formal organization generally composed 

of one member from each State and 

Province in that Flyway. The Flyway 

Councils, established through the 

Association of Fish and Wildlife 

Agencies, also assist in researching and 

providing migratory game bird 

management information for Federal, 

State, Provincial, and Tribal 

governments, as well as private 

conservation entities and the general 

public. 

The information identified below, 

solicited annually from State (including 

U.S. territory) governments, is necessary 

to establish annual migratory bird 

hunting seasons. The required 

information, received at various times in 

the year prior to the actual hunting 

season as part of the rulemaking process 

described above, is used by the Service 

as part of the final rulemaking process 

necessary to open annual hunting 

seasons otherwise closed by law. 

1. Information Requested from States 

and U.S. Territories to Establish Annual 

Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons—State 

and U.S. territory governments that 

wish to establish annual migratory game 

bird hunting seasons are required to 

provide the requested dates and other 

details for hunting seasons in their 

respective States or Territories. The 

information is provided to the Service 


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