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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, 

which is scheduled to expire on May 31, 

2007. 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: You must submit comments on 

or before April 23, 2007. 

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

(703) 358–2269 (fax). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, 

or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Lake Umbagog National Wildlife 

Refuge contains significant natural and 

recreational resources. We estimate that 

the area has over 50,000 visits per year, 

which can result in significant resource 

and social impacts. 

In 2006, we began a research study to 

gather information to help support 

application of visitor carrying capacity 

at the refuge. We conducted a survey of 

visitors to the refuge to determine 

relevant indicators of quality for the 

visitor experience. Indicators of quality 

are measurable, manageable variables 

that reflect the essence or meaning of 

management objectives. OMB approved 

this collection of information and 

assigned control number 1018–0132, 

which expires May 31, 2007. 

We plan to ask OMB to renew this 

information collection to include phase 

2 of this study. During phase 2, we 

propose to survey visitors and nearby 

landowners to identify standards of 

quality for relevant indicator variables 

and determine attitudes toward 

management actions that we might use 

to ensure that the standards of quality 

are maintained. We will conduct two 

separate surveys. One survey will 

include a sample of visitors to Lake 

Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge and 

the second survey will include private 

landowners adjacent to the refuge. We 

will collect the same information in 

both surveys; however, we will ask 

adjacent landowners for additional 

information about their frequency of use 

of the refuge. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0132. 

Title: Research to Support Analysis 

and Management Carrying Capacity at 

Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, 

Phase 2. 

Service Form Number(s): 3–2330 and 

3–2330a. 

Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Affected Public: Visitors to and 

landowners near Lake Umbagog 

National Wildlife Refuge. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time per 

respondent. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 500. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

500. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 125. 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

information collection 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 submitted in response to 

this notice are a matter of public record. 

We will include and/or summarize each 

comment in our request to OMB to 

approve this information collection. 

Dated: January 22, 2007 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–2960 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 pm] 

Billing Code 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Proposed Information Collection; 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Evaluation 

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 

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 

information collection. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before April 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection to Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 

222–ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); 

hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail); or (703) 

358–2269 (fax). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, 

or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

We have contracted with Management 

Systems International to perform an 

independent evaluation of the National 

Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS). 

Although the NWRS has existed for 

more than 100 years, it has never 

undergone an independent evaluation of 

its overall effectiveness in achieving its 

conservation mission. We are now 

seeking such an evaluation to identify 

program strengths and weaknesses, as 

well as gaps in performance 

information. Such evaluations are an 

important element of the OMB Program 

Assessment Rating Tool (PART) 

assessments, and this evaluation will 

satisfy the PART requirements. The 

evaluation includes two data collection 

components involving the public: 

(1) An online survey of partners (e.g., 

volunteer groups, local and national 

conservation organizations, hunting and 

fishing groups, and other civic 

organizations). 

(2) Individual and small group 

interviews of State fish and game 

officials and partners. 

The perspective and observations of 

NWRS partners and State fish and game 

officials are critical to fully understand 

the issues and questions that the 

independent evaluation will explore. 

During 2007, we plan to interview 40 

State fish and wildlife officials and 110 

individuals from partner organizations. 

The small number of individuals 

interviewed and the nature of the 

interview process do not allow for 

generalization of interview findings to 


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the larger local partner target 

population, or for the development of 

broad, evidenced-based conclusions. 

The partners’ survey addresses both of 

these shortcomings. By administering 

the web-based survey to a random 

sample of 500 partners, we will be able 

to identify important patterns (findings) 

across the population of partners and to 

develop conclusions to the key 

questions being examined by the 

evaluation. We plan to conduct the 

survey for a 2–week period during the 

first half of 2007. The partners’ survey 

will collect data in three broad 

categories: 

(1) Basic demographic data at the 

institutional level, including: 

(a) Size of the partner organization. 

(b) Length/duration of the partnership 

with the refuge. 

(c) Type of organization (e.g., wildlife 

conservation, educational, etc.). 

(2) Quality and characteristics of the 

relationship and interaction between 

partner organizations and the NWRS, 

including: 

(a) Type of activities that the partner 

group conducts. 

(b) Frequency and nature of 

interaction between the partner group 

and the refuge. 

(c) Quality of the partnership between 

the partner organization and the refuge. 

(3) Partners’ perspective regarding the 

effectiveness and quality of NWRS 

programs and the progress being made 

towards the long-term goals of the 

NWRS. 

The survey data will help us identify 

important patterns and characteristics. 

However, the survey will not, in most 

cases, provide the depth of information 

necessary to explain the observed 

patterns. Indepth interviews will 

provide an opportunity to explore in 

detail the main factors that cause or 

contribute to the patterns observed from 

the survey. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Title: National Wildlife Refuge System 

Evaluation. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Affected Public: Organizations that 

collaborate with national wildlife 

refuges, including, but not limited to, 

State fish and wildlife agencies, 

volunteer groups, local and national 

conservation organizations, hunting and 

fishing groups, and other civic 

organizations. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Partners’ Survey ...................................................................... 500 500 20 minutes ....... 167 

Personal Interviews ................................................................. 150 150 1 hour .............. 150 

Total .................................................................................. 650 650 ..................... 317 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

information collection 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 submitted in response to 

this notice are a matter of public record. 

We will include and/or summarize each 

comment in our request to OMB to 

approve this information collection. 

Dated: January 17, 2007 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–2961 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 pm] 

Billing Code 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Information Collection Sent to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; Export of Caviar 

or Meat of Paddlefish or Sturgeon from 

the Wild 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service) have sent an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for 

review and approval. The ICR, which is 

summarized below, describes the nature 

of the collection and the estimated 

burden and cost. 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: You must submit comments on 

or before March 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this ICR to the Desk 

Officer for the Department of the 

Interior at OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–

6566 (fax) or 

OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). 

Please provide a copy of your comments 

to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); (703) 358–2269 (fax); or 

hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, 

or e-mail (see ADDRESSES), or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Title: Export of Caviar or Meat of 

Paddlefish or Sturgeon from the Wild. 

Service Form Number(s): 3–200–76. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Affected Public: Fishers; commercial 

dealers/distributors/suppliers and 

importers/exporters of paddlefish and 

sturgeon caviar and meat; and freight 

forwarders/brokers. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 12. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

120. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 3 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 360 hours. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is associated with regulations 

implementing the Convention on 

International Trade in Endangered 

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 

(CITES). CITES regulates international 

trade in listed species through a system 

of permits and certificates. The Service 

assesses permit requests according to 


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