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Please provide a copy of your comments 

to the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 

North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 

22203 (mail), or INFOCOL@fws.gov 

(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0067’’ in 

the subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey at 

INFOCOL@fws.gov (email) or 703–358– 

2482 (telephone). You may review the 

ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to review 

Department of the Interior collections 

under review by OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0067. 

Title: Approval Procedures for 

Nontoxic Shot and Shot Coatings, 50 

CFR 20.134. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Respondents: 

Businesses that produce and/or market 

approved nontoxic shot types or 

nontoxic shot coatings. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1. 

Completion Time per Response: 3,200 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,200 hours. 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Cost 

Burden: $25,000. 

Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty 

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

prohibits the unauthorized take of 

migratory birds and authorizes the 

Secretary of the Interior to regulate take 

of migratory birds in the United States. 

Under this authority, we control the 

hunting of migratory game birds through 

regulations in 50 CFR part 20. On 

January 1, 1991, we banned lead shot for 

hunting waterfowl and coots in the 

United States. 

The regulations at 50 CFR 20.134 

outline the application and approval 

process for new types of nontoxic shot. 

When considering approval of a 

candidate material as nontoxic, we must 

ensure that it is not hazardous in the 

environment and that secondary 

exposure (ingestion of spent shot or its 

components) is not a hazard to 

migratory birds. To make that decision, 

we require each applicant to provide 

information about the solubility and 

toxicity of the candidate material. 

Additionally, for law enforcement 

purposes, a noninvasive field detection 

device must be available to distinguish 

candidate shot from lead shot. This 

information constitutes the bulk of an 

application for approval of nontoxic 

shot. The Director uses the data in the 

application to decide whether or not to 

approve a material as nontoxic. 

Comments: On September 26, 2011, 

we published in the Federal Register 

(76 FR 59421) a notice of our intent to 

request that OMB renew approval for 

this information collection. In that 

notice, we solicited comments for 60 

days, ending on November 25, 2011. We 

received one comment. The commenter 

opposed expending funds to support the 

approval of nontoxic shot, and stated 

that a survey is not needed. This 

information collection is not a survey. It 

consists of risk assessments, toxicity 

tests, and background information that 

an applicant must submit in order for us 

to determine whether or not a proposed 

shot is nontoxic. We did not make any 

changes to our information collection 

requirements. 

We again invite comments concerning 

this information collection on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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. 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 OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that it will be done. 

Dated: March 6, 2012. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy and Directives 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5878 Filed 3–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–R–2012–N046; 

FXRS126307000004A–FF07R08000] 

Information Collection Request Sent to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; Alaska Guide 

Service Evaluation 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service) have sent an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for 

review and approval. We summarize the 

ICR below and describe the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. This information collection is 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2012. 

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. However, under OMB 

regulations, we may continue to 

conduct or sponsor this information 

collection while it is pending at OMB. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before April 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this information 

collection to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior at OMB– 

OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or 

OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (email). 

Please provide a copy of your comments 

to the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 

North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 

22203 (mail), or INFOCOL@fws.gov 

(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0141’’ in 

the subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey at 

INFOCOL@fws.gov (email) or 703–358– 

2482 (telephone). You may review the 

ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to review 

Department of the Interior collections 

under review by OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0141. 

Title: Alaska Guide Service 

Evaluation. 

Service Form Number(s): 3–2349. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Respondents: Clients of 

permitted commercial guide service 

providers. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 


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Frequency of Collection: One time 

following use of commercial guide 

services. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 396. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 396. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 99. 

Abstract: We collect information on 

FWS Form 3–2349 (Alaska Guide 

Service Evaluation) to help us evaluate 

commercial guide services on our 

national wildlife refuges in the State of 

Alaska (State). The National Wildlife 

Refuge Administration Act of 1966, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 668dd–ee), 

authorizes us to permit uses, including 

commercial visitor services, on national 

wildlife refuges when we find the 

activity to be compatible with the 

purposes for which the refuge was 

established. With the objective of 

making available a variety of quality 

visitor services for wildlife-dependent 

recreation on National Wildlife Refuge 

System lands, we issue permits for 

commercial guide services, including 

big game hunting, sport fishing, wildlife 

viewing, river trips, and other guided 

activities. We use FWS Form 3–2349 as 

a method to: 

(1) Monitor the quality of services 

provided by commercial guides. 

(2) Gauge client satisfaction with the 

services. 

(3) Assess the impacts of the activity 

on refuge resources. 

The client is the best source of 

information on the quality of 

commercial guiding services. We 

collect: 

(1) Client name. 

(2) Guide name(s). 

(3) Type of guided activity. 

(4) Dates and location of guided 

activity. 

(5) Information on the services 

received such as the client’s 

expectations, safety, environmental 

impacts, and client’s overall 

satisfaction. 

We encourage respondents to provide 

any additional comments that they wish 

regarding the guide service or refuge 

experience, and ask whether or not they 

wish to be contacted for additional 

information. 

The above information, in 

combination with State-required guide 

activity reports and contacts with guides 

and clients in the field, provides a 

comprehensive method for monitoring 

permitted commercial guide activities. 

A regular program of client evaluation 

helps refuge managers detect potential 

problems with guide services so that we 

can take corrective actions promptly. In 

addition, we use this information during 

the competitive selection process for big 

game and sport fishing guide permits to 

evaluate an applicant’s ability to 

provide a quality guiding service. 

Comments: On September 26, 2011, 

we published in the Federal Register 

(76 FR 59420) a notice of our intent to 

request that OMB renew approval for 

this information collection. In that 

notice, we solicited comments for 60 

days, ending on November 25, 2011. We 

did not receive any comments. 

We again invite comments concerning 

this information collection on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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. 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 OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that it will be done. 

Dated: March 6, 2012. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy and Directives 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5882 Filed 3–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[USGS–GX12RN000DSA200] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submitted for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request on 

Extension of Existing Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of an 

existing information collection (1028– 

0048). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) an 

information collection request (ICR) for 

the revision of the currently approved 

paperwork requirements for the USGS 

Earthquake Report. 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. However, under OMB 

regulations, we may continue to 

conduct or sponsor this information 

collection while it is pending at OMB. 

This notice provides the public and 

other Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on the nature of this collection 

which is scheduled to expire on March 

31, 2012. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before April 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments on this information 

collection directly to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior via email to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or fax at 

202–395–5806; and reference 

Information Collection 1028–0048 in the 

subject line. 

Please submit a copy of your 

comments to the Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological 

Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 

807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703) 

648–7199 (fax); or smbaloch@usgs.gov 

(email). Use Information Collection 

Number 1028–0048 in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jim Dewey at (303) 

273–8419. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0048. 

Title: USGS Earthquake Report. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: General Public. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion, 

after an earthquake. 

Estimated Completion Time: 6 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 300,000 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

30,000 hours. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information applies to a World-Wide 

Web site questionnaire that permits 

individuals to report on the effects of 

the shaking from an earthquake—on 

themselves personally, buildings, other 

man-made structures, and ground 


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