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###### Department of the Interior

###### Fish and Wildlife Service

          - [FWS-R9-MB-2012-N0059; FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2]

# 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 April 30, 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).                               ( print page 14565)                            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]

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