[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2901]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice, information collection.

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    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 
1320, which implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Public Law 104-13), require that interested members of the public and 
affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information 
collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). We will 
submit a request to OMB to renew its approval of the collection of 
information for the Federal Subsistence Hunt Application and Permit, 
Designated Hunter Permit Application and Report, and Federal 
Subsistence Fish/Shellfish Harvest/Designated Harvester Application. We 
are requesting a 3-year term of approval of this new information 
collection activity. Pursuant to our request for OMB approval of this 
new information collection, we invite comments on (1) whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
our functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate of burden, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used, and (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Harvest Data Coordinator, Alaska Subsistence Office, 1011 
East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. Service Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 224-
ARLSQ, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Miller, Alaska Subsistence 
Office, 907/786-3888 or Rebecca Mullin, Service Information Collection 
Clearance Officer 703/358-2287.
    Title: Federal Subsistence Hunt Application and Permit and 
Designated Hunter Permit Application and Permit.
    OMB Approval Number: 1018-0075.
    Service Form Number(s): 7-FW 1 and 7-FW 2.
    Abstract: The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(ANILCA) and Fish and Wildlife Service regulations, found in 50 CFR 
100, require that persons engaged in taking fish and wildlife must 
comply with reporting provisions of the Federal Subsistence Board. The 
harvest activity must be reported. In many cases, a special permit is 
required for the rural resident to be able to participate in special 
hunts. The harvest information is needed in order to evaluate 
subsistence harvest success; the effectiveness of season lengths, 
harvest quotas, and harvest restrictions; hunting patterns and 
practices; and hunter use. Once harvest success information is 
evaluated, the Federal Subsistence Board utilizes this information, 
along with other information, to set future seasons and harvest limits 
for Federal subsistence resource users. These seasons and harvest 
limits are set in order to meet the needs of subsistence hunters 
without adversely impacting the health of existing wildlife 
populations. The Federal Subsistence Hunt Application and Permit also 
provides a mechanism to allow Federal subsistence users the opportunity 
to participate in special hunts that are not available to the general 
public but are provided for by Title VIII of ANILCA. Both reports 
provide for the collection of the necessary information; however, the 
Designated Hunter Report is unique in that it allows the reporting of 
the harvest of multiple animals by a single hunter who is acting for 
others. The Designated Hunter Application and Permit also serves as a 
special permit allowing qualified subsistence users to harvest fish or 
wildlife for others. The collection of information is needed prior to 
the expiration of time periods established under 5 CFR 1320, and is 
essential to the missions of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
Federal Subsistence Board. Without this information public harm would 
occur as a result of the Service's inability to set subsistence seasons 
and harvest limits to meet users' needs without adversely impacting the 
health and the animal population.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Title: Federal Subsistence Fish/Shellfish Harvest/Designated 
Harvester Application.
    OMB Approval Number: (not yet assigned).
    Service Form Number(s): 7-FW3.
    Abstract: Under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(ANILCA) allows the taking of fish and wildlife on public lands in 
Alaska for subsistence use. In order to take fish and wildlife in 
public lands for subsistence uses, users must possess and comply with 
the provisions of any pertinent permit, harvest tickets, or tags 
required by the State, or Federal permits, harvest tickets or tags as 
required by the Federal subsistence board (Board). All Alaskans who are 
residents of rural areas or communities are eligible to participate in 
subsistence taking of that stock or population under the regulations in 
50 CFR 100. Information on the fisherman, qualified subsistence users 
fished for, the fish/shellfish harvested, and the location of harvest 
is needed by the board in making recommendations on subsistence use. 
Once harvest success information is evaluated, the Federal Subsistence 
Board utilizes this information, along with other information, to set 
future seasons and harvest limits for Federal subsistence resource 
users. These seasons and harvest limits are set in order to meet the 
needs of subsistence fisherman without adversely impacting the health 
of existing fish/shellfish populations. The Federal Subsistence Hunt 
Application and Permit also provides a mechanism to allow Federal 
subsistence users the opportunity to participate in special fishing 
opportunities that are not available to the general public but are 
provided for by Title VIII of ANILCA.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Completion Time: The reporting burden is estimated to be 
.25 hours or 15 minutes each.
    Annual Responses: 5,200 (Federal Subsistence Hunt Application and 
Permit); 700 (Designated Hunter Permit Application and Report); 1,000 
(Federal Subsistence Fish/Shellfish Harvest/Designated Harvester 
Application).
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,725 hours.

    Dated: February 2, 2000.
Thomas H. Boyd,
Acting Chairman, Federal Subsistence Board.
[FR Doc. 00-2901 Filed 2-8-00; 8:45 am]
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