[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85980-85981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25112]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-MB-2024-N056; FXMB1231099BPP0-256-FF09M22000; OMB Control 
Number 1018-0067]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget; Approval Procedures for Nontoxic Shot 
and Shot Coatings

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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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 without change.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice at 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dc95b2bab3839fb3b0b09cbaabaff2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d64434b42726e4241416d4b5a5e034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference ``1018-
0067'' in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bef7d0d8d1e1fdd1d2d2fed8c9cd90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d34131b12223e1211113d1b0a0e531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>, 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-of-contact 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, 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.
    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.
    On August 7, 2024, we published in the Federal Register (89 FR 
64476) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew this 
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 
days, ending on October 7, 2024. In a continued 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-2024-0093) to provide the public with an additional 
method to submit comments (in addition to the typical U.S. mail 
submission method). We received an

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anonymous comment in response to that notice which did not address the 
information collection requirements; therefore, no response is 
required.
    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 (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.
    This is a non-form collection. 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 to approve a material as nontoxic.
    Title of Collection: Approval Procedures for Nontoxic Shot and Shot 
Coatings (50 CFR 20.134).
    OMB Control Number: 1018-0067.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses that produce and/or market 
approved nontoxic shot types or nontoxic shot coatings.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 3,200 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,200 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $26,630 ($1,630 
application processing fee and $25,000 for solubility testing).
    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.).

Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-25112 Filed 10-28-24; 8:45 am]
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