Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 18, 2015 / Notices 8681 

Web site listed below for a complete 

listing of CBP approved gaugers and 

accredited laboratories. http://

www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/

documents/gaulist_3.pdf. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Ira S. Reese, 

Executive Director, Laboratories and 

Scientific Services Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03356 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FW–HQ–WSFR–2015–N036; 

FVWF97820900000–XXX–FF09W13000 and 

FVWF54200900000–XXX–FFO9W13000] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, 

and Wildlife-Associated Recreation 

(FHWAR) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. 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. 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: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments on this IC, we 

must receive them by April 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov 

(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0088’’ in 

the subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_

grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482 

(telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The information collected for the 

National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and 

Wildlife-Associated Recreation 

(FHWAR) assists the Fish and Wildlife 

Service in administering the Wildlife 

and Sport Fish Restoration grant 

programs. The 2016 FHWAR will 

provide up-to-date information on the 

uses and demands for wildlife-related 

recreation resources, trends in uses of 

those resources, and a basis for 

developing and evaluating programs 

and projects to meet existing and future 

needs. 

We collect the information in 

conjunction with carrying out our 

responsibilities under the Federal Aid 

in Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

777–777m), commonly referred to as the 

Dingell-Johnson Act, and the Federal 

Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (16 

U.S.C. 669–669i), commonly referred to 

as the Pittman-Robertson Act. Under 

these acts, as amended, we provide 

approximately $1 billion in grants 

annually to States for projects that 

support sport fish and wildlife 

management and restoration, including: 

• Improvement of fish and wildlife 

habitats, 

• Fishing and boating access, 

• Fish stocking, and 

• Hunting and fishing opportunities. 

We also provide grants for aquatic 

education and hunter education, 

maintenance of completed projects, and 

research into problems affecting fish 

and wildlife resources. These projects 

help to ensure that the American people 

have adequate opportunities for fish and 

wildlife recreation. 

We conduct the survey about every 5 

years. The 2016 FHWAR will be the 

13th conducted since 1955. We sponsor 

the survey at the States’ request, which 

is made through the Association of Fish 

and Wildlife Agencies. We contract with 

the Census Bureau, which collects the 

information using computer-assisted 

telephone or in-person interviews. The 

Census Bureau will select a sample of 

sportspersons and wildlife watchers 

from a household screen and conduct 

three detailed interviews during the 

survey year. The survey collects 

information on the number of days of 

participation, species of animals sought, 

and expenditures for trips and 

equipment. Information on the 

characteristics of participants includes 

age, income, sex, education, race, and 

State of residence. 

Federal and State agencies use 

information from the survey to make 

policy decisions related to fish and 

wildlife restoration and management. 

Participation patterns and trend 

information help identify present and 

future needs and demands. Land 

managing agencies use the data on 

expenditures and participation to assess 

the value of wildlife-related recreational 

uses of natural resources. Wildliferelated recreation expenditure 

information is used to estimate the 

economic impact on the economy and to 

support the dedication of tax revenues 

for fish and wildlife restoration 

programs. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0088. 

Title: National Survey of Fishing, 

Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated 

Recreation (FHWAR). 

Service Form Number: None. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals and households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Pre-screener 

internet/paper questionnaire data 

collection will be conducted in January 

2016. Household screen interviews and 

the first detailed sportsperson and 

wildlife-watcher interviews will be 

conducted April–June 2016. The second 

detailed interviews will be conducted 

September–October 2016. The third and 

last detailed interviews will be 

conducted January–March 2017. 

Activity Number of household 

responses 

Number of participant 

respondents 

Completion time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Annual burden hours 

Pre-screener .................................................... 6,970 .................................... 5 581 

Screener .......................................................... 7,040 .................................... 7 821 

Wave 1 Sportsperson interviews ..................... .................................... 1,505 11 276 

Wave 2 Sportsperson interviews ..................... .................................... 2,580 15 645 

Wave 3 Sportsperson interviews ..................... .................................... 4,444 35 2,592 

Wave 1 Wildlife Watching interviews .............. .................................... 1,252 11 230 

Wave 2 Wildlife Watching interviews .............. .................................... 2,146 11 393 


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Activity Number of household 

responses 

Number of participant 

respondents 

Completion time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Annual burden hours 

Wave 3 Wildlife Watching interviews .............. .................................... 3,697 20 1,232 

Totals ........................................................ 14,010 15,624 .................................... 6,770 

III. Comments 

We 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. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this IC. 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. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and 

Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03237 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2014–N028; 40120–1112– 

0000–F2] 

Receipt of Applications for 

Endangered Species Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless a Federal permit is issued 

that allows such activities. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the applications at the 

address given below by March 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with the 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents to 

the following office within 30 days of 

the date of publication of this notice: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 

GA 30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit 

Coordinator). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit 

Coordinator, telephone 205–726–2667; 

facsimile 205–726–2479. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public is invited to comment on the 

following applications for permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and 

our regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This 

notice is provided under section 10(c) of 

the Act. 

If you wish to comment, you may 

submit comments by any one of the 

following methods. You may mail 

comments to the Fish and Wildlife 

Service’s Regional Office (see 

ADDRESSES section) or send them via 

electronic mail (email) to permitsR4ES@

fws.gov. Please include your name and 

return address in your email message. If 

you do not receive a confirmation from 

the Fish and Wildlife Service that we 

have received your email message, 

contact us directly at the telephone 

number listed above (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may 

hand-deliver comments to the Fish and 

Wildlife Service office listed above (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, email address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comments, 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 

comments to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Permit Applications 

Permit Application Number: TE 

237537–1 

Applicant: Peter Raven, Missouri 

Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, Missouri 

The applicant requests renewal and 

amendment of their current permit to 

add authorization to remove and reduce 

to possession (through seed and leaf 

material collection) 17 species of 

endangered and threatened plant 

species from lands under Federal 

jurisdiction in Alabama, Tennessee, 

Kentucky, West Virginia, Illinois, 

Missouri, Virginia, and Mississippi for 

ex situ conservation, research, 

propagation, and educational display. 

Permit Application Number: TE 

146761–3 

Applicant: Pedro Ramos, Big Cypress 

National Preserve, National Park 

Service, Ochopee, Florida 

The applicant requests renewal of 

their current permit to take (capture, 

harass, chemically immobilize, hold 

temporarily, transport, radio collar, take 

tissue and blood samples, provide 

medical treatment for injury or illness 

including appropriate vaccinations, 

subsequently release, and euthanize) the 

Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi) for 

the purpose of maintaining a healthy 

panther population, to assess the habitat 

potential to support panthers, to 

monitor the effects of the genetic 

restoration project, and to evaluate the 

accuracy of the global positioning 

system radio-collars and aerial telemetry 

throughout the species’ range. 

Permit Application Number: TE 

092945–3 

Applicant: James Lindsay, Florida 

Power and Light Company, Juno Beach, 

Florida 

The applicant requests renewal and 

amendment of their permit to authorize 

the capture of non-breeding American 

crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) less than 


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