21258 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 74 / Friday, April 17, 2015 / Notices 

Dated: April 13, 2015. 

David W. Hoskins, 

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 

Force, Assistant Director for Fish and Aquatic 

Conservation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08921 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–R–2015–N073; 

FXRS12630900000–156–FF09R81000] 

Information Collection Request Sent to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

for Approval; Hunting and Fishing 

Application Forms and Activity 

Reports for National Wildlife Refuges 

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 the Office of 

Management and Budget (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, 2015. 

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 May 18, 2015. 

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_

Submission@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 BPHC, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov 

(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0140’’ in 

the subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_

grey@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: 

Information Collection Request 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0140. 

Title: Hunting and Fishing 

Application Forms and Activity Reports 

for National Wildlife Refuges; 50 CFR 

25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32. 

Service Form Number(s): 3–2354, 3– 

2355, 3–2356, 3–2357, 3–2358, 3–2359, 

3–2360, 3–2361, 3–2362. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion 

(for applications, usually once per year 

at the beginning of the hunting season; 

for activity reports, once at the 

conclusion of the hunting/fishing 

experience). 

Activity Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

FWS Form 3–2354 ........................................................................ 169,200 169,200 30 84,600 

FWS Form 3–2355 ........................................................................ 87,400 87,400 30 43,700 

FWS Form 3–2356 ........................................................................ 2,400 2,400 30 1,200 

FWS Form 3–2357 ........................................................................ 4,900 4,900 30 2,450 

FWS Form 3–2358 ........................................................................ 2,400 2,400 30 1,200 

FWS Form 3–2359 ........................................................................ 82,700 82,700 15 20,675 

FWS Form 3–2360 ........................................................................ 387,300 387,300 15 96,825 

FWS Form 3–2361 ........................................................................ 29,100 29,100 15 7,275 

FWS Form 3–2362 ........................................................................ 24,400 24,400 15 6,100 

Totals ...................................................................................... 789,800 789,800 ........................ 264,025 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden 

Cost: We estimate the annual nonhour 

cost burden to be $60,000 for hunting 

application fees at some refuges. 

Abstract: The National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee), as 

amended (Administration Act), and the 

Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 

U.S.C. 460k–460k–4) (Recreation Act) 

govern the administration and uses of 

national wildlife refuges and wetland 

management districts. The 

Administration Act consolidated all the 

different refuge areas into a single 

Refuge System. It also authorizes us to 

permit public uses, including hunting 

and fishing, on lands of the Refuge 

System when we find that the activity 

is compatible and appropriate with the 

purpose for which the refuge was 

established. The Recreation Act allows 

the use of refuges for public recreation 

when the use is not inconsistent or does 

not interfere with the primary 

purpose(s) of the refuge. 

We administer 373 hunting programs 

and 271 fishing programs on 408 refuges 

and wetland management districts. We 

only collect user information at about 20 

percent of these refuges. Information 

that we plan to collect will help us: 

• Administer and monitor hunting 

and fishing programs on refuges. 

• Distribute hunting and fishing 

permits in a fair and equitable manner 

to eligible participants. 

We use nine application and report 

forms associated with hunting and 

fishing on refuges. We may not allow all 

opportunities on all refuges; therefore, 

we developed different forms to 

simplify the process and avoid 

confusion for applicants. The currently 

approved forms are available online at 

http://www.fws.gov/forms/. Not all 

refuges will use each form and some 

refuges may collect the identical 

information in a nonform format. 

We use the following application 

forms when we assign areas, dates, and/ 

or types of hunts via a drawing because 

of limited resources, high demand, or 

when a permit is needed to hunt. We 

issue application forms for specific 

periods, usually seasonally or annually. 

• FWS Form 3–2354 (Quota Deer 

Hunt Application). 

• FWS Form 3–2355 (Waterfowl 

Lottery Application). 

• FWS Form 3–2356 (Big/Upland 

Game Hunt Application). 


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• FWS Form 3–2357 (Migratory Bird 

Hunt Application). 

• FWS Form 3–2358 (Fishing/

Shrimping/Crabbing Application). 

We collect information on: 

• Applicant (name, address, phone 

number) so that we can notify 

applicants of their selection. 

• User preferences (dates, areas, 

method) so that we can distribute users 

equitably. 

• Whether or not the applicant is 

applying for a special opportunity for 

disabled or youth hunters. 

• Age of youth hunter(s) so that we 

can establish eligibility. 

We ask users to report on their 

success after their experience so that we 

can evaluate hunting/fishing quality and 

resource impacts. We use the following 

activity reports, which we distribute 

during appropriate seasons, as 

determined by State or Federal 

regulations. 

• FWS Form 3–2359 (Big Game 

Harvest Report). 

• FWS Form 3–2360 (Fishing Report). 

• FWS Form 3–2361 (Migratory Bird 

Hunt Report). 

• FWS Form 3–2362 (Upland/Small 

Game/Furbearer Report). 

We collect information on: 

• Names of users so we can 

differentiate between responses. 

• City and State of residence so that 

we can better understand if users are 

local or traveling. 

• Dates, time, and number in party so 

we can identify use trends and allocate 

staff and resources. 

• Details of success by species so that 

we can evaluate quality of experience 

and resource impacts. 

Comments Received and Our Responses 

Comments: On February 2, 2015, we 

published in the Federal Register (80 

FR 5572) 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 April 3, 2015. We 

received one comment. The commenter 

opposed the issuance of any hunting 

permits, but did not address the 

information collection requirements. We 

did not make any changes to our 

requirements. 

Request for Public 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: April 13, 2015. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and 

Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08808 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–IA–2015–N072; 

FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

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 Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

May 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, Branch of 

Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– 

2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104 

(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); 

DMAFR@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I request copies of 

applications or comment on submitted 

applications? 

Send your request for copies of 

applications or comments and materials 

concerning any of the applications to 

the contact listed under ADDRESSES. 

Please include the Federal Register 

notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant 

in your request or submission. We will 

not consider requests or comments sent 

to an email or address not listed under 

ADDRESSES. If you provide an email 

address in your request for copies of 

applications, we will attempt to respond 

to your request electronically. 

Please make your requests or 

comments as specific as possible. Please 

confine your comments to issues for 

which we seek comments in this notice, 

and explain the basis for your 

comments. Include sufficient 

information with your comments to 

allow us to authenticate any scientific or 

commercial data you include. 

The comments and recommendations 

that will be most useful and likely to 

influence agency decisions are: (1) 

Those supported by quantitative 

information or studies; and (2) Those 

that include citations to, and analyses 

of, the applicable laws and regulations. 

We will not consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

B. May I review comments submitted by 

others? 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the street 

address listed under ADDRESSES. The 

public may review documents and other 

information applicants have sent in 

support of the application unless our 

allowing viewing would violate the 

Privacy Act or Freedom of Information 

Act. 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. 

II. Background 

To help us carry out our conservation 

responsibilities for affected species, and 


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