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functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

Title: Family Reunification Task Force 

Travel Questionnaire and website 

Application. 

OMB Number: 1601–0031. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Members of the 

Public. 

Number of Respondents: 3,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,000. 

Robert Dorr, 

Executive Director, Business Management 

Directorate. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX22LB00TZ80100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0079] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; North American Breeding 

Bird Survey 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, 

Information Collections Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–0079 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact David Ziolkowski by 

email at dziolkowski@usgs.gov, or by 

telephone at 301–497–5753. Individuals 

who are hearing or speech impaired 

may call the Federal Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339 for TTY assistance. You 

may also view the ICR at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require approval 

under the PRA. We may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor are you required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a current 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. 

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 the agency might 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 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 personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: Respondents supply the 

U.S. Geological Survey with bird count 

data for more than 600 North American 

bird species. These data and the 

analyzed relative abundance and 

population trend estimates derived from 

them will be made available via the 

internet and through special 

publications, which are used by 

Government agencies, industry, 

education programs, and the general 

public. We will protect information 

from respondents considered 

proprietary under the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), its 

implementing regulations (43 CFR part 

2), and in accordance with ‘‘Data and 

information to be made available to the 

public or for limited inspection’’ (30 

CFR 250.197). Responses are voluntary. 

No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are 

asked. 

Title of Collection: North American 

Breeding Bird Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0079. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 1,650. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,600. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 11 hours on average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 28,600. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $145,600. (Mileage costs 

average $56 per response; based on an 

approximate 100-mile round trip made 

for data collection per response and 

using the U.S. GSA 2021 privately 

owned vehicle mileage reimbursement 

rate of $0.56 per mile.) 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a current valid OMB 

control number. 


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The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq). 

David Ziolkowski, 

Acting BBS Program Manager, Eastern 

Ecological Science Center. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01078 Filed 1–19–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[222A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010

.999900 253G] 

Notice of Consultations on Federal 

Subsistence Policy in Alaska 

AGENCY: Department of Agriculture; 

Office of the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Tribal and Alaska 

Native corporation consultation 

sessions. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior and the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (Departments) recognize 

that subsistence is vital to the cultures 

and life ways of Alaska Natives and 

Alaska Native communities. Under Title 

VIII of the Alaska National Interest 

Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), the 

Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture jointly 

implement the Federal Subsistence 

Management Program. This program 

provides a preference for take of fish 

and wildlife resources for subsistence 

uses on Federal public lands and waters 

in Alaska. In accordance with The 

White House Tribal Nations Summit 

Progress Report, the Departments will 

jointly conduct consultation sessions 

with federally recognized Tribes and 

with Alaska Native corporations on 

Federal subsistence policy in Alaska. 

DATES: Consultations: The Departments 

will conduct consultations with Tribes, 

Tribal consortia, and Alaska Native 

organizations on Thursday, January 20, 

2022, and Friday, January 21, 2022, 

from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. AKST, and with 

Alaska Native regional and village 

corporations on Friday, January 28, 

2022, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. AKST. 

Written comments: To ensure 

consideration, written comments must 

be submitted via email by Tuesday, 

February 15, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: Consultations: The 

Departments’ Tribal and Alaska Native 

corporation consultations will be held 

via Zoom and telephone. Please see 

Tribal Consultation and Comment 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, 

below, for details. 

Written comments: Written comments 

must be submitted via email to 

consultation-ak@ios.doi.gov, with the 

subject line ‘‘Subsistence Consultation.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose 

Petoskey, Senior Counselor to the 

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, 

telephone: (202) 208–7163, or 800–877– 

8339 (TTY); email: rose.petoskey@

bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Departments will conduct virtual 

consultations with Tribes, Tribal 

consortia, Alaska Native organizations, 

and Alaska Native regional and village 

corporations on Federal subsistence 

policy. The listening session and 

consultations reflect the Departments’ 

commitment to strengthen governmentto-government relationships with 

federally recognized Tribes and meet 

requirements for consultation with 

Alaska Native corporations. The 

Departments’ procedures for outreach, 

notice, and consultation ensure 

involvement of Tribes and Alaska 

Native corporations, to the extent 

practicable and permitted by law, before 

making decisions or implementing 

policies, rules, or programs that affect 

federally recognized Tribal governments 

or Alaska Native corporation interests. 

These consultations are open to official 

representatives of federally recognized 

Tribes and Alaska Native corporations. 

Further detail will be provided in the 

invitation letters. 

Background 

Under Title VIII of the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111–3126), 

the Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) 

jointly implement the Federal 

Subsistence Management Program. This 

program provides a preference for take 

of fish and wildlife resources for 

subsistence uses on Federal public 

lands and waters in Alaska. The 

Secretaries published temporary 

regulations to carry out this program in 

the Federal Register on June 29, 1990 

(55 FR 27114), and published final 

regulations in the Federal Register on 

May 29, 1992 (57 FR 22940). The 

program regulations have subsequently 

been amended a number of times. 

Because this program is a joint effort 

between Interior and Agriculture, these 

regulations are located in two titles of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): 

Title 36, ‘‘Parks, Forests, and Public 

Property,’’ and Title 50, ‘‘Wildlife and 

Fisheries,’’ at 36 CFR 242.1–242.28 and 

50 CFR 100.1–100.28, respectively. The 

regulations contain subparts as follows: 

Subpart A, General Provisions; Subpart 

B, Program Structure; Subpart C, Board 

Determinations; and Subpart D, 

Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife. 

Tribal Consultation and Comment 

As expressed in Executive Order 

13175, ‘‘Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments,’’ the 

Departments are committed to honoring 

the unique government-to-government 

political relationship that exists 

between the Federal Government and 

federally recognized Indian Tribes 

(Tribes) as listed at 86 FR 7554 (January 

29, 2021). 

Consultation with Alaska Native 

corporations is based on Public Law 

108–199, div. H, Sec. 161, Jan. 23, 2004, 

118 Stat. 452, as amended by Public 

Law 108–447, div. H, title V, Sec. 518, 

Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3267, which 

provides that: ‘‘The Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget and 

all Federal agencies shall hereafter 

consult with Alaska Native corporations 

on the same basis as Indian tribes under 

Executive Order No. 13175.’’ 

The ANILCA does not provide 

specific rights to Tribes for the 

subsistence taking of wildlife, fish, and 

shellfish. However, because Tribal 

members are affected by Federal 

subsistence policy, the Secretaries are 

consulting with federally recognized 

Tribes and Alaska Native corporations. 

The Departments are seeking Tribal 

and Alaska Native corporation 

perspectives pertaining to the following 

questions: 

1. How has climate change affected 

subsistence? What changes could be 

made to subsistence policies, 

regulations, or laws to help you adapt to 

those changes? 

2. How can Federal agencies better 

cooperate with Alaska Native Tribes, 

Alaska Native consortia, Alaska Native 

organizations, and Alaska Native 

corporations to promote subsistence 

harvest opportunities and protect 

habitat? 

3. How does the state management 

regime affect implementation of the 

Federal priority for rural residents? 

4. How can the Federal Subsistence 

Board and the Federal Subsistence 

Program be changed to better 

accommodate subsistence needs? 

5. How should the Federal 

Subsistence Board define rural residents 

for purposes of the Federal subsistence 

priority? 

6. What difficulties have you 

experienced in accessing subsistence 

resources? 


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