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2Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA 

has updated the number of respondents from 16,713 

to 18,553 and the burden hours from 10,299 to 

11,422.4. 

Transportation Systems Sector. Within 

the Intermodal Security Training 

Exercise Program, EXIS® is an 

interactive resource for the 

Transportation Systems Sector. 

TSA is revising the information 

collection to reduce the data collected 

during user registration and will no 

longer collect Supervisor or other 

Sponsor’s Name, Employment 

Verification Contact Name and 

Verification Contact Information. TSA 

determined the information was 

unnecessary because TSA is 

implementing new capabilities in EXIS®

to verify an individual’s identity more 

securely before granting access. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 18,553.2

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

11,422.4. 

Dated: December 2, 2024. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office 

of Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

Intent To Request Extension From 

OMB of One Current Public Collection 

of Information: TSA End of Course 

Level 1 Evaluation—Instructor-Led 

Classroom Training 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) invites public 

comment on one currently approved 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 1652–0041, that 

we will submit to OMB for an extension 

in compliance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. The collection 

involves the submission of ratings and 

written comments about the quality of 

training instruction from students who 

successfully complete TSA instructorled classroom training. 

DATES: Send your comments by 

February 3, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed 

to TSAPRA@dhs.gov or delivered to the 

TSA PRA Officer, Information 

Technology, TSA–11, Transportation 

Security Administration, 6595 

Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, 

VA 20598–6011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina A. Walsh at the above address, 

or by telephone (571) 227–2062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. The ICR documentation will be 

available at https://www.reginfo.gov 

upon its submission to OMB. Therefore, 

in preparation for OMB review and 

approval of the following information 

collection, TSA is soliciting comments 

to— 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden; 

(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 using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Information Collection Requirement 

OMB Control Number 1652–0041; 

TSA End of Course Level 1 Evaluation— 

Instructor-Led Classroom Training. 

TSA’s Canine Training Center (CTC) 

delivers instructor-led classroom 

training, including the Explosives 

Detection Canine Handler Course, 

Passenger Screening Canine Handler 

Course, Bridge Course, Canine 

Technical Operations Course, and the 

Office of Security Operations Canine 

Management Course to TSA, and state 

and local civilian personnel. State and 

local civilian personnel (primarily law 

enforcement agencies that are 

responsible for the security at domestic 

airports) participate in this classroom 

training under agency-specific 

cooperative agreements with TSA’s 

National Explosives Detection Canine 

Team Program. This information 

collection captures ratings and written 

comments from students about the 

quality of the training. The CTC collects 

the evaluation data to determine 

students’ satisfaction with their learning 

experience and provides it to 

representatives at both TSA 

headquarters and at CTC (e.g., to the 

Branch Manager, Deputy Branch 

Manager, and CTC instructional staff 

and supervisors) to improve the course 

curriculum and course of instruction. 

TSA estimates an average of 156 

students will complete the evaluations 

annually. The estimated burden is 

approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) 

per participant, or total of 78 hours per 

calendar year to read, answer, and 

submit the evaluation questions. 

Dated: December 2, 2024. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–MB–2024–N063; 

FXMB12330900000–256–FF09M13200; OMB 

Control Number 1018–0172] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget; Federal 

Migratory Bird Hunting and 

Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) and 

Junior Duck Stamp Contests 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), 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 January 

6, 2025. 

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 Info_

Coll@fws.gov. Please reference ‘‘1018– 


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0172’’ in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, 

Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, by email at Info_

Coll@fws.gov, 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-ofcontact in the United States. 

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), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity 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 March 18, 2024, we published in 

the Federal Register (89 FR 19335) a 

notice of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on May 17, 2024. In an 

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–2024–0042). 

We received two comments in response 

to that notice; however, neither 

comment addressed the information 

collection requirements. No response to 

those comments is required. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. 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. 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 

History of the Federal Duck Stamp 

Program 

On March 16, 1934, Congress passed, 

and President Franklin D. Roosevelt 

signed, the Migratory Bird Hunting and 

Conservation Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718– 

718k). Popularly known as the Duck 

Stamp Act, it required all waterfowl 

hunters 16 years or older to buy a stamp 

annually. The revenue generated was 

originally earmarked for the Department 

of Agriculture; however, 5 years later 

the Federal Duck Stamp Program was 

transferred to the Department of the 

Interior and the Service. 

In the years since its enactment, the 

Federal Duck Stamp Program has 

become one of the most popular and 

successful conservation programs ever 

initiated. Today, some 1.5 million 

stamps are sold each year, and as of 

2023, Federal Duck Stamps had 

generated more than $1.2 billion for the 

preservation of more than 6 million 

acres of waterfowl habitat in the United 

States. Numerous other birds, mammals, 

fish, reptiles, and amphibians have 

similarly prospered because of habitat 

protection made possible by the 

program. An estimated one-third of the 

Nation’s endangered and threatened 

species find food or shelter in refuges 

preserved by Duck Stamp funds. 

Moreover, the protected wetlands help 

dissipate storms, purify water supplies, 

store flood water, and nourish fish 

hatchlings important for sport and 

commercial fishermen. 

History of the Duck Stamp Contest 

Jay N. ‘‘Ding’’ Darling, a nationally 

known political cartoonist for the Des 

Moines Register and a noted hunter and 

wildlife conservationist, designed the 

first Federal Duck Stamp at President 

Roosevelt’s request. In subsequent years, 

noted wildlife artists submitted designs. 

The first Federal Duck Stamp Contest 

was opened in 1949 to any U.S. artist 

who wished to enter, and 65 artists 

submitted a total of 88 design entries. 

Since then, the contest has been known 

as the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting 

and Conservation Stamp Art (Duck 

Stamp) Contest and has attracted large 

numbers of entrants. 

The Duck Stamp Contest (50 CFR part 

91) remains the only art competition of 

its kind regulated by the U.S. 

Government. The Secretary of the 

Interior appoints a panel of noted art, 

waterfowl, and philatelic authorities to 

select each year’s winning design. 

Winners receive no compensation for 

the work, except for a signed pane of 

their stamps; however, winners retain 

the copyright to their artwork and may 

sell the original and prints of their 

designs, which are sought by hunters, 

conservationists, and art collectors. 

For the Duck Stamp Contest, the 

Service selects five or fewer species of 

waterfowl each year; each entry must 

employ one of the Service-designated 

species as the dominant feature (defined 

as being in the foreground and clearly 

the focus of attention). Designs may also 

include national wildlife refuges as the 

background of habitat scenes, 

noneligible species, or other scenes that 

depict uses of the stamp for waterfowl 

hunting, conservation, and collecting 

purposes. Entries may be in any media, 

except for photography or computergenerated art. Designs must be the 

contestants’ original hand-drawn 

creation and may not be copied or 

duplicated from previously published 

art, including photographs, or from 

images in any format published on the 

internet. 

History of the Junior Duck Stamp 

Contest 

The Federal Junior Duck Stamp 

Conservation and Design Program 

(Junior Duck Stamp Program) began in 

1989 as an extension of the Migratory 

Bird Conservation and Hunting Stamp. 

The national Junior Duck Stamp art 

contest started in 1993, and the first 

stamp design was selected from entries 

from eight participating States. The 

program was recognized by Congress 

with the 1994 enactment of the Junior 

Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 

Program Act (16 U.S.C. 719). Currently 


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participating in the annual contest are 

all 50 States; Washington, DC; and 2 of 

the U.S. Territories. 

The Junior Duck Stamp Program 

introduces wetland and waterfowl 

conservation to students in kindergarten 

through high school. It crosses cultural, 

ethnic, social, and geographic 

boundaries to teach greater awareness 

and guide students in exploring our 

nation’s natural resources. It is the 

Service’s premier conservation 

education initiative. 

The Junior Duck Stamp Program 

includes a dynamic art-and-sciencebased curriculum. This nontraditional 

pairing of subjects brings new interest to 

both the sciences and the arts. The 

program teaches students across the 

nation conservation through the arts, 

using scientific and wildlife observation 

principles to encourage visual 

communication about what they learn. 

Four curriculum guides, with activities 

and resources, were developed for use 

as a year-round study plan to assist 

students in exploring science in real-life 

situations. 

Modeled after the Federal Duck 

Stamp Contest, the annual Junior Duck 

Stamp Art and Conservation Message 

Contest (Junior Duck Stamp Contest) 

was developed as a visual assessment of 

a student’s learning and progression. 

The Junior Duck Stamp Contest 

encourages partnerships among Federal 

and State government agencies, 

nongovernmental organizations, 

businesses, and volunteers to help 

recognize and honor thousands of 

teachers and students throughout the 

United States for their participation in 

conservation-related activities. Since 

2000, the contest has received more 

than 570,000 entries. 

The winning artwork from the 

national art contest serves as the design 

for the Junior Duck Stamp, which the 

Service produces annually. This $5 

stamp has become a much sought after 

collector’s item. One hundred percent of 

the revenue from the sale of Junior Duck 

stamps goes to support recognition and 

environmental education activities for 

students who participate in the 

program. More than $1.25 million in 

Junior Duck Stamp proceeds have been 

used to provide recognition, incentives, 

and scholarships to participating 

students, teachers, and schools. The 

Program continues to educate youth 

about land stewardship and the 

importance of connecting to the natural 

world. Several students who have 

participated in the Junior Duck Stamp 

Program have gone on to become fulltime wildlife artists and conservation 

professionals; many attribute their 

interest and success to their early 

exposure to the Junior Duck Stamp 

Program. 

Who Can Enter the Federal Duck Stamp 

and Junior Duck Stamp Contests 

The Duck Stamp Contest is open to all 

U.S. citizens, nationals, and resident 

aliens who are at least 18 years of age 

by June 1. Individuals enrolled in 

kindergarten through grade 12 may 

participate in the Junior Duck Stamp 

Contest. All eligible students are 

encouraged to participate in the Junior 

Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 

Program annual art and conservation 

message contest as part of the program 

curriculum through public, private, and 

homeschools, as well as through 

nonformal educational experiences such 

as those found in scouting, art studios, 

and nature centers. 

Entry Requirements 

Each entry in the Duck Stamp Contest 

requires a completed entry form and an 

entry fee. Information required on the 

entry form includes: 

• ‘‘Display, Participation & 

Reproduction Rights Agreement’’ 

certification form; 

• Basic contact information (name, 

address, phone numbers, and email 

address); 

• Date of birth (to verify eligibility); 

• Species portrayed and medium 

used; and 

• Name of hometown newspaper (for 

press coverage). 

Each entry in the Junior Duck Stamp 

Contest requires a completed entry form 

that requests: 

• Basic contact information (name, 

address, phone numbers, and email 

address); 

• Age/grade (to verify eligibility and 

so they may be judged with their peers); 

• Parent’s name and contact 

information (email address and phone 

numbers); 

• Whether the student has a Social 

Security or VISA immigration number 

or is a foreign exchange student (to 

verify eligibility to receive prizes); 

• Title, species, medium/style used, 

and conservation message associated 

with the drawing; 

• Basic contact information for their 

teacher and school (name, address, 

phone numbers, school/studio/ 

organization/troop name, and email 

address); and 

• Certification of authenticity. 

Students in grades 7 through 12 and 

all national level students are also 

required to include citations for any 

resources they used to develop their 

designs. We use this information to 

verify that the student has not 

plagiarized or copied someone else’s 

work. The Service also translates entry 

forms into other appropriate languages 

to increase the understanding of the 

rules and what the parents and students 

are signing. 

Title of Collection: Federal Migratory 

Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp 

(Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp 

Contests. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0172. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 20,200. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 20,200. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 7–20 minutes, 

depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6,690. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $39,000. We estimate 

$28,000 in annual entry fees of $125 

plus an average of $15 for mailing costs 

for each of the estimated 200 annual 

submissions to the Federal Duck Stamp 

Contest. There are no fees associated 

with the Junior Duck Stamp Contest 

submissions. We estimate the mailing 

costs associated with entering 

submissions to the Junior Duck Stamp 

contest to be approximately $11,000 

annually. Most of the student entries are 

mailed directly by schools, who utilize 

the bulk mail option, thereby reducing 

the amount of postage and packages 

received. 

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. 

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