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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–MB–2015–N025; FF09M29000– 

156F1611MD–FXMB12320900000] 

Information Collection Request Sent to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; Depredation 

Orders for Double-Crested Cormorants 

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 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 February 29, 

2016. 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 March 18, 2016. 

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 ‘‘1018–0121’’ 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: 1018–0121. 

Title: Depredation Orders for DoubleCrested Cormorants, 50 CFR 21.47 and 

21.48. 

Service Form Number(s): 3–202–18– 

2147; 3–202–19–2148. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Respondents: 

Aquaculture producers, States, and 

tribes. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually for 

reports; ongoing for recordkeeping. 

Activity Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

Completion time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Report take of migratory bird species other than doublecrested cormorants (21.47(d)(7); 21.48(d)(7)).1 1 1 hour ..................................... 1 

Report take of species protected under Endangered Species 

Act (21.47(d)(8); 21.48(d)(8)).

1 1 1 hour ..................................... 1 

Written notice of intent to conduct control activities 

(21.48(d)(9)).

12 12 3 hours ................................... 36 

Report of control activities (21.48(d)(10) and (11)) ................ 12 12 20 hours ................................. 240 

Report effects of management activities (21.48(d)(12)) ......... 9 9 75 hours ................................. 675 

Recordkeeping (21.47(d)(9)) ................................................... 325 325 7 hours ................................... 2,275 

Totals ............................................................................... 360 360 ................................................. 3,228 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden 

Cost: None. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is associated with regulations 

implementing the Migratory Bird Treaty 

Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.). 

Under the MBTA, it is unlawful to take, 

possess, import, export, transport, sell, 

purchase, barter, or offer for sale, 

purchase, or barter, migratory birds or 

their parts, nests, or eggs, except as 

authorized by regulations implementing 

the MBTA. 

The regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 21.47 

(Aquaculture Depredation Order) 

authorize landowners, operators, and 

tenants (or their employees or agents) 

actually engaged in the commercial, 

Federal, or State production of 

freshwater aquaculture stocks and the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (APHIS– 

Wildlife Services) in 13 States to take 

double-crested cormorants when the 

birds are found committing or about to 

commit depredations on commercial 

freshwater aquaculture stocks. The 

regulations at 50 CFR 21.48 (Public 

Resource Depredation Order) authorize 

State fish and wildlife agencies, APHIS– 

Wildlife Services, and federally 

recognized tribes in 24 States to take 

double-crested cormorants to prevent 

depredations on the public resources of 

fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats. 

Both 50 CFR 21.47 and 21.48 impose 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements on those operating under 

the depredation orders. We use the 

information collected to: 

• Help assess the impact of the 

depredation orders on double-crested 

cormorant populations. 

• Protect nontarget migratory birds or 

other species. 

• Ensure that agencies and 

individuals are operating in accordance 

with the terms, conditions, and purpose 

of the orders. 

• Help gauge the effectiveness of the 

orders at mitigating cormorant-related 

damages. 

Comments Received and Our Responses 

On September 30, 2015, we published 

in the Federal Register (80 FR 58770) 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 

November 30, 2015. We received one 

comment from an individual. Although 

much of what was submitted did not 

relate to the information collection 

directly, the commenter made two main 

points: 

• The Service does not have a 

mechanism in place to evaluate the 

validity of the data submitted. Instead, 

the Service relies on the integrity of 

others to submit reliable data. 

• There is no systematic evaluation of 

control programs and the system 

continues to proceed based on faith that 

what is being done is accomplishing 

some kind of benefit. 

We appreciate these comments 

because they recognize the importance 

of collecting sufficient information to 

allow the Service to do its important job 


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of protecting our public trust resources 

for the benefit of all. The information 

collected serves as a tool for 

enforcement of the depredation orders 

and contributes to our knowledge of the 

impacts of the depredation orders on 

double-crested cormorants. Because of 

the risk of enforcement, we believe 

those operating under these orders have 

reason to collect and report reliable 

data. We agree that the control program 

would benefit from a systematic 

evaluation. This evaluation will be 

conducted as resources allow. We did 

not make any changes to our 

requirements at this time. 

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 and us in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that it will 

be done. 

Dated: February 11, 2016. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and 

Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03200 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOS00000 L10100000.BN0000 16X] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Southwest 

Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Southwest 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC) is 

scheduled to meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Southwest RAC meeting will 

be held on March 18, 2016, in Ridgway, 

Colorado. 

ADDRESSES: The Southwest RAC 

meeting will be held March 18 at the 

Ouray County Fairgrounds Building, 

22739 Highway 550, Ridgway, CO 

81432. The meeting will begin at 9:30 

a.m. and adjourn at approximately 4 

p.m. A public comment period 

regarding matters on the agenda will be 

held at 2 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon Borders, Public Affairs 

Specialist, 970–240–5300; 2505 S. 

Townsend Ave., Montrose, CO 81401. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FIRS is available 24 

hours a day, seven days a week, to leave 

a message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Southwest RAC advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of public land issues in 

Colorado. Topics of discussion for all 

Southwest RAC meetings may include 

field manager and working group 

reports, recreation, fire management, 

land use planning, invasive species 

management, energy and minerals 

management, travel management, 

wilderness, land exchange proposals, 

cultural resource management and other 

issues as appropriate. These meetings 

are open to the public. The public may 

present written comments to the RACs. 

Each formal RAC meeting will also have 

time, as identified above, allocated for 

hearing public comments. Depending on 

the number of people wishing to 

comment and time available, the time 

for individual oral comments may be 

limited. 

Brian St. George, 

Acting BLM Colorado State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03294 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–928 and 

Investigation No. 337–TA–937] 

(Consolidated) (Remand) Certain 

Windshield Wipers and Components 

Thereof; Commission Determination 

Not To Review Two Initial 

Determinations; Schedule for Filing 

Written Submissions on Remedy, the 

Public Interest, and Bonding; 

Extension of the Target Date for 

Completion of the Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review (1) an initial determination 

(‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 43) of the presiding 

administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) 

granting complainants’ motion to 

terminate the remand investigation with 

respect to certain products and (2) a 

remand ID. The Commission has set a 

schedule for filing written submissions 

on remedy, the public interest, and 

bonding. The Commission has also 

determined to extend the target date for 

completion of this investigation to April 

12, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–3115. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation are or will be available for 

inspection during official business 

hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, 

telephone (202) 205–2000. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server at http://www.usitc.gov. 

The public record for this investigation 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (EDIS) at http://

edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons are advised that information on 

this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted investigation No. 

337–TA–928, Certain Windshield 

Wipers and Components Thereof, under 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 (‘‘Section 

337’’), on September 2, 2014, based on 

a complaint filed by Valeo North 


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