2560 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 10 / Friday, January 15, 2010 / Notices 

We gather information on the annual 

subsistence harvest of 60 bird species/ 

species categories (ducks, geese, swans, 

cranes, upland game birds, seabirds, 

shorebirds, and grebes and loons) in the 

subsistence eligible areas of Alaska. The 

survey covers 10 regions of Alaska, 

which are further divided in 29 

subregions. We survey the regions and 

villages in a rotation schedule to 

accommodate budget constraints and to 

minimize respondent burden. The 

survey covers spring, summer, and fall 

harvest in most regions. 

In collaboration with Alaska Native 

organizations, we hire local resident 

surveyors to collect the harvest 

information. The surveyors list all 

households in the villages to be 

surveyed and provide survey 

information and harvest report forms to 

randomly selected households that have 

agreed to participate in the survey. To 

ensure anonymity of harvest 

information, we identify households by 

a numeric code. The surveyor visits 

households three times during the 

survey year. At the first household visit, 

the surveyor explains the survey 

purposes and invites household 

participation. The surveyor returns at 

the end of the season of most harvest 

and at the end of the two other seasons 

combined to help the household 

complete the harvest report form. 

We have revised the survey methods 

to streamline procedures and reduce 

respondent burden. We plan to use two 

forms for household participation: 

• FWS Form 3-2380 (Tracking Sheet 

and Household Consent). The surveyor 

visits each household selected to 

participate in the survey to provide 

information on the objectives and to 

obtain household consent to participate. 

The surveyor uses this form to record 

consent and track subsequent visits for 

completion of harvest reports 

• FWS Forms 3-2381-1, 3-2381-2, 3- 

2381-3, and 3-2381-4 (Harvest Report). 

The Harvest Report has drawings of bird 

species most commonly available for 

harvest in the different regions of Alaska 

with fields for writing down the 

numbers of birds and eggs taken. There 

are four versions of this form: Interior 

Alaska, North Slope, Southern Coastal 

Alaska, and Western Alaska. This form 

has a page for each season surveyed, 

and, on each page, there are fields for 

the household code, community name, 

harvest year, date of completion, and 

comments. 

Comments: On July 6, 2009, we 

published in the Federal Register (74 

FR 31970) a notice of our intent to 

request that OMB renew this ICR. In that 

notice, we solicited comments for 60 

days, ending on September 4, 2009. We 

did not receive any comments in 

response to that notice. 

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, e-mail 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: January 7, 2010. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–663 Filed 1–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLAK920000–L14100000–BJ0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey. 

SUMMARY: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey; Alaska. 

DATES: The plat(s) of survey described 

below is scheduled to be officially filed 

in the Alaska State Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, Anchorage, Alaska, 

thirty (30) days from the date of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office; 222 

W. 7th Ave., Stop 13; Anchorage, AK 

99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael H. Schoder, Chief Cadastral 

Surveyor for Alaska, Division of 

Cadastral Survey, telephone: 907–271– 

5481; fax: 907–271–4549; e-mail: 

mschoder@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was executed at the request of 

the National Park Service, Alaska 

Region, and represents reacquired 

Federal Lands as part of a land exchange 

authorized by Public Law 105–317. 

The lands surveyed are: 

The plat(s) and field notes of U.S. 

Survey No. 13830, Alaska, a subdivision 

of a portion 1C and 1D, U.S. Survey No. 

1249, the retracement of a portion of 

U.S. Survey No. 3414, the retracement 

and dependent resurvey of portions of 

U.S. Survey No. 13151 and an 

informational traverse of the apparent 

centerline of portions of the Chilkoot 

Trail, situated on the Taiya River 

approximately 4 miles northwesterly of 

Skagway, Alaska, within Tps. 25, 26 and 

27 S., Rs. 59 and 60 E., Copper River 

Meridian. 

We will place copies of the survey 

plat and field notes we describe in open 

files. They will be available to the 

public as a matter of information. 

Copies may be obtained from this office 

for a minimum recovery fee. 

If BLM receives a protest against the 

survey, as shown on the plat, prior to 

the date of official filing, the filing will 

be stayed pending consideration of the 

protest. We will not officially file the 

plat until the day after we have accepted 

or dismissed all protests and they have 

become final, including decisions on 

appeals. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. chap. 3 sec. 53. 

Dated: January 5, 2010. 

Michael H. Schoder, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–216 Filed 1–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-IA-2010-N006] 

[96300-1671-0000-P5] 

Issuance of Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have issued 

the following permits to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species and/ 

or marine mammals. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 


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