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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 us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: October 12, 2010. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26157 Filed 10–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–FHC–2010–N229; 71490–1351– 

0000–L5] 

Proposed Information Collection; OMB 

Control Number 1018–0066; Marine 

Mammal Tagging, Marking, and 

Reporting Certificates 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this IC. This 

IC is scheduled to expire on March 31, 

2011. 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. 

DATES: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments on this IC, we 

must receive them by December 17, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at 

(703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Under section 101(b) of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972 

(MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361– 

1407), Alaska Natives residing in Alaska 

and dwelling on the coast of the North 

Pacific or Arctic Oceans may harvest 

polar bears, northern sea otters, and 

Pacific walrus for subsistence or 

handicraft purposes. Section 109(i) of 

the MMPA authorizes the Secretary of 

the Interior to prescribe marking, 

tagging, and reporting regulations 

applicable to the Alaska Native 

subsistence and handicraft take. 

On behalf of the Secretary, we 

implemented regulations at 50 CFR 

18.23(f) for Alaska Natives harvesting 

polar bear, northern sea otter, and 

Pacific walrus. These regulations enable 

us to gather data on the Alaska Native 

subsistence and handicraft harvest and 

on the biology of polar bear, northern 

sea otter, and Pacific walrus in Alaska 

to determine what effect such take may 

be having on these populations. The 

regulations also provide us with a 

means of monitoring the disposition of 

the harvest to ensure that any 

commercial use of products created 

from these species meets the criteria set 

forth in section 101(b) of the MMPA. We 

use three forms to collect the 

information, which includes, but is not 

limited to: 

• Date of kill. 

• Sex of the animal. 

• Kill location. 

• Age of the animal (i.e., adult, 

subadult, cub, or pup). 

• Form of transportation used to 

make the kill of polar bears. 

• Amount of time (i.e., hours/days 

hunted) spent hunting polar bears. 

• Type of take (live killed or beach 

found) for walrus. 

• Number of otters present in and 

number of otters harvested from pod. 

• Condition of the bear and whether 

or not polar bear cubs were present. 

• Name of the hunter or possessor of 

the specified parts at the time of 

marking, tagging, and reporting. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0066. 

Title: Marine Mammal Tagging, 

Marking, and Reporting Certificates, 50 

CFR 18.23(f). 

Service Form Number(s): R7–50, R7– 

51, R7–52. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals and households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Activity Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses Completion time per response Total annual burden hours 

R7–50 (walrus) ........................................................................ 620 620 15 minutes .............................. 155 

R7–51 (polar bear) .................................................................. 25 25 15 minutes .............................. 13 

R7–52 (sea otter) .................................................................... 750 750 15 minutes .............................. 188 

Totals ............................................................................... 1,395 1,395 ............................................ 356 

III. Comments 

We 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. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this IC. 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 us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

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Dated: October 12, 2010. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26156 Filed 10–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–R–2009–N279; [93261–1263–000– 

5C] 

Draft Friends Organizations Policy 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), propose to 

establish a policy to guide Service 

employees to increase efficiency and 

effectiveness in achieving the Service’s 

mission through partnerships with 

Friends organizations (volunteer/ 

advocate). Today, Friends organizations 

play a vital role in helping to fulfill the 

Service’s mission of ‘‘working with 

others, to conserve, protect and enhance 

fish, wildlife, and plants and their 

habitats for the continuing benefit of the 

American people.’’ 

This draft policy provides guidance 

for Service employees who work with 

Friends organizations to increase 

community involvement in our 

programs. Specifically, it includes 

guidance regarding financial and 

administrative practices, Friends 

Partnership Agreements, and revenue 

generating operations. We propose to 

incorporate this draft policy as Part 633, 

chapters 1–4 of the Fish and Wildlife 

Service Manual. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by 

December 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this draft policy by any of the 

following methods: 

U.S. Mail or Hand Delivery: Kevin 

Kilcullen, Visitor Services, National 

Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Room 635, Arlington, VA 22203; 

Fax: 703–358–2517; or 

E-mail: 

refugesystempolicycomments@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Kilcullen, at address or fax above, 

or telephone: 703–358–2382. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

guidance document which is the subject 

of this notice is available at: http:// 

www.fws.gov/refuges/friends. 

Background 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Volunteer and Community Partnership 

Enhancement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 

742f) amended the Fish and Wildlife 

Act of 1956 to promote volunteer 

programs and community partnerships 

for the benefit of national wildlife 

refuges. The Act states that we will 

‘‘encourage the use of volunteers in the 

management of refuges and facilitate 

partnerships between the Refuge System 

and non-Federal entities to promote 

public awareness of the resources of the 

Refuge System and public participation 

in the conservation of those resources.’’ 

The National Fish Hatchery System 

Volunteer Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 760aa) 

provides for the expansion of volunteer 

projects and community partnerships of 

the National Fish Hatchery System. The 

Act states that we will ‘‘enhance an 

existing volunteer program of the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

and promote community partnerships 

for the benefit of national fish hatcheries 

and fisheries program offices.’’ Both 

Acts direct us to work with volunteers 

and partners to promote public 

awareness and participation in our 

conservation programs. This draft policy 

for Friends organizations was based on 

these statutory requirements. 

The National Friends Program was 

established in 1996 to encourage and 

organize community involvement in 

Service activities. The program works to 

expand the number and effectiveness of 

community-based Friends organizations 

which assist us in delivering our 

mission. During the last decade, the 

Friends program has grown 

substantially in size and complexity. 

There are more than 230 Friends 

organizations, with an estimated total of 

40–60,000 members. These 

organizations significantly strengthen 

the work of refuges, waterfowl 

production areas, and fish hatcheries 

and program offices across the country. 

Draft Policy 

We recognize that Friends provide 

many vital services to our sites and 

programs. This draft policy provides 

guidance on roles and responsibilities 

for both the Service and Friends 

organizations. The purpose of this draft 

policy is to provide Service employees 

with guidance when working with 

Friends organizations. 

Chapter 1 of this draft policy 

identifies the authorities for working 

with Friends organizations; describes 

the relationship between the Service 

and Friends organizations; and 

describes the responsibilities of Service 

employees and Friends organizations. 

Chapter 2 describes the information 

we need when we consider the financial 

and administrative activities under 

Friends agreements, including the 

practices and activities that the Service 

may allow on Government property. 

Chapter 3 describes the major 

components of, and process for 

developing and modifying, the legal 

Friends Partnership Agreement between 

Friends organizations and the Service. 

Chapter 4 describes how we work 

with Friends organizations to manage 

revenue-generating operations on 

Service property. 

Request for Public Comments 

We seek public comments on the draft 

Friends policy, and will consider 

comments and any additional 

information we receive during the 

comment period (see DATES). You may 

submit comments to any of the places 

cited in ADDRESSES. Please submit 

Internet comments as an ASCII file, 

avoiding the use of special characters 

and any form of encryption. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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 us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Daniel M. Ashe, 

Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26080 Filed 10–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Draft General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Hampton National Historic Site, 

Maryland 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Hampton National Historic Site, 

Maryland. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332 (2) (C), the National Park 

Service (NPS) announces the 

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