Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 101 / Thursday, May 28, 2009 / Notices 25575 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 557 1 0.12 70 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 70. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: May 21, 2009. 

Lillian Deitzer, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–12339 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R7-SM-2009-N111] [70101-1261-0000- 

L6] 

Proposed Information Collection; OMB 

Control Number 1018-0075; Federal 

Subsistence Regulations and 

Associated Forms 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 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 October 31, 

2009. 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: You must submit comments on 

or before July 27, 2009. 

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 

The Alaska Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (ANILCA) and Service 

regulations at 50 CFR 100 require that 

persons engaged in taking fish, shellfish, 

and wildlife on public lands in Alaska 

apply for and obtain a permit to do so 

and comply with reporting provisions of 

that permit. Under the current approval 

for this information collection, we use 

three forms to collect information from 

qualified rural residents for subsistence 

harvest: 

(1) FWS Form 3-2326 (Federal 

Subsistence Hunt Application, Permit, 

and Report). 

(2) FWS Form 3-2327 (Designated 

Hunter Permit Application, Permit, and 

Report. 

(3) FWS Form 3-2328 (Federal 

Subsistence Fishing Application, 

Permit, and Report. 

We are proposing to add two new 

forms: 

(1) FWS Form 3-2378 (Designated 

Fishing Permit Application, Permit, and 

Report). 

(2) FWS Form 3-2379 (Federal 

Subsistence Customary Trade 

Recordkeeping Form). 

We use the information collected to 

evaluate: 

(1) Subsistence harvest success. 

(2) Effectiveness of season lengths, 

harvest quotas, and harvest restrictions. 

(3) Hunting patterns and practices. 

(4) Hunter use. 

The Federal Subsistence Board uses 

the harvest data, along with other 

information, to set future season dates 

and bag limits for Federal subsistence 

resource users. These seasons and bag 

limits are set to meet needs of 

subsistence hunters without adversely 

impacting the health of existing animal 

populations. 

During the renewal process for this 

information, we reviewed our 

regulations and discovered some 

information collection requirements not 

specifically addressed in our previous 

request for approval. We also collect 

nonform information on: 

(1) Repeal of Federal subsistence rules 

and regulations (50 CFR 100.14). 

(2) Proposed changes to Federal 

subsistence regulations (50 CFR 100.18). 

(3) Special action requests (50 CFR 

100.19). 

(4) Requests for reconsideration (50 

CFR 100.20). 

(5) Requests for permits and reports, 

such as traditional religious/cultural/ 

educational permits; fishwheel permits; 

fyke net permits; and under ice permits 

(50 CFR 100.25-27). 

Our regulations at 50 CFR 100 contain 

procedures for the above information 

collection requirements, including the 

documentation that must be submitted. 

The documentation will ensure that we 

have all of the information necessary to 

adequately consider requests. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018-0075. 

Title: Federal Subsistence Regulations 

and Associated Forms, 50 CFR 100. 

Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms 

3-2326, 3-2327, 3-2328, 3-2378, and 3- 

2379. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Federally defined 

rural residents in Alaska. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

FWS Form 3-2326 - Hunt Application, Permit, and Report .... 5,000 5,000 15 minutes ....... 1,250 

FWS Form 3-2327 - Designated Hunter Application, Permit, 

and Report.

450 450 15 minutes ....... 113 

FWS Form 3-2328 - Fishing Application, Permit, and Report 250 250 15 minutes ....... 63 

FWS Form 3-2378 - Designated Fisher Permit Application, 

Permit, and Report.

450 450 15 minutes ....... 113 

FWS Form 3-2379 - Customary Trade Recordkeeping Form 25 25 15 minutes ....... 6 

50 CFR 100.14 - Petition to Repeal Subsistence Rules ......... 1 1 2 hours ............ 2 

50 CFR 100.18 - Proposed Changes ...................................... 75 75 30 minutes ....... 38 

25576 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 101 / Thursday, May 28, 2009 / Notices 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

50 CFR 100.19 - Special Actions Request ............................. 25 25 30 minutes ....... 13 

50 CFR 100.20 - Requests for Reconsideration ..................... 3 3 4 hours ............ 12 

50 CFR 100.25-27 - Traditional/Cultural/Educational Permits 

and Reports.

20 20 30 minutes ....... 10 

50 CFR 100.25-27 -Fishwheel, Fyke Net, and Under Ice Permits and Reports.8 8 15 minutes ....... 2 

Totals ................................................................................ 6,307 6,307 ..................... 1,622 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) 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 and/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. 

Dated: May 20, 2009 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–12399 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–R–2009–N0050; 1265–0000– 

10137–S3] 

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, 

Adams and Grant Counties, WA 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; 

announcement of a public open house 

meeting; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare a comprehensive conservation 

plan (CCP) for the Columbia National 

Wildlife Refuge (refuge) located in 

Adams and Grant Counties, 

Washington. We will also prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) to 

evaluate the potential effects of various 

CCP alternatives. This notice also 

announces a public open house 

meeting; see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for the details. We issue 

this notice in compliance with our CCP 

policy to advise the public and other 

agencies of our intentions and to obtain 

suggestions and information on the 

scope of issues we will consider during 

the CCP planning process. 

DATES: Please provide written comments 

by July 13, 2009. A public open house 

meeting will be held on June 16, 2009. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

details. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

concerning the refuge and the CCP is 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.fws.gov/mcriver/. Send your 

comments or requests for more 

information to us as follows: 

• Mail: Columbia National Wildlife 

Refuge Comments, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 64 Maple Street, 

Burbank, WA 99323. 

• Fax: (509) 488–0705. 

• E-mail: mcriver@fws.gov. Include 

‘‘Columbia NWR CCP Scoping 

Comments’’ in the subject line of the 

message. If you would like to be added 

to the refuge’s CCP mailing list, please 

include your mailing address and 

specify whether you want to receive a 

hard copy or CD–ROM of the draft and 

final plans. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randy Hill, Columbia National Wildlife 

Refuge, telephone (509) 488–2668. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

(Refuge System) Administration Act of 

1966, as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee), 

requires us to develop a CCP for each 

national wildlife refuge and to update it 

every 15 years. The purpose of 

developing a CCP is to provide refuge 

managers a 15-year strategy for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

Refuge System consistent with sound 

principles of fish and wildlife 

management, conservation, legal 

mandates, and our policies. In addition 

to outlining broad management 

direction for conserving refuge wildlife 

and habitats, we also identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public that are 

compatible with the refuge’s 

establishing purposes and the mission 

of the Refuge System. These 

opportunities include hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

environmental education and 

interpretation. 

We will prepare an EA in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); NEPA Regulations 

(40 CFR parts 1500–1508); other 

appropriate Federal laws and 

regulations; and our policies and 

procedures for compliance with those 

laws and regulations. 

Each unit of the Refuge System is 

established to fulfill specific purposes. 

We use these purposes to develop and 

prioritize management goals and 

objectives within the Refuge System 

mission and to guide which public uses 

will occur on a refuge. 

Public Involvement 

As part of the CCP planning process, 

we will provide opportunities for the 

public, refuge neighbors, interested 

individuals and organizations, Tribes, 

elected officials, and local, State, and 

Federal government and nongovernment 

stakeholders and partners to participate 

in our planning process. At this time, 

we are requesting input in the form of 

issues, concerns, ideas and suggestions 

for the future management of the 

Columbia Refuge.