[Federal Register: November 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0095; Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife, Experimental Populations
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which
is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November
30, 2007. 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 December 28, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-
6566 (fax) or OIRA--DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). Please provide a copy
of your comments to Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); (703) 358-2269 (fax); or hope--
grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0095.
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Experimental
Populations, 50 CFR 17.84 and 17.85.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and households, private sector, and
State/local/tribal governments.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Activity respondents responses response hours
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Notification--general take or 25 25 15 minutes......... 6
removal.
Notification--depredation- 22 22 15 minutes......... 6
related take.
Notification--specimen 25 25 15 minutes......... 6
collection.
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Totals...................... 72 72 ................... 18
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Abstract: Section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA), as amended, (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of
the Interior to establish experimental populations of endangered or
threatened species. Because individuals of experimental populations are
categorically protected under the ESA, the information we collect is
important for monitoring the success of reintroduction efforts and
recovery efforts in general. Information collection requirements for
experimental populations of endangered and threatened species are in 50
CFR 17.84. We collect three categories of information:
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(1) General take or removal. Relates to human-related mortality
including unintentional taking incidental to otherwise lawful
activities (e.g., highway mortalities); animal husbandry actions
authorized to manage the population (e.g., translocation or providing
aid to sick, injured, or orphaned individuals); take in defense of
human life; take related to defense of property (if authorized); or
take in the form of authorized harassment.
(2) Depredation-related take. Involves take for management purposes
where livestock depredation is documented, and may include authorized
harassment or authorized lethal take of experimental animals in the act
of attacking livestock.
(3) Specimen collection, recovery, or reporting of dead
individuals. This information documents incidental or authorized
scientific collection. Most of the contacts with the public deal
primarily with the reporting of sightings of experimental population
animals or the inadvertent discovery of an injured or dead individual.
The information that we collect includes:
(1) Name, address, and phone number of reporting party.
(2) Species involved.
(3) Type of incident.
(4) Location and time of the reported incident.
(5) Description of the circumstances related to the incident.
This information helps us to assess the effectiveness of control
activities and to develop better means to reduce problems with
livestock for those species where depredation is a problem. Service
recovery specialists use the information to determine the success of
reintroductions in relation to established recovery plan goals for the
threatened and endangered species involved.
Comments: On July 11, 2007, we published in the Federal Register
(72 FR 37793) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on September 10, 2007. We received no comments.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection 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. 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: November 14, 2007
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7-23133 Filed 11-27-07; 8:45 am]
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