[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28762-28763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11518]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-FHC-2014-N085; FF07CAMM00.FX.FR133707MT000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and
Reporting Certificates, and Registration of Certain Dead Marine Mammal
Hard Parts
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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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 May 31, 2014. 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 June 18, 2014.
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 2042-PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0066'' 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: 1018-0066.
Title: Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and Reporting Certificates,
and Registration of Certain Dead Marine Mammal Hard Parts, 50 CFR
18.23(f) and 50 CFR 18.26.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2406, 3-2414, 3-2415, and 3-2416.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals and households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(minutes)
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3-2406 (Beach-found)............................ 300 300 15 75
3-2414 (Polar bear)............................. 25 60 15 15
3-2415 (Walrus)................................. 100 500 15 125
3-2416 (Sea otter).............................. 75 1,280 15 320
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Totals...................................... 500 2,140 .............. 535
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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
walruses 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 bears, northern sea
otters, and Pacific walruses. These regulations enable us to gather
data on the Alaska Native subsistence and handicraft harvest and on the
biology of polar bears, northern sea otters, and Pacific walruses 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: FWS Form 3-2414 (Polar Bear Tagging Certificates), FWS
Form 3-2415 (Walrus Tagging Certificates), and FWS Form 3-2416 (Sea
Otter Tagging Certificates). The information we collect 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 polar bear and whether or not bear cubs
were present.
Name of the hunter or possessor of the specified parts at
the time of marking, tagging, and reporting.
We are proposing to use FWS Form 3-2406 (Registration of Certain
Dead Marine Mammal Hard Parts) to record the collection of bones,
teeth, or ivory of dead marine mammals by non-Native and Natives not
eligible to harvest marine mammals under the MMPA. It is legal to
collect such parts from a beach or from land within a quarter of a mile
of the ocean (50 CFR 18.26). The information we collect will include,
but is not limited to:
Date and location found.
Age, sex, and size of the animal.
Tag numbers.
Name, address, phone number, and birthdate of the
collector.
Comment Received and Our Response
Comments: On November 8, 2013, we published in the Federal Register
(78 FR 67184) 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 January 7, 2014. We received one comment. The
commenter objected to the killing of polar bears in general, but did
not address the information collection requirements. We did not make
any changes to our requirements.
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The regulations at 50 CFR 18.23(a) reaffirm the exemption for
Alaska Natives, which allows for the taking (harvest) of marine mammals
(including polar bears) by any Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo who resides in
Alaska and who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the
Arctic Ocean, subject to the restrictions contained in section 18.23,
if such taking is:
(1) For subsistence purposes; or
(2) For purposes of creating and selling authentic native articles
or handicraft and clothing; and
(3) In either of the above cases, not accomplished in a wasteful
manner.
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 in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: May 14, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-11518 Filed 5-16-14; 8:45 am]
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