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• Demographic information (e.g., age,
gender, income, education, and
occupation).
• Information on hunting experiences
(e.g, hunter type, distance traveled to
hunt, type of ammunition, frequency of
hunting, and positive and negative
aspects).
• Perceived problems with nontoxic
shot.
• Indirect influences with nontoxic
shot.
Comments: On August 18, 2009, we
published in the Federal Register (74
FR 41739) a notice soliciting public
comment on this information collection
for 60 days. The comment period ended
on October 19, 2009. We received the
following comments:
One comment protested the entire
migratory bird hunting regulations
process, surveys and monitoring
programs, and the killing of all
migratory birds. Response: Our longterm objectives continue to include
providing opportunities to harvest
portions of certain migratory game bird
populations and limit harvest to levels
compatible with each population’s
ability to maintain healthy, viable
numbers. Our surveys are integral parts
of the Service’s monitoring programs
that provide the information we need to
ensure harvest levels are commensurate
with current status of migratory game
bird populations and long-term
population goals.
Five comments stated that there was
no biological basis or scientific evidence
to warrant any type of nontoxic shot
regulations on mourning doves.
Response: This proposed information
collection request does not presume
anything one way or another about the
quality or quantity of the scientific
evidence for or against the use of lead
shot for dove hunting. We simply
express concern about the issue and
recognize hunters are an important
constituency. The whole purpose of this
information collection is to better
understand the hunting constituency.
One comment requested that we be
objective in any future decision
regarding the implementation of any
nontoxic shot regulations. Response: We
have a long history of making informed
decisions based on the best available
science to ensure protection of
migratory birds for future generations. If
any future decisions regarding the
implementation of nontoxic shot
regulations for migratory birds are
deemed necessary, they will be
objective, based on the best available
science, and follow all guidelines under
the National Environmental Protection
Act.

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Two comments requested that we
consider banning the use of lead shot for
mourning doves and other wildlife
species. Response: Again, we do not
presume anything one way or another
about the quality or quantity of the
scientific evidence for or against the use
of lead shot for dove hunting.
Furthermore, we are not assuming that
future nontoxic regulations will be
necessary or inevitable.
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: September 21, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–24630 Filed 9–23–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–R–2011–N190; 70138–1263–0000–
4A]

Proposed Information Collection;
Alaska Guide Service Evaluation
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

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

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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,
2012. 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 November 25,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail).
Please include ‘‘1018–0141’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at
INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract. We collect information on
FWS Form 3–2349 (Alaska Guide
Service Evaluation) to help us evaluate
commercial guide services on our
national wildlife refuges in the State of
Alaska (State). The National Wildlife
Refuge Administration Act of 1966, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 668dd–ee),
authorizes us to permit uses, including
commercial visitor services, on national
wildlife refuges when we find the
activity to be compatible with the
purposes for which the refuge was
established. With the objective of
making available a variety of quality
visitor services for wildlife-dependent
recreation on National Wildlife Refuge
System lands, we issue permits for
commercial guide services, including
big game hunting, sport fishing, wildlife
viewing, river trips, and other guided
activities. We use FWS Form 3–2349 as
a method to:
(1) Monitor the quality of services
provided by commercial guides.
(2) Gauge client satisfaction with the
services.
(3) Assess the impacts of the activity
on refuge resources.
The client is the best source of
information on the quality of
commercial guiding services. We
collect:
(1) Client name.
(2) Guide name(s).
(3) Type of guided activity.
(4) Dates and location of guided
activity.
(5) Information on the services
received such as the client’s
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impacts, and client’s overall
satisfaction.
We will encourage respondents to
provide any additional comments that
they wish regarding the guide service or
refuge experience, and ask whether or
not they wish to be contacted for
additional information.
The above information, in
combination with State-required guide
activity reports and contacts with guides
and clients in the field, provides a
comprehensive method for monitoring
permitted commercial guide activities.
A regular program of client evaluation
helps refuge managers detect potential
problems with guide services so that we
can take corrective actions promptly. In
addition, we use this information during
the competitive selection process for big
game and sport fishing guide permits to
evaluate an applicant’s ability to
provide a quality guiding service.
We will provide the evaluation form
to clients by one of several methods:
(1) The refuge may mail the form to
the clients.
(2) On Web sites of refuges where
guide services are permitted.
(3) Upon request.

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II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0141.
Title: Alaska Guide Service
Evaluation.
Service Form Number(s): 3–2349.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Clients of
permitted commercial guide service
providers.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time
following use of commercial guide
services.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 396.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
396.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 99.
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
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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,
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 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: September 21, 2011.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–24632 Filed 9–23–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–MB–2011–N189; 91200–1231–
9BPP–L2]

Proposed Information Collection;
Approval Procedures for Nontoxic
Shot and Shot Coatings
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

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 April 30,
2012. 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 November 25,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail).
Please include ‘‘1018–0067’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
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To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at
INFOCOL@fws.gov (e-mail) or 703–358–
2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

I. Abstract
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
(MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) prohibits
the unauthorized take of migratory birds
and authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to regulate take of migratory
birds in the United States. Under this
authority, we control the hunting of
migratory game birds through
regulations in 50 CFR part 20. On
January 1, 1991, we banned lead shot for
hunting waterfowl and coots in the
United States.
The regulations at 50 CFR 20.134
outline the application and approval
process for new types of nontoxic shot.
When considering approval of a
candidate material as nontoxic, we must
ensure that it is not hazardous in the
environment and that secondary
exposure (ingestion of spent shot or its
components) is not a hazard to
migratory birds. To make that decision,
we require each applicant to provide
information about the solubility and
toxicity of the candidate material.
Additionally, for law enforcement
purposes, a noninvasive field detection
device must be available to distinguish
candidate shot from lead shot. This
information constitutes the bulk of an
application for approval of nontoxic
shot. The Director uses the data in the
application to decide whether or not to
approve a material as nontoxic.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0067.
Title: Approval Procedures for
Nontoxic Shot and Shot Coatings, 50
CFR 20.134.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Businesses that produce and/or market
approved nontoxic shot types or
nontoxic shot coatings.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1.
Completion Time per Response: 3,200
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,200 hours.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Cost
Burden: $25,000.
III. Comments
We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:

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