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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 INFOCOL@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0067’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at
INFOCOL@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:
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.
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
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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.
Comments: On September 26, 2011,
we published in the Federal Register
(76 FR 59421) 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 November 25, 2011. We
received one comment. The commenter
opposed expending funds to support the
approval of nontoxic shot, and stated
that a survey is not needed. This
information collection is not a survey. It
consists of risk assessments, toxicity
tests, and background information that
an applicant must submit in order for us
to determine whether or not a proposed
shot is nontoxic. We did not make any
changes to our information collection
requirements.
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: March 6, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–R–2012–N046;
FXRS126307000004A–FF07R08000]

Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Alaska Guide
Service Evaluation
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

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 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. 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 April 11, 2012.
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_DOCKET@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 INFOCOL@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0141’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at
INFOCOL@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:
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.
SUMMARY:

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Frequency of Collection: One time
following use of commercial guide
services.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 396.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 396.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 99.
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
expectations, safety, environmental
impacts, and client’s overall
satisfaction.
We 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
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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.
Comments: On September 26, 2011,
we published in the Federal Register
(76 FR 59420) 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 November 25, 2011. We
did not receive any 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: March 6, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[USGS–GX12RN000DSA200]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request on
Extension of Existing Information
Collection
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
existing information collection (1028–
0048).
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To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) an
information collection request (ICR) for
the revision of the currently approved
paperwork requirements for the USGS
Earthquake Report. 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.
This notice provides the public and
other Federal agencies an opportunity to
comment on the nature of this collection
which is scheduled to expire on March
31, 2012.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before April 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written
comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior via email to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or fax at
202–395–5806; and reference
Information Collection 1028–0048 in the
subject line.
Please submit a copy of your
comments to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological
Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS
807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703)
648–7199 (fax); or smbaloch@usgs.gov
(email). Use Information Collection
Number 1028–0048 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jim Dewey at (303)
273–8419.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1028–0048.
Title: USGS Earthquake Report.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: General Public.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion,
after an earthquake.
Estimated Completion Time: 6
minutes.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 300,000
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
30,000 hours.
Abstract: The collection of
information applies to a World-Wide
Web site questionnaire that permits
individuals to report on the effects of
the shaking from an earthquake—on
themselves personally, buildings, other
man-made structures, and ground
SUMMARY:

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