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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: June 29, 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
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Proposed Information Collection;
Depredation Orders for DoubleCrested Cormorants
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 January 31,
2013. We may not conduct or sponsor

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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 September 7,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC 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 ‘‘1018–0121’’ 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 (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This information collection is
associated with regulations
implementing the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
Under the MBTA, it is unlawful to take,
possess, import, export, transport, sell,
purchase, barter, or offer for sale,
purchase, or barter, migratory birds or
their parts, nests, or eggs, except as
authorized by regulations implementing
the MBTA.
The regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 21.47
(Aquaculture Depredation Order)
authorize aquaculture producers and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (APHISWildlife Services) in 13 States to take
double-crested cormorants when the
birds are found committing or about to
Number of
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commit depredations on commercial
freshwater aquaculture stocks. The
regulations at 50 CFR 21.48 (Public
Resource Depredation Order) authorize
State fish and wildlife agencies, APHISWildlife Services, and federally
recognized tribes in 24 States to take
double-crested cormorants to prevent
depredations on the public resources of
fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats.
Both 50 CFR 21.47 and 21.48 impose
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements on those operating under
the depredation orders. We use the
information collected to:
• Help assess the impact of the
depredation orders on double-crested
cormorant populations.
• Protect nontarget migratory birds or
other species.
• Ensure that agencies and
individuals are operating in accordance
with the terms, conditions, and purpose
of the orders.
• Help gauge the effectiveness of the
orders at mitigating cormorant-related
damages.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0121.
Title: Depredation Orders for DoubleCrested Cormorants, 50 CFR 21.47 and
21.48.
Service Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Aquaculture producers, States, and
tribes.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually for
reports; ongoing for recordkeeping.
Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Number of
responses

Total annual
burden hours

Report take of migratory bird species other than double-crested cormorants
(21.47(d)(7); 21.48(d)(7)) .............................................................................
Report take of species protected under Endangered Species Act
(21.47(d)(8); 21.48(d)(8)) .............................................................................
Written notice of intent to conduct control activities (21.48(d)(9)) ..................
Report of control activities (21.48(d)(10) and (11)) .........................................
Report effects of management activities (21.48(d)(12)) ..................................
Recordkeeping (21.47(d)(9)) ...........................................................................

1

1

1

1

1
12
12
9
325

1
12
12
9
325

1
3
20
75
7

1
36
240
675
2,275

Totals ........................................................................................................

360

360

........................

3,228

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
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• 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
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• 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 or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before

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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: June 29, 2012.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–16664 Filed 7–6–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2012–N0143: 40120–1112–
0000–F2]

Receipt of Applications for
Endangered Species Permits
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless a Federal permit is issued
that allows such activities. The ESA
requires that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive written data or
comments on the applications at the
address given below, by August 8, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information submitted with the
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to
the following office within 30 days of
the date of publication of this notice:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
GA 30345 (Attn: Cameron Shaw, Permit
Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cameron Shaw, telephone 904/731–
3191; facsimile 904/731–3045.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to
conduct certain activities with
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pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
our regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This
notice is provided under section 10(c) of
the Act.
If you wish to comment, you may
submit comments by mail or handdelivery to the Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES section) or via electronic
mail (email) to permitsR4ES@fws.gov.
Please include your name and return
address in your email message. If you do
not receive a confirmation from the Fish
and Wildlife Service that we have
received your email message, contact us
directly at the telephone number listed
above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section).
Before including your address,
telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information
in your comments, 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
comments to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Permit Application Number: TE–
71535A
Applicant: Misty Hamilton,
Lowmansville, Kentucky
Applicant requests reauthorization to
conduct scientific studies and surveys
on the following species:
Indiana bat Myotis sodalis,
Gray bat Myotis grisescens,
Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus.
These surveys will be conducted in
Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE–
71613A
Applicant: University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee
Applicant requests reauthorization to
conduct scientific studies and surveys
on Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and
Gray bats (Myotis grisescens). These
surveys will be conducted in Tennessee
and Missouri.
Permit Application Number: TE–
71851A
Applicant: United States Geological
Survey, Southeast Ecology Center,
Gainesville, Florida
Applicant requests authorization to
conduct scientific research on the
following species of freshwater mussels:
Fat threeridge—Amblema neislerii

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Shinyrayed pocketbook—Lampsilis
subangulata
Gulf moccasinshell—Medionidus
penicillatus
Ochlockonee moccasinshell—
Medionidua simpsonianus
Oval pigtoe—Pleurobema pyriforme
This research project will be
conducted in Alabama, Georgia, and
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE–
71854A
Applicant: David Eargle, Columbia,
South Carolina
Applicant requests authorization to
conduct presence/absence surveys and
retain remnant shells of the Carolina
Heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata)
throughout North Carolina and South
Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE–
73096A
Applicant: Steve Orzell, Avon Park,
Florida
Applicant requests authorization to
collect a small number of leaves from a
limited number of Lupinus aridorum
(scrub lupine) to conduct genetic
research. This activity will occur on the
McLeod Unit of the Lakes Wales Ridge
National Wildlife Refuge, Polk County,
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE–129703
Applicant: HMB Professional Engineers,
Frankfort, Kentucky
Applicant requests amendment to
authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys for 2 bat species, 14
fish species, 34 fresh-water mussel
species, 2 snail species, 1 insect species,
and 2 plant species in the State of Ohio.
Permit Application Number: TE–
76082A
Applicant: Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Applicant requests authorization to
capture and temporarily house
Anastasia Island beach mice
(Peromyscus polionotus phasma) for the
purpose of captive breeding and
reintroduction. The mice will be
captured in Florida and housed at
Harvard University.
Permit Application Number: TE–171577
Applicant: Chaffee Maneuver Training
Center, Arkansas Army National
Guard, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas
Applicant requests reauthorization to
capture, mark and release American
burying beetles (Nicrophorus
americanus) for the purpose of scientific
study and species recovery efforts.
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