[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 30580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14087]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The proposal for the collection of information listed below has 
been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
reinstatement approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of the proposed information 
collection requirement and related forms and explanatory material may 
be obtained by contacting the Service's clearance officer at the phone 
number listed below. Comments and suggestions on the requirement should 
be made directly to the Service Clearance Officer and the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (1018-0066) 
Washington, D.C. 20503, telephone 202-395-7340.
    Title: Marking, Tagging and Reporting Regulations for Polar Bear, 
Sea Otter and Walrus.
    OMB Approval Number: 1018-0066.
    Abstract: The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, (Act) as 
amended, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe marking, 
tagging and reporting regulations in 50 CFR 18.23(f), for Alaska 
Natives harvesting polar bear, seat otter, and walrus. Under the Act 
Alaska Natives residing in Alaska and dwelling on the coast of the 
North Pacific or arctic Oceans may harvest these species for 
subsistence or handicraft purposes. The marking and tagging program is 
intended to gather reports of all kills made, and to tag or mark, as 
appropriate, skins, skulls and tusks of marine mammals killed to reduce 
illegal trading in walrus ivory, polar pear and sea otter skins. The 
information collected is used by the Fish and Wildlife Service to 
improve its decision-making ability by substantially expanding the 
quality and quantity of harvest and biological data upon which future 
management decisions can be based. It provides the Service with the 
ability to make inferences about the condition and general health of 
the populations and to consider the importance and impact to these 
populations from such processes as development activities and habitat 
degradation.
    Service Form Number(s): R7-50 (Walrus Certificate); R7-51 (Polar 
Bear Certificate); R7-52 (Sea Otter Certificate)
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals and household.
    Completion Time: The reporting burden is estimated to average 15 
minutes per respondent; respondents will average 1.46 responses per 
year.
    Annual Responses: 2,925.
    Annual Burden Hours: 732.
    Service Clearance Officer: Phyllis H. Cook, 703-358-1943, Mail 
Stop--224 Arlington Square, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, 
D.C. 20240.

    Dated May 22, 1995.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Assistant Director--Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 95-14087 Filed 6-8-95; 8:45 am]
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