[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7468-7469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3409]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R7-SM-2009-N0035] [70101-1261-0000-L6]


Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0120; Federal 
Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Membership Application/Nomination 
and Interview Forms

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which 
is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the 
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 
2009. 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 send comments on or before March 19, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this ICR to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-
6566 (fax) or [email protected] (e-mail). Please provide a copy 
of your comments to Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance 
Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax 
Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail) or [email protected] (e-mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or 
by telephone at (703) 358-2482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 1018-0120.
    Title: Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council Membership 
Application/Nomination and Interview Forms.
    Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms 3-2321, 3-2322, and 3-2323.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Alaska residents.
    Respondent's Obligation: For applicants and persons nominating 
someone for council membership, response is required to obtain or 
retain a benefit. For references and key contacts, response is 
voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                   Number of annual    Number of annual   Completion time per    Annual burden
            Activity                  respondents          responses            response             hours
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FWS Form 3-2321.................                  75                  75  2 hours............                150
FWS Form 3-2322.................                  75                  75  30 minutes.........                 38
FWS Form 3-2323.................                 250                 250  15 minutes.........                 62
    Totals......................                 400                 400  ...................                250
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    Abstract: Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101) designates the Departments of the 
Interior and Agriculture as the key agencies responsible for 
implementing the subsistence priority on Federal public lands for rural 
Alaska residents. These responsibilities include the establishment of 
Regional Councils with members from each region who are knowledgeable 
about the region and subsistence uses of the public lands. One-third of 
the seats on the Regional Councils become vacant each year. Additional 
vacancies may occur due to resignations or deaths of sitting members.
    Each person desiring to serve on a Regional Council must complete 
FWS Form 3-2321 (Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council 
Membership Application/Nomination). Persons nominating other 
individuals for membership also complete this form. Applicants must 
provide three references and information on:
    (1) Their knowledge of fish and wildlife resources as well as 
subsistence and other uses of the resources.
    (2) Their service on working groups, conservation committees, etc.
    (3) How they would represent the people in the region.
    (4) Their willingness to travel and attend meetings.
    Federal staff use FWS Form 3-2322 (Regional Advisory Council 
Candidate Interview) to conduct applicant interviews by telephone. 
Respondents do not see the printed form. Interviewers ask applicants:
    (1) About their willingness to serve on the Regional Council, and
    (2) To explain information provided on FWS Form 3-2321.
    Federal staff use FWS Form 3-2323 (Regional Advisory Council 
Reference/Key Contact Interview) to conduct interviews of references/
key contacts for prospective Regional Council members. We conduct all 
interviews by telephone and the respondents do not see the printed 
form. Interviewers will ask questions about the applicant's:
    (1) Knowledge of fish and wildlife resources as well as subsistence 
practices and commercial/sport activities.
    (2) Leadership ability.
    (3) Ability to communicate.
    The Federal Subsistence Board uses this information to make 
recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior for appointment of 
members to the Regional Councils. We restrict the information collected 
to the Regional Council member selection process and only to staff that 
the Federal Subsistence Board deems necessary.
    Comments: On December 10, 2008, we published in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 75124) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew 
this ICR. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending on 
February 9, 2008. We did not receive any comments in response to that 
notice.
    We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) 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, e-mail 
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. 
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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: February 10, 2009
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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