[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16199-16200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06781]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-WSFR-2016-N052; FVWF94100900000-XXX-FF09W23000; 
FVWF51100900000-XXX-FF09W23000]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Annual Certification of Hunting and 
Sport Fishing Licenses Issued

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: 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, 2016.

[[Page 16200]]

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 25, 2016.

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 [email protected] 
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, MS BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 
(mail), or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1018-0007'' in 
the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at [email protected] (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:

Information Collection Request

    OMB Control Number: 1018-0007.
    Title: Annual Certification of Hunting and Sport Fishing Licenses 
Issued, 50 CFR 80, subpart D.
    Service Form Numbers: 3-154a and 3-154b.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Description of Respondents: States, territories (Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, U.S. 
Virgin Islands, and American Samoa), and District of Columbia.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                    Completion
                                                                     Number of       time per      Total annual
                            Activity                                 responses       response      burden hours
                                                                                      (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FWS Form 3-154a.................................................              56              12             672
FWS Form 3-154b.................................................              56              20           1,120
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Totals......................................................             112  ..............           1,792
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    Abstract: The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
669 et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 777 et seq., except 777e-1) provide authority for Federal 
assistance to the States for management and restoration of fish and 
wildlife. These Acts and our regulations in the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 80, subpart D, require that States, 
territories, and the District of Columbia annually certify their 
hunting and fishing license sales. States, territories, and the 
District of Columbia that receive grants under these Acts use FWS Forms 
3-154a (Part I-Certification) and 3-154b (Part II-Summary of Hunting 
and Sport Fishing Licenses Issued) to certify the number of hunting and 
fishing licenses sold and the amount of sales. We use the information 
collected to apportion and distribute funds according to the formula 
specified in each Act.

Comments Received and Our Responses

    Comments: On December 23, 2015, we published in the Federal 
Register (80 FR 79924) 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 February 22, 2016. We received one 
comment in response to this notice. The respondent objected to the 
Wildlife Restoration Act, but did not address the information 
collection requirements. We did not make any changes to our 
requirements.

Request for Public 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 and us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: March 21, 2016.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-06781 Filed 3-24-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4333-15-P