[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 222 (Thursday, November 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81153-81154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27634]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-MB-2016-N201; FF09M21200-167-FXMB1231099BPP0]


Proposed Information Collection; Approval Procedures for Nontoxic 
Shot and Shot Coatings

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: 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, 2017. 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.

DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, 
we must receive them by January 17, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the 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 ``1018-0067'' in the 
subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this IC, contact Tina Campbell at [email protected] (email) 
or 703-358-2676 (telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (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 
the use of lead shot for hunting waterfowl and coots in the United 
States.
    The regulations at 50 CFR 20.134 outline the application and 
approval processes 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

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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 device must be 
available to distinguish candidate shot from lead shot. This 
information constitutes the bulk of an application for approval of 
nontoxic shot. The Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses 
the data in the application to decide whether or not to approve a 
material as nontoxic.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1018-0067.
    Title: Approval Procedures for Nontoxic Shot and Shot Coatings, 50 
CFR 20.134.
    Service Form Number: None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a previously 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.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response (Hours): 3,200.
    Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,200.
    Estimated Nonhour Cost Burden: $25,000.

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 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this IC. 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 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: November 12, 2016.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-27634 Filed 11-16-16; 8:45 am]
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