[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66744-66745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23806]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX23ND00COM000P; OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Great Lakes Inventory 
Survey To Facilitate Coregonine Science, Conservation, and Restoration

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is requesting approval of an existing 
collection without an OMB control number.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 3, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections 
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by 
email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control 
Number 1028-NEW in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Brian Weidel by email at [email protected] or by 
telephone at (315) 343-3951. Individuals in the United States who are 
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay 
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay 
services offered within their country to make international calls to 
the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require approval. We may not 
conduct or sponsor, nor are you required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on 
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This 
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements 
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public 
understand our information collection requirements and provide the 
requested data in the desired format.
    We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) How the agency might minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological

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collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    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 ICR. Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other personally identifiable information 
(PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While 
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review, 
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Abstract: The Coregonine Restoration Framework is a multiagency 
conservation plan for conducting the science and management actions to 
preserve the most abundant native fishes in the Great Lakes. To inform 
the science methodology of that framework, the USGS will survey Great 
Lakes fishery scientists from state, tribal, academic, and non-
government institutions about the fishery-dependent or fishery-
independent field surveys that their organizations conduct in the lakes 
and connecting channels. Examples of information to be collected about 
a fishery survey include geographic area, the time period covered, 
survey design, measurements collected, life stages of fish targeted, 
number of samples per year, and basic catch proportions for native 
coregonine (Coregonus sp.) fishes. This information is needed to 
recommend which types of native fish population and conservation models 
can be developed with existing survey data and identify necessary 
information not provided by contemporary surveys. The survey results 
will be published and inform analyses, and the resulting analyses will 
be presented in a white paper to contributing fishery institutions and 
management agencies.
    Title of Collection: Great Lakes Inventory Survey to Facilitate 
Coregonine Science, Conservation, and Restoration.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: NEW.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State agencies, tribal governments, 
academic institutions, and non-government institutions that conduct, or 
have conducted, annual surveys of Great Lakes fishes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 83.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 83.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 30 minutes on average.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 42.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: 0.
    An agency may not conduct, sponsor, nor is a person required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

Kurt Newman,
Acting Great Lakes Science Center Director, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2022-23806 Filed 11-3-22; 8:45 am]
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