Notice2024-24215
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; A Survey of Livestock Producer Perceptions of Predators and Predator Damage Management Methods
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October 21, 2024
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Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request approval of a new information collection associated with a study to understand livestock producers' perceptions of predator damage management methods and their willingness to continue using such methods.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84109-84110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24215]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 203 / Monday, October 21, 2024 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2024-0053]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; A
Survey of Livestock Producer Perceptions of Predators and Predator
Damage Management Methods
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New information collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request approval of a new information collection
associated with a study to understand livestock producers' perceptions
of predator damage management methods and their willingness to continue
using such methods.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
December 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Enter APHIS-2024-0053 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
<bullet> Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2024-0053, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 2C-10.16, 4700 River Road, Unit 25, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> or in our reading room, which is located
in Room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is
there to help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on this predator
damage management study, contact Dr. Megan Cross, Social Scientist,
National Wildlife Research Center, WS, APHIS, 4101 La Porte Ave., Fort
Collins, CO 80521; (970) 266-6366; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b260e0c0a054528190418182b1e180f0a450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c489a1a3a5aaea87b6abb7b784b1b7a0a5eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>. For
more information on the information collection process, contact Mr.
Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator; (301) 851-
2533; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b1114081e0b13551614031e023b0e081f1a551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80eaeff3e5f0e8aeedeff8e5f9c0f5f3e4e1aee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: A Survey of Livestock Producer Perceptions of Predators and
Predator Damage Management Methods.
OMB Control Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: Under the Act of March 2, 1931 (7 U.S.C. 8351), the
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to conduct a program of wildlife
services with respect to injurious animal species and take any action
the Secretary considers necessary in conducting the program.
Additionally, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to conduct
activities to control nuisance mammals and birds (except for urban
rodent control) and those mammals and bird species that are reservoirs
for zoonotic disease. This authority has been delegated to the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS). Two
responsibilities of the Deputy Administrator of Wildlife Services are
to assist Federal, State, local, and foreign agencies and individuals
regarding wildlife damage and control and conduct research to develop
wildlife damage management methods (7 CFR 371.6).
Depredation of livestock by large predators, such as wolves, bears,
and mountain lions, is a significant source of human-wildlife conflict
and economic losses in the United States. Protecting livestock from
predators is a complex and challenging endeavor, with each situation
requiring an evaluation of relevant legal, social, economic,
biological, and technical aspects. While no single management technique
is appropriate in every situation, various stakeholder groups are
increasingly calling for the use of nonlethal predator damage
management techniques. Congress has appropriated funding to Wildlife
Services since 2020 to support the use of nonlethal predator damage
management methods. Wildlife Services is using the money to test
several nonlethal predator damage management methods on livestock
operations in 12 States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming).
Through the APHIS WS National Wildlife Research Center, a Federal
institution devoted to resolving human-wildlife conflict, APHIS would
like to conduct a survey of livestock producers who: (1) Experienced
livestock loss from predators; (2) worked with Wildlife Services to try
and mitigate losses; and (3) allowed WS State Directors to share their
contact information within APHIS. The information collected from these
livestock producers is critical to improving WS Nonlethal Initiative
programs, identifying any barriers to the continued use of nonlethal
predator damage management methods, and determining whether livestock
producers' attitudes towards predators and nonlethal predator damage
management have changed. APHIS anticipates that, among other things,
results of the study may inform whether nonlethal predator damage
management methods are a viable and acceptable alternative to the use
of methods that result in the death of large predators from the
perspective of livestock producers.
The information collection activity associated with this study
consists of a multi-item questionnaire administered to livestock
producers who have received predator damage management services from WS
Nonlethal Initiative programs and are located in one of the 12 States
(Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana,
New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, or Wyoming).
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this information collection activity for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our
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information collection. These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated,
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.164 hours per response.
Respondents: Livestock producers who have received predator damage
management services from WS Nonlethal Initiative programs and are
located in one of the 12 States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington,
Wisconsin, or Wyoming).
Estimated annual number of respondents: 200.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 8.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,608.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 265 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of October 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-24215 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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