Notice2025-04798
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Online Eastern Population Sandhill Crane Survey Data Entry Portal
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Published
March 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentFish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing to renew an information collection without change.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 53 (Thursday, March 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13191-13192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04798]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-MB-2025-N005; FXMB1231092MFR0-256-FF09M28100; OMB Control
Number 1018-0185]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget; Online Eastern Population Sandhill
Crane Survey Data Entry Portal
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing to renew an
information collection without change.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
April 21, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-
3803 (mail); or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6efc8c0c9f9e5c9cacae6c0d1d588c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="531a3d353c0c103c3f3f133524207d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference ``1018-
0185'' in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madonna L. Baucum, Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f8b1969e97a7bb979494b89e8f8bd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89c0e7efe6d6cae6e5e5c9effefaa7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>, or by
telephone at (703) 358-2503. 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 Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and its implementing
regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general public and
other Federal agencies with an opportunity 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.
On July 5, 2024, we published in the Federal Register (89 FR 55649)
a notice of our intent to request that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve this information collection. In that notice, we
solicited comments for 60 days, ending on September 3, 2024. In an
effort to increase public awareness of, and participation in, our
public commenting processes associated with information collection
requests, the Service also published the Federal
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Register notice on <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> (Docket No. FWS-HQ-MB-2024-0092). We
received three comments in response to that notice; however, none
addressed the information collection requirements. No response to those
comments is required.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed information collection request that is
described below. 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 might the agency 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
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. 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.
Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712)
designates the Department of the Interior as the primary agency
responsible for managing migratory bird populations frequenting the
United States and setting hunting regulations that allow for the well-
being of migratory bird populations. These responsibilities dictate
that we gather accurate data on various characteristics of migratory
bird populations.
The Service's fall survey for the eastern population of the
sandhill crane was established in 1979. It is implemented by State and
Federal agencies and public volunteers from eight States in the
Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways, as well as Ontario, Canada. Sandhill
cranes are widely dispersed during the breeding and wintering seasons
and are difficult to count. The optimal time to survey cranes is during
the last week of October, when the majority of eastern population
cranes breeding in Canada migrate to traditional staging grounds in the
Great Lakes States (e.g., the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area, in
Medaryville, Indiana). Since the initial survey in 1979, crane numbers
have increased to over 90,000 birds.
The information collected through this survey is vital in assessing
the relative changes in the geographic distribution of the species. We
use the information primarily to inform managers of changes in sandhill
crane distribution and population trends. Without information on the
population's status, we might promulgate hunting regulations that:
<bullet> Are not sufficiently restrictive, which could cause harm
to the sandhill crane population, or
<bullet> Are too restrictive, which would unduly restrict
recreational opportunities afforded by sandhill crane hunting.
Notifications for the survey are sent to volunteers, and data
results are entered into the data portal (<a href="https://www.fws.gov/epsandhill/">https://www.fws.gov/epsandhill/</a>) in order to calculate numbers of sandhill cranes. This
survey is conducted via an online survey platform to reduce cost,
improve data quality, and decrease respondent burden. This survey has
no statistical design. We collect the following information in
conjunction with the account setup process and survey data submission:
<bullet> Account setup process:
--Email address,
--Username,
--Photo (optional),
--Option for other users to contact the registrant,
--Time zone,
--First and last name,
--Phone number, and
--Start date.
<bullet> Survey data submission:
--Data submission location via online map,
--Date and time of observation,
--Number of cranes,
--Method (ground count or point count),
--Habitat (agricultural field, sandbar, wetland, or mixed-wetland
agricultural field), and
--Any additional notes the user would like to submit.
Title of Collection: Online Eastern Population Sandhill Crane
Survey Data Entry Portal.
OMB Control Number: 1018-0185.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and State agencies.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 112.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 157.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 3 minutes to 5
minutes, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 11.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time for the initial registration, and
on occasion for survey submission.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-04798 Filed 3-19-25; 8:45 am]
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