Notice2025-06674
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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April 18, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16492-16493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06674]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding; 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; 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 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.
Comments regarding this information collection received by May 19,
2025 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of
the publication of this notice on the following website
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the
agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection
of information that such persons are not required to respond to the
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: A Survey of Livestock Producer Perceptions of Predators and
Predator Damage Management Methods.
OMB Control Number: 0579-NEW.
Summary of Collection: 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 WS 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).
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS plans to conduct a survey of
livestock producers who (1) experienced livestock loss from predators,
(2) worked with WS to try and mitigate losses through WS Nonlethal
Initiative programs, and (3) allowed WS State Directors to share their
contact information within APHIS to measure respondents' perceptions of
various predator damage management methods and willingness to continue
using such methods.
Data collected, analyzed, and interpreted from the Livestock
Producer Perceptions of Predators and Predator Damage Management
Methods study will be disseminated to a variety of constituents,
including within APHIS WS and open access or subscription-based
journals. Additionally, all data and metadata collected and used in
peer-reviewed publications will be made publicly accessible in a data
repository per the USDA Departmental Regulation 1020-006. APHIS will
not link survey information with respondent name or contact
information.
APHIS will use the data collected to:
<bullet> Analyze how producers conceptualize losses from predators
(i.e., animals missing vs. animal carcasses found vs. confirmed kills);
<bullet> Identify any correlations between frequency of
communication, trust, and acceptance of nonlethal predator damage
management methods suggested by WS;
<bullet> Provide input into the WS Nonlethal Initiative programs
and WS' damage management policy and outreach; and
<bullet> Help inform policy by providing scientifically accurate
data.
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Description of Respondents: Business; Individual or Household.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 265.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-06674 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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