4388-11
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24NN00TH3L700, OMB Control Number 1028-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget; Central Flyway Online Goose Harvest
Assessment
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
[INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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 by mail to USGS,
Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159,
Reston, VA 20192 or by email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1028-NEW in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this Information Collection Request (ICR), contact Jay VonBank by email
at jvonbank@usgs.gov, or by telephone at (701) 368-0177. 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-ofcontact in the United States. You may also view the ICR at
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 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.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on October 25, 2023
(88 FR 73354). We received one comment which did not address the information
collection requirements. No response to that comment 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 ICR 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 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 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
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: In an effort to address current known biases in goose harvest
data collection, our research project aims to test the efficacy of a new online data
submission platform; streamline multiple concurrent surveys into one centralized
survey; and reduce the cost and time of compiling and analyzing survey data for
Federal and state agencies who use these data to inform management
decisions. We are proposing the development and testing of an online, mobilefriendly, self-submission data platform for hunters to enumerate and speciate
their own goose harvest. The goals are to develop and evaluate the platform;
compare resulting data streams with current paper and parts collection surveys
to evaluate accuracy and bias; and understand hunter satisfaction with the
system.
Title of Collection: Central Flyway Online Goose Harvest Assessment.
OMB Control Number: 1028-New.
Form Number: None.

Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: General Public.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 3,552.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 14,208 (4 per respondent).
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 2 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 474 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Once annually.
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 PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Robert A. Gleason,
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Center Director,
Midcontinent Region, USGS.
[FR Doc. 2024-14157 Filed: 6/26/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/27/2024]