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OMB Control No: 1018-0168	ICR Reference No: 201709-1018-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201612-1018-006
Agency/Subagency: DOI/FWS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Native Handicrafts
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/06/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/06/2017
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2020	36 Months From Approved
Responses	18,081	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	1,507	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) is changing to the permanent subsistence migratory bird harvest regulations in Alaska in response to recurrent requests from Alaska indigenous representatives to use inedible parts (mostly feathers) from birds taken for food during the subsistence hunt in handicrafts for sale. Federal regulations currently state that people may not sell, offer for sale, purchase, or offer to purchase migratory birds, their parts, or their egg(s) taken under the Alaska migratory bird subsistence harvest regulations (50 CFR part 92.6). These regulations would enable Alaska indigenous people eligible for the spring-summer subsistence harvest of migratory birds in Alaska to sell in a limited manner authentic native handicrafts or clothing containing inedible parts from migratory birds taken for food during the subsistence harvest season. The regulations were developed by a committee of the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council (AMBCC) including the Service, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and AMBCC native representatives from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Bering Strait-Norton Sound, North Slope, Kodiak Archipelago, Bristol Bay, Gulf of Alaska-Cook Inlet, Aleutian-Pribilof Islands, and Northwest Arctic regions. We propose to add a provision to 50 CFR part 92.6 to allow sale of handicrafts that contain the inedible parts of birds taken for food during the Alaska spring-summer migratory bird subsistence harvest. To limit sales of handcrafts including parts of migratory birds, we propose to add definitions for (a) “authorized migratory birds;” (b) “authentic native article of handicraft or clothing;” and (c) “sales by consignment.” This information collection is a recordkeeping requirement. This proposed rule requires that a certification (FWS Form 3-XXXX) or a Silver Hand insignia accompany each Alaska Native article of handicraft or clothing that contains inedible migratory bird parts. It also requires that all consignees, sellers, and purchasers retain this documentation with each item and produce it upon the request of a Law Enforcement Officer.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 703-712 Name of Law: Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1018-BB24	Final or interim final rulemaking	82 FR 34269	07/24/2017

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	18,081	18,081
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,507	1,507
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $80,060

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Hope Grey 703 358-2482 hope_grey@fws.gov

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