[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12508]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 20
RIN 1018-AD08
Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the
extension of the comment period for Service's March 15, 1995, Proposed
Rule published in the Federal Register from April 1 to May 31, 1995.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed framework will end on May
31, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Chief, Office of
Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 10815
Loblolly Pine Drive, Laurel, Maryland 20708-4028. Comments received
will be available for public inspection during normal business hours in
Building 158, 10815 Loblolly Pine Drive (Gate 4, Patuxent Environmental
Science Center), Laurel, Maryland 20708-4028.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul I. Padding, Office of Migratory
Bird Management, (301) 497-5980, FAX (301) 497-5981.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Service announced in the March 15, 1995,
Federal Register (60 FR 14194) the planned expansion of the Migratory
Bird Harvest Information Program (Program) to include the States of
Michigan, Oklahoma, and Oregon beginning in the 1995-96 hunting season,
and minor modifications to the Program. This Program provides annually
a nationwide sample frame of migratory bird hunters, from which
representative samples of hunters are selected and asked to participate
in a voluntary survey. State wildlife agencies provide a sample frame
of hunters by annually collecting the name, address, date of birth, and
a brief summary of migratory bird hunting activity from the previous
year from each licensed migratory bird hunter in their State. States
forward this information to the Service, and the Service samples
hunters and conducts national hunter activity and harvest surveys.
Dated: May 16, 1995.
George T. Frampton, Jr.
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks
[FR Doc. 95-12508 Filed 5-22-95; 8:45 am]
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