INTERIOR/FWS-30, Marine Mammals Management, Marking, Tagging and Reporting Program

58 FR 41803 (August 5, 1993); Modification published 88 FR 16277 (March 16, 2023)
 
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Privacy Act of 1974—Establishment of Notice of System of Records 
 
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), notice is hereby given that the Department of the Interior proposes to establish a new notice describing a system of records maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The notice, entitled “Marine Mammals Management Marking, Tagging and Reporting Program—Interior, FW S-30,” describes a system of records containing information pertaining to mandatory tagging requirements established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to monitor the harvest of polar bear, sea otter and walrus by Indian Aleut, and Eskimo hunters: to collect biological information needed for the management of marine mammal populations; and to help control illegal activities in take, trade, and transport of marine mammal parts. The notice is published in its entirety below. 
 
As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a(r)), the Office of Management and Budget, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the House Committee on Government Operations have been notified of this action. 
 
5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11) requires that the public be provided a 30-day period in which to comment on the intended use of the information in the system of records. The Office of Management and Budget, in its Circular A-130, requires a 60-day period in which to review such proposals. Written comments on this proposal can be addressed to the Departmental Privacy Act Officer, Office of the Secretary, Office of Administrative Services, 1849 “C” Street NW, Mail Stop 5412 MIB, Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 208-6045. Comments received within 60 days of publication in the Federal Register (October 4,1993) will be considered. The notice shall be effective as proposed at the end of the comment period, unless comments are received which would require a contrary determination. 
 
Dated: July 28, 1993
Albert C. Camacho, 
Director, Office o f Administrative Services. 
 
INTERIOR/FWS-30
 
SYSTEM NAME: 
Marine Mammals Management, Marking, Tagging and Reporting Program--Interior, FWS-30.
 
SYSTEM LOCATION:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management, 4230 University Drive, Suite 310, Anchorage, Alaska 99508.
 
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Alaska Native hunters of polar bear, sea otter, and walrus.
 
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
For polar bear certificate: Name and signature of hunter, signature of tagger, date, species hide tag number, species skull tag number, species skull measurement, tagging location, species age class, species sex, species sex identifiers, statistics on other bears present, specimens collected, transportation used, days/hours hunted, date of kill, location of kill.
 
For sea otter certificate: Name and signature of hunter, signature of tagger, date, species hide tag number, species skull tag number, species skull statistics, tagging location, species age class, species sex, species sex identifiers, specimens collected, days/hours hunted, date of kill, location of kill. 
 
For walrus certificate: Name and signature of hunter, signature of tagger, tagging location, date, species tag number, species take type, date killed or found, location killed or found, species age, species sex, species tusk circumference, species tusk length, location killed or found.
 
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 
  • (1) The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1379).
  • (2) 50 CFR part 18, section 109.
PURPOSE(S):
The primary purpose of the records is to monitor the harvest by Alaska Natives of polar bear, sea otter, and walrus; to collect biological information; and to help control illegal activities in take, trade, and transport of marine mammal parts. 
 
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USEs:
The records are used by wildlife biologists in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska Marine Mammals Management Office and by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement agents. The primary uses of the records are 
  • (1)  To determine accountability of individual hunters and their actions (i.e. number of animals taken) while harvesting marine mammals; 
  • (2)  To identify hunters that are not presenting harvested specified parts for tagging, and 
  • (3)  To promote non-wasteful take. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement agents will use the information to identify individuals involved in wasteful and illegal commercialization of marine mammal products.
Disclosures outside the Department of the Interior may be made:
  • (1)  To the U.S. Department of Justice, or in a proceeding before a court or adjudicative body when 
    • (a)  The United States, the Department of the Interior, a component of the Department, or, when represented by the government, an employee of the Department is a party to litigation or anticipated litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and 
    • (b)  The Department of the Interior determines that the disclosure is relevant or necessary to the litigation and is compatible with the purpose for which the records were compiled; 
  • (2)  Of information indicating a violation or potential violation of a statute, regulation, rule, order or license, to appropriate Federal, State, tribal, territorial, local, or foreign agencies responsible for investigating or prosecuting the violation or for enforcing or implementing the statute, rule, regulation, order or license; 
  • (3)  To a congressional office from the record of an individual in response to an inquiry the individual has made to the congressional office.
  • (4)  To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when: 
    • (a)  DOI suspects or has confirmed that there has been a breach of the system of records;
    • (b)  DOI has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach there is a risk of harm to individuals, DOI  (including its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national security; and
    • (c)  the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with DOI's efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.  
  • (5)  To another Federal agency or Federal entity, when DOI determines that information from this system of records is reasonably necessary to assist the recipient agency or entity in 
    • (a)  responding to a suspected or confirmed breach or
    • (b)  preventing, minimizing, or remedying the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or entity (including its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national security, resulting from a suspected or confirmed breach.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
Disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12).Disclosures may be made from this system to consumer reporting agencies as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)) or the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).
 
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
 
STORAGE:
Maintained in manual and computer database form.
 
RETRIEVABILITY:
Indexed by name and harvest certificate.
 
SAFEGUARDS:
In accordance with 43 CFR 2.51, records are maintained in a secured computer database which can be accessed only by those with knowledge of the code numbers. Manual forms are maintained in a locked file.
 
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Retention and disposal of subject records is in accordance with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Records Disposition Schedule and standards for electronic records as outlined in 36 CFR part 1228.
 
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Supervisor, Marine Mammals Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management, 4230 University Drive, Suite 310, Anchorage, Alaska 99508.
 
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
A request for notification of the existence of records shall be addressed to the System Manager. The request shall be in writing, signed by the requester, and comply with the content  requirements of 43 CFR 2.60.
 
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
A request for access to records shall be addressed to the System Manager. The request shall be in writing, signed by the requester, and comply with the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.63.
 
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
A request for amendment of a record shall be addressed to the System Manager. The request shall be in writing, signed by the requester, and comply with the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.
 
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
  • (1)  Subject individuals on whom the record is maintained, and 
  • (2)  Contractual employees who serve as village taggers.

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