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GAO-08-1143R 1 (2008-09-15)

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T I   M Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548

          B-317053


          September 15, 2008

          The Honorable Barbara Boxer
          Chairman
          The Honorable James M. Inhofe
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Environment and Public Works
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Nick J. Rahall II
          Chairman
          The Honorable Don Young
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Natural Resources
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Department of the Interior; Fish and Wildlife Service: Migratory Bird
                  Hunting, Early Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain
                  Migratoiy Game Birds in the Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii,
                  Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

          Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
          major rule promulgated by the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
          (Service), entitled Migratory Bird Hunting; Early Seasons and Bag and Possession
          Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds in the Contiguous United States, Alaska,
          Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (RIN: 1018-AV62). We received the rule
          on August 28, 2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on
          August 29, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 51,088.

          The final rule prescribes hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession
          limits of mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves; band-tailed pigeons; rails;
          moorhens and gallinules; woodcock; common snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks;
          early waterfowl seasons; migratory game birds in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and
          the Virgin Islands; and some extended falconry seasons. Taking of migratory birds is
          prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations; this rule permits
          taking of designated species during the 2008-09 season.

          Enclosed is our assessment of the Service's compliance with the procedural steps
          required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule.
          Our review indicates that the Service complied with the applicable requirements.


GAO-08-1143R

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