ENACTED IN 1995 TO:

• Minimize the burden that the government imposes on the public.

• Improve the quality and use of Federal information.

• Must display a currently valid OMB control number.

• Must inform the respondent that a response is not required unless the collection of the information displays a valid OMB control number.

• Establish an independent (independent of program responsibility) review process for information collections.

• Federal agencies must seek and obtain OMB approval before undertaking a collection of information directed to 10 or more persons.

• Publish a 60-day notice in the F.R. notifying the public of the agency's request for comments and OMB approval on the proposed collection of information not associated with a new rule.

• Publish a 30-day notice in the F.R. notifying the public of the agency's request for comments and OMB approval on the proposed collection of information.  =>Two points to keep in mind:

(1) You must publish a 30-day notice -- both for collections associated with a rule and those that are not in a rule.

(2) You must state in the F.R. that OMB has 60 days in which to respond, but may respond with 30 days; therefore, the public has to provide comments within 30 days.

• Requests for information for transmission to the Federal Government, such as grant application forms, written report forms, permit application forms, telephone surveys, and electronic data collections.

• Record keeping requirements may involve compilation and maintenance of records, either alone or in conjunction with the reporting of information to the agency and or some other person.

• Third-party or public disclosure requirement that may involve a requirement for the disclosure of information to other members of the public directly or through publication in information media, such as in newspaper or magazine, or by posting the information, by supplying the information on labels or any other means constituting disclosure to third-party or the public.

Step 1.    Develop or revise the actual information collection instrument.

Step 2.    Publish 60-day notice proposing the collection.

Step 3.    Prepare paperwork submission.

Step 4.    Obtain approval from the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer in PDM.

Step 5.    Obtain approval from the Departmental Information Clearance Coordinator (Don Bieniewicz).

Step 6.    Publish a 30-day notice telling public we are sending request to OMB.

Step 7.    Send request to OMB.

Step 8.    OMB will review and respond after 30 days but before 60 days.

Step 1.    Develop or revise the actual information collection instrument at the time of rule drafting.

Step 2.    Prepare a PRA submission.

Step 3.    Obtain approval from the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer in PDM.

Step 4.    Obtain approval from the Departmental Information Clearance Coordinator (Don Bieniewicz).

Step 5.    Send PRA submission to OMB requesting approval of the collection associated with the proposed rule.

Step 6.    Publish the 30-day notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register and include a request for public comments
               on the information collection part of the rule that is to be sent to OMB.

Step 7.    OMB will review the PRA submission and respond after 30 days but before 60 days regarding the collection.

Step 8.    If OMB approves, publish rule and the process is complete.

Step 9.    If OMB disapproves, prepare a revised PRA submission.

Step 10.  Obtain necessary approvals, as before.

Step 11.  Publish. NFRM and request comments within 30 days on the information collection.

Step 12.  OMB will review after 30 days.

Step 13.  Publish a FR notice informing public of OMB decision associated with the information collection in the rule.

SF 83-I - Paperwork Reduction Act Submission

Supporting Statement for Paperwork Reduction Act Submissions

60/30 Day Notice

Copy of Information Collection

Copy of Legislative Authority

• Complete information collection "Packet" for Department/OMB approval

• 83-I, OMB Paperwork Reduction Act Submission.
• Supporting Statement for Paperwork Reduction Act Submission.
• Prepare 60/30 day Federal Register Notice.
• Copy of legislative or other authority.
• Copy of information collection form, survey, etc.
• Deliver "Packet" to Division of Policy and Directives Management for review.
• Deliver "Packet" to Departmental Informational Collection Coordinator.
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• Deliver "Packet" to Federal Register and OMB upon DOI Information Collection Coordinator approval.
• Return annotated memo to the Division of Policy and Directives Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.

• Liaison between Program Offices and the Office of the Secretary.

• Provides assistance/policy guidance to Program Offices to make sure that the Service is in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

• Reviews regulations, records of compliance, rules and other documents that prescribe information collections.
• Advises Program Offices of pending renewal requirements.
• Advises program offices on alternative ways to gather information for program decision making and implementation.

• Liaison between Bureau/Officers and OMB.

• Review Information Collection "Packets" for compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife - 50 CFR 17.84; Experimental Populations.

A. Justification - Information collection requirements for experimental populations:

The following experimental population described under Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations contains information collection requirements:

50CFR
Section              Species (scientific name)                       Type of reporting

17.84(k)
(63 FR 1752)     Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi):         Take in defense of human life, incidental
                                                                                       take.  Take related to livestock depredation.

1.   Because individuals of designated experimental populations for species listed as threatened or endangered under the ESA are categorically protected,  documentation of human related mortalities,  recovery of dead specimens and other types of take related to the status of experimental populations is important to the Service in order to monitor the success of reintroduction efforts and recovery efforts in general.  In order to minimize potential conflict with humans which could undermine recovery efforts, livestock depredations connected with experimental populations of listed species require prompt attention for purposes of determining the location, timing, and nature of the predatory behavior involved, accurate determination of the species responsible for a livestock kill, and the timely application of necessary control measures.  The Service, in cooperation with the USDA/APHIS Division of Wildlife Services or other cooperating State or Federal agencies, relies an prompt public reporting of depredation in order to resolve livestock related problems, and therefore a time sensitive requirement for reporting problems (generally within 24 hours) to the appropriate Service office is necessary. The service published a final rule on January 12, 1998, that stated an emergency approval from OMB was being requested to collect information on the Mexican wolf.

2. The Service is collecting this information to help further the recovery of the species listed in this supporting statement (in this case the Mexican Wolf). The Service will use this information when assessing the success of the reintroduced population. Experimental populations established under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended, require information collection and reporting to the Service.  Information collection is achieved by means of telephone calls by members of the public to Service offices specified in the individual rules. The vast majority of the information supplied to the Service as a result of experimental population regulations, is provided by cooperating State and Federal agencies under cooperative agreements for the conduct of these recovery programs. However, some of the information collected by the Service under the experimental population rules is provided by the public. Some of the collected information can be categorized as general take or removal information. This type of information relates to human related mortality including unintentional taking incidental to otherwise lawful activities (e.g. highway mortalities),  take in defense of human life, take related to defense of property (if authorized) or take in the form of authorized harassment.  A second type of information collection category would be depredation related take. This type of reporting involves take for management purposes where livestock depredation has been documented and may include authorized harassment or authorized lethal take of experimental animals in the act of attacking livestock. Another category of collected information relates to specimen collection, recovery, or reporting of dead individuals from experimental populations. This type of information collection is for the purpose of documenting incidental or authorized scientific collection. Most of the contacts with the public deal primarily with the reporting of sightings of experimental population animals, or the inadvertent discovery of an injured or dead individual. Some of these contacts are necessary follow-up reports under rules where the Service has authorized harassment or lethal take of   experimental animals (e.g., livestock depredation or in defense of human life). Standard information collected include name of reporting party, address, location of reported incident, member of the species, and phone number of reporting party. Reporting parties include, but are not limited to, individuals or households, businesses, farms, and other non-profit organizations.

3. Not applicable at this time. The information is unique to each respondent. Each reported incident is unique and an those individuals responding generally are able to communicate details verbally via telephone or in writing.

4. The Service works with the USDA/APHIS Division of Wildlife Services and Other Federal and State agencies as necessary when investigating or confirming information received regarding any of the nonessential experimental populations There is some potential for duplication if someone contacts another agency and the Service regarding an  experimental animal but generally there is sufficient information available to the public through interagency outreach efforts to make reporting well known. The Service and cooperating agencies are working closely together to minimize any duplication in reporting.

5. Small businesses or small entities report the same information as individual applicants. The information requested is limited to the minimum necessary to fulfill reporting requirements established in the rules.

6. The requested information is necessary to assess the status of the nonessential to access the status of the nonessential experimental populations. The information is used by Service recovery specialists to determine the success of reintroductions in relation to established recovery plan goals for the threatened and endangered species involved.

7. Not applicable. The guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(2) are not exceeded.

8. This is a renewal request. Previously, the Service solicited public comments for a 60 day period on this information collection in a January 9, 1998 Federal Register Notice (copy attached).  No comments were received in response to that notice.  These regulations have been used by other Federal and State agencies, and for some of those regulations that are final, private individuals may have reported the information requested in the rules to the Service.

9. Not applicable, no payment or gift to respondents is made.

10. Not applicable, no specific statutory authority for confidential information applies to the reported data.

11. Not applicable, no sensitive questions about the reporting individuals are asked.  The reports are not part of a Privacy Act system of records.

12.  This information is requested for reporting information on the Mexican wolf that will be introduced to suitable habitat and will be used for documenting the locations of reintroduced animals, determining causes of mortality and conflict with human activities to enable Service managers to minimize conflicts with people and improve management techniques for reintroduction.  Notifying the Service regarding take of the individuals or for depredation purposes enables the Service to assess the effectiveness of control activities and better develop means to reduce problems with livestock for those species where depredation is a problem.

The Service estimates it will take an individual an average of 15 minutes per report to fulfill this requirement.  Therefore, the annual burden to 12 individuals to complete the reporting requirements totals 3 hours.  Cost to applicants is estimated at $3.00 each (phone calls, or facsimile), or a total of $36.00, plus an additional $45.00 based on an estimated cost of $15 per hour for time spent compiling required information and completing the forms.

The number of expected report and thus total burden hours is being revised to reflect expected increases due tothe growth of existing experimental populations, and to accommodate additional releases of black-footed ferrets (under 50 CFR 17.84 (g)) and grizzly bears (under 50 17.84(l)) when final rules are published in the near future.

b)  Depredation related take is take for management purposes where livestock depredation has been documented and may include authorized lethal take of experimental animals in the act of attacking livestock.

c)  Specimen collection, recovery, or reporting of dead individuals from experimental populations for documentation purposes or authorized scientific collection purposes.

The total burden hours for the reporting requirements is 33 hours for 3 years.  The Service estimates the total burden hours per year to date for the final rules at 11 hours per year.

13.  No costs to applicants beyond costs of hour burden described above and estsimated costs of phone calls are anticipated.

14.  The Service estimates it will take an average of 30 minutes per report for the Service to process the information collected on the species.  Therefore, the annual burden to the Service resulting from 44 individuals reporting information totals 22 hours.  Cost is estimated at $ 30.00 per hours, or a total of $ 660.00.

15.  Two final rules for experimental populations (black-footed ferret and grizzly bear) proposed in 1997 are expected to be issued in the near future.  The revision of the currently approved collection is to accommodate an expected increase in the number of experimental animals in the wild.  The Service has estimated the number of expected reports to account for this change.

16.  No publication of information is anticipated.  The information is only for internal tracking and use.

17.  Not applicable.  The Service is not seeking a waiver from the requirement to display the expiration date of the OMB approval of the information collection.

18.  Not applicable.  There are no exceptions to the certification statement in item 19 of OMB 83-I.

B.  Collection of Information Employing Statistical Methods:

There is no statistical sampling or information program involved in this process.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection Renewal to be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval under the paperwork Reduction Act.

AGENCY:  Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior

ACTION: Information collection; request for comments

SUMMARY: The collection of information described below has been submitted to OMB for renewal under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.  Copies of specific information collection requirements, related forms and explanatory material may be obtained by contacting the Service Information Collection Clearance officer at the address and/or phone numbers listed below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received on or before (insert date 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions on specific requirements should be sent to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222 ARLSQ, 1849 C Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E. LaVerne Smith, Chief, Division of Endangered Species, 703/358-2171

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has submitted the following information collection clearance requirements to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.  Public L. 104-13. A previous 60 day  notice on this information collection requirement was published in the Federal Register on January 6, 1998 (63 FR 1490-91) inviting public comment.  No comments on the previous notice were received as of March 10, 1998.  Emergency approval For this information collection requirement was cleared on January 29, 1998 under OMB control number 1018-0096.  Pursuant to this renewal, comments are invited on (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 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. The information collections in this program will not be part of a system of records covered by the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).

Experimental populations established under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended, require information collection and reporting to the Service. Section 9 of the ESA describes prohibited acts involving threatened or endangered species (16 U.S.C. section 1538 (a)(1)(B)). There are three more categories of information collected under already issued experimental population rules.  To date these categories have encompassed information relating to:  1) the general taking or removal of individuals of an experimental population, and 2) the authorized taking of individuals related to reports of depredation on livestock or pets caused by individuals that are part of experimental population and 3) the collection of specimens or the recovery of dead animals that are part of an experimental population.  These three categories have adequately  described the types of information needed to evaluate the efficacy of the program and are expected to continue to accurately describe activities under the program.

Because individuals of designated experimental populations for species listed as threatened or endangered under the ESA are categorically protected, documentation of human-related mortalities, recovery of dead specimens and other types of take related to the status of experimental populations is important to the Service in order to monitor the success of reintroduction efforts, and recovery efforts in general.  In order to minimize the potential conflict with humans which could undermine recovery efforts, livestock depredations connected with  experimental populations of listed species require prompt attention for purposes of determining the location, timing, and nature of the predatory behavior involved, accurate determination of the species responsible for a livestock kill, and the timely application of necessary control measures.

The Service, in cooperation with the USDA/APHIS Division of Wildlife Services or other cooperating State or Federal agencies, relies on prompt public reporting of depredation in order to resolve livestock related problems, and therefore a time sensitive requirement for reporting problems (generally within 24 hours) to the appropriate Service office is necessary.
Information collection is achieved primarily by means of telephone calls by members of the public to Service offices specified in the  individual rules (some may choose to use facsimile or electronic mail).  Information required is limited to the identity of the caller, species involved, time and place of an incident, and circumstances related to the incident described.  The vast majority of the information supplied to the Service as a result of experimental population regulations, is provided by cooperating State and Federal agencies under cooperative agreement. However, some of the information collected by the Service under the experimental population rules is provided by the public.

The collected information can be separated into three categories: general take or removal, depredation related take, and specimen collection. General take or removal information refers to human related mortality including unintentional taking incidental to otherwise lawful activities (e.g. highway mortalities), take in defense of human life, take related to defense of property (if authorized) or take in the form of authorized harassment.  Most contacts related to this type of information collection are in regard to sightings of experimental animals, or the inadvertent discovery of and injured or dead individual. Depredation related take refers to the reporting of take for management purposes, where livestock depredation has been documented or may include authorized harassment or lethal take of experimental animals in the act of attacking livestock. The information collection required by the rules for this term of take include the necessary follow-up reports after the Service has authorized harassment or lethal take of experimental animals in relation to confirmed instances of livestock depredation or in defense of  human life.  Specimen collection is for the purpose of documenting incidental or authorized scientific collection. Most of the information collection requirement for this take pertains primarily to the reporting of sightings of experimental population animals or the inadvertent discovery of an injured or dead individual.  Information collection is required for necessary follow-up reports when the Service has authorized take of experimental animals for specimen collection.

The standard information collection includes the name, address, and phone number of the reporting party, location and time of the reported incident, species of experimental population involved. Reporting parties include, but are not limited to, individuals or households, farms and businesses, and other non-profit organizations. The reporting of specimen collections, recovery, or even the reporting of dead individuals from experimental populations is important to the Service's efforts in monitoring these individuals and for other scientific purposes.

Because the number of reports generated annually by the general public (rather than cooperating agencies or separately permitted individuals) under these rules is extremely small (far less than one report per year, per rule) and to assure thorough documentation of results, the Service is estimating the number of expected reports to assume a maximum number per year based on allowance for increased population size and public awareness of experimental populations.

The following nonessential experiments population rule for the Mexican wolf is described under Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations and contains information collection requirements:
 
 

50 CFR  Section		Species (Scientific name)		Type of reporting
17.84(k)		Red Wolf (Canis rufus)		Take in defense of  human life, incidental take  related to livestock depredation
17.84(g)		Black footed ferret (Mustela nigripes):		Incidental take, specimen collection/reporting
17.84(h)		Whooping crane (Grus americana):		Specimen collection/reporting
17.84(i)		Gray wolf (Canis lupus):		Take in defense of human life, incidental take  Take related to livestock depredation
17.84(j)		California condors  (Gymnogrups californianus):		Specimen collection/reporting,  incidental take
Proposed Rules:
17.84(l)  (62 FR 35762)		Grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis)		Take in defense of human life, incidental take Take related to livestock depredation

Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, 50 CFR 17.84, Experimental populations.

Description of respondents: private individuals and households, businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and farms.

Bureau number: N/A.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Burden of  Estimates for Reporting for the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf-Endangered Species
 
 

Type of report	Number of reports annually	Average time required per report (minutes)	Burden hours
General take or removala	16	15 minutes	4 hours
Depredation related takeb	12	15 minutes	3 hours
Specimen collectionc	16	15 minutes	4 hours

a) General take or removal includes human related mortality including unintentional taking incidental to otherwise lawful activities (e.g. highway mortalities), take in defense of human life, take related to defense of property (if authorized) or take in the form of authorized harassment.

b) Depredation related take is take for management purposes where livestock depredation had been documented and may include authorized harassment or authorized lethal take of experimental animals in the act of attacking livestock.

c) Specimen collection, recovery, or reporting of dead individuals from experimental populations for documentation purposes or authorized scientific collection purposes.

The number of expected reports and thus total burden hours is being revised to reflect expected increases due to the growth of existing experimental populations, and to accomodate additional releases of black-footed ferrets (under 50 CFR 17.84 (g)) and grizzly bears (under 50 17.84 (l)) when final rules are published in the near future.

Date:  5/14/98

/s/ Richard Hannan
Acting Assistant Director - Ecological Services
 

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