[Federal Register: April 26, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 81)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Information Collection 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: Notice of intent to request renewal of information collection
authority.

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SUMMARY: We will submit the collection of information listed below to
OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. You may obtain copies of specific information collection
requirements and explanatory material by contacting our Information
Collection Clearance Officer at the address or phone number listed
below.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the requirement to the Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Room 222
ARLSQ, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20204.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information
collection request, explanatory information, and related forms, contact
Rebecca A. Mullin at (703) 358-2287 or electronically to
rmullin@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We propose to submit the following
information collection clearance requirements to the OMB for review and
approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). We
currently have OMB approval #1018-0102, which expires 12/31/01.
Your comments are invited on: (1) Whether this collection of
information is necessary for us to properly perform our functions,
including whether this information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of our estimates of burden, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions we use; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information we are proposing to collect;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 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. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless the agency displays a currently valid
OMB control number.
The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 that
amends the National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668 dd-ee) requires that we authorize economic privileges on any
national wildlife refuge by permit only when the activity will be
compatible and appropriate with the purposes for which the refuge was
established. We will provide the permit applications as requested by
interested citizens. We will use information provided on the required
written forms and-or verbal applications to ensure that the applicant
is eligible for the permit. We make provision in our general refuge
regulations for public entry for specialized purposes, including
economic activities such as the operation of guiding and other visitor
services on refuges by concessionaire or cooperators under appropriate
contractors or legal agreements or special use permits (50 CFR 25.41
and Secs. 25.61, 30.11, 31.13, and 31.16). These regulations provide
the authorities and procedures for allowing permits on refuges outside
of Alaska.
We use this permit to authorize such items as farming operations
(haying and grazing, and beneficial management tools that we use to
provide the best habitat possible on some refuges), recreational
visitor service operations (outfitters/guides), commercial filming, and
other commercial and noncommercial activities. Likely respondents will
be individual citizens, certain corporations, Federal, State, local, or
Tribal governments. We will issue permits for a specific period as
determined by the type and location of the use or visitor service
provided.
Title: National Wildlife Refuge System Special Use Permit for all
Refuges Outside Alaska
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Approval Number: 1018-0102
Service Form Number: 3-1383
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Individuals and households; Business
and other for-profit organizations; Non-profit institutions; Farms; and
State, local or Tribal governments.
Total Annual Burden Hours: We have 519 national wildlife refuges
outside the State of Alaska. We anticipate that each refuge will
authorize approximately 20 permits each year. This is a total of 10,380
permits. We estimate that it takes an hour to complete the application
requirements to supply the necessary information. Therefore the annual
burden estimate in hours is 10,380.

Dated: April 19, 2001.
Rebecca A. Mullin,
Information Collection Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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