[Federal Register: November 29, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2010-N263; 96300-1671-0000-P5]
Information Collection Sent To the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0093; Federal Fish
and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--Management Authority
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November
30, 2010. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may
continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before December 29, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-
ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail), or
infocol@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at the addresses above or by
telephone at (703) 358-2482. You may review the ICR online at http://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by OMB.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 1018-0093.
Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--
Management Authority, 50 CFR 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 23.
Service Form Number(s): 3-200-19 through 3-200-37, 3-200-39 through
3-200-44, 3-200-46 through 3-200-53, 3-200-58, 3-200-61, 3-200-64
through 3-200-66, 3-200-69 to 3-200-70, 3-200-73 through 3-200-76, 3-
200-80, and 3-200-85 through 3-200-87.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals; biomedical companies;
circuses; zoological parks; botanical gardens; nurseries; museums;
universities; antique dealers; exotic pet industry; hunters;
taxidermists; commercial importers/exporters of wildlife and plants;
freight forwarders/brokers; and State, Tribal, local, and Federal
governments.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 10,314.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 13,055.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 6 minutes to 85
hours depending on activity.
Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours: 9,525.
Estimated Nonhour Cost Burden: $982,751 associated with application
fees.
Abstract: This information collection covers permit applications
and reports that our Division of Management Authority uses to determine
the eligibility of applicants for permits requested in accordance with
the criteria in various Federal wildlife conservation laws and
international treaties, including:
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668).
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (27 U.S.T. 1087).
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407 et
seq.).
Wild Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4901-4916 et seq.).
Service regulations implementing these statutes and treaties are in
Chapter I, Subchapter B of Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
These regulations stipulate general and specific requirements that when
met allow us to issue permits to authorize activities that are
otherwise prohibited.
In addition to the forms and reports currently approved under OMB
Control No. 1018-0093, this revised ICR includes:
FWS Forms 3-200-74 (Single-Use Export Permits Under a
Master File or Annual Program File) and 3-200-75 (Registration of a
Production Facility for Export of Certain Native Species). These forms
are currently approved under OMB Control Number 1018-0137. If OMB
approves this ICR, we will discontinue 1018-0137.
Four new forms that we believe will reduce burden on
applicants, improve customer service, and allow us to process
applications and issue CITES documents quickly:
(1) FWS Form 3-200-80 (Export of Fertilized Live Eggs, Caviar, or
Meat from Aquacultured Paddlefish or Sturgeon (CITES)). Applicants
currently use FWS Form 3-200-24 or 3-200-76 for this activity.
(2) FWS Form 3-200-85 (Master File for the Export of Live Captive-
bred Animals (CITES)). Applicants currently use FWS Form 3-200-24 for
this activity.
(3) FWS Form 3-200-86 (Photography of Marine Mammals for
Educational or Commercial Purposes (MMPA)). Applicants currently use
FWS Form 3-200-43 for this activity.
(4) FWS Form 3-200-87 (Transfer of Live Captive-held Marine Mammals
(MMPA)). Applicants currently submit letters for notification or
authorization.
Comments: On August 31, 2010, we published in the Federal Register
(75 FR 53328) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on November 1, 2010. We received one comment. The comment
did not address issues surrounding the proposed collection of
information or the cost and hour burden estimates, but did object to
other aspects of our permitting program and the killing of wildlife. We
have not made any changes to this collection as a result of the
comment. The commenter did question the groups that we included under
the heading ``Affected Public'' in our previous Federal Register notice
and stated that the entire U.S. public and animal protection groups are
affected by this information collection. The groups listed under this
heading were potential respondents. To ensure clarity, we have changed
the heading title to ``Description of Respondents.''
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information;
Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Dated: November 22, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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