[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4487-4488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01478]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-FHC-2014-N016; FXFR131109WFHS0-FF09F10000-134]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Injurious Wildlife; Importation
Certification for Live Fish and Fish Eggs
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 information collection is scheduled to
expire on February 28, 2014. 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 February 27, 2014.
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_Submission@omb.eop.gov
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 2042-PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0078'' in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone). 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018-0078.
Title: Injurious Wildlife; Importation Certification for Live Fish
and Fish Eggs, 50 CFR 16.13.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2273, 3-2274, and 3-2275.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Aquatic animal health professionals
seeking to be certified title 50 inspectors; certified title 50
inspectors who have performed health certifications on live salmonids;
and any entity wishing to import live salmonids or their reproductive
products into the United States.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Number of Number of Completion time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
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FWS Form 3-2273....................... 16 16 1 hour.................. 16
FWS Form 3-2274....................... 25 50 30 minutes.............. 25
FWS Form 3-2275....................... 25 50 15 minutes.............. 13
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Total............................. 66 116 ........................ 54
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Abstract: The Lacey Act (18 U.S.C. 42) (Act) prohibits the
possession or importation of any animal deemed to be and prescribed by
regulation to be injurious to:
Human beings;
The interests of agriculture, horticulture, and forestry;
or
Wildlife or the wildlife resources of the United States.
The Department of the Interior is charged with enforcement of this
Act. The Act and regulations at 50 CFR 16 allow for the importation of
animals classified as injurious if specific criteria are met. To
effectively carry out responsibilities and protect the aquatic
resources of the United States, we must gather information on the
animals being imported with regard to their source, destination, and
health status. It is also imperative that we ensure the qualifications
of those individuals who provide the fish health data and sign the
health certificate upon which we base our decision to allow
importation.
We use three forms to collect this information:
(1) FWS Form 3-2273 (Title 50 Certifying Official Form). New
applicants and those seeking recertification as a title 50 certifying
official provide information so that we can assess their
qualifications.
(2) FWS Form 3-2274 (U.S. Title 50 Certification Form). Certifying
officials use this form or their own health certificate to affirm the
health status of the fish or their reproductive products to be
imported.
(3) FWS Form 3-2275 (Title 50 Importation Request Form). We use the
information on this form to ensure the safety of the shipment and to
track and control importations.
Comments: On November 6, 2013, we published in the Federal Register
(78 FR 66760) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval
for this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments
for 60 days, ending on January 6, 2014. We did not receive any
comments.
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, email
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
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information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be
done.
Dated: January 22, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-01478 Filed 1-27-14; 8:45 am]
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