[Federal Register: August 31, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 168)] [Notices] [Page 53328-53331] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr31au10-89] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R9-IA-2010-N188; 96300-1671-0000-P5] Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0093; Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit Applications, Management Authority AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 53329]] SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC 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. DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, we must receive them by November 1, 2010. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); or hope_ grey@fws.gov (e-mail). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358-2482. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract This IC covers permit applications 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: (1) Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). (2) Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.). (3) Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.). (4) Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668). (5) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (27 U.S.T. 1087). (6) Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407). (7) Wild Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4901-4916). 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. This revised IC 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. After OMB takes action on this information collection request, we will discontinue 1018-0137. In addition, we are proposing 10 new forms. We believe these forms will reduce burden on applicants, improve customer service, and allow us to process applications and issue CITES documents quickly. (1) FWS Form 3-200-21a (Report on the Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies of Argali). Applicants currently submit this report in a nonform format. (2) FWS Form 3-200-80 (Export of Fertilized Live Eggs, Caviar, or Meat from Aquacultured Paddlefish or Sturgeon CITES). Applicants currently use FWS Forms 3-200-24 or 3-200-76 for this activity. (3) FWS Form 3-200-83 (Approval of a CITES Export Program (American ginseng, CITES furbearers, American Alligator)). Applicants currently submit this information in a nonform format. (4) FWS Form 3-200-83a (Report for Furbearer CITES Export Programs). Applicants currently submit this report in a nonform format. (5) FWS Form 3-200-83b (Report for American Alligator CITES Export Programs). Applicants currently submit this report in a nonform format. (6) FWS Form 3-200-84 (Participation in the Plant Rescue Center Program). Applicants currently submit the necessary information in a nonform format. (7) FWS Form 3-200-84a (Plant Rescue Program - Report on Receipt and Condition of Specimens). Applicants currently submit this report in a nonform format. (8) FWS Form 3-200-85 (Establishment of a Master File for the Export of Live Captive-Bred Animals (CITES)). Applicants currently use FWS Form 3-200-24 for this activity. (9) 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. (10) FWS Form 3-200-87 (Transfer of Live Captive-held Marine Mammals (MMPA)). Applicants currently submit letters for notification or authorization. II. Data OMB Control Number: 1018-0093. Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit Applications, Management Authority, 50 CFR 13, 15, 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, 3-200-83 through 3-200-87. Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection. Affected Public: 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 Nonhour Cost Burden: $942,000, primarily associated with application fees. The following table lists the various applications and reports with burden estimates. We have rounded the annual burden hours for each form to the nearest hour. Those applications with an asterisk (*) have a reporting requirement for the associated permit. Each permit specifies the required report information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden Application Forms/Reports respondents responses response hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-200-19/Import of Sport-hunted 1,031 1,083 20 minutes......... 361 Trophies of Southern African Leopard, African Elephant, and Namibian Southern White Rhinoceros. 3-200-20/Import of Sport-Hunted 15 21 1 hour............. 21 Trophies (Appendix I of CITES and/or ESA). 3-200-21/Import of Sport-Hunted 134 201 45 minutes......... 151 Trophies of Argali. 3-200-21a/Report on the Import 100 135 15 minutes......... 34 of Sport-Hunted Trophies of Argali. [[Page 53330]] 3-200-22/Import of Sport-Hunted 70 95 20 minutes......... 32 Bontebok Trophies*. 3-200-23/Export of Pre- 127 241 45 minutes......... 181 Convention, Pre-Act, or Antique Specimens (CITES and/or ESA). 3-200-24/Export of Live Captive- 170 485 45 minutes......... 364 Born Animals (CITES). 3-200-25/Export of Raptors...... 46 64 1 hour............. 64 3-200-26/Export of skins/ 618 865 20 minutes......... 288 products of 7 native species: bobcat, lynx, river otter, American alligator, Alaskan brown bear, black bear, and gray wolf. 3-200-27/Export of Wildlife 68 113 45 minutes......... 85 Removed from the Wild (CITES). 3-200-28/Export/Reexport of 57 95 30 minutes......... 48 Trophies by Hunters or Taxidermists (CITES). 3-200-29/Import/Export/Reexport 108 270 1 hour, 10 minutes. 316 of Wildlife Samples and/or Biomedical Samples (CITES)*. 3-200-30/Export/Reexport/ 73 81 1 hour............. 81 Reimport of Circuses and Traveling Animal Exhibitions*. 3-200-30a/Export/Reexport of 64 69 30 minutes......... 35 Circuses and Traveling Animal Exhibitions Report. 3-200-31/Introduction from the 3 3 2 hours............ 6 Sea (CITES). 3-200-32/Export/Reexport of 105 614 1 hour............. 614 Plants (CITES). 3-200-33/Export of Artificially 20 303 2 hours............ 606 Propagated Plants (Multiple Commercial Shipments). 3-200-34/Export of American 41 107 20 minutes......... 36 Ginseng (Commercial only)*. 3-200-35/Import of Appendix-I 3 3 1 hour............. 3 Plants (CITES). 3-200-36/Export/Import/ 3 3 1 hour............. 3 InterState and Foreign Commerce of Plants*. 3-200-37/ Export/Import/ 110 165 2 hours............ 330 Interstate and Foreign Commerce/ Take of Animals*. 3-200-39/Certificate of 3 7 1 hour............. 7 Scientific Exchange (COSE)*. 3-200-39a/ Certificate of 4 7 30 minutes......... 4 Scientific Exchange (COSE) - Special Reporting Conditions Report. 3-200-40/Export and Reimport of 2 2 1 hour............. 2 Museum Specimens*. 3-200-40a/ESA Museum Permit 2 2 1 hour............. 2 Report. 3-200-41/Captive-Bred Wildlife 87 87 2 hours............ 174 Registration*. 3-200-41a/Captive-Bred Wildlife 83 83 30 minutes......... 42 Registration Annual Report. 3-200-42/Import/Acquisition/ 21 21 1 hour............. 21 Transport of Injurious Wildlife. 3-200-43/ Take/Import/Transport/ 16 19 2 hours, 20 minutes 44 Export of Marine Mammals or Amendment of Existing Permit*. 3-200-44/Registration of An 1 1 1 hour............. 1 Agent/Tannery*. 3-200-44a/Registered Agent/ 1 1 1 hour............. 1 Tannery Inventory Report. 3-200-46/Import/Export/Reexport 335 369 30 minutes......... 185 of Personal Pets (WBCA and or CITES). 3-200-47/Import of Birds for 7 16 2 hours............ 32 Scientific Research or Zoological Breeding and Display (WBCA). 3-200-48/Import of Birds Under 3 4 1 hours............ 4 an Approved Cooperative Breeding Program (WBCA)*. 3-200-49/Approval, Amendment or 3 4 3 hours............ 12 Renewal of a Cooperative Breeding Program (WBCA). 3-200-50/Approval of Sustainable 2 2 10 hours........... 20 Use Management Plan Under the Wild Bird Conservation Act. 3-200-51/Approval of a Foreign 2 2 8 hours............ 16 Breeding Facility Under the Wild Bird Conservation Act. 3-200-52/Reissuance or Renewal 145 198 15 minutes......... 50 of a Permit. 3-200-53/Export/Reexport of Live 4 4 2 hours............ 8 Captive-Held Marine Mammals (CITES). 3-200-58/Supplemental 50 50 1 hour............. 50 Application for a Retrospective Document (CITES). 3-200-61/CITES Export Programs*. 25 25 43 hours, 30 1,088 minutes. 3-200-64/Certificate of 115 137 30 minutes......... 69 Ownership for Personally Owned Wildlife ``Pet passport'' (CITES). 3-200-65/Registration of 2 2 40 hours........... 80 Appendix-I Commercial Breeding Operations (CITES). 3-200-66/Replacement Document 50 50 30 minutes......... 26 (CITES). 3-200-69/CITES Import/Export- 3 3 30 minutes......... 3 Eagle Transport for Scientific or Exhibition Purposes. 3-200-70/CITES Import/Export- 16 16 30 minutes......... 8 Eagle Transport for Indian Religious Purposes. 3-200-73/Reexport of Wildlife 3,975 5,565 30 minutes......... 2,784 (CITES). 3-200-74/Single-Use Export 350 1,000 6 minutes.......... 100 Permits Under a Master File or Annual Program File. 3-200-75/ Registration of a 25 25 30 minutes......... 13 Production Facility for Export of Certain Native Species. [[Page 53331]] 3-200-76/Export of Caviar or 12 120 3 hours............ 360 Meat of Paddlefish or Sturgeon Removed from the Wild (CITES)*. 3-200-80/Export of Fertilized 5 15 3 hours............ 45 Live Eggs, Caviar, or Meat from Aquacultured Paddlefish or Sturgeon CITES). 3-200-83/Approval of a CITES 2 2 12 hours........... 24 Export Program (American ginseng, CITES furbearers, American Alligator). 3-200-83a/Report for Furbearer 52 52 1 hour............. 52 CITES Export Programs. 3-200-83b/Report for American 10 10 1 hour............. 10 Alligator CITES Export Program. 3-200-84/Participation in the 3 3 1 hour............. 3 Plant Rescue Center Program - Application. 3-200-84a/Plant Rescue Program - 70 140 30 minutes......... 70 Report on Receipt and Condition of Specimens. 3-200-85/Master File for the 45 90 1 hour............. 90 Export of Live Captive-bred Animals (CITES)*. 3-200-86/Photography of Marine 10 15 1.5 hours.......... 23 Mammals for Educational or Commercial Purposes (MMPA). 3-200-87/Transfer of Live 2 25 1 hour............. 25 Captive-held Marine Mammals (MMPA). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals...................... 8,509 13,190 ................... 9,207 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Request for Comments We invite comments concerning this IC 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. 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 us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: August 25, 2010 Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2010-21724 Filed 8-30-10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-S