[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8840-8842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02110]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-ES-2017-N227; FF09E00000 178 FXES11130900000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget for Approval; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications
and Reports--Native Endangered and Threatened Species
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This request is for an extension
of a currently approved collection. 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 January 31,
2017. 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 March 2, 2017.
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_Submissions@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 BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
(mail), or madonna_baucum@fws.gov (email). Please include ``1018-0094''
in the subject line of your comments. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madonna Baucum at
madonna_baucum@fws.gov (email) or 703-358-2503 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
We (the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) collect information
associated with application forms 3-200-54, 3-200-55, and 3-200-56 to
determine the eligibility of applicants for permits requested in
accordance with the criteria in section 10 of the Endangered Species
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act). Based on which permits are issued,
reports are used to monitor activities associated with permitted
activities. The following forms are new to this collection: 3-202-55b,
3-202-55c, 3-202-55d, 3-202-55e, 3-202-55f, and 3-202-55g.
Our regulations implementing the Act are in chapter I, subchapter B
of title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (50 CFR 13 and 50
CFR 17). The regulations stipulate general and specific requirements
that, when met, allow us to issue permits to authorize activities that
are otherwise prohibited.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0094.
Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--
Native Endangered and Threatened Species; 50 CFR 13 and 17.
Service Form Numbers: FWS Forms 3-200-54, 3-200-55, 3-200-56, 3-
202-55b, 3-202-55c, 3-202-55d, 3-202-55e, 3-202-55f, and 3-202-55g.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals; consultants; and local,
State, and Tribal governments.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion, annually, one time.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $55,400.
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Completion
Annual number Total annual time per Total annual
Requirement of respondents responses response (in burden hours
hours) (rounded)
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SHA/CCAA
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Application (Form 3-200-54)
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Individuals..................................... 5 5 3 15
CCAAs........................................... 2 2 30 60
SHAs............................................ 3 3 30 90
Private Sector.................................. 21 21 3 63
CCAAs........................................... 16 16 30 480
SHAs............................................ 5 5 30 150
Government...................................... 7 7 3 21
CCAAs........................................... 5 5 30 150
SHAs............................................ 2 2 30 60
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Annual report
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Individuals..................................... 10 10 8 80
Private Sector.................................. 40 40 8 320
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Government...................................... 14 14 8 112
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Notifications (Incidental Take)
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Individuals..................................... 1 1 1 1
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Notifications (Change in Land Owner)
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Individuals..................................... 1 1 1 1
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RECOVERY/INTERSTATE COMMERCE
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Application (Form 3-200-55)
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Individuals..................................... 280 280 3 840
Private Sector.................................. 280 280 3 840
Government...................................... 80 80 3 240
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Annual report
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Individuals..................................... 700 700 3 2,100
Private Sector.................................. 748 748 3 2,244
Government...................................... 800 800 3 2,400
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Request To Revise List of Authorized Individuals
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Private Sector.................................. 30 30 0.5 15
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Annual Report--Form 3-202-55b (Region 3 Bat Reporting Spreadsheet)
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Individuals..................................... 15 15 2.5 38
Private Sector.................................. 15 15 2.5 38
Government...................................... 12 12 2.5 30
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Annual Report--Form 3-202-55c (Region 4 Bat Reporting Spreadsheet)
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Individuals..................................... 5 5 2.5 13
Private Sector.................................. 5 5 2.5 13
Government...................................... 5 5 2.5 13
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Annual Report--Form 3-202-55d (Region 5 Bat Reporting Spreadsheet)
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Individuals..................................... 5 5 2.5 13
Private Sector.................................. 5 5 2.5 13
Government...................................... 5 5 2.5 13
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Annual Report--Form 3-202-55e (Region 6 Bat Reporting Spreadsheet)
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Individuals..................................... 5 5 2.5 13
Private Sector.................................. 5 5 2.5 13
Government...................................... 5 5 2.5 13
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Annual Report--Form 3-202-55f Non-Releasable Sea Turtle Annual Report
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Individuals..................................... 0 0 0.5 0
Private Sector.................................. 2 2 0.5 1
Government...................................... 5 5 0.5 2.5
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Notification (Escape of Wildlife)
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Private Sector.................................. 1 1 1 1
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Quarterly Report--Form 3-202-55g Sea Turtle Rehabilitation
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Private Sector.................................. 20 20 .5 10
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HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN
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Application (Form 3-200-56)
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Individuals..................................... 6 6 3 18
Private Sector.................................. 6 6 3 18
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Government...................................... 3 3 3 9
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Annual Report
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Individuals..................................... 30 30 10 300
Private Sector.................................. 100 100 10 1,000
Government...................................... 26 26 10 260
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Plan
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Individuals..................................... 10 10 2,080 20,800
Private Sector.................................. 20 20 2,080 41,600
Government...................................... 16 16 2,080 33,280
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Total....................................... 3,382 3,382 .............. 107,805 *
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* Figures rounded to match submission to OMB in ROCIS.
III. Comments
On October 3, 2016, we published in the Federal Register (81 FR
68029) 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 December 2, 2016. We received no comments on this
information collection.
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 information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-02110 Filed 1-30-17; 8:45 am]
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