[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11913-11915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6369]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for Extension Approval
SUMMARY: The proposed collections of information listed below will be
submitted to the OMB for extension approval under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Copies of specific information
collection requirements, related forms and explanatory material may be
obtained by contacting the Service Information Collection Clearance
Officer at the address and/or phone numbers listed below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 12, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions on specific requirements should be
sent to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, MS 224-ARLSQ; 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC
20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis H. Cook, Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, 703/358-1943; 703/358-2269 (fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Service proposes to submit the following
information collection clearance requirements to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.
Comments are invited on (1) whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden, including whether the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information
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.
Under the present clearance, the Service submitted the following
requirements in one submission, and they were assigned OMB Approval
Number 1018-0022, the Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit
Application and related reports, Service form number 3-200. In an
attempt to facilitate the comment process, and to make the application
process more ``user friendly,'' similar types of permits have been
grouped together and numbered. The application to apply for Service
permits issued under subchapter B of Title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), will still require completion of the 3-200 form. In
addition to the permit application, attachments are often necessary to
provide additional information required for each specific type of
permit and these attachments have been assigned numbers, e.g., 3-200.2.
The information on the application form will be used by the Service
to review permit applications and allow the Service to make decisions,
according to criteria established in various Federal wildlife
conservation statues and regulations, on the issuance, suspension,
revocation or denial of permits. The frequency of response for the
following types of permit applications/licenses is on occasion, and all
have been currently assigned OMB Approval Number 1018-0022, unless
otherwise noted.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
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approval number and the agency informs the potential persons who are to
respond to such collections that they are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
approval number.
1. Title: Permits to Import/Export Migratory Birds.
Service form number: 3-200.6
Description and use: Used by the Service to determine whether or
not an applicant is qualified to posses and use an import/export permit
with respect to migratory birds. The information is also used as an
enforcement and management aid in regulating the possession,
transportation, and sale of lawfully acquired and mounted migratory
birds and their parts, nests, or eggs.
Description of respondents: Individuals and households; business or
other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; and local, State or
Federal government.
Number of respondents: 93.
Estimated completion time: 30 minutes.
Total annual burden: 465 hours.
2. Title: Scientific Collecting Permits.
Service form number: 3-200.7.
Description and use: Used will be used by the Service to determine
if a permit should be issued to an individual. Additional information
is required beyond completion of the standard application form to
determine whether there is a bona fide scientific or educational need
for the issuance of scientific collecting permit.
Description of respondents: Individuals and households; individuals
acting on behalf of an educational or scientific institution and/or
agency.
Number of respondents: 310.
Estimated completion time: 2 hours.
Total annual burden: 620 hours.
3. Title: Taxidermist Permits.
Service form number: 3-200.8.
Description and use: Used to determine whether an applicant is
qualified to engage in taxidermy with respect to migratory birds in a
specific State, particularly if that State requires a permit. The
information is also used as a enforcement and management aid in
regulation the possession, transportation, and sale of lawfully
acquired and mounted migratory birds and their parts, nest, or eggs.
Description of respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of respondents: 2,286.
Estimated completion time: .25 hours (15 minutes).
Total annual burden: 572 hours.
4. Title: Waterfowl Sale and Disposal Permits.
Service form number: 3-200.9.
Description and use: Used by the Service to ensure compliance with
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) regulations that prohibit the
sale, purchase, or barter of migratory waterfowl. The information
collected from persons wishing to sell captive-reared migratory
waterfowl is the minimum necessary that still allows the Service to
fulfill the mandate of protecting waterfowl populations form illegal
commercial exploitation. This information also enables the Service to
determine if an applicant with any State laws requiring a person to
obtain a game breeder's license prior to conducting commercial sale
activities. Once the permit is issued, the permittee is require to keep
accurate records of activities conducted within the authority of the
permit. This information is also used as an enforcement and management
aid in regulating the take, transportation, and possession of wild
migratory waterfowl, and sale, trade, or other transfer of captive-
reared properly marked waterfowl.
Description of respondents: Individuals or households; Individuals
acting on behalf of not-for-profit institutions such as zoos.
Number of respondents: 704.
Estimated completion time: 30 minutes.
Total annual burden: 352 hours.
5. Title: Special Purpose Permits.
Service form number: 3-200.10.
Description and use: Used by the Service to determine whether there
is a bona fide scientific, educational, rehabilitation or other need or
benefit to wildlife for the issuance of a special purpose permit. In
addition, the year end report of the collecting activities conducted by
permittee is necessary to ensure compliance with permit conditions, and
to identify inactive permit holders who are no longer collecting
migratory birds. This information is also used as an enforcement and
management aid in regulating the taking, transportation, and possession
of migratory birds, for scientific research or educational purposes.
Description of respondents: Individuals and households; not-for-
profit institutions; and local, state, federal governments.
Number of respondents: 2,753.
Estimated completion time: 2.5 hours (2 hours and 15 minutes).
Total annual burden: 6,883.
6. Title: Falconry Permits.
Service form number: 3-200.11.
Description and use: Used by the Service to determine if a falconry
permit should be issued to an individual. This information is also used
by the Service to determine if a falconry permit should be issued to an
individual. This information is also used by the Service as an
enforcement and management aid in regulating the taking,
transportation, and possession of wild migratory birds, and the sale,
trade, or transfer of certain captive-bred migratory birds. A copy of
the applicant's State falconry permit is needed by the Service to
ensure that the applicant has complied with the Federal regulation
regulation requiring the prior issuance of a State falconry permit as a
pre-requisite for the issuance of a Federal falconry permit.
In addition, permittee as required to prepare and submit a Service
form 3-186A documenting the acquisition and disposition of each bird.
This information is needed by the Service to monitor the take,
possession, purchase, sale, and other acquisition or disposition
raptors to prevent the illegal possession by unauthorized persons and
the illegal taking of birds from the wild. One copy of the form is
retained by the seller and another copy is kept by the purchaser to
document the legal transaction. The use of this form precludes the need
for an annual report that was previously required.
Description of respondents: Individuals and households.
Number of respondents: 1,964.
Estimated completion time: .083 hours (5 minutes) per application;
083 hours (5 minutes) per report (form 3-185A).
Total annual burden: 163 hours (application); 163 hours (form 3-
186A).
7. Title: Raptor Propagation Permits.
Service form number: 3-200.13.
Description and use: Used by the Service to determine whether or
not an applicant is qualified to conduct raptor propagation in a
specific State, particularly if that State requires a permit. The
information is also used as an enforcement and management aid in
regulating the possession, transportation, and sale of lawfully
acquired migratory birds and their parts, nests, or eggs. In addition,
permittee are required to complete a form 3-186A as described above.
Description of respondents: Individuals and households; not-for-
profit institutions (specifically, zoos).
Number of respondents: 143.
Estimated completion time: 1.5.
Total annual burden: 215 hours.
8. Depredation Permits.
Service form number: 3-200.13.
Description and use: Used by the Service in conducting
investigations to ascertain the degree of damage to crops and/or
property and determine the most suitable methods of reducing present
and abating subsequent damage.
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Description of respondents: Individuals and households; business or
other for-profit; not-for-profit-institutions; farms; federal
government; State, local or tribal government.
Number of respondents: 1,406.
Estimated completion time: 15 minutes.
Total annual burden: 352 hours.
9. Title(s) and Service form numbers: Eagle Permits.
(1) Eagle Permits for Scientific Collection or Exhibition, form
number 3-200.14; (2) Eagle Permits for Native American Religious
Purposes, form number 3-200.15; (3) Eagle permits for Depredating
Golden or Bald Eagles, form number 3-200.16; (4) Eagle Permits for the
use or Depredating Gold or Bald Eagles for Falconry, form number 3-
200.17; (5) Permits to Take Inactive Golden Eagle Nests, form number 3-
200.18.
Description and use: Used by the Service to determine whether an
applicant qualifies for a permit to take, possess, or transport a bald
or golden eagle or their parts, nests, or eggs, if there is a bona fide
need, and if issuance of the permit is compatible with conservation
measures protecting national eagle populations.
Description of respondents: Individuals and households; businesses
or other for-profit; not-for-profit institution; farms, Federal
government; State, local or Tribal government.
Number of respondents: 3-200.14 (156); 3-200.15 (756); 3-200.16
(11); 3-200.17 (10); 3-200.18 (10).
Estimated completion time(s): 3-200. 14 (30 minutes); 3-200.15 (5
minutes); 3-200.16 (30 minutes); 3-200.17 (25 minutes); 3-200.18 (30
minutes).
Total annual burden: 77.5 hours.
Dated: March 3, 1997.
Robert G. Streeter,
Assistant Director--Refuges and Wildlife.
[FR Doc. 97-6369 Filed 3-12-97; 8:45 am]
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