[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8428-8434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3741]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Information Collection Renewal To Be Submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Information collection; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The collection of information described below will be 
submitted to OMB for renewal under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. A copy of the information collection requirement 
is included in this notice. Copies of specific information collection 
requirements, related forms and explanatory material may be obtained by 
contacting the Service Information Collection Office at the address 
and/or phone numbers listed below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received on or 
before April 18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions on specific requirements should be 
sent to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, MS 222 ARLSQ, 1849 C Street NW, Washington DC 
20240. If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any one 
of several methods. You may mail comments to the above address. You may 
also comment via the Internet to [email protected]. Please submit 
Internet comments as an ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption. Please also include ``Attn: 
Information Collection Renewal, 3-177 Form'' and your name and return 
address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation 
from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact us 
directly at the telephone number listed below. Finally, you may hand-
deliver comments to the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Adams, Chief, Office of Law 
Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, telephone (703) 358-1949, 
fax (703) 358-2271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 
will submit a request to OMB to renew its approval of the collection of 
information for the ``Declaration For Importation or Exportation of 
Fish or Wildlife.'' The current OMB control number is 1018-0012. As 
part of this process, we invite comments on (1) whether the collection 
of information is necessary as it relates to the function of the 
Service, including whether the information will have practical utility; 
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden on the public to 
complete the form; and (3) ways to enhance the quality and clarity of 
the information collection for those who are to respond, including use 
of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. This form will be made available in an electronic format. 
We are requesting a 3-year term of approval for this information 
collection activity.
    Federal agencies 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.
    The Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1538(e)) makes it unlawful to 
import or export fish, wildlife or plants without filing any 
declaration or report deemed necessary for enforcing the Act or 
upholding the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 
(CITES). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Form 3-177, ``Declaration 
for Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife,'' is the 
documentation required of any individual importing or exporting a fish 
or wildlife product into or out of the United States. The information 
collected is unique to each wildlife shipment and enables the Service 
to accurately inspect the contents of the shipment, maintain records 
and enforce government regulations. Additionally, much of the collected 
information is compiled in an annual report and is forwarded to the 
CITES Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. Submission of an annual 
report on the number and types of imports and exports of fish and 
wildlife is a treaty obligation under CITES.
    Service personnel use the information obtained from a 3-177 form as 
an enforcement tool and management aid in monitoring the international 
wildlife market and detecting trends and changes in the commercial 
trade of wildlife and plants. The Agency's Office of Scientific 
Authority and the Office of Management Authority use this data to 
assess the needs for additional protection for indigenous species.
    In addition, non-government organizations, as well as the 
commercial wildlife community request information that has been 
obtained from the 3-177 declaration form.
    The 3-177 form must be filed with the Service at the time of import 
or export, at a port where clearance is requested. In certain 
instances, this form may be filed with the U.S. Customs Service.
    The standard information collection includes the name of the 
importer/exporter and broker, the scientific and common name of the 
wildlife, permit numbers (if a permit is required), a description of 
the commodity, quantity and value, and country of origin of the 
wildlife. In addition, information such as the airway bill or bill of 
lading number, the location of the goods for inspection, and number of 
cartons containing wildlife assists the inspectors if a physical 
examination is required, and expedites the inspection and eventual 
clearance of the shipment.
    Title: Declaration for Importation or Exportation of Fish or 
Wildlife.
    Approval Number: 1018-0012.
    Service Form Number: 3-177.
    Frequency of Collection: Hourly.
    Description of Respondents: Businesses or individuals that import/
export wildlife, scientific institutions, government agencies.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: The reporting burden is estimated to 
average 14 minutes per respondent. The total annual burden hours is 
19,780 hours.

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    Total Annual Responses: Approximately 86,000 individual declaration 
forms are filed with the Service in a fiscal year.
    We invite comments on the renewal of the 3-177 form. The 
information collections in this program are part of a system of records 
covered by the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)). Our practice is to make 
comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available 
for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents 
may request that we withhold their home addresses from the record, 
which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There may also be 
limited circumstances in which we would withhold from the rulemaking 
record, a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to 
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this clearly at the 
beginning of your comment. We will not consider anonymous comments. We 
generally make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and 
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials 
of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in 
their entirety.

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BILLING CODE 4310-55-C

Filing Instructions

    Note: Failure to file a declaration for importation or 
exportation of fish or wildlife when required by the regulations in 
50 CFR 14.61-14.64 is a violation of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq)

    Regulations concerning the importation and exportation of 
wildlife may be found in 50 CFR Part 14. Specific regulation 
concerning the filing of declaration for the importation and 
exportation of wildlife may be found in 50 CFR 14.61-14.64.
    Instructions: File original declaration and up to 2 copies to be 
retained by Importer/Exporter or broker. Print or type legibly. 
Provide all relevant information, including supplemental 
documentation (as required in 50 CFR 14.52(c)(1-5).
    1. Enter the date of import or export (as defined by 50 CFR 
14.4)
    2. Enter Import/Export License Number as in 50 CFR 14.91.
    3. Check appropriate box.
    4. Use 2-letter code on list. Include a copy of your Non-
designated Port Permit, if applicable. If the Port is not listed, 
use the numeric code for the Region where the port is located.

Agana, GU--AG
Alcan, AK--AL
Anchorage, AK--AN
Atlanta, GA--AT
Baltimore, MD--BA
Blaine, WA--BL
Boston, MA--BO
Brownsville, TX--BV
Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY--BN
Calais, ME--CA
Calexico, CA--CX
Champlain, NY--CP
Chicago, IL--CH
Cleveland, OH--CL
Dallas, Fort Worth, TX--DF
Del Rio, TX--DR
Denver, CO--DN
Detroit, MI--DE
Douglas, AZ--DG
Dunseith, ND--DS
Eastport, ID--EA
El Paso, TX--EL
Fairbanks, AK--FB
Golden, CO--GO
Grand Portage, MN--GP
Highgate Springs, VT--HS
Honolulu, HI--HA
Houlton, ME--HO
Houston, TX--HN
International Falls, MN--IF
Jackman, MN--JK
Juneau, AK--JU
Laredo, TX--LR
Los Angeles, CA--LA
Lukeville, AZ--LK
Miami, FL--MI
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN--MP
New Orleans, LA--NO
New York, NY--NY
Newark, NJ--NW
Nogales, AZ--NG
Norfolk, VA--NF
Pembina, ND--PB
Philadelphia, PA--PA
Port Huron, MI--PH
Portal, ND--PL
Portland, OR--PT
Raymond, MT--RY
San Diego/San Ysidro, CA--SY
San Francisco, CA--SF
San Juan, PR--SJ
Sault Saint Marie, MI--SS
Seattle, WA--SE
Sumas, WA--SU
Sweetgrass, MT--SW
Tampa, FL--TP
Tulsa, OK--TU
Washington Dulles, VA--DU
Region 1--Other 01
Region 2--Other 02
Region 3--Other 03
Region 4--Other 04
Region 5--Other 05
Region 6--Other 06
Region 7--Other 07

    5. Use one-letter Purpose Code on list.
T--Commercial
Z--Zoos
G--Botanical gardens
Q--Circuses and traveling exhibitions
S--Scientific
H--Hunting trophies
P--Personal
M--Biomedical research
E--Educational
N--Reintroduction or introduction into the wild
B--Breeding in captivity or artificial propagation

    6. Provide the Customs entry number, if applicable.
    7. Name of carrier--airline, vessel, rail or truck company, or 
personally owned vehicle.
    8. Provide Master, House Airway Bill number or Bill of Lading , 
if applicable.
    9. Use one-letter Transportation Code on list. For automobiles, 
list license number and state.

A--Air cargo
R--Rail
M--Mail
P--Personal baggage
T--Truck (commercial)
O--Ocean cargo
V--Personal vehicle
B--Border crossing on foot

    10. Provide bonded location where available for inspection.
    11. Indicate the quantity of cartons in the entire shipment 
containing wildlife.
    12. List any unique markings or codes on cartons containing the 
wildlife, if applicable.
    13. Check appropriate box and complete the name and address in 
full.
    14a. Provide complete name and address information.
    14b. Use the two letter ISO (International Organization for 
Standardization) Country Code.

Afghanistan--AF
Albania--AL
Algeria--DZ
American Samoa--AS
Andorra--AD
Angola--AO
Anguilla--AI
Antarctica--AQ
Antigua and Barbuda--AG
Argentina--AR
Armenia--AM
Aruba--AW
Ascension Islands--GB
Australia--AU
Austria--AT
Azerbaijan--AZ
Azores--ES
Bahamas--BS
Bahrain--BH
Bangladesh--BD
Barbados--BB
Belarus--BY
Belgium--BE
Belize--BZ
Benin--BJ
Bermuda--BM
Bhutan--BT
Bolivia--BO
Bosnia-Herzegovina--BA
Botswana--BW
Bouvet Island--BV
Brazil--BR
British Indian Ocean Territory--IO
British Virgin Islands--VG
Brunei Darussalam--BN
Bulgaria--BG
Burkina Faso--BF
Burundi--BI
Cambodia (Kampuchea)--KH
Cameroon--CM
Canada--CA
Canary Islands--ES
Cape Verde--CV
Cayman Islands--KY
Central African Republic--CF
Chad--TD
Chile--CL
China, People's Republic of--CN
Christmas Island--CX
Cocos Islands (Keeling)--CC
Colombia--CO
Comoros--KM
Congo--CG
Congo, Democratic Republic of (formerly Zaire)--CD
Cook Islands--CK
Costa Rica--CR
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)--CI
Croatia--HR
Cuba--CU
Curacao (Netherlands Antilles)--AN
Cyprus--CY
Czech Republic--CZ
Denmark--DK
Djibouti--DJ
Dominica--DM
Dominican Republic--DO
Ecuador--EC
Egypt--EG
El Salvador--SV
Equatorial Guinea--GQ
Eritrea--ER
Estonia--EE
Ethiopia--ET
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)--FK
Faroe Islands--FO
Fiji--FJ
Finland--FI
France--FR
French Guiana--GF
French Polynesia (Tahiti)--PF
French Southern and Antarctic Lands--TF
Gabon--GA
Gambia--GM
Gaza Strip--GZ
Georgia--GE
Germany--DE

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Ghana--GH
Gibraltar--GI
Greece--GR
Greenland--GL
Grenada--GD
Guadeloupe--GP
Guam--GU
Guatemala--GT
Guinea--GN
Guinea-Bissau--GW
Guyana--GY
Haiti--HT
Heard and McDonald Islands--HM
Honduras--HN
Hong Kong--HK
Hungary--HU
Iceland--IS
India--IN
Indonesia--ID
Iran--IR
Iraq--IQ
Ireland--IE
Israel--IL
Italy--IT
Jamaica--JM
Japan--JP
Jordan--JO
Kazakhstan--KZ
Kenya--KE
Kiribati--KI
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of--KP
Korea, Republic of--KR
Kuwait--KW
Kyrgyzstan--KG
Lao People's Democratic Republic--LA
Latvia--LV
Lebanon--LB
Lesotho--LS
Liberia--LR
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya--LY
Liechtenstein--LI
Lithuania--LT
Luxembourg--LU
Macau--MO
Macedonia (Skopje)--MK
Madagascar (Malagasy)--MG
Malawi--MW
Malaysia--MY
Maldives--MV
Mali--ML
Malta--MT
Maritius--MU
Marshall Islands--MH
Martinique--MQ
Mauritania--MR
Mayotte--YT
Mexico--MX
Micronesia, Federated States of--FS
Moldova--MD
Monaco--MC
Mongolia--MN
Montserrat--MS
Morocco--MA
Mozambique--MZ
Myanmar (Burma)--MM
Namibia--NA
Nauru--NR
Nepal--NP
Netherlands Antilles--AN
Netherlands--NL
New Caledonia--NC
New Zealand--NZ
Nicaragua--NI
Niger--NE
Nigeria--NG
Niue--NU
Norfolk Island--NF
Northern Mariana Islands--MP
Norway--NO
Oman--OM
Pacific Islands (Miscellaneous)--PC
Pakistan--PK
Palau--PW
Panama--PA
Papua New Guinea--PG
Paraguay--PY
Peru--PE
Philippines--PH
Pitcairn Islands--PN
Poland--PL
Portugal--PT
Puerto Rico--PR
Qatar--QA
Reunion--RE
Romania--RO
Russian Federation--RU
Rwanda--RW
Saint Helena--SH
Saint Kitts and Nevis--KN
Saint Lucia--LC
Saint Pierre and Miquelon--PM
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--VC
San Marino--SM
Sao Tome and Principe--ST
Saudi Arabia--SA
Senegal--SN
Seychelles--SC
Sierra Leone--SL
Singapore--SG
Slovakia--SK
Slovenia--SI
Solomon Islands--SB
Somalia--SO
South Africa--ZA
South Georgia/South Sandwich Islands--GS
Spain--ES
Sri Lanka--LK
Sudan--SD
Suriname--SR
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands--SJ
Swaziland--SZ
Sweden--SE
Switzerland--CH
Syrian Arab Republic--SY
Taiwan (Province of China)--TW
Tajikistan--TJ
Tanzania, United Republic of--TZ
Thailand--TH
Togo--TG
Tokelau--TK
Tongo--TO
Trinidad and Tobago--TT
Tunisia--TN
Turkey--TR
Turkmenistan--TM
Turks and Caicos Islands--TC
Tuvalu--TV
Uganda--UG
Ukraine--UA
United Arab Emirates--AE
United Kingdom (England/N. Ireland/Scotland/Wales)--GB
United States Minor Outlying Islands--UM
United States of America--US
United States, Virgin Islands--VI
Unknown--XX
Uruguay--UY
Uzbekistan--UZ
Vanuatu--VU
Vatican City--VA
Viet Nam--VN
Wallis and Futuna Islands--WF
West Bank--WE
``West Indies''/Unidentified Carribean Is.--WI
Western Sahara--EH
Western Samoa--WS
Yemen--YE
Yugoslavia--YU
Zambia--ZM
Zimbabwe--ZW

    15. Enter the name of the appropriate agent, if applicable. 
(including phone number, FAX number and printed contact name)
    16a. List the scientific name for each species. This is a Latin 
name including genus and species (and sub-species, when applicable).
    16b. Include the common name in English.
    17a. List the shipper's Foreign CITES permit number for each 
species in 16a, if applicable. List one permit number per block.
    17b. List any U.S. CITES permit number, if applicable.
    18a . Use the description code from the list below.

BOC--Bone product or carving
BOD--Whole dead animal
BON--Bones (including jaws, but not skulls)
BOP--Bone pieces (not manufactured)
BUL--Bulbs, corms or tubers
CAL--Calipees (turtle calipees or calipashes)
CAP--Carapaces (raw or unworked turtle or tortoise shells)
CAR--Carvings (other than bone, horn, or ivory which have separate 
codes)
CLA--Claws
CLO--Cloth
COR--Coral (raw or unworked))
CPR--Coral products
CUL--Cultures (of artificially propagated plants)
CUT--Cuttings (plant cuttings or divisions)
DEA--Dead specimens (live animals or plants that died during 
shipment)
DPL--Dried plants
EAR--Ears (usually elephant)
EGG--Eggs (whole dead or blown eggs, including caviar)
EGL--Live eggs
EXT--Extracts (usually plant)
FEA--Feathers
FIB--Fiber (usually plant, but includes tennis racket strings)
FLO--Flowers
FPT--Flower pots (flower pots made of tree fern fiber)
LEG--Frog legs
FRU--Fruit
FOO--Feet
GAL--Galls (bile)
GAB--Gall bladders
GAR--Garments (not including shoe or trim, which have separate 
codes)
GRS--Graft rootstocks
HAI--Hair
HAP--Hair products (such as paint brushes, etc.)
HOC--Horn carving (horn or antler carvings or products)
HOP--Horn pieces (pieces of horn, not manufactured)
HOR--Horns (substantially whole horns or antlers)
IJW--Ivory jewelry
IVC--Ivory carvings
IVP--Ivory pieces (pieces of ivory, not

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manufactured--includes scraps)
JWL--Jewelry (other than ivory jewelry)
KEY--Ivory piano keys
LPS--Small leather product (small manufactured leather products, 
e.g. notebooks, purses, wallets, watch bands)
LPL--Large leather products (large manufactured leather products, 
e.g. briefcases, furniture, handbags, suitcases)
LIV--Live specimens (live animal or plant specimens)
LVS--Leaves
ME-- Meat
MED--Medicinals
MUS--Musk
OIL--Oil
PIV--Pianos with ivory keys
PLA--Fur plates (plates of fur skins--includes rugs if made from 
more than one skin)
ROO--Dead roots (roots, usually ginseng)
RUG--Rugs (rugs if made from one skin)
SAL--Saw logs (substantially whole tree trunks)
SAW--Sawn wood (tree trunks sawn into unworked planks, beams, 
blocks, etc.)
SCA--Scales (Scales of turtles, other reptiles, fish, pangolins)
SDL--Seedlings
SEE--Seeds
SHE--Shells (raw or unworked shells of molluscs or eggshell, except 
whole eggs)
SHO--Shoes (shoes or boots)
SID--Sides (skin sides or flanks, not including tinga frames)
SKE--Skeletons (substantially whole skeletons)
SKI--Skins (substantially whole skins, raw or tanned, including 
tinga frames)
SKP--Skin pieces (pieces of skin, including scraps, raw or tanned)
SKU--Skulls
SOU--Soup
SPE--Scientific specimens (scientific or biological specimens, 
including blood, tissue, histological preparations)
SPR--Shell products (products from mollusc or turtle shells)
STE--Stems (planrt stems)
TAI--Tails
TEE--Teeth (tusks are recorded as ``TUS'')
TIM--Timber (raw timber except saw-logs and sawn wood)
TRI--Trim (shoe trim, garment trim, or other decorative trim)
TRO--Trophies (all the trophy parts of one animal, if they are 
exported together e.g., horns, skull, cape, backskin, tail, and feet 
constitute one trophy)
TUS--Tusks (substantially whole tusks, whether worked or not)
UNS--Unspecified
VEN--Veneers
WAX--Wax (including ambergris)
WPR--Wood products (wood products, including furniture, cactus 
rainsticks, etc.)

    18b. Use one-letter code for wildlife source from the list 
below.

W--Specimens taken from the wild
R--Specimens originating from a ranching operation
D--Appendix--I animals bred in captivity for commercial purposes and 
Appendix I plants artificially propagated for commercial purposes, 
as well as parts and derivatives thereof, exported under the 
provisions of Article VII, paragraph 4, of the Convention.
A--Plants that are artificially propagated, parts and derivatives.
C--Animals bred in captivity, parts and derivatives.
F--Animals born in captivity (F1 or subsequent generations) that do 
not fulfill the definition of ``bred in captivity'' in Resolution 
Conf. 10.16, as well as parts and derivatives thereof.
U--Source unknown (must be justified)
I--Confiscated or seized specimens.
P--Pre-convention

    19a. Provide the specific quantity of wildlife, and the unit of 
measure from the list. Multiply pairs by two.
C3--Cubic centimeters
GM--Grams
KG--Kilograms
LT--Liters
MT--Meters
M2--Square meters
M3--Cubic Meters
NO--Number of specimens

    19b. Indicate total value of items containing wildlife in U.S. 
dollars (rounded to the nearest dollar).
    20. Use two-letter ISO (International Organization for 
Standardization) Code for country where animal originated.
    21. Sign and date the form. Type or print your name below 
signature.
    If additional space is needed, please use continuation form 
USFWS Form 3-177a.

    Dated: February 2, 2000.
Jamie Rappaport Clark,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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