[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12343-12344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5830]


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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; OMB Control Number 1018-0092, Applications for Permits/Licenses

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (We) will submit the 
collection of information described below to OMB for approval under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. If you wish to 
obtain copies of the information collection requirements, related 
forms, or explanatory material, contact the Service Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at the address or telephone number listed 
below.

DATES: We will accept comments until May 17, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Mail your comments on this information collection renewal 
request to Anissa Craghead, Information Collection Clearance Officer, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ms 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22203; or e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information 
collection requirements, related forms, or explanatory material, 
contact Anissa Craghead at telephone number (703) 358-2445, or 
electronically at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), require that interested members of the public and 
affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information 
collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)).
    We will submit a request to OMB to renew its approval of the 
collection of information included in Form 3-200-1, the general permit 
application form; Form 3-200-2, Designated Port Exception permit 
application form; and Form 3-200-3, Import/Export license application 
form. The current OMB control number for all three of these forms is 
1018-0092, and the OMB approval for this collection of information 
expires on July 31, 2004. We are requesting a three year term of 
approval for this information collection activity. We may not conduct 
or sponsor, and you are 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. 1531 et seq.) makes it 
unlawful to import or export fish, wildlife, or plants without 
obtaining prior permission as deemed necessary for enforcing the Act or 
upholding the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 
(CITES) (see 16 U.S.C. 1538(e)).
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Form 3-200-1, Permit 
Application Form, is the general application form for all permitted 
activities authorized by the Service. In the interest of making the 
application process simpler for the public, we have previously modified 
the format of the first page of Form 3-200, creating a sequence of 
forms such as Form 3-200-1, 3-200-2, 3-200-3, etc. This enables the 
public to use a specific application form when requesting permission to 
conduct a certain otherwise unauthorized activity. Each specific 
application form contains questions that are specific to the requested 
activity. This makes the application process easier for the public by 
eliminating the need to use one application form, with standard 
questions, to apply for any number of otherwise unauthorized 
activities, many of which are distinctly different from one another and 
could not be adequately or fairly evaluated using standard questions. 
In the above mentioned sequence of forms, the general Permit 
Application Form is designated as Form 3-200-1. Since this form has 
been modified for applications for specific activities as described 
above, it is rarely, if ever used by itself. Therefore, the annual 
responses and the annual burden hours resulting from the use of this 
form are essentially zero. Though this form is rarely, if ever, used by 
itself, we intend to maintain this form in the event that a general 
permit application form is needed at some point in the future for an 
unanticipated activity, one that was not provided for in the 
development of the sequence of forms described above.
    The Service's Form 3-200-2, Designated Port Exception permit 
application form is the application form to request an import or export 
of wildlife or wildlife products at a port other than a port designated 
in 50 CFR 14.12. Title 50, of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 
14.11 (50 CFR 14.11) makes it unlawful to import or export wildlife or 
wildlife products at a port other than a designated port listed in 50 
CFR 14.12, unless you qualify for one of the exceptions that allow you 
to import or export your wildlife or wildlife products at a different 
port. These exceptions allow you to import or export wildlife or 
wildlife products at a non designated port for the following reasons: 
(1) For use as scientific specimens; (2) to minimize deterioration or 
loss; and (3) to relive economic hardship. We recognize the limitations 
that the requirement to use a designated port may place on certain 
individuals, businesses or scientific organizations. The issuance of a 
Designated Port Exception permit can relieve these limitations for 
certain qualified individuals, businesses or scientific organizations.
    The Service's Form 3-200-3, Import/Export license application form, 
is the application form to request an import/export license. Title 50, 
of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 14.11 (50 CFR 14.91) makes it 
unlawful to import or export wildlife or wildlife products for 
commercial purposes without first having obtained an import/export 
license. We use the information obtained from Form 3-200-3 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 wildlife products. Import/export licensees are 
required to maintain detailed records of each importation or 
exportation of wildlife or wildlife products made under the import/
export license, and the ultimate destination of these wildlife or 
wildlife products. In addition, licensees are required to make these 
records and the corresponding inventory of wildlife or wildlife 
products available for our inspection at reasonable times, subject to 
applicable limitations of law. This authority allows us to ensure that 
protected species are not being used in commercial trade.
    Title: Permit application form.
    Approval Number: 1018-0092.
    Service Form Number: 3-200-1.
    Frequency of Collection: Rarely, if ever used, for reasons 
described above.
    Description of Respondents: Scientific institutions, businesses or 
individuals that request permission to conduct any number of otherwise 
unauthorized activities.

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    Total Annual Responses: 0.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 0.

    Title: Designated Port Exception permit application form.
    Approval Number: 1018-0092.
    Service Form Number: 3-200-2.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, whenever permission is 
requested to import wildlife or wildlife products at a non designated 
port for use as scientific specimens, to minimize deterioration or 
loss, or to relieve economic hardship.
    Description of Respondents: Scientific institutions, businesses or 
individuals that import or export scientific specimens, wildlife, or 
wildlife products.
    Total Annual Responses: Approximately 607.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: The total annual burden is approximately 
607 hours. We estimate the reporting burden to average one hour per 
response.

    Title: Import/Export license application form.
    Approval Number: 1018-0092.
    Service Form Number: 3-200-3.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, whenever permission is 
requested to import or export wildlife or wildlife products for 
commercial purposes.
    Description of Respondents: Businesses or individuals that import 
or export wildlife or wildlife products for commercial purposes.
    Total Annual Responses: Approximately 2,675.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: The total annual burden is approximately 
2,675 hours. We estimate the reporting burden to average one hour per 
response.
    We invite comments concerning this renewal on: (1) Whether the 
collection of information is useful and necessary for us to do our job, 
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden on the public to 
complete the form; (3) ways to enhance the quality and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection on respondents, including use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. This information collection is 
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 a respondent's identity from the rulemaking record, 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.

    Dated: March 1, 2004.
Anissa Craghead,
Information Collection Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 04-5830 Filed 3-15-04; 8:45 am]
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