[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11599-11601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03585]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-MB-2017-N016; FF09M21200-167-FXMB1231099BPP0]


Proposed Information Collection; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit 
Applications and Reports--Migratory Birds and Eagles

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. 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 May 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.

DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, 
we must receive them by April 25, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC 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 
[email protected] (email). Please include ``1018-

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0022'' in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madonna Baucum, at 
[email protected] (email) or (703) 358-2503 (telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract:

    Our Regional Migratory Bird Permit Offices use information that we 
collect on permit applications 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) Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
    (2) Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
    (3) Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668).
    Service regulations implementing these statutes and treaties are in 
chapter I, subchapter B of title 50 of the 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.
    All Service permit applications are in the 3-200 series of forms, 
each tailored to a specific activity based on the requirements for 
specific types of permits. We collect standard identifier information 
for all permits. The information that we collect on applications and 
reports is the minimum necessary for us to determine if the applicant 
meets/continues to meet issuance requirements for the particular 
activity.
    Information collection requirements associated with the Federal 
fish and wildlife permit applications and reports for migratory birds 
and eagles are currently approved under two different OMB control 
numbers: 1018-0022, ``Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and 
Reports--Migratory Birds and Eagles; 50 CFR 10, 13, 21, 22,'' and 1018-
0167, ``Eagle Take Permits and Fees, 50 CFR 22.'' In this revision of 
1018-0022, we are including all of the information collection 
requirements associated with both OMB Control Numbers. If OMB approves 
this revision, we will discontinue OMB Control Number 1018-0167.

II. Data:

    OMB Control Number: 1018-0022.
    Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--
Migratory Birds and Eagles; 50 CFR 10, 13, 21, 22.
    Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms 3-200-6 through 3-200-9, 3-200-
10a through 3-200-10f, 3-200-12 through 3-200-16, 3-200-18, 3-200-67, 
3-200-68, 3-200-71, 3-200-72, 3-200-77, 3-200-78, 3-200-79, 3-200-81, 
3-200-82, 3-202-1 through 3-202-17, 3-186, and 3-186a.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals; zoological parks; museums; 
universities; scientists; taxidermists; businesses; utilities, and 
Federal, State, tribal, and local governments.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion for applications; annually or 
on occasion for reports.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                     Number of       Number of       time per      Total annual
                    Activity                        respondents      responses       response      burden hours
                                                                                      (hours)           \2\
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                                                  APPLICATIONS
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3-200-6, Import/Export..........................              76              76               1              76
3-200-7, Scientific Collecting..................             210             210               5           1,050
3-200-8, Taxidermy..............................             690             690               2           1,380
3-200-9, Waterfowl Sale and Disposal............             370             370             1.5             555
3-200-10a, Special Purpose Salvage..............             300             300             1.5             450
3-200-10b, Rehabilitation.......................             175             175              12           2,100
3-200-10c, Education--Live......................             250             250             4.5           1,125
3-200-10d, Education--Dead......................              65              65             2.5             163
3-200-10e, Game Bird Propagation................              15              15             1.5              23
3-200-10f, Miscellaneous........................              50              50             2.5             125
3-200-12, Raptor Propagation....................              55              55               4             220
3-200-13, Depredation...........................           2,700           2,700         \1\ 3.6           7,963
3-200-14, Eagle Exhibition......................             120             120             5.5             660
3-200-15a, Eagle Indian Religious and First                2,000           2,000               1           2,000
 Order..........................................
3-200-15b, Eagle Indian Religious Reorder.......           2,700           2,700              .5           1,350
3-200-16, Take of Depredating Eagles............               6               6             3.5              22
3-200-18, Take of Golden Eagle Nests............               4               4             6.5              26
3-200-67, Special State Canada Goose............               1               1               7               7
3-200-68, Renewal of Permit.....................           5,050           5,050             1.5           7,575
3-200-71, Eagle Take (Disturb)..................             150             150              16           2,400
3-200-72, Eagle Nest Take.......................              50              50              16             800
3-200-71 and 3-200-72, Eagle/Nest Take Amendment              40              40               6             240
3-200-71 and 3-200-72, Eagle Take Programmatic..              20              20             452           9,040
3-200-71 and 3-200-72, Eagle Take Programmatic                 3               3              70             210
 Amendment......................................
3-200-77, Native American Eagle Take............              10              10            2.25              23
3-200-78, Native American Eagle Aviary..........               5               5               5              25
3-200-79, Special Purpose Abatement.............              25              25             2.5              63
3-200-81, Special Purpose Utility...............              30              30              15             450
3-200-82, Eagle Transport.......................              10              10               1              10
Eagle Take Programmatic Transfer................               3               3              40             120
3-200-72, Application--Eagle Nest Take                        10              10              40             400
 Programmatic...................................
3-200-72, Application--Eagle Nest Take                         2               2              20              40
 Programmatic Amendment.........................
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                                                     REPORTS
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3-202-1, Scientific Collecting..................             580             580               1             580

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3-202-2, Waterfowl Sale and Disposal............           1,000           1,000              .5             500
3-202-3, Special Purpose Salvage................           1,850           1,850               1           1,850
3-202-4, Rehabilitation.........................           1,650           1,650               3           4,950
3-202-5, Possession for Education...............           1,160           1,160             1.5           1,740
3-202-6, Special Purpose Game Bird..............              95              95              .5              48
3-202-7, Special Purpose Miscellaneous..........             125             125              .5              63
3-202-8, Raptor Propagation.....................             425             425               1             425
3-202-9, Depredation............................           3,000           3,000               1           3,000
3-202-10, Special State Canada Goose............              18              18               1              18
3-202-11, Eagle Depredation.....................             125             125               1             125
3-202-12, Acquisition and Transfer Request......           2,600           2,600             1.5           3,900
3-202-13, Eagle Exhibition......................             700             700               1             700
3-202-14, Native American Eagle Aviary..........              10              10              .5               5
3-202-15, Eagle Take Monitoring & Reporting.....             990             990              30          29,700
3-202-15, Eagle Take Monitoring, Reporting, and               20              20             342           6,840
 Recordkeeping Programmatic.....................
3-202-16, Eagle Nest Take & Monitoring..........              40              40              16             640
3-202-17, Avian Injury/Mortality Report.........             500             500               6           3,000
3-186, Notice of Transfer & Sale of Migratory             12,900          12,900             .25           3,225
 Waterfowl......................................
3-186a, Migratory Bird Acquisition & Disposition          18,640          18,640             .25           4,660
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    Total.......................................          61,623          61,623  ..............         106,656
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\1\ Completion time varies from 1.75 hours for individuals to 3.5 hours for businesses and governments.
\2\ Rounded.

    Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $1,520,525 for permit 
application fees.

III. Comments

    We 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this IC. 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 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: February 17, 2017.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-03585 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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