[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11596-11598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-IA-2017-N022; FXIA16710900000-167-FF09A30000]


Proposed Information Collection; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit 
Applications and Reports--Management Authority

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, 5275 
Leesburg Pike, MS: BPHC, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please include ``1018-0093'' 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

    This information collection covers permit applications and reports 
that our Division of Management Authority uses to determine the 
eligibility of applicants for permits requested in accordance with the 
criteria in various Federal wildlife conservation laws and 
international treaties. Service regulations implementing these statutes 
and treaties are in chapter I, subchapter B of title 50, 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.
    Information collection requirements associated with the Federal 
fish and wildlife permit applications and reports are currently 
approved under three different OMB control numbers: 1018-0093, 
``Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--Management 
Authority; 50 CFR 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23''; 1018-0150, 
``Renewal of CITES Registration of Commercial Breeding Operations for 
Appendix I Wildlife and Other CITES Requirements, 50 CFR 17 and 23''; 
and 1018-0164, ``Import of Sport-Hunted African Elephant Trophies, 50 
CFR 17.'' In this revision of 1018-0093, we will include all of the 
information collection requirements associated with all three OMB 
Control Numbers. If OMB approves this revision, we will discontinue OMB 
Control Numbers 1018-0150 and 1018-0164.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1018-0093.
    Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--
Management Authority; 50 CFR 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23.
    Form Numbers: FWS Forms 3-200-19 through 3-200-37, 3-200-39 through 
3-200-44, 3-200-46 through 3-200-53, 3-200-58, 3-200-61, 3-200-64 
through 3-200-66, 3-200-69 to 3-200-70, 3-200-73 through 3-200-76, 3-
200-80, and 3-200-85 through 3-200-88.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals; biomedical companies; 
circuses; zoological parks; botanical gardens; nurseries; museums; 
universities; antique dealers; exotic pet industry; hunters; 
taxidermists; commercial importers/exporters of wildlife and plants; 
freight forwarders/brokers; and State, tribal, local, and Federal 
governments.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                      Annual          Annual         time per      Annual burden
               Regulation/activity                  respondents      responses       response         hours *
                                                                                      (hours)
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  ICs from 1018-0093, ``Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports--Management Authority, 50 CFR
                                      12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23''
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Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies--Application                  66              69               1              69
 (Form 3-200-20)................................
Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies of Argali--                  118             149            0.75             112
 Application (Form 3-200-21)....................
Import of Sport-Hunted Bontebok Trophies from                 76              77         0.33333              26
 South Africa--Application (Form 3-200-22)......
Export of Pre-Convention, Pre-Act, or Antique                113             181            0.75             136
 Specimens (CITES, MMPA, and/or ESA)--
 Application (Form 3-200-23)....................
Commercial Export of Live Captive-Born Animals               109             326            0.75             245
 (CITES)--Application (Form 3-200-24)...........
Export of Raptors (MBTA and/or CITES)--                       34             115               1             115
 Application (Form 3-200-25)....................
Export of Skins of 7 Native Species: Bobcat,                  45             206         0.33333              69
 lynx, river otter, Alaskan brown bear, Alaskan
 black bear, Alaskan gray wolf, and American
 alligator (CITES) (Form 3-200-26)..............
Export of Wildlife Removed from the Wild (Live/               52              91            0.75              68
 Samples/Parts/Products (CITES))--Application
 (Form 3-200-27)................................
Export of Trophies by Hunters or Taxidermists                123             222             0.5             111
 (CITES)--Application (Form 3-200-28)...........

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Export/Re-export of Wildlife Samples and/or                  114             387             2.5             968
 Biomedical Samples (CITES)--Application (Form 3-
 200-29)........................................
Export/Re-export/Re-import of Circuses and                    24              36               1              36
 Traveling Animal Exhibitions (and Reissuance)
 (CITES/ESA)--Application (Form 3-200-30).......
Annual Report for Exhibition Permittees (Form 3-              36              36             0.5              18
 200-30A).......................................
Introduction from the Sea (CITES) (Form 3-200-                 3               3               2               6
 31)............................................
Export/Re-export of Plants (CITES)--Application               92             156               1             156
 (Form 3-200-32)................................
Export of Artificially Propagated Plants--                    26              38               2              76
 Application (Form 3-200-33)....................
Export of American Ginseng--Application (Form 3-              49              81         0.33333              27
 200-34)........................................
Import of Wild Collected Appendix 1 Plants                     1               1               1               1
 (CITES)--Application (Form 3-200-35)...........
Export/Import/Interstate and Foreign Commerce of               3               3               1               3
 Plants (CITES and/or ESA)--Application (Form 3-
 200-36)........................................
Export/Import/Interstate and Foreign Commerce/               146             191               2             382
 Take of Animals (Live/Samples/Parts/Products
 (CITES and/or ESA)--Application (Form 3-200-37)
Certificate of Scientific Exchange/COSE (CITES)--             28              28               1              28
 Application (Form 3-200-39)....................
Certificate of Scientific Exchange (COSE)                     43              43             0.5              22
 Special Reporting Conditions--Report (Form 3-
 200-39A).......................................
Export and Re-export of Museum Specimens--                     5               5               1               5
 Application (Form 3-200-40)....................
ESA Museum Permit Report (Form 3-200-40A).......              31              31             0.5              16
Captive-Bred Wildlife Registration/CBW--                      61              62               2             124
 Application (Form 3-200-41)....................
Captive-Bred Wildlife Registration Annual Report             541             541             0.5             221
 (Form 3-200-41A)...............................
Import/Acquisition/Transport of Injurious                     61              78               1              78
 Wildlife--Application (Form 3-200-42)..........
Take/Import/Transport/Export of Marine Mammals                14              16            2.33              37
 or Renewal/Amendment of Existing Permit
 Application (Form 3-200-43)....................
Registration of an Agency/Tannery (MMPA)--                     4               4         0.33333               1
 Application (Form 3-200-44)....................
Registered Agent/Tannery Inventory Report (Form                9               9               1               9
 3-200-44A).....................................
Import/Export/Re-export of Personal Pets (CITES              248             259             0.5             130
 or Wild Bird Conservation Act)--Application
 (Form 3-200-46)................................
Import of Birds for Scientific Research or                    12              14               2              28
 Zoological Breeding and Display (WBCA)--
 Application (Form 3-200-47)....................
Import of Birds Under an Approved Cooperative                  5               9               1               9
 Breeding Program (WBCA)--Application (Form 3-
 200-48)........................................
Approval, Amendment or Renewal of a Cooperative                5               6               3              18
 Breeding Program (WBCA) (Form 3-200-49)........
Approval of Sustainable Use Management Plan                   <1              <1              10             <10
 (WBCA)--Application (Form 3-200-50)............
Approval of a Foreign Breeding Facility under                 <1              <1               8              <8
 the WBCA--Application (Form 3-200-51)..........
Reissuance, Renewal, or Amendment of a Permit--              326             423            0.25             106
 Application (Form 3-200-52)....................
Export/Re-export of Live Captive--Held Marine                  1               2               2               4
 Mammals (CITES) Application (Form 3-200-53)....
Supplemental Application for a Retrospectively                42              42               1              42
 Issued Document (CITES)--Application (Form 3-
 200-58)........................................
American Ginseng Export Program--Report (Form 3-              19              24            43.5           1,044
 200-61)........................................
Certificate of Ownership for Personally Owned                 26              92             0.5              46
 Wildlife ``Pet Passport'' (CITES)--Application
 (Form 3-200-64)................................
Registration of Appendix I Commercial Breeding                 1               1              40              40
 Operations (CITES) Application (Form 3-200-65).
Replacement Document (CITES,MMPA, WBCA/Lacey                  50              50            0.25              13
 Act)--Application (Form 3-200-66)..............
Export/Import/Transport of Bald and Golden Eagle               2               2             0.5               1
 for Scientific or Exhibition Purposes (CITES)
 (Form 3-200-69)................................
Export/Re-import/Transport of Bald and Golden                  7               7             0.5               4
 Eagle for Indian Religious Purposes (CITES)
 (Form 3-200-70)................................
Re-export of Wildlife (CITES) (Form 3-200-73)...             240           1,762             0.5             881
Single Use Export Permits Under a Master File or             197             600             0.1              60
 an Annual Program File (Form 3-200-74).........
Registration of a Production Facility for Export              20              25             0.5              13
 of Certain Native Species Application (Form 3-
 200-75)........................................
Export of Caviar or Meat of Paddlefish or                     13              24               3              72
 Sturgeon Removed from the Wild (CITES) (Form 3-
 200-76)........................................
Export of Fertilized Live Eggs, Caviar, or Meat                3               3               3               9
 from Aquacultured Paddlefish or Sturgeon
 (CITES) (Form 3-200-80)........................
Application to Establish a Master File for the                20              38               1              20
 Export of Live Captive-Bred Animals (CITES)
 (Form 3-200-85)................................
Photography of Marine Mammals Application (Form                4               5             1.5               8
 3-200-86)......................................

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Transfer/Transport of Live Captive-Held Marine                25              25               1              25
 Mammals (Form 3-200-87)........................
Musical Instrument Application (Form 3-200-88)..              13              15             0.5               8
Request for Approval of a CITES Export Program                 2               2              12              24
 (American Ginseng, CITES furbearers, American
 Alligator).....................................
Report for Furbearer CITES Export Programs......              52              52               1              52
Report for American Alligator CITES Export                    10              10               1              10
 Program........................................
Participation in the Plant Rescue Center                       3               3               1               3
 Program--Application...........................
Plant Rescue Program--Report on Receipt and                  195             250             0.5             125
 Condition of Specimens.........................
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 ICs from 1018-0150, ``Renewal of CITES Registration of Commercial Breeding Operations for Appendix I Wildlife,
                                                   50 CFR 23''
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Report Take--Grizzly Bears......................              25              25            0.25               6
Report Take--Mountain Lions.....................              15              15            0.25               4
Marking/Labeling of Vicuna Products, Beluga                  471             601             0.5             300
 Sturgeon Caviar, and African Elephant Sport-
 Hunted Trophies................................
Beluga Sturgeon Exemption.......................               1               1              16              16
Wildlife Hybrid Exemption.......................              75             150             0.5              75
Exception to Use of CITES Specimens after Import             250             250             0.5             125
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               ICs from 1018-0164, ``Import of Sport-Hunted African Elephant Trophies, 50 CFR 17''
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Import of Sport-hunted Trophies of Southern                  513             548            0.33             182
 African Leopard, African Elephant, and Namibian
 Southern White Rhinoceros--Application (Form 3-
 200-19)........................................
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    Total:......................................           4,920           8,522  ..............           6,686
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* Rounded.

    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $840,600.

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. 2017-03586 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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