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discussion of the mission and vision for
the restoration program, and a review of
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fiscal year 2007 work plan.
Willie R. Taylor,
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Compliance.
[FR Doc. E7–2942 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–RG–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018–0093; Federal
Fish and Wildlife License/Permit
Applications, Management Authority,
50 CFR 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, and 23
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We (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,
which is scheduled to expire on June
30, 2007. 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: You must submit comments on
or before April 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail); or
(703) 358–2269 (fax).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This IC covers permit applications
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, including:
(1) Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.).
(2) Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
(3) Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
(4) Bald and Golden Eagle Protection
Act (16 U.S.C. 668).
(5) Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES) (27 U.S.T. 1087).
(6) Marine Mammal Protection Act
(16 U.S.C. 1361–1407).
(7) Wild Bird Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 4901–4916).
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.
This revised IC includes:
(1) Modifications to the format and
content of the currently approved
application forms so that they are easier
to understand and complete.
Number of annual
respondents
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Application Forms
3–200–19/ Import of Sport-hunted Trophies of Southern African Leopard, African Elephant, and Namibian Southern
White Rhinoceros.
3–200–20/ Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies (Appendix I of
CITES and/or ESA).
3–200–21/ Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies of Argali ............
3–200–22/ Import of Sport-Hunted Bontebok Trophies ..........
3–200–23/ Export of Pre-Convention, Pre-Act, or Antique
Specimens (CITES and/or ESA).
3–200–24/ Export of Live Captive-Born Animals (CITES) ......
3–200–25/ Export of Raptors ..................................................
3-200–26/ Export of skins/products of 7 native species: bobcat, lynx, river otter, American alligator, Alaskan brown
bear, black bear, and gray wolf.
3–200–27/ Export of Wildlife Removed from the Wild
(CITES).
3–200–28/ Export/Re-Export of Trophies by Hunters or Taxidermists (CITES).
3–200–29/ Import/Export/Re-Export of Wildlife Samples and/
or Biomedical Samples (CITES).
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(2) FWS Forms 3–200–61, 3–200–69,
and 3–200–70, which are currently
approved under OMB control numbers
1018–0130 and 1018–0022.
(3) FWS Form 3–200–76, which is a
new form for the export of caviar or
meat of paddlefish or sturgeon from the
wild. Applicants currently use FWS
Form 3–200–27 for this activity. The
new form will simplify the reporting
requirements and reduce burden on the
public.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0093.
Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife
License/Permit Applications,
Management Authority, 50 CFR 13, 15,
17, 18, 21, and 23.
Service Form Number(s): 3–200–19
through 3–200–37, 3–200–39 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, and 3–200–76.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals,
biomedical companies, circuses,
zoological parks, botanical gardens,
nurseries, museums, universities,
scientists, antique dealers, exotic pet
industry, hunters, taxidermists,
commercial importers/exporters of
wildlife and plants, freight forwarders/
brokers, local, State, tribal, and Federal
governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
The following table lists the
application forms and burden estimates.
We have rounded the annual burden
hours for each form to the nearest hour.
Those applications with an asterisk (*)
have a reporting requirement for the
associated permit. Each permit specifies
the required report information.
Number of annual
responses
Completion time
per response
Annual burden
hours
1,031
20 minutes .......
359
15
21
1 hour ..............
21
134
70
127
182
95
241
45 minutes .......
20 minutes .......
45 minutes .......
137
32
181
171
46
618
483
63
843
45 minutes .......
1 hour ..............
20 minutes .......
362
63
281
69
114
45 minutes .......
86
57
95
30 minutes .......
48
108
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1,078
268
1 hour, 10 minutes.
313
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Number of annual
respondents
Application Forms
3–200–30/ Export/Reexport/Reimport of Circuses and Traveling Animal Exhibitions.
3–200–31/ Introduction from the Sea (CITES) ........................
3–200–32/ Export/Re-Export of Plants (CITES) ......................
3–200–33/ Export of Artificially Propagated Plants (Multiple
Commercial Shipments).
3–200–34/ Export of American Ginseng (Commercial only)*
3–200–35/ Import of Appendix-I Plants (CITES) .....................
3–200–36/ Export/Import/InterState and Foreign Commerce
of Plants*.
3–200–37/ Export/Import/Interstate and Foreign Commerce/
Take of Animals*.
3–200–39/ Certificate of Scientific Exchange (COSE)* ..........
3–200–40/ Export and Re-Import of Museum Specimens* ....
3–200–41/ Captive-Bred Wildlife Registration* .......................
3–200–42/ Import/Acquisition/Transport of Injurious Wildlife ..
3-200–43/ Take/Import/Transport/Export of Marine Mammals
or Amendment of Existing Permit*.
3–200–44/ Registration of An Agent/Tannery* ........................
3–200–45/ Import of Polar Bear Trophies Sport-Hunted in
Canada (MMPA).
3–200–46/ Import/Export of Personal Pets (WBCA and or
CITES).
3–200–47/ Import of Birds for Scientific Research or Zoological Breeding and Display (WBCA).
3–200–48/ Import of Birds Under an Approved Cooperative
Breeding Program (WBCA)*.
3–200–49/ Approval, Amendment or Renewal of a Cooperative Breeding Program (WBCA).
3–200–50/ Approval of Sustainable Use Management Plan
Under the Wild Bird Conservation Act.
3–200–51/ Approval of a Foreign Breeding Facility Under the
Wild Bird Conservation Act.
3–200–52/ Reissuance or Renewal of a Permit .....................
3–200–53/ Export/Re-Export of Live Captive-Held Marine
Mammals (CITES).
3–200–58/ Supplemental Application for a Retrospective
Document (CITES).
3–200–61/ CITES Export Programs* ......................................
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80
1 hour ..............
80
3
619
303
2 hours ............
1 hour ..............
2 hours ............
6
619
606
41
1
1
107
1
1
20 minutes .......
1 hour ..............
1 hour ..............
36
1
1
111
165
2 hours ............
330
7
2
87
21
16
7
2
87
21
19
1
1
2
1
2
7
2
174
21
44
1
78
1
78
hour ..............
hour ..............
hours ............
hour ..............
hours, 20
minutes.
30 minutes .......
30 minutes .......
335
343
30 minutes .......
172
7
16
2 hours ............
32
4
4
1 hours ............
4
4
4
3 hours ............
12
1
1
10 hours ..........
10
1
1
8 hours ............
8
147
4
200
4
15 minutes .......
2 hours ............
50
8
50
50
1 hour ..............
50
25
25
1,088
115
137
43 hours, 30
minutes.
30 minutes .......
2
2
40 hours ..........
80
50
1
50
1
30 minutes .......
30 minutes .......
25
1
16
16
30 minutes .......
8
3,985
12
5,433
120
30 minutes .......
3 hours ............
2,717
360
7,773
11,384
.....................
8,544
(4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice are a matter of public record.
We will include and/or summarize each
comment in our request to OMB to
approve this information collection.
Dated: January 25, 2007
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7–2959 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018–0132; Research
to Support Analysis and Management
Carrying Capacity at Lake Umbagog
National Wildlife Refuge, Phase 2
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION:
Notice; request for comments.
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Annual burden
hours
3
106
20
Totals ................................................................................
VerDate Aug<31>2005
Completion time
per response
73
3–200–64/ Certificate of Ownership for Personally Owned
Wildlife ‘‘Pet passport’’ (CITES).
3–200–65/ Registration of Appendix-I Commercial Breeding
Operations (CITES).
3–200–66/ Replacement Document (CITES) ..........................
3–200–69/ CITES Import/Export- Eagle Transport for Scientific or Exhibition Purposes.
3–200–70/ CITES Import/Export- Eagle Transport for Indian
Religious Purposes.
3–200–73/ Re-Export of Wildlife (CITES) ...............................
3–200–76/ Export of Caviar or Meat of Paddlefish or Sturgeon Removed from the Wild (CITES)*.
III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:
(1) whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
(3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
Number of annual
responses
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0093;
Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit Applications, Management
Authority, 50 CFR 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, and 23
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (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, which is scheduled to expire on
June 30, 2007. 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: You must submit comments on or before April 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); hope_
grey@fws.gov (e-mail); or (703) 358-2269 (fax).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358-2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This IC covers permit applications 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, including:
(1) Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
(2) Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
(3) Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
(4) Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668).
(5) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES) (27 U.S.T. 1087).
(6) Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407).
(7) Wild Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4901-4916).
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.
This revised IC includes:
(1) Modifications to the format and content of the currently
approved application forms so that they are easier to understand and
complete.
(2) FWS Forms 3-200-61, 3-200-69, and 3-200-70, which are currently
approved under OMB control numbers 1018-0130 and 1018-0022.
(3) FWS Form 3-200-76, which is a new form for the export of caviar
or meat of paddlefish or sturgeon from the wild. Applicants currently
use FWS Form 3-200-27 for this activity. The new form will simplify the
reporting requirements and reduce burden on the public.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0093.
Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit Applications,
Management Authority, 50 CFR 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, and 23.
Service Form Number(s): 3-200-19 through 3-200-37, 3-200-39 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, and 3-200-76.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals, biomedical companies, circuses,
zoological parks, botanical gardens, nurseries, museums, universities,
scientists, antique dealers, exotic pet industry, hunters,
taxidermists, commercial importers/exporters of wildlife and plants,
freight forwarders/brokers, local, State, tribal, and Federal
governments.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
The following table lists the application forms and burden
estimates. We have rounded the annual burden hours for each form to the
nearest hour. Those applications with an asterisk (*) have a reporting
requirement for the associated permit. Each permit specifies the
required report information.
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Number of annual Number of annual Completion time per Annual burden
Application Forms respondents responses response hours
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3-200-19/ Import of Sport-hunted 1,031 1,078 20 minutes......... 359
Trophies of Southern African
Leopard, African Elephant, and
Namibian Southern White
Rhinoceros.
3-200-20/ Import of Sport-Hunted 15 21 1 hour............. 21
Trophies (Appendix I of CITES
and/or ESA).
3-200-21/ Import of Sport-Hunted 134 182 45 minutes......... 137
Trophies of Argali.
3-200-22/ Import of Sport-Hunted 70 95 20 minutes......... 32
Bontebok Trophies.
3-200-23/ Export of Pre- 127 241 45 minutes......... 181
Convention, Pre-Act, or Antique
Specimens (CITES and/or ESA).
3-200-24/ Export of Live Captive- 171 483 45 minutes......... 362
Born Animals (CITES).
3-200-25/ Export of Raptors..... 46 63 1 hour............. 63
3-200-26/ Export of skins/ 618 843 20 minutes......... 281
products of 7 native species:
bobcat, lynx, river otter,
American alligator, Alaskan
brown bear, black bear, and
gray wolf.
3-200-27/ Export of Wildlife 69 114 45 minutes......... 86
Removed from the Wild (CITES).
3-200-28/ Export/Re-Export of 57 95 30 minutes......... 48
Trophies by Hunters or
Taxidermists (CITES).
3-200-29/ Import/Export/Re- 108 268 1 hour, 10 minutes. 313
Export of Wildlife Samples and/
or Biomedical Samples (CITES).
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3-200-30/ Export/Reexport/ 73 80 1 hour............. 80
Reimport of Circuses and
Traveling Animal Exhibitions.
3-200-31/ Introduction from the 3 3 2 hours............ 6
Sea (CITES).
3-200-32/ Export/Re-Export of 106 619 1 hour............. 619
Plants (CITES).
3-200-33/ Export of Artificially 20 303 2 hours............ 606
Propagated Plants (Multiple
Commercial Shipments).
3-200-34/ Export of American 41 107 20 minutes......... 36
Ginseng (Commercial only)*.
3-200-35/ Import of Appendix-I 1 1 1 hour............. 1
Plants (CITES).
3-200-36/ Export/Import/ 1 1 1 hour............. 1
InterState and Foreign Commerce
of Plants*.
3-200-37/ Export/Import/ 111 165 2 hours............ 330
Interstate and Foreign Commerce/
Take of Animals*.
3-200-39/ Certificate of 7 7 1 hour............. 7
Scientific Exchange (COSE)*.
3-200-40/ Export and Re-Import 2 2 1 hour............. 2
of Museum Specimens*.
3-200-41/ Captive-Bred Wildlife 87 87 2 hours............ 174
Registration*.
3-200-42/ Import/Acquisition/ 21 21 1 hour............. 21
Transport of Injurious Wildlife.
3-200-43/ Take/Import/Transport/ 16 19 2 hours, 20 minutes 44
Export of Marine Mammals or
Amendment of Existing Permit*.
3-200-44/ Registration of An 1 1 30 minutes......... 1
Agent/Tannery*.
3-200-45/ Import of Polar Bear 78 78 30 minutes......... 39
Trophies Sport-Hunted in Canada
(MMPA).
3-200-46/ Import/Export of 335 343 30 minutes......... 172
Personal Pets (WBCA and or
CITES).
3-200-47/ Import of Birds for 7 16 2 hours............ 32
Scientific Research or
Zoological Breeding and Display
(WBCA).
3-200-48/ Import of Birds Under 4 4 1 hours............ 4
an Approved Cooperative
Breeding Program (WBCA)*.
3-200-49/ Approval, Amendment or 4 4 3 hours............ 12
Renewal of a Cooperative
Breeding Program (WBCA).
3-200-50/ Approval of 1 1 10 hours........... 10
Sustainable Use Management Plan
Under the Wild Bird
Conservation Act.
3-200-51/ Approval of a Foreign 1 1 8 hours............ 8
Breeding Facility Under the
Wild Bird Conservation Act.
3-200-52/ Reissuance or Renewal 147 200 15 minutes......... 50
of a Permit.
3-200-53/ Export/Re-Export of 4 4 2 hours............ 8
Live Captive-Held Marine
Mammals (CITES).
3-200-58/ Supplemental 50 50 1 hour............. 50
Application for a Retrospective
Document (CITES).
3-200-61/ CITES Export Programs* 25 25 43 hours, 30 1,088
minutes.
3-200-64/ Certificate of 115 137 30 minutes......... 69
Ownership for Personally Owned
Wildlife ``Pet passport''
(CITES).
3-200-65/ Registration of 2 2 40 hours........... 80
Appendix-I Commercial Breeding
Operations (CITES).
3-200-66/ Replacement Document 50 50 30 minutes......... 25
(CITES).
3-200-69/ CITES Import/Export- 1 1 30 minutes......... 1
Eagle Transport for Scientific
or Exhibition Purposes.
3-200-70/ CITES Import/Export- 16 16 30 minutes......... 8
Eagle Transport for Indian
Religious Purposes.
3-200-73/ Re-Export of Wildlife 3,985 5,433 30 minutes......... 2,717
(CITES).
3-200-76/ Export of Caviar or 12 120 3 hours............ 360
Meat of Paddlefish or Sturgeon
Removed from the Wild (CITES)*.
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Totals...................... 7,773 11,384 ................... 8,544
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III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this information collection on:
(1) whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information;
(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 on
respondents.
Comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include and/or summarize each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this information collection.
Dated: January 25, 2007
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7-2959 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 pm]
Billing Code 4310-55-S
