Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0129; Captive Wildlife Safety Act, 27358-27359 [2010-11573]

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• Fish and Wildlife Service
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 93 (Friday, May 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27358-27359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11573]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R9-LE-2010-N099] [99011-1220-0000-9B]


Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0129; Captive 
Wildlife Safety Act

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY:  We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize 
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the 
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 
2010. 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may 
continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is 
pending at OMB.

DATES: You must send comments on or before June 14, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information 
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at 
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). 
Please provide a copy of your comments to Hope Grey, Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail) or hope_
grey@fws.gov (e-mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or 
by telephone at (703) 358-2482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 1018-0129.
    Title: Captive Wildlife Safety Act, 50 CFR 14.250 - 14.255.
    Service Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Accredited wildlife sanctuaries.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Ongoing.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 750.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 750.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 750.
    Abstract: The Captive Wildlife Safety Act (CWSA) amends the Lacey 
Act by making it illegal to import, export, buy, sell, transport, 
receive, or acquire, in interstate or foreign commerce, live lions, 
tigers, leopards, snow leopards, clouded leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, 
or cougars, or any hybrid combination of any of these species, unless 
certain exceptions are met. There are several exceptions to the 
prohibitions of the CWSA, including accredited wildlife sanctuaries.
    There is no requirement for wildlife sanctuaries to submit 
applications to qualify for the accredited wildlife sanctuary 
exemption. Wildlife sanctuaries themselves will determine if they 
qualify. To qualify, they must meet all of the following criteria:
     Approval by the United States Internal Revenue Service 
(IRS) as a corporation that is exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is described in 
sections 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of that code.
     Do not engage in commercial trade in the prohibited 
wildlife species including offspring, parts, and products.
     Do not propagate the prohibited wildlife species.
     Have no direct contact between the public and the 
prohibited wildlife species.
    The basis for this information collection is the recordkeeping 
requirement that we place on accredited wildlife sanctuaries. We 
require accredited wildlife sanctuaries to maintain complete and 
accurate records of any possession, transportation, acquisition, 
disposition, importation, or exportation of the prohibited wildlife 
species as defined in the CWSA (50 CFR 14, subpart K). Records must be 
up to date and include: (1) the names and addresses of persons to or 
from whom any prohibited wildlife species has been acquired, imported, 
exported, purchased, sold, or otherwise transferred; and (2) the dates 
of these transactions. Accredited wildlife sanctuaries must:
     Maintain these records for 5 years.
     Make these records accessible to Service officials for 
inspection at reasonable hours.
     Copy these records for Service officials, if requested.

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    Comments: On January 21, 2010, we published in the Federal Register 
(75 FR 3483) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew this ICR. 
In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending on March 22, 
2010. We received 155 comments during the comment period, all of which 
supported this information collection. Of these comments, 153 were 
submitted as part of an electronic letterwriting campaign and two were 
individual responses.
    Comments: The comments submitted as part of the letterwriting 
campaign suggested that sanctuaries should make appropriate records 
available to the Service and the public. Other comments suggested that: 
(1) appropriate records should be made available to the Service on an 
annual basis; (2) we establish an electronic recordkeeping system for 
wildlife sanctuaries that other Federal, State or, local agencies could 
access; and (3) wildlife sanctuaries be accredited by an independent 
organization.
    Response: During development of the regulations to implement the 
CWSA, we considered options for some type of formal accreditation 
mechanism for wildlife sanctuaries, but concluded that it was not 
practical for a number of reasons. We believe that the requirement that 
wildlife sanctuaries provide records on an as-needed basis is adequate 
to substantiate whether or not a particular wildlife sanctuary 
qualifies as accredited under the CWSA. In addition, the Privacy Act 
and the Freedom of Information Act have certain requirements pertaining 
to the release of information that may prohibit us from making these 
records openly available to the public. Since the Service is 
responsible for determining if a wildlife sanctuary qualifies as 
accredited under the CWSA, giving this responsibility to an outside 
organization would not be appropriate.
    We again 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. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 
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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: May 10, 2010
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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