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added Section 30, Public Housing
Mortgages and Security Interest, to the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (1937
Act) (42 U.S.C. 1437z–2). Section 30
authorizes the Secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) to approve a
Housing Authority’s (HA) request to
mortgage public housing real property
Information collection
Number of
respondents
or grant a security interest in other
tangible forms of personal property if
the proceeds of the loan resulting from
the mortgage or security interest are
used for low-income housing uses.
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) must
provide information to HUD for
approval to allow PHAs to grant a
mortgage in public housing real estate or
Frequency of
response
Responses
per annum
Burden hour
per response
a security interest in some tangible form
of personal property owned by the PHA
for the purposes of securing loans or
other financing for modernization or
development of low-income housing.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Members of Affected Public: State, Local
or Local Government and Non-profit
organization.
Annual burden
hours
Hourly cost
per response
Annual cost
2577–0157 ...................
30
3
90
41.78
3,760
$157.65
$592,750
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
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 those
who are to respond; including through
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: December 18, 2015.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs
and Legislative Initiatives.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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[FW–HQ–LE–2015–N243; FF09L00200–FX–
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Proposed Renewal of Information
Collection; Declaration for Importation
or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
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We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 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 April 30,
2016. 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 February 26, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0012’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUMMARY:
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The Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) makes it unlawful
to import or export fish, wildlife, or
plants without filing a declaration or
report deemed necessary for enforcing
the Act or upholding the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered
Species (CITES) (see 16 U.S.C. 1538(e)).
With a few exceptions, businesses,
individuals, or government agencies
importing into or exporting from the
United States any fish, wildlife, or
wildlife product must complete and
submit to the Service an FWS Form 3–
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177 (Declaration for Importation or
Exportation of Fish or Wildlife). This
form as well as FWS Form 3–177a
(Continuation Sheet) and instructions
for completion are available for
electronic submission at https://
edecs.fws.gov. These forms are also
available in fillable format at https://
www.fws.gov/forms/.
The information that we collect is
unique to each wildlife shipment and
enables us to:
• Accurately inspect the contents of
the shipment;
• Enforce any regulations that pertain
to the fish, wildlife, or wildlife products
contained in the shipment; and
• Maintain records of the importation
and exportation of these commodities.
Businesses or individuals must file
FWS Forms 3–177 and 3–177a with us
at the time and port where they request
clearance of the import or export of
wildlife or wildlife products. Our
regulations allow for certain species of
wildlife to be imported or exported
between the United States and Canada
or Mexico at U.S. Customs and Border
Protection ports, even though our
wildlife inspectors may not be present.
In these instances, importers and
exporters may file the forms with U.S.
Customs and Border Protection. We
collect the following information:
(1) Name of the importer or exporter
and broker.
(2) Scientific and common name of
the fish or wildlife.
(3) Permit numbers (if permits are
required).
(4) Description, quantity, and value of
the fish or wildlife.
(5) Natural country of origin of the
fish or wildlife.
In addition, certain information, such
as the airway bill or bill of lading
number, the location of the shipment
containing the fish or wildlife for
inspection, and the number of cartons
containing fish or wildlife, assists our
wildlife inspectors if a physical
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examination of the shipment is
necessary.
In 2009, we implemented a new user
fee system intended to recover the costs
of the compliance portion of the wildlife
inspection program. Since that time, we
have been made aware that we may
have placed an undue economic burden
on businesses that exclusively trade in
small volumes of low-value, nonfederally protected wildlife parts and
products. To address this issue, we
implemented a program that exempts
certain businesses from the designated
port base inspection fees as an interim
measure while we reassess the current
user fee system. Businesses that possess
a valid Service import/export license
may request to participate in the fee
exemption program through our
electronic filing system (eDecs).
Qualified licensees must create an eDecs
filer account as an importer or exporter,
if they do not already have one, and file
their required documents electronically.
To be an approved participating
business in the program and receive an
exemption from the designated port
base inspection fee, the licensed
business must certify that it will
exclusively import or export nonliving
wildlife that is not listed as injurious
under 50 CFR part 16 and does not
require a permit or certificate under 50
CFR parts 15 (Wild Bird Conservation
Act), 17 (Endangered Species Act), 18
(Marine Mammal Protection Act), 20
and 21 (Migratory Bird Treaty Act), 22
(Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act),
or 23 (the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora). The requesting
business also must certify that it will
exclusively import or export the above
types of wildlife shipments where the
quantity in each shipment of wildlife
parts or products is 25 or fewer and the
total value of each wildlife shipment is
$5,000 or less. Any licensed business
that has more than two wildlife
shipments that were refused clearance
in the 5 years prior to its request is not
eligible for the program. In addition, any
licensees that have been assessed a civil
Number of
respondents
Activity
penalty, issued a Notice of Violation, or
convicted of a misdemeanor or felony
violation involving wildlife import or
export will not be eligible to participate
in the program.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–0012.
Title: Declaration for Importation or
Exportation of Fish or Wildlife, 50 CFR
14.61–14.64 and 14.94.
Service Form Numbers: 3–177 and 3–
177a.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Businesses or individuals that import or
export fish, wildlife, or wildlife
products; scientific institutions that
import or export fish or wildlife
scientific specimens; and government
agencies that import or export fish or
wildlife specimens for various purposes.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of
responses
Completion
time per
response
(minutes)
Total annual
burden hours
3–177 hard copy submission ...........................................................................
3–177 electronic submission ...........................................................................
Fee waiver certification ....................................................................................
3,148
17,593
1,000
28,332
154,971
1,000
15
10
1
7,083
25,829
17
Totals ........................................................................................................
21,741
184,303
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32,929
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.
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
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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: December 21, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–R–2016–N215;
FXGO1664091HCC0–FF09D00000–167]
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage
Conservation Council; Public Meeting
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce a public
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meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting
Heritage Conservation Council
(Council). The Council provides advice
about wildlife and habitat conservation
endeavors that benefit wildlife
resources; encourage partnership among
the public, the sporting conservation
organizations, the States, Native
American tribes, and the Federal
Government; and benefit recreational
hunting.
DATES: Meeting: Tuesday, January 26,
2016, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and
Wednesday, January 27, 2016, from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).
For deadlines and directions on
registering to attend, submitting written
material, and giving an oral
presentation, please see ‘‘Public Input’’
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the National Wild Turkey Federation
Visitor Center, 770 Augusta Road,
Edgefield, South Carolina, 29824.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Winchell, Council Designated
Federal Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, National Wildlife Refuge
System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FW-HQ-LE-2015-N243; FF09L00200-FX-LE18110900000]
Proposed Renewal of Information Collection; Declaration for
Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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 April 30, 2016. 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 February 26, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ``1018-0012'' in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703-
358-2482 (telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) makes it
unlawful to import or export fish, wildlife, or plants without filing a
declaration or report deemed necessary for enforcing the Act or
upholding the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
(CITES) (see 16 U.S.C. 1538(e)). With a few exceptions, businesses,
individuals, or government agencies importing into or exporting from
the United States any fish, wildlife, or wildlife product must complete
and submit to the Service an FWS Form 3-177 (Declaration for
Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife). This form as well as
FWS Form 3-177a (Continuation Sheet) and instructions for completion
are available for electronic submission at https://edecs.fws.gov. These
forms are also available in fillable format at https://www.fws.gov/forms/.
The information that we collect is unique to each wildlife shipment
and enables us to:
Accurately inspect the contents of the shipment;
Enforce any regulations that pertain to the fish,
wildlife, or wildlife products contained in the shipment; and
Maintain records of the importation and exportation of
these commodities.
Businesses or individuals must file FWS Forms 3-177 and 3-177a with
us at the time and port where they request clearance of the import or
export of wildlife or wildlife products. Our regulations allow for
certain species of wildlife to be imported or exported between the
United States and Canada or Mexico at U.S. Customs and Border
Protection ports, even though our wildlife inspectors may not be
present.
In these instances, importers and exporters may file the forms with
U.S. Customs and Border Protection. We collect the following
information:
(1) Name of the importer or exporter and broker.
(2) Scientific and common name of the fish or wildlife.
(3) Permit numbers (if permits are required).
(4) Description, quantity, and value of the fish or wildlife.
(5) Natural country of origin of the fish or wildlife.
In addition, certain information, such as the airway bill or bill
of lading number, the location of the shipment containing the fish or
wildlife for inspection, and the number of cartons containing fish or
wildlife, assists our wildlife inspectors if a physical
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examination of the shipment is necessary.
In 2009, we implemented a new user fee system intended to recover
the costs of the compliance portion of the wildlife inspection program.
Since that time, we have been made aware that we may have placed an
undue economic burden on businesses that exclusively trade in small
volumes of low-value, non-federally protected wildlife parts and
products. To address this issue, we implemented a program that exempts
certain businesses from the designated port base inspection fees as an
interim measure while we reassess the current user fee system.
Businesses that possess a valid Service import/export license may
request to participate in the fee exemption program through our
electronic filing system (eDecs). Qualified licensees must create an
eDecs filer account as an importer or exporter, if they do not already
have one, and file their required documents electronically. To be an
approved participating business in the program and receive an exemption
from the designated port base inspection fee, the licensed business
must certify that it will exclusively import or export nonliving
wildlife that is not listed as injurious under 50 CFR part 16 and does
not require a permit or certificate under 50 CFR parts 15 (Wild Bird
Conservation Act), 17 (Endangered Species Act), 18 (Marine Mammal
Protection Act), 20 and 21 (Migratory Bird Treaty Act), 22 (Bald and
Golden Eagle Protection Act), or 23 (the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). The requesting
business also must certify that it will exclusively import or export
the above types of wildlife shipments where the quantity in each
shipment of wildlife parts or products is 25 or fewer and the total
value of each wildlife shipment is $5,000 or less. Any licensed
business that has more than two wildlife shipments that were refused
clearance in the 5 years prior to its request is not eligible for the
program. In addition, any licensees that have been assessed a civil
penalty, issued a Notice of Violation, or convicted of a misdemeanor or
felony violation involving wildlife import or export will not be
eligible to participate in the program.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0012.
Title: Declaration for Importation or Exportation of Fish or
Wildlife, 50 CFR 14.61-14.64 and 14.94.
Service Form Numbers: 3-177 and 3-177a.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Businesses or individuals that import
or export fish, wildlife, or wildlife products; scientific institutions
that import or export fish or wildlife scientific specimens; and
government agencies that import or export fish or wildlife specimens
for various purposes.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Completion
Number of Number of time per Total annual
Activity respondents responses response burden hours
(minutes)
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3-177 hard copy submission...................... 3,148 28,332 15 7,083
3-177 electronic submission..................... 17,593 154,971 10 25,829
Fee waiver certification........................ 1,000 1,000 1 17
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Totals...................................... 21,741 184,303 .............. 32,929
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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: December 21, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and Management Programs, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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