2017-03585. 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.

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 [e-mail] (email). Please include “1018-0022” in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madonna Baucum, at [e-mail] (email) or [phone] (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.

Activity	Number of respondents	Number of responses	Completion time per response (hours)	Total annual burden hours 2
APPLICATIONS
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 Order	2,000	2,000	1	2,000
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 Amendment	3	3	70	210
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 Programmatic	10	10	40	400
3-200-72, Application—Eagle Nest Take Programmatic Amendment	2	2	20	40
REPORTS
3-202-1, Scientific Collecting	580	580	1	580
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 Recordkeeping Programmatic	20	20	342	6,840
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 Waterfowl	12,900	12,900	.25	3,225
3-186a, Migratory Bird Acquisition & Disposition	18,640	18,640	.25	4,660
Total	61,623	61,623		106,656
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.