50 Cfr 16

Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries

PART 16—INJURIOUS WILDLIFE

Section Contents

Subpart A—Introduction
§ 16.1
§ 16.2
§ 16.3

Purpose of regulations.
Scope of regulations.
General restrictions.

Subpart B—Importation or Shipment of Injurious Wildlife
§ 16.11
Importation
§ 16.12
Importation
§ 16.13
Importation
their eggs.
§ 16.14
Importation
§ 16.15
Importation

of live wild mammals.
of live wild birds or their eggs.
of live or dead fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, or
of live amphibians or their eggs.
of live reptiles or their eggs.

Subpart C—Permits
§ 16.22

Injurious wildlife permits.

Subpart D—Additional Exemptions
§ 16.32
§ 16.33

Importation by Federal agencies.
Importation of natural-history specimens.

Authority:
18 U.S.C. 42.
Source:
39 FR 1169, Jan. 4, 1974, unless otherwise noted.
Subpart A—Introduction
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§ 16.1
Purpose of regulations.
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The regulations contained in this part implement the Lacey Act (18 U.S.C.
42).
§ 16.2
Scope of regulations.
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The provisions of this part are in addition to, and are not in lieu of,
other regulations of this subchapter B which may require a permit or
prescribe additional restrictions or conditions for the importation,
exportation, and interstate transportation of wildlife (see also part 13).
§ 16.3
General restrictions.
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Any importation or transportation of live wildlife or eggs thereof, or
dead fish or eggs or salmonids of the fish family Salmonidae into the

United States or its territories or possessions is deemed to be injurious
or potentially injurious to the health and welfare of human beings, to the
interest of forestry, agriculture, and horticulture, and to the welfare
and survival of the wildlife or wildlife resources of the United States;
and any such importation into or the transportation of live wildlife or
eggs thereof between the continental United States, the District of
Columbia, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or
possession of the United States by any means whatsoever, is prohibited
except for certain purposes and under certain conditions as hereinafter
provided in this part: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall
not apply to psittacine birds (see also §§16.32 and 16.33 for other
exemptions).
Subpart B—Importation or Shipment of Injurious Wildlife
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§ 16.11
Importation of live wild mammals.
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(a) The importation, transportation, or acquisition is prohibited of live
specimens of: (1) Any species of so-called “flying fox” or fruit bat of
the genus Pteropus ; (2) any species of mongoose or meerkat of the genera
Atilax, Cynictis, Helogale, Herpestes, Ichneumia, Mungos, and Suricata ;
(3) any species of European rabbit of the genus Oryctolagus ; (4) any
species of Indian wild dog, red dog, or dhole of the genus Cuon ; (5) any
species of multimammate rat or mouse of the genus Mastomys ; (6) any
raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides ; and (7) any brushtail possum,
Trichosurus vulpecula : Provided, that the Director shall issue permits
authorizing the importation, transportation, and possession of such
mammals under the terms and conditions set forth in §16.22.
(b) Upon the filing of a written declaration with the District Director of
Customs at the port of entry as required under §14.61, all other species
of live wild mammals may be imported, transported, and possessed in
captivity, without a permit, for scientific, medical, educational,
exhibition, or propagating purposes, but no such live wild mammals or any
progeny thereof may be released into the wild except by the State wildlife
conservation agency having jurisdiction over the area of release or by
persons having prior written permission for release from such agency:
Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to live
game mammals from Mexico, the importation of which is governed by
regulations under part 14 of this chapter.
[39 FR 1169, Jan. 4, 1974, as amended at 47 FR 56362, Dec. 16, 1982; 67 FR
39868, June 11, 2002]
§ 16.12
Importation of live wild birds or their eggs.
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(a) The importation, transportation, or acquisition is prohibited of any
live specimen or egg of (1) the species of so-called “pink starling” or
“rosy pastor” Sturnus roseus ; (2) the species of dioch (including the
subspecies black-fronted, red-billed, or Sudan dioch) Quelea quelea ; (3)
any species of Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora ; (4) the species of
red-whiskered bul-bul, Pycnonotus jocosus : Provided, That the Director
shall issue permits authorizing the importation, transportation, and
possession of such live birds under the terms and conditions set forth in
§16.22.
(b) Upon the filing of a written declaration with the District Director of
Customs at the port of entry as required under §14.61, all species of live
wild game, birds may be imported, transported, and possessed in captivity,
without a permit, for scientific, medical, educational, exhibition, or
propagating purposes, and the eggs of such birds may be imported,
transported, and possessed, without a permit, for propagating or

scientific collection purposes, but no such live wild game birds or any
progeny thereof may be released into the wild except by the State wildlife
conservation agency having jurisdiction over the area of release or by
persons having prior written permission for release from such agency.
(c) Upon the filing of a written declaration with the District Director of
Customs at the port of entry as required under §14.61, all species of
live, wild nongame birds (other than those listed in paragraph (a) of this
section) may be imported, transported, and possessed in captivity, without
a permit, for scientific, medical, educational, exhibition, or propagating
purposes, but no such live, wild nongame birds or any progeny thereof may
be released into the wild except by or under the direction of State
wildlife conservation agencies when such agencies have received prior
written permission from the Director for such release: Provided, That the
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to live bald and golden
eagles or to live migratory birds, the importation of which is governed by
regulations under parts 22 and 21 of this chapter, respectively, or to
birds of the Family Psittacidae (parrots, macaws, cockatoos, parakeets,
lories, lovebirds, etc.), the importation and transportation of which is
governed by U.S. Public Health Service regulations under 42 CFR parts 71
and 72.
(d) The importation of the eggs of wild nongame birds is prohibited except
as permitted under §16.33.
§ 16.13
Importation of live or dead fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, or
their eggs.
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(a) Upon an exporter filing a written declaration with the District
Director of Customs at the port of entry as required under §14.61 of this
chapter, live or dead fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, or parts thereof,
or their gametes or fertilized eggs, may be imported, transported, and
possessed in captivity without a permit except as follows:
(1) No such live fish, mollusks, crustacean, or any progency or eggs
thereof may be released into the wild except by the State wildlife
conservation agency having jurisdiction over the area of release or by
persons having prior written permission from such agency.
(2) The importation, transportation, or acquisition of any of the species
listed in this paragraph is prohibited except as provided under the terms
and conditions set forth in §16.22:
(i) Live fish or viable eggs of walking catfish, family Clariidae;
(ii) Live mitten crabs, genus Eriocheir, or their viable eggs;
(iii) Live mollusks, veligers, or viable eggs of zebra mussels, genus
Dreissena ; and
(iv) Any live fish or viable eggs of snakehead fishes of the genera Channa
and Parachanna (or their generic synonyms of Bostrychoides, Ophicephalus,
Ophiocephalus, and Parophiocephalus ) of the Family Channidae, including
but not limited to:
(A) Channa amphibeus (Chel or Borna snakehead).
(B) Channa argus (Northern or Amur snakehead).
(C) Channa asiatica (Chinese or Northern Green snakehead).
(D) Channa aurantimaculata.
(E) Channa bankanensis (Bangka snakehead).
(F) Channa baramensis (Baram snakehead).
(G) Channa barca (barca or tiger snakehead).
(H) Channa bleheri (rainbow or jewel snakehead).
(I) Channa cyanospilos (bluespotted snakehead).
(J) Channa gachua (dwarf, gaucha, or frog snakehead).
(K) Channa harcourtbutleri (Inle snakehead).
(L) Channa lucius (shiny or splendid snakehead).

(M) Channa maculata (blotched snakehead).
(N) Channa marulius (bullseye, murrel, Indian, great, or cobra snakehead).
(O) Channa maruloides (emperor snakehead).
(P) Channa melanoptera.
(Q) Channa melasoma (black snakehead).
(R) Channa micropeltes (giant, red, or redline snakehead).
(S) Channa nox.
(T) Channa orientalis (Ceylon or Ceylonese Green snakehead).
(U) Channa panaw.
(V) Channa pleurophthalmus (ocellated, spotted, or eyespot snakehead).
(W) Channa punctata (dotted or spotted snakehead).
(X) Channa stewartii (golden snakehead).
(Y) Channa striata (chevron or striped snakehead).
(Z) Parachanna africana (Niger or African snakehead).
(AA) Parachanna insignis (Congo, square-spotted African or light African
snakehead).
(BB) Parachanna obscura (dark African, dusky, or square-spotted
snakehead).
(3) Notwithstanding §16.32, all Federal agencies shall be subject to the
requirements stated within this section. Live or dead uneviscerated
salmonid fish (family Salmonidae), live fertilized eggs, or gametes of
salmonid fish are prohibited entry into the United States for any purpose
except by direct shipment accompanied by a certification that: as defined
in paragraph (e)(1) of this section, the fish lots, from which the
shipments originated, have been sampled; virus assays have been conducted
on the samples according to methods described in paragraphs (e)(2) through
(4); of this section; and Oncorhynchus masou virus and the viruses causing
viral hemorrhagic septicemia, infectious hematopoietic necrosis, and
infectious pancreatic necrosis have not been detected in the fish stocks
from which the samples were taken. In addition, live salmonid fish can be
imported into the United States only upon written approval from the
Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(4) All live fish eggs of salmonid fish must be disinfected within 24
hours prior to shipment to the United States. Disinfection shall be
accomplished by immersion for 15 minutes in a 75 part per million
(titratable active iodine) non-detergent solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone
iodine (iodophor) buffered to a pH of 6.0 to 7.0. Following disinfection,
the eggs shall be rinsed and maintained in water free of fish pathogens
until packed and shipped. Any ice or water used for shipping shall be from
pathogen-free water.
(b)(1) The certification to accompany importations as required by this
section shall consist of a statement in the English language, printed or
typewritten, stating that this shipment of dead uneviscerated salmonid
fish, live salmonid fish, or live, disinfected fertilized eggs or gametes
of salmonid fish has been tested, by the methods outlined in this section,
and none of the listed viruses were detected. The certification shall be
signed in the country of origin by a qualified fish pathologist designated
as a certifying official by the Director.
(2) The certification must contain:
(i) The date and port of export in the country of origin and the
anticipated date of arrival in the United States and port of entry;
(ii) Surface vessel name or number or air carrier and flight number;
(iii) Bill of lading number or airway bill number;
(iv) The date and location where fish, tissue, or fluid samples were
collected;
(v) The date and location where virus assays were completed; and
(vi) The original handwritten signature, in ink, of the certifying

official and his or her address and telephone number.
(3) Certification may be substantially in the following form:
I, ____, designated by the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
on ____(date), as a certifying official for ____ (country), as required by
Title 50, CFR 16.13, do hereby certify that the fish lot(s) of origin for
this shipment of ____ (weight in kilograms) dead uneviscerated salmonid
fish, live salmonid fish, live salmonid fish eggs disinfected as described
in §16.13, or live salmonid gametes to be shipped under ____(bill of
lading number or airway bill number), were sampled at ____(location of
fish facility) on ____(sampling date) and the required viral assays were
completed on ____(date assays were completed) at ____(location where
assays were conducted) using the methodology described in §16.13. I
further certify that Oncorhynchus masou virus and the viruses causing
viral hemorrhagic septicemia, infectious hematopoietic necrosis, and
infectious pancreatic necrosis have not been detected in viral assays of
the fish lot(s) of origin.
The shipment is scheduled to depart ____(city and country) on ____(date),
via ____ (name of carrier) with anticipated arrival at the port of ____
(city), U.S.A., on ____ (date).
____________________
(Signature in ink of certifying official)
____________________
(Printed name of certifying official)
Date:____________________
Organization employing certifying official:____________________
Mailing address:____________________
City:____________________
State/Province:____________________
Zip Code/Mail Code:____________________
Country:____________________
Office telephone number: International code____________________
Telephone number____________________
Fax number____________________
(c) Nothing in this part shall restrict the importation and transportation
of dead salmonid fish when such fish have been eviscerated (all internal
organs removed, gills may remain) or filleted or when such fish or eggs
have been processed by canning, pickling, smoking, or otherwise prepared
in a manner whereby the Oncorhynchus masou virus and the viruses causing
viral hemorrhagic septicemia, infectious hematopoietic necrosis, and
infectious pancreatic necrosis have been killed.
(d) Any fish caught in the wild in North America under a valid sport or
commercial fishing license shall be exempt from sampling and certification
requirements and from filing the Declaration for Importation of Wildlife.
The Director may enter into formal agreements allowing the importation of
gametes, fertilized eggs, live fish, or dead, uneviscerated fish without
inspection and certification of pathogen status, if the exporting Nation
has an acceptable program of inspection and pathogen control in operation,
can document the occurrence and distribution of fish pathogens within its
boundaries, and can demonstrate that importation of salmonid fishes into
the United States from that National will not pose a substantial risk to
the public and private fish stocks of the United States.
(e) Fish sampling requirements, sample processing, and methods for virus
assays —(1) Fish sampling requirements. (i) Sampling for virus assays
required by this section must be conducted within the six (6) months prior

to the date of shipment of dead uneviscerated salmonid fish, live salmonid
fish, live salmonid eggs, or salmonid gametes to the United States.
Sampling shall be on a lot-by-lot basis with the samples from each lot
distinctively marked, maintained, and processed for virus assay
separately. A fish lot is defined as a group of fish of the same species
and age that originated from the same discrete spawning population and
that always have shared a common water supply. In the case of adult
broodstock, various age groups of the same fish species may be sampled as
a single lot, provided they meet the other conditions previously stated
and have shared the same container(s) for at least 1 year prior to the
sampling date.
(ii) In a sample, or sub-sample of a given lot, collection of 10 or more
moribund fish shall be given first preference. The remainder of fish
required for collection shall be randomly selected live fish from all
containers occupied by the lot being sampled. Moribund fish shall be
collected and processed separately from randomly selected fish. In the
event the sample is taken from adult broodstock of different ages that
share the same container, first preference shall be given to collecting
samples from the older fish.
(iii) The minimum sample numbers collected from each lot must be in
accordance with a plan that provides 95 percent confidence that at least
one fish, with a detectable level of infection, will be collected and will
be present in the sample if the assumed minimum prevalence of infection
equals or exceeds 2 percent. A total of 150 fish collected proportionately
from among all containers shared by the lot usually meets this
requirement. A sampling strategy based on a presumed pathogen prevalence
of 5 percent (60 fish) may be used to meet sampling requirements for
shipments of gametes, fertilized eggs, or uneviscerated dead fish;
provided that in the previous 2 years no disease outbreaks caused by a
pathogen of concern have occurred at the facility from which the shipment
originated and all stocks held at the facility have been inspected at
least four times during that period (at intervals of approximately 6
months) and no pathogens of concern detected.
(iv) Fish must be alive when collected and processed within 48 hours after
collection. Tissue and fluid samples shall be stored in sealed, aseptic
containers and kept at 4° Celsius (C.) or on ice but not frozen.
(v) Tissue collection shall be as follows:
(A) Sac Fry and fry to 4 centimeter (cm): Assay entire fish. If present,
remove the yolk sac.
(B) Fish 4–6 cm: Assay entire visceral mass including kidney.
(C) Fish longer than 6 cm: Assay kidney and spleen in approximately equal
weight proportions.
(D) Spawning adult broodstock: Assay kidney and spleen tissues from males
and/or females and ovarian fluid from females. Ovarian fluid may comprise
up to 50 percent of the samples collected.
(2) General sample processing requirements. (i) Ovarian fluid samples
shall be collected from each spawning female separately. All samples from
individual fish shall be measured to ensure that similar quantities from
each fish are combined if samples are pooled. Ovarian fluid samples from
no more than five fish may be combined to form a pool.
(ii) Whole fry (less yolk sacs), viscera, and kidney and spleen tissues
from no more than five fish may be similarly pooled.
(iii) Antibiotics and antifungal agents may be added to ovarian fluid or
tissue samples to control microbial contaminant growth at the time of
sample collection. Final concentrations shall not exceed 200–500
micrograms/milliliter (µg/ml) of Gentamycin, 800 international
units/milliliter (IU/ml) of penicillin, or 800 µg/ml of streptomycin.

Antifungal agent concentrations should not exceed 200 IU/ml of mycostatin
(Nystatin) of 20 µg/ml of amphotericin B (Fungizone).
(iv) Sample temperature must be maintained between 4 at 15 °C. during
processing. Use separate sets of sterile homogenization and processing
equipment to process fluids or tissues from each fish lot sampled.
Processing equipment need not be sterilized between samples within a
single lot.
(v) Homogenized tissue samples may be diluted 1:10 with buffered cell
culture medium (pH 7.4–7.8) containing antibiotics and antifungal agents
not exceeding the concentrations described in paragraph (e)(2)(iii) of
this section. Centrifuge tissue suspensions and ovarian fluid samples 4
°C. at 2,500 × gravity (g) (relative centrifugal force) for 15 minutes.
Resulting supernatant solutions can be stored overnight at 4 °C.
(vi) At the time of inoculation onto cell cultures, total dilution of
processed tissue samples must not exceed 1:100 ((volume to volume) (v/v));
total dilution of ovarian fluid samples must not exceed 1:20 (v/v). In
samples inoculated onto cell cultures, the final antibiotic concentration
shall not exceed 100 µg/ml of Gentamicin, 100 IU/ml of penicillin, or 100
µg/ml of streptomycin and antifungal agent concentrations should not
exceed 25 IU/ml of mycostatin (Nystatin) or 2.5 µg/ml of amphotericin B
(Fungizone).
(3) Cell culture procedures. (i) Both epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC)
and chinook salmon embryo (CHSE–214) cell lines must be maintained and
used in all virus assays. Susceptible, normal appearing, and rapidly
dividing cell cultures shall be selected. Penicillin (100 IU/ml),
streptomycin (100 µg/ml), and antifungal agents, such as
mycostatin/Nystatin (25 IU/ml) or amphotericin B/Fungizone (2.5 µg/ml),
are permitted in media used for cell culture and virus assay work.
(ii) Cell cultures shall be seeded and grown, at optimum temperatures, to
80–90 percent confluence in 24-well plates for virus assay work.
(iii) Decant the medium from the required number of 24-well plates of each
cell line, and inoculate four replicate wells per cell line with .10 ml
per well of each processed sample. When all wells have been inoculated,
tilt plates to spread the inocula evenly. Incubate inoculated plates for 1
hour at 15 °C. for sample contact. After the 1 hour contact add cell
culture medium. Medium shall be buffered or cells incubated so that a pH
between 7.4 and 7.8 is maintained. All cell culture assays shall be
incubated, without overlays, at 15 °C. for 21 days.
(4) Virus identification by serological methods. All cell cultures showing
cytopathic effects (CPE) must be sub-cultured onto fresh cell cultures. If
CPE is observed, determine the presence and identity the virus by serum
neutralization, dot blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, or other
equivalent serological technique.
(f) Information concerning the importation requirements of this section
and application requirements for designation as a certifying official for
purposes of this section may be obtained by contacting: U.S. Department of
the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Fish Hatcheries
(820 Arlington Square), 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Telephone 703–358–1878.
(g) The information collection requirements contained in this part have
been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq. and assigned clearance number 1018–0078. The information is being
collected to inform U.S. Customs and USFWS inspectors of the contents,
origin, routing, and destination of fish and eggs shipments and to certify
that the fish lots were inspected for listed pathogens. The information
will be used to protect the health of the fishery resource. Response is
required to obtain a benefit.

[58 FR 58979, Nov. 5, 1993, as amended at 65 FR 37063, June 13, 2000; 67
FR 62203, Oct. 4, 2002]
§ 16.14
Importation of live amphibians or their eggs.
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Upon the filing of a written declaration with the District Director of
Customs at the port of entry as required under §14.61, all species of live
amphibians or their eggs may be imported, transported, and possessed in
captivity, without a permit, for scientific, medical, education,
exhibition, or propagating purposes, but no such live amphibians or any
progeny or eggs thereof may be released into the wild except by the State
wildlife conservation agency having jurisdiction over the area of release
or by persons having prior written permission for release from such
agency.
§ 16.15
Importation of live reptiles or their eggs.
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(a) The importation, transportation, or acquisition is prohibited of any
live specimen or egg of the brown tree snake ( Boiga irregularis ):
Provided, that the Director shall issue permits authorizing the
importation, transportation, and possession of such live snakes or viable
eggs under the terms and conditions set forth in §16.22.
(b) Upon the filing of a written declaration with the District Director of
Customs at the port of entry as required under §14.61, all other species
of live reptiles or their eggs may be imported, transported, and possessed
in captivity, without a permit, for scientific, medical, educational,
exhibitional or propagating purposes, but no such live reptiles or any
progency or eggs thereof may be released into the wild except by the State
wildlife conservation agency having jurisdiction over the area of release
or by persons having prior written permission for release from such
agency.
[55 FR 17441, Apr. 25, 1990]
Subpart C—Permits
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§ 16.22
Injurious wildlife permits.
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The Director may, upon receipt of an application and in accordance with
the issuance criteria of this section, issue a permit authorizing the
importation into or shipment between the continental United States, the
District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any
possession of the United States of injurious wildlife (See subpart B of
this part) for zoological, educational, medical, or scientific purposes.
(a) Application requirements. Submit applications for permits to import,
transport or acquire injurious wildlife for such purposes to the Director,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (Attention: Office of Management
Authority), 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, VA 22203. Submit
applications in writing on a Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit
application (Form 3–200) and attach all of the following information:
(1) The number of specimens and the common and scientific names (genus and
species) of each species of live wildlife proposed to be imported or
otherwise acquired, transported and possessed;
(2) The purpose of such importation or other acquisition, transportation
and possession;
(3) The address of the premises where such live wildlife will be kept in
captivity;
(4) A statement of the applicant's qualifications and previous experience
in caring for and handling captive wildlife.
(b) Additional permit conditions. In addition to the general conditions
set forth in part 13 of this subchapter B, permits to import or ship

injurious wildlife for zoological, educational, medical, or scientific
purposes shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) All live wildlife acquired under permit and all progeny thereof, must
be confined in the approved facilities on the premises authorized in the
permit.
(2) No live wildlife, acquired under permit, or any eggs or progeny
thereof, may be sold, donated, traded, loaned, or transferred to any other
person unless such person has a permit issued by the Director under §16.22
authorizing him to acquire and possess such wildlife or the eggs or
progeny thereof.
(3) Permittees shall notify the nearest Special Agent-in-Charge (see
§10.22 of this chapter) by telephone or other expedient means within 24
hours following the escape of any wildlife imported or transported under
authority of a permit issued under this section, or the escape of any
progeny of such wildlife, unless otherwise specifically exempted by terms
of the permit.
(c) Issuance criteria. The Director shall consider the following in
determining whether to issue a permit to import or ship injurious wildlife
for zoological, educational, medical, or scientific purposes:
(1) Whether the wildlife is being imported or otherwise acquired for a
bona fide scientific, medical, educational, or zoological exhibition
purpose;
(2) Whether the facilities for holding the wildlife in captivity have been
inspected and approved, and consist of a basic cage or structure of a
design and material adequate to prevent escape which is maintained inside
a building or other facility of such structure that the wildlife could not
escape from the building or other facility after escaping from the cage or
structure maintained therein;
(3) Whether the applicant is a responsible person who is aware of the
potential dangers to public interests posed by such wildlife, and who by
reason of his knowledge, experience, and facilities reasonably can be
expected to provide adequate protection for such public interests; and
(4) If such wildlife is to be imported or otherwise acquired for
zoological or aquarium exhibition purposes, whether such exhibition or
display will be open to the public during regular appropriate hours.
(d) The Office of Management and Budget approved the information
collection requirements contained in this part 16 under 44 U.S.C. 3507 and
assigned OMB Control Number 1018–0093. The Service may not conduct or
sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. We
are collecting this information to provide information necessary to
evaluate permit applications. We will use this information to review
permit applications and make decisions, according to criteria established
in various Federal wildlife conservation statutes and regulations, on the
issuance, suspension, revocation, or denial of permits. You must respond
to obtain or retain a permit. We estimate the public reporting burden for
these reporting requirements to average 2 hours per response, including
time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and
completing and reviewing the forms. Direct comments regarding the burden
estimate or any other aspect of these reporting requirements to the
Service Information Collection Control Officer, MS–222 ARLSQ, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC 20240, or the Office of Management
and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (1018–0093), Washington, DC 20603.
[39 FR 1169, Jan. 4, 1974, as amended at 47 FR 30786, July 15, 1982; 63 FR
52634, Oct. 1, 1998]
Subpart D—Additional Exemptions
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§ 16.32
Importation by Federal agencies.
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Nothing in this part shall restrict the importation and transportation,
without a permit, of any live wildlife by Federal agencies solely for
their own use, upon the filing of a written declaration with the District
Director of Customs at the port of entry as required under §14.61:
Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to bald and
golden eagles or their eggs, or to migratory birds or their eggs, the
importations of which are governed by regulations under parts 22 and 21 of
this chapter, respectively.
§ 16.33
Importation of natural-history specimens.
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Nothing in this part shall restrict the importation and transportation,
without a permit, of dead natural-history specimens of wildlife or their
eggs for museum or scientific collection purposes: Provided, That the
provisions of this section shall not apply to dead migratory birds, the
importation of which is governed by regulations under parts 20 and 21 of
this chapter; to dead game mammals from Mexico, the importation of which
is governed by regulations under part 14 of this chapter; or to dead bald
and golden eagles or their eggs, the importation of which is governed by
regulations under part 22 of this chapter.