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Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 13—GENERAL PERMIT PROCEDURES
Subpart B—Application for Permits
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§ 13.11 Application procedures.
The Service may not issue a permit for any activity authorized by this subchapter B unless you have filed
an application under the following procedures:
(a) Forms. Applications must be submitted in writing on a Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit
Application (Form 3–200) or as otherwise specifically directed by the Service.
(b) Forwarding instructions. Applications for permits in the following categories should be forwarded to
the issuing office indicated below.
(1) You may obtain applications for migratory bird banding permits (50 CFR 21.22) by writing to: Bird
Banding Laboratory, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 12100 Beech Forest Road, Laurel,
Maryland 20708–4037. Submit completed permit applications to the same address.
(2) You may obtain applications for designated port exception permits and import/export licenses (50
CFR 14) by writing to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Region in which you reside (see 50 CFR
2.2 or the Service Web site, http://www.fws.gov, for addresses and boundaries of the Regions). Submit
completed permit applications to the same address.
(3) You may obtain applications for Wild Bird Conservation Act permits (50 CFR 15); injurious wildlife
permits (50 CFR 16); captive-bred wildlife registrations (50 CFR 17); permits authorizing import, export,
or foreign commerce of endangered and threatened species, and interstate commerce of non-native
endangered or threatened species (50 CFR 17); marine mammal permits (50 CFR 18); and permits and
certificates for import, export, and reexport of species listed under the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (50 CFR 23) from: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203–
1610. Submit completed permit applications to the same address.
(4) You may obtain Endangered Species Act permit applications (50 CFR 17) for activities involving
native endangered and threatened species, including incidental take, scientific purposes, enhancement
of propagation or survival ( i.e. , recovery), and enhancement of survival by writing to the Regional
Director (Attention: Endangered Species Permits) of the Region where the activity is to take place (see
50 CFR 2.2 or the Service Web site, http://www.fws.gov, for addresses and boundaries of the Regions).
Submit completed applications to the same address (the Regional office covering the area where the
activity will take place). Permit applications for interstate commerce for native endangered and
threatened species should be obtained by writing to the Regional Director (Attention: Endangered
Species Permits) of the Region that has the lead for the particular species, rather than the Region where
the activity will take place. You can obtain information on the lead Region via the Service's Endangered
Species Program Web page ( http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html ) by entering the common or
scientific name of the listed species in the Regulatory Profile query box. Send interstate commerce
permit applications for native listed species to the same Regional Office that has the lead for that
species. Endangered Species Act permit applications for the import or export of native endangered and
threatened species may be obtained from the Division of Management Authority in accordance with

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paragraph (b)(3) of this section.
(5) You may obtain applications for bald and golden eagle permits (50 CFR 22) and migratory bird
permits (50 CFR 21), except for banding and marking permits, by writing to the Migratory Bird Permit
Program Office in the Region in which you reside. For mailing addresses for the Migratory Bird Regional
Permit Offices, see below, or go to: http://permits.fws.gov/mbpermits/addresses.html. Send completed
applications to the same address. The mailing addresses for the Regional Migratory Bird Permit Offices
are as follows:
Region 1 (CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, WA, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and other Pacific possessions): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Permit Office, 911
N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232–4181.
Region 2 (AZ, NM, OK, TX): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Permit Office, P.O. Box 709,
Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Region 3 (IA, IL, IN, MN, MO, MI, OH, WI): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Permit Office,
One Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111.
Region 4 (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, PR, VI, and Caribbean possessions): U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Permit Office, P.O. Box 49208, Atlanta, GA 30359.
Region 5 (CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Migratory Bird Permit Office, P.O. Box 779, Hadley, MA 01035–0779.
Region 6 (CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, SD, UT, WY): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Permit
Office, P.O. Box 25486, DFC (60130), Denver, CO 80225–0486.
Region 7 (AK): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Permit Office (MS–201), 1011 E. Tudor
Road, Anchorage, AK 99503.
(c) Time notice. The Service will process all applications as quickly as possible. However, we cannot
guarantee final action within the time limit you request. You should ensure that applications for permits
for marine mammals and/or endangered and threatened species are postmarked at least 90 calendar
days prior to the requested effective date. The time we require for processing of endangered and
threatened species incidental take permits will vary according to the project scope and significance of
effects. Submit applications for all other permits to the issuing/reviewing office and ensure they are
postmarked at least 60 calendar days prior to the requested effective date. Our processing time may be
increased by the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
requirement to publish a notice in theFederal Registerrequesting a 30-day public comment period when
we receive certain types of permit applications, and/or the time required for extensive consultation within
the Service, with other Federal agencies, and/or State or foreign governments. When applicable, we
may require permit applicants to provide additional information on the proposal and on its environmental
effects as may be necessary to satisfy the procedural requirements of NEPA.
(d) Fees. (1) Unless otherwise exempted under this paragraph (d), you must pay the required permit
processing fee at the time that you apply for issuance or amendment of a permit. You must pay in U.S.
dollars. If you submit a check or money order, it must be made payable to the “U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.” The Service will not refund any application fee under any circumstances if we have processed
the application. However, we may return the application fee if you withdraw the application before we
have significantly processed it.
(2) If regulations in this subchapter require more than one type of permit for an activity and the permits
are issued by the same office, the issuing office may issue one consolidated permit authorizing the
activity in accordance with §13.1. You may submit a single application in such cases, provided that the
single application contains all the information required by the separate applications for each permitted
activity. Where more than one permitted activity is consolidated into one permit, the issuing office will
charge the highest single fee for the activity permitted.
(3) Circumstances under which we will not charge a permit application fee are as follows:
(i) We will not charge a permit application fee to any Federal, tribal, State, or local government agency or
to any individual or institution acting on behalf of such agency. Except as otherwise authorized or
waived, if you fail to submit evidence of such status with your application, we will require the submission

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of all processing fees prior to the acceptance of the application for processing.
(ii) As noted in paragraph (d)(4) of this section.
(iii) We may waive the fee on a case-by-case basis for extraordinary extenuating circumstances
provided that the issuing permit office and a Regional or Assistant Director approves the waiver.
(4) User fees. The following table identifies specific fees for each permit application or amendment to a
current permit. If no fee is identified under the Amendment Fee column, this particular permit either
cannot be amended and a new application, and application fee, would need to be submitted or no fee
will be charged for amending the permit (please contact the issuing office for further information).

CFR
Amendment
Type of permit
citation Fee
fee
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Migratory Bird Import/Export
50 CFR $75
21
Migratory Bird Banding or Marking
50 CFR
21
Migratory Bird Scientific Collecting
50 CFR 100
$50
21
Migratory Bird Taxidermy
50 CFR 100
21
Waterfowl Sale and Disposal
50 CFR
75
21
Special Canada Goose
50 CFR
21
Migratory Bird Special Purpose/Education
50 CFR
75
21
Migratory Bird Special Purpose/Salvage
50 CFR
75
21
Migratory Bird Special Purpose/Game Bird
50 CFR
75
Propagation
21
Migratory Bird Special Purpose/Miscellaneous
50 CFR 100
21
Falconry
50 CFR 100
21
Raptor Propagation
50 CFR 100
21
Migratory Bird Rehabilitation
50 CFR
50
21
Migratory Bird Depredation
50 CFR 100
50
21
Migratory Bird Depredation/Homeowner
50 CFR
50
21
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
Eagle Scientific Collecting
50 CFR 100
50
22
Eagle Exhibition
50 CFR
75

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Eagle Falconry
50 CFR 100
22
Eagle—Native American Religion
50 CFR
22
Eagle Take permits—Depredation and
50 CFR 100
Protection of Health and Safety
22
Golden Eagle Nest Take
50 CFR 100
22
Eagle Transport—Scientific or Exhibition
50 CFR
75
22
Eagle Transport—Native American Religious
50 CFR
(1)
Purposes
22
Eagle Take—Associated With but Not the
50 CFR 500
Purpose of an Activity
22
Eagle Take—Associated With but Not the
50 CFR 1000
Purpose of an Activity—Programmatic
22
Eagle Nest Take
50 CFR 500
22
Eagle Nest Take—Programmatic
50 CFR 1000
22
Eagle Take—Exempted under ESA
50 CFR
22
Endangered Species Act/CITES/Lacey Act
ESA Recovery
50 CFR 100
17
ESA Interstate Commerce
50 CFR 100
17
ESA Enhancement of Survival (Safe Harbor
50 CFR
50
Agreement)
17
ESA Enhancement of Survival (Candidate
50 CFR
50
Conservation Agreement with Assurances)
17
ESA Incidental Take (Habitat Conservation Plan) 50 CFR 100
17
ESA and CITES Import/Export and Foreign
50 CFR 100
Commerce
17
ESA and CITES Museum Exchange
50 CFR 100
17
ESA Captive-bred Wildlife Registration
50 CFR 200
17
—Renewal of Captive-bred wildlife
50 CFR 100
registration
17
CITES Import (including trophies under ESA and 50 CFR 100
MMPA)
17, 18,
23
CITES Export
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CITES Pre-Convention
50 CFR
23
CITES Certificate of Origin
50 CFR
23
CITES Re-Export
50 CFR
23
CITES Personal Effects and Pet Export/Re50 CFR
Export
23
CITES Appendix II Export (native furbearers and 50 CFR
alligators—excluding live animals)
23
CITES Master File (includes files for artificial
50 CFR
propagation, biomedical, etc. and covers import, 23
export, and re-export documents)
—Renewal of CITES Master File
50 CFR
23
—Single-use permits issued on Master 50 CFR
File
23
CITES Annual Program File
50 CFR
23
—Single-use permits issued under
50 CFR
Annual Program
23
CITES replacement documents (lost, stolen, or 50 CFR
damaged documents)
23
CITES Passport for Traveling Exhibitions and
50 CFR
Pets
23
CITES/ESA Passport for Traveling Exhibitions
50 CFR
23
CITES Introduction from the Sea
50 CFR
23
CITES Participation in the Plant Rescue Center 50 CFR
Program
23
CITES Registration of Commercial Breeding
50 CFR
Operations for Appendix-I wildlife
23
CITES Request for Approval of an Export
50 CFR
Program for a State or Tribe (American Ginseng, 23
Certain Furbearers, and American Alligator)
Import/Export License
50 CFR
14
Designated Port Exception
50 CFR
14
Injurious Wildlife Permit
50 CFR
16
—Transport Authorization for Injurious 50 CFR
Wildlife
16
Wild Bird Conservation Act (WBCA)

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50
15
WBCA Scientific Research, Zoological Breeding 50 CFR 100
or Display, Cooperative Breeding
15
WBCA Approval of Cooperative Breeding
50 CFR 200
Programs
15
—Renewal of a WBCA Cooperative
50 CFR
50
Breeding Program
15
WBCA Approval of a Foreign Breeding Facility
50 CFR 4250
15
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Marine Mammal Public Display
50 CFR 300
18
Marine Mammal Scientific
50 CFR 150
Research/Enhancement/Registered Agent or
18
Tannery
—Renewal of Marine Mammal Scientific 50 CFR
75
Research/Enhancement/Registered
18
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Personal Pet Import

50
100

150
75

1No fee.
2Each.
3Per animal.
4Per species.

(5) We will charge a fee for substantive amendments made to permits within the time period that the
permit is still valid. The fee is generally half the original fee assessed at the time that the permit is
processed; see paragraph (d)(4) of this section for the exact amount. Substantive amendments are
those that pertain to the purpose and conditions of the permit and are not purely administrative.
Administrative changes, such as updating name and address information, are required under 13.23(c),
and we will not charge a fee for such amendments.
(6) Except as specifically noted in paragraph (d)(4) of this section, a permit renewal is an issuance of a
new permit, and applicants for permit renewal must pay the appropriate fee listed in paragraph (d)(4) of
this section.
(e) Abandoned or incomplete applications. If we receive an incomplete or improperly executed
application, or if you do not submit the proper fees, the issuing office will notify you of the deficiency. If
you fail to supply the correct information to complete the application or to pay the required fees within 45
calendar days of the date of notification, we will consider the application abandoned. We will not refund
any fees for an abandoned application.
[70 FR 18317, Apr. 11, 2005, as amended at 72 FR 48445, Aug. 23, 2007; 73 FR 29083, May 20, 2008;
73 FR 42281, July 21, 2008; 74 FR 46875, Sept. 11, 2009]
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