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quality control/quality assurance protocol
that is part of the research design. Therefore,
this Code does not attempt to provide
universal guidelines for making such case-bycase determinations.
(2) Requirements related to use, security
and release of proprietary data are sometimes
covered by law, regulation or policy and may
be established through an agreement with the
originator of the data. These agreements are
usually established on a case by case basis.
Employees will adhere to these agreements to
the extent permitted by law, or policy. The
Code prohibits denying other scientists
reasonable access to published scientific
information for the purpose of enhancing
one’s interests.
(3) Falsification and fabrication of data and
results by Departmental employees are not
tolerated by the Department and would be a
violation of the Code by employees subject to
it.
E. Participating in Review Processes and
Offering Fair and Objective Opinions.
(1) Peer review is an important element in
the creation and use of scientific information.
In all cases, external (to the Department)
scientific review of scientific activities,
information, inventory or monitoring data to
be published or used in decision-making is
beneficial and, in some cases, it is essential.
All employees subject to the Code must
know, understand and adhere to
Departmental and bureau specific guidelines
related to peer review of scientific activities.
Open and honest debate is essential for the
advancement of science, and peer review is
an important part of that debate. The peerreview process should be free of personal and
professional jealousies, competitions, nonscientific disagreements, and conflicts of
interest.
(2) Reviewers should focus on the logical
and scientific validity of the research
findings, rather than personal feelings, or
interactions (past or current) between the
reviewer and the author/investigator.
Authors/investigators should address
reviewers’ comments in a thorough manner,
and should document appropriately how
they responded to those comments. It is the
responsibility of prospective reviewers to
disqualify themselves, if the review cannot
be done in an objective manner (5 CFR
2635.502). Reviewers should not instigate
changes to any scientific study by its authors
through intimidation, either implied or
stated. Reviewers should document in
writing all changes made to the manuscripts
or proposals to conduct scientific studies in
writing.
F. Integrity in the Collection and
Preservation of Data.
(1) Quality control and assurance,
including protocols, standards, and
methodologies, should be routinely
established for activities pertaining to the
conduct of scientific inquiry and the
collection of data. Persons engaged in
scientific activities and their managers must
know and follow established programs,
protocols, standards, and methodologies for
the activities they conduct to inform
Departmental decisions. Preservation of
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by Federal law (44 U.S.C. chaps. 21, 29, 31,
and 33) and Departmental regulations and
policies (36 CFR 1228.1–1228.282; 381 DM
11, 12; 384 DM 2, 3, and 4) and bureau
regulations and policies. This is important
for substantiating scientific activities and
supporting subsequent decisions that are
influenced by the results. Employees subject
to this Code must follow these laws,
regulations and policies. Collections made
for retention include, but are not limited to,
cultural objects in archeological collections
and non-cultural biological, geological, and
paleontological samples.
(2) Documents that should be retained for
the scientific record vary according to the
nature of the study and include: study plans;
methodology; primary data, such as
laboratory notebooks, original data, metadata,
and quality assurance/quality control
information; and formal data sets, analyses
and products. These items may be in any
medium, including printed and electronic
media. Failure to retain data in accordance
with law, regulations and policy is not
tolerated by the Department.
G. Responsible Authorship and
Dissemination of Information.
(1) Authorship of a scientific product must
be based on a major intellectual contribution
(as part of conception, design, data
collection, data analysis, or interpretation)
and a significant contribution to its
preparation (writing, reviewing, or editing).
Authorship includes the responsibility for
ensuring that the work reported meets
scientific criteria and ethical standards.
Conferring authorship to individuals engaged
in scientific activities without their
knowledge or consent is strictly prohibited
by the Code.
(2) Scientific knowledge is cumulative and
is built on the contributions of numerous
scientists over many years. Recognition of
other contributors often takes the form of
credits in a publication through an
acknowledgment or citation. However, only
authors whose substantive comments have
been received and incorporated prior to
submission should be listed in
acknowledgments. Authors will cite or
acknowledge any scientific work or the
source of any idea that is not regarded as
common knowledge among specialists in the
particular field and that substantially
contributes to a scientific activity and its
interpretation and result. The Code prohibits
plagiarism or theft of ideas, data or
unpublished findings. Departmental
employees subject to this Code will
acknowledge and, to the extent permitted by
law, protect the intellectual efforts of others
and the confidentiality of information
provided by human subjects. However, when
Departmental employees are preparing
documents required by the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the
considerations in this paragraph are in
conflict with the regulations and guidance of
the Council on Environmental Quality
regarding the publication of information
under NEPA, the regulations and guidance of
the Council shall govern.
(3) Duplicative publication is not tolerated
by the Department. This does not suggest that
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manuscript based on a single scientific
activity. In some cases, the same scientific
activity may be of interest to separate
audiences having different technical
specialties or to journals having different
readerships. Prior publication of portions of
an original idea should always be referenced
in later publications. Publishing parts of
another paper, or publishing another paper
with only minor changes, should only be
done to reach different or larger audiences
and with the knowledge and consent of the
publisher. Employees subject to the Code
will accept professional responsibility
associated with authorship and know that the
interpretation and results of their work are
used to inform important decisions in the
public interest. Repetitive publication of
findings in popular literature does not
constitute duplicative publication.
(4) In order to ensure that the Department’s
decision making is based on the best
available science, the Code requires a
scientific product to be subject to the
required level of review. Public release of a
scientific product without the required level
of review or without the inclusion of
appropriate disclaimers could be considered
misconduct.
(5) Additionally, in support of the
Department’s interest in protecting its
decision making, the Code prohibits
changing conclusions, deletion of data, or
knowingly omitting data from reports and
testimony for purposes of misrepresentation
or manipulation. At the same time, the Code
prohibits suppressing data collection,
scientific studies, or publication of results by
scientists or their supervisors for the purpose
of manipulating Departmental decisions.
These actions are not tolerated by the
Department. They are violations of the
Federal Policy on Research Misconduct
because they wrongly characterize results
and manipulate results so that research is not
accurately represented. Scientific
conclusions may only be changed in light of
new data or new analyses. Scientists should
not succumb to coercion to change data. If an
employee subject to the Code believes that he
or she has been subjected to coercion, it
should be reported immediately to the
respective supervisor, bureau, or
Departmental ethics program.
Laura Davis,
Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2010-N188; 96300-1671-0000P5]

Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0093; Federal
Fish and Wildlife License/Permit
Applications, Management Authority
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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We (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 November
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.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by November 1,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or [email protected] (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone
at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This IC covers permit applications
that our Division of Management
Authority uses 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) Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.).
(2) Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
(3) Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
(4) Bald and Golden Eagle Protection
Act (16 U.S.C. 668).
(5) Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES) (27 U.S.T. 1087).
(6) Marine Mammal Protection Act
(16 U.S.C. 1361-1407).
(7) Wild Bird Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 4901-4916).

Service regulations implementing
these statutes and treaties are in Chapter
I, Subchapter B of Title 50, 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.
This revised IC includes FWS Forms
3-200-74 (Single-Use Export Permits
Under a Master File or Annual Program
File) and 3-200-75 (Registration of a
Production Facility for Export of Certain
Native Species). These forms are
currently approved under OMB Control
Number 1018-0137. After OMB takes
action on this information collection
request, we will discontinue 1018-0137.
In addition, we are proposing 10 new
forms. We believe these forms will
reduce burden on applicants, improve
customer service, and allow us to
process applications and issue CITES
documents quickly.
(1) FWS Form 3-200-21a (Report on
the Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies of
Argali). Applicants currently submit
this report in a nonform format.
(2) FWS Form 3-200-80 (Export of
Fertilized Live Eggs, Caviar, or Meat
from Aquacultured Paddlefish or
Sturgeon CITES). Applicants currently
use FWS Forms 3-200-24 or 3-200-76 for
this activity.
(3) FWS Form 3-200-83 (Approval of
a CITES Export Program (American
ginseng, CITES furbearers, American
Alligator)). Applicants currently submit
this information in a nonform format.
(4) FWS Form 3-200-83a (Report for
Furbearer CITES Export Programs).
Applicants currently submit this report
in a nonform format.
(5) FWS Form 3-200-83b (Report for
American Alligator CITES Export
Programs). Applicants currently submit
this report in a nonform format.
(6) FWS Form 3-200-84 (Participation
in the Plant Rescue Center Program).
Applicants currently submit the
necessary information in a nonform
format.
(7) FWS Form 3-200-84a (Plant
Rescue Program - Report on Receipt and
Condition of Specimens). Applicants
currently submit this report in a
nonform format.
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3-200-19/Import of Sport-hunted Trophies of Southern African Leopard, African Elephant, and Namibian Southern
White Rhinoceros.
3-200-20/Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies (Appendix I of
CITES and/or ESA).
3-200-21/Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies of Argali ...............
3-200-21a/Report on the Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies of
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(8) FWS Form 3-200-85
(Establishment of a Master File for the
Export of Live Captive-Bred Animals
(CITES)). Applicants currently use FWS
Form 3-200-24 for this activity.
(9) FWS Form 3-200-86 (Photography
of Marine Mammals for Educational or
Commercial Purposes (MMPA)).
Applicants currently use FWS Form 3200-43 for this activity.
(10) FWS Form 3-200-87 (Transfer of
Live Captive-held Marine Mammals
(MMPA)). Applicants currently submit
letters for notification or authorization.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0093.
Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife
License/Permit Applications,
Management Authority, 50 CFR 13, 15,
17, 18, 21, and 23.
Service Form Number(s): 3-200-19
through 3-200-37, 3-200-39 through 3200-44, 3-200-46 through 3-200-53, 3200-58, 3-200-61, 3-200-64 through 3200-66, 3-200-69 to 3-200-70, 3-200-73
through 3-200-76, 3-200-80, 3-200-83
through 3-200-87.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals;
biomedical companies; circuses;
zoological parks; botanical gardens;
nurseries; museums; universities;
antique dealers; exotic pet industry;
hunters; taxidermists; commercial
importers/exporters of wildlife and
plants; freight forwarders/brokers; and
State, tribal, local, and Federal
governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Nonhour Cost Burden:
$942,000, primarily associated with
application fees.
The following table lists the various
applications and reports with burden
estimates. We have rounded the annual
burden hours for each form to the
nearest hour. Those applications with
an asterisk (*) have a reporting
requirement for the associated permit.
Each permit specifies the required
report information.

Number of annual
responses

Completion time
per response

Annual burden
hours

1,031

1,083

20 minutes .......

361

15

21

1 hour ..............

21

134
100

201
135

45 minutes .......
15 minutes .......

151
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3-200-22/Import of Sport-Hunted Bontebok Trophies* ............
3-200-23/Export of Pre-Convention, Pre-Act, or Antique
Specimens (CITES and/or ESA).
3-200-24/Export of Live Captive-Born Animals (CITES) .........
3-200-25/Export of Raptors .....................................................
3-200-26/Export of skins/products of 7 native species: bobcat, lynx, river otter, American alligator, Alaskan brown
bear, black bear, and gray wolf.
3-200-27/Export of Wildlife Removed from the Wild (CITES)
3-200-28/Export/Reexport of Trophies by Hunters or Taxidermists (CITES).
3-200-29/Import/Export/Reexport of Wildlife Samples and/or
Biomedical Samples (CITES)*.
3-200-30/Export/Reexport/Reimport of Circuses and Traveling Animal Exhibitions*.
3-200-30a/Export/Reexport of Circuses and Traveling Animal
Exhibitions Report.
3-200-31/Introduction from the Sea (CITES) ..........................
3-200-32/Export/Reexport of Plants (CITES) ..........................
3-200-33/Export of Artificially Propagated Plants (Multiple
Commercial Shipments).
3-200-34/Export of American Ginseng (Commercial only)* ....
3-200-35/Import of Appendix-I Plants (CITES) .......................
3-200-36/Export/Import/InterState and Foreign Commerce of
Plants*.
3-200-37/ Export/Import/Interstate and Foreign Commerce/
Take of Animals*.
3-200-39/Certificate of Scientific Exchange (COSE)* .............
3-200-39a/ Certificate of Scientific Exchange (COSE) - Special Reporting Conditions Report.
3-200-40/Export and Reimport of Museum Specimens* .........
3-200-40a/ESA Museum Permit Report ..................................
3-200-41/Captive-Bred Wildlife Registration* ..........................
3-200-41a/Captive-Bred Wildlife Registration Annual Report
3-200-42/Import/Acquisition/Transport of Injurious Wildlife .....
3-200-43/ Take/Import/Transport/Export of Marine Mammals
or Amendment of Existing Permit*.
3-200-44/Registration of An Agent/Tannery* ..........................
3-200-44a/Registered Agent/Tannery Inventory Report .........
3-200-46/Import/Export/Reexport of Personal Pets (WBCA
and or CITES).
3-200-47/Import of Birds for Scientific Research or Zoological Breeding and Display (WBCA).
3-200-48/Import of Birds Under an Approved Cooperative
Breeding Program (WBCA)*.
3-200-49/Approval, Amendment or Renewal of a Cooperative Breeding Program (WBCA).
3-200-50/Approval of Sustainable Use Management Plan
Under the Wild Bird Conservation Act.
3-200-51/Approval of a Foreign Breeding Facility Under the
Wild Bird Conservation Act.
3-200-52/Reissuance or Renewal of a Permit ........................
3-200-53/Export/Reexport of Live Captive-Held Marine Mammals (CITES).
3-200-58/Supplemental Application for a Retrospective Document (CITES).
3-200-61/CITES Export Programs* .........................................
3-200-64/Certificate of Ownership for Personally Owned
Wildlife ‘‘Pet passport’’ (CITES).
3-200-65/Registration of Appendix-I Commercial Breeding
Operations (CITES).
3-200-66/Replacement Document (CITES) .............................
3-200-69/CITES Import/Export- Eagle Transport for Scientific
or Exhibition Purposes.
3-200-70/CITES Import/Export- Eagle Transport for Indian
Religious Purposes.
3-200-73/Reexport of Wildlife (CITES) ....................................
3-200-74/Single-Use Export Permits Under a Master File or
Annual Program File.
3-200-75/ Registration of a Production Facility for Export of
Certain Native Species.

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Number of annual
responses

Completion time
per response

Annual burden
hours

70
127

95
241

20 minutes .......
45 minutes .......

32
181

170
46
618

485
64
865

45 minutes .......
1 hour ..............
20 minutes .......

364
64
288

68
57

113
95

45 minutes .......
30 minutes .......

85
48

108

270

316

73

81

1 hour, 10 minutes.
1 hour ..............

64

69

30 minutes .......

35

3
105
20

3
614
303

2 hours ............
1 hour ..............
2 hours ............

6
614
606

41
3
3

107
3
3

20 minutes .......
1 hour ..............
1 hour ..............

36
3
3

110

165

2 hours ............

330

3
4

7
7

1 hour ..............
30 minutes .......

7
4

2
2
87
83
21
16

2
2
87
83
21
19

2
2
174
42
21
44

1
1
335

1
1
369

1 hour ..............
1 hour ..............
2 hours ............
30 minutes .......
1 hour ..............
2 hours, 20
minutes.
1 hour ..............
1 hour ..............
30 minutes .......

1
1
185

7

16

2 hours ............

32

3

4

1 hours ............

4

3

4

3 hours ............

12

2

2

10 hours ..........

20

2

2

8 hours ............

16

145
4

198
4

15 minutes .......
2 hours ............

50
8

50

50

1 hour ..............

50

25

25

1,088

115

137

43 hours, 30
minutes.
30 minutes .......

2

2

40 hours ..........

80

50
3

50
3

30 minutes .......
30 minutes .......

26
3

16

16

30 minutes .......

8

3,975
350

5,565
1,000

30 minutes .......
6 minutes .........

2,784
100

25

25

30 minutes .......

13

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Number of annual
responses

Completion time
per response

Annual burden
hours

3-200-76/Export of Caviar or Meat of Paddlefish or Sturgeon
Removed from the Wild (CITES)*.
3-200-80/Export of Fertilized Live Eggs, Caviar, or Meat from
Aquacultured Paddlefish or Sturgeon CITES).
3-200-83/Approval of a CITES Export Program (American
ginseng, CITES furbearers, American Alligator).
3-200-83a/Report for Furbearer CITES Export Programs ......
3-200-83b/Report for American Alligator CITES Export Program.
3-200-84/Participation in the Plant Rescue Center Program Application.
3-200-84a/Plant Rescue Program - Report on Receipt and
Condition of Specimens.
3-200-85/Master File for the Export of Live Captive-bred Animals (CITES)*.
3-200-86/Photography of Marine Mammals for Educational
or Commercial Purposes (MMPA).
3-200-87/Transfer of Live Captive-held Marine Mammals
(MMPA).

12

120

3 hours ............

360

5

15

3 hours ............

45

2

2

12 hours ..........

24

52
10

52
10

1 hour ..............
1 hour ..............

52
10

3

3

1 hour ..............

3

70

140

30 minutes .......

70

45

90

1 hour ..............

90

10

15

1.5 hours .........

23

2

25

1 hour ..............

25

Totals ................................................................................

8,509

13,190

.....................

9,207

III. Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

We invite comments concerning this
IC 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,
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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

Bureau of Land Management

Dated: August 25, 2010
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Alaska Native Claims Selection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of decision approving
lands for conveyance.
AGENCY:

As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
will issue an appealable decision
approving the conveyance of surface
and subsurface estates for certain lands
to Bering Straits Native Corporation,
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act. The lands are in the
vicinity of Mary’s Igloo, Alaska, and are
located in:

SUMMARY:

Kateel River Meridian, Alaska
T. 6 S., R. 30 W.,
Secs. 13 and 22.
Containing approximately 294 acres.

Notice of the decision will also be
published four times in the Nome
Nugget.
Any party claiming a property
interest in the lands affected by the
decision may appeal the decision within
the following time limits:
1. Unknown parties, parties unable to
be located after reasonable efforts have
been expended to locate, parties who
fail or refuse to sign their return receipt,
and parties who receive a copy of the
decision by regular mail which is not
certified, return receipt requested, shall

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have until September 30, 2010 to file an
appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the
decision by certified mail shall have 30
days from the date of receipt to file an
appeal.
Parties who do not file an appeal in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed
to have waived their rights.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
be obtained from: Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222
West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
Alaska 99513–7504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
BLM by phone at 907–271–5960, or by
e-mail at [email protected].
Persons who use a telecommunication
device (TDD) may contact the BLM by
calling the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Jennifer L. Noe,
Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer
Adjudication II Branch.
[FR Doc. 2010–21703 Filed 8–30–10; 8:45 am]
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Alaska Native Claims Selection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of decision approving
lands for conveyance.
AGENCY:

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