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and Resources Research, National Institutes
of Health, HHS)
Dated: October 22, 2019.
Ronald J. Livingston, Jr.,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2019–N135; FF09M21200–
190–FXMB1231099BPP0; OMB Control
Number 1018–0022]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Federal Fish and Wildlife
Permit Applications and Reports—
Migratory Birds
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service, we), are proposing to renew an
existing information collection with
revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request by mail
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: JAO/1N PRB/
PERMA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA 22041–3803 (mail); or by
email to [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1018–
0022 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at Info_
[email protected], or by telephone at (703)
358–2503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.

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We are soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
the collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Service; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a
timely manner; (3) is the estimate of
burden accurate; (4) how might the
Service enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the Service
minimize the burden of this collection
on the respondents, including through
the use of information technology.
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 ICR. 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.
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 (18 U.S.C. 42; 16 U.S.C.
3371 et seq.).
(3) Bald and Golden Eagle Protection
Act (16 U.S.C. 668 et seq.).
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.
With the exception of Forms 3–186
and 3–186a, all Service permit
applications are in the 3–200 and 3–202
series of forms, each tailored to a
specific activity based on the
requirements for specific types of
permits. For this revision, we combined
Forms 3–200–10c and 3–200–10d into
one form (3–200–10c) to reduce the
number of application forms and help
streamline the application process.
Since both forms dealt with possession
for education purposes, and asked

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virtually the same questions of the
applicant, there was no need to have
separate forms. 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.
Proposed Revisions to This Information
Collection
With this submission, we are
proposing the following revisions to the
existing information collection:
Transfer of Eagle Requirements to OMB
Control No. 1018–0167
Information collection requirements
associated with the Federal fish and
wildlife permit applications and reports
for both migratory birds and eagles are
currently approved under a single OMB
control number, 1018–0022, ‘‘Federal
Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications
and Reports—Migratory Birds and
Eagles; 50 CFR 10, 13, 21, 22.’’ With this
submission to OMB, we are proposing to
reinstate OMB Control Number 1018–
0167, ‘‘Eagle Take Permits and Fees, 50
CFR 22’’ in order transfer the eagle
requirements back in to a separate
information collection. This transfer
will facilitate easier management of the
information collection requirements
associated with eagles. We are not
proposing any changes to the currently
approved eagle requirements. This
request will simply transfer the
information collection requirements
associated with eagles back in to their
original collection under OMB Control
Number 1018–0167.
ePermits Initiative
The Service will request OMB
approval to automate certain migratory
bird permit forms. The Service’s new
‘‘ePermits’’ initiative is an automated
permit application system that will
allow the agency to move towards a
streamlined permitting process to
reduce public burden. Public burden
reduction is a priority for the Service;
the Assistant Secretary for Fish,
Wildlife, and Parks; and senior
leadership at the Department of the
Interior. The intent of the ePermits
initiative is to fully automate the
permitting process to improve the
customer experience and to reduce time
burden on respondents. This new
system will enhance the user experience
by allowing users to enter data from any
device that has internet access,
including personal computers (PCs),
tablets, and smartphones. It will also
link the permit applicant to the Pay.gov

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system for payment of the associated
permit application fee.
We anticipate including the following
Service forms in the ePermits initiative:
3–186, 3–186a, 3–200–6 through 3–200–
9, 3–200–10a through 3–200–10f, 3–
200–12 through 3–200–13, 3–200–67, 3–
200–79, 3–200–81, 3–202–1 through 3–
202–10, 3–202–12, and 3–202–17.
Falconry Program Requirements
Additionally, we will request are
proposing to incorporate the
information collection requirements
associated with the Service’s falconry
program into this collection (OMB
Control No. 1018–0022). Beginning in
2014, the Service passed the authority to
issue permits for the practice of falconry
to individual States (50 CFR 21.29; 78
FR 72830, December 4, 2013). As part of
this change in authority, we required
States to maintain databases of falconers
authorized to conduct falconry in their
States and required falconers to report
transfers of falconry birds using the
paper version of FWS Form 3–186A. We
require each State that maintains its
own database to ensure that it is
compatible with the Service’s database.
To date, 47 States utilize the system
provided by the Service. The Service’s
database continues to track take of birds
from the wild by falconers and to
maintain records of persons permitted
by the States to practice falconry, as
required by 50 CFR 21.29(k)(1).
The primary purpose of this database
is to allow the Service to track take of
raptors from the wild by falconers to
ensure take does not exceed levels
established in the Service’s 2008
environmental assessment of the
impacts of the falconry regulations on
wild raptor populations. The ability to
track and document the effects of the
wild take of raptors by falconers
remains a responsibility of the Service.
The database also: (1) Provides falconers
and States with the information
necessary to allow the efficient
movement of falconers and raptors held
under falconry permits among States;
and (2) ensures that falconers can
formally document their experience
regardless of the States in which they
have resided, which is required to
advance from the apprentice—to
general—to master-class permit levels.
In 2018, the Service requested and
received OMB approval under the
Department of the Interior Fast Track
generic clearance (OMB Control No.
1090–0011) to conduct usability testing
of the revised/repaired application and

database functionality. The revised/
repairs falconry database (database)
replaced a legacy system based on
outdated programming. It reduced the
cost to the government by eliminating
the need for Service personnel to enter
data for each new falconer, and simply
required the entry of data for State
administrators. In addition, this new
database enhances the user experience
by allowing them to enter data from any
device that has internet access,
including PCs, tablets, and smart
phones. The usability testing helped the
Service to address problems and
recommendations prior to the database
going live. We are now ready to request
full OMB approval of the falconry
database and the information collection
requirements associated with the
falconry program.
Goose Requirements
OMB previously approved the
information collection requirements
associated with the management of
geese under two OMB control numbers:
1018–0103, ‘‘Conservation Order for
Light Geese, 50 CFR 21.60’’ (exp. 03/31/
2021) and 1018–0133, ‘‘Control and
Management of Resident Canada Geese,
50 CFR 20.21, 21.49, 21.50, 21.51, 21.52
and 21.61’’ (exp. 06/30/2022). Since
both collections follow the requirements
of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, we are
proposing to transfer the information
collections into 1018–0022. We are not
proposing any changes to the currently
approved requirements for either
collection and are merely transferring
the requirements into 1018–0022. The
annual burden associated with 1018–
0103 is 21,577 responses, 7,318 burden
hours, and $78,000 non-hour cost
burden for overhead costs (materials,
printing, postage, etc.). The annual
burden associated with 1018–0133 is
8,698 responses, 3,360 burden hours,
and zero non-hour burden costs. There
are no forms associated with either of
these two collections.
Title of Collection: Federal Fish and
Wildlife Permit Applications and
Reports—Migratory Birds; 50 CFR 10,
13, 21.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0022.
Form Number: FWS Forms 3–186, 3–
186a, 3–200–6 through 3–200–9, 3–200–
10a through 3–200–10f, 3–200–12
through 3–200–13, 3–200–67, 3–200–79,
3–200–81, 3–202–1 through 3–202–10,
3–202–12, and 3–202–17.
Type of Review: Revision of an
existing information collection.

Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals; zoological parks; museums;
universities; scientists; taxidermists;
businesses; utilities; and Federal, State,
local, and Tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 56,984.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 56,984.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 15 minutes to
240 hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 213,365.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
for applications; annually or on
occasion for reports.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $571,975 (primarily
associated with application processing
fees).
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: October 23, 2019.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
[Docket No. DEA–392]

Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled
Substances Registration
ACTION:

Notice of registration.

The registrants listed below
have applied for and been granted a
registration by the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) as a bulk
manufacturer of a various classes of
schedule I and II controlled substances.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
companies listed below applied to be
registered as a bulk manufacturer of
various classes of scheduled I and II
controlled substances. Information on
previously published notices is listed
below. No comments or objections were
submitted for these notices.
SUMMARY:

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