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Annual
number of
respondents

Requirement

Completion
time per
response
(minutes)

Total annual
responses

Total annual
burden hours *

FWS Form 3–177 Hard Copy (Upon Export)
Individuals ........................................................................................................
Private Sector ..................................................................................................
Government .....................................................................................................

717
30
0

881
43
0

15 ...................
15 ...................
15 ...................

220
11
0

Subtotals ...................................................................................................

747

924

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

231

Individuals ........................................................................................................
Private Sector ..................................................................................................
Government .....................................................................................................

21,567
13,005
46

25,030
120,035
90

10 ...................
10 ...................
10 ...................

4,172
20,006
15

Subtotals ...................................................................................................

34,618

145,155

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

24,193

Individuals ........................................................................................................
Private Sector ..................................................................................................
Government .....................................................................................................

975
2,548
36

1,930
32,230
68

10 ...................
10 ...................
10 ...................

322
5,372
11

Subtotals ...................................................................................................

3,559

34,228

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

5,705

1 .....................

586

eDecs/ACE (Upon Import)

eDecs (Upon Export)

eDecs—Confirmation Number (Automated Export System (AES))
Private Sector ..................................................................................................

1,824

35,175

Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)/AES Disclaimer (and Accompanying Documents)
Private Sector ..................................................................................................

5,000

500,000

1 .....................

8,333

eDecs—Fee Exemption Certification
Private Sector ..................................................................................................

42

2,906

1 .....................

48

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

54,914

728,304

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

41,575

* Rounded.

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.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–09577 Filed 5–4–23; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–IA–2023–N034;
FXIA16710900000/234/FF09A30000; OMB
Control Number 1018–0093]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Federal Fish and
Wildlife Permit Applications and
Reports—Management Authority

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service), are proposing to renew an
information collection, with revisions.

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SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 5,
2023.

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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function. Please provide a
copy of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041–3803 (mail); or
by email to [email protected]. Please
reference ‘‘1018–0093’’ in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at [email protected],
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
ADDRESSES:

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Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) and its implementing regulations
in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) at 5 CFR 1320, all information
collections require approval under the
PRA. We 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.
On June 30, 2022, we published in the
Federal Register (87 FR 39112) a notice
of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on August 29, 2022. In
an effort to increase public awareness
of, and participation in, our public
commenting processes associated with
information collection requests, the
Service also published the Federal
Register notice on Regulations.gov
(Docket FWS–HQ–IA–2022–0067) to
provide the public with an additional
method to submit comments (in
addition to the typical Info_Coll@
fws.gov email and U.S. mail submission
methods). We received the following
comments in response to that notice:
Comment 1: Email comment dated
July 18, 2022, from the Marine Mammal
Commission. The Marine Mammal
Commission provided the following
recommendations regarding marine
mammal permit applications:
1. Recommended that we (1) remove
the requirement to denote procedures as
Level A or B harassment or other take,
and (2) ensure that mortality takes are
denoted on separate rows and classified
appropriately in the tables.
2. Recommended that we adopt a
clearer means of collecting principal
investigator (PI) and co-investigator (CI)
activities by providing a table based on
comments they provided on November
26, 2019.
3. Recommended that the Service
establish a standardized qualification
system similar to National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) standards,
authorize PI and CIs to conduct
activities according to this system, and
require that in lieu of a curriculum vitae
(CV), each PI or CI submit a
qualification table based on the
qualification standards that we
establish.
4. Expressed concern that we underreported the burden hours as indicated
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mammals, and provided suggested
burden hours for information collection.
Agency Response to Comment 1: We
accepted these changes and have
incorporated them in our revised marine
mammal permit application forms to
include the removal of the requirement
to denote procedures as Level A or B
harassment or other take, adopting a
clearer means of collecting PI and CI
activities, and adjusting the burden
hours for information collection.
Comment 2: Email comment dated
August 15, 2022, from The
Ornithological Council. The
Ornithological Council’s comment
supports our electronic permitting
system. The Council is encouraged to
see improvements and the continued
development of the system and
encourages continued improvements to
the digitization of the application forms.
The commenter hopes that the Service
can be more responsive to their requests
for assistance when needed. For
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora (CITES) permits, the commenter
indicated that it can be problematic to
obtain the endorsements that were
adopted in 2002 (Resolution Conf. 12.3
Rev. CoP19). For Wild Bird
Conservation Act (WBCA) permits, the
commenter indicated that there is some
question on interpretation of the
exemption for requiring a permit under
the WBCA for dead museum specimens
and dead scientific specimens. Finally,
the commenter requested that we
change the title of Form 3–200–47 to
‘‘Import of Live Birds for Scientific
Research or Zoological Breeding and
Display under the Wild Bird
Conservation Act.’’
Agency Response to Comment 2: We
are pleased to see that the commenter is
in support of our ePermits system, along
with the commenter’s acknowledgement
that we continue to build and improve
the system. We continue to work to
improve our responsiveness to our
customers’ questions. For WBCA
permits, the Service’s position is that
this exemption is only allowed for those
specimens that are accessioned into a
museum or scientific institution’s
collection. Specimens that are subject to
collection under a researcher’s activities
and are not accessioned into an
institution’s collection would not be
eligible for this exemption and the
researcher should apply for the
necessary import permits.
For CITES permit endorsements,
Resolution Conf. 12.3 (Rev CoP19)
provides that ‘‘export permits and reexport certificates be endorsed, with
quantity, signature, and stamp, by an
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the export endorsement block of the
document. If the export document has
not been endorsed at the time of export,
the Management Authority of the
importing country should liaise with the
exporting country’s Management
Authority, considering any extenuating
circumstances or documents, to
determine the acceptability of the
document.’’ As this is a regulatory
requirement and recommendation under
a CITES resolution, the commenter has
continued to experience barriers to
obtaining the required endorsements;
consequently, they submitted a petition
requesting we eliminate this
requirement from our regulations. These
regulations are currently being updated
at this time and may address the
Ornithological Society’s concerns. For
application Form 3–200–47, based on
our discussion above, this change would
preclude researchers that obtain dead
specimens that are not accessioned into
a museum or scientific institution from
applying for a permit. Therefore, we
will not make this change.
The commenter also discussed issues
specific to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
(MBTA). Since we collect information
regarding CITES and the U.S.
Endangered Species Act (ESA), we can
only provide the comments to the
Service program that handles MBTA
permits.
Comment 3: Email comment dated
August 29, 2022, from Safari Club
International. The Safari Club
International (SCI) opposes the
information collected on Forms 3–200–
19, 3–200–20, 3–200–21, and 3–200–22,
regarding the sex and age of the sporthunted trophy. The commenter also
suggested changes to the Notices section
of the application under the Privacy Act
Statement and Paperwork Reduction
Act Statement.
Agency Response to Comment 3: In
response to the request to remove the
questions asking for the age and sex of
the trophy, our regulations at 50 CFR
23.61 require us to find that a proposed
import of an Appendix I specimen is for
purposes that would not be detrimental
to the survival of the species, prior to
issuing a CITES document. The
regulations stipulate, at 50 CFR 23.61(c),
that the applicant must provide
sufficient information for us to make a
finding of non-detriment, and outline
those criteria for which a finding of nondetriment can be made. Specifically, 50
CFR 23.61(c)(2) states that we must be
able to find that the removal of the
animal or plant from the wild is part of
a biologically based sustainable-use
management plan that is designed to
eliminate overutilization of the species.
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issued prior to the export permit. Our
requirement for the applicant to state
the sex and age of the sport-hunted
trophy provides us with the complete
information we need to make a nondetriment finding.
Additionally, in accordance with
regulations at 50 CFR 23.60, in order to
issue a permit for this activity, the
Division of Management Authority
(DMA) must determine that the trophy
was legally acquired. This involves
reviewing records such as permits,
licenses, and tags, plus harvest locations
and capture means, that demonstrate the
specimen was legally removed from the
wild under relevant wildlife or forestry
laws or regulations. In some cases, this
may include the sex and age of the
animal, evidence of firearms license
where restricted and relevant, and
invoices related to hiring of guides or
professional hunters.
Additionally, for species listed as
threatened or endangered under the U.S.
Endangered Species Act, we are
required to find that the activity
enhances the survival of the species. We
understand that management plans in
many foreign countries limit hunters to
sport-hunting of animals of a certain age
and/or sex. The requirement for the
applicant to state the sex and age of the
sport-hunted trophy information, in
addition to the current enhancement
questionnaire, makes it unnecessary for
us to ask the country for this
information. We do not ask for the age
and/or sex for a trophy that has not yet
been hunted. Therefore, in summary, we
appreciate the comment submitted;
however, the topics addressed in the
comment submitted will remain
unchanged in the application. In
response to the commenter’s request
that we incorporate their suggested
changes to our Notices under the
Privacy Act Statement and Paperwork
Reduction Act Statement, we did not
make the suggested changes as these
statements apply to all permit
application forms.
Additionally, we are required to
publish in the Federal Register the
name, city, and State of any applicant
who requests activities with a species
that is listed as endangered. The
information that is collected is
voluntary in that the General Permit
Procedures, outlined in 50 CFR 13.12(a),
require this information be disclosed if
a person wishes to obtain a permit.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies to comment on new,
proposed, revised, and continuing
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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.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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: The General Permit
Requirements at 50 CFR 13 provide the
uniform rules, conditions, and
procedures for the application for, and
the issuance, denial, suspension,
revocation, and general administration
of, all permits for all of the laws,
treaties, and regulations administered
by the Service that authorize activities
requiring permits. The requirements in
50 CFR part 13 are in addition to any
other permit regulations that may apply
to a specific circumstance and are
outlined in other sections of our
regulations.
The Wild Bird Conservation Act
(WBCA; 16 U.S.C. 4901–4916) and the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora (CITES; 27 U.S.T. 1087, March 3,
1973) use a system of permits and
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threaten the survival of wildlife or plant
species in the wild. Permits under the
U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA; 16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) ensure that
activities are consistent with the intent
and purposes of the ESA and MMPA.
Permitted activities under the Bald and
Golden Eagle Act (BGEPA; 16 U.S.C.
668–668d) must be compatible with the
preservation of eagles. Permitted
activities regarding injurious wildlife
under the Lacey Act (18 U.S.C. 42; 16
U.S.C. 3371–3378) regulate the
importation into the United States and
any shipment between the continental
United States, the District of Columbia,
Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, or any possession of the
United States, of animal species
determined to be injurious by the
Secretary of the Interior. Such
importation and shipments are
prohibited, except by permit. Although
the Service’s Division of Management
Authority does not administer the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA; 16
U.S.C. 704), we receive authorization
from the Migratory Bird Program to
issue import/export permits under the
MBTA.
Prior to the import or export of
species listed under the MBTA, MMPA,
BGEPA, Lacey Act, WBCA, ESA, and/or
CITES, the Management Authority and
Scientific Authority must make
appropriate determinations and issue
the appropriate documents. Section 8A
of the ESA designates the Secretary of
the Interior as the U.S. Management
Authority and U.S. Scientific Authority
for CITES. The Secretary in turn
delegated these authorities to the
Service.
Before a country can issue an export
permit for CITES Appendix I or II
specimens, the CITES Scientific
Authority of the exporting country must
determine that the export will not be
detrimental to the survival of the
species, and the Management Authority
must be satisfied that the specimens
were acquired legally. For the export of
Appendix III specimens, the
Management Authority must be satisfied
that the specimens were acquired
legally (CITES does not require findings
from the Scientific Authority). Prior to
the importation of Appendix I
specimens, both the Scientific Authority
and the Management Authority of the
importing country must make required
findings. The Scientific Authority must
also monitor trade of all species to
ensure that the level of trade is
sustainable.
Article VIII(3) of the CITES treaty
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make efforts to ensure that CITES
specimens are traded with a minimum
of delay. Section XIII of Resolution
Conf. 12.3 (Rev. CoP19) recommends
use of simplified procedures for issuing
CITES documents to expedite trade that
will have no impact, or a negligible
impact, on conservation of the species
involved.
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. In accordance with Federal
regulations at 50 CFR 13.12, we collect
standard identifier information for all
permit applications, such as:
• Applicant’s full name, whether an
individual or business, and address
(street address, city, county, State, and
zip code; and mailing address, if
different from street address); main and
alternate telephone numbers; and an
email address (required if filing
electronically, optional for a mail-in
application), and
—If the applicant resides or is located
outside the United States, an address
in the United States, and, if the
applicant is conducting commercial
activities, the name and address of the
applicant’s agent inside the United
States; and
—If the applicant is a business,
corporation, public agency, or
institution, the tax identification
number; description of the business
type, corporation, agency, or
institution; and the name and title of
the person responsible for the permit
(such as president, principal officer,
or director);
• Location where the requested
permitted activity is to occur or be
conducted;
• Reference to the part(s) and
section(s) of subchapter B as listed in
paragraph (b) of 50 CFR 13 under which
the application is made for a permit or
permits, together with any additional
justification, including supporting
documentation as required by the
referenced part(s) and section(s);
• If the requested permitted activity
involves the import or re-export of
wildlife or plants from or to any foreign
country, and the country of origin, or
the country of export or re-export
restricts the taking, possession,
transportation, exportation, or sale of
wildlife or plants, documentation as
indicated in § 14.52(c) of subchapter B;
• Certification containing the
following language:
—I hereby certify that I have read and
am familiar with the regulations
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other applicable parts in subchapter B
of chapter I of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations, and I further certify that
the information submitted in this
application for a permit is complete
and accurate to the best of my
knowledge and belief. I understand
that any false statement herein may
subject me to suspension or
revocation of this permit and to the
criminal penalties of 18 U.S.C. 1001.
• Desired effective date of permit
(except where issuance date is fixed by
the part under which the permit is
issued);
• Signature date;
• Signature of the applicant;
• Such other information as the
Director determines relevant to the
processing of the application, including
but not limited to information on the
environmental effects of the activity
consistent with 40 CFR 1506.5 and
Departmental procedures at 516 DM 6,
appendix 1.3A; and
• Additional information required on
applications for other types of permits
may be found by referring to table 1 in
paragraph (b) in 50 CFR 13.12.
Standardization of general
information common to the application
forms makes the filing of applications
easier for the public, as well as
expediting our review of applications.
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
In 2020, the Service implemented a
new electronic permit application called
ePermits. The ePermits system allowed
the Service to move towards a
streamlined permitting process to
reduce the information collection
burden on the public, particularly small
businesses. Public burden reduction is a
priority for the Service, the Assistant
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, and senior leadership at the
Department of the Interior. The intent of
the ePermits system is to fully
modernize the permitting process to
improve the customer experience and to
reduce time burden on respondents.
This system enhances the user
experience by allowing users to enter
data from any device that has internet
access, including personal computers,
tablets, and smartphones. It also links
the permit applicant to the Pay.gov
system for payment of the associated
permit application fee.
Users of the ePermits system register
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complete with the required
identification information. The system
eliminates the need for applicants to
enter their information multiple times
when they apply for separate permits
and therefore reduces the burden on the
applicant. The account registration
process will also provide private sector
users an opportunity to self-identify as
a small business, which will enable the
Service to more accurately report
burden associated with information
collection requirements placed on them.
At this time, the ePermits system is
unable to fully digitize section E of the
permit application process. Section E of
each permit application is customized
based on the permit type. We anticipate
being able to begin digitizing section E
on our application forms within the
year. As a result of challenges with the
development of forms within the
ePermits system, we do not have a
timeline for full digitization of section
E. We anticipate beginning the
digitization of the report forms
contained in this collection within the
year, and believe the digitization of
section E on application forms should
be finalized by fiscal year 2024, as
funding and resources become available.
We anticipate changes to 12
application forms outlined below;
however, we do not anticipate
significant changes to the questions
within section E of the other application
forms. We have identified questions that
could be simplified into plain language.
Our proposed changes to the application
forms are described below:
• Changes to trophy applications
(FWS Forms 3–200–19, ‘‘Import of
Sport-Hunted Trophies of Southern
African Leopard 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’’; and 3–200–22,
‘‘Import of Sport-Hunted Bontebok
Trophies from South Africa’’), to
include specific questions on the sex
and approximate age of the trophy, and
copies of the specific forms provided by
each country to the hunter as part of
their application.
• Updating FWS Form 3–200–31,
‘‘Introduction from the Sea (CITES),’’ to
add information requirements necessary
to identify ports of entry to ensure
proper inspection/clearance of
specimens imported under the
introduction from the sea.
• Updating FWS Form 3–200–32,
‘‘Export/Re-Export of Plants (CITES),’’
to ensure that each section of the
application requests receipts
documenting the legal acquisition of the
species requested.

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• Updating FWS Form 3–200–37d,
‘‘Interstate or Foreign commerce of Live
Animals/Samples/or Products (ESA),’’
to add a question on the description of
and justification for the requested
activity. We will outline the information
needed for each of the following
purposes: scientific research,
conservation education and/or
zoological display, and captive
propagation for the conservation and
survival of the species.
• Based on requirements outlined in
Resolution Conf. 11.20 (Rev CoP18), we
will be updating FWS Form 3–200–37f,
‘‘Import of Live African Elephant from
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and
Zimbabwe and Southern White Rhino
from Eswatini and South Africa,’’ to
request additional information required
in order to make the finding of
appropriate and acceptable destinations
for the import of live African elephants
and rhinoceros.
• Updates to FWS Form 3–200–41,
‘‘Captive-Bred Wildlife Registration
(U.S. Endangered Species Act),’’ will be
updated to include all new applicants
completing sections 1, 2, and 4, as
appropriate, and section 3 for renewing
a captive-bred wildlife registration.
• Splitting FWS Form 3–200–43,
‘‘Take/Import/Export of Marine
Mammals for Public Display, Scientific
Research, Enhancement, or Rescue/
Rehabilitation/Release Activities or
Renewal/Amendment of Existing Permit
(MMPA and/or ESA),’’ into smaller parts
(3–200–43a, 3–200–43b, 3–200–43c, 3–
200–43d) to ensure the applicant can
easily identify and submit the correct
type of application for activities being
requested under the MMPA.
• Clarification of information needed
on FWS Form 3–200–46, ‘‘Import/
Export/Re-Export of Personal Pets under
the Conservation on International Trade
in Endangered Species (CITES) and/or
the U.S. Endangered Species Act
(ESA),’’ will include the requirement of
the address of an applicant when they
will be relocating with their pet.
• Updates to FWS Form 3–200–73,
‘‘Re-Export of Wildlife (CITES),’’ will be
updated to align with our FWS Form 3–
200–24, ‘‘Export of Live Captive-Born
Animals and/or Part/Products from
Non-Native Species under the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES),’’ for
information collected on live animals to
include the sex and birth/hatch date of
the live wildlife to be re-exported.
We do not plan to make changes to
the annual report forms contained in
this collection. We do make note that
some permits are issued with specific
reporting requirements at the
termination of the permitted activity.

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The information varies based on the
permitted activities. The report is
submitted at the time a permit renewal
is requested or at the termination of the
permitted activity.
The public may request copies of any
form or document contained in this
information collection by sending a
request to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer (see
ADDRESSES, above).
Title of Collection: Federal Fish and
Wildlife Permit Applications and
Reports—Management Authority; 50
CFR 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0093.
Form Numbers: FWS Forms 3–200–19
through 3–200–37, 3–200–39 through 3–
200–42, 3–200–43a through 3–200–43d,
3–200–46 through 3–200–53, 3–200–58,
3–200–61, 3–200–64 through 3–200–66,
3–200–69, 3–200–70, 3–200–73 through
3–200–76, 3–200–80, and 3–200–85
through 3–200–88.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents/Affected
Public: Individuals (including hunters);
private sector (including biomedical
companies, circuses, zoological parks,
botanical gardens, nurseries, museums,
universities, antique dealers, exotic pet
industry, taxidermists, commercial
importers/exporters of wildlife and
plants, freight forwarders/brokers); and
State, local, Tribal, and Federal
governments.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 6,139.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 8,946.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 40
hours, depending on activity.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
9,035.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion
or annually, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $576,387 for costs
associated with application processing
fees, which range from $0 to $250.
There is no fee for reports. State, local,
Tribal, and Federal government agencies
and those acting on their behalf are
exempt from 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.

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The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[234A2100DD/AAKC001030/
A0A501010.999900]

HEARTH Act Approval of Pala Band of
Mission Indians Amended Leasing
Ordinance
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) approved the Pala Band of
Mission Indians Amended Leasing
Ordinance under the Helping Expedite
and Advance Responsible Tribal
Homeownership Act of 2012 (HEARTH
Act). With this approval, the Tribe is
authorized to enter into business and
residential leases without further BIA
approval.
DATES: BIA issued the approval on May
2, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carla Clark, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Division of Real Estate Services, 1001
Indian School Road NW, Albuquerque,
NM 87104, [email protected], (702)
484–3233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Summary of the HEARTH Act
The HEARTH Act makes a voluntary,
alternative land leasing process
available to Tribes, by amending the
Indian Long-Term Leasing Act of 1955,
25 U.S.C. 415. The HEARTH Act
authorizes Tribes to negotiate and enter
into business leases of Tribal trust lands
with a primary term of 25 years, and up
to two renewal terms of 25 years each,
without the approval of the Secretary of
the Interior (Secretary). The HEARTH
Act also authorizes Tribes to enter into
leases for residential, recreational,
religious or educational purposes for a
primary term of up to 75 years without
the approval of the Secretary.
Participating Tribes develop Tribal
Leasing regulations, including an
environmental review process, and then
must obtain the Secretary’s approval of
those regulations prior to entering into
leases. The HEARTH Act requires the
Secretary to approve Tribal regulations

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