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otherwise prohibited by the ESA with
respect to any endangered species.
DATES: We must receive comments by
January 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: The
applications, supporting materials, and
any comments and other materials that
we receive will be available for public
inspection at https://
www.regulations.gov in Docket No.
FWS–HQ–IA–2023–0225.
Submitting Comments: When
submitting comments, please specify the
name of the applicant and the permit
number at the beginning of your
comment. You may submit comments
by one of the following methods:
• Internet: https://
www.regulations.gov. Search for and
submit comments on Docket No. FWS–
HQ–IA–2023–0225.
• U.S. Mail: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–HQ–
IA–2023–0225; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W;
5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA
22041–3803.
For more information, see Public
Comment Procedures under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy MacDonald, by phone at 703–
358–2185 or via email at DMAFR@
fws.gov. 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.
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:
I. Public Comment Procedures

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A. How do I comment on submitted
applications?
We invite the public and local, State,
Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment
on these applications. Before issuing
any of the requested permits, we will
take into consideration any information
that we receive during the public
comment period.
You may submit your comments and
materials by one of the methods in
ADDRESSES. We will not consider
comments sent by email or to an address
not in ADDRESSES. We will not consider
or include in our administrative record
comments we receive after the close of
the comment period (see DATES).
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your comment. Provide sufficient
information to allow us to authenticate
any scientific or commercial data you
include. The comments and
recommendations that will be most
useful and likely to influence agency
decisions are: (1) Those supported by
quantitative information or studies; and
(2) those that include citations to, and
analyses of, the applicable laws and
regulations.
B. May I review comments submitted by
others?
You may view and comment on
others’ public comments at https://
www.regulations.gov unless our
allowing so would violate the Privacy
Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) or Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
C. Who will see my comments?
If you submit a comment at https://
www.regulations.gov, your entire
comment, including any personal
identifying information, will be posted
on the website. If you submit a
hardcopy comment that includes
personal identifying information, such
as your address, phone number, or
email address, you may request at the
top of your document that we withhold
this information from public review.
However, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. Moreover, all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
II. Background
To help us carry out our conservation
responsibilities for affected species, and
in consideration of section 10(c) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
we invite public comments on permit
applications before final action is taken.
With some exceptions, the ESA
prohibits certain activities with listed
species unless Federal authorization is
issued that allows such activities.
Permits issued under section 10(a)(1)(A)
of the ESA allow otherwise prohibited
activities for scientific purposes or to
enhance the propagation or survival of
the affected species. Service regulations
regarding prohibited activities with
endangered species, captive-bred
wildlife registrations, and permits for
any activity otherwise prohibited by the
ESA with respect to any endangered
species are available in title 50 of the
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III. Permit Applications
We invite comments on the following
applications.
Applicant: Gulf Breeze Zoo, Gulf
Breeze, FL; Permit No. PER5267819
The applicant requests authorization
to import six captive-born goldenheaded lion tamarins (Leontopithecus
chrysomelas) from the Nature Resource
Network s.r.o. in the Czech Republic, for
the purpose of enhancing the
propagation or survival of the species.
This notification is for a single import.
Applicant: Columbus Zoo and
Aquarium, Powell, OH; Permit No.
PER5300236
The applicant requests authorization
to import a captive-born Asian elephant
(Elephas maximus) from the African
Lion Safari in Ontario, Canada, for the
purpose of enhancing the propagation or
survival of the species. This notification
is for a single import.
IV. Next Steps
After the comment period closes, we
will make decisions regarding permit
issuance. If we issue permits to any of
the applicants listed in this notice, we
will publish a notice in the Federal
Register. You may locate the notice
announcing the permit issuance by
searching https://www.regulations.gov
for the permit number listed above in
this document. For example, to find
information about the potential issuance
of Permit No. 12345A, you would go to
regulations.gov and search for
‘‘12345A’’.
V. Authority
We issue this notice under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), and its implementing regulations.
Timothy MacDonald,
Government Information Specialist, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; U.S. Geological Survey Bird
Banding Permit Applications and Band
Recovery Reports
U.S. Geological Survey,
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Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is proposing a renewal of an
existing information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection request (ICR)
should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
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 by
mail to USGS, Information Collections
Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192 or by
email to [email protected].
Please reference OMB Control Number
1028–0082, U.S. Geological Survey Bird
Banding Permit Applications and Band
Recovery, in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Antonio Celis-Murillo
by email at [email protected], or
by telephone at 301–497–5808.
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.
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. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on
September 1, 2023 (88 FR 60482). One
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Ornithological Council (Laura Bies,
Executive Director). Based on this
feedback, we are adjusting the time
burden for the Application for Federal
Bird Banding or Marking Permit from 30
minutes to 60 minutes, raising the total
burden by 40 hours to 4,734 hours.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. 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 the agency might 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. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personally identifiable
information (PII) in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your PII—may be
made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Abstract: The Bird Banding Program
is the responsibility of the USGS Bird
Banding Laboratory (BBL). The BBL
plays a critical role in permitting the
banding and marking of wild birds and
is responsible for storing and
maintaining data on banded and marked
birds. This effort requires coordination
between banders and people who later
encounter the marked birds to ensure
the data are available for later analyses.
To achieve these goals, the BBL collects
information using three forms: the
Application for Federal Bird Banding or
Marking Permit, the Federal Bird
Banding or Marking Permit Renewal
Form, and the Bird Banding Recovery
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Title of Collection: Bird Banding
Permit Applications and Band Recovery
Reports.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0082.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: General
public.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 92,000.
—Bird Banding Permit Application: 80
respondents
—Bird Banding Permit Renewal: 400
respondents
—Band Recovery Form: 91,520
respondents
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 93,150.
—Bird Banding Permit Application: 80
responses
—Bird Banding Permit Renewal: 400
responses
—Band Recovery Form: 92,670:
responses
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 3 to 60 minutes, depending
on form used.
—Bird Banding Permit Application: 60
minutes
—Bird Banding Permit Renewal: 3
minutes
—Band Recovery Form: 3 minutes
Burden Hours.
—Bird Banding Permit Application: 80
hours
—Bird Banding Permit Renewal: 20
hours
—Band Recovery Report Form: 4,634
hours
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,734 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: We have not identified any
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection of information.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Antonio Celis-Murillo,
Chief, USGS Bird Banding Laboratory.
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