Submission of Conservation Efforts to Make Listings Unnecessary under the Endangered Species Act

ICR 202502-0648-001

OMB: 0648-0466

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2025-02-28
Supporting Statement A
2025-02-07
Supplementary Document
2025-02-03
Supplementary Document
2025-02-03
Supplementary Document
2025-02-03
Supplementary Document
2025-02-03
Supplementary Document
2025-02-03
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
4558 Modified
187429 Modified
187428 Modified
ICR Details
0648-0466 202502-0648-001
Received in OIRA 202112-0648-004
DOC/NOAA
Submission of Conservation Efforts to Make Listings Unnecessary under the Endangered Species Act
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 02/28/2025
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 03/31/2025
3 3
2,900 2,900
100 100

This request is for extension of a current information collection under the Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE), which was finalized jointly by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in 2003 (see 68 FR 15100, March 28, 2003). There are no changes or revisions to this collection request. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), specifies the process by which NMFS and FWS (the Services) can list species as threatened or endangered. When considering whether to list a species, the ESA requires the Services to take into account “those efforts, if any, being made by any State . . . or any political subdivision of a State . . . to protect such species.” Conservation efforts are often formalized in conservation agreements, conservation plans, management plans, or other similar documents and are often developed with the specific intent of making the listing of species as threatened or endangered unnecessary. Sometimes these agreements or plans have yet to be implemented or demonstrate their effectiveness at the time the Services must make a listing decision. In such instances, the Services use the criteria identified in the PECE to evaluate the conservation efforts. The development of such an agreement or plan that has the specific intention of making listing unnecessary constitutes a new information collection. One of the criteria identified in PECE is that such agreements and plans contain a provision for monitoring and reporting the progress and results of implementation of conservation efforts. This criterion also constitutes a new information collection, in addition to the agreement.

US Code: 16 USC 1531 et seq. Name of Law: Endangered Species Act of 1973
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  89 FR 79528 09/30/2024
90 FR 10888 02/28/2025
Yes

3
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Developing Agreement
Monitoring
Report Preparation

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 3 3 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 2,900 2,900 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 100 100 0 0 0 0
No
No

$10,635
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Lisa Manning 301 713-1401 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
02/28/2025


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