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1 Division K of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 

2018, Public Law 115–254 (132 Stat. 3186; Oct. 5, 

2018), codified at 6 U.S.C. 204. 

2 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

required to submit an annual report to 

the FEMA Administrator that contains: 

(1) a description of the activities of the 

Council; (2) an evaluation of the status 

and performance of flood insurance rate 

maps and mapping activities to revise 

and update Flood Insurance Rate Maps; 

and (3) a summary of recommendations 

made by the Council to the FEMA 

Administrator. 

Agenda: The purpose of this meeting 

is for the TMAC members to discuss the 

content of the 2023 TMAC Annual 

Report. Any related materials will be 

available upon request prior to the 

meeting to provide the public with an 

opportunity to review the materials. The 

full agenda and related meeting 

materials will be available upon request 

by Friday, November 17, 2023. To 

receive a copy of any relevant materials, 

please send the request to: FEMATMAC@fema.dhs.gov (Attn: Brian 

Koper). 

Kevin Werner, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for Risk 

Management, Federal Insurance and 

Mitigation Administration, Resilience, 

Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23874 Filed 10–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket No. TSA–2018–0001] 

Surface Transportation Security 

Advisory Committee; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Committee management; notice 

of open Federal advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) will hold a virtual 

meeting of the Surface Transportation 

Security Advisory Committee (STSAC) 

on November 16, 2023. Members of the 

public will be able to participate 

virtually via WebEx. The meeting 

agenda and information on public 

participation is provided below under 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Thursday, November 16, 2023. The 

meeting will begin at 1 p.m. and adjourn 

at 4 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. As 

listed in the Public Participation section 

below, requests to attend the meeting, to 

address the STSAC, and/or for 

accommodations because of a disability, 

must be received by November 10, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

virtually via teleconference. See Public 

Participation section below for 

information on how to register to attend 

the meeting. Attendance information 

will be provided upon registration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith Harroun-Lord, Surface 

Transportation Security Advisory 

Committee, Designated Federal Officer, 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

6595 Springfield Center Drive, 

Springfield, Virginia, 20598, STSAC@

tsa.dhs.gov, 571–227–2283. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 1969 of the TSA 

Modernization Act,1 established the 

STSAC to advise, consult with, report 

to, and make recommendations to the 

TSA Administrator on surface 

transportation security matters, 

including the development, refinement, 

and implementation of policies, 

programs, initiatives, rulemakings, and 

security directives pertaining to surface 

transportation security. The STSAC also 

considers risk-based security 

approaches in the performance of its 

duties. While section 1969(f) exempts 

the STSAC from the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act,2 paragraph 

1969(c)(6)(B) requires that TSA hold at 

least one public meeting each year. 

Meeting Agenda 

• Welcoming Remarks/Introductions 

• Committee and Subcommittee 

briefings on activities, key issues, and 

focus areas—Cybersecurity 

Information Sharing; Emergency 

Management and Resiliency; Insider 

Threat; and Security Risk and 

Intelligence 

• Public Comments 

• Closing Comments and Adjournment 

Public Participation 

The meeting will be open to the 

public via WebEx. Members of the 

public who wish to participate are 

required to register via email by 

submitting their name, contact number, 

and affiliation (if applicable) to STSAC@

tsa.dhs.gov by November 10, 2023. 

Attendees will be admitted on a first-toregister basis and attendance may be 

limited due to WebEx meeting 

constraints. Attendance information 

will be provided upon registration. 

Members of the public wishing to 

present oral or written statements must 

make advance arrangements by 

November 10, 2023. The statements 

must specifically address issues 

pertaining to the items listed in Meeting 

Agenda discussed above. Advance 

requests to present and/or written 

statements must be submitted via email 

to STSAC@tsa.dhs.gov. Oral presenters 

are requested to limit their comments to 

3 minutes. 

The STSAC and TSA are committed 

to providing equal access to this 

meeting for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section by November 10, 2023. 

Dated: October 25, 2023. 

Eddie D. Mayenschein, 

Assistant Administrator, Policy, Plans, and 

Engagement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7077–N–21] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Single-Family 

Housing, Office of Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: HUD Single Family Asset 

Management relies on the Single-Family 

Mortgage Asset Recovery Technology 

(SMART) System to provide various 

loan servicing functions including 

generating payoffs and processing 

payments for HUD FHA Insured Title II 

Secretary held loans. Pursuant to the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD), Office of SingleFamily Housing, is modifying system of 

records, the Single-Family Mortgage 

Asset Recovery Technology (SMART) 

System. The modification will clarify 

the categories of system location, system 

manager, authority for maintenance, 

purpose of the system, record source 

categories, routine uses of records 

maintained in the system, storage, 

retention and disposal, safeguards. 

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or 

before November 29, 2023. This 

proposed action will be effective on the 

date following the end of the comment 

period unless comments are received 

which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number or by one 

of the following methods: 


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Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Fax: 202–619–8365. 

Email: www.privacy@hud.gov. 

Mail: Attention: Privacy Office; 

LaDonne White, Chief Privacy Officer; 

The Executive Secretariat; 451 Seventh 

Street SW, Room 10139; Washington, 

DC 20410–0001. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov. including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaDonne White 451 Seventh Street SW, 

Room 10139; Washington, DC 20410– 

0001; telephone number 202–708–3054 

(this is not a toll-free number). HUD 

welcomes and is prepared to receive 

calls from individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing, as well as individuals 

with speech or communication 

disabilities. To learn more about how to 

make an accessible telephone call, 

please visit https://www.fcc.gov/ 

consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD 

Single Family Asset Management relies 

on the Single-Family Asset Recovery 

Technology (SMART) System to provide 

various loan servicing functions 

including generating payoffs and 

processing for HUD FHA Insured Title 

II forward Secretary held loans. HUD is 

publishing this revised notice to update 

system location, manager, purpose, 

categories, routine uses, storage, 

retention and disposal, safeguards to 

mirror updated information in the 

sections being modified. The revision of 

system records will have no 

unnecessary impact on the individual’s 

privacy and updates follow the records 

collected. 

1. Location-Added the new location of 

backup records. 

2. System Manager-Identified the new 

system manager operating this system of 

records. 

3. Purpose-Expanded to include 

detailed loan servicing information. 

4. Record Source Categories-Updated 

to cover all electronic and manual 

record sources for internal and external 

systems to HUD. 

5. Routine Uses-Amended to cover 

routine uses that are new, modified or 

removed. 

a. Added Routine Use (1) to address 

disclosures to the National Archives and 

Records Administration, Office of 

Government Information Services, to 

review administrative agency policies, 

procedures in compliance with FOIA 

and to facilitate the resolution of 

disputes between individuals making 

FOIA requests and administrative 

agencies. 

b. Added Routine Use (2) for 

disclosures made to congressional office 

from the record of an individual, in 

response to an inquiry from the 

congressional office completed at the 

request of that individual. 

c. Added Routine Use (3) to cover 

contractors who require access to the 

system in order to perform an agency 

function. 

d. Added Routine Use (4) to address 

disclosures for Federal agencies, nonFederal entities, their employees, agents 

(including contractors, their agents, or 

employees) for detecting, preventing 

improper payments, fraud, waste, and 

abuse in Federal programs. 

e. Added Routine Use (5) for 

disclosures made to contractors, 

grantees, experts, consultants, Federal 

agencies, and non-Federal entities 

conducting research and statistical 

analysis on HUD programs. 

f. Added Routine Use (6) to cover 

disclosures related to using new 

technology including system designs to 

improve overall program performance. 

g. Added Routine Use (7) and (8) for 

disclosures made to agencies, entities, 

and persons to assist HUD in 

responding to alleged or confirmed 

breaches of system records or other 

Federal agencies where HUD determines 

information from system records is 

needed to assist the agency in 

responding to an alleged or confirmed 

breach. 

h. Added Routine Use (9) to address 

disclosures to Federal, State, local, 

tribal, or other governmental agencies or 

multilateral governmental organizations 

in authority of investigating or 

prosecuting the violations of, or for 

enforcing or implementing, a criminal 

or civil statue, rule, regulation, order, or 

license. 

i. Added Routine Use (10) covering 

disclosures related to any area of the 

Department of Justice or other Federal 

agency overseeing litigation or related 

proceedings. 

j. Previously published Routine Uses 

(a) and (b) have been renumbered to (11) 

and (12), but otherwise remain 

unchanged. 

k. Added a note to allow for 

disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(12) to cover consumer reporting 

agency related disclosures on attempts 

of the agency to collect claims owed on 

behalf of the government. 

6. Storage-Simplified the information 

regarding storage. 

7. Retention and Disposal-Added 

additional disposition details. 

8. Safeguards- Included more detail 

on updates to safeguard procedures. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Single-Family Mortgage Asset 

Recovery Technology (SMART), HUD/ 

HOU–58. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Digital records are maintained at the 

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple 

Technology Solutions Inc, 1775 I Street 

NW, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 2006– 

2402. Active paper records are kept at 

ISN Corporation, 2000 N Classen Blvd., 

Suite 3200, Oklahoma City, OK 73106. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Office of Single-Family Housing, Julia 

Rogers, Director, National Servicing 

Center, 301 NW, 6th Street, Suite 200, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Telephone 

Number (405) 609–8414. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Sec. 204, National Housing Act, 12 

U.S.C. 1710(a). 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Single Family Mortgage Asset 

Recovery Technology (SMART) System 

is a specialized servicing webapplication that is used to service and 

track servicing activities for the 

Secretary Held portfolio including 235 

insured, Asset Control Area Program 

(ACA), Emergency Home Loan Program 

(EHLP), Good Neighbor Next Door 

Program (GNND), Hope for Homeowners 

(H4H), Nehemiah Program, Partial 

Claim (PC), Purchase Money Mortgage 

(PMM). SMART provides automated 

business processes to perform 

comprehensive loan servicing for loan 

programs that are under the jurisdiction 

of the National Servicing Center. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Mortgagors. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Full Name, Social Security Number, 

Date of Birth, Email work Address, 

Financial Information, Home Address, 

Phone Number, Spouse Name, Lender 

Loan Number, FHA Case Number. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are initiated from HUD 

employees and their contractors. 

Information is also received from Single 


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Family Insurance System (CLAIMS 

Subsystem), Asset Disposition and 

Management System, HUD FHA 

Resource Center Customer Relationship 

Management System (CRM). 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

(1) To the National Archives and 

Records Administration, Office of 

Government Information Services 

(OGIS), to the extent necessary to fulfill 

its responsibilities in 5 U.S.C. 552(h), to 

review administrative agency policies, 

procedures and compliance with the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and 

to facilitate OGIS’ offering of mediation 

services to resolve disputes between 

persons making FOIA requests and 

administrative agencies. 

(2) To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual, in response to 

an inquiry from the congressional office 

made at the request of that individual. 

(3) To contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants and their agents, or others 

performing or working under a contract, 

service, grant, cooperative agreement, or 

other agreement with HUD, when 

necessary to accomplish an agency 

function related to a system of records. 

Disclosure requirements are limited to 

only those data elements considered 

relevant to accomplishing an agency 

function. 

(4) To Federal agencies, non-Federal 

entities, their employees, and agents 

(including contractors, their agents or 

employees; employees or contractors of 

the agents or designated agents); or 

contractors, their employees or agents 

with whom HUD has a contract, service 

agreement, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or computer matching 

agreement for the purpose of: (1) 

detection, prevention, and recovery of 

improper payments; (2) detection and 

prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse in 

major Federal programs administered by 

a Federal agency or non-Federal entity; 

(3) detection of fraud, waste, and abuse 

by individuals in their operations and 

programs; or (4) for the purpose of 

establishing or verifying the eligibility 

of, or continuing compliance with 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

by, applicants for, recipients or 

beneficiaries of, participants in, or 

providers of services with respect to, 

cash or in-kind assistance or payments 

under Federal benefits programs or 

recouping payments or delinquent debts 

under such Federal benefits programs. 

Records under this routine use may be 

disclosed only to the extent that the 

information shared is necessary and 

relevant to verify pre-award and 

prepayment requirements prior to the 

release of Federal funds, prevent and 

recover improper payments for services 

rendered under programs of HUD or of 

those Federal agencies and non-Federal 

entities to which HUD provides 

information under this routine use. 

(5) contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants, Federal agencies, and nonFederal entities, including, but not 

limited to, State and local governments 

and other research institutions or their 

parties, and entities and their agents 

with whom HUD has a contract, service 

agreement, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other agreement for the 

purposes of statistical analysis and 

research in support of program 

operations, management, performance 

monitoring, evaluation, risk 

management, and policy development, 

to otherwise support the Department’s 

mission, or for other research and 

statistical purposes not otherwise 

prohibited by law or regulation. Records 

under this routine use may not be used 

in whole or in part to make decisions 

that affect the rights, benefits, or 

privileges of specific individuals. The 

results of the matched information may 

not be disclosed in identifiable form. 

(6) To contractors, experts, and 

consultants with whom HUD has a 

contract, service agreement, assignment, 

or other agreement, when necessary, to 

utilize relevant data for the purpose of 

testing new technology and systems 

designed to enhance program operations 

and performance. 

(7) To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) HUD suspects or 

has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records; (2) HUD 

has determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed breach there is 

a risk of harm to individuals, HUD, the 

Federal Government, or national 

security; and (3) the disclosure made to 

such agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with HUD’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach to prevent, minimize, or remedy 

such harm. 

(8) To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when HUD determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

(9) To appropriate Federal, State, 

local, Tribal, or other governmental 

agencies or multilateral governmental 

organizations responsible for 

investigating or prosecuting the 

violations of, or for enforcing or 

implementing, a statute, rule, 

regulation, order, or license, where HUD 

determines that the information would 

assist in the enforcement of civil or 

criminal laws and when such records, 

either alone or in conjunction with 

other information, indicate a violation 

or potential violation of law. 

(10) To any component of the 

Department of Justice or other Federal 

agency conducting litigation or in 

proceedings before any court, 

adjudicative, or administrative body, 

when HUD determines that the use of 

such records is relevant and necessary 

to the litigation and when any of the 

following is a party to the litigation or 

have an interest in such litigation: (1) 

HUD, or any component thereof; or (2) 

any HUD employee in his or her official 

capacity; or (3) any HUD employee in 

his or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or agency 

conducting the litigation has agreed to 

represent the employee; or (4) the 

United States, or any agency thereof, 

where HUD determines that litigation is 

likely to affect HUD or any of its 

components. 

(11) To the U.S. Treasury for 

disbursements and adjustments. 

(12) To the IRS for reporting of 

discharge indebtedness. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Electronic and paper records. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrieved by mortgagor 

name, FHA Case Number, or property 

address. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICIES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

In accordance with HUD records 

disposition schedule 2225.6, Appendix 

20. records are destroyed upon 

successful creation of the final 

document or file, or when no longer 

needed for business use, whichever is 

later. Backup and recovery digital media 

will be destroyed or otherwise rendered 

irrecoverable per NIST SP 800–88 

‘‘Guidelines for Media Sanitization.’’ 

GRS 5.2, Item 20, DAA–GRS2017–0003– 

0002. Temporary. Destroy upon 

verification of successful creation of the 

final document or file, or when no 

longer needed for business use, 

whichever is later. 


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ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Administrative Safeguards: When first 

gaining access to SMART and annually, 

all users must agree to the systems 

‘‘Rules of Behavior’’ which specify 

handling of personal information and 

any physical records. 

Technical Safeguards: Controls for the 

system include, but are not limited to, 

username identification, password 

protection, multi-factor authentication, 

firewalls, virtual private network, 

encryption, and is limited to authorized 

users. 

Physical Safeguards: Controls to 

secure the data and protect paper 

records are maintained and locked in 

file cabinets. The original collateral 

documents (hard copy) are stored at the 

contractor’s office site for all open loans 

and the closed documents are stored at 

a secured offsite document storage 

facility. All hard copy files are stored 

within a secured room within the 

contractor’s secured office suite when 

not in use. Background screening, 

limited authorizations, and access, with 

access limited to authorized personnel 

and technical restraints employed 

regarding accessing the records, access 

to automated systems by authorized 

users by username and passwords. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals requesting records of 

themselves should address written 

inquiries to the Department of Housing 

Urban and Development 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410–0001. For 

verification, individuals should provide 

their full name, current address, and 

telephone number. In addition, the 

requester must provide either a 

notarized statement or an unsworn 

declaration made under 24 CFR 16.4. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The HUD rule for contesting the 

content of any record pertaining to the 

individual by the individual concerned 

is published in 24 CFR 16.8 or may be 

obtained from the system manager. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals requesting notification of 

records of themselves should address 

written inquiries to the Department of 

Housing Urban Development, 451 7th 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20410–0001. 

For verification purposes, individuals 

should provide their full name, office or 

organization where assigned, if 

applicable, and current address and 

telephone number. In addition, the 

requester must provide either a 

notarized statement or an unsworn 

declaration made under 24 CFR 16.4. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

Docket No. FR–5386–N–05, 75 FR 

34755, June 18, 2010. 

LaDonne White, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Office of 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R3–FAC–2023–0204; 

FRFR48120323YA0–XXX–FF03F00000; OMB 

Control Number 1018–0182] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Online Program 

Management System for Carbon 

Dioxide-Carp 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: 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, without change. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 29, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection request (ICR) by 

one of the following methods (please 

reference ‘‘1018–0182’’ in the subject 

line of your comments): 

• Internet (preferred): http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–R3–FAC–2023– 

0204. 

• U.S. mail: Service Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church, 

VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madonna Baucum, Service Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, by email at 

Info_Coll@fws.gov, 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. 

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 of 1995 (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. 

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 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. 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 Lacey Act (Act, 18 

U.S.C. 42) prohibits the importation of 

any animal deemed to be and prescribed 

by regulation to be injurious to: 

• Human beings; 

• The interests of agriculture, 

horticulture, and forestry; or 

• Wildlife or the wildlife resources of 

the United States. 


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