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 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
 ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
 SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC, which is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2007. We 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.
 DATES: You must submit comments on or before April 23, 2007.
 ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); 
                        *hope_grey@fws.gov*
                         (e-mail); or (703) 358-2269 (fax).
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at (703) 358-2482.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  **I. Abstract** This IC covers permit applications that our Division of Management Authority uses 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) Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). (2) Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.). (3) Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.). (4) Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668). (5) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (27 U.S.T. 1087). (6) Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407). (7) Wild Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4901-4916). Service regulations implementing these statutes and treaties are in Chapter I, Subchapter B of Title 50, 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. This revised IC includes: (1) Modifications to the format and content of the currently approved application forms so that they are easier to understand and complete. (2) FWS Forms 3-200-61, 3-200-69, and 3-200-70, which are currently approved under OMB control numbers 1018-0130 and 1018-0022. (3) FWS Form 3-200-76, which is a new form for the export of caviar or meat of paddlefish or sturgeon from the wild. Applicants currently use FWS Form 3-200-27 for this activity. The new form will simplify the reporting requirements and reduce burden on the public. **II. Data** *OMB Control Number:*
                     1018-0093. *Title:*
                     Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit Applications, Management Authority, 50 CFR 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, and 23. *Service Form Number(s):*
                     3-200-19 through 3-200-37, 3-200-39 through 3-200-53, 3-200-58, 3-200-61, 3-200-64 through 3-200-66, 3-200-69 to 3-200-70, 3-200-73, and 3-200-76. *Type of Request:*
                     Revision of currently approved collection. *Affected Public:*
                     Individuals, biomedical companies, circuses, zoological parks, botanical gardens, nurseries, museums, universities, scientists, antique dealers, exotic pet industry, hunters, taxidermists, commercial importers/exporters of wildlife and plants, freight forwarders/brokers, local, State, tribal, and Federal governments. *Respondent's Obligation:*
                     Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit. *Frequency of Collection:*
                     On occasion. The following table lists the application forms and burden estimates. We have rounded the annual burden hours for each form to the nearest hour. Those applications with an asterisk (*) have a reporting requirement for the associated permit. Each permit specifies the required report information. Application Forms
Number of annual respondents
Number of annual responses
Completion time per response
Annual burden hours3-200-19/ Import of Sport-hunted Trophies of Southern African Leopard, African Elephant, and Namibian Southern White Rhinoceros
1,031
1,078
20 minutes
3593-200-20/ Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies (Appendix I of CITES and/or ESA)
15
21
1 hour
213-200-21/ Import of Sport-Hunted Trophies of Argali
134
182
45 minutes
1373-200-22/ Import of Sport-Hunted Bontebok Trophies
70
95
20 minutes
323-200-23/ Export of Pre-Convention, Pre-Act, or Antique Specimens (CITES and/or ESA)
127
241
45 minutes
1813-200-24/ Export of Live Captive-Born Animals (CITES)
171
483
45 minutes
3623-200-25/ Export of Raptors
46
63
1 hour
633-200-26/ Export of skins/products of 7 native species: bobcat, lynx, river otter, American alligator, Alaskan brown bear, black bear, and gray wolf
618
843
20 minutes
2813-200-27/ Export of Wildlife Removed from the Wild (CITES)
69
114
45 minutes
863-200-28/ Export/Re-Export of Trophies by Hunters or Taxidermists (CITES)
57
95
30 minutes
483-200-29/ Import/Export/Re-Export of Wildlife Samples and/or Biomedical Samples (CITES)
108
268
1 hour, 10 minutes
313( print page 8003)3-200-30/ Export/Reexport/Reimport of Circuses and Traveling Animal Exhibitions
73
80
1 hour
803-200-31/ Introduction from the Sea (CITES)
3
3
2 hours
63-200-32/ Export/Re-Export of Plants (CITES)
106
619
1 hour
6193-200-33/ Export of Artificially Propagated Plants (Multiple Commercial Shipments)
20
303
2 hours
6063-200-34/ Export of American Ginseng (Commercial only)*
41
107
20 minutes
363-200-35/ Import of Appendix-I Plants (CITES)
1
1
1 hour
13-200-36/ Export/Import/InterState and Foreign Commerce of Plants*
1
1
1 hour
13-200-37/ Export/Import/Interstate and Foreign Commerce/Take of Animals*
111
165
2 hours
3303-200-39/ Certificate of Scientific Exchange (COSE)*
7
7
1 hour
73-200-40/ Export and Re-Import of Museum Specimens*
2
2
1 hour
23-200-41/ Captive-Bred Wildlife Registration*
87
87
2 hours
1743-200-42/ Import/Acquisition/Transport of Injurious Wildlife
21
21
1 hour
213-200-43/ Take/Import/Transport/Export of Marine Mammals or Amendment of Existing Permit*
16
19
2 hours, 20 minutes
443-200-44/ Registration of An Agent/Tannery*
1
1
30 minutes
13-200-45/ Import of Polar Bear Trophies Sport-Hunted in Canada (MMPA)
78
78
30 minutes
393-200-46/ Import/Export of Personal Pets (WBCA and or CITES)
335
343
30 minutes
1723-200-47/ Import of Birds for Scientific Research or Zoological Breeding and Display (WBCA)
7
16
2 hours
323-200-48/ Import of Birds Under an Approved Cooperative Breeding Program (WBCA)*
4
4
1 hours
43-200-49/ Approval, Amendment or Renewal of a Cooperative Breeding Program (WBCA)
4
4
3 hours
123-200-50/ Approval of Sustainable Use Management Plan Under the Wild Bird Conservation Act
1
1
10 hours
103-200-51/ Approval of a Foreign Breeding Facility Under the Wild Bird Conservation Act
1
1
8 hours
83-200-52/ Reissuance or Renewal of a Permit
147
200
15 minutes
503-200-53/ Export/Re-Export of Live Captive-Held Marine Mammals (CITES)
4
4
2 hours
83-200-58/ Supplemental Application for a Retrospective Document (CITES)
50
50
1 hour
503-200-61/ CITES Export Programs*
25
25
43 hours, 30 minutes
1,0883-200-64/ Certificate of Ownership for Personally Owned Wildlife “Pet passport” (CITES)
115
137
30 minutes
693-200-65/ Registration of Appendix-I Commercial Breeding Operations (CITES)
2
2
40 hours
803-200-66/ Replacement Document (CITES)
50
50
30 minutes
253-200-69/ CITES Import/Export- Eagle Transport for Scientific or Exhibition Purposes
1
1
30 minutes
13-200-70/ CITES Import/Export- Eagle Transport for Indian Religious Purposes
16
16
30 minutes
83-200-73/ Re-Export of Wildlife (CITES)
3,985
5,433
30 minutes
2,7173-200-76/ Export of Caviar or Meat of Paddlefish or Sturgeon Removed from the Wild (CITES)*
12
120
3 hours
360Totals
7,773
11,384

8,544
 **III. Request for Comments** We invite comments concerning this information collection on: (1) whether or not the collection of information is necessary, including whether or not the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents. Comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include and/or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this information collection. Dated: January 25, 2007 Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.


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