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facilities for certain exotic bird species

will be developed based on information

received by the Service from foreign

breeding facilities that are breeding

certain exotic bird species in accordance

with the requirements contained in 50

CFR 15.41 and 15.42. This collection of

information will establish whether or

not the Service can include certain

exotic bird species from a particular

foreign breeding facility in the approved

list of such facilities for certain exotic

bird species.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households; business or

other for-profit; not-for-profit

institutions; state, local, or tribal

government; federal and foreign

governments.

Number of respondents: 600.

Estimated completion time: 2 hours.

Total annual burden: 1,300 hours

(includes 1,260 hours plus 40 hours for

the annual reporting requirements for

foreign breeding facility applicants).

33. Title: Reissuance of CITES Permit/

Certificate of Renewal of Fish and

Wildlife Permits or Registrations.

Service form number: 3–200–52.

Description and use: Necessary for

applicants to apply for reissuance or

renewal of previously issued permits,

certificates or registrations.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households; business or

other for-profit; not-for-profit

institutions; state, local, or tribal

government; federal government.

Number of respondents: 200.

Estimated completion time: .25 hours

(15 minutes).

Total annual burden: 50 hours.

34. Title: Export or Re-export of

Marine Mammals under CITES.

Service form number: 3–200–53.

Description and use: To evaluate

whether a CITES export permit or reexport certificate can be issued to allow

the export or re-export of marine

mammals protected under the MMPA,

and addresses the specific requirements

in 50 CFR 13.21 and 13.22.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households; business or

other for-profit; not-for-profit

institutions; state, local or tribal

government; federal government.

Number of respondents: 400.

Estimated completion time: .25 hours

(15 minutes).

Total annual burden: 100 hours.

Total number of respondents—

management authority: 9,832.

Total number of burden hours

requested: 9,030.5.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,

Assistant Director—International Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–26816 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collections Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for Reinstatement Approval

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The collection of information

listed below is submitted to the OMB for

reinstatement under the provisions of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Copies of specific information collection

requirements, related forms and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting the Service Information

Collection Clearance officer at the

address and/or phone number listed

below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before November 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions

on specific requirements should be sent

directly to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Desk Officer for the Interior Department

(1018–0022), Washington, D.C. 20503,

and a copy to the Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer, US Fish

and Wildlife Service, MS 224–ARLSQ;

1849 C Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Phyllis H. Cook, Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer, 703/358–

1943; 703/358–2269 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Service submitted the following

information collection requirements to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). Comments are

invited on: (1) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of a burden, including whether 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)

ways to 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.

The information collection

requirements in this submission

implement the following regulatory

requirements: the Lacey Act (18 U.S.C.

42) Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16

U.S.C. 3371–3378), Migratory Bird

Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703–712) Bald and

Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C.

668–668d), the Endangered Species Act

of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543), the

Tariff Classification Act of 1962 (19

U.S.C. 1202), Fish and Wildlife Act of

1972 (16 U.S.C. 742a–742j–l), and the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972

(16 U.S.C. 1361–1384, 1401–1407).

Previously, all permit requirements

were contained in one submission and

they were assigned OMB Approval

Number 1018–0022, the Federal Fish

and Wildlife License/Permit

Application and Related Reports,

Service form number 3–200. In an

attempt to make the comment and

application process more ‘‘user

friendly,’’ the Service has redesigned

the standard license/permit form 3–200,

and similar types of permits have been

grouped together and numbered. The

application to apply for Service permits

issued under subchapter B of Title 50 of

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),

will still require completion of the

standard 3–200 form. In addition to the

permit application, attachments are

often necessary to provide additional

information required for each specific

type of permit and have been assigned

numbers, e.g., 3–200–2.

The information on the application

form will be used by the Service to

review permit applications and allow

the Service to make decisions, according

to criteria established in various Federal

wildlife conservation statutes and

regulations, on the issuance,

suspension, revocation or denial of

permits. The frequency of response for

the following types of permit

applications/licenses is on occasion,

and all have been currently assigned

OMB Approval Number 1018–0022,

unless otherwise noted.

A notice was published in the Federal

Register on June 3, 1997 (62 FR 30333)

soliciting public comment on the

information collection requirements

prior to submission to OMB. One

comment was received and that

commenter recommended that the

hourly burden estimated contained in

the Federal Register notice cited above

was too low, considering the time

required for applicants to respond to

requests for additional information from

the Service. The Service has considered

this comment and agrees with the

commenter’s assessment. The Service
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has increased the hourly burden

estimates accordingly.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a currently valid OMB

approval number and the agency

informs the potential persons who are to

respond to such collections that they are

not required to respond to the collection

of information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB approval number.

The following requirements are

included in this submission:

1. Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife

Permit Application.

Service form number: 3–200–1.

Description and use: The application

will be used by any person intending to

engage in an activity for which a permit

is required by subchapter B of 50 CFR.

Persons desiring permit privileges

authorized by subchapter B must

complete an application for such a

permit as required by 50 CFR 13, as well

as other regulations which may require

additional information for the specific

permit desired.

Description of respondents:

Individuals and households; business or

other for-profit; not-for-profit

institutions; farms; state, local, tribal

government; and federal government.

Number of respondents: 27,109.

Estimated completion time: 10

minutes (.166 hours).

Total annual burden: 4,337 hours.

2. Title: Designated Port Exception

Permits (requirements in 50 CFR 14.31–

14.33).

Service form number: 3–200–2.

Description and use: The Endangered

Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended,

requires that fish or wildlife be

imported into or exported from the

United States only at a designated port

or at a nondesignated port under certain

limited circumstances. To date, thirteen

(13) customs ports of entry are designed

for the import and export of wildlife and

wildlife products. Exceptions to the

designated port requirement are

permitted by the Secretary of the

Interior under specific terms and

conditions. Permits are available to

import or export wildlife at

nondesignated ports for any one of the

three reasons: (1) Scientific purposes;

(2) to minimize deterioration or loss;

and (3) to alleviate undue economic

hardship.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households; business or

other for-profit; and not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of respondents: 524.

Estimated completion time: 1 hour.

Total annual burden: 524.

3. Title: Import/Export License

(requirements in 50 CFR 14.91–14.93).

Service form number: 3–200–3.

Description and use: This license will

allow any person to engage in business

as an importer or exporter of fish or

wildlife under the Endangered Species

Act, unless that person imports or

exports certain excepted wildlife or falls

within one of the categories of persons

accepted from the requirement by the

rules in 50 CFR 14.91–14.93. Currently,

licensees must (1) pay $50 for a license

plus import/export inspection fees; (2)

keep certain specified records and retain

them for five years; (3) allow the Service

to inspect these records and any

inventories of imported wildlife; and,

(4) file any requested reports.

Description of respondents: Business

or other for-profit; not for-profit

institutions; and individuals and

households, or any other entities

conducting ‘‘commercial’’ imports or

exports of fish or wildlife.

Number of respondents: 7,000.

Estimated completion time: 1 hour.

Total annual burden: 7,000.

4. Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife

Permit Application for Export or Reexport Permits (requirements in 50 CFR

23.12 and 23.15).

Service form number: 3–200–26.

Description and use: This permit will

allow the re-export of specimens of

Appendix II and II species regulated by

the Convention on International Trade

in Endangered species (CITES), and the

export of specimens of American

alligator (Alligator mississippiensis);

Alaskan brown bear (Ursus arctos);

Alaskan gray wolf (Canis lupus,); Bobcat

(Lynx rufus); Lynx (Lynx canadensis);

and River otter (Lutra canadensis)

which are species also CITES regulated.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households; businesses

or other for-profit; and not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of respondents: 2,360.

Estimated completion time: 1 hour.

Total annual burden: 2,360 hours.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Tom Striegler,

Acting Assistant Director—Refuges and

Wildlife.

[FR Doc. 97–26817 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Intent To Prepare a

Comprehensive Management Plan and

Associated Environmental Document

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) intends to gather information

necessary to prepare a Comprehensive

Management Plan (CMP) and an

environmental document

(environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement) for

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge,

Thurston and Pierce Counties,

Washington. The Service is furnishing

this notice in compliance with Service

CMP policy and the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

implementing regulations: (1) To advise

other agencies and the public of our

intentions, (2) to obtain suggestions and

information on the scope of issues to

include in the environmental document,

and (3) to announce a public open

house to occur near the end of October.

Information about the time and location

of the open house will be published in

local media or is available by contacting

the refuge.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before November 10,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and

requests for more information to: Refuge

Manager, Nisqually National Wildlife

Refuge, 100 Brown Farm Road,

Olympia, Washington, 98516 (360/753–

9467).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill

Hesselbart at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Service started the

comprehensive management planning

process for Nisqually National Wildlife

Refuge (Nisqually NWR) IN 1996.

Several meetings were held with a

variety of public and private interest

groups, including a preliminary public

scoping meeting in July 1996. Two

planning updates soliciting additional

comments were mailed on August 20,

1996, and November 10, 1996, to more

than 200 addresses. Comments received

are being used to develop goals, key

issues, and habitat management

strategies to be presented at a public

scoping meeting in the fall of 1997.

Additional opportunities for public

participation will occur throughout the

process, which is expected to be

completed in late 1998, or early 1999.

Data collection has been initiated to

create computerized mapping, including

vegetation, topography, habitat types

and existing land uses. Data collection

and mapping will continue through

1997.

It is Service policy to have all lands

within the National Wildlife Refuge

System managed in accordance with an

approved CMP. The CMP guides

management decisions and identifies