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applicant is aware of the requirements 

of the permit and his/her legal rights. 

Refuge-specific special conditions may 

be required for the permit. We identify 

conditions as an addendum to the 

permit. Most of the special conditions 

pertain to how a permitted activity may 

be conducted and do not require the 

collection of information. However, 

some special conditions, such as 

activity reports, before and after site 

photographs, or data sharing, would 

qualify as an information collection, and 

we have included the associated burden 

below. 

We also use FWS Form 3–1384, ‘‘Bid 

Sheet—National Wildlife Refuge 

System,’’ to streamline collection of the 

necessary pre-award information from 

applicants during bidding processes to 

conduct economic uses on Service 

lands, such as livestock, harvesting hay 

and stock feed, or removing timber (50 

CFR 29.21). This form simplifies the 

pre-award selection/bidding process for 

bidders and for refuge staff by enabling 

them to understand what information 

the refuge needs in order to select bids 

for economic use, and, therefore, 

reduces the time and burden for the 

public and Service staff in the preaward selection bidding process. This 

form is customizable to the individual 

economic use being awarded. We will 

use the Commercial Special Use Permit 

(FWS Form 3–1383–C) as the actual 

award document that will outline the 

terms and conditions of the economic 

use on Service lands. 

Proposed Revisions to This Information 

Collection 

With this submission, we are 

proposing the following revisions to the 

existing information collection: 

Activity Reports/Associated Document 

Requirements 

In addition to the previously 

approved activity report criteria, the 

Service will also collect data associated 

with client use days and their fees. The 

Service has also updated the reporting 

rate for permits issued for both 

Commercial Use and Research to reflect 

current requirements. 

ePermits Initiative 

The Service’s new ‘‘ePermits’’ 

initiative is an automated permit 

application system that will allow the 

agency to move towards a streamlined 

permitting process to reduce public 

burden. Public burden reduction is a 

priority for the Service; the Assistant 

Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; 

and senior leadership at the Department 

of the Interior. The intent of the 

ePermits initiative is to fully automate 

the permitting process to improve the 

customer experience and to reduce time 

burden on respondents. This new 

system will enhance the user experience 

by allowing users to enter data from any 

device that has internet access, 

including PCs, tablets, and 

smartphones. It will also link the permit 

applicant to the Pay.gov system for 

payment of the associated permit 

application fee. We anticipate including 

the following Service forms in the 

ePermits system: 3–1383–G, 3–1383–C, 

3–1383–R, and 3–1384. 

Once these forms are automated in the 

new ePermits system, we anticipate a 

reduction in the amount of time 

necessary for an applicant to apply for 

a permit and perform regular actions 

related to that permit (e.g., amend, 

renew, report). Through the ePermits 

account registration, we will track and 

be able to more accurately report the 

number of small business applicants, 

along with the type of business (forprofit, farm, not-for profit). This 

information will allow the Service to be 

more responsive in identifying the 

possibility of additional burden 

reduction on small businesses. 

We also plan to eliminate the 

necessity for physical mail-in 

applications (though this will remain an 

option for those who either don’t have 

access to the internet or prefer to use 

mail-in applications), thus further 

reducing public burden. With ePermits, 

an applicant will be able to establish an 

account and apply for multiple permits 

through a single interface. The system 

allows the applicant to track all their 

applications, permits and permit-related 

actions, as well as all communications 

between Service staff and the permittee/ 

applicant within the same interface, 

significantly reducing the burden on the 

government to process these 

applications and manage permit-related 

actions. The decrease in submissions of 

paper-based forms is expected to reduce 

the government cost of administering 

and processing permit applications. 

Amendments and Renewals 

Through our review of the special use 

permitting process in preparation for 

automation in the ePermits system, we 

discovered that we need to account for 

amendments to and renewals of special 

use permits separately from the initial 

applications, because amendments/ 

renewals have time burdens that are 

different from those of the initial 

submissions. The revised burden table 

below includes our initial estimates for 

amendments and renewals. 

Title of Collection: National Wildlife 

Refuge Special Use Permit Applications 

and Reports, 50 CFR 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 

31, 32, & 36. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0102. 

Form Number: FWS Forms 3–1383–G, 

3–1383–C, 3–1383–R, and 3–1384. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and households; businesses 

and other for-profit organizations; 

nonprofit organizations; farms; and 

State, local, or tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 13,903. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 13,903. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 25 minutes to 5 

hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 21,446. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion 

for applications; annually or on 

occasion for reports. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $337,500 for fees 

associated with applications for 

commercial use activities ($100.00 × an 

estimated 3,375 applications 

(individuals and private sector 

respondents only)). 

An agency 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. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03305 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–LE–2021–N214; FF09L00000/FX/ 

LE18110900000/212; OMB Control Number 

1018–0092] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget; Federal Fish 

and Wildlife Applications and 

Reports—Law Enforcement 

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 


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(Service), are proposing to renew an 

information collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection request (ICR) 

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 to the Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041–3803 (mail); or 

by email to Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please 

reference Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Control Number 1018– 

0092 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madonna L. Baucum, Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov, 

or by telephone at (703) 358–2503. 

Individuals who are hearing or speech 

impaired may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY 

assistance. You may also view the 

information collection request (ICR) at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

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. 

On September 27, 2021, we published 

in the Federal Register (86 FR 53337) a 

notice of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on November 26, 2021. 

In an effort to increase public awareness 

of, and participation in, our public 

commenting processes associated with 

information collection requests, the 

Service also published the Federal 

Register notice on Regulations.gov 

(Docket FWS–HQ–LE–2021–0109) to 

provide the public with an additional 

method to submit comments (in 

addition to the typical Info_Coll@

fws.gov email and U.S. mail submission 

methods). We received the following 

comments in response to that notice: 

Comment 1: Comment received 

electronically via Regulations.gov 

(Comment ID: FWS–HQ–LE–2021– 

0109–0002) from Jean Publieee on 

September 26, 2021: The commenter 

suggested public scrutiny as part of the 

process to allow a person to trade in 

wildlife, and alleged that criminals were 

taking advantage of the wildlife and 

profiting from the process. The 

commentor referenced a 2017 case of 

illegal export. 

Agency Response to Comment 1: The 

commenter did not address the 

information collections, but rather 

addresses important aspects of the 

enforcement process. The public 

scrutiny of applications 

recommendation is not a feasible 

element of the permitting regulations 

process. This request is specific to the 

application process for permits to allow 

a person to trade in wildlife, while there 

is a separate process by the Office of 

Law Enforcement to document 

violations. 

Comment 2: Comment received 

electronically via Regulations.gov 

(Comment ID: FWS–HQ–LE–2021– 

0109–0003) from Jean Publieee on 

September 26, 2021: Commenter did not 

support moving to a complete computer 

(automated) process, given the 

vulnerabilities of automated systems 

and the fact that not everyone has 

(access to) a computer. 

Agency Response to Comment 2: We 

note the comment and would like to 

advise the public that paper 

applications will still be available for 

manual, mail-in submissions. However, 

our efforts respond to the Service’s need 

to move to a more efficient electronic 

process and reduce the burden on the 

public. 

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 Endangered Species Act 

(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) makes it 

unlawful to import or export wildlife or 

wildlife products for commercial 

purposes without first obtaining an 

import/export license (see 16 U.S.C. 

1538(d)). The ESA also 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 (see 16 U.S.C. 1538(f)). 

This information collection includes the 

following permit/license application 

forms: 

FWS Form 3–200–2, ‘‘Designated Port 

Exception Permit’’ 

Under 50 CFR 14.11, it is unlawful to 

import or export wildlife or wildlife 

products at ports other than those 

designated in 50 CFR 14.12, unless you 

qualify for an exception. The following 

exceptions allow qualified individuals, 

businesses, or scientific organizations to 

import or export wildlife or wildlife 

products at a nondesignated port: 

(a) To export the wildlife or wildlife 

products for scientific purposes; 

(b) To minimize deterioration or loss; 

or 

(c) To relieve economic hardship. 

To request authorization to import or 

export wildlife or wildlife products at 

nondesignated ports, applicants must 

complete FWS Form 3–200–2. 

Designated port exception permits can 

be valid for up to 2 years. We may 

require a permittee to file a report on 

activities conducted under authority of 

the permit. 


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FWS Form 3–200–3a, ‘‘Federal Fish and 

Wildlife Permit Application Form: 

Import/Export License—U.S. Entities,’’ 

and 3–200–3b, ‘‘Federal Fish and 

Wildlife Permit Application Form: 

Import/Export License—Foreign 

Entities’’ 

It is unlawful to import or export 

wildlife or wildlife products for 

commercial purposes without first 

obtaining an import/export license (50 

CFR 14.91). Applicants located in the 

United States must complete FWS Form 

3–200–3a to request this license. 

Foreign applicants that reside or are 

located outside the United States must 

complete FWS Form 3–200–3b to 

request this license. 

We use the information collected on 

FWS Forms 3–200–3a and 3–200–3b as 

an enforcement tool and management 

aid to (a) monitor the international 

wildlife market and (b) detect trends 

and changes in the commercial trade of 

wildlife and wildlife products. Import/ 

export licenses are valid for up to 1 

year. We may require a licensee to file 

a report on activities conducted under 

authority of the import/export license. 

Proposed Revisions 

Automation in eLicense System 

With this submission, we also seek 

OMB approval to automate FWS Forms 

3–200–2, ‘‘Designated Port Exception 

Permit’’ (50 CFR parts 13 and 14); Form 

3–200–3a, ‘‘Federal Fish and Wildlife 

Permit Application Form: Import/Export 

License-U.S. Entities’’ (50 CFR parts 13 

and 14); and Form 3–200–3b, ‘‘Federal 

Fish and Wildlife Permit Application 

Form: Import/Export License-Foreign 

Entities’’ (50 CFR parts 13 and 14) in a 

new eLicense system. This automation 

is expected to reduce the burden on the 

public. The eLicense system will also 

simplify the application process and 

give the applicant the ability to pay 

online through Pay.gov via credit card 

or direct bank payment. This will 

reduce the number of applicants 

requesting multiple licenses for the 

same business and will reduce the 

number of incorrect addresses and 

bounced checks that we receive. In 

addition, we removed the requirement 

to provide the dates of birth for U.S. 

agents on Forms 3–200–2 and 3–200–3b. 

Automation in ePermits System 

With this submission, we propose a 

revision to the collection to obtain OMB 

approval to automate Form 3–200–44, 

‘‘Permit Application Form: Registration 

of an Agent/Tannery under the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA),’’ and 

Form 3–200–44a, ‘‘Registered Agent/ 

Tannery Bi-Annual Inventory Report,’’ 

in the Service’s ‘‘ePermits’’ system. The 

ePermits system is an automated permit 

application system that streamlines the 

permitting process to reduce public 

burden. Public burden reduction is a 

priority for the Service; the Assistant 

Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; 

and senior leadership at the Department 

of the Interior. The ePermits system 

fully automates the permitting process 

to improve the customer experience and 

to reduce time burden on respondents. 

This system also enhances the user 

experience by allowing users to enter 

data from any device that has internet 

access, including PCs, tablets, and 

smartphones. Furthermore, the system 

links the permit applicant to the Pay.gov 

system for payment of any associated 

permit application fees. 

Until we have actual usage data from 

the eLicense and ePermits systems, we 

are splitting the previously approved 

public burden equally between hard 

copy and electronic submissions (see 

burden table below). After the forms are 

operational in the two systems for at 

least 12–18 months, the Service will 

have more reliable burden data to 

submit to OMB in conjunction with the 

next renewal of this collection. 

Title of Collection: Federal Fish and 

Wildlife Applications and Reports-Law 

Enforcement; 50 CFR parts 13 and 14. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0092. 

Form Number: FWS Forms 3–200–2, 

3–200–3a, 3–200–3b, 3–200–44, and 3– 

200–44a. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals, private sector, and State/ 

local/Tribal entities. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion 

for Forms 3–200–2, 3–200–3a, 3–200– 

3b, 3–200–44, and reporting 

requirements and biannually for Form 

3–200–44a. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $1,188,700. There is a 

$100 fee associated with applications 

(Forms 3–200–2, 3–200–3a and 3–200– 

3b) and a $150 fee associated with 

application (Form 3–200–44) received 

from individuals and the private sector. 

There is no fee for applications from 

government agencies or for processing 

reports. 

Activity/requirement 

Estimated 

number of 

annual 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

annual 

responses 

Total 

estimated 

annual 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

hours * 

FWS Form 3–200–2, ‘‘Designated Port Exception Permit’’ (50 CFR parts 13 and 14) (Hardcopy) 

Individuals ............................................................................ 289 1 289 1.25 361 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 361 1 361 1.25 451 

Government ......................................................................... 7 1 7 1.25 9 

FWS Form 3–200–2, ‘‘Designated Port Exception Permit’’ (50 CFR parts 13 and 14) (eLicense) 

Individuals ............................................................................ 289 1 289 1 289 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 361 1 361 1 361 

Government ......................................................................... 7 1 7 1 7 

FWS Form 3–200–3a, ‘‘Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Application Form: Import/Export License-U.S. Entities’’ (50 CFR parts 13 and 14) 

(Hardcopy) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 5,099 1 5,099 1.25 6,374 

FWS Form 3–200–3a, ‘‘Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Application Form: Import/Export License-U.S. Entities’’ (50 CFR parts 13 and 14) 

(eLicense) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 5,099 1 5,099 1 5,099 


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Activity/requirement 

Estimated 

number of 

annual 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

annual 

responses 

Total 

estimated 

annual 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

hours * 

FWS Form 3–200–3b, ‘‘Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Application Form: Import/Export License-Foreign Entities’’ (50 CFR parts 13 and 

14) (Hardcopy) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 190 1 190 1.25 238 

FWS Form 3–200–3b, ‘‘Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Application Form: Import/Export License-Foreign Entities’’ (50 CFR parts 13 and 

14) (eLicense) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 190 1 190 1 190 

Designated Port Exception Permit Report (50 CFR parts 13 and 14) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 5 1 5 1 5 

Import/Export License Report (50 CFR parts 13 and 14) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 10 1 10 1 10 

FWS Forms 3–200–44, ‘‘Permit Application Form: Registration of an Agent/Tannery under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)’’ 

(Hardcopy) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 3 1 3 .3 1 

FWS Forms 3–200–44, ‘‘Permit Application Form: Registration of an Agent/Tannery under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)’’ 

(ePermits) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 3 1 3 .25 1 

FWS Form 3–200–44a, ‘‘Registered Agent/Tannery Bi-Annual Inventory Report’’ (Hardcopy) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 10 2 20 1 20 

FWS Form 3–200–44a, ‘‘Registered Agent/Tannery Bi-Annual Inventory Report’’ (ePermits) 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 10 2 20 .75 15 

Total: ............................................................................. 11,933 ........................ 11,953 ........................ 13,431 

* Rounded to Match ROCIS. 

An agency 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. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX21ZS00COM0000; OMB Control Number 

1028–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Assessing Community 

Needs for Terrestrial Analog Studies 

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 18, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, 

Information Collections Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; and by email to: gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–NEW in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Lauren Edgar by email 

at ledgar@usgs.gov, or by telephone at 

928–556–7213. Individuals who are 

hearing or speech impaired may call the 

Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 

8339 for TTY assistance. You may also 

view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

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), all 

information collections require approval 

under the PRA. We may not conduct, or 

sponsor and you are not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies 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. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 


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