[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 51127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19810]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Permits for Incidental Taking of Endangered or Threatened 
Species

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on May 25, 2021 (86 FR 28061) during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Permits for Incidental Taking of Endangered or Threatened 
Species.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0230.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 37.
    Average Hours per Response: 80 hours for a permit application 
(including Habitat Conservation Plans); 40 minutes for transfer of an 
incidental take permit; 8 hours for a permit report, 30 minutes for a 
Certificate of Inclusion; and 10 hours for a watershed plan.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 408.
    Needs and Uses: All of the required information collected in the 
application is used to evaluate the impacts of a proposed activity on 
endangered species; for example, to make the determinations required by 
the ESA prior to issuing an incidental take permit, and to establish 
appropriate permit conditions. The analysis involved in making these 
determinations requires detailed information on the activity, the ESA 
species and how the activity may affect the species directly or 
indirectly through alterations of the habitat.
    The reports required by the incidental take permits are used by 
NMFS to monitor the taking, to assess the impacts to the species and 
its habitat, and to monitor compliance with the terms and conditions of 
the permit. This information is necessary to ensure that the taking is 
not appreciably reducing the likelihood of the survival and recovery of 
the species and for determining whether the terms and conditions of the 
permit are being complied with, as required by sections 10(a)(2)(B) and 
(C) of the ESA. The regulations at Sec.  222.307(d)(1) state that 
permits must contain ``Reporting requirements or rights of inspection 
for determining whether the terms and conditions are being complied 
with''. The requirements for reports therefore, vary from permit to 
permit, depending on the permit conditions.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or 
Tribal government.
    Frequency: An applicant needs to submit one final application and 
reporting occurs annually, but may vary from permit to permit, 
depending on the permit conditions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    Legal Authority: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0230.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-19810 Filed 9-13-21; 8:45 am]
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