Source: https://www.global-regulation.com/law/united-states/31634/migratory-bird-permits%253b-removal-of-regulations-concerning-certain-depredation-orders.html
Timestamp: 2018-05-21 07:05:00
Document Index: 68421538

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21', '§ 21']

Migratory Bird Permits; Removal of Regulations Concerning Certain Depredation Orders (United States)
Link to law: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/text/raw_text/201/506/639.txt
Specifically, 50 CFR 21.42 governs control of depredating migratory game birds in the United States; under this section of the regulations, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is authorized to issue, by publication in the Federal Register , a depredation order to permit the taking of migratory game birds under certain conditions if the Director receives evidence clearly showing that the migratory game birds have accumulated in such numbers in a particular area as to cause or about to cause serious damage to agricultural, horticultural, and fish cultural interests.
Under 50 CFR 21.45, landowners, sharecroppers, tenants, or their employees or agents actually engaged in the production of rice in Louisiana, may, without a permit and in accordance with certain conditions, take purple gallinules ( Ionornis martinica ) when found committing or about to commit serious depredations to growing rice crops on the premises owned or occupied by those persons.
Under 50 CFR 21.46, landowners, sharecroppers, tenants, or their employees or agents actually engaged in the production of nut crops in Washington and Oregon may, without a permit and in accordance with certain conditions, take scrub jays ( Aphelocoma coerulescens ) and Steller's jays ( Cyanocitta stelleri ) when found committing or about to commit serious depredations to nut crops on the premises owned or occupied by such persons.
In response to our November 4, 2013, proposed rule (78 FR 65953), we received no comments on our proposal to remove 50 CFR 21.42 or 21.45, but we did receive comments about our proposal to remove 50 CFR 21.46. In this final rule, we are removing only 50 CFR 21.42 and 21.45, as well as references to those two sections that appear in 50 CFR 21.41 and 21.53. Removal of these depredation orders does not affect any other depredation order in 50 CFR part 21. We will address our proposal to remove 50 CFR 21.46 in a separate rule, in which we will respond to the comments we received concerning the proposal to remove that section of our regulations.
The regulations at 50 CFR 21.42 and 21.45 were put in place in 1974, to help commercial agricultural interests (39 FR 1157, January 4, 1974). 50 CFR 21.45 requires reporting and recordkeeping on activities taken in accordance with the regulations. We have received no applications for declaration of a depredation order under § 21.42 in the last 15 years, and there have been no reports of activities conducted under § 21.45 in at least 10 years.
Upon the effective date of this rule (see DATES , above), control of depredating birds may still be undertaken under depredation permits, in accordance with 50 CFR 21.41.
In accordance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. ), we have determined the following.
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ), requires that “The Secretary [of the Interior] shall review other programs administered by him and utilize such programs in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter” (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(1)). It further states that the Secretary must “insure that any action authorized, funded, or carried out . . . is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of [critical] habitat” (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)). The regulations change will not affect listed species.
2. Amend § 21.41 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
(a) Permit requirement. Except as provided in §§ 21.43, 21.44, and 21.46, a depredation permit is required before any person may take, possess, or transport migratory birds for depredation control purposes. No permit is required merely to scare or herd depredating migratory birds other than endangered or threatened species or bald or golden eagles.
3. Remove and reserve § 21.42.
4. Remove and reserve § 21.45.
5. Amend § 21.53 by removing the fourth sentence of paragraph (c)(2).