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50 CFR 21.52 - Public health control order for resident Canada geese. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 50 › Chapter I › Subchapter B › Part 21 › Subpart D › Section 21.52 50 CFR 21.52 - Public health control order for resident Canada geese.
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§ 21.52
Public health control order for resident Canada geese.
What is the public health control order for resident Canada geese, and what is its purpose?
The public health control order for resident Canada geese authorizes States, Tribes, and the District of Columbia, via the State or Tribal wildlife agency, to conduct resident Canada goose control and management activities including direct control strategies such as trapping and relocation, nest and egg destruction, gosling and adult trapping and culling programs, or other lethal and non-lethal wildlife damage-management strategies when resident Canada geese are posing a direct threat to human health.
What is a direct threat to human health?
A direct threat to human health is one where a Federal, State, Tribal, or local public health agency has determined that resident Canada geese pose a specific, immediate human health threat by creating conditions conducive to the transmission of human or zoonotic pathogens. The State or Tribe may not use this control order for situations in which resident Canada geese are merely causing a nuisance.
Only State and Tribal wildlife agencies in the lower 48 States and the District of Columbia (or their employees or agents) may conduct and implement the various components of the public health control order for resident Canada geese.
What are the restrictions of the public health depredation order for resident Canada geese?
The public health control order for resident Canada geese is subject to the following restrictions:
Authorized State and Tribal wildlife agencies should use nonlethal goose management tools to the extent they deem appropriate.
Methods of take for the control of resident Canada geese are at the State's and Tribe's discretion from among the following:
Authorized State and Tribal wildlife agencies and their employees and agents may conduct management and control activities, involving the take of resident Canada geese, under this section between April 1 and August 31. The destruction of resident Canada goose nests and eggs may take place between March 1 and June 30.
Authorized State and Tribal wildlife agencies and their employees and agents may possess, transport, and otherwise dispose of resident Canada geese taken under this section. Disposal of birds taken under this order may be by donation to public museums or public institutions for scientific or educational purposes, processing for human consumption and subsequent distribution free of charge to charitable organizations, or burial or incineration. States, their employees, and designated agents may not sell, offer for sale, barter, or ship for the purpose of sale or barter any resident Canada geese taken under this section, nor their plumage or eggs. Any specimens needed for scientific purposes as determined by the Regional Director must not be destroyed, and information on birds carrying metal leg bands must be submitted to the Bird Banding Laboratory by means of a toll-free telephone number at 1-800-327-BAND (or 2263).
Resident Canada geese may be taken only within the specified area of the direct threat to human health.
Authorized State and Tribal wildlife agencies, and their employees and agents operating under the provisions of this section may not use decoys, calls, or other devices to lure birds within gun range.
No person conducting activities under this section should construe the program as authorizing the killing of resident Canada geese or destruction of their nests and eggs contrary to any State law or regulation, nor may any control activities be conducted on any Federal land without specific authorization by the responsible management agency. No person may exercise the privileges granted under this section unless they possess any permits required for such activities by any State or Federal land manager.
Any State or Tribal employee or designated agent authorized to carry out activities under this section must have a copy of the State's or Tribal authorization and designation in their possession when carrying out any activities. If the State or Tribe is conducting operations on private property, the State or Tribe must also require the property owner or occupant on whose premises resident Canada goose activities are being conducted to allow, at all reasonable times, including during actual operations, free and unrestricted access to any Service special agent or refuge officer, State or Tribal wildlife or deputy wildlife agent, warden, protector, or other wildlife law enforcement officer on the premises where they are, or were, conducting activities. Furthermore, any State or Tribal employee or designated agent conducting such activities must promptly furnish whatever information is required concerning such activities to any such wildlife officer.
States and Tribes exercising the privileges granted by this section must submit an annual report summarizing activities, including the numbers and County of birds taken, by December 31 of each year to the Regional Migratory Bird Permit Office listed in § 2.2 of this subchapter.
Authorized State and Tribal wildlife agencies may not undertake any actions under this section if the activities adversely affect other migratory birds or species designated as endangered or threatened under the authority of the Endangered Species Act. Persons operating under this order must immediately report the take of any species protected under the Endangered Species Act to the Service. Further, to protect certain species from being adversely affected by management actions, State and Tribal wildlife agencies must:
Conduct no activities within 300 meters of a whooping crane or Mississippi sandhill crane nest;
Follow all Regional (or National when available) Bald Eagle Nesting Management guidelines for all management activities;
Contact the Arizona Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services Office (for the Colorado River and Arizona sites) or the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office (for Salton Sea sites) if control activities are proposed in or around occupied habitats (cattail or cattail bulrush marshes) to discuss the proposed activity and ensure that implementation will not adversely affect clapper rails or their habitats; and
In California, any control activities of resident Canada geese in areas used by the following species listed under the Endangered Species Act must be done in coordination with the appropriate local FWS field office and in accordance with standard local operating procedures for avoiding adverse effects to the species or its critical habitat:
Light-footed clapper rail, California clapper rail, Yuma clapper rail, California least tern, southwestern willow flycatcher, least Bell's vireo, western snowy plover, California gnatcatcher.
California red-legged frog and California tiger salamander.
Valley elderberry longhorn beetle and delta green ground beetle.
Vernal pool fairy shrimp, conservancy fairy shrimp, longhorn fairy shrimp, vernal pool tadpole shrimp, San Diego fairy shrimp, and Riverside fairy shrimp.
Butte County meadowfoam, large-flowered wooly meadowfoam, Cook's lomatium, Contra Costa goldfields, Hoover's spurge, fleshy owl's clover, Colusa grass, hairy Orcutt grass, Solano grass, Greene's tuctoria, Sacramento Valley Orcutt grass, San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass, slender Orcutt grass, California Orcutt grass, spreading navarretia, and San Jacinto Valley crownscale.
Can the control order be suspended?
We reserve the right to suspend or revoke a State's or Tribe's authority under this program if we find that the terms and conditions specified in the depredation order have not been adhered to by that agency. Final decisions to revoke authority will be made by the appropriate Regional Director. The criteria and procedures for suspension, revocation, reconsideration, and appeal are outlined in §§ 13.27 through 13.29 of this subchapter. For the purposes of this section, “issuing officer” means the Regional Director and “permit” means the authority to act under this control order. For purposes of § 13.29(e), appeals must be made to the Director. Additionally, at such time that we determine that resident Canada geese populations no longer pose direct threats to human health, we may choose to terminate part or all of the control order by subsequent regulation. In all cases, we will annually review the necessity and effectiveness of the control order.
Has the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the information collection requirements of the control order?
OMB has approved the information collection and recordkeeping requirements of the control order under OMB control number 1018-0133. 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. You may send comments on the information collection and recordkeeping requirements to the Service's Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
[71 FR 45990, Aug. 10, 2006]
Title 50 published on 2014-10-01.The following are only the Rules published in the Federal Register after the published date of Title 50.For a complete list of all Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices view the Rulemaking tab.2015-07-02; vol. 80 # 127 - Thursday, July 2, 201580 FR 38013 - Migratory Bird Permits; Update of Falconry Permitting Reporting Address
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-16371 RIN1018-BA90 FF09M21200-156-FXMB1231099BPP0 Docket No.FWS-HQ-MB-2015-0032 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective January 1, 2016. 50 CFR Part 21 SummaryThe State of California has implemented an online permitting and reporting system compatible with the system that we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), use for reporting take of raptors from the wild for falconry. We change the Web address for falconers in California to report takes, acquisitions, transfers, and losses of falconry birds.
2015-03-25; vol. 80 # 57 - Wednesday, March 25, 201580 FR 15689 - Migratory Bird Permits; Removal of Regulations Concerning Certain Depredation Orders
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-06639 RIN1018-AX92 Docket No.FWS-R9-MB-2011-0100 FF09M29000-145-FXMB12320900000 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective April 24, 2015. 50 CFR Part 21 SummaryWe are removing two regulations that set forth certain depredation orders for migratory birds. There have been no requests for authorization of a depredation order under one regulation we are removing, and no reports of activities undertaken under the other in the last 10 years. Control of depredating birds may be undertaken under depredation permits in accordance with the regulations already set forth.
2015-03-16; vol. 80 # 50 - Monday, March 16, 201580 FR 13497 - Migratory Bird Hunting and Permits; Regulations for Managing Harvest of Light Goose Populations
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-05977 RIN1018-AZ19 FF09M21200-134-FXMB1231099BPP0 Docket No.FWS-R9-MB-2012-0098 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This regulation change will be effective on April 15, 2015. 50 CFR Part 21 SummaryWe reduce the information collection requirements for participants in the light goose conservation order, which authorizes methods of take to increase harvest of certain populations of light geese in the Atlantic, Central, Mississippi, and Pacific Flyways, and to reduce the burden on State and tribal wildlife agencies that are required to submit annual light goose harvest reports to us. This action will eliminate reporting requirements that we believe to be unnecessary and will relieve requirements on individuals, States, and tribes.
2014-11-05; vol. 79 # 214 - Wednesday, November 5, 201479 FR 65595 - Migratory Bird Permits; Removal of Yellow-billed Magpie and Other Revisions to Depredation Order
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2014-26270 RIN1018-AY60 Docket No.FWS-R9-MB-2012-0027 FF09M29000-145-FXMB1232090000 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective December 5, 2014. 50 CFR Part 21 SummaryWe, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), change the regulations governing control of depredating blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, crows, and magpies. The yellow-billed magpie ( Pica nuttalli ) is endemic to California and has suffered substantial population declines. It is a species of conservation concern. We remove the species from the depredation order. A depredation permit will be necessary to control the species. We also narrow the application of the regulation from protection of any wildlife to protection of species recognized by the Federal Government, a State, or a Tribe as an endangered, threatened, or candidate species, or a species of special concern. We add conditions for live trapping, which are new to the regulation. Finally, we refine the reporting requirement to gather data more useful in assessing actions under the order.
Title 50 published on 2014-10-01The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 50 CFR Part 21 after this date.2015-07-02; vol. 80 # 127 - Thursday, July 2, 201580 FR 38013 - Migratory Bird Permits; Update of Falconry Permitting Reporting Address
2015-05-26; vol. 80 # 100 - Tuesday, May 26, 201580 FR 30032 - Migratory Bird Permits; Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-12666 RIN1018-BA69 Docket No.FWS-HQ-MB-2014-0067 FF09M29000-156-FXMB1232090BPP0 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of intent. To ensure consideration of written comments, they must be submitted on or before July 27, 2015. 50 CFR Part 21 SummaryWe, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, us, or we), intend to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of a proposal to authorize incidental take of migratory birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. We are considering rulemaking to address various approaches to regulating incidental take of migratory birds, including issuance of general incidental take authorizations for some types of hazards to birds associated with particular industry sectors; issuance of individual permits authorizing incidental take from particular projects or activities; development of memoranda of understanding with Federal agencies authorizing incidental take from those agencies&apos; operations and activities; and/or development of voluntary guidance for industry sectors regarding operational techniques or technologies that can avoid or minimize incidental take. The rulemaking would establish appropriate standards for any such regulatory approach to ensure that incidental take of migratory birds is appropriately mitigated, which may include requiring measures to avoid or minimize take or securing compensation. We invite input from other Federal and State agencies, tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and members of the public on the scope of the PEIS, the pertinent issues we should address, and alternatives to our proposed approaches for regulating incidental take.
2015-04-22; vol. 80 # 77 - Wednesday, April 22, 201580 FR 22467 - Migratory Bird Permits; Abatement Permit Regulations; Correction
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-09283 RIN1018-AW75 FF09M21200-134-FXMB1232099BPP0 Docket No.FWS-R9-MB-2009-0045 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; correction. There are two dates for submissions relevant to the proposed rule that published on April 1, 2015 (80 FR 17374). Electronic comments on this proposed rule via http://www.regulations.gov must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on June 30, 2015. Comments submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2015. Comments on the information collection must be submitted by May 22, 2015. 50 CFR Parts 13 and 21 SummaryWe, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 1, 2015, to propose permit regulations to govern the use of captive-bred, trained raptors to control or take birds or other wildlife to mitigate damage or other problems, including risks to human health and safety. In that proposed rule, we provided a partially incorrect address for the submission of hard-copy comments and some incorrect information regarding information collection requirements. With this document, we correct these errors.
2015-04-01; vol. 80 # 62 - Wednesday, April 1, 201580 FR 17374 - Migratory Bird Permits; Abatement Permit Regulations
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-07387 RIN1018-AW75 FF09M21200-134-FXMB1232099BPP0 Docket No.FWS-R9-MB-2009-0045 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule. There are two dates for submissions relevant to this proposed rule. Electronic comments on this proposed rule via http://www.regulations.gov must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on June 30, 2015. Comments submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2015. Comments on the information collection must be submitted by May 1, 2015. 50 CFR Parts 13 and 21 SummaryWe propose permit regulations to govern the use of captive-bred, trained raptors to control or take birds or other wildlife to mitigate damage or other problems, including risks to human health and safety. This action would allow us to respond to increasing public interest in the use of trained raptors to haze (scare) depredating and other problem birds from airports and agricultural crops while maintaining our statutory responsibility to protect migratory birds.