Notice2021-19810
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
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Published
September 14, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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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