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OMB Control No: 1018-0165	ICR Reference No: 201610-1018-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201607-1018-005
Agency/Subagency: DOI/FWS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Revisions to the Regulations for Petitions, 50 CFR 424.14
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/27/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/27/2016
Terms of Clearance: The Fish and Wildlife Service must upload into ROCIS the website address where the instructions for this collection are posted within six months of date of approval. OIRA will process this modification as a change request.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2019	36 Months From Approved
Responses	550	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	6,500	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,000	0	0

Abstract: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), specifies the process by which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (we, Services) make decisions on listing, delisting, changing the status of a listed species or revising critical habitat. Any interested person may submit a written petition to the Services requesting to add a species to the Lists of Endangered or Threatened Wildlife and Plants (Lists), remove a species from the Lists, change the listed status of a species, or revise the boundary of an area designated as critical habitat. The petition process is a central feature of the Act (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and serves a beneficial public purpose. A petition may direct the attention of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to make necessary revisions to critical habitat designations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (we, Services) are jointly finalizing changes to the regulations at 50 CFR 424.14 concerning petitions to improve the content and specificity of petitions and to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the petitions process to support species conservation. Our revisions to § 424.14 will clarify and enhance the procedures by which the Services will evaluate petitions under section 4(b)(3) of the Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3). We are revising the regulations pertaining to the petition process to provide greater clarity to the public on the petition-submission process, which will assist petitioners in providing complete petitions. These revisions will also maximize the efficiency with which the Services process petitions, making the best use of available resources. These changes will improve the quality of petitions through expanded content requirements and guidelines, and, in so doing, better focus the Services’ energies on petitions that merit further analysis. The final rule requires that the petitioner (1) prepare petitions in accordance with § 424.14 and (2) notify applicable States that a petition is being submitted to one of the Services.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1531 et seq Name of Law: Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1018-BA53	Final or interim final rulemaking	81 FR 66461	09/27/2016

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	550	550
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,500	6,500
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,000	1,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $36,990

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Hope Grey 703 358-2482 hope_grey@fws.gov

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