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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1018-0094	ICR Reference No: 201612-1018-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201312-1018-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/FWS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports - Native Endangered and Threatened Species; 50 CFR 10, 13, and 17
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/20/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/31/2017
Terms of Clearance: OMB understands that the increase in burden hours is due primarily to the inclusion of the habitat conservation planning process, which entailed information collections in use without OMB approval and was previously uncounted. The agency is requested to contact three people or entities each on the collections that have more than 1,000 hours: Recovery Annual Report (Individual, Private, and Government), Habitat Conservation Plan Annual Report (Individual, Private), Habitat Conservation Plan (Individual, Private, Government). The agency is requested to update the Supporting Statement with this information within one year.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2018
Responses	4,051	0	2,499
Time Burden (Hours)	114,075	0	18,796
Cost Burden (Dollars)	59,750	0	55,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	4,051	2,499	1,454	98
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	114,075	18,796	95,564	-285
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	59,750	55,000	0	4,750

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: We are reporting an increase of 1,552 responses and 95,273 burden hours. The increased burden and changes to this collection are the result of: • an increased number of submissions of applications, as well clarifications regarding the CCAA/SHA submission requirements associated with those respective applications, and the corresponding annual reports; • improved tracking of the information regarding applications (for example, in the past, we may have inadvertently included federal agencies in our count of number of applications received); • submission of new report forms for bats and sea turtles for approval by OMB; • separation of burden for “Request to Revise List of Authorized Individuals” into a separate IC in order to simplify this process (this IC was previously included in the application burden), and • separation of the burden for the submission of Habitat Conservation Plans into a separate IC (previously included with the application). We are also reporting an increase to the annual nonhour burden of $4,750 as the result of the increased number of applications received from local, state, and tribal governments. We also updated the title of the collection to include Section 10. We also updated the title of the collection to include Section 10. Finally, we are reporting an increase in the cost to the Federal government of $677,766 (rounded) (detailed in Attachment B in the Supporting Statement). The additional costs to the government is the result of additional burden hours required for FWS staff to review and process the increased number of responses, as well as the inclusion of the new ICs which were in use without approval from OMB. The new ICs are identified in the question 12 burden table.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,582,230

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

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: Madonna Baucum 202 354-1916 madonna_baucum@nps.gov