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OMB Control No: 0648-0466	ICR Reference No: 202502-0648-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202112-0648-004
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Submission of Conservation Efforts to Make Listings Unnecessary under the Endangered Species Act
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/04/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/28/2025
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2028	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2025
Responses	3	0	3
Time Burden (Hours)	2,900	0	2,900
Cost Burden (Dollars)	100	0	100

Abstract: This request is for extension of a current information collection under the Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE), which was finalized jointly by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in 2003 (see 68 FR 15100, March 28, 2003). There are no changes or revisions to this collection request. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), specifies the process by which NMFS and FWS (the Services) can list species as threatened or endangered. When considering whether to list a species, the ESA requires the Services to take into account “those efforts, if any, being made by any State . . . or any political subdivision of a State . . . to protect such species.” Conservation efforts are often formalized in conservation agreements, conservation plans, management plans, or other similar documents and are often developed with the specific intent of making the listing of species as threatened or endangered unnecessary. Sometimes these agreements or plans have yet to be implemented or demonstrate their effectiveness at the time the Services must make a listing decision. In such instances, the Services use the criteria identified in the PECE to evaluate the conservation efforts. The development of such an agreement or plan that has the specific intention of making listing unnecessary constitutes a new information collection. One of the criteria identified in PECE is that such agreements and plans contain a provision for monitoring and reporting the progress and results of implementation of conservation efforts. This criterion also constitutes a new information collection, in addition to the agreement.

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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 79528	09/30/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 10888	02/28/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Developing Agreement
Monitoring
Report Preparation

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	3	3
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,900	2,900
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	100	100

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $10,635

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. No

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. 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? No

Agency Contact: Lisa Manning 301 713-1401 lisa.manning@noaa.gov

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