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BILLING CODE 4310-RK-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R9-MB-2010-N069] [91200-1232-0000-P2] Proposed Information Collection; OMB Control Number 1018-0022; Federal Fish and Wildlife License/Permit Applications and Reports, Migratory Birds AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)to approve the information collection
(IC)described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2010. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, we must receive them by June 7, 2010. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail); or *hope_grey@fws.gov* (e-mail). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at
(703)358-2482. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract Our Regional Migratory Bird Permit Offices use information that we collect on permit applications to determine the eligibility of applicants for permits requested in accordance with the criteria in various Federal wildlife conservation laws and international treaties, including:
(1)Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
(2)Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
(3)Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668). Service regulations implementing these statutes and treaties are in Chapter I, Subchapter B of Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). These regulations stipulate general and specific requirements that, when met, allow us to issue permits to authorize activities that are otherwise prohibited. This revised IC includes migratory bird permit applications and the reports associated with the permits. This IC includes four permit application and report forms that are currently approved under OMB Control Number 1018-0136. Once OMB takes action on this IC, we will discontinue OMB Control No. 1018-0136. • 3-200-71—Eagle Take (Disturb). • 3-200-72—Eagle Nest Take. • 3-202-15—Eagle Take Monitoring and Annual Report. • 3-202-16—Eagle Nest Take Monitoring and Reporting. In addition, we plan to add three new forms:. • FWS Form 3-200-81 (Special Purpose-Utility) will provide an application specifically tailored for utilities (e.g., power, communications) to request permits to salvage migratory birds on their property and rights-of-way. • FWS Form 3-200-82 (Eagle Transport Into and Out of the United States) will provide an application for permits under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act to transport dead eagle specimens into and out of the country temporarily for scientific or exhibition purposes, such as for museum exhibits. • FWS Form 3-202-17 (Special Purpose-Utility Annual Report) will provide a standardized annual report form for Special Purpose-Utility permits. II. Data *OMB Control Number:* 1018-0022. *Title:* Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports—Migratory Birds and Eagles, 50 CFR 10, 13, 21, and 22. *Service Form Number(s):* 3-200-6 through 3-200-18, 3-200-67, 3-200-68, 3-200-71, 3-200-72, 3-200-77, 3-200-78, 3-200-79, 3-200-81, 3-200-82, 3-202-1 through 3-202-17, 3-186, and 3-186A. *Type of Request:* Revision of a currently approved information collection. *Affected Public:* Individuals; zoological parks; museums; universities; scientists; taxidermists; businesses; and Federal, State, tribal, and local governments. *Respondent's Obligation:* Required to obtain or retain a benefit. *Frequency of Collection:* On occasion for applications; annually or on occasion for reports. *Estimated Nonhour Cost Burden:* $1,043,600 for fees associated with permit applications. Activity Number of annual respondents Number of annual responses Completion time per response Annual burden hours* 3-200-6 - Import/Export 75 75 1 hour 75 3-200-7 - Scientific Collecting 200 200 5 hours 1,000 3-200-8 - Taxidermy 700 700 2 hours 1,400 3-200-9 - Waterfowl Sale and Disposal 300 300 1.5 hours 450 3-200-10a - Special Purpose Salvage 300 300 1.5 hours 450 3-200-10b - Rehabilitation 200 200 12 hours 2,400 3-200-10c - Special Purpose Education Possession/Live 250 250 4.5 hours 1,125 3-200-10d - Special Purpose Education Possession/Dead 100 100 2.5 hours 250 3-200-10e - Special Purpose Game Bird Propagation 20 20 1.5 hours 30 3-200-10f - Special Purpose Miscellaneous 50 50 2.5 hours 125 3-200-11 - Falconry 700 700 1.25 hours 875 3-200-12 - Raptor Propagation 50 50 4 hours 200 3-200-13 - Depredation 2,720 2,720 2.9 hours** 7,888 3-200-14 - Bald and Golden Eagle Exhibition 135 135 5.5 hours 743 3-200-15a - Eagle Parts for Native American Religious Purposes - Permit Application First Order and Tribal Enrollment Certification 1,830 1,830 1 hour 1,830 3-200-15b - Eagle Parts for Native American Religious Purposes - Reorder Request 900 900 20 minutes 300 3-200-16 - Take of Depredating Eagles 30 30 3.5 hours 105 3-200-17 - Eagle Falconry 10 10 3.25 hours 33 3-200-18 - Take of Golden Eagle Nests 2 2 6.5 hours 13 3-200-67 - Special Canada Goose 5 5 7 hours 35 3-200-68 - Renewal of a Permit 4,500 4,500 1.5 hours 6,750 3-200-71 - Eagle Take 500 500 16 hours 8,000 3-200-72 - Eagle Nest Take 100 100 16 hours 1,600 3-200-71 and 72 - Permit Amendments 40 40 6 hours 240 3-200-71 and 72 - Programmatic Permit 26 26 40 hours 1,040 3-200-71 and 72 - Programmatic Permit Amendments 10 10 20 hours 200 3-200-77 - Native American Eagle Take 10 10 2.25 hours 22 3-200-78 - Native American Eagle Aviary 5 5 5 hours 25 3-200-79 - Special Purpose - Abatement Activities Using Raptors* 25 25 2.5 hours 63 3-200-81—Special Purpose—Utility 30 30 2 hours 60 3-200-82—Eagle Transport Into and Out of United States 10 10 1 hour 10 3-202-1 - Scientific Collecting Annual Report 600 600 1 hour 600 3-202-2 - Waterfowl Sale and Disposal Annual Report 1,050 1,050 30 minutes 526 3-202-3 - Special Purpose Salvage Annual Report 1,850 1,850 1 hour 1,850 3-202-4 - Rehabilitation Annual Report 1,650 1,650 3 hours 4,950 3-202-5 - Possession for Education Annual Report 1,225 1,225 1.5 hours 1,838 3-202-6 - Special Purpose Game Bird Annual Report 95 95 30 minutes 48 3-202-7 - Special Purpose Miscellaneous Annual Report 125 125 30 minutes 63 3-202-8 - Raptor Propagation Annual Report 440 440 1 hour 440 3-202-9 - Depredation Annual Report 2,550 2,550 1 hour 2,550 3-200-10 - Special State Canada Goose Annual Report 20 20 1 hour 20 3-202-11 - Eagle Depredation Annual Report 60 60 1 hour 60 3-202-12 - Special Purpose Possession (Education) Annual Report 1,225 1,225 1.5 hours 1,838 3-202-13 - Eagle Exhibition Annual Report 700 700 1 hour 700 3-202-14 - Native American Eagle Aviary Annual Report 10 10 30 minutes 5 3-202-15—Eagle Take Monitoring and Annual Report 1,120 1,120 30 hours 33,600 3-202-16—Eagle Nest Take Monitoring and Reporting 40 40 16 hours 640 3-202-17—Special Purpose-Utility Annual Report 100 100 1 hour 100 3-186 - Notice of Transfer or Sale of Migratory Waterfowl 1,050 12,900 15 minutes 3,159 3-186A - Migratory Bird Acquisition and Disposition Report 4,660 18,640 15 minutes 4,659 Totals 32,403 58,233 94,983 * Rounded ** Completion time varies from 1.5 hours for individuals to 3 hours for businesses. Average completion time is 2.9 hours. III. Request for Comments We invite comments concerning this IC on: • Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, including whether or not the information will have practical utility; • The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of information; • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and • Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: March 30, 2010 Hope Grey, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service. FR Doc. 2010-7807 Filed 4-6-10; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 4310-55-S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R3-ES-2010-N058; 30120-1113-0000 D2] Approved Recovery Plan for the Scaleshell Mussel AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of document availability. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the approved recovery plan for the scaleshell mussel ( *Leptodea leptodon* ). The endangered scaleshell mussel is now consistently found in only the Meramec, Bourbeuse, and Gasconade Rivers in Missouri. This plan includes specific recovery objectives and criteria to achieve removal of the species from the protections of the Endangered Species Act (Act). ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the recovery plan by sending a request to Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Field Office, 101 Park DeVille Drive, Suite A, Columbia, MO 65203 (printed copies will be available for distribution within 4 to 6 weeks), or by downloading it from the Internet at: *http://www.fws.gov/endangered/recovery/index.html#plans.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andy Roberts, by telephone at
(573)234-2132 ext. 110. TTY users may contact Mr. Roberts through the Federal Relay Service at
(800)877-8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Recovery of endangered or threatened animals and plants to the point where they are again secure, self-sustaining members of their ecosystems is a primary goal of the Service's endangered species program. To help guide the recovery effort, we are working to prepare recovery plans for most listed species native to the United States. Recovery plans describe actions considered necessary for the conservation of the species, establish criteria for reclassification or delisting listed species, and estimate time and cost for implementing the measures needed. The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ) requires us to develop recovery plans for listed species unless such a plan will not promote the conservation of a particular species. Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in 1988, requires us to provide the public notice, and an opportunity for public review and comment, during recovery plan development. We provided the draft scaleshell recovery plan to the public and solicited comments from August 6, 2004, through September 7, 2004 (69 FR 47949). We considered information we received during the public comment period, and information from peer reviewers, in our preparation of the recovery plan, and also summarized that information in Appendix V of this approved recovery plan. We listed the scaleshell as endangered on October 9, 2001 (66 FR 51322). The current distribution of the scaleshell is limited to only three rivers in Missouri: the Meramec, Bourbeuse, and Gasconade. Surveys indicate that the species is in decline throughout these areas. In the last 25 years, it has been reported from 15 additional streams in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and South Dakota, but only has been represented by a small number or a single specimen (live or dead) collected during one or more extensive mussel surveys of these rivers. The scaleshell occurs in medium-to-large rivers with low-to-medium gradients. It primarily inhabits stable riffles and runs with gravel or mud substrate and moderate current velocity. The scaleshell requires good water quality, and is usually found where a diversity of other mussel species are concentrated. More specific habitat requirements of the scaleshell are unknown, particularly of the juvenile stage. Water quality degradation, sedimentation, channel destabilization, and habitat destruction are contributing to the decline of the scaleshell throughout its range. The spread of the nonnative zebra mussel ( *Dreissena polymorpha* ) may threaten scaleshell populations in the near future. The scaleshell must complete a parasitic phase on freshwater drum ( *Aplodinotus grunniens* ) to complete its life cycle. The scaleshell's complex life cycle and extreme rarity hinders its ability to reproduce. The sedentary nature of the species and the low density of remaining populations exacerbate threats to its survival posed by the natural and manmade factors. Further, the relatively short life span of the scaleshell may render it less able to tolerate periods of poor recruitment. The remaining populations are very susceptible to local extirpation, with little chance of recolonization because of their scattered and isolated distribution. The principal recovery strategy is to conserve existing habitat and restore degraded habitat by addressing threats immediately adjacent to occupied sites and in upstream areas of occupied watersheds. Stream reaches occupied by the scaleshell have numerous and widespread threats affecting the species. In some cases, these threats are related to the surrounding land use and can originate upstream of extant populations. Therefore, some recovery actions may need to be implemented on a large scale in order to restore aquatic habitat downstream. Other recovery actions include artificial propagation to increase and stabilize populations, and research on the biology, ecology, and genetics of the species. Recovery efforts on this scale will not be possible without soliciting outside help to restore aquatic habitat and improve surface lands. The assistance of Federal and State agencies, conservation groups, local governments, private landowners, industries, businesses, and farming communities will be essential in implementing the necessary recovery actions for the scaleshell to meet recovery goals. The role of private landowners, nonprofit organizations, and corporations cannot be overemphasized, as most land in watersheds occupied by the scaleshell is under private ownership. The scaleshell mussel will be considered for delisting when section 4(a)(1) threat factors under the Act are assessed and when the following criteria are met:
(1)Through protection of existing populations, successful establishment of reintroduced populations, or the discovery of additional populations, a total of eight stream populations exist, each in a separate watershed and each made up of at least four local and geographically distinct populations with, at a minimum, one stream population located in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, four in the Middle Mississippi River Basin (two of these must exist east of the Mississippi River), and three in the Lower Mississippi River Basin;
(2)Each local population in Criterion 1 is viable in terms of population size, age structure, recruitment, and persistence; and
(3)Threats to local populations in Criterion 1 have been identified and addressed per measurable criteria developed in the Recovery Plan. We will achieve these criteria through the following actions:
(1)Stabilizing existing populations through artificial propagation to prevent extirpation;
(2)Formation of partnerships and utilization of existing programs to protect remaining populations, restore habitat, and improve surface lands;
(3)Improving understanding of the biology and ecology of the scaleshell;
(4)Further delineating the current status and distribution of the scaleshell;
(5)Restoring degraded habitat in areas of historical range;
(6)Reintroducing the scaleshell into portions of its former range;
(7)Initiating various educational and public outreach actions to heighten awareness of the scaleshell as an endangered species and to solicit help with recovery actions; and
(8)Tracking recovery and conducting periodic evaluations with respect to recovery criteria. Criteria are also provided in the recovery plan to reclassify the scaleshell mussel to threatened status. The species will be considered for reclassification when section 4(a)(1) threat factors under the Act are assessed and when either of the following criteria is met:
(1)Through protection of existing populations, successful establishment of reintroduced populations, or the discovery of additional populations, four stream populations exist, each in a separate watershed and each made up of at least four local populations located in distinct portions of the stream;
(2)Each local population in Criterion 1 is viable in terms of population size, age structure, recruitment, and persistence; and
(3)Threats to local populations in Criterion 1 have been identified and addressed per the measurable criteria developed in the Recovery Plan. Authority: Sec. 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f). Dated: March 18, 2010. Lynn M. Lewis, Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Midwest Region. [FR Doc. 2010-7849 Filed 4-6-10; 8:45 am]
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