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that permits statements to be made
under penalty of perjury as a substitute
for notarization. In addition, your
request should:
(1) Explain why you believe HUD
would have information on you.
(2) Identify which HUD office you
believe has the records about you.
(3) Specify when you believe the
records would have been created.
(4) Provide any other information that
will help the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) staff determine which HUD
office may have responsive records.
If you are seeking records pertaining
to another living individual, you must
obtain a statement from that individual
certifying their agreement for you to
access their records. Without the above
information, the HUD FOIA Office may
not be able to conduct an effective
search, and your request may be denied
due to lack of specificity or lack of
compliance with applicable regulations.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Department’s rules for contesting
contents of records and appealing initial
denials appear in 24 CFR part 16,
Procedures for Inquiries. Additional
assistance may be obtained by
contacting Helen Goff Foster, Chief
Privacy Officer/Senior Agency Official
for Privacy, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
Room 10139, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone number (202) 402–6836, or
the HUD Departmental Privacy Appeals
Officers, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Records in the system are obtained
from the applications for Multifamily
Housing Projects; (HUD 9213) and other
required HUD forms, drawings and
narratives (lender’s submission package)
submitted to the HUD office.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE ACT:

None.
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Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Captive Wildlife
Safety Act
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ACTION:

Notice; request for comments.

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Service) have sent an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
OMB for review and approval. We
summarize the ICR below and describe
the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This
information collection is scheduled to
expire on August 31, 2016. 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.
However, under OMB regulations, we
may continue to conduct or sponsor this
information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before September 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov (email).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0129’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone). You may review the ICR
online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to review Department of
the Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1018–0129.
Title: Captive Wildlife Safety Act, 50
CFR 14.250–14.255.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Accredited wildlife sanctuaries.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Ongoing.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
750.
Estimated Number of Responses: 750.
Completion Time per Response: 1
hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 750.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: $300.
Abstract: The Captive Wildlife Safety
Act (CWSA) amends the Lacey Act by
making it illegal to import, export, buy,
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sell, transport, receive, or acquire, in
interstate or foreign commerce, live
lions, tigers, leopards, snow leopards,
clouded leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, or
cougars, or any hybrid combination of
any of these species, unless certain
exceptions are met. There are several
exemptions to the prohibitions of the
CWSA, including accredited wildlife
sanctuaries.
There is no requirement for wildlife
sanctuaries to submit applications to
qualify for the accredited wildlife
sanctuary exemption. Wildlife
sanctuaries themselves will determine if
they qualify. To qualify, they must meet
all of the following criteria:
• Obtain approval by the United
States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as
a corporation that is exempt from
taxation under section 501(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is
described in sections 501(c)(3) and
170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of that code.
• Do not engage in commercial trade
in the prohibited wildlife species,
including offspring, parts, and products.
• Do not propagate the prohibited
wildlife species.
• Have no direct contact between the
public and the prohibited wildlife
species.
The basis for this information
collection is the recordkeeping
requirement that we place on accredited
wildlife sanctuaries. We require
accredited wildlife sanctuaries to
maintain complete and accurate records
of any possession, transportation,
acquisition, disposition, importation, or
exportation of the prohibited wildlife
species as defined in the CWSA (50 CFR
14, subpart K). Records must be up to
date and include: (1) Names and
addresses of persons to or from whom
any prohibited wildlife species has been
acquired, imported, exported,
purchased, sold, or otherwise
transferred; and (2) dates of these
transactions. Accredited wildlife
sanctuaries must:
• Maintain these records for 5 years.
• Make these records accessible to
Service officials for inspection at
reasonable hours.
• Copy these records for Service
officials, if requested.
Comments Received and Our Responses
On April 6, 2016, we published in the
Federal Register (81 FR 19990) a notice
of our intent to request that OMB renew
approval for this information collection.
In that notice, we solicited comments
for 60 days, ending on June 6, 2016. We
received the following comments in
response to that notice.
Comment: One comment suggested
that the recordkeeping requirement

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should be expanded to other exempted
entities under the CWSA, including
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) licensed facilities and
State-licensed wildlife rehabilitators.
Response: The Service does not have
the authority to establish a
recordkeeping requirement on the other
entities exempted under the CWSA. The
accredited wildlife sanctuary was the
only exemption that was specifically
defined in the CWSA, and as such, was
the only exemption that lent itself to a
recordkeeping requirement.
Comment: One comment suggested
that appropriate records should be made
available to the Service on an annual
basis.
Response: The Service feels that the
submission of records only on an as
needed basis is adequate to substantiate
that a particular wildlife sanctuary
qualifies as accredited under the CWSA.
The submission of records on an annual
basis would require an application or
other mechanism to receive and
evaluate those records. In the
development of the regulations to
implement the CWSA, we considered
options for developing some type of
formal accreditation mechanism for
wildlife sanctuaries, but concluded that
because of a lack of available staff and
resources to manage the submission of
records on an annual basis, such a step
was not practical.
Comment: One comment suggested
that records should be made available to
the public through an on-line database
or through Freedom of Information Act
requests.
Response: The Service feels that the
requirements in the final rule to
implement the CWSA by requiring
wildlife sanctuaries to submit records
on an as needed basis is adequate to
substantiate that a particular wildlife
sanctuary qualifies as accredited under
the CWSA. We considered options for
developing some type of formal
electronic on-line database for wildlife
sanctuaries, but concluded that because
of a lack of available resources and staff
to adequately implement such a
mechanism, such a step was not
practical. Any records the Service
possesses could be made available to the
public subject to the provisions of the
Privacy Act.
Comment: One comment suggested
that the Service incorporate an
electronic recordkeeping system for
wildlife sanctuaries that could be
accessed and used by other Federal,
State, or local agencies, and in
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obtained under the CWSA with that
maintained by APHIS under the Animal
Welfare Act to ensure compliance.
Response: We considered options for
developing some type of formal
electronic accreditation mechanism for
wildlife sanctuaries that could be
accessed by other agencies, but
concluded that, because of a lack of
available resources and staff to
adequately implement such a
mechanism, such a step was not
practical.
Comment: One comment suggested
that records maintained by an
accredited wildlife sanctuary must
identify specific prohibited species and
include the date of birth, age, and date
of death of the specimen, and that
specimens ‘‘otherwise transferred,’’ as
stated in the requirements, should
include specific information on the
disposition of the specimen remains.
Response: The Service feels that the
requirements, as written, are sufficient
to confirm the acquisition or disposition
of specimens.
Comment: One comment suggested
that an electronic recordkeeping system
for wildlife sanctuaries could alleviate
the time required to maintain records.
Response: We considered options for
developing some type of formal
electronic accreditation mechanism for
wildlife sanctuaries, but concluded that,
because of a lack of available resources
and staff to adequately implement such
a mechanism, such a step was not
practical.
Comment: One comment suggested
that maintaining records by an
accredited wildlife sanctuary should not
be considered a ‘‘burden.’’
Response: We used the term ’’burden’’
in our Federal Register notice simply
because ‘‘burden’’ is the term typically
used to measure the impact of an
information collection.
Comment: One comment suggested
that records maintained by an
accredited wildlife sanctuary must be
updated within 30 days.
Response: The Service feels that the
submission of records only on an as
needed basis is adequate to substantiate
that a particular wildlife sanctuary
qualifies as accredited under the CWSA.
Updating records within 30 days would
require an application or other
mechanism to receive and evaluate
those records. In the development of the
regulations to implement the CWSA, we
considered options for developing some
type of formal accreditation mechanism
for wildlife sanctuaries, but concluded
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of records on an annual basis, such a
step was not practical
Comment: One comment suggested
that records maintained by an
accredited wildlife sanctuary should be
maintained for 7 years.
Response: Under 50 CFR 14.254, we
require that accredited wildlife
sanctuaries maintain complete and
accurate records of any possession,
transportation, acquisition, disposition,
importation, or exportation of the
prohibited wildlife species for 5 years.
This time period is consistent with the
records requirements contained in our
general permit procedures in 50 CFR
13.46. Since wildlife sanctuaries may
have applied for and been issued
permits under the general permit
procedures, we believe it would be in
the public interest that the records
maintenance requirements of this
information collection be consistent
with those in the general permit
procedures.
Request for Public Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection 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. Before including your
address, phone number, email 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: August 16, 2016.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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