Federal Register #2026-19969

Fish and Wildlife Service invasive-species rapid-response information collection

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on information collection for its invasive-species rapid-response program. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; no office is specified. - Opportunity type: Proposed information collection, not a purchase of products or contracted services. - Program scope: Supports rapid response to nationally significant invasive-species incidents across jurisdictions, excluding pathogens. - Forms and estimated annual activity: - Form 3-200-93, Application for Incident Assistance: 20 responses per year; 8 hours per response, or 160 annual burden hours. - Form 3-202-58, Response Monitoring Report: 4 responses per year; 60 hours per response, or 240 annual burden hours. - Total: 24 annual responses and 400 annual burden hours; respondents are expected to include state, local, and Tribal governments. - Information collected: Incident, species, location, response-plan, compliance, participant, action, timeline, outcome, and post-response monitoring details. - OEMs and vendors: None identified. No products, hardware, or procurement line items are requested.

Description

The Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the comment period for a proposed new information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The collection supports the Interjurisdictional Invasive Species Rapid Response Team Program, which is intended to build capacity for rapid responses to nationally significant invasive species incidents across jurisdictions. Proposed forms collect applications for incident assistance and reports on response monitoring, including incident details, response actions, and outcomes. Comments are due November 30, 2026.

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