[Federal Register: October 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 193)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 03-078-1]
Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products; Standard
Requirements for Bovine Virus Diarrhea and Bovine Rhinotracheitis
Vaccines
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an information collection; comment
request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request an extension of approval of an information
collection in support of regulations for the interstate movement of
plants and plant products from the District of Columbia.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
December 5, 2003.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery
or by e-mail. If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please send
four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to: Docket
No. 03-078-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. 03-078-1. If you use e-mail, address your comment to regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your comment must
be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files.
Please include your name and address in your message and ``Docket No.
03-078-1'' on the subject line.
You may read any comments that we receive on this docket in our
reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 of the USDA
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
APHIS documents published in the Federal Register, and related
information, including the names of organizations and individuals who
have commented on APHIS dockets, are available on the Internet at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the
regulations for the interstate movement of plants and plant products
from the District of Columbia, contact Mr. Jonathan Jones, Staff
Officer, Pest Detection Management Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 134, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-5038. For copies of more
detailed information on the information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
734-7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: District of Columbia Plant Health Certificate.
OMB Number: 0579-0166.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701-7772), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for
facilitating the interstate movement of agricultural products and
commodities in ways that will reduce the risk of disseminating plant
pests and noxious weeds.
The regulations in 7 CFR part 302, ``District of Columbia; Movement
of Plants and Plant Products,'' set out procedures for the inspection
and certification of plants and plant products moving interstate from
the District of Columbia. The regulations provide that, whenever
inspection and documentation of plants or plant products are required
by Federal or State laws or regulations prior to the interstate
movement of those plants or plant products, APHIS will provide those
services. APHIS, rather than the District of Columbia, provides those
services because the District of Columbia, unlike most States, has no
official plant protection service. The form APHIS uses to certify the
plant pest status of plants or plant products to be moved interstate
from the District of Columbia is the District of Columbia Plant Health
Certificate.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this form for an additional 3 years in connection with our
program to prevent the interstate spread of plant pests, diseases, and
noxious weeds in the United States.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated,
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 0.2 hours per response.
Respondents: Shippers, growers of plants and plant materials.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 4.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 50.
Estimated annual number of responses: 200.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 40 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of September 2003.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 03-25253 Filed 10-3-03; 8:45 am]
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