[Federal Register: July 8, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 130)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-055-1]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection
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 provisions of the Animal Welfare Act
regulations related to the humane transportation of animals in
commerce.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
September 7, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. 04-055-1,
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. 04-055-1.
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. 04-055-1'' on the subject
line.
Agency Web Site: Go to http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/cominst.html
for a form you can use to submit an e-mail comment through
the APHIS Web site.
Reading Room. 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.
Other Information: You may view APHIS documents published in the
Federal Register and related information, including the names of groups
and individuals who have commented on APHIS dockets, on the Internet at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Animal Welfare
Act regulations for the humane transportation of animals in commerce by
foreign air carriers, contact Dr. Jerry DePoyster, Senior Veterinary
Medical Officer, Animal Care, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1234; (301) 734-7586. 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: Transportation of Animals on Foreign Air Carriers.
OMB Number: 0579-0247.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The regulations contained in 9 CFR chapter I, subchapter
A, part 3, provide standards for the humane handling, care, treatment,
and transportation, by regulated entities, of animals covered by the
Animal Welfare Act (AWA, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.). The regulations in
part 3 are divided into six subparts, each of which contains facility
and operating standards, animal health and husbandry standards, and
transportation standards for a specific category of animals and consist
of the following: Subpart A--dogs and cats; subpart B--guinea pigs and
hamsters; subpart C--rabbits; subpart D--nonhuman primates; subpart E--
marine mammals; and subpart F--warmblooded animals other than dogs,
cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, nonhuman primates, and marine
mammals. Transportation standards for dogs and cats are contained in
Sec. Sec. 3.13 through 3.19; for guinea pigs and hamsters, in
Sec. Sec. 3.35 through 3.41; for rabbits, in Sec. Sec. 3.60 through
3.66; for nonhuman primates, in Sec. Sec. 3.86 through 3.92; for
marine mammals, in Sec. Sec. 3.112 through 3.118; and for all other
warmblooded animals, in Sec. Sec. 3.136 through 3.142.
Foreign air carriers, as well as domestic carriers, transporting
animals covered under the AWA to or from any point within the United
States, its territories, possessions, or the District of Columbia must
comply with the transportation standards and are required to register
as a carrier with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and
keep and maintain records pertaining to animal transport. These records
may include a copy of the consignor's written guarantee of payment for
transportation for C.O.D. shipments, a shipping document, an animal
health certificate executed and issued by a licensed veterinarian, and,
if needed, an acclimation statement indicating that the animal being
transported can withstand temperatures colder or warmer than the
minimums or maximums specified in the regulations. In addition,
depending on the species, the standards may require that instructions
for the administration of drugs, medication, other special care, food,
and water, as well as other shipping documents, be attached to the
outside of the animal's primary enclosure.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities for foreign air
carriers for an additional 3 years.
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 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
information collection, 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 information collection on those who
are to respond, through use, as appropriate,
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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 0.162037 hours per response.
Respondents: Foreign air carriers transporting animals covered
under the Animal Welfare Act.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 20.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 54.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,080.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 175 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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of July 2004.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-15493 Filed 7-7-04; 8:45 am]
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