[Federal Register: November 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 218)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 5, 2004.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Comments regarding these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this
notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling
(202) 720-8681.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and Regulations in 9 CFR, Subchapter
E, Parts 101-124.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0013.
Summary of Collection: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) is responsible for ensuring that veterinary biological
products are pure, safe, potent, and effective. This program is
conducted under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) and
the regulations in 9 CFR Subchapter E, Parts 102 to 124. To fulfill its
mission of preventing the importation, preparation, sale, or shipment
of harmful veterinary biological products, the Veterinary Biologics
Division of APHIS issues licenses to qualified establishments that
produce biological products, and issues permits to importers seeking to
import such products into the United States. In order to effectively
implement the licensing, production, labeling, importation, and other
requirements, APHIS employs a number of information gathering tools
such as establishment license applications, product license
applications, product permit applications, product and test report
forms and field study summaries.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the information
collected as a primary basis for the approval or acceptance of issuing
licenses or permits to ensure veterinary biological products that are
used in the United States are pure, safe, potent, and effective. Also,
APHIS uses the information to monitor the serials for purity, safety,
potency and efficacy that are produced by licensed manufacturers prior
to their release for marketing.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 500.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 51,617.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Tomatoes from France, Morocco, Western
Sahara, Chile, and Spain.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0131.
Summary of Collection: The Department of Agriculture is responsible
for preventing plant diseases or insect pests from entering the United
States, as well as the spread of pests not widely distributed and
eradicating those imported when eradication is feasible. Regulations in
7 CFR 319.56 thru 319.56-8 prohibit or restrict the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the
world to prevent the introduction and dissemination of plant pests,
including fruit flies. These regulations allow tomatoes from Spain,
Chile, France, Morocco, and Western Sahara to be imported into the
United States (subject to certain conditions).
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect information using the
phytosanitary certificate certifying that the tomatoes were grown in
registered greenhouses in a specified area of the exporting country. If
the information is not collected, APHIS' ability to protect the United
States from exotic insect pests would be severely compromised.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit;
Individuals or households; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 34.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,704.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: BSE--Certificate of Origin.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0183.
Summary of Collection: Regulations in 9 CFR parts 93, 94, 95, and
96 govern the importation of certain animals, animal products, and
animal byproducts into the United States in order to prevent the
introduction of various animal diseases, including bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE). BSE is a progressive neurological disorder of
cattle that result from infection by an unconventional transmissible
agent.
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect the applicant's name, address,
the name and address of the individual who is exporting the material or
product, the type and amount of material or product being shipped, the
intended use of the material or product, and the origin and destination
points of the material or product being shipped using form VS-
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16-3, Import Permit Application. The information contained in the VS
form 16-3 enables APHIS to determine whether the shipment qualifies for
import into the United States. Without the information it would be
impossible for APHIS to effectively prevent BSE-contaminated animal
products from entering the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,494.
Sondra Blakey,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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