[Federal Register: April 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 73)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-024-1]
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 credit account approval for reimbursable
services.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June
14, 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. 04-024-1, 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. 04-024-1.
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. 04-024-1'' 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 regarding credit
account approval for reimbursable services, contact Mrs. Kris Caraher,
User Fees Section Head, FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 54,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1232; (301) 734-5743. 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: Credit Account Approval for Reimbursable Services.
OMB Number: 0579-0055.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The services of a Federal inspector to clear imported and
exported agricultural commodities for animal and plant health purposes
are paid for by user fees during regular working hours. If an importer
wishes to have shipments cleared at other hours, such services will
usually be provided on a reimbursable overtime basis, unless already
covered by a user fee. Exporters wishing cargo to be certified during
nonworking hours may also utilize this procedure.
Many importers and exporters who require inspection services are
repeat customers who request that we bill them. We need to collect
certain information to conduct a credit check on prospective applicants
to ensure creditworthiness prior to extending credit services and to
prepare billings. Also, the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 3332), requires that agencies collect tax
identification numbers from all persons doing business with the
Government for purposes of collecting delinquent debts. APHIS Form 192
is used to collect this information and must be completed before credit
is extended.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this information collection for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning this information collection
activity. These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the information collection is necessary for
the proper performance of our agency's functions, 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 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 0.25 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers, exporters, or brokers who wish to set up an
account for billing of inspection services provided during nonworking
hours.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 256.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 256.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 64 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 9th day of April 2004.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-8559 Filed 4-14-04; 8:45 am]
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