[Federal Register: May 23, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 98)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 18, 2005.
    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, 
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 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) 720-8958.
    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

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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 Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products from 
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0144.
    Summary of Collection: Veterinary Services, a division within 
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is 
responsible for administering regulations intended to prevent the 
introduction of animal diseases, such as exotic Newcastle disease into 
the United States. APHIS currently has regulations in place that 
restrict the importation of poultry meat and other poultry products 
from Mexico due to the presence of exotic Newcastle disease in the 
country. However, APHIS does allow the importation of poultry meat and 
poultry products from the Mexican States of Sinaloa and Sonora because 
APHIS has determined that poultry meat and products from these two 
Mexican States pose a negligible risk of introducing exotic Newcastle 
disease into the United States. To ensure that these items are safe for 
importation, APHIS requires that certain data appear on the foreign 
meat inspection certificate that accompanies the poultry meat and other 
poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora to the United States. APHIS 
also requires that serial numbered seals be applied to containers 
carrying the poultry meat and other poultry products.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
certify that the poultry meat or other poultry products were (1) 
derived from poultry born and raised in commercial breeding 
establishments in Sinaloa and Sonora; (2) derived from poultry that 
were slaughtered in Sinaloa or Sonora in a Federally-inspected 
slaughter plant approved to export these commodities to the united 
States in accordance with Food Safety & Inspection regulations; (3) 
processed at a Federally inspected processing plant in Sinaloa or 
Sonora; and (4) kept out of contact with poultry from any other State 
within Mexico. APHIS will also collect information to ensure that the 
poultry meat or poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora pose the most 
negligible risk possible for introducing exotic Newcastle disease into 
the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; 
Individuals or households; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal 
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 40.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-10207 Filed 5-20-05; 8:45 am]

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