[Federal Register: March 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 48)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-142-1]
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 associated with regulations to prohibit the importation of
used farm equipment from regions affected with foot-and-mouth disease
unless the equipment has been steam-cleaned prior to export to the
United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May
13, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
EDOCKET: Go to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket to submit or
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once you have entered
EDOCKET, click on the ``View Open APHIS Dockets'' link to locate this
document.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. 04-142-1,
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. 04-142-1.
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 on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html
.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on regulations for the
export of used farm equipment to the United States from regions
affected with foot-and-mouth disease, contact Dr. Arnaldo Vaquer,
Senior Staff Veterinarian, Technical Trade Services Team, National
Center for Import and Export, VS, 4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 734-8074. 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: Importation of Used Farm Equipment
From Regions Affected With Foot-and-Mouth Disease.
OMB Number: 0579-0195.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the United States Department of Agriculture is responsible for, among
other things, regulating the importation into the United States of
certain animals, animal products, and other articles to prevent the
introduction of serious animal diseases and pests into the United
States.
These regulations are contained in 9 CFR parts 92 through 98.
In part 94, Sec. 94.1 prohibits the importation of used farm
equipment into the United States from regions in which foot-and-mouth
disease or rinderpest exists, unless the equipment has been steam-
cleaned prior to export to the United States so that it is free of
exposed dirt and other particulate matter. Such equipment must be
accompanied to the United States by an original certificate, signed by
an authorized official of the national animal health service of the
exporting region, stating that the farm equipment, after its last use
and prior to export, was steam-cleaned free of all exposed dirt and
other particulate matter.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this information collection activity 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
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 0.20 hours per response.
Respondents: Exporters of used farm equipment in FMD-affected
regions, and national animal health service officials in FMD-affected
regions.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 1,000.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 10.
Estimated annual number of responses: 10,000.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2,000 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 8th day of March 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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