[Federal Register: April 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 72)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 05-019-1]
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 for the humane handling, care,
treatment, and transportation of marine mammals under the Animal
Welfare Act.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June
14, 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. 05-019-1,
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. 05-019-1.
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 concerning the Animal
Welfare Act regulations and standards for marine mammals, contact Dr.
Barbara Kohn, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Animal Care, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-7833. 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: Animal Welfare, 9 CFR Part 3, Marine Mammals.
OMB Number: 0579-0115.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal Welfare Act standards and regulations have
been promulgated to promote and ensure the humane handling, care,
treatment, and transportation of regulated animals. The regulations in
9 CFR part 3, subpart E, cover marine mammals.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 3, subpart E, require facilities to
complete a number of information collection activities, such as written
protocols for cleaning, contingency plans, daily records of animal
feeding, water quality records, documentation of facility-based
employee training, plans for any animals kept in isolation, medical
records, a description of the interactive program, and health
certificates for transportation of marine mammals. These information
collection activities do not mandate the use of any official government
forms. APHIS needs this information to ensure compliance with the
regulations intended to ensure the humane care and treatment of marine
mammals.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities 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
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information is estimated to average 0.1698175 hours per response.
Respondents: Employees or attendants of USDA licensed/registered
marine mammal facilities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 2,197.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 24.847.
Estimated annual number of responses: 54,588.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 9,270 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 12th day of April 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05-7584 Filed 4-14-05; 8:45 am]
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