[Federal Register: March 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 54)]
[Notices]
[Page 14436-14437]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-141-1]
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 pork and poultry products
from Mexico transiting the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May
23, 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. 04-141-1,
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. 04-141-1.
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
pork and poultry products transiting the United States, contact Dr.
Christopher Robinson, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Technical Trade
Services Team, National Center for Import and Export, VS, 4700 River
Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-7837. 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: Pork and Poultry Products From Mexico Transiting the United
States.
OMB Number: 0579-0145.
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 and animal products to prevent the introduction of
serious pests and diseases of livestock into the United States.
The regulations for the importation of animals and animal products
are contained in 9 CFR parts 92 through 98.
The regulations in 9 CFR 94.15 allow fresh (chilled or frozen) pork
and pork products and poultry carcasses, parts, and products (except
eggs and egg products) that are not eligible to enter into the United
States to transit the United States from specified States in Mexico,
via land ports, for export to another country.
The regulations set out conditions for the transit movements that
protect against the introduction of classical swine fever or exotic
Newcastle disease into the United States.
These conditions involve the use of several information collection
activities, including the completion of an import permit application,
the placement of serially numbered seals on product containers, and the
forwarding of a pre-arrival notification to U.S. port personnel.
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 information is estimated to average 0.8 hours per response.
Respondents: Exporters in Mexico and full-time, salaried
veterinarians employed by Mexico's Federal animal health protection
service.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 75.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 10.
Estimated annual number of responses: 750.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 600 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 16th day of March 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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