[Federal Register: November 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 215)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0163]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Untreated Oranges, Tangerines, and Grapefruit From Mexico
Transiting the United States to Foreign Countries
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 untreated oranges,
tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico transiting the United States to
foreign countries.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
January 8, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://regulations.gov,
select ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'' from the agency
drop-down menu, then click ``Submit.'' In the Docket ID column, select
APHIS-2006-0163 to submit or view public comments and to
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view supporting and related materials available electronically.
Information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for
accessing documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket after
the close of the comment period, is available through the site's ``User
Tips'' link.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-
2006-0163, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-
03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2006-0163.
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: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding regulations
for untreated oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico
transiting the United States to foreign countries, contact Mr. Dave
Hanken, Senior Staff Officer, Quarantine Policy, Analysis, and Support,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301)
734-5395. 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: Untreated Oranges, Tangerines, and
Grapefruit from Mexico Transiting the United States to Foreign
Countries.
OMB Number: 0579-0303.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: As authorized by the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701
et seq.) (PPA), the Secretary of Agriculture may prohibit or restrict
the importation, entry, exportation, or movement in interstate commerce
of any plant, plant product, biological control organism, noxious weed,
means of conveyance, or other article if the Secretary determines that
the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent a plant pest or
noxious weed from being introduced into or disseminated within the
United States. This authority has been delegated to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which administers regulations
to implement the PPA.
The plant quarantine safeguard regulations in 7 CFR part 352 allow
certain products or articles that are classified as prohibited or
restricted products or articles under other regulations in title 7 to
be moved through the United States under certain conditions. Such
articles include fruits and vegetables that are moved into the United
States for: (1) A temporary stay where unloading or landing is not
intended, (2) unloading or landing for transshipment and exportation,
(3) unloading or landing for transportation and exportation, or (4)
unloading and entry at a port other than the port of first arrival.
The regulations in Sec. 352.30 address the movement of untreated
oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico into or through the
United States in transit to foreign countries. These regulations
require the trucking industry and shippers to obtain permits from APHIS
that allow the untreated fruit to transit the United States.
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 0.5 hours per response.
Respondents: Trucking industry; shippers.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 400.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 400.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 200 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 1st day of November 2006.
W. Ron DeHaven,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E6-18737 Filed 11-6-06; 8:45 am]
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