[Federal Register: August 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 160)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 13, 2008.
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,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
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 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 and 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 program 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 (END) 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; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 40.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Poultry and Pork Products Transiting the United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0145.
Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) and the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is
responsible for controlling and eliminating domestic animal diseases
such as brucellosis and scrapie, as well as preventing the introduction
of exotic animal diseases such as hog cholera, exotic Newcastle disease
(END) and other foreign diseases. Disease prevention is the most
effective method for maintaining a healthy animal population and
enhancing the United States' ability to compete in exporting animals
and animal products. The regulations under which APHIS conducts disease
prevention activities are contained in title 9, chapter D, parts 91
through 99 of the Code of Federal Regulations. APHIS has determined
that fresh pork and pork products, as well as poultry carcasses, parts
and products from Mexican States can transit the United States with
minimal risk of introducing hog cholera or END. Allowing fresh pork and
pork products as well as poultry carcasses, parts, and products from
certain Mexican States to transit the United States necessitates the
use of several information collection activities, which include the
completion of an import permit application, the placement of serial
numbered seals on product containers, and the forwarding of a written,
pre-arrival notification to APHIS port personnel.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to
ensure that fresh pork and pork products, as well as poultry carcasses,
parts, and products transiting the United States from Mexico pose a
negligible risk of introducing hog cholera and END into the United
States. APHIS will also collect the name, address of the exporter, the
origin and destination points of entry, the date of transportation, the
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shipment, the time and date the items are expected to arrive at the
port, how long the items are expected to be in the United States, the
permit number of the shipment, and the serial numbers of the seals on
the shipment containers. If the information is not collected, it would
make disease incursion event much more likely, with potentially
devastating affects on the U.S. swine and poultry industries.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; farm;
individual or households; not-for-profit institutions; Federal
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 22.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 279.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Foot-and-Mouth Disease; Prohibition on Importation of Farm
Equipment.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0195.
Summary of Collection: Regulations contained in 9 CFR parts 92
through 98 prohibits the importation of used farm equipment into the
United States from regions in which foot-and-mouth disease or
rinderpest exist, 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. Disease prevention is the most effective
method for maintaining a healthy animal population and enhancing the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ability to compete
in exporting animals and animal products.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
through the use of a certification statement in which the exporter
states that the cleaning of the equipment has been done. This is
necessary to help prevent the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease
into the United States. If the information were not collected APHIS
would be forced to discontinue the importation of any used farm
equipment from FMD regions, a development that could have a damaging
financial impact on exporters and importers of this equipment.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,000.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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