[Federal Register: September 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 185)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0104]
Notice of Request for Revision and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Animal Welfare
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision and 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 a revision and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with Animal Welfare Act regulations
for the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of certain
animals by dealers, research facilities, exhibitors, carriers, and
intermediate handlers.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 24, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2008-0104 to submit or view comments and
to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send two copies of
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0104, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to
Docket No. APHIS-2008-0104.
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,
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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 on the Animal Welfare
Act regulations, 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) 851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Animal Welfare.
OMB Number: 0579-0093.
Type of Request: Revision and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: The regulations in 9 CFR parts 1 through 3 were
promulgated under the Animal Welfare Act (the Act) (7 U.S.C. 2131 et
seq.) to ensure the humane handling, care, treatment, and
transportation of animals covered under the Act. The Act and
regulations are enforced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 3, subparts A, D, and E, cover dogs
and cats, nonhuman primates, and marine mammals, respectively. Subparts
B and C cover rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters. Subpart F of 9 CFR
part 3 covers warmblooded animals other than dogs, cats, nonhuman
primates, marine mammals, rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters. Regulated
facilities are required to keep certain records and provide specific
information regarding health and feeding, housing, space,
transportation, exercise, perimeter fencing, marine mammal interactive
programs, and programs of veterinary care. We review this information
to evaluate program compliance.
This notice includes information collection requirements currently
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under control
numbers 0579-0092, ``Animal Welfare; Guinea Pigs, Hamsters, and
Rabbits'' (transportation in commerce), and 0579-0093, ``Animal
Welfare.'' These information collections do not mandate the use of any
official Government form. After OMB approves and combines the burden
for both collections under a single collection (0579-0093), the
Department will retire number 0579-0092.
We are asking 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 0.302547 hours per response.
Respondents: Dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, carriers,
and intermediate handlers.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 11,687.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 13.477881.
Estimated annual number of responses: 157,516.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 47,656 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 17th day of September 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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