[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31412-31413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13330]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
May 28, 2010.
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), [email protected] 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: Imported Seed and Screening.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0124.
Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests
from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported
pests when eradication is feasible. The Plant Quarantine Act and the
Federal Plant Pest Act authorizes the Department to carry out this
mission. Under the authority of the Federal Seed Act of 1939, as
amended, the USDA regulates the importation and interstate movement of
certain agricultural and vegetable seeds. The Plant Protection &
Quarantine Division of USDA's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) has established a seed analysis program with Canada that allows
U.S. companies that import seed for cleaning or processing to enter
into compliance agreements with APHIS. This program eliminates the need
for sampling shipments of Canadian-origin seed at the border, and
allows certain seed importers to clean seed without the direct
supervision of an APHIS inspector. APHIS will collect information using
forms PPQ 925, Seed Analysis Certificate and PPQ 519, Compliance
Agreement.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
from PPQ 925 and PPQ 519 to ensure that imported seeds do not pose a
health threat to U.S. agriculture. If the information were not
collected there would be no way of preventing noxious weeds from
entering the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,168.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 9,588.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0160.
Summary of Collection: Sections 901-905 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901) authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to issue guidelines for regulating the
commercial transportation of horses to slaughter by persons regularly
engaged in that activity within the United States. To fulfill this
responsibility, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
established regulations in title 9, part 88 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. The minimum standards cover among other things the food,
water, and rest provided to these horses while they are in transit; and
to review other related issues that may be appropriate to ensuring that
these animals are treated humanely. Implementing these regulations
entails the use of information collection activities such as providing
business information, completing an owner-shipper certificate and
continuation sheet, and maintaining records of the owner/shipper
certificate and continuation sheet.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect the following
information: (1) Shipper's name and address and the owner's name and
address; (2) description of the transporting vehicle, including the
license plate number; (3) a description of the horse's physical
characteristics, including its sex, coloring, distinguishing marks,
permanent brands, electronic means of identification, or other
characteristics that can be used to accurately identify the horse; (4)
the number of the USDA back tag that has been applied to the horse for
identification purposes; (5) a statement of the animal's fitness to
travel, which must indicate that the horse is able to bear weight on
all four limbs, is able to walk unassisted, is not blind in both eyes,
is older than 6 months of age, and is not likely to give birth during
the trip; (6) a description of anything unusual with regard to the
physical condition of the horse, such as a wound or blindness in one
eye, and any special handling needs; (7) the date, time, and place the
horse was loaded on the conveyance; and (8) a statement that the horse
was provided access to food, water, and rest prior to transport. This
information is helpful in those instances in which APHIS must conduct a
trace back investigation of any possibly stolen horses or because of
disease.
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Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4,203.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-13330 Filed 6-2-10; 8:45 am]
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