[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60065-60066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24351]
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 29, 2010 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0093]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Lacey Act Declaration Requirement; Plants and Plant
Products
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 required by the Lacey Act for the importation of certain
plants and plant products.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 29, 2010.
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-2010-0093) to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send one copy of
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0093, 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-2010-0093.
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 on the Lacey Act
declaration requirement, contact Mr. Craig Fedchock, Director,
International Development, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 131,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-3779. 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: Lacey Act Declaration Requirement; Plants and Plant
Products.
OMB Number: 0579-0349.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Food, Conversation, and Energy Act of 2008, effective
May 22, 2008, amended the Lacey Act (the Act) by expanding its
protection to a broader range of plants and plant products (Section
8204, Prevention of Illegal Logging Practices). The Lacey Act, as
amended, makes it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, receive,
acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce any plant, with
some limited exceptions, taken, possessed, transported or sold in
violation of the laws of the United States, a State, an Indian tribe,
or any foreign law that protects plants. The 2008 amendment to the Act
also makes it unlawful to make or submit any false record, account or
label for, or any false identification of, any plant covered by the
Act.
In addition, section 3 of the Act makes it unlawful to import
certain plants and plant products without an import declaration. The
declaration must contain, among other things, the scientific name of
the plant, value of the importation, quantity of the plant, and name of
the country from which the plant was harvested. For paper and
paperboard products with recycled plant content, the importer will not
be required to specify the species or country of harvest with respect
to the recycled plant product component, but will be required to
provide the average percentage of recycled content. If the product also
contains non-recycled plant materials, the basic declaration
requirements still apply to that component of the product imported. PPQ
Form 505 (Plant and Plant Product Declaration Form) is available at
(http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/lacey_act/downloads/declarationform.pdf).
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
information collection, 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 information collection 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 8 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers of certain plants and plant products.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 81,928.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 20.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,638,560.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 13,108,480 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.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 23\rd\ day of September 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-24351 Filed 9-28-10; 12:01 pm]
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