[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26812]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
October 19, 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: Importation of Clementines, Mandarins, and Tangerines From
Chile.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0242.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control,
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States
or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United States. The
regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56 through
319.56-8) prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and vegetables
into the United States from certain parts of the world, to prevent the
introduction and dissemination of plant pests, including fruit flies.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the
fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation, under
certain conditions, of clementines, mandarins, and tangerines from
Chile into the United States.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that some plants or
plant products are accompanied by a phytosanitary inspection
certificate that is completed by plant health officials in the
originating or transiting country. APHIS will use the information on
this certificate to determine the pest condition of the shipment at the
time of inspection in the foreign country. This information is used as
a guide to the intensity of the inspection that APHIS must conduct when
the shipment arrives. Without the information, all shipments would need
to be inspected very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more
time; this would slow the clearance of international shipments.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 44.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 162.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Animal Disease Traceability: Tribal Nations Using Systems
for Location Notification.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0327.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 8301-8317) is the primary Federal law governing the protection
of animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad
authority to detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of
livestock or poultry. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
(APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) safeguards U.S. animal health through
a variety of activities including disease control. One important part
of disease control is animal disease traceability. Animal disease
traceability means being able to document the movement history of an
animal throughout its life. To help trace animals, APHIS has made
several systems available to States and Tribes for managing the
issuance of unique location identification numbers including the
Standardized Premises Registration System and a Tribal Premises
Registration System. States and Tribes can elect whether to use one of
the APHIS's systems. Tribes can designate which premises registration
system they would like to use, if any, by completing VS 1-63, Tribal
Location Identification System Implementation Request.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the information
provided on VS 1-63 to contact the respondents and help them use the
premises registration system they selected. The information also helps
ensure that when multiple parties claim to represent Tribes in managing
location identification information, USDA only deals with those
entities the Tribe has officially recognized. If this information was
not collected, APHIS' ability to address traceability needs specified
to Tribes would be significantly hampered.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 25.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 31.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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