[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14123-14124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6386]
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 56 / Wednesday, March 24, 2010 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
March 18, 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 & Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Phytosanitary Certificates for Imported Articles to Prevent
Introduction of Potato Brown Rot.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0221.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry or movement of plants and plant pest to
prevent the introduction of plant pest into the United States. The
regulations in 7 CFR Part 319 include a certification program for
articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. imported from countries
where the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 is known to
occur. This bacterial strain causes potato brown rot, which causes
potatoes to rot through, making them unusable and seriously affecting
potato yields.
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal Plant and Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) requires the collection of information
through a phytosanitary certificate (foreign), trust funds, and
compliance agreements. If the information is not collected, potato
fields could become infected with the strain of R. solanacearum and
this could drastically reduce or eliminate potato fields.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 27.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,022.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Fruits and Vegetables.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0316.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701 et.seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control,
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pest not known to be widely
distributed throughout the United States. The regulations contained in
Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 319 (Subpart Fruits
and Vegetables), Sections 319.56 through 319.56-48 implement the intent
of the Act by prohibiting or restricting the importation of certain
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the
world to prevent the introduction and dissemination of fruit flies and
other injurious plant pests that are new to the United States or not
widely distributed within the United States.
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect information using PPQ form 587,
``Permit Application; Phytosanitary Certificate, Inspections, Records,
Labeling and Trapping. If APHIS did not collect this information, the
effectiveness of its Import Regulations would be severely compromised,
likely resulting in the introduction of a number of destructive
agricultural pests into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,959.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 124,779.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products; Suspension,
Revocation, or Termination of Biological Licenses or Permits.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0318.
Summary of Collection: The Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (37 Stat. 832-833,
21 U.S.C. 151-159) gives the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) the authority to promulgate regulations designed to prevent the
importation, preparation, sale, or shipment of harmful veterinary
biological products. A veterinary biological product is defined as all
viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous product of natural or synthetic
origin (such as vaccines, antitoxins, or the immunizing components of
microorganisms intended for the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of
diseases in domestic animals). Under the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service's (APHIS) regulations in section 105.3(a), the
Center for Veterinary Biologics may notify a licensee or permittee to
stop the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, shipment, or importation
of any biological product if, at any time, it appears that such product
may be dangerous in the treatment of domestic animals.
Need and Use of the Information: The licensee or permittee upon
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notification from APHIS must immediately send stop distribution and
sale notifications to all persons known to have such veterinary
biologic in their possession and account for the remaining quantity of
each serial or subserial of any such veterinary biologic at each
location in the distribution channel known to the licensee or
permittee. Failing to require the information from licensees and
permittees could result in the continued use of veterinary biological
products that are ineffective or harmful to animals.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 55.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 106.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6386 Filed 3-23-10; 8:45 am]
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