[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31033]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 29, 2011.
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 Tomatoes From Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0345.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant and Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out
operation or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent,
or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States not known
to be widely distributed throughout the United States. Currently, the
regulations in 319.56-28(c) authorized the importation of pink tomatoes
from the provinces of El Jadida and Safi in Morocco, and the province
of Dahkla in Western Sahara into the United States subject to a systems
approach. This approach requires pest-free growing structures, growth
in specified regions, shipping date restrictions, packinghouse
safeguards, and the export of only pink tomatoes.
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) will use the following information activity
to allow for the importation of commercial consignments of tomatoes
from the Souss-Massa-Draa region of Morocco into the United States
while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of
quarantine pests: Phytosanitary Certificate (foreign) with Declaration,
Records of Trap Placement and Medfly Captures, Inspection of Traps, and
Labeling Identifying Production Site. If this information is not
collected, APHIS' ability to protect the United States from exotic
insect pests would be severely compromised.
Description of Respondents: Foreign Government, Business or other
for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 391.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Eggplant From Israel.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0350.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant and Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out
operation or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent,
or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States not known
to be widely distributed throughout the United States. The Israeli
National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) has requested that the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amend the
regulations to allow fresh eggplant (Solanum Melongena L.) to be
imported from Israel into the continental United States. APHIS' fruits
and vegetables regulations allow the importation of commercial
shipments of fresh eggplant from Israel. As a condition of entry, the
eggplant must be grown under a system approach that would include
requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly
trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest-excluding
packinghouse procedures.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following
information activities to allow for the importation of commercial
consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel into the United States while
continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine
pests: Phytosanitary Certificate (foreign) Trapping Records; Inspection
of Pest-Exclusionary Structures by Israel NPPO's, and Labeling of
Boxes. Failure to collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability
to ensure that eggplant from Israel is not carrying plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Foreign Government, Business or other
for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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