[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22281-22282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8959]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 72 / Friday, April 13, 2012 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
April 10, 2012.
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), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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: Requirements for Request to Amend 7 CFR Part 319 Import
Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0261.
Summary of Collection: As authorized by the Plant Protection Act
(PPA) (7 U.S.C. 7701-et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture may
prohibit or restrict the importation, entry, exportation, or movement
in interstate commerce of any plant, plant product, biological control
organism, noxious weed, means of conveyance, or other article if the
Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary
to prevent a plant pest or noxious weed from being introduced or
disseminated within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has established regulations governing the
submission of requests for changes in its regulations that restrict the
importation of plants, plant parts, and products.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect required
information to properly consider requests and help to ensure that the
information required to prepare a risk analysis and/or other analyses
that evaluate the risks and other effects associated with a final
ruling to change a regulation. This process requires the use of
collecting information about the requestor, information about the
commodity to be imported, shipping information, a description of pests
and diseases associated with the commodity, risk mitigation or
management strategies, and additional information as determined by
APHIS to complete a pest risk analysis in accordance with international
standards.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit .
Number of Respondents: 37.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,960.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Christmas Cactus and Easter Cactus in Growing
Media from the Netherlands and Denmark.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0266.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7
U.S.C. 7701-et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
prohibit or restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and
plant pests to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States. The regulations
contained in ``Subpart-Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and
Other Plant Products,'' Sec. Sec. 319.37 through 319.37-14 contains,
among other things, prohibitions and restrictions on the importation of
plants, plant parts, and seeds for propagation. Christmas cactus and
Easter cactus established in growing media are now allowed to be
imported into the United States from the Netherlands and Denmark under
certain conditions.
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) requires a phytosanitary certificate and a
declaration stating the plants were grown in accordance with specific
conditions, an agreement between APHIS and the plant protection
services of the country where the plants are grown, and an agreement
between the foreign plant protection service and the grower. The
information is used as a guide to the intensity of the inspection that
APHIS must conduct when the shipment arrives.
Without this information, all shipments would need to be inspected
very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 120.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Peppers from the Republic of Korea.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0282.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (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.
Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of fruits
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vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world are
contained in ``Subpart Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through
319.56-47). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
amended the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation
of peppers from the Republic of Korea under certain conditions. As a
condition of entry, the peppers would have to be grown in approved
insect-proof, pest-free greenhouses and packed in pest-exclusionary
packinghouses.
Need and Use of the Information: Each shipment of pepper from the
Republic of Korea must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate of
inspection with a declaration issued by the National Plant Quarantine
Service of Korea officials stating the peppers were grown in
greenhouses in accordance with the regulations in 7 CFR 319-56-42 and
found free of certain plant pests. Failing to collect this information
would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that peppers from Korea are not
carrying plant pests and would cause millions of dollars in damage to
U.S. agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Federal Government (Foreign).
Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 3.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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