[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33388-33389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13758]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0036]
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
August 6, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0036-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2012-0036, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-
0036 or in our reading room, which 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) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on special need
requests under the Plant Protection Act, contact Mr. George Balady,
Agriculturist, QPAS, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851-2240. 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 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 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.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities 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
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
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(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information 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 0.476953 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers of certain plants and plant products.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 20,352.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 21.
Estimated annual number of responses: 427,392.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 203,846 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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 31st day of May 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-13758 Filed 6-5-12; 8:45 am]
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