[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 13014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04330]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 20, 2013.
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.
Comments regarding this information collection received by March
28, 2013 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to:
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office
Building, 725--17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected]V or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. 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: Submission of Itineraries
OMB Control Number: 0579-0361
Summary of Collection: The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was first
enacted as the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (LAWA) (Pub. L. 89-544) on
August 24, 1966, and amended in 1970, 1976, 1985, 1990, 2002, 2007,
2008, and 2010. The AWA requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) to regulate the humane care and handling of most warm-blooded
animals, including marine mammals, used for research or exhibition
purposes, sold as pets, or transported in commerce. This legislation
and its amendments were the results of extensive demand by organized
animal welfare groups and private citizens requesting a Federal law to
protect such animals. USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), Animal Care (AC) has the responsibility to enforce the AWA and
the provisions of 9 CFR, Chapter 1, Subchapter A, which implements the
AWA.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires licensees or
registrants who intend to exhibit animals away from their approved
sites to submit itineraries in accordance with Sec. 2.126 of the
regulations. APHIS uses the submission of itineraries to provide data
necessary for the review and evaluation of program compliance by
regulated facilities, and provides a workable enforcement system to
carry out the requirements of the AWA and the intent of Congress, on a
practical daily basis, without resorting to more detailed and stringent
regulations and standards which could be more burdensome to regulated
facilities. The itinerary must include the name and/or other animal
identification, species name, sex, and age of each animal, the name of
the person exhibiting the animal, the owner of the animal(s) if not the
licensee or registrant, the business name of the exhibitor and owner,
any names being used to promote the tour, and the current USDA licensee
or registration number(s), the date the animal(s) will be away from the
facility, all anticipated dates for all stops, and all site names and
complete addresses of all stops and layovers. Without this information,
valuable time and resources are wasted trying to track down exhibitors
when APHIS is investigating complaints.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit
Number of Respondents: 425
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion
Total Burden Hours: 1,025
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-04330 Filed 2-25-13; 8:45 am]
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