[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41025-41026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16359]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 2, 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 August
8, 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] 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: Imported Seed and Screening.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0124.
Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests
from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported
pests when eradication is feasible. Under the authority of the Federal
Seed Act of 1939, as amended, the USDA regulates the importation and
interstate movement of certain agricultural and vegetable seeds. The
Plant Protection & Quarantine Division of USDA's Animal & Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has established a seed analysis program with
Canada that allows U.S. companies that import seed for cleaning or
processing, to enter into compliance agreements with APHIS. This
program eliminates the need for sampling shipments of Canadian-origin
seed at the border, and allows certain seed importers to clean seed
without the direct supervision of an APHIS inspector. APHIS will
collect information using forms PPQ 925, Seed Analysis Certificate and
PPQ 519, Compliance Agreement, and other information activities to
enable the importation of seeds for cleaning and processing so that
they can enter into compliance agreements with USDA.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
from PPQ 925 and PPQ 519 to ensure that imported seeds do not pose a
health threat to U.S. agriculture. If the information were not
collected there would be no way of preventing noxious weeds from
entering the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,168.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 9,588.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS); Equine
Herpesvirus Study.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0399.
Summary of Collection: Collection and dissemination of animal
health data and information is mandated by 7 U.S.C. 391, the Animal
Industry Act of 1884, which established the precursor of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), the
Bureau of Animal Industry. Legal requirements for examining and
reporting on animal disease control methods were further mandated by 7
U.S.C. 8308 of the Animal Health Protection Act, ``Detection, Control,
and Eradication of Diseases and Pests,'' May 13, 2002. APHIS is
conducting an Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) study as
part of an ongoing series of NAHMS studies on the U.S. livestock
population. The purpose of the study is to collect information using
questionnaires to identify risk factors for the neurologic form of
equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) in horses called EHM. EHV-1 is an infection
of horses that can cause
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respiratory disease, abortion in mares, neonatal foal death, and/or
neurologic disease. The information collected through the Equine
Herpesvirus study will be analyzed and organized into descriptive
reports and/or peer reviewed publications.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the data collected
from the EHM study to: (1) Understand the risk factors for EHM; (2)
make recommendations for disease control; and (3) provide guidance on
the best ways to mitigate future outbreaks based on a thorough analysis
of the data. Without the information on outbreaks of EHM, the U.S.'
ability to understand the risk factors would be reduced or nonexistent.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 626.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 778.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-16359 Filed 7-8-13; 8:45 am]
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