[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54444-54445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21448]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 28, 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 October
4, 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: Importation of Mangoes from the Philippines
OMB Control Number: 0579-0172
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7711-7714), the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in
cooperation with the States, 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 know to be
widely distributed throughout the United States. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations on fruits and vegetables
allow the importation of mangoes from Guimaras Island in the Republic
of the Philippines into the United States under certain conditions. The
regulations require the use of box marking to indicate the origin of
the fruit, phytosanitary certificate to confirmed that the fruit has
been grown and treated in accordance with the regulations and a trust
fund agreement between the Republic of the Philippines Department of
Agriculture and APHIS to cover the Agency's participation in the
treatment and inspection activities in the Philippines that are
required for the importation of mangoes.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
from a variety of individuals who are involved in growing, packing,
handling, transporting and exporting plants and plant products. The
information APHIS collects serves as the supporting documentation for
issuing PPQ forms and documents required to authorize release of
restricted products, and allow movement of regulated products. The
information APHIS collects is vital to helping ensure that injurious
plant diseases and insect pest are not imported and do not spread into
or within the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; farms;
Federal Government
Number of Respondents: 1,827
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion
Total Burden Hours: 121
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants
OMB Control Number: 0579-0176
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the
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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 Plant Protection and
Quarantine, a program within USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), enforce these regulations. APHIS requires artificially
dwarfed plants that are imported into the United States to have been
grown under certain conditions in greenhouses or screen houses within
nurseries registered with the government of the country where the
plants were grown.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
from the phytosanitary certificate to state that the plants were: (1)
Grown for at least 2 years in a nursery that is registered with the
government of the country of export; (2) grown in pots containing only
sterile growing media; (3) grown on benches at least 50 cm above the
ground; and (4) inspected (along with the nursery itself) at least once
each year by the plant protection service of the country of export. The
collected information will enable PPQ to verify that the imported
plants were grown under conditions that helped keep the plants free
from infestation by certain longhorned beetles and other pests. APHIS
also uses the information on this certificate to determine the pest
condition of the shipment at the time of inspection in the foreign
country. Without the information, all shipment would need to be
inspected very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time.
This would slow the clearance of international shipments.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government
Number of Respondents: 30
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion
Total Burden Hours: 38
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Plants for Planting
OMB Control Number: 0579-0279
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit
or restrict the importation, entry, exportation, or movement in
interstate commerce of plant pests and other articles to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the United States or their
dissemination within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations contained in ``Subpart-Plants
for Planting,'' Sec. Sec. 319.37 through 319.37-14 (referred to as the
regulations), restricts among other things, the importation of living
plants, plant parts, and seeds for propagation.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that some plants or
plant products be accompanied by either a phytosanitary inspection
certificates with additional declaration statements, grower
registration and agreements, and production site registration for the
export program. APHIS uses the information on these certificates to
determine the pest condition of the shipment at the time of inspection
in the foreign country. This information is used as a guide to the
intensity of the inspection that APHIS must conduct when the shipment
arrives. Without this information, APHIS could not verify that the
imported plants for planting do not present a significant risk of
introducing plant pests into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
government
Number of Respondents: 60
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion
Total Burden Hours: 559
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-21448 Filed 9-3-13; 8:45 am]
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