[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54618-54619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21559]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0053]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Swine Health Protection
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 associated with the swine health protection program.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0053-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0053, 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-2013-
0053 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 the swine health
protection program, contact Dr. David Pyburn, Swine Health
Veterinarian, NCAHP, VS, APHIS, 210 Walnut St., Room 891, Des Moines,
IA 50309; (515) 284-4122. For copies of more detailed
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information on the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste
Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Swine Health Protection.
OMB Number: 0579-0065.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized, among other things, to
prohibit or restrict the interstate movement of animals and animal
products to prevent the dissemination within the United States of
animal diseases and pests of livestock and to conduct programs to
detect, control, and eradicate pests and disease of livestock.
The Swine Health Protection Act (the Act) prohibits the feeding of
garbage to swine intended for interstate movement or foreign commerce
or that substantially affect such commerce unless the garbage has been
treated to kill disease organisms. Untreated garbage is one of the
primary media through which numerous infectious and communicable
diseases can be transmitted to swine. APHIS' regulations promulgated
under the Act, which are located at 9 CFR part 166, require that
garbage intended to be fed to swine must be treated at a facility that
holds a valid permit to treat the garbage and must be treated in
accordance with the regulations.
APHIS requires certain information in order to license (issue a
permit to) a facility to operate and to monitor the facility for
compliance with the regulations. APHIS collects this information from
applications for a license to operate a garbage treatment facility,
records of the destination and date of removal of all food waste or
garbage from the treatment facility, and food waste reports. With this
information, APHIS is able to carefully monitor garbage treatment
facilities to ensure that they are meeting the requirements. In
addition, other required information collection activities, include
acknowledgement of receipt of the Act and regulations by applicants,
request for cancellation of a license, notification of illness or death
of animals, request for hearing, and inspection. The information
provided by the combined activities is critical in preventing the
interstate spread of various swine diseases and, therefore, plays a
vital role in our swine health protection program.
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;
(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 0.88 hours per response.
Respondents: Owners/operators (licensees) of garbage treatment
facilities, herd owners, food establishments, and State animal health
authorities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 2,110.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 6.
Estimated annual number of responses: 12,897.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 11,333 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 29th day of August 2013.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-21559 Filed 9-4-13; 8:45 am]
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