[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23928-23929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09627]
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 82 / Tuesday, April 29, 2014 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
April 23, 2014.
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 May 29,
2014 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 Animals and Poultry, Animal and Poultry
Products, Certain Animal Embryos, Semen, and Zoological Animals.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0040.
Summary of Collection: Title 21 U.S.C. authorizes sections 111,
114, 114a, 114-1, 115, 120, 121, 125, 126, 134a, 134f, and 134g of 21
U.S.C. These authorities permit the Secretary to prevent, control and
eliminate domestic diseases such as brucellosis and tuberculosis, as
well as to take actions to prevent and to manage exotic diseases such
as foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest. Disease prevention is the
most effective method for maintaining a healthy animal population and
enhancing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
ability to compete in exporting animals and animal products. To fulfill
this mission APHIS must collect pertinent information from those
individuals who import animals and poultry, animal and poultry
products, zoological animals, or animal germplasm into the United
States. APHIS will collect information using several forms.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
from foreign animal health authorities as well as U.S. importers;
foreign exporters; veterinarians and animal health technicians in other
countries; State animal health authorities; shippers; owners and
operators of foreign processing plants and farms; USDA-approved zoos,
laboratories, and feedlots; private quarantine facilities; and other
entities involved (directly or indirectly) in the importation of animal
and poultry, animals and poultry products, zoological animals, and
animal germplasm. The information includes such data as the last
reported outbreak of a given animal disease in the region; the names of
the exporter and importer of the animal commodities; the origins of the
animals or animal products to be imported; the health status of the
animals or the processing methods used to produce animal products to be
imported; the destination of delivery in the United States; and whether
the animals or animal products were temporarily offloaded in another
country during transit to the United States. APHIS needs this
information to help ensure that these imports do not introduce foreign
animal diseases into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms;
Individuals and Households; Federal Governments; and State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 1,278.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 31,923.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Title: Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0212.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to
detect, control, or eradicate pest or diseases of livestock or poultry.
The AHPA is contained in Title X, Subtitle E, Sections 10401-18 of
Public Law 107-171, May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002. Veterinary Services, a program within USDA's
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), administers
regulations governing the interstate movement of animals to prevent the
dissemination of animal disease within the United States. These
regulations are contained in title 9 CFR, subchapter C, Interstate
Transportation of Animals (including poultry) and Animal Products, part
71. The regulations also address animal testing for disease
surveillance. Disease surveillance activities are conducted at
slaughtering and rendering facilities under listing agreements signed
by Federal personnel and slaughter and rendering establishment owners
and operators. An establishment is listed after it undergoes inspection
to ensure that it meets facility and access requirements.
APHIS will collect information from these establishing using a
listing agreement, correspondence regarding withdrawal of listing as
well as appeals for denial or withdrawal of listing, and
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VS Form 10-5, the Facility Inspection Report.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the signed listing
agreement and VS Form 10-5 to establish a process for routine
inspections of slaughter and rendering establishments before an
outbreak of an emerging or foreign animal disease; this decreases the
time needed to locate affected animals and to eradicate or control the
spread of disease. Correspondence regarding withdrawal of listing, and
appeals of denial or withdrawal of listing, help APHIS control this
process. To date, APHIS has not had to use inspection and listing
information because of an emerging or foreign animal disease, but has
used it periodically for domestic program disease surveillance (such as
for brucellosis in cattle and bison).
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,925.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,605.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Animal Disease Traceability.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0327.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 8301-8317) is the primary Federal law governing the protection
of animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad
authority to detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of
livestock or poultry. As part of its ongoing efforts to safeguard
animal health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) developed the Animal Disease
Traceability (ADT) framework to provide a system that could provide for
animal traceability. Traceability helps document the movement history
of an animal throughout its life, including during an emergency
response or for ongoing animal disease programs. States and Tribal
Nations are able to establish the ability to trace animals moving
interstate back to their State of origin.
APHIS made systems for animal disease traceability available to
Tribal Nations for managing the issuance of unique location
identification numbers, including the Standardized Premises Location
System and a Tribal Premises Location System, which required completion
and submission of Veterinary Services Form 1-63, Tribal Location
Identification System Implementation Request. States, Tribes, and
territories are responsible for implementing their own traceability
systems that align with the framework and other activities to advance
animal disease traceability. These systems, which the States and Tribes
will describe in their long-term traceability plans, are referred to as
ADT Road Maps. In addition, the ADT framework includes the National
Uniform Eartagging System (NUES).
The previous name for this collection was ``Animal Disease
Traceability; Tribal Nations Using Systems for Location
Identification.'' However, based on the January 2013 final rule, there
are other entities who must meet the animal disease traceability
requirements; therefore, we are changing the name of this collection to
``Animal Disease Traceability.''
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the information
provided on VS 1-63 to contact States and Tribal Governments and help
them use the premises registration system they selected. In addition,
within the ADT Framework, the NUES gives nationally unique
identification numbers for animals that need official identification.
To distribute and use official identification Eartags, APHIS requires
several information collection activities that are to be completed by
Animal producers, market/buying station operators, feedlot operators,
laboratory staff, device manufacturers, Dairy Herd Information
Association officials, and slaughter plant personnel. If this
information was not collected, APHIS' ability to address traceability
needs would be significantly hampered.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government;
Businesses.
Number of Respondents: 273,645.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 839,600.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Tomatoes with Stems from the Republic of
Korea into the United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0371.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7
U.S.C. 7701 Et Seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
prohibit or restrict the importation, entry, or interstate movement of
plants, plant products, and other articles to prevent the introduction
of plant pests into the United States or their dissemination within the
United States. As authorized by the PPA, the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) regulates the importation of certain fruits
and vegetables in accordance with the regulations contained in
``Subpart-Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56-61).
Under the regulations, tomatoes with stems from the Republic of Korea
may be imported into the United States under certain conditions.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following
information collection activities to collect information: registered
pest-exclusionary structure, monthly inspection of pest-exclusionary
structures, records of trap placement, and a phytosanitary certificate
with an additional declaration stating that the tomatoes were produced
in accordance with the regulations.
Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for profit;
`Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 3.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 7.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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