[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 42492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17098]
========================================================================
Notices
Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
========================================================================
Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 140 / Tuesday, July 22, 2014 /
Notices
[[Page 42492]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 16, 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 August
21, 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 Fruits and Vegetables.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0128.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.) (PPA), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests not known to be
widely distributed throughout the United States. The regulations in
``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56-50),
referred to as the regulations, allow a number of fruits and vegetables
to be imported into the United States, under specified conditions, from
certain parts of the world. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) requires that some plants or plant products be
accompanied by a phytosanitary inspection certificate that is completed
by plant health officials in the originating or transiting country.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following
information activities phytosanitary certificate, fruit fly monitoring
records and the labeling of boxes to allow a number of fruits and
vegetable to be imported in the United States under specified condition
from certain parts of the world. This information is used as a guide to
the intensity of the inspection that APHIS must conduct when the
shipment arrives. Without the information, all shipments 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: 135.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 200.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-17098 Filed 7-21-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P