[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 8055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02988]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 9, 2015.
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 March
16, 2015 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 Baby Squash and Baby Courgettes from Zambia.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0347.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701), 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 new to the United States
or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United States.
APHIS fruits and vegetables regulations allow the importation into the
continental United States of baby squash and baby courgettes from
Zambia. As a condition of entry, both commodities would have to be
produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include
requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly
trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest excluding
packinghouse procedures. Both commodities would also be required to be
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional
declaration stating that the baby squash and baby courgette have been
produced in accordance with the proposed requirements.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using the following: Physanitary Certificate, Records and Monitoring,
Labeling on Cartons and Inspection of Greenhouses.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Eggplant from Israel.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0350.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant and Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out
operation or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent,
or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States not known
to be widely distributed throughout the United States. APHIS' fruits
and vegetables regulations allow the importation of commercial
shipments of fresh eggplant from Israel. As a condition of entry, the
eggplant must be grown under a system approach that would include
requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly
trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest-excluding
packinghouse procedures.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following
information activities to allow for the importation of commercial
consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel into the United States while
continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine
pests: Phytosanitary Certificate (foreign) Trapping Records; Inspection
of Pest-Exclusionary Structures by Israel NPPO's, Labeling of Boxes,
and Approved Pest-Exclusionary Structure. Failure to collect this
information would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that eggplant from
Israel is not carrying plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Foreign Government, Business and other
for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 5.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-02988 Filed 2-12-15; 8:45 am]
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