[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10045-10046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03912]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 19, 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
27, 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-
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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 & Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products from
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico
OMB Control Number: 0579-0144.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act of 2002
(Title X, Subtitle E, Sec. 10401-18 of Pub. L. 107-171) is the primary
Federal law governing the protection of animal health. Disease
prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy
animal population and for enhancing the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
Veterinary Services' ability to allow United States animal producers to
compete in the world market of animal and animal product trade APHIS
currently has regulations in place that restrict the importation of
poultry meat and other poultry products from Mexico due to the presence
of Newcastle Disease (ND) in that country. However, APHIS allows the
importation of poultry meat and poultry products from the Mexican
States of Sinaloa and Sonora because APHIS has determined that poultry
meat and products from these two Mexican States pose a negligible risk
of introducing ND into the United States. To ensure that these items
are safe for importation, APHIS requires that certain data appear on
the foreign meat inspection certificate that accompanies the poultry
meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora to the United
States. APHIS also requires that serial numbered seals be applied to
containers carrying the poultry meat and other poultry products.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to
certify that the poultry meat or other poultry products were (1)
derived from poultry born and raised in commercial breeding
establishments in Sinaloa and Sonora; (2) derived from poultry that
were slaughtered in Sinaloa or Sonora in a Federally-inspected
slaughter plant approved to export these commodities to the United
States in accordance with Food Safety & Inspection regulations; (3)
processed at a Federally inspected processing plant in Sinaloa or
Sonora; and (4) kept out of contact with poultry from any other State
within Mexico. APHIS will also collect information to ensure that the
poultry meat or poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora pose the most
negligible risk possible for introducing ND into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 386.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 386.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Fresh Pitaya Fruit from Central America into
the Continental United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0378.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), 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. The
regulations ``Subpart-Fruit and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through
319 56-71), prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world to
prevent the introduction and dissemination of plant pests that are not
widely distributed within the United States. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) allows the importation of fresh
pitaya fruit from Central America into the continental United States.
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service uses the following activities to collect
information: Production Site Certification, Review and Maintain
Documents, Registration of Packinghouses, Bilateral Workplan, Records
of Fruit Fly Detections and Update Records, Shipping Documents
Identifying the Places of Production, Phytosanitary Certificate with
Additional Declaration, Production Site Registration, and Box Markings.
If the information is not collected, APHIS' ability to protect the
United States from exotic insect pest would be severely compromised.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 97.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 287.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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