[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16359-16360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06973]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 59 / Friday, March 27, 2015 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
March 23, 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 April
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-
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: Animal Welfare.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0036.
Summary of Collection: The Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
(Pub. L. 89-544) enacted August 24, 1966, and as amended, requires the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, (USDA), to regulate the humane care and
handling of dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and nonhuman
primates. This legislation was the result of extensive demand by
organized animal welfare groups and private citizens requesting a
Federal law covering the transportation, care, and handling of
laboratory animals. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), Animal Care (AC) has the responsibility to enforce the AWA (7
U.S.C. 2131-2156) and the provisions of 9 CFR, Subchapter A, which
implements the AWA. The purpose of the AWA is to ensure that animals
used in research facilities or for exhibition purposes are provided
humane care and treatment. The AWA assures the humane treatment of
animals during transportation in commerce and protects the owners from
the theft of their animals by preventing the sale or use of animals
that were stolen. APHIS will collect information using several forms of
burden.
In addition, APHIS is merging 0579-0361 and 0579-0392 into this
information collection, 0579-0036. Upon the approval of this
information collection, APHIS will retire 0579-0361 and 0579-0392.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect health
certificates, program of veterinary care, application for license and
record of acquisition, disposition and transportation of animals, and
itineraries, among other things. The information is used to ensure
dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, carriers, etc., are in
compliance with the AWA and regulations and standards promulgated under
this authority of the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms;
Not-for-profits; Individuals; State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 13,985.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 136,364.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Poultry and Pork Products from Mexico Transiting the United
States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0145.
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 pests or diseases of livestock or
poultry. The Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the Agency charged with
carrying out the disease prevention mission. This Agency regulates the
importation of animals and animal products into the United States to
guard against the introduction of exotic animal diseases. Disease
prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy
animal population and enhancing the United States' ability to compete
in exporting animals and animal products. The regulations under which
APHIS conducts disease prevention activities are contained in Title 9,
Chapter D, parts 91 through 99 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to
ensure that fresh pork and pork products, as well as poultry carcasses,
parts, and products transiting the United States from Mexico pose a
negligible risk of introducing classical swine fever and END into the
United States. APHIS will also collect the name and address of the
exporter, the origin and destination points of the commodities, how
much and what type of commodity will be transiting; the intended port
of entry, the date of transportation, the method and route of shipment,
and other information concerning the transiting project that will
enable APHIS to determine whether any disease introduction risk is
associated with the transit and if so, what risk mitigation measures
will be necessary to minimize that risk.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 29.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 33.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Pale Cyst Nematode; Quarantine and Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0322.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant pests
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or
their dissemination within the United States. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the ``Domestic Quarantine
Notices'' in 7 CFR part 301, subpart titled ``Potato Cyst Nematode''
(Sec. .86 through 301.86.9, referred to as the regulations) by
quarantining parts of Bingham and Bonneville Counties, ID, due to the
discovery of the Potato Cyst Nematode there and establishing
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the
quarantined area.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using certificates, limited permits and compliance agreements to
prevent the spread of PCN and to ensure that regulated articles can be
moved safely from the quarantined area without spreading PCN. If APHIS
did not collect this information, the spread of PCN in the United
States could result in a loss of domestic or foreign makers for U.S.
potatoes and other commodities.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 152.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 342.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Mangoes from Australia.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0391.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7
U.S.C 7701--et seq.), 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 in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (Title 7,
CFR 319.56) prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the U.S. from certain parts of the world. The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for carrying
out these duties. APHIS has amended the fruits and vegetables
regulations to allow, under certain conditions, the importation into
the U.S. of commercial consignments of fresh mangoes from Australia.
Need and Use of the Information: Conditions for the importation of
fresh mangoes from Australia include requirements for pest exclusion at
the production site, irradiation treatment, fruit fly trapping inside
and outside the production site, pest-excluding packinghouse
procedures, port-of-entry inspections and accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate issued by the National Plant Protection
Organization of Australia with an additional declaration confirming
that the mangoes have been produced in accordance with the
requirements. APHIS will use this information to allow the importation
of commercial consignments of fresh mangoes from Australia into the
United States. Failing to collect this information would cripple APHIS
ability to ensure that mangoes from Australia are not carrying plant
pests.
Description of Respondents: Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 50.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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