[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36961-36962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15897]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 24, 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 July 29,
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 Peppers from Certain Central American
Countries.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0274.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (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.
Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of fruits
and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world
are contained in ``Subpart Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1
through 319.56-72). The fruits and vegetables regulations allow certain
type of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama to be
imported, under certain conditions, into the United States without
treatment while continuing to provide protection against the
introduction of quarantine pests into the United States.
Need and Use of the Information: The regulations require the use of
information collection activities including inspections by Central
American national plant protection organization officials,
phytosanitary certificate, labeling of boxes, monitor traps, trapping
records, bilateral workplan, production site registrations,
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and quality control program. If the information were not collected, it
would cripple the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ability to
regulate and prevent the importation or spread of plant pests and
diseases from entering the United States.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4,554.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Movement of Plants and Plant Products from Hawaii and the
Territories (formerly, Revision of Hawaii and the Territories Fruits
and Vegetables Regulations).
OMB Control Number: 0579-0346.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of fruits, vegetables,
plants, and plant pests to prevent the introduction of pests or
diseases into the United States, or dissemination of pests and diseases
within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), is responsible
for implementing this Act and does so through the enforcement of its
Hawaiian and territorial quarantine regulations contained in Part 318
of Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following forms
and activities to collect information: PPQ 530, PPQ 586, PPQ 519, PPQ
540, Labeling of Boxes for Pest Free Areas, Inspection and
Certification, Trapping and Surveillance, Contingency Plans approved by
APHIS, Updated Mapping Identifying Places Where Horticultural or Other
Crops are Grown, Written Request for Facility Approval--and
Recertification, Recordkeeping, and Decertification of Pest Free
Areas--and Reinstatement. If APHIS did not collect this information or
if APHIS collected this information less frequently, the spread of
dangerous plant diseases and pests could cause millions of dollars in
damage to U.S. agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 178.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 7,660.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-15897 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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