[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 44924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18417]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 22, 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 August
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: Domestic Quarantines.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0088.
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. Plant Protection and
Quarantine, a program within USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, (APHIS) is responsible for implementing this Act and does so
through the enforcement of its domestic quarantine regulations
contained in title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, CFR part 301.
Administering these regulations often requires APHIS to collect
information from a variety of individuals who are involved in growing,
packing, handling, transporting, plants and plant products. The
information collected from these individuals is vital to helping ensure
that injurious plant diseases and insect pests do not spread within the
United States. Information to be collected is necessary to determine
compliance with domestic quarantines. Federal/State domestic
quarantines are necessary to regulate the movement of articles from
infested areas to noninfested area. Collecting information requires the
use of a number of forms and documents. APHIS will collect information
using various forms and documents.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information by
interviewing growers and shippers at the time the inspections are being
conducted and by having growers and shippers of exported plants and
plant products complete an application for a transit permit.
Information is collected from the growers, packers, shippers, and
exporters of regulated articles to ensure that the articles, when moved
from a quarantined area, do not harbor injurious plant diseases and
insect pests. The information obtained will be used to determine
compliance with regulations and for issuance of forms, permits,
certificates, and other required documents.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 28,244.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 512,491.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-18417 Filed 7-27-15; 8:45 am]
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