[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93881-93882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30833]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 19, 2016
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
are requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 January
23, 2017 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: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement Restrictions
and Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0101.
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 Secretary may also prohibit or restrict import or export
of any such animal or related material if necessary to prevent spread
of any livestock or poultry pest or disease. The AHPA is contained in
Title X, Subtitle E, Sections 10401-18 of P.L. 107-171, May 13, 2002,
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Scrapie is a
progressive, degenerative, and eventually fatal disease affecting the
central nervous system of sheep and goats. Its control is complicated
because the disease has an extremely long incubation period without
clinical signs of disease, and there is no test for the disease and/or
known treatment. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
restricts the interstate movement of certain sheep and goats to help
prevent the spread of scrapie within the United States. APHIS has
regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an indemnity program to compensate
owners of sheep and goats destroyed because of scrapie.
Need and Use of the Information: The regulations necessitate the
use of a number of information collection activities including, but not
limited to, applications for participation in the Scrapie Flock
Certification Program; various plans for infected and source flocks;
scrapie test records; application for indemnity payments; certificates;
permits; and applications for APHIS-approved eartags, backtags, or
tattoos, etc. Without this information, APHIS' efforts to more
aggressively prevent the spread of scrapie would be severely hindered.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not for
Profit; and State, Local, or Tribal Government;
Number of Respondents: 166,000.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,021,528.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Pork-Filled Pasta.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0214.
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, and eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or
poultry. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is
responsible for protecting the health of our Nation's livestock and
poultry populations by preventing the introduction and interstate
spread of serious diseases and pests of livestock and for eradicating
such diseases from the United States when feasible.
Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD) is a highly contagious disease that
resists both environmental factors and common disinfectants. SVD rarely
results I mortality in infected swine and does not cause severe
production losses. However, the disease can have a major economic
impact since eradication if costly and SVD-free regions often prohibit
imports of swine, pork, and pork products from affected regions.
Need and Use of the Information: A certificate must be completed
and signed by the issuing official, and contains such information as
the origin of the meat used in the product, the name and location of
the facility that processed the product, and the product's intended
destination. APHIS regulations contain specific requirement for the
processing, recordkeeping, and certification procedures for pork-filled
pasta products exported to the United States from SVD-affect regions.
Without the information, it would significantly cripple APHIS' ability
to ensure that pork-filled pasta from certain regions poses a minimal
risk of introducing SVD into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; and
Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 5.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Shelled Peas from Kenya.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0302.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (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
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) fruits and
vegetables regulations allows the importation of shelled garden peas
from Kenya into the continental United States while continuing to
protect against the introduction of quarantined peas.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that some plants or
plant products be accompanied by a phytosanitary inspection certificate
that is completed by plant health officials in the originating or
transiting country. APHIS uses the information on the certificate to
determine the pest condition of the shipment at the time of inspection
in the foreign country. This information is used as a guide to the
intensity of the inspection APHIS conducts when the shipment arrives.
Without the information, all shipments would need to be inspected very
thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time. This would slow
the clearance of international shipments.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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