[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29528-29529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13551]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2018 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 20, 2018.
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 July 25,
2018 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 Gypsy Moth Host Materials from Canada.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0142.
Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests
from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported
pests when eradication is feasible. Under the Plant Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
regulate the importation of plants, plant products, and other articles
to prevent the introduction of injurious plant pests. The Plant
Protection and Quarantine program within USDA's Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for ensuring that these
regulations are enforced.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
from individuals both within and outside the United States using
phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin, a written
statement, a compliance agreement and an emergency Action notice.
Information collected will ensure that importing foreign logs, trees,
shrubs, and other articles do not harbor plant or insect pests such as
the gypsy moth. Failing to collect this information would cripple
APHIS' ability to ensure that trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of
other items imported from Canada do not harbor gypsy moths.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Individuals or households; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,526.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 212.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Clementines from Spain.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0203.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to regulate
the importation of plants, plant products, and other articles to
prevent the introduction of injurious plant pests. The regulations in
``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables,'' 7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56-81,
prohibits or restrict the importation of certain fruits and vegetables
into the United States from certain parts of the world to prevent the
introduction and dissemination of plant pest, including fruit flies.
Under the regulations, clementines from Spain are subject to certain
conditions before entering the United States to ensure that exotic
plant pest, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are not introduced
into the United States.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following
information collection activities to allow the importation of
Clementines from Spain when the requirements include: Provisions that
the Clementines be grown in accordance with a Mediterranean fruit fly
management program established by the Government of Spain; Trapping and
Control Records; Phytosanitary Certificate; Labeling and Traceback;
Cold Treatment Data for Consignments; Trust Fund Agreement; Grower
Registration and Agreement; Management Program Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Monitoring; Cold Treatment Facility/Carrier Certification; Workplan,
Advance Reservations for Cold Treatment Port Space; and Emergency
Action Notification.
Failure to collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability to
ensure that clementines from Spain are not carrying fruit flies.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 23.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 8,774.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Longan from Taiwan.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0351.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C
7701), 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
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throughout the United States. The fruits and vegetables regulations
allow the importation of commercial shipments of fresh longan with
stems from Taiwan into the United States. As a condition of entry, the
longan will be subject to cold treatment and special port-of-arrival
inspection procedures for certain quarantine pests.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following
information collection activities to allow the import of commercial
shipment of fresh longan with stems from Taiwan into the United States:
Phytosanitary Certificate, Inspection by NPPOs in Taiwan, Stamping of
Boxes and Emergency Action Notification. Failing to collect this
information would cripple APHIS ability to ensure that longan from
Taiwan are not carrying plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 33.
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, Production Site
Registration, Review and Maintain Documents, Registration of
Packinghouses, Packinghouse Inspections and Investigations, Bilateral
Workplans, Records of Fruit Fly Detections and Update Records, Shipping
Documents Identifying the Places of Production, Phytosanitary
Certificates with Additional Declarations, Box Markings, Production
Site Training Program, Emergency Action Notifications, and Notices of
Arrival. If the information is not collected, APHIS' ability to protect
the United States from plant pest would be severely compromised.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 66.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting, Recordkeeping, Third-party
disclosure: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,289.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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