Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Animal Disease Traceability Information Systems, Agreements, and Reports, 77003-77004 [2012-31346]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0083]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Animal Disease
Traceability Information Systems,
Agreements, and Reports
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
that will help the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service to strengthen
its animal disease prevention and
response capabilities.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 1,
2013.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!document
Detail;D=APHIS-2012-0083-0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0083, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://www.
regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;
D=APHIS-2012-0083 or in our reading
room, which is located in room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street
and Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
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hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the animal disease
traceability data systems, contact Mr.
Neil Hammerschmidt, Program
Manager, Animal Disease Traceability,
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 200,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3539.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Animal Disease Traceability
Information Systems, Agreements, and
Reports.
OMB Number: 0579–0259.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (AHPA, 7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture has
the authority to issue orders and
promulgate regulations to prevent the
introduction into the United States and
the dissemination within the United
States of any pest or disease of livestock.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service’s (APHIS’) regulations in 9 CFR
subchapter B govern cooperative
programs to control and eradicate
communicable diseases of livestock.
The regulations in 9 CFR subchapter C
establish requirements for the interstate
movement of livestock to prevent the
dissemination of diseases of livestock
within the United States. Knowing
where diseased and at-risk animals are,
where they have been, and when, is
indispensable in emergency response
and in ongoing disease control and
eradication programs. To provide a
system that could provide for animal
traceability, APHIS developed the
Animal Disease Traceability (ADT)
framework and ADT information
systems. The basic data APHIS acquires
through the ADT information systems
will help APHIS obtain timely
information on animal movement
tracebacks and trace forwards when
responding to an animal disease of
concern.
The framework for ADT provides the
basic tenets of an improved animal
disease traceability capability in the
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United States and will only apply to
animals moved in interstate commerce,
be administered by the States and Tribal
Nations to provide more flexibility,
encourage the use of lower-cost
technology, and be implemented
transparently through Federal
regulations. APHIS is adopting these
tenets for animal disease traceability
while using investments previously
made on information systems, such as
official animal identification devices
and other areas where States and Tribes
had achieved progress through
cooperative agreements.
The ADT information systems involve
a number of previously approved
collection and recordkeeping activities,
including animal identification;
premises registration; nonproducer
participant registration; updates
submitted by animal identification
number manufacturers and managers;
cooperative agreements; cooperative
agreement applications; cooperator
(State/Tribe) quarterly accomplishment
reports; and an identification number
management system. These information
collection activities were approved by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under control number 0579–
0259. The ADT information systems
require updates to information
provided. In addition, producers and
operators of feedlots, markets, buying
stations, and slaughter plants will have
to maintain records associated with
their animal movement activities for 2
to 5 years, although these records are
already routinely maintained by these
entities.
Other activities are being
discontinued. APHIS has discontinued
the evaluation and listing of animal
tracking databases since the activity is
now managed by the States and Tribes.
APHIS no longer requires reporting of
animal movements to premises, so we
no longer track individual and group/lot
movement records, resulting in a
450,000-hour decrease in the overall
burden. APHIS has removed the animal
tracking database and movement record
entries from the forms of burden. APHIS
will no longer require producers to file
quarterly progress reports. Finally,
APHIS has consolidated its tracking
methods for issuance of the various
forms of identification. The overall
result of discontinuing many of the
previously approved activities has led to
an overall decrease in estimated annual
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burden on respondents from 2,832,437
hours to 47,051 hours. In addition, the
estimated annual number of
respondents has decreased from 500,472
to 106,890.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, through use, as appropriate,
of automated, electronic, mechanical,
and other collection technologies; e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.44
hours per response.
Respondents: State and Tribal animal
health authorities; animal producers;
operators of markets, buying stations,
and feedlots; laboratory staff; device
manufacturers; and slaughter plant
personnel.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 60,315.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.77.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 106,890.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 47,051 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of
December, 2012 .
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0058]
Data Standards for Electronic
Interstate Certificates of Veterinary
Inspection
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of new data standards
required to generate an official interstate
certificate of veterinary inspection
(ICVI). The data standards would define
the minimum data elements required to
generate an ICVI using an electronic
data system, outline the methods by
which data can be shared between
participating systems, and provide
methods of approving data systems for
data quality control. We are making
these standards available for public
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before January 30,
2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS–2012–
0058–0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0058, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
The data standards and any comments
we receive may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2012–0058 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Joseph Vantiem, Information
Technology Coordinator, National
Animal Health Policy and Programs, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 35,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–
3579.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) has established a set of
minimum data standards for any
electronic system to be used to generate
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an official interstate certificate of
veterinary inspection (ICVI). The
standards were developed with the
National Assembly of State Animal
Health Officials.
ICVIs protect animal health in several
important ways. States use ICVIs to
monitor animal movements, address
specific animal health concerns, and
enforce regulations. Specifically, ICVI
are used to document the health status
of animals moving interstate and track
the animals’ movement. ICVIs are also
used to record observations and test
results that show freedom from specific
diseases.
ICVIs have traditionally been paper
documents; however, a paper-based
system can result in lag time between
animal movement and the distribution
of documents as well as inefficiencies in
document archiving and retrieval.
APHIS has attempted to address these
deficiencies by developing an electronic
module that lets States enter ICVI data
into the Veterinary Services Process
Streamlining (VSPS) system. Several
States and private entities are also
attempting to improve the usefulness of
ICVIs by developing electronic versions
for use by State animal health officials
and accredited veterinarians.
Since ICVIs contain important data
fields for both animal disease
traceability and disease surveillance, the
data elements used in ICVIs must be
compatible with one another and with
the current database standards being
implemented in the Surveillance
Collaborative Services (SCS)
application. SCS is an animal health
and surveillance system that is used to
maintain test and vaccination data and
other program information such as
disease or certification status for flocks/
herds subject to APHIS’ animal disease
or pest surveillance and control
programs.
We have prepared a document
entitled ‘‘Data Standards for Interstate
Certificates of Veterinary Inspection’’
(July 2012) that establishes a common
set of data for ICVIs so the data can be
collected by a variety of methods and be
shared seamlessly between all
participating entities. We are making
this document available to the public for
review and comment before posting it
on the APHIS Web site 1 for use by
interested States and private entities.
The data standards document may be
viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site
or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES
above for instructions for accessing
Regulations.gov and information on the
1 The final standards document will be available
at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/
index.shtml.
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0083]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Animal Disease Traceability Information
Systems, Agreements, and Reports
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information
collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection that will help the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service to strengthen its animal disease prevention and
response capabilities.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
1, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0083-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2012-0083, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-
0083 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 of the USDA
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the animal disease
traceability data systems, contact Mr. Neil Hammerschmidt, Program
Manager, Animal Disease Traceability, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
200, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3539. For copies of more detailed
information on the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste
Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Animal Disease Traceability Information Systems, Agreements,
and Reports.
OMB Number: 0579-0259.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA, 7 U.S.C.
8301 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture has the authority to issue
orders and promulgate regulations to prevent the introduction into the
United States and the dissemination within the United States of any
pest or disease of livestock. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service's (APHIS') regulations in 9 CFR subchapter B govern cooperative
programs to control and eradicate communicable diseases of livestock.
The regulations in 9 CFR subchapter C establish requirements for the
interstate movement of livestock to prevent the dissemination of
diseases of livestock within the United States. Knowing where diseased
and at-risk animals are, where they have been, and when, is
indispensable in emergency response and in ongoing disease control and
eradication programs. To provide a system that could provide for animal
traceability, APHIS developed the Animal Disease Traceability (ADT)
framework and ADT information systems. The basic data APHIS acquires
through the ADT information systems will help APHIS obtain timely
information on animal movement tracebacks and trace forwards when
responding to an animal disease of concern.
The framework for ADT provides the basic tenets of an improved
animal disease traceability capability in the United States and will
only apply to animals moved in interstate commerce, be administered by
the States and Tribal Nations to provide more flexibility, encourage
the use of lower-cost technology, and be implemented transparently
through Federal regulations. APHIS is adopting these tenets for animal
disease traceability while using investments previously made on
information systems, such as official animal identification devices and
other areas where States and Tribes had achieved progress through
cooperative agreements.
The ADT information systems involve a number of previously approved
collection and recordkeeping activities, including animal
identification; premises registration; nonproducer participant
registration; updates submitted by animal identification number
manufacturers and managers; cooperative agreements; cooperative
agreement applications; cooperator (State/Tribe) quarterly
accomplishment reports; and an identification number management system.
These information collection activities were approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under control number 0579-0259. The ADT
information systems require updates to information provided. In
addition, producers and operators of feedlots, markets, buying
stations, and slaughter plants will have to maintain records associated
with their animal movement activities for 2 to 5 years, although these
records are already routinely maintained by these entities.
Other activities are being discontinued. APHIS has discontinued the
evaluation and listing of animal tracking databases since the activity
is now managed by the States and Tribes. APHIS no longer requires
reporting of animal movements to premises, so we no longer track
individual and group/lot movement records, resulting in a 450,000-hour
decrease in the overall burden. APHIS has removed the animal tracking
database and movement record entries from the forms of burden. APHIS
will no longer require producers to file quarterly progress reports.
Finally, APHIS has consolidated its tracking methods for issuance of
the various forms of identification. The overall result of
discontinuing many of the previously approved activities has led to an
overall decrease in estimated annual
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burden on respondents from 2,832,437 hours to 47,051 hours. In
addition, the estimated annual number of respondents has decreased from
500,472 to 106,890.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information
collection activities for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 0.44 hours per response.
Respondents: State and Tribal animal health authorities; animal
producers; operators of markets, buying stations, and feedlots;
laboratory staff; device manufacturers; and slaughter plant personnel.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 60,315.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.77.
Estimated annual number of responses: 106,890.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 47,051 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of December, 2012 .
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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