Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Trichinae Certification Program, 56049-56050 [2014-22256]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0068]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Trichinae Certification Program
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
the voluntary Trichinae Certification
Program to enhance the ability of U.S.
pork producers to export pork and pork
products to overseas markets.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0068.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2014–0068, 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-2014-0068 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
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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 Trichinae
Certification Program, contact Dr. Troy
Bigelow, Senior Staff VeterinarianSwine, Surveillance, Preparedness and
Response Services, VS, APHIS, 210
Walnut Street, Room 891, Des Moines,
IA 50309; (515) 284–4121. 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: Trichinae Certification Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0323.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture is authorized, among
other things, to prohibit or restrict the
importation and interstate movement of
animals and animal products to prevent
the introduction into and dissemination
within the United States of livestock
diseases and pests and to conduct
programs to detect, control, and
eradicate pests and diseases of livestock.
In addition, under the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622),
the APHIS Administrator has authority
with respect to voluntary inspection and
certification of animal products and the
inspection, testing, treatment, and
certification of animals.
APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 149
contain certification requirements for
the voluntary Trichinae Certification
Program, which is a cooperative effort
by APHIS and the U.S. pork industry.
The program is intended to enhance the
ability of swine producers, as well as
slaughter facilities and other persons
that handle or process swine from pork
production sites that have been certified
under the program, to export fresh pork
and pork products to foreign markets.
There are a number of information
collection activities for the voluntary
Trichinae Certification Program,
including notification to APHIS of
program withdrawal, requests to APHIS
for temporary program withdrawal,
requests for review of audit results or
other determinations, certification site
audit form and requests for certification
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site audit, spot audits, animal disposal
plans, animal movement records, rodent
control logbook, feed mill quality
assurance affidavits, slaughter test
results, and recordkeeping.
Since the last approval of this
collection, the estimated total annual
burden on respondents has decreased
from 7,492 hours to 2,118 hours, and the
estimated annual number of responses
has decreased from 14,189 to 3,793.
These changes are due to several
reasons. We discovered that we did not
accurately estimate the number of herds
that would be registered for the
voluntary Trichinae Certification
Program. Our estimates were created at
the beginning of the program when it
was assumed that the program would
continue and grow; however, changes in
trade practices have decreased
participation in the program. In
addition, we adjusted the hours per
response for several of the information
collection activities to more accurately
reflect the time required to complete
them.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (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
collection of information 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 0.56
hours per response.
Respondents: Auditors (accredited
veterinarians or State animal health
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officials), pork producers, mill
managers, slaughter facility personnel,
and personnel from approved
laboratories.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 1,250.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 3.03.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 3,793.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,118 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 12th day of
September 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0078]
Field Release of Diaphorencyrtus
aligarhensis for the Biological Control
of Asian Citrus Psyllid in the
Contiguous United States; Availability
of an Environmental Assessment
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that a draft environmental assessment
has been prepared by the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service relative
to the proposed release of
Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis for the
biological control of the Asian citrus
psyllid, Diaphorina citri, in the
contiguous United States. We are
making this environmental assessment
available to the public for review and
comment.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 20,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0078.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
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APHIS–2014–0078, 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-2014-0078 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.
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Shirley A Wager-Page, Assistant
Director, Pest Permitting Branch,
Registration, Identification, Permitting,
and Plant Safeguarding, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale,
MD 20737–1236; (301) 851–2323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Asian
citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri; ACP),
can cause economic damage to citrus in
groves and nurseries by direct feeding.
Both adults and nymphs feed on young
foliage, depleting the sap and causing
galling or curling of leaves. High
populations feeding on a citrus shoot
can kill the growing tip.
ACP’s primary threat to citrus,
however, is not as a direct plant pest,
but as an efficient vector of the bacterial
pathogen that causes citrus greening.
Also known as Huanglongbing (HLB),
citrus greening is considered to be one
of the most serious citrus diseases in the
world. HLB is a bacterial disease,
caused by strains of the bacterial
pathogen ‘‘Candidatus Liberibacter
asiaticus,’’ that attacks the vascular
system of host plants. The pathogen is
phloem-limited, inhabiting the foodconducting tissue of the host plant, and
causes yellow shoots, blotchy mottling
and chlorosis, reduced foliage, and tip
dieback of citrus plants. HLB greatly
reduces production, destroys the
economic value of the fruit, and can kill
trees. Once infected, there is no cure for
a tree with HLB. In areas of the world
where the disease is endemic, citrus
trees decline and die within a few years
and may never produce usable fruit.
ACP is currently present in Alabama,
American Samoa, Florida, Georgia,
Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi,
the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto
Rico, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and
portions of Arizona, California, and
South Carolina. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is
proposing to issue permits for the field
release of a parasitic wasp,
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Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis, to reduce
the severity of infestations of ACP in the
United States and retard the spread of
HLB.
APHIS’ review and analysis of the
potential environmental impacts
associated with this proposed release
are documented in detail in an
environmental assessment entitled
‘‘Field Release of Diaphorencyrtus
aligarhensis for the Biological Control of
the Asian Citrus Psyllid in the
Contiguous United States’’ (June 2014).
We are making this environmental
assessment available to the public for
review and comment. We will consider
all comments that we receive on or
before the date listed under the heading
DATES at the beginning of this notice.
The environmental assessment may
be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web
site or in our reading room (see
ADDRESSES above for a link to
Regulations.gov and information on the
location and hours of the reading room).
You may request paper copies of the
environmental assessment by calling or
writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please
refer to the title of the environmental
assessment when requesting copies.
The environmental assessment has
been prepared in accordance with: (1)
The National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.); (2) regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality for
implementing the procedural provisions
of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); (3)
USDA regulations implementing NEPA
(7 CFR part 1b); and (4) APHIS’ NEPA
Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part
372).
Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of
September 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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Forest Service
Revision of the Land and Resource
Management Plan for El Yunque
National Forest, Puerto Rico
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of Intent to Revise the
Land and Resource Management Plan
and prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for El Yunque National Forest
(El Yunque).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As directed by the National
Forest Management Act (NFMA), the
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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-2014-0068]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Trichinae Certification Program
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an information
collection associated with the voluntary Trichinae Certification
Program to enhance the ability of U.S. pork producers to export pork
and pork products to overseas markets.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0068.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0068, 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-2014-
0068 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 Trichinae
Certification Program, contact Dr. Troy Bigelow, Senior Staff
Veterinarian-Swine, Surveillance, Preparedness and Response Services,
VS, APHIS, 210 Walnut Street, Room 891, Des Moines, IA 50309; (515)
284-4121. 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: Trichinae Certification Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0323.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized, among other things, to
prohibit or restrict the importation and interstate movement of animals
and animal products to prevent the introduction into and dissemination
within the United States of livestock diseases and pests and to conduct
programs to detect, control, and eradicate pests and diseases of
livestock. In addition, under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1622), the APHIS Administrator has authority with respect to
voluntary inspection and certification of animal products and the
inspection, testing, treatment, and certification of animals.
APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 149 contain certification
requirements for the voluntary Trichinae Certification Program, which
is a cooperative effort by APHIS and the U.S. pork industry. The
program is intended to enhance the ability of swine producers, as well
as slaughter facilities and other persons that handle or process swine
from pork production sites that have been certified under the program,
to export fresh pork and pork products to foreign markets.
There are a number of information collection activities for the
voluntary Trichinae Certification Program, including notification to
APHIS of program withdrawal, requests to APHIS for temporary program
withdrawal, requests for review of audit results or other
determinations, certification site audit form and requests for
certification site audit, spot audits, animal disposal plans, animal
movement records, rodent control logbook, feed mill quality assurance
affidavits, slaughter test results, and recordkeeping.
Since the last approval of this collection, the estimated total
annual burden on respondents has decreased from 7,492 hours to 2,118
hours, and the estimated annual number of responses has decreased from
14,189 to 3,793. These changes are due to several reasons. We
discovered that we did not accurately estimate the number of herds that
would be registered for the voluntary Trichinae Certification Program.
Our estimates were created at the beginning of the program when it was
assumed that the program would continue and grow; however, changes in
trade practices have decreased participation in the program. In
addition, we adjusted the hours per response for several of the
information collection activities to more accurately reflect the time
required to complete them.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (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 collection of information 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 0.56 hours per response.
Respondents: Auditors (accredited veterinarians or State animal
health
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officials), pork producers, mill managers, slaughter facility
personnel, and personnel from approved laboratories.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 1,250.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 3.03.
Estimated annual number of responses: 3,793.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2,118 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 12th day of September 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-22256 Filed 9-17-14; 8:45 am]
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