Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Interstate Movement of Sheep and Goats and Recordkeeping for Approved Livestock Facilities and Slaughtering and Rendering Establishments, 3547-3548 [2015-01054]
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Friday, January 23, 2015
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0074]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Interstate
Movement of Sheep and Goats and
Recordkeeping for Approved Livestock
Facilities and Slaughtering and
Rendering Establishments
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
associated with regulations for the
interstate movement of sheep and goats
and recordkeeping for approved
livestock facilities and slaughtering and
rendering establishments.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 24,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0074.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS-2014–0074, 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-2014-0074 or
in our reading room, which is located in
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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 interstate movement
of sheep and goats and recordkeeping
for approved livestock facilities and
slaughtering and rendering
establishments, contact Dr. Gary S. Ross,
Senior Staff Veterinarian, Surveillance,
Cattle Health Center, VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 851–3535. For copies of
more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Ms.
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Interstate Movement of Sheep
and Goats and Recordkeeping for
Approved Livestock Facilities and
Slaughtering and Rendering
Establishments.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0258.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
(USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is
authorized, among other things, to
prohibit or restrict the interstate
movement of animals and animal
products to prevent the dissemination
within the United States of animal
diseases and pests of livestock and to
conduct programs to detect, control, and
eradicate pests and diseases of livestock.
In support of this mission, APHIS’
Veterinary Services (VS) prohibits or
restricts the interstate movement of
livestock that have, or have been
exposed to, certain diseases.
APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 71
restrict the interstate movement of
livestock, including sheep and goats, to
control the spread of disease and
include provisions for livestock
facilities that handle livestock moving
in interstate commerce to be approved
by APHIS. These requirements are
intended to ensure that such facilities
are constructed and operated in a
manner that will help prevent the
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spread of disease and involve
information collection activities,
including an Approval of Livestock
Facilities Agreement and recordkeeping.
The regulations in § 71.20 contain
provisions under which livestock
facilities 1 may acquire and retain status
as an approved facility. To obtain
approval, facilities must enter into an
agreement with APHIS in which they
agree to follow certain procedures when
handling livestock entering the facility.
Part of this agreement states that
documents such as weight tickets, sales
slips, and records of origin,
identification, and destination that
relate to livestock that are in, or that
have been in, the facility shall be
maintained by the facility for a period
of 5 years (2 years if the records regard
only swine or poultry). Such records
would be critical in the event that
APHIS or State animal health officials
needed to conduct a disease traceback
investigation.
Section 71.20 also requires, among
other things, authorized personnel at
approved livestock facilities to sign an
agreement that they will meet the
requirements listed in that section, such
as ensuring the facilities contain wellconstructed and well-lighted livestock
handling chutes, pens, alleys, and sales
rings and allowing APHIS or its
representatives to inspect, officially
identify, vaccinate, take blood and
tissue specimens for testing purposes.
Section 71.21 of the regulations
requires, among other things, authorized
personnel at listed slaughtering and
rendering facilities to sign an agreement
that they will meet the requirements
listed in that section, such as providing
office and sample collection space and
allowing APHIS or its representatives to
take blood and tissue specimens from
livestock, record the identification of
animals, retain any external or internal
identification devices, and conduct
records inspections. The listing
agreement is the VS Listing Agreement
for a Slaughter Establishment Handling
Livestock or Livestock Carcasses (Non1 On January 2, 2015, APHIS published a
proposed rule in the Federal Register (80 FR 6–13,
Docket No. APHIS–2014–0018) that proposes to
amend the regulations governing approval of
facilities that receive livestock moved in interstate
commerce. In that document, we propose to add
and define the term approved livestock marketing
facility in the regulations. If the proposed rule is
finalized, we will revise this collection at the next
request for extension of approval of this information
collection.
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Poultry) in Interstate Commerce
Pursuant to Title 9, Code of Federal
Regulations (VS Form 10–6).
This notice includes a description of
the information collection requirements
currently approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
recordkeeping for approved livestock
facilities and slaughtering and rendering
establishments under number 0579–
0342, and for the interstate movement of
sheep and goats under number 0579–
0258. These collections pertain to the
same regulations (§§ 71.20 and 71.21);
therefore, we will consolidate them into
one collection. After OMB approves and
combines the burden for both
collections under one collection
(number 0579–0258), the Department
will retire number 0579–0342.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities, as described, 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 0.5
hours per response.
Respondents: Livestock marketing
facility personnel, owners or operators
of livestock facilities that handle
animals moving interstate, authorized
personnel at listed slaughter and
rendering facilities, and State animal
health officials.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 234.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 5.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,026.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 546 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
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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 16th day of
January 2015.
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–2014–0096]
Notice of Availability of a Pest List for
the Interstate Movement of Fresh Sea
Asparagus Tips From Hawaii Into the
Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have prepared a pest list and
risk management document regarding
the risks associated with the interstate
movement of fresh sea asparagus tips
from Hawaii into the continental United
States. Based on these documents, we
have determined that the application of
one or more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the
movement of fresh sea asparagus tips
from Hawaii. We are making these
documents available to the public for
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 24,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0096.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2014–0096, 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-2014-0096 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SUMMARY:
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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: Mr.
David Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (301) 851–2103.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Regulated
Articles From Hawaii and the
Territories’’ (7 CFR 318.13–1 through
318.13–26, referred to below as the
regulations), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
prohibits or restricts the interstate
movement of fruits and vegetables from
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands to the
continental United States to prevent the
spread of plant pests and noxious weeds
that occur in Hawaii and the territories.
Section 318.13–4 contains a
performance-based process for
approving the interstate movement of
certain fruits and vegetables from
Hawaii and the U.S. territories that,
based on the findings of a pest list, can
be safely moved subject to one or more
of the six designated phytosanitary
measures listed in § 318.13–4(b).
APHIS received a request from the
Hawaii Department of Agriculture to
allow the interstate movement of fresh
sea asparagus tips (Salicornia bigelovii
Torr.) to the continental United States.
Hawaii has indicated a specific interest
in production and shipment of fresh sea
asparagus tips, which are currently
prohibited from interstate movement
from Hawaii to the continental United
States.
We have prepared a pest list to
identify pests of quarantine significance
that could follow the pathway of
interstate movement into the
continental United States. Based on that
pest list, we prepared a risk
management document (RMD) to
identify phytosanitary measures that
could be applied to the commodity to
mitigate the pest risk. We have
concluded that fresh sea asparagus tips
can be safely moved from Hawaii to the
continental United States using one or
more of the six designated phytosanitary
measures listed in § 318.13–4(b).
Specifically, fresh seas asparagus tips
would have to be moved interstate as
commercial consignments only and be
subject to pre-departure inspection in
Hawaii prior to interstate movement
into the continental United States.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
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-2014-0074]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Interstate Movement of Sheep and Goats and
Recordkeeping for Approved Livestock Facilities and Slaughtering and
Rendering Establishments
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 associated with regulations for the interstate
movement of sheep and goats and recordkeeping for approved livestock
facilities and slaughtering and rendering establishments.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
24, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0074.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0074, 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-
0074 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 interstate
movement of sheep and goats and recordkeeping for approved livestock
facilities and slaughtering and rendering establishments, contact Dr.
Gary S. Ross, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Surveillance, Cattle Health
Center, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
851-3535. For copies of more detailed information on the information
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851-2727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Interstate Movement of Sheep and Goats and Recordkeeping for
Approved Livestock Facilities and Slaughtering and Rendering
Establishments.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0258.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorized, among other things, to
prohibit or restrict the interstate movement of animals and animal
products to prevent the dissemination within the United States of
animal diseases and pests of livestock and to conduct programs to
detect, control, and eradicate pests and diseases of livestock. In
support of this mission, APHIS' Veterinary Services (VS) prohibits or
restricts the interstate movement of livestock that have, or have been
exposed to, certain diseases.
APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 71 restrict the interstate movement
of livestock, including sheep and goats, to control the spread of
disease and include provisions for livestock facilities that handle
livestock moving in interstate commerce to be approved by APHIS. These
requirements are intended to ensure that such facilities are
constructed and operated in a manner that will help prevent the spread
of disease and involve information collection activities, including an
Approval of Livestock Facilities Agreement and recordkeeping.
The regulations in Sec. 71.20 contain provisions under which
livestock facilities \1\ may acquire and retain status as an approved
facility. To obtain approval, facilities must enter into an agreement
with APHIS in which they agree to follow certain procedures when
handling livestock entering the facility. Part of this agreement states
that documents such as weight tickets, sales slips, and records of
origin, identification, and destination that relate to livestock that
are in, or that have been in, the facility shall be maintained by the
facility for a period of 5 years (2 years if the records regard only
swine or poultry). Such records would be critical in the event that
APHIS or State animal health officials needed to conduct a disease
traceback investigation.
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\1\ On January 2, 2015, APHIS published a proposed rule in the
Federal Register (80 FR 6-13, Docket No. APHIS-2014-0018) that
proposes to amend the regulations governing approval of facilities
that receive livestock moved in interstate commerce. In that
document, we propose to add and define the term approved livestock
marketing facility in the regulations. If the proposed rule is
finalized, we will revise this collection at the next request for
extension of approval of this information collection.
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Section 71.20 also requires, among other things, authorized
personnel at approved livestock facilities to sign an agreement that
they will meet the requirements listed in that section, such as
ensuring the facilities contain well-constructed and well-lighted
livestock handling chutes, pens, alleys, and sales rings and allowing
APHIS or its representatives to inspect, officially identify,
vaccinate, take blood and tissue specimens for testing purposes.
Section 71.21 of the regulations requires, among other things,
authorized personnel at listed slaughtering and rendering facilities to
sign an agreement that they will meet the requirements listed in that
section, such as providing office and sample collection space and
allowing APHIS or its representatives to take blood and tissue
specimens from livestock, record the identification of animals, retain
any external or internal identification devices, and conduct records
inspections. The listing agreement is the VS Listing Agreement for a
Slaughter Establishment Handling Livestock or Livestock Carcasses (Non-
[[Page 3548]]
Poultry) in Interstate Commerce Pursuant to Title 9, Code of Federal
Regulations (VS Form 10-6).
This notice includes a description of the information collection
requirements currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for recordkeeping for approved livestock facilities and
slaughtering and rendering establishments under number 0579-0342, and
for the interstate movement of sheep and goats under number 0579-0258.
These collections pertain to the same regulations (Sec. Sec. 71.20 and
71.21); therefore, we will consolidate them into one collection. After
OMB approves and combines the burden for both collections under one
collection (number 0579-0258), the Department will retire number 0579-
0342.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, 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 0.5 hours per response.
Respondents: Livestock marketing facility personnel, owners or
operators of livestock facilities that handle animals moving
interstate, authorized personnel at listed slaughter and rendering
facilities, and State animal health officials.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 234.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 5.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,026.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 546 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 16th day of January 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-01054 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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