Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection; Importation of Ruminant and Swine Hides, Bird Trophies, and Deer Hides, 19653-19654 [2017-08605]
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may be viewed at https://
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#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0033 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 regulations to
prevent the introduction of bovine
spongiform encephalopathy into the
United States, contact Dr. Alexandra
MacKenzie, Senior Staff Veterinarian,
Live Animal Imports, NIES, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 40, Riverdale, MD
20737–1236; 301–851–3411; and Dr.
Magde S. Elshafie, Senior Staff
Veterinary Medical Officer, NIES, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40,
Riverdale, MD 20737, 301–851–3300.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
301–851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy; Importation of
Animals and Animal Products.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0393.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to, among other things, prohibit or
restrict the importation and interstate
movement of animals and animal
products into or through the United
States to prevent the introduction and
dissemination of animal diseases and
pests.
To guard against the introduction of
animal diseases, the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
regulates the importation of animals and
animal products into the United States.
The regulations in 9 CFR parts 92, 93,
94, 95, and 96 govern the importation of
certain animals, birds, poultry, meat,
and other animal products and
byproducts into the United States to
prevent the introduction of various
animal diseases, including bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a
chronic degenerative disease that affects
the central nervous system of cattle.
Section 92.5 of the regulations
provides that all countries of the world
are considered by APHIS to be in one
of three BSE risk categories: Negligible
risk, controlled risk, or undetermined
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risk. These risk categories are defined in
§ 92.1. Any region that is not classified
by APHIS as presenting either negligible
risk or controlled risk for BSE is
considered to present an undetermined
risk. Under the regulations, APHIS may
classify a region for BSE in one of two
ways. One way is for countries that have
not received a risk classification from
the World Organization for Animal
Health (OIE) to request classification by
APHIS. The other way is for APHIS to
concur with the classification given to a
country by the OIE.
To ensure BSE is not introduced into
the United States, the regulations place
specific conditions on the importation
of animals and animal products. These
requirements necessitate the use of
several information collection activities,
including, but not limited to,
certifications, official identification,
request for and retention of
classification as negligible or controlled
risk, declarations of importation, import
and export certificates, applications,
import and movement permits,
agreements, certification statements,
seals, notifications, and recordkeeping.
The information collection
requirements above are currently
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under OMB control
numbers 0579–0393 (Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy;
Importation of Bovines and Bovine
Products) and 0579–0234 (Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy;
Importation of Animals and Animal
Products). After OMB approves this
combined information collection
package (0579–0393), APHIS will retire
OMB control number 0579–0234. We
have also updated the title of this
information collection to ‘‘Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy;
Importation of Animals and Animal
Products.’’
We are asking the 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
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(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 0.52
hours per response.
Respondents: Shippers, hunters, U.S.
importers of regulated animal products,
herd owners (including hobby farms),
salaried veterinarians of foreign nations,
foreign exporters of processed animal
protein and other regulated materials
and products, accredited veterinarians,
and slaughter facility managers.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 2,225.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 238.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 529,236.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 275,743 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 25th day of
April 2017.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–08728 Filed 4–27–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0004]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of
an Information Collection; Importation
of Ruminant and Swine Hides, Bird
Trophies, and Deer Hides
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reinstatement 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 reinstatement of an
information collection associated with
the importation of ruminant and swine
hides, bird trophies, and deer hides.
SUMMARY:
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We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before June 27,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0004.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2017–0004, 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-2017-0004 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 regulations for the
importation of ruminant and swine
hides, bird trophies, and deer hides,
contact Dr. Lisa Dixon, Animal Products
Import Director, NIES, VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 40, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 851–3373. Copies of this
information collection can be obtained
from Ms. Kimberly Hardy, the APHIS
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Ruminant and
Swine Hides, Bird Trophies, and Deer
Hides.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0307.
Type of Request: Reinstatement 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 United States
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. To carry out this mission, APHIS
regulates the importation of animals and
animal products into the United States.
The regulations are contained in title 9,
parts 91 through 99, of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR).
The regulations in 9 CFR part 95
(referred to below as the regulations)
prohibit or restrict the importation of
specified animal products into the
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United States to prevent the
introduction into the U.S. livestock
population of certain contagious animal
diseases. Sections 95.16 and 95.17 of the
regulations contain, among other things,
specific processing, recordkeeping, and
certification requirements for untanned
hides and skins and bird trophies.
The regulations require that
shipments of hides be accompanied by
certificates showing their origin and
certifying that the hides are from areas
free of certain animal diseases.
Shipments of ruminant hides from
Mexico must be accompanied by written
statements indicating that the hides
were frozen for 24 hours and treated for
ticks. Shipments of bird trophies must
be accompanied by certificates of origin
certifying that the trophies are from
regions free of exotic Newcastle disease
and highly pathogenic avian influenza.
These activities help ensure that the
products do not harbor disease or ticks.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for 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 0.2
hours per response.
Respondents: National government
officials of the exporting country,
owners of untanned ruminant and
swine hides, and importers of untanned
ruminant and swine hides.
Estimated number of respondents:
264.
Estimated number of responses per
respondent: 2.59.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 683.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 137 hours. (Due to
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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 24th day of
April 2017.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–08605 Filed 4–27–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0021]
General Conference Committee of the
National Poultry Improvement Plan;
Meeting
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
We are giving notice of a
meeting of the General Conference
Committee of the National Poultry
Improvement Plan.
DATES: The General Conference
Committee meeting will be held on May
18, 2017, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The General Conference
Committee meeting will be held at the
Doubletree by Hilton, 363 Maine Mall
Road, Portland, ME 04106.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Denise Brinson, Senior Coordinator,
National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS,
APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road,
Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770)
922–3496.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
General Conference Committee (the
Committee) of the National Poultry
Improvement Plan, representing
cooperating State agencies and poultry
industry members, serves an essential
function by acting as liaison between
the poultry industry and the Department
in matters pertaining to poultry health.
Topics for discussion at the upcoming
meeting include:
1. National Veterinary Services
Laboratories (NVSL) Avian Influenza
Update.
2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service/Veterinary Services Update.
3. Compartmentalization Program for
Primary Breeders.
4. NVSL Salmonella Update.
5. New Diagnostic Tests.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0004]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection;
Importation of Ruminant and Swine Hides, Bird Trophies, and Deer Hides
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reinstatement 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 reinstatement of an information collection
associated with the importation of ruminant and swine hides, bird
trophies, and deer hides.
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DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June
27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0004.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2017-0004, 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-2017-
0004 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 regulations for
the importation of ruminant and swine hides, bird trophies, and deer
hides, contact Dr. Lisa Dixon, Animal Products Import Director, NIES,
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-
3373. Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Ms.
Kimberly Hardy, the APHIS Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Ruminant and Swine Hides, Bird Trophies, and
Deer Hides.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0307.
Type of Request: Reinstatement 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
United States 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.
To carry out this mission, APHIS regulates the importation of animals
and animal products into the United States. The regulations are
contained in title 9, parts 91 through 99, of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR).
The regulations in 9 CFR part 95 (referred to below as the
regulations) prohibit or restrict the importation of specified animal
products into the United States to prevent the introduction into the
U.S. livestock population of certain contagious animal diseases.
Sections 95.16 and 95.17 of the regulations contain, among other
things, specific processing, recordkeeping, and certification
requirements for untanned hides and skins and bird trophies.
The regulations require that shipments of hides be accompanied by
certificates showing their origin and certifying that the hides are
from areas free of certain animal diseases. Shipments of ruminant hides
from Mexico must be accompanied by written statements indicating that
the hides were frozen for 24 hours and treated for ticks. Shipments of
bird trophies must be accompanied by certificates of origin certifying
that the trophies are from regions free of exotic Newcastle disease and
highly pathogenic avian influenza. These activities help ensure that
the products do not harbor disease or ticks.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities for 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 0.2 hours per response.
Respondents: National government officials of the exporting
country, owners of untanned ruminant and swine hides, and importers of
untanned ruminant and swine hides.
Estimated number of respondents: 264.
Estimated number of responses per respondent: 2.59.
Estimated annual number of responses: 683.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 137 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 24th day of April 2017.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-08605 Filed 4-27-17; 8:45 am]
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