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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. 05–028–1]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
National Animal Identification System
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 a
national animal identification system.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 25,
2005.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
ADDRESSES:
• EDOCKET: Go to https://www.epa.gov/
feddocket to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of the
contents of the official public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once you
have entered EDOCKET, click on the ‘‘View
Open APHIS Dockets’’ link to locate this
document.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please
send four copies of your comment (an
original and three copies) to Docket No. 05–
028–1, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3C71,
4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your comment
refers to Docket No. 05–028–1.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading
room 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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For
information on the national animal
identification system, contact Mr. Neil
Hammerschmidt, Animal Identification
Coordinator, Eradication and
Surveillance Team, National Center for
Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 734–5571. For copies of
more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–
7477.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
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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) 690–2817 before
coming.
Other Information: You may view
APHIS documents published in the
Federal Register and related
information on the Internet at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/
webrepor.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Animal Identification
System.
OMB Number: 0579–0259.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) regulates the importation and
interstate movement of animals and
animal products and conducts various
other activities to protect the health of
our Nation’s livestock and poultry.
Animal disease outbreaks around the
globe over the past decade, and the
detection of an imported cow infected
with bovine spongiform encephalopathy
in Washington State in December 2003,
have intensified the public interest in
developing a national animal
identification program for the purpose
of protecting animal health.
Fundamental to controlling any
disease threat, foreign or domestic, to
the Nation’s animal resources is to have
a system that can identify individual
animals or groups, the premises where
they are located, and the date of entry
to each premises. Further, in order to
achieve optimal success in controlling
or eradicating an animal health threat,
the timely retrieval of this information
and implementation of intervention
strategies after confirmation of a disease
outbreak is necessary.
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While there is currently no
nationwide animal identification system
in the United States for all animals of a
given species, some segments of certain
species are required to be identified as
part of current program disease
eradication activities. In addition, some
significant regional voluntary
identification programs are in place, and
others are currently being developed
and tested.
In 2004, USDA launched a limited
pilot program that enabled States and
tribes to initiate experimental animal
and premises identification projects and
to conduct trials and research to
develop, test, and offer solutions for
administering animal identification and
collecting animal movement data. The
pilot program has concluded.
A national animal identification
system is being implemented by USDA
at present on a voluntary basis. It is
intended to identify all livestock, as
well as record their movements over the
course of their lifespans. USDA’s goal is
to create an effective, uniform,
consistent, and efficient system that,
when fully implemented, will allow
traces to be completed within 48 hours
of detection of a disease, ensuring rapid
containment of the disease.
This system will also be crucial as
USDA works to complete eradication
programs in which States, industry, and
the Federal Government have invested
many years and millions of dollars.
USDA is committed to developing a
program that is tested both on the farm
and in the livestock markets to ensure
it is both practical and effective. USDA’s
technology-neutral position will allow
industry to determine which animal
identification method or methods are
the most practical and effective for each
species.
This national system will not require
additional identification for animals
already required to be identified as part
of current disease eradication programs,
but will replace or supplement various
systems currently being used. It may, in
fact, simplify the animal identification
requirements in many cases, since a
national system would provide for a
single identification number for each
animal rather than multiple numbers for
different programs.
The national animal identification
program involves a number of
information collection and
recordkeeping activities, including
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nonproducer participant, individual
animal, and animal group
identifications; premises identifications;
individual transaction records; group/
lot movement records; a national animal
identification implementation workplan
submitted by participants applying for
routine implementation funds; and a
quarterly accomplishments report so
that APHIS can track the progress of
their various implementation projects
and activities.
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
information collection, 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: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.2039184 hours
per response.
Respondents: State animal health
authorities; federally recognized tribal
governments; owners/operators of
feedlots, markets, buying stations, and
slaughter plants; producers; and
nonproducer participants, such as
accredited veterinarians, animal
identification (ID) number managers
(individuals or firms responsible for
assigning animal ID numbers to
producers), animal ID companies
(companies that manufacture animal ID
tags, microchips, or other animal ID
devices), third party service providers
(companies that provide herd
management, dairy herd improvement,
genetic evaluation, and other services to
producers), and diagnostic laboratories
and livestock buyers/dealers who
submit data to the national database.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 250,000.
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Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 5.002.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,250,000.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 255,000 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.)
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of
May 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E5–2671 Filed 5–25–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Land Management Planning—
Transition to 2004 Planning Rule for
Previously Initiated Plan Revision
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Comanche National Grasslands—the
draft is scheduled for public comment
in late 2005; the final will be completed
in late 2006. The second of the two
revised Plans will involve the Pike and
San Isabel National Forests—the draft is
scheduled for public comment in late
2008; the final will be completed in late
2009.
The public will be invited to
collaborate during the development of
each revised Plan. Key steps for
collaboration occur during development
and any subsequent updating of the
comprehensive evaluation report,
establishing the components of the plan,
and in designing the monitoring
program. The Responsible Official will
decide upon and announce the methods
and timing for public participation and
involvement.
Dated: April 28, 2005.
Robert J. Leaverton,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 05–10567 Filed 5–25–05; 8:45 am]
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Pike & San Isabel National
Forests, Cimarron & Comanche National
Grasslands, USDA.
AGENCY:
Authority: 36 CFR 219.14(e).
Notice: Transition to 2004 Planning
Rule for previously initiated Land
Management Plan revision, Pike and
San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron
and Comanche National Grasslands.
SUMMARY: The Pike and San Isabel
National Forests, Cimarron and
Comanche National Grasslands will
transition to the 2004 Planning Rule
while revising the Land and Resource
Management Plan.
DATES: Transition is effective upon
publication of this Federal Register
Notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barb
Masinton, 719–553–1475.
The
Responsible Official (Forest Supervisor)
for the Pike and San Isabel National
Forests, Cimarron and Comanche,
National Grasslands has elected to
transition the previously-initiated Land
and Resource Management Plan (Plan)
Revision so that it falls under the
requirements of the 2004 Planning Rule
(January 5, 2005, 70 FR 1055). The Plan
Revision will be conducted in
accordance with all Forest Service
directives applicable to the 2004
Planning Rule.
All four proclaimed units (Pike, San
Isabel, Cimarron, and Comanche) fall
under the current Plan. As part of the
revision process, the Responsible
Official will prepare two Plans. The first
will involve the Cimarron and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce has
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Deep Seabed Mining
Regulations for Exploration Licenses.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: 0648–0145.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 40.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Average Hours Per Response: 20
hours.
Needs and Uses: The Deep Seabed
Hard Mineral Resources Act requires
applicants for an exploration license to
submit information for NOAA to make
a determination as to the applicants’
eligibility to meet the provisions of the
legislation. The information will be
used to determine the financial,
environmental and technological
eligibility of the applicant to meet the
requirements of the Act to conduct
exploration activities. Licensees are
required to submit annual reports.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 05-028-1]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; National Animal Identification System
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 a national animal identification system.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
25, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
EDOCKET: Go to https://www.epa.gov/feddocket to submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the official public docket, and to access those documents in the
public docket that are available electronically. Once you have
entered EDOCKET, click on the ``View Open APHIS Dockets'' link to
locate this document.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four
copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No.
05-028-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please
state that your comment refers to Docket No. 05-028-1.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading room 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) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: You may view APHIS documents published in the
Federal Register and related information on the Internet at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the national animal
identification system, contact Mr. Neil Hammerschmidt, Animal
Identification Coordinator, Eradication and Surveillance Team, National
Center for Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 43,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-5571. For copies of more detailed
information on the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste
Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734-7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Animal Identification System.
OMB Number: 0579-0259.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulates the importation and
interstate movement of animals and animal products and conducts various
other activities to protect the health of our Nation's livestock and
poultry.
Animal disease outbreaks around the globe over the past decade, and
the detection of an imported cow infected with bovine spongiform
encephalopathy in Washington State in December 2003, have intensified
the public interest in developing a national animal identification
program for the purpose of protecting animal health.
Fundamental to controlling any disease threat, foreign or domestic,
to the Nation's animal resources is to have a system that can identify
individual animals or groups, the premises where they are located, and
the date of entry to each premises. Further, in order to achieve
optimal success in controlling or eradicating an animal health threat,
the timely retrieval of this information and implementation of
intervention strategies after confirmation of a disease outbreak is
necessary.
While there is currently no nationwide animal identification system
in the United States for all animals of a given species, some segments
of certain species are required to be identified as part of current
program disease eradication activities. In addition, some significant
regional voluntary identification programs are in place, and others are
currently being developed and tested.
In 2004, USDA launched a limited pilot program that enabled States
and tribes to initiate experimental animal and premises identification
projects and to conduct trials and research to develop, test, and offer
solutions for administering animal identification and collecting animal
movement data. The pilot program has concluded.
A national animal identification system is being implemented by
USDA at present on a voluntary basis. It is intended to identify all
livestock, as well as record their movements over the course of their
lifespans. USDA's goal is to create an effective, uniform, consistent,
and efficient system that, when fully implemented, will allow traces to
be completed within 48 hours of detection of a disease, ensuring rapid
containment of the disease.
This system will also be crucial as USDA works to complete
eradication programs in which States, industry, and the Federal
Government have invested many years and millions of dollars. USDA is
committed to developing a program that is tested both on the farm and
in the livestock markets to ensure it is both practical and effective.
USDA's technology-neutral position will allow industry to determine
which animal identification method or methods are the most practical
and effective for each species.
This national system will not require additional identification for
animals already required to be identified as part of current disease
eradication programs, but will replace or supplement various systems
currently being used. It may, in fact, simplify the animal
identification requirements in many cases, since a national system
would provide for a single identification number for each animal rather
than multiple numbers for different programs.
The national animal identification program involves a number of
information collection and recordkeeping activities, including
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nonproducer participant, individual animal, and animal group
identifications; premises identifications; individual transaction
records; group/lot movement records; a national animal identification
implementation workplan submitted by participants applying for routine
implementation funds; and a quarterly accomplishments report so that
APHIS can track the progress of their various implementation projects
and activities.
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
information collection, 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: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.2039184 hours per response.
Respondents: State animal health authorities; federally recognized
tribal governments; owners/operators of feedlots, markets, buying
stations, and slaughter plants; producers; and nonproducer
participants, such as accredited veterinarians, animal identification
(ID) number managers (individuals or firms responsible for assigning
animal ID numbers to producers), animal ID companies (companies that
manufacture animal ID tags, microchips, or other animal ID devices),
third party service providers (companies that provide herd management,
dairy herd improvement, genetic evaluation, and other services to
producers), and diagnostic laboratories and livestock buyers/dealers
who submit data to the national database.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 250,000.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 5.002.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,250,000.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 255,000 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.)
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of May 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E5-2671 Filed 5-25-05; 8:45 am]
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