Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Voluntary “Do Not Sell” List of Invasive Plant Species, 56886-56887 [05-19453]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 23, 2005.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: National Animal Identification
System.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0259.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) 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. The
advent of increased animal disease
outbreaks around the globe over the past
decade, especially the recent BSEpositive cow found in Washington State,
has 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. A national animal
identification system is being
implemented by APHIS at present on a
voluntary basis. It is intended to
identify all livestock, as well as record
their movements over the course of their
lifespan.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS 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. Successful implementation of
the animal identification and tracking
systems will depend on the effective use
of three primary information collection
activities: premises and nonproducer
participants identification records,
individual animal identification
transaction records, and group/lot
transaction records that will be created
and maintained through various
industry and Government collaborative
efforts.
Failing to collect the needed
information would make it impossible
to conduct a timely traceback of animals
potentially exposed to a disease of
concern.
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Description of Respondents: State,
local or tribal government; Farms;
Business or other for-profit
Number of Respondents: 250,000.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 255,000.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–19428 Filed 9–28–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. 05–022–1]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; Voluntary ‘‘Do
Not Sell’’ List of Invasive Plant Species
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request approval of a new information
collection activity associated with a
voluntary ‘‘do not sell’’ list of invasive
plant species for Florida nurseries.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
28, 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. 05–022–1, 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. 05–022–1.
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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
information on the voluntary ‘‘do not
sell’’ list of invasive plant species for
Florida nurseries, contact Dr. Barney
Caton, Ecologist and Pest Risk Analyst,
Center for Plant Health Science and
Technology, PPQ, 1730 Varsity Drive,
Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27607; (919)
855–7504. For copies of more detailed
information on the information
collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles,
APHIS’s Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 734–7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Voluntary ‘‘Do Not Sell’’ List of
Invasive Plant Species.
OMB Number: 0579–XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Abstract: In 2001, the Florida
Nursery, Growers, & Landscape
Association (FNGLA), in cooperation
with the Florida Exotic Pest Plant
Council (FLEPPC), created and
promoted a list of known invasive plant
species that should not be grown or sold
in Florida nurseries. Forty-three plant
species were chosen for the list. A
voluntary effort by nurseries to limit
trade in these species is a potentially
worthwhile approach to safeguarding
U.S. ecosystems from invasive plants.
The effectiveness of the voluntary
program on trade in these species since
2001 has not been fully studied,
however.
The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture is
responsible for safeguarding the United
States against plant pests and noxious
weeds. A recent assessment by the
Center for Plant Health Science and
Technology, Plant Protection and
Quarantine, APHIS, indicated that
availability in Florida nurseries of the
43 species on the FNGLA list has not
changed since 1999. APHIS proposes to
conduct a single survey of owners and
managers of Florida nurseries and plant
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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dealers to determine how many were
aware of the program, whether they
were complying if they were aware of it,
and whether they would have complied
if they had known about it. The results
of the survey will help APHIS learn how
well such voluntary ‘‘do not sell’’
programs may be accepted by owners
and managers of nurseries and plant
dealers and how effective such
programs may be.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection
activity associated with the voluntary
‘‘do not sell’’ list of invasive species for
Florida nurseries.
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
hour per response.
Respondents: Owners and managers
of nurseries, and nursery stock dealers
in Florida.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 200.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 200.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 100 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.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
September 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05–19453 Filed 9–28–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Day Use on the
National Forests of Southern California
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the extension
information collection, Day Use on the
National Forests of Southern California.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before November 28, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Dr.
Deborah J. Chavez, Pacific Southwest
Research Station, 4955 Canyon Crest
Drive, Riverside, CA 92507. Comments
also may be submitted via facsimile to
(909) 680–1501, or send an
e-mail to dchavez@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at the address above during
normal business hours. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead to (909) 680–
1500 to facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Deborah J. Chavez, Pacific Southwest
Research Station, (909) 680–1558,
e-mail to dchavez@fs.fed.us. Individuals
who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf may call the Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339 twenty-four hours a day,
every day of the year, including
holidays.
Title: Day
Use on the National Forests of Southern
California.
OMB Number: 0596–0129.
Expiration Date of Approval:
3/31/2006.
Type of Request: Extension.
Abstract: Users of urban proximate
National Forests in Southern California
come from a variety of ethnic/racial,
income, age, educational, and other
socio-demographic backgrounds. The
activities pursued, information sources
utilized, and site attributes preferred are
just some of the items affected by these
differences. Past studies completed
through previously approved collections
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 05-022-1]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Voluntary ``Do Not Sell'' List of Invasive Plant Species
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New 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 approval of a new information collection activity
associated with a voluntary ``do not sell'' list of invasive plant
species for Florida nurseries.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 28, 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. 05-022-1,
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. 05-022-1.
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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 voluntary ``do
not sell'' list of invasive plant species for Florida nurseries,
contact Dr. Barney Caton, Ecologist and Pest Risk Analyst, Center for
Plant Health Science and Technology, PPQ, 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite
300, Raleigh, NC 27607; (919) 855-7504. For copies of more detailed
information on the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste
Sickles, APHIS's Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734-7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Voluntary ``Do Not Sell'' List of Invasive Plant Species.
OMB Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: In 2001, the Florida Nursery, Growers, & Landscape
Association (FNGLA), in cooperation with the Florida Exotic Pest Plant
Council (FLEPPC), created and promoted a list of known invasive plant
species that should not be grown or sold in Florida nurseries. Forty-
three plant species were chosen for the list. A voluntary effort by
nurseries to limit trade in these species is a potentially worthwhile
approach to safeguarding U.S. ecosystems from invasive plants. The
effectiveness of the voluntary program on trade in these species since
2001 has not been fully studied, however.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture is responsible for safeguarding the United
States against plant pests and noxious weeds. A recent assessment by
the Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Plant Protection
and Quarantine, APHIS, indicated that availability in Florida nurseries
of the 43 species on the FNGLA list has not changed since 1999. APHIS
proposes to conduct a single survey of owners and managers of Florida
nurseries and plant dealers to determine how many were aware of the
program, whether they were complying if they were aware of it, and
whether they would have complied if they had known about it. The
results of the survey will help APHIS learn how well such voluntary
``do not sell'' programs may be accepted by owners and managers of
nurseries and plant dealers and how effective such programs may be.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
the information collection activity associated with the voluntary ``do
not sell'' list of invasive species for Florida nurseries.
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 hour per response.
Respondents: Owners and managers of nurseries, and nursery stock
dealers in Florida.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 200.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 200.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 100 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 23rd day of September 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 05-19453 Filed 9-28-05; 8:45 am]
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