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Title: Spring Viremia of CarpSusceptible Finfish and their Gametes,
and Diagnostic Specimens Importation
Permits.
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Summary of Collection: The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) is
responsible for the development and
administration of regulations intended
to protect the health of U.S. farmed fish
populations. APHIS is adding import
restrictions for certain species of finfish
that are susceptible to spring viremia of
carp disease (SVC). SVC is a disease of
certain species of finfish, caused by an
eponymous rhabdovirus. SVC is
considered extremely contagious, and
there are currently no U.S. approved
vaccines or treatments for the virus.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS has developed import
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species. This necessitates the use of
several information collection activities,
including application by U.S. importers
for an import permit for SVCsusceptible fish species, or for
diagnostic samples containing viable
SVC virus. APHIS will also require that
importers obtain a health certificate
from the exporting facility indicating
that the exporting country, zone, or
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Without the information, APHIS would
be unable to effectively protect farmed
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susceptible to SVC from imports of
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SVC virus.
Description of Respondents: Farms;
Individual or households.
Number of Respondents: 12,010.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 5,969.
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Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0007]
National Animal Identification System;
User Guide and Technical Documents
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that we are making available for review
and comment three documents related
to the National Animal Identification
System: A Draft User Guide, a Program
Standards and Technical Reference
document, and a technical specification
document for the animal tracking
databases.
ADDRESSES: All three documents are
available on the Internet at https://
animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/. The
documents may also be viewed 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
• Draft User Guide: Dr. Adam Grow;
Director, Surveillance and Identification
Programs, National Center for Animal
Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 200, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (301) 734–3752.
• Program Standards and Technical
Reference: Dr. John F. Wiemers,
National Animal Identification Staff,
VS, APHIS, 2100 S. Lake Storey Road,
Galesburg, IL 61401; (309) 344–1942.
• Animal Tracking Databases
Technical Specifications Document: Mr.
Rich Baca, Team Leader, Veterinary
Services Application Information
Management, Centers for Epidemiology
and Animal Health, VS, APHIS, 2150
Centre Avenue, Bldg B, Mail Stop 2W4,
Fort Collins, CO 80526; (970) 494–7346.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
As part of ongoing efforts to safeguard
animal health, the U.S. Department of
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Agriculture (USDA) initiated
implementation of a National Animal
Identification System (NAIS) in 2004.
The NAIS is a cooperative State-Federalindustry program administered by
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS). The
purpose of the NAIS is to provide a
streamlined information system that
will help producers and animal health
officials respond quickly and effectively
to animal disease events in the United
States.
The first component of the program,
premises registration, is well underway
and the second component, animal
identification, is being implemented for
several species. The third component,
animal tracing, is currently under
development with USDA’s State and
industry partners. Industry, through
private systems, and States will manage
the animal tracking databases that
maintain the movement records of
animals. These information systems will
provide the locations of a subject animal
and the records of other animals that the
subject animal came into contact with at
each premises. Participation in any
component of the program is voluntary.
This notice announces the availability
of three documents related to the
National Animal Identification System:
A Draft User Guide, a Program
Standards and Technical Reference
document, and a technical specification
document for the animal tracking
databases.
Draft User Guide for the NAIS
The Draft User Guide provides
comprehensive information about
participating in the NAIS. Part I of the
document provides a brief overview to
familiarize producers with the NAIS, its
goals, its organizational components,
and other information concerning its
ongoing implementation. The remainder
of the document discusses each of the
NAIS’ components in greater detail and
provides operational-level ‘‘how to’’
information and resources. Part II of the
document provides information about
premises registration; Part III of the
document discusses the animal
identification component of the
program; and Part IV of the document
details the animal tracing component.
The Draft User Guide is the most
current plan for the NAIS and replaces
all previously published program
documents, including the 2005 Draft
Strategic Plan and Draft Program
Standards (announced at 70 FR 23961–
23963, May 6, 2005) and the 2006
Strategy for the Implementation of NAIS
(announced at 71 FR 17805–17806,
April 7, 2006). Those documents
provided the opportunity for the public
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to comment on the NAIS as USDA
worked through many issues with
industry and the States and Tribes.
USDA received valuable feedback from
producers, State animal health officials,
and other interested stakeholders on the
documents and on the program, and
made adjustments to the program in
response.
The Draft User Guide represents the
most up-to-date general information on
NAIS today. The NAIS will continue to
evolve as details are addressed through
ongoing dialogue with all stakeholders.
Program Standards and Technical
Reference Document
The Program Standards and Technical
Reference document supplements the
Draft User Guide and provides, as a
separate document, an update for the
data element standards that were
contained in the 2005 Draft Program
Standards. To ensure a uniform,
streamlined information system evolves,
USDA has established certain data
standards, where necessary, to facilitate
standardization of information in the
NAIS. This document provides the data
element standards and other standards
relative to the NAIS. Use of these
standards by States, Tribes, and
industry organizations involved in the
administration of the system,
manufacturers of identification devices,
and other entities that are part of, or that
support the NAIS, will ensure that the
system is effective. Although the Draft
User Guide contains valuable
information about NAIS information
systems, this Program Standards
document is targeted more to entities
that are involved in the administration
of the program, and thus contains
details not appropriate for the User
Guide, which is aimed at producers
participating in the program.
Animal Tracking Database Technical
Specifications Document
USDA is developing a single portal,
referred to as the Animal Trace
Processing System (ATPS), to allow
authorized State and Federal animal
health officials to request information
from the administrators of the animal
tracking databases in certain situations:
• An indication (suspect,
presumptive positive, etc.) or confirmed
positive test of a foreign animal disease.
• An animal disease emergency as
determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture and/or State Departments of
Agriculture.
• The need to conduct a traceback or
traceforward to determine the origin of
infection for a program disease
(brucellosis, tuberculosis, etc.).
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To ensure that the privatization of the
animal movement tracking databases
progresses in as timely a manner as
possible, APHIS initiated the integration
of private and State animal tracking
databases (ATDs) with the NAIS during
an interim/development phase to allow
participation in 2006 and early 2007.
Organizations that wished to
participate requested USDA evaluations
of their systems for consideration. If the
system met the interim requirements,
the organization had the opportunity to
participate in the interim cooperative
agreement. As of January 15, 2007,
APHIS had entered into interim
cooperative agreements with 14
organizations that have databases that
meet minimum standards and that wish
to support the advancement of the
integration of private and State animal
tracking databases with the NAIS.
Throughout this interim/development
phase, USDA continued to work with
participating organizations to design
and develop the ATPS and to establish
the technical specifications of the ATDs.
ATDs in the implementation phase will
need to fulfill certain technical
requirements to enable them to integrate
with the ATPS. The Animal Tracking
Database Technical Specifications
document contains the specifications for
establishing compliant animal tracking
databases for the implementation phase.
Applications for the implementation
(production) phase of the animal
tracking databases may be requested by
contacting Mr. Rich Baca (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Comments about any of these
documents or other aspects of the NAIS
may be submitted to USDA through the
NAIS Web site e-mail address:
animalidcomments@aphis.usda.gov or
by mail to NAIS Program Staff, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 200,
Riverdale, MD 20737.
Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of
January 2007.
Nick Gutierrez,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0007]
National Animal Identification System; User Guide and Technical
Documents
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we are making available for
review and comment three documents related to the National Animal
Identification System: A Draft User Guide, a Program Standards and
Technical Reference document, and a technical specification document
for the animal tracking databases.
ADDRESSES: All three documents are available on the Internet at https://
animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/. The documents may also be viewed 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Draft User Guide: Dr. Adam Grow; Director, Surveillance
and Identification Programs, National Center for Animal Health
Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 200, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1231; (301) 734-3752.
Program Standards and Technical Reference: Dr. John F.
Wiemers, National Animal Identification Staff, VS, APHIS, 2100 S. Lake
Storey Road, Galesburg, IL 61401; (309) 344-1942.
Animal Tracking Databases Technical Specifications
Document: Mr. Rich Baca, Team Leader, Veterinary Services Application
Information Management, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, VS,
APHIS, 2150 Centre Avenue, Bldg B, Mail Stop 2W4, Fort Collins, CO
80526; (970) 494-7346.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
As part of ongoing efforts to safeguard animal health, the U.S.
Department of
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Agriculture (USDA) initiated implementation of a National Animal
Identification System (NAIS) in 2004. The NAIS is a cooperative State-
Federal-industry program administered by USDA's Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS). The purpose of the NAIS is to provide a
streamlined information system that will help producers and animal
health officials respond quickly and effectively to animal disease
events in the United States.
The first component of the program, premises registration, is well
underway and the second component, animal identification, is being
implemented for several species. The third component, animal tracing,
is currently under development with USDA's State and industry partners.
Industry, through private systems, and States will manage the animal
tracking databases that maintain the movement records of animals. These
information systems will provide the locations of a subject animal and
the records of other animals that the subject animal came into contact
with at each premises. Participation in any component of the program is
voluntary.
This notice announces the availability of three documents related
to the National Animal Identification System: A Draft User Guide, a
Program Standards and Technical Reference document, and a technical
specification document for the animal tracking databases.
Draft User Guide for the NAIS
The Draft User Guide provides comprehensive information about
participating in the NAIS. Part I of the document provides a brief
overview to familiarize producers with the NAIS, its goals, its
organizational components, and other information concerning its ongoing
implementation. The remainder of the document discusses each of the
NAIS' components in greater detail and provides operational-level ``how
to'' information and resources. Part II of the document provides
information about premises registration; Part III of the document
discusses the animal identification component of the program; and Part
IV of the document details the animal tracing component.
The Draft User Guide is the most current plan for the NAIS and
replaces all previously published program documents, including the 2005
Draft Strategic Plan and Draft Program Standards (announced at 70 FR
23961-23963, May 6, 2005) and the 2006 Strategy for the Implementation
of NAIS (announced at 71 FR 17805-17806, April 7, 2006). Those
documents provided the opportunity for the public to comment on the
NAIS as USDA worked through many issues with industry and the States
and Tribes. USDA received valuable feedback from producers, State
animal health officials, and other interested stakeholders on the
documents and on the program, and made adjustments to the program in
response.
The Draft User Guide represents the most up-to-date general
information on NAIS today. The NAIS will continue to evolve as details
are addressed through ongoing dialogue with all stakeholders.
Program Standards and Technical Reference Document
The Program Standards and Technical Reference document supplements
the Draft User Guide and provides, as a separate document, an update
for the data element standards that were contained in the 2005 Draft
Program Standards. To ensure a uniform, streamlined information system
evolves, USDA has established certain data standards, where necessary,
to facilitate standardization of information in the NAIS. This document
provides the data element standards and other standards relative to the
NAIS. Use of these standards by States, Tribes, and industry
organizations involved in the administration of the system,
manufacturers of identification devices, and other entities that are
part of, or that support the NAIS, will ensure that the system is
effective. Although the Draft User Guide contains valuable information
about NAIS information systems, this Program Standards document is
targeted more to entities that are involved in the administration of
the program, and thus contains details not appropriate for the User
Guide, which is aimed at producers participating in the program.
Animal Tracking Database Technical Specifications Document
USDA is developing a single portal, referred to as the Animal Trace
Processing System (ATPS), to allow authorized State and Federal animal
health officials to request information from the administrators of the
animal tracking databases in certain situations:
An indication (suspect, presumptive positive, etc.) or
confirmed positive test of a foreign animal disease.
An animal disease emergency as determined by the Secretary
of Agriculture and/or State Departments of Agriculture.
The need to conduct a traceback or traceforward to
determine the origin of infection for a program disease (brucellosis,
tuberculosis, etc.).
To ensure that the privatization of the animal movement tracking
databases progresses in as timely a manner as possible, APHIS initiated
the integration of private and State animal tracking databases (ATDs)
with the NAIS during an interim/development phase to allow
participation in 2006 and early 2007.
Organizations that wished to participate requested USDA evaluations
of their systems for consideration. If the system met the interim
requirements, the organization had the opportunity to participate in
the interim cooperative agreement. As of January 15, 2007, APHIS had
entered into interim cooperative agreements with 14 organizations that
have databases that meet minimum standards and that wish to support the
advancement of the integration of private and State animal tracking
databases with the NAIS.
Throughout this interim/development phase, USDA continued to work
with participating organizations to design and develop the ATPS and to
establish the technical specifications of the ATDs. ATDs in the
implementation phase will need to fulfill certain technical
requirements to enable them to integrate with the ATPS. The Animal
Tracking Database Technical Specifications document contains the
specifications for establishing compliant animal tracking databases for
the implementation phase. Applications for the implementation
(production) phase of the animal tracking databases may be requested by
contacting Mr. Rich Baca (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Comments about any of these documents or other aspects of the NAIS
may be submitted to USDA through the NAIS Web site e-mail address:
animalidcomments@aphis.usda.gov or by mail to NAIS Program Staff, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 200, Riverdale, MD 20737.
Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of January 2007.
Nick Gutierrez,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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