Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Animal Care; Program Evaluation Survey of Nongovernmental Organizations Interested in Animal Welfare, 7597-7598 [E7-2789]
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Mycobacterium avium subspecies
paratuberculosis (MAP) and primarily
affects cattle, sheep, goats, and other
domestic, exotic, and wild ruminants.
The disease is a chronic and contagious
enteritis that results in progressive
wasting and eventual death. It is nearly
always introduced into a healthy herd
by an infected animal that is not
showing symptoms of the disease.
The regulations in 9 CFR, chapter I,
subchapter C, govern the interstate
movement of animals to prevent the
dissemination of livestock and poultry
diseases in the United States.
Subchapter C, part 71, contains general
provisions for the interstate movement
of animals, poultry, and their products,
while part 80 pertains specifically to the
interstate movement of domestic
animals that are positive to an official
test for Johne’s disease.
These regulations provide that cattle,
sheep, goats, and other domestic
animals that are positive to an official
test for Johne’s disease may generally be
moved interstate only to a recognized
slaughtering establishment or to an
approved livestock facility for sale to
such an establishment. The animals
must bear an official eartag and be
shipped with an owner-shipper
statement.
Supplementing the regulations are
standards outlined in the document,
‘‘Uniform Program Standards for the
Voluntary Bovine Johne’s Disease
Control Program’’ (VBJDCP). The
voluntary, cooperative program is
administered by the States and
supported by industry and APHIS.
The program provides national
standards for the control of Johne’s
disease. The program consists of three
basic elements: (1) Education, to inform
producers about the cost of Johne’s
disease and to provide information
about management strategies to prevent,
control, and eliminate the disease; (2)
management, to help producers
establish good management strategies on
their farms; and (3) herd testing and
classification, to help separate testpositive herds from test-negative herds.
To better support the voluntary
program across the States, VS is
proposing the use of several new
information collection activities.
Currently, all information collections
are being done through the State
programs. The information collections
that APHIS would administer for the
voluntary program are as follows:
• An annual report, VS Form 4–29,
and quarterly report to track the
progress of each State’s programs. VS
will use this information to make
decisions about supplemental funding.
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• An application for Herd Entry/
Renewal into the program, VS Form 4–
28, to identify herds whose owners are
interested in participating in the
VBJDCP.
• A risk assessment and management
plan for dairy cattle or beef cattle to
assist field veterinary medical officers or
Johne’s certified veterinarians to review
the management practices of the farm
and develop a herd management plan
capable of reducing or stopping the
transmission of MAP.
• Johne’s Vaccination Record, VS
Form 4–27, and continuation sheet, VS
Form 4–27A, to record the identity of
specific animals vaccinated with a MAP
bacterin to avoid interference with the
tuberculosis eradication surveillance
efforts.
• Test Record, VS Form 4–30, and its
continuation sheet, VS Form 4–30A, to
record samples submitted and
laboratory results from testing done for
the VBJDCP.
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
0.651378689 hours per response.
Respondents: Participating cattle
producers; APHIS accredited
veterinarians, State animal health
officials, and State personnel who
perform VBJDCP activities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 50,602.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2.1393423.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 108,255.
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Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 70,515 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 12th day of
February 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0002]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; Animal Care;
Program Evaluation Survey of
Nongovernmental Organizations
Interested in Animal Welfare
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
initiate a new information collection
activity associated with the Agency’s
Animal Care program. The activity
involves surveying nongovernmental
organizations interested in animal
welfare.
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before April 17,
2007.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, select
‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service’’ from the agency drop-down
menu, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ In the
Docket ID column, select APHIS–2007–
0002 to submit or view public
comments and to view supporting and
related materials available
electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions
for accessing documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket after
the close of the comment period, is
available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link.
ADDRESSES:
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Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send four copies of your
comment (an original and three copies)
to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0002,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2007–0002.
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: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on an information
collection associated with surveying
nongovernmental organizations
interested in animal welfare, contact Mr.
J. Michael Tuck, Senior Program
Analyst, Office of the Deputy
Administrator, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 20, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1238; phone (301) 734–5819; or e-mail
james.m.tuck@aphis.usda.gov. For
copies of more detailed information on
the information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–
7477.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Animal Care; Program
Evaluation Survey; Nongovernmental
Organizations Interested in Animal
Welfare.
OMB Number: 0579–XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, Animal Care
program, conducts activities to
administer and enforce the Animal
Welfare Act and the Horse Protection
Act and regulations issued under those
Acts.
Animal Care plans to survey
nongovernmental organizations
interested in animal welfare. Animal
Care will randomly select organizations
from several sources, primarily those
the program interacts with on a regular
basis (including allied industry
associations and groups concerned with
the humane treatment of animals), as
well as appropriate organizations listed
in the online database GuideStar.org.
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Other organizations may be included as
potential respondents by contacting Mr.
J. Michael Tuck as indicated under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Animal Care will use the information
from the survey to plan improvements
to the Animal Care program.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of this information collection
activity 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 0.16
hours per response.
Respondents: Established
nongovernmental organizations
interested in animal welfare.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 500.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 500.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 80 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 12th day of
February 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS), today
accepted a petition filed by the Burley
Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association and the Burley Stabilization
Corporation representing Burley tobacco
growers in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia,
Indiana, Ohio, and Missouri for trade
adjustment assistance. The
Administrator will determine within 40
days whether or not increasing Burley
tobacco imports contributed importantly
to a decline in domestic producer prices
of 20 percent or more during the
marketing period beginning October 1,
2005, and ending September 30, 2006. If
the determination is positive, all
producers who produce and market
their Burley tobacco in Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina,
West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, and
Missouri will be eligible to apply to the
Farm Service Agency for no cost
technical assistance and for adjustment
assistance payments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Farmers,
FAS, USDA, (202) 720–2916, e-mail:
trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov.
Dated: February 5, 2007.
Michael W. Yost,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS), today
accepted a petition filed by a group of
apiarists representing Michigan natural
honey, white or lighter, producers for
trade adjustment assistance. The
Administrator will determine within 40
days whether or not increasing imports
of natural honey contributed
importantly to a decline in domestic
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0002]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Animal Care; Program Evaluation Survey of Nongovernmental Organizations
Interested in Animal Welfare
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 initiate a new information collection activity associated
with the Agency's Animal Care program. The activity involves surveying
nongovernmental organizations interested in animal welfare.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April
17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov,
select ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'' from the agency
drop-down menu, then click ``Submit.'' In the Docket ID column, select
APHIS-2007-0002 to submit or view public comments and to view
supporting and related materials available electronically. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing
documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket after the close
of the comment period, is available through the site's ``User Tips''
link.
[[Page 7598]]
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies of your
comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-2007-0002,
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2007-0002.
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: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on an information
collection associated with surveying nongovernmental organizations
interested in animal welfare, contact Mr. J. Michael Tuck, Senior
Program Analyst, Office of the Deputy Administrator, PPD, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 20, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238; phone (301) 734-5819; or
e-mail james.m.tuck@aphis.usda.gov. 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: Animal Care; Program Evaluation Survey; Nongovernmental
Organizations Interested in Animal Welfare.
OMB Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal
Care program, conducts activities to administer and enforce the Animal
Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act and regulations issued under
those Acts.
Animal Care plans to survey nongovernmental organizations
interested in animal welfare. Animal Care will randomly select
organizations from several sources, primarily those the program
interacts with on a regular basis (including allied industry
associations and groups concerned with the humane treatment of
animals), as well as appropriate organizations listed in the online
database GuideStar.org. Other organizations may be included as
potential respondents by contacting Mr. J. Michael Tuck as indicated
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Animal Care will use the information from the survey to plan
improvements to the Animal Care program.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of this information collection
activity 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 0.16 hours per response.
Respondents: Established nongovernmental organizations interested
in animal welfare.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 500.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 500.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 80 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 12th day of February 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-2789 Filed 2-15-07; 8:45 am]
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