Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 49247 [E7-17015]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 49247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17015]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 23, 2007.
    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 the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: District of Columbia Plant Health Certificate.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0166.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
is responsible for preventing plant pests and noxious weeds from 
entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests and weeds 
not widely distributed in the United States and eradicating those 
imported pests and weeds when eradication is feasible. The Federal 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701-7772) authorized the Secretary to 
carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, 
control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests. The Plant 
Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) provides certification services for plant 
material moving interstate to assure States that the plants and plant 
products they are receiving from the District of Columbia are free of 
prohibited or otherwise regulated plant pests. APHIS will collect 
information using form PPQ 571 District of Columbia Plant Health 
Certificate.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
using forms PPQ 571, to certify that the domestic plant or other plant 
material described by the shipper has been inspected according to 
appropriate procedures and that it is considered free from certain 
plant diseases, insects, or other pests, and is considered to conform 
with the requirements of the importing State. If the information is not 
collected, it would likely result in the interstate spread of damaging 
agricultural pests. Further entities in the District of Columbia would 
be unable to ship their products to other States, as other States 
require this certification.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 20.

Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Restrictions on Importation of Live Poultry, Poultry Meat, 
and Other Poultry Products from Specified Regions.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0228.
    Summary of Collection: Title 21 U.S.C. 117, Animal Industry Act of 
1884, authorizes the Secretary to prevent, control and eliminate 
domestic diseases such as brucellosis, as well as to take actions to 
prevent and manage exotic diseases such as classical swine fever and 
other foreign animal diseases. Veterinary Services of the USDA's Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for 
administering regulations intended to prevent the introduction of 
animal diseases into the United States. The regulations in 9 CFR part 
94 allow the importation of poultry meat and products and live poultry 
from Argentina and the Mexican States of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and 
Yucatan under certain conditions. APHIS will collect information 
through the use of a certification statement that must be completed by 
Mexican veterinary authorities prior to export.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected from the 
certificate will provide APHIS with critical information concerning the 
origin and history of the items destined for importation in the United 
States. Without the information APHIS' ability to ensure that poultry, 
poultry meat, or other poultry products from certain States within 
Mexico pose a minimal risk of introducing exotic Newcastle disease and 
other exotic animal diseases into the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 100.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-17015 Filed 8-27-07; 8:45 am]
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