Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases; Notice of Solicitation for Membership, 65559-65560 [E7-22739]
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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 regarding the domestic
regulations to help prevent the spread of
scrapie, contact Dr. Diane Sutton, Senior
Staff Veterinarian, Ruminant Health
Programs, NCAHP, VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 734–6188. 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: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats;
Interstate Movement Restrictions and
Indemnity Program.
OMB Number: 0579–0101.
Type of Request: Revision and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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.
Scrapie is a degenerative and
eventually fatal disease affecting the
central nervous systems of sheep and
goats. It is a member of a class of
diseases called transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Its
control is complicated because the
disease has an extremely long
incubation period without clinical signs
of disease and because there is no test
that can detect the disease early in the
incubation period and no known
treatment.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 79
restrict the interstate movement of
certain sheep and goats to help prevent
the spread of scrapie. APHIS also has
regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an
indemnity program to compensate
owners of sheep and goats destroyed
because of scrapie.
The scrapie disease control program
requires the use of a number of
information collection activities,
including APHIS forms for inspection
and epidemiology data; applications
from owners to participate in the
Scrapie Flock Certification Program;
flock plans; post-exposure management
and monitoring plans; scrapie test
records; applications for indemnity
payments; certificates, permits, and
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owner statements for the interstate
movement of certain sheep and goats;
applications for premises identification
numbers; and applications for official
APHIS-approved eartags, backtags, or
tattoos.
The information provided by these
documents is critical to our ability to
prevent the interstate spread of scrapie,
and therefore plays a vital role in our
disease control and eradication efforts.
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
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: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average
1.098674842 hours per response.
Respondents: Flock owners, dealers,
market operators, accredited
veterinarians, and State animal health
authorities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents : 132,059.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 4.621169325.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 610,267.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 670,485 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 14th day of
November 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–2007–0134]
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases;
Notice of Solicitation for Membership
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation for
membership.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the
Secretary has reestablished the Advisory
Committee on Foreign Animal and
Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period. The
Secretary is soliciting nominations for
membership for this committee.
DATES: Consideration will be given to
nominations received on or before
January 7, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
addressed to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Mark Teachman, Acting Director of
Interagency Coordination, National
Center for Animal Health Emergency
Programs, VS, APHIS, USDA, 4700
River Road Unit 41, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 734–8667.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases
(the Committee) advises the Secretary of
Agriculture on actions necessary to keep
foreign diseases of livestock and poultry
from being introduced into the United
States. In addition, the Committee
advises the Secretary on contingency
planning and on maintaining a state of
preparedness to deal with these
diseases, if introduced.
The Committee Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson shall be elected by the
Committee from among its members.
In August 2007, we reestablished the
Committee. We are now soliciting
nominations from interested
organizations and individuals. An
organization may nominate individuals
from within or outside its membership.
The Secretary will select members to
obtain the broadest possible
representation on the Committee, in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
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Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
regulation 1041–1. Equal opportunity
practices, in line with the USDA
policies, will be followed in all
appointments to the Committee. To
ensure that the recommendations of the
Committee have taken into account the
needs of the diverse groups served by
the Department, membership should
include, to the extent practicable,
individuals with demonstrated ability to
represent minorities, women, and
persons with disabilities.
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of
November 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7–22739 Filed 11–20–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0143]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for the Importation of
Dropwort Leaves With Stems From
South Korea Into the Continental
United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of
dropwort leaves with stems from South
Korea into the continental United
States. Based on that analysis, we
believe that the application of one or
more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the
importation of dropwort leaves with
stems from South Korea. We are making
the pest risk analysis available for
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
we receive on or before January 22,
2008.
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 Docket No.
APHIS–2007–0143 to submit or view
public comments and to view
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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.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send four copies of your
comment (an original and three copies)
to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0143,
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. APHIS–2007–0143.
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: Mr.
Alex Belano, Import Specialist,
Commodity Import Analysis and
Operations, Plant Health Programs,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–
8758.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 through
319.56–47, referred to below as the
regulations), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to
prevent plant pests from being
introduced into and spread within the
United States.
Section 319.56–4 of the regulations
contains a performance-based process
for approving the importation of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
These measures are:
• The fruits or vegetables are subject
to inspection upon arrival in the United
States and comply with all applicable
provisions of § 319.56–3;
• The fruits or vegetables are
imported from a pest-free area in the
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country of origin that meets the
requirements of § 319.56–5 for freedom
from that pest and are accompanied by
a phytosanitary certificate stating that
the fruits or vegetables originated in a
pest-free area in the country of origin;
• The fruits or vegetables are treated
in accordance with 7 CFR part 305;
• The fruits or vegetables are
inspected in the country of origin by an
inspector or an official of the national
plant protection organization of the
exporting country, and have been found
free of one or more specific quarantine
pests identified by the risk analysis as
likely to follow the import pathway;
and/or
• The fruits or vegetables are a
commercial consignment.
APHIS received a request from the
Government of South Korea to allow the
importation of dropwort leaves with
stems from South Korea into the
continental United States. We have
completed a pest risk assessment to
identify pests of quarantine significance
that could follow the pathway of
importation into the United States and,
based on that pest risk assessment, have
prepared a risk management analysis to
identify phytosanitary measures that
could be applied to the commodities to
mitigate the pest risk. We have
concluded that dropwort leaves with
stems can be safely imported into the
continental United States from South
Korea using one or more of the five
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in § 319.56–4(b). Therefore, in
accordance with § 319.56–4(c), we are
announcing the availability of our pest
risk analysis for public review and
comment. The pest risk analysis may be
viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site
or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES
above for instructions for accessing
Regulations.gov and information on the
location and hours of the reading room).
You may request paper copies of the
pest risk analysis by calling or writing
to the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the
subject of the pest risk analysis when
requesting copies.
After reviewing the comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the import status of dropwort
leaves with stems from South Korea in
a subsequent notice. If the overall
conclusions of the analysis and the
Administrator’s determination of risk
remain unchanged following our
consideration of the comments, then we
will begin issuing permits for
importation of dropwort leaves with
stems from South Korea into the
continental United States subject to the
requirements specified in the risk
management analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0134]
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry
Diseases; Notice of Solicitation for Membership
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation for membership.
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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the Secretary has reestablished the
Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases for a 2-year
period. The Secretary is soliciting nominations for membership for this
committee.
DATES: Consideration will be given to nominations received on or before
January 7, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be addressed to the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mark Teachman, Acting Director of
Interagency Coordination, National Center for Animal Health Emergency
Programs, VS, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road Unit 41, Riverdale, MD
20737-1231; (301) 734-8667.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary's Advisory Committee on
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases (the Committee) advises the
Secretary of Agriculture on actions necessary to keep foreign diseases
of livestock and poultry from being introduced into the United States.
In addition, the Committee advises the Secretary on contingency
planning and on maintaining a state of preparedness to deal with these
diseases, if introduced.
The Committee Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be elected by
the Committee from among its members.
In August 2007, we reestablished the Committee. We are now
soliciting nominations from interested organizations and individuals.
An organization may nominate individuals from within or outside its
membership. The Secretary will select members to obtain the broadest
possible representation on the Committee, in accordance with the
Federal Advisory
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Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
regulation 1041-1. Equal opportunity practices, in line with the USDA
policies, will be followed in all appointments to the Committee. To
ensure that the recommendations of the Committee have taken into
account the needs of the diverse groups served by the Department,
membership should include, to the extent practicable, individuals with
demonstrated ability to represent minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities.
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of November 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-22739 Filed 11-20-07; 8:45 am]
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