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Abstract: The Tobacco Statistics Act
of 1929 (7 U.S.C. 501–508) provides for
the collection and publication of
statistics of tobacco by USDA with
regard to quantity of leaf tobacco in all
forms in the United States and Puerto
Rico, owned by or in the possession of
dealers, manufacturers, and others with
the exception of the original growers of
the tobacco.
The statistics shall show the quantity
of the tobacco in such detail as to types,
as USDA shall deem to be practical and
necessary and shall be summarized as of
January 1, April 1, July 1, and October
1 of each year and are due within 15
days of the summarized dates.
The information furnished under the
provisions of this Act shall be used only
for statistical purposes for which it is
supplied. No publication shall be made
by USDA whereby the data furnished by
any particular establishment can be
identified, nor shall anyone other than
the sworn employees of USDA be
allowed to examine the individual
reports.
The regulations governing the
Tobacco Stocks and Standards Act (7
CFR part 30) issued under the Tobacco
Statistics Act specifically address the
reporting requirements. Tobacco in leaf
form or stems is reported by types of
tobacco and whether stemmed or
unstemmed. Tobacco in sheet form shall
be segregated as to whether for cigar
wrapper, cigar binder, for cigarettes, or
for other products.
Tobacco stocks reporting is
mandatory. The basic purpose of the
information collection is to ascertain the
total supply of unmanufactured tobacco
available to domestic manufacturers and
to calculate the amount consumed in
manufactured tobacco products. This
data was also used for the calculation of
production quotas for individual types
of tobacco and for price support
calculations until repealed in 2005.
The Quarterly Report of Manufacture
and Sales of Snuff, Smoking and
Chewing Tobacco is voluntary. Prior to
1965, information on the manufacture
and sale of snuff, smoking and chewing
tobacco products was available from
Treasury Department publications on
the collection of taxes. With repeal of
the Federal tax in 1965, the industry
requested that the collection of basic
data be continued to maintain the
statistical series and all major
manufacturers agreed to furnish
information. Federal taxes were
reimposed in 1985 for snuff and
chewing tobacco and the Treasury
Department began reporting data on
these products, but not in the detail
desired by the industry. Data from this
report was also used in calculations to
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determine the production quotas of
types of tobacco used in these products
until repealed in 2005.
The Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) directs and
authorizes USDA to collect, tabulate and
disseminate statistics on marketing
agricultural products including market
supplies, storage stocks, quantity,
quality, and condition of such products
in various positions in the marketing
channel, utilization of sub-products,
shipments, and unloads.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.90 hours per
response.
Respondents: Primarily tobacco
dealers and manufacturers including
small businesses or organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
57.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
228.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 204.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Henry R.
Martin, Acting Deputy Administrator,
Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA Stop
0280, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0280. All
comments received will be available for
public inspection during regular
business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 15, 2007.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0131]
Notice of Request for Revision and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Scrapie in
Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement
Restrictions and Indemnity Program
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision and extension of
approval of an 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 a revision and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with regulations for the
interstate movement of sheep and goats
and an indemnity program to help
prevent the spread of scrapie.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before January 22,
2008.
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–
0131 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.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send four copies of your
comment (an original and three copies)
to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0131,
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–
2007–0131.
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
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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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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0131]
Notice of Request for Revision and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement
Restrictions and Indemnity Program
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision and extension of approval of an 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 a revision and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with regulations for the interstate
movement of sheep and goats and an indemnity program to help prevent
the spread of scrapie.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
January 22, 2008.
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-2007-0131 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.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies of your
comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-2007-0131,
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-2007-0131.
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
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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.
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 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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of November 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-22742 Filed 11-20-07; 8:45 am]
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