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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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March 19, 2008.
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Animal Care; Survey of
Licensees and Registrants.
OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The
Laboratory Animal Welfare (AWA) (Pub.
L. 89–544) enacted August 24, 1966, and
amended December 24, 1970 (Pub. L.
91–579); April 22, 1976 (Pub. L. 94–
279); and December 23, 1985 (Pub. L.
99–198) requires the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to regulate the humane care
and handling of most warm-blooded
animals used for research or exhibition
purposes, sold as pets or transported in
commerce. A survey will be conducted
of a representative sampling of all of the
current licensees and registrants
regarding the effectiveness of Animal
Care’s core business processes,
including; establishing standards of care
through creation and modification of
regulations and policies; inspecting
licensed and registered facilities to
determine compliance; responding to
complaints about facilities; and
educating and communicating with
facilities and the public. Data will be
collected and analyzed by the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), Program and Policy
Development.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information to show
trends related to the Animal Care
Program’s efforts to provide quality
services to its licensees and registrants.
Without the information APHIS would
not be able to accurately measure the
enforcement of the program and still
meet the provision of the Act.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 4,200.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 672.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Animal Care; Educational and
Outreach Efforts.
OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), Animal Care Program (AC),
conducts inspections to administer and
enforce the Animal Welfare Act and the
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Horse Protection Act and regulations
issued under those Acts. AC also
conducts workshops, symposia, and
meetings, and other activities to educate
regulated entities and the public about
these Acts and regulations. AC plans to
survey participants in these activities to
measure the effectiveness of its outreach
and educational efforts. The surveys
would be distributed to attendees
following workshops, symposia,
meetings, and other events.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information to
determine whether the information was
helpful and how it might be improved.
AC also plans to use the information
collected to assess the effectiveness of
its efforts and to plan improvements to
activities.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 2,700.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 675.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Survey of Organizations
Interested in Animal Welfare.
OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The
Laboratory Animal Welfare (AWA) (Pub.
L. 89–544) enacted August 24, 1966, and
amended December 24, 1970 (Pub. L.
91–579); April 22, 1976 (Pub. L. 94–
279); and December 23, 1985 (Pub. L.
99–198) requires the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to regulate the humane care
and handling of most warm-blooded
animals used for research or exhibition
purposes, sold as pets or transported in
commerce. A survey will be conducted
of a representative sampling of
Organizations Interested in Animal
Welfare regarding the effectiveness of
Animal Care’s core business processes,
including establishing standards of care
through creation and modification of
regulations and policies; inspecting
licensed and registered facilities; and
educating and communicating with
facilities and the public. Data will be
collected and analyzed by the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), Program and Policy Division.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information to
understand how these interested
organizations rate overall program
performance, and whether there are any
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gaps between their expectations and
management perception.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 80.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection
Service
Title: Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material
from Canada.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0257.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–
7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants and plant pests to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The Animal
Plant and Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) have established restrictions on
the importation of pine shoot beetle host
material into the United States from
Canada. Pine shoot beetle (PSB) is a pest
of pine trees. It can cause damage in
weak and dying trees where
reproductive and immature stages of
PSB occur, and in the new growth of
healthy trees. PSB can damage urban
ornamental trees and can cause
economic losses to the timber,
Christmas trees, and nursery industries.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect the information
using Compliance Agreements, Written
Statements, and Canadian Phytosanitary
Certificates to protect the United States
from the introduction of pine shoot
beetle and other plant diseases.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,340.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 94.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–5940 Filed 3–24–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
March 20, 2008.
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
VerDate Aug<31>2005
18:33 Mar 24, 2008
Jkt 214001
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) 720–8681.
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.
Forest Service
Title: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Visitor Study.
OMB Control Number: 0596–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The
Wilderness Act of 1964 directs that the
National Wilderness Preservation
System be managed to protect natural
wilderness conditions and to provide
outstanding opportunities for the public
to find solitude or primitive and
unconfined types of recreational
experiences. To help meet Federal
agencies’ mandates related to recreation,
scientists at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute
periodically monitor and report to
mangers and the public, visitor use and
user characteristics and visitor feedback
on management actions on federal
lands, including National Wildlife
Refuges.
Need and Use of the Information:
This study will only ask recreation
visitors questions about their recreation
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visit, their personal demographics
relevant to education and service
provision, and factors that have
influenced or are likely to influence
their recreation visits. Agency personnel
will use the collected information to
ensure that visitors’ recreational
activities do not harm the natural
resources of the refuge and that
wilderness-type recreation experiences
are protected. The information it
provides will also be used to inform the
Refuge’s upcoming Comprehensive
Conservation Plan revision and in the
development of its Wilderness
Stewardship and Public Use
Management Plans.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 140.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection: Long Term
Contracting System (LTCS)
Farm Service Agency and
Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Farm Service Agency and
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) at
Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO)
are seeking comments from all
interested individuals and organizations
on an extension with revision of a
currently approved information
collection associated with the Long
Term Contracting System. This
collection is necessary for the
procurement of agricultural
commodities by KCCO for domestic
feeding programs. Vendors bidding on
long-term invitations complete and
submit their offers on-line through the
Long Term Contracting System (LTCS),
which records the system date/time that
the offer was submitted and ensures that
the data remains secured within the
system until bid opening time.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before May 27, 2008 to
be assured consideration.
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Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
March 19, 2008.
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: Animal Care; Survey of Licensees and Registrants.
OMB Control Number: 0579-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Laboratory Animal Welfare (AWA) (Pub. L.
89-544) enacted August 24, 1966, and amended December 24, 1970 (Pub. L.
91-579); April 22, 1976 (Pub. L. 94-279); and December 23, 1985 (Pub.
L. 99-198) requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture to regulate the
humane care and handling of most warm-blooded animals used for research
or exhibition purposes, sold as pets or transported in commerce. A
survey will be conducted of a representative sampling of all of the
current licensees and registrants regarding the effectiveness of Animal
Care's core business processes, including; establishing standards of
care through creation and modification of regulations and policies;
inspecting licensed and registered facilities to determine compliance;
responding to complaints about facilities; and educating and
communicating with facilities and the public. Data will be collected
and analyzed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
Program and Policy Development.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to
show trends related to the Animal Care Program's efforts to provide
quality services to its licensees and registrants. Without the
information APHIS would not be able to accurately measure the
enforcement of the program and still meet the provision of the Act.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 4,200.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 672.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Animal Care; Educational and Outreach Efforts.
OMB Control Number: 0579-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), Animal Care Program (AC), conducts inspections to
administer and enforce the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection
Act and regulations issued under those Acts. AC also conducts
workshops, symposia, and meetings, and other activities to educate
regulated entities and the public about these Acts and regulations. AC
plans to survey participants in these activities to measure the
effectiveness of its outreach and educational efforts. The surveys
would be distributed to attendees following workshops, symposia,
meetings, and other events.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to
determine whether the information was helpful and how it might be
improved. AC also plans to use the information collected to assess the
effectiveness of its efforts and to plan improvements to activities.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 2,700.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 675.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Survey of Organizations Interested in Animal Welfare.
OMB Control Number: 0579-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Laboratory Animal Welfare (AWA) (Pub. L.
89-544) enacted August 24, 1966, and amended December 24, 1970 (Pub. L.
91-579); April 22, 1976 (Pub. L. 94-279); and December 23, 1985 (Pub.
L. 99-198) requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture to regulate the
humane care and handling of most warm-blooded animals used for research
or exhibition purposes, sold as pets or transported in commerce. A
survey will be conducted of a representative sampling of Organizations
Interested in Animal Welfare regarding the effectiveness of Animal
Care's core business processes, including establishing standards of
care through creation and modification of regulations and policies;
inspecting licensed and registered facilities; and educating and
communicating with facilities and the public. Data will be collected
and analyzed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
Program and Policy Division.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to
understand how these interested organizations rate overall program
performance, and whether there are any
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gaps between their expectations and management perception.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 80.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material from Canada.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0257.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant pests
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or
their dissemination within the United States. The Animal Plant and
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have established restrictions on the
importation of pine shoot beetle host material into the United States
from Canada. Pine shoot beetle (PSB) is a pest of pine trees. It can
cause damage in weak and dying trees where reproductive and immature
stages of PSB occur, and in the new growth of healthy trees. PSB can
damage urban ornamental trees and can cause economic losses to the
timber, Christmas trees, and nursery industries.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect the information
using Compliance Agreements, Written Statements, and Canadian
Phytosanitary Certificates to protect the United States from the
introduction of pine shoot beetle and other plant diseases.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,340.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 94.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-5940 Filed 3-24-08; 8:45 am]
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