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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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April 16, 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: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats;
Interstate Movement Restrictions and
Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0101.
Summary Of Collection: Under the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002, Pub. L. 107–71, subtitle E,
Animal Health Protection, Section
10401–10418, the Secretary of
Agriculture, in order to protect the
agriculture, environment, economy, and
health and welfare of the people of the
United States by preventing, detecting,
controlling, and eradicating diseases
and pests of animal, is authorized to
cooperate with foreign countries, States,
and other jurisdictions, or other person,
to prevent and eliminate burdens on
interstate commerce and foreign
commerce, and to regulate effectively
interstate commerce and foreign
commerce. Scrapie is a progressive,
degenerative and eventually fatal
disease affecting the central nervous
system of sheep and goats. Its control is
complicated because the disease has an
extremely long incubation period
without clinical signs of disease, and
there is no test for the disease and or
known treatment. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
restricts the interstate movement of
certain sheep and goats to help prevent
the spread of scrapie. APHIS has
regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an
indemnity program to compensate
owners of sheep and goats destroyed
because of scrapie.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information using
cooperative agreements; applications
from owners to participate in the
Scrapie Flock Certification Program;
post-exposure management and
monitoring plans; scrapie test records;
application for indemnity payments;
certificates, permits, and owner
statements for the interstate movement
of certain sheep and goats; application
for premises identification numbers;
and applications for APHIS-approved
eartags, backtags, or tattoos, etc. Without
this information APHIS’ efforts to more
aggressively prevent the spread of
scrapie would be severely hindered.
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Description of Respondents: Farms;
Business or other for-profit; State, Local,
or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 131,911.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 670,455.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Customer/Stakeholder
Satisfaction Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW.
Summary of Collection: Collection
and dissemination of animal health data
and information is mandated by 7
U.S.C. 391, the Animal Industry Act of
1884, which established the precursor of
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services,
the Bureau of Animal Industry. The
collection, analysis and dissemination
of livestock and poultry health
information on a national basis are
consistent with the APHIS mission of
protecting and improving American
agriculture’s productivity and
competitiveness. The National Animal
Health Monitoring System (NAHMS)
program relies heavily on producer and
industry support. The NAHMS Program
is committed to improving the value of
studies for producers and industry,
reducing the burden of these studies on
respondents, and developing timely
information of value to the American
public. As part of this commitment, the
NAHMS is seeking approval to perform
customer/stakeholder satisfaction
surveys for participants of NAHMS
studies, user of NAHMS information as
well as recipients of the U.S. Animal
Health Report. Therefore, NAHMS
needs to collect this type of feedback
from producer and other to enhance
future studies and ensure that the
informational products are meeting their
needs.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected through the
surveys will be analyzed and used for
internal program adjustments and to
tailor future NAHMS studies and
reports. The potential benefit to the
industry from these surveys is feedback
to improve the program, laboratory
services and informational products by
gathering relevant and timely
information and opinion on the content
and method of program or service
delivery.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
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Number of Respondents: 35,700.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting;
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,471.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–894]
Certain Tissue Paper Products From
the People’s Republic of China:
Affirmative Preliminary Determination
of Circumvention of the Antidumping
Duty Order and Extension of Final
Determination
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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Preliminary Determination
We preliminarily determine that
certain tissue paper products (‘‘tissue
paper’’) produced by Vietnam Quijiang
Paper Co., Ltd. (‘‘Quijiang’’) are
circumventing the antidumping duty
order on tissue paper from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’), as provided
in section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). See
Notice of Amended Final Determination
of Sales at Less than Fair Value and
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain
Tissue Paper Products from the People’s
Republic of China, 70 FR 16223 (March
30, 2005) (‘‘Order’’).
DATES: Effective Date: April 22, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Hancock, Office 9, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 19, 2006, the Seaman Paper
Company of Massachusetts, Inc.
(‘‘Petitioner’’) requested that the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) initiate a circumvention
inquiry pursuant to section 781(b) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.225(h), to
determine whether imports of tissue
paper from Vietnam made from PRCorigin jumbo rolls are circumventing the
antidumping duty order on tissue paper
from the PRC. See Petitioner’s Request
for a circumvention Inquiry, (July 19,
2006) (‘‘Circumvention Petition’’);
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Order. Petitioner alleged that sending
PRC-origin jumbo rolls of tissue paper to
Vietnam for completion or assembly
into tissue paper products covered by
the Order constitutes circumvention
pursuant to section 781(b) of the Act.
On July 21, 2006, Petitioner amended
the Circumvention Petition to include
certain business proprietary
information. On August 11, 2006,
Quijiang submitted comments regarding
Petitioner’s July 21, 2006, request for an
anti-circumvention inquiry. On August
14, 2006, the Department requested that
the Petitioner submit documentation
referenced, but not included, in its July
21, 2006, request. On August 18, 2006,
Petitioner submitted a response to the
Department’s August 14, 2006, request.
On August 21, 2006, Petitioner
submitted comments on Quijiang’s
August 11, 2006, submission.
On September 5, 2006, the
Department initiated a circumvention
inquiry on certain imports of tissue
paper from Vietnam. See Certain Tissue
Paper Products from the People’s
Republic of China: Initiation of
Circumvention Inquiry, 71 FR 53662
(September 12, 2006) (‘‘Initiation’’). In
the Initiation notice, the Department
stated that it would focus its analysis on
the significance of the production
process in Vietnam by Quijiang, the
company the Petitioner identified in its
circumvention request.
However, in the Initiation notice, the
Department also stated that Quijiang
had admitted on the record of the first
administrative review of the Order that
it received jumbo rolls of tissue paper
produced by its PRC parent company,
Guilin Qifeng Paper Co., Ltd. (‘‘Guilin
Qifeng’’). Guilin Qifeng is the sole
owner of Quijiang. According to
Quijiang, Guilin Qifeng, which is a
tissue paper processor and exporter
located in Guangxi, PRC, established
Quijiang in June 2004. Additionally,
Quijiang stated that Guilin Qifeng was
the sole supplier of the PRC-origin
jumbo rolls, which Quijiang converted
to cut-to-length tissue paper that was
exported to the United States. See
Quijiang’s First Questionnaire
Response, (December 11, 2006) at 4–8.
Accordingly, for purposes of this
circumvention inquiry, the Department
has focused its analysis on whether
PRC-origin jumbo rolls supplied by
Guilin Qifeng that were converted to
cut-to-length tissue paper products by
Quijiang are circumventing the Order,
as provided in section 781(b) of the Act.
Questionnaires
On September 27, 2006, Petitioner
submitted comments concerning the
initial questionnaire to be issued to
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Quijiang. On October 6, 2006, Cleo Inc.
(‘‘Cleo’’), a U.S. importer, submitted
rebuttal comments to Petitioner’s
September 27, 2006, submission. On
October 26, 2006, Petitioner submitted
surrebuttal comments to Cleo’s October
6, 2006, submission.
Between November 2, 2006, and
December 3, 2007, the Department
issued six questionnaires to Quijiang
soliciting information regarding
Quijiang’s tissue paper production and
exports to the United States to which
Quijiang responded. Between January 8,
2007, and April 3, 2008, Petitioner and
Cleo submitted comments on Quijiang’s
questionnaire responses and whether
the Department should suspend
liquidation and collect cash deposits on
all entries of tissue paper from Quijiang.
Surrogate Country Comments
In this case, both the country that
produced the jumbo rolls and the
country that produced the tissue paper
products from the jumbo rolls are
considered non-market economy
(‘‘NME’’) countries.1 Therefore, because
the production of jumbo rolls and the
cut-to-length tissue paper are performed
in NME countries, we used surrogate
values to determine whether the value
of processing performed in Vietnam
represents a small portion of the value
of the merchandise sold in the United
States. Accordingly, pursuant to section
773(c)(4) of the Act, in valuing the
FOPs, the Department shall utilize, to
the extent possible, the prices or costs
of factors of production (‘‘FOPs’’) in one
or more market-economy countries that
are at a level of economic development
comparable to that of the NME country
and are significant producers of
comparable merchandise.
On November 5, 2007, the Department
determined that India, Indonesia, Sri
Lanka, the Philippines, and Egypt are
countries comparable to the PRC and
also determined that Bangladesh,
Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and
Indonesia are countries comparable to
1 In accordance with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the
Act, any determination that a foreign country is an
NME country shall remain in effect until revoked
by the administering authority. See Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination: Coated Free
Sheet Paper from the People’s Republic of China,
72 FR 30758, 30760 (June 4, 2007), unchanged in
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Coated Free Sheet Paper from the People’s
Republic of China, 72 FR 60632 (October 25, 2007);
Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of the Second
Administrative, 72 FR 13242 (March 21, 2007)
(‘‘FFF2 Final Results’’). No party has challenged the
designation of the PRC or Vietnam as an NME
country in this investigation. Therefore, we
continue to treat the PRC and Vietnam as NME
countries for purposes of the preliminary
determination of this circumvention inquiry.
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[FR Doc No: E8-8644]
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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
April 16, 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: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement Restrictions
and Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0101.
Summary Of Collection: Under the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-71, subtitle E, Animal Health Protection,
Section 10401-10418, the Secretary of Agriculture, in order to protect
the agriculture, environment, economy, and health and welfare of the
people of the United States by preventing, detecting, controlling, and
eradicating diseases and pests of animal, is authorized to cooperate
with foreign countries, States, and other jurisdictions, or other
person, to prevent and eliminate burdens on interstate commerce and
foreign commerce, and to regulate effectively interstate commerce and
foreign commerce. Scrapie is a progressive, degenerative and eventually
fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats.
Its control is complicated because the disease has an extremely long
incubation period without clinical signs of disease, and there is no
test for the disease and or known treatment. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) restricts the interstate movement of
certain sheep and goats to help prevent the spread of scrapie. APHIS
has regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an indemnity program to compensate
owners of sheep and goats destroyed because of scrapie.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using cooperative agreements; applications from owners to participate
in the Scrapie Flock Certification Program; post-exposure management
and monitoring plans; scrapie test records; application for indemnity
payments; certificates, permits, and owner statements for the
interstate movement of certain sheep and goats; application for
premises identification numbers; and applications for APHIS-approved
eartags, backtags, or tattoos, etc. Without this information APHIS'
efforts to more aggressively prevent the spread of scrapie would be
severely hindered.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit;
State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 131,911.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 670,455.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Customer/Stakeholder Satisfaction Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0579-NEW.
Summary of Collection: Collection and dissemination of animal
health data and information is mandated by 7 U.S.C. 391, the Animal
Industry Act of 1884, which established the precursor of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services, the
Bureau of Animal Industry. The collection, analysis and dissemination
of livestock and poultry health information on a national basis are
consistent with the APHIS mission of protecting and improving American
agriculture's productivity and competitiveness. The National Animal
Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) program relies heavily on producer and
industry support. The NAHMS Program is committed to improving the value
of studies for producers and industry, reducing the burden of these
studies on respondents, and developing timely information of value to
the American public. As part of this commitment, the NAHMS is seeking
approval to perform customer/stakeholder satisfaction surveys for
participants of NAHMS studies, user of NAHMS information as well as
recipients of the U.S. Animal Health Report. Therefore, NAHMS needs to
collect this type of feedback from producer and other to enhance future
studies and ensure that the informational products are meeting their
needs.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected through
the surveys will be analyzed and used for internal program adjustments
and to tailor future NAHMS studies and reports. The potential benefit
to the industry from these surveys is feedback to improve the program,
laboratory services and informational products by gathering relevant
and timely information and opinion on the content and method of program
or service delivery.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
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Number of Respondents: 35,700.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,471.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-8644 Filed 4-21-08; 8:45 am]
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