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or at the county FSA office serving the
county where the producer owns or
rents land. A producer engaged in
production of hogs or pigs in the United
States for sale in commerce who
operates in more than one county will
participate in the county FSA office
where the producer conducts most of
his or her business. Completed form and
supporting documentation, such as sales
receipts, feed and veterinary bills, etc.
* * *, must be returned to county FSA
offices by fax or in person no later than
the last day of voting period or, if
returned by mail, they must be
postmarked by the last day of the voting
period.
Importers: Completed form LS 54–1,
Customs Form 7501, and supporting
documentation as needed must be
returned to AMS by fax at (202) 720–
1125, or in person no later than the last
day of voting period or, if returned by
mail, they must be postmarked by the
last day of the voting period. Importers
must use a form of express mail service
if returning forms via mail to Kenneth
R. Payne, Chief, Marketing Programs,
Livestock and Seed Program, AMS,
USDA, Room 2628–S, STOP 0251, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0251.
How do I locate the nearest county FSA
office?
Eligible producers can determine the
location of county FSA offices by
contacting the nearest county FSA
office, the State FSA office, or on FSA’s
Web site at https://www.fsa.usda.gov/
pas/default.asp. From the options
available on this Web page select
‘‘Contact Us’’ and locate the service
center closest to you. Some county FSA
offices service multiple counties.
What is FSA’s role in the Request for
Referendum?
FSA will coordinate State and county
FSA roles in conducting the Request for
Referendum by (1) Confirming producer
eligibility, (2) canvassing and counting
requests, and (3) reporting the results to
AMS.
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What action will cause a referendum?
If the Request for Referendum
indicates that 15 percent of the total
number of eligible producers and
importers want a referendum on the
Pork Checkoff Program, it will be
conducted within 1 year after the results
of the survey are announced. If results
of the Request for Referendum indicate
that a referendum is not supported, a
referendum would not be conducted.
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Form LS 54–1 is being submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
for approval to determine if producers
and importers want a referendum.
In accordance with the PRA [44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.], this notice
announces that AMS is requesting
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for a new
information collection.
Title: Pork Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Program
Procedures to Hold a Request for
Referendum.
OMB Number: 0581–NEW.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .2 hours per
response.
Respondents: Pork producers and
importers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,500.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,500 total hours.
Abstract: The purpose of this Notice
is to provide producers and importers
who have been engaged in pork
production in the United States for sale
in commerce or the importation of hogs,
pigs, pork or pork products the
opportunity to participate in a
nationwide Request for Referendum.
This Notice will require eligible
producers and importers to complete
Form LS–54–1 in its entirety. The form
will require signature to certify that the
signatory either is in the business of
producing hogs and pigs in the United
States for sale in commerce or in the
business of importing hogs, pigs, pork or
pork products into the United States. In
addition, participants must be 18 years
of age or older prior to the conclusion
of the representative period.
Participating in the Request for
Referendum is voluntary and will
indicate that participant desires a
referendum on the Pork Checkoff
Program. Only those producers or
importers who want a referendum on
the Pork Checkoff Program should
participate. Producers must submit
completed form LS 54–1 and supporting
documentation, including sales receipts,
feed and veterinary bills, etc.* * *, as
proof of eligibility. Importers must
submit completed form LS 54–1,
Customs Form 7501, or any other
supporting documentation as needed
that demonstrates the importation of
hogs, pigs, pork, or pork products as
proof of eligibility.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
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is necessary for the proper performance
of functions of the proposed Order and
the USDA’s oversight of the program,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
USDA’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumption used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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.
Dated: May 16, 2008.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0056]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
User Fee Regulations
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
the collection of user fees.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 22,
2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0056 to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related
materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send two copies of your comment
to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0056,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station3A–03.8, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
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comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2008–0056.
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: For
information on user fees, contact Ms.
Kris Caraher, User Fees Section Head,
FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737–1232,
(301) 734–5743. For copies of more
detailed information on the information
collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles,
APHIS* Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: User Fee Regulations.
OMB Number: 0579–0094.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Section 2509 of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990, as amended, authorizes the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) to collect user fees for
agricultural quarantine and inspection
(AQI) services, for providing for the
inspection and certification of plants
and plant products offered for export or
transiting the United States, and for
providing veterinary diagnostic services
and services related to the importation
and exportation of animals and animal
products.
Although certain AQI functions, but
not the laws or regulations upon which
they are premised, were transferred
from APHIS to the Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) bureau of the
Department of Homeland Security in
2002, APHIS remains responsible for the
regulations related to AQI activities,
including the user fee regulations.
APHIS also remains responsible for
administration of the user fee programs.
Neither APHIS nor CBP receives an
appropriation to fund these activities;
instead, user fees are calculated and
assessed to ensure full cost recovery of
each user fee program. If the
information was not collected, the
agencies would not be able to perform
the services since the fees collected are
necessary to fund the work.
Requesters of services usually are
repeat customers, and, in many cases,
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request that we bill them for our
services. Also, the 1996 Debt Collection
Improvement Act requires that agencies
collect tax identification numbers (TINs)
from all persons doing business with the
government for purposes of collecting
delinquent debts. Without a TIN, service
cannot be provided on a credit basis.
The requests for services are in
writing, by telephone, or in person. The
information contained in each request
identifies the specific service requested
and the time in which the requester
wishes the service to be performed. This
information is necessary in order for the
animal import centers and port offices
to schedule the work and to calculate
the fees due.
APHIS is responsible for ensuring that
the fees collected are correct and that
they are remitted in full and in a timely
manner. To ensure this, thearty
(ticketing agents for transportation
companies) responsible for collecting
and remitting fees must allow APHIS
personnel to verify the accuracy of the
fees collected and remitted, and
otherwise determine compliance with
the statute and regulations. We also
require that whoever is responsible for
making fee payments advise us of the
name, address, and telephone number of
a responsible officer who is authorized
to verify fee calculations, collections,
and remittances.
This information collection is
necessary for APHIS to effectively
collect fees, ensure remittances in a
timely manner, and determine proper
credit for payment of international air
passenger, aircraft clearance,
commercial truck, commercial railroad
car, commercial vessel, phytosanitary
certificate, import/export, and
veterinary diagnostic user fees.
We have reviewed the paperwork
requirements of the user fee programs
and have made every possible effort to
streamline our processes and minimize
the impact on the public. Whenever
possible, we use existing billing/
collection methods to minimize the cost
to the Agency.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for an additional 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;
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(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, 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
collection of information 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
0.0251 hours per response.
Respondents: Arriving international
passengers, owners and operators of
arriving international means of
conveyance, importers/exporters who
wish to import or export plants and
plant products, and importers/exporters
who wish to import or export animals
and animal products.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 46,729.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 5.246.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 245,122.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 6,154 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 15th day of
May 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8–11616 Filed 5–22–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0048]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; Permit for
Reshipment of Swine From
Slaughtering Facilities
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0056]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; User Fee Regulations
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an information
collection associated with the collection of user fees.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
22, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2008-0056 to submit
or view comments and to view supporting and related materials available
electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send two copies of your
comment to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0056, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your
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comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0056.
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: For information on user fees, contact
Ms. Kris Caraher, User Fees Section Head, FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737-1232, (301) 734-5743. For copies of
more detailed information on the information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS* Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: User Fee Regulations.
OMB Number: 0579-0094.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Section 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
Trade Act of 1990, as amended, authorizes the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) to collect user fees for agricultural
quarantine and inspection (AQI) services, for providing for the
inspection and certification of plants and plant products offered for
export or transiting the United States, and for providing veterinary
diagnostic services and services related to the importation and
exportation of animals and animal products.
Although certain AQI functions, but not the laws or regulations
upon which they are premised, were transferred from APHIS to the
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bureau of the Department of
Homeland Security in 2002, APHIS remains responsible for the
regulations related to AQI activities, including the user fee
regulations. APHIS also remains responsible for administration of the
user fee programs.
Neither APHIS nor CBP receives an appropriation to fund these
activities; instead, user fees are calculated and assessed to ensure
full cost recovery of each user fee program. If the information was not
collected, the agencies would not be able to perform the services since
the fees collected are necessary to fund the work.
Requesters of services usually are repeat customers, and, in many
cases, request that we bill them for our services. Also, the 1996 Debt
Collection Improvement Act requires that agencies collect tax
identification numbers (TINs) from all persons doing business with the
government for purposes of collecting delinquent debts. Without a TIN,
service cannot be provided on a credit basis.
The requests for services are in writing, by telephone, or in
person. The information contained in each request identifies the
specific service requested and the time in which the requester wishes
the service to be performed. This information is necessary in order for
the animal import centers and port offices to schedule the work and to
calculate the fees due.
APHIS is responsible for ensuring that the fees collected are
correct and that they are remitted in full and in a timely manner. To
ensure this, thearty (ticketing agents for transportation companies)
responsible for collecting and remitting fees must allow APHIS
personnel to verify the accuracy of the fees collected and remitted,
and otherwise determine compliance with the statute and regulations. We
also require that whoever is responsible for making fee payments advise
us of the name, address, and telephone number of a responsible officer
who is authorized to verify fee calculations, collections, and
remittances.
This information collection is necessary for APHIS to effectively
collect fees, ensure remittances in a timely manner, and determine
proper credit for payment of international air passenger, aircraft
clearance, commercial truck, commercial railroad car, commercial
vessel, phytosanitary certificate, import/export, and veterinary
diagnostic user fees.
We have reviewed the paperwork requirements of the user fee
programs and have made every possible effort to streamline our
processes and minimize the impact on the public. Whenever possible, we
use existing billing/collection methods to minimize the cost to the
Agency.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities for an additional 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
collection of information, 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 collection of information 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 0.0251 hours per response.
Respondents: Arriving international passengers, owners and
operators of arriving international means of conveyance, importers/
exporters who wish to import or export plants and plant products, and
importers/exporters who wish to import or export animals and animal
products.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 46,729.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 5.246.
Estimated annual number of responses: 245,122.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 6,154 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 15th day of May 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-11616 Filed 5-22-08; 8:45 am]
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