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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Domestic Quarantines.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0088.
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. Plant
Protection and Quarantine, a program
within USDA’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), is
responsible for implementing this Act
and does so through the enforcement of
its domestic quarantine regulations
contained in Title 7 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, CFR Part 301.
Administering these regulations often
requires APHIS to collect information
from a variety of individuals who are
involved in growing, packing, handling,
transporting, plants and plant products.
The information collected from these
individuals is vital to helping ensure
that injurious plant diseases and insect
pests do not spread within the United
States. Information to be collected is
necessary to determine compliance with
domestic quarantines. Federal/State
domestic quarantines are necessary to
regulate the movement of articles from
infested areas to noninfested area.
Collecting information requires the use
of a number of forms and documents.
APHIS will collect information using
various forms and documents.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information by
interviewing growers and shippers at
the time the inspections are being
conducted and by having growers and
shippers of exported plants and plant
products complete an application for a
transit permit. Information is collected
from the growers, packers, shippers, and
exporters of regulated articles to ensure
that the articles, when moved from a
quarantined area, do not harbor
injurious plant diseases and insect
pests. The information obtained will be
used to determine compliance with
regulations and for issuance of forms,
permits, certificates, and other required
documents.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farm; Individuals or
households; Farms; Federal
Government; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 194,085.
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Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 134,486.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0070]
by sending them to the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Written statements may also
be filed at the meeting. Please refer to
Docket No. APHIS–2008–0070 when
submitting your statements.
This notice of meeting is given
pursuant to section 10 of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.
2).
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of
June 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8–14498 Filed 6–25–08; 8:45 am]
National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee; Meeting
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Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a
meeting of the National Wildlife
Services Advisory Committee.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
August 5, 6, and 7, 2008, from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Oklahoma City Memorial
Conference Center, USDA Center at
Riverside, 4700 River Road, Riverdale,
MD.
Mrs.
Joanne Garrett, Director, Operational
Support Staff, WS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 87, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 734–7921.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee (the Committee) advises the
Secretary of Agriculture concerning
policies, program issues, and research
needed to conduct the Wildlife Services
(WS) program. The Committee also
serves as a public forum enabling those
affected by the WS program to have a
voice in the program’s policies.
The meeting will focus on operational
and research activities. The Committee
will discuss WS efforts to increase
operational capacity through
prioritizing research objectives.
Additionally, the Committee will
discuss pertinent national programs and
how to increase their effectiveness, as
well as ensuring WS remains an active
participant in the goal of agricultural
protection.
The meeting will be open to the
public. However, due to time
constraints, the public will not be
allowed to participate in the discussions
during the meeting. Written statements
on meeting topics may be filed with the
Committee before or after the meeting
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0066]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for Importation of Guavas
From Mexico Into the 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 into the
United States of fresh guava fruit from
Mexico. 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 guavas from Mexico. We
are making the pest risk analysis
available to the public for review and
comment.
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 25,
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–
2008–0066 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–2008–0066,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0070]
National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee; Meeting
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a meeting of the National Wildlife
Services Advisory Committee.
DATES: The meeting will be held on August 5, 6, and 7, 2008, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Oklahoma City Memorial
Conference Center, USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 River Road,
Riverdale, MD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Joanne Garrett, Director,
Operational Support Staff, WS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 87,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-7921.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee (the Committee) advises the Secretary of Agriculture
concerning policies, program issues, and research needed to conduct the
Wildlife Services (WS) program. The Committee also serves as a public
forum enabling those affected by the WS program to have a voice in the
program's policies.
The meeting will focus on operational and research activities. The
Committee will discuss WS efforts to increase operational capacity
through prioritizing research objectives. Additionally, the Committee
will discuss pertinent national programs and how to increase their
effectiveness, as well as ensuring WS remains an active participant in
the goal of agricultural protection.
The meeting will be open to the public. However, due to time
constraints, the public will not be allowed to participate in the
discussions during the meeting. Written statements on meeting topics
may be filed with the Committee before or after the meeting by sending
them to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written statements may also be filed at the meeting. Please refer to
Docket No. APHIS-2008-0070 when submitting your statements.
This notice of meeting is given pursuant to section 10 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of June 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-14498 Filed 6-25-08; 8:45 am]
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