Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Citrus From Peru, 51264-51265 [E8-20286]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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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) 720–8681.
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Accounting Requirements for
RUS Electric and Telecommunications
Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0003.
Summary of Collection: Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) is a credit agency of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture that
makes loans (direct and guaranteed) to
finance electric and telecommunications
facilities in rural areas. Currently, there
are approximately 685 active electric
borrowers and 737 RUS
telecommunications borrowers. RUS
does not own or operate rural electric
facilities. Its function is to provide,
through self-liquidating loans and
technical assistance, adequate and
dependable electric and
telecommunications service to rural
people under rates and conditions that
permit productive use of these utility
services. RUS borrowers, as all
businesses, need accounting systems for
their own internal use as well as
external use. Such records are
maintained as part of normal business
practices. Without systems, no records
would exist, for example, or what they
own or what they owe. Such records
systems provide borrowers with
information that is required by the
manager and board of directors to
operate on a daily basis, to complete
their tax returns, and to support
requests to state regulatory commissions
for rate approvals.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS collects information to evaluate a
borrower’s financial performance, to
determine whether current loans are at
risk, and to determine the credit
worthiness of future loans. If basic
financial records were not maintained,
the borrower, its investors, and RUS
would be unable to evaluate a
borrower’s financial performance.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 1,176.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On Occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 31,752.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0091]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Citrus From Peru
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
regulations for the importation of citrus
from Peru.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
3, 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–
2008–0091 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–2008–0091,
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–
2008–0091.
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 on regulations for the
importation of citrus from Peru, contact
Mr. Juan A. Roman, Import Specialist,
Commodity Import Analysis and
Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133 Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 734–8758. For copies of more
detailed information on the information
collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles,
APHIS’s Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Citrus From Peru.
OMB Number: 0579–0289.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict
the importation, entry, or interstate
movement of plants, plant products, and
other articles to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. Regulations
authorized by the PPA concerning the
importation of fruits and vegetables into
the United States from certain parts of
the world are contained in ‘‘SubpartFruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–
1 through 319.56–47).
Under these regulations, fresh
commercial fruit (grapefruit, limes,
mandarins or tangerines, sweet oranges,
and tangelos) from Peru is subject to
certain conditions before entering the
United States to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States. The regulations require
the use of information collection
activities, including inspections by
national plant protection organization
officials from Peru, grower registration
and agreement, fruit fly trapping,
monitoring, and recordkeeping, and a
phytosanitary certificate.
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
18.621848 hours per response.
Respondents: National plant
protection organization officials of Peru
and growers of citrus fruit in Peru.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 53.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 11.226415.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 595.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 11,080 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 26th day of
August 2008.
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–2008–0089]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Peppers From Certain
Central American Countries
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
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regulations for the importation of
peppers from certain Central American
countries.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
3, 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=APHIS2008-0089 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–2008–0089,
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–
2008–0089.
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 regulations for the
importation of peppers from certain
Central American countries, contact Mr.
Juan A. Roman, Import Specialist,
Commodity Import Analysis and
Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 734–8758. 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: Importation of Peppers From
Certain Central American Countries.
OMB Number: 0579–0274.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict
the importation, entry, or interstate
movement of plants, plant products, and
other articles to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0091]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Citrus From Peru
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 regulations for the importation of citrus
from Peru.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 3, 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-2008-0091 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-2008-0091, 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-2008-0091.
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 on regulations for the
importation of citrus from Peru, contact Mr. Juan A. Roman, Import
Specialist, Commodity Import Analysis and Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133 Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-8758. For copies of
more detailed information on the information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS's Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Citrus From Peru.
OMB Number: 0579-0289.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information collection
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the importation,
entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other
articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States. Regulations
authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world are
contained in ``Subpart-Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through
319.56-47).
Under these regulations, fresh commercial fruit (grapefruit, limes,
mandarins or tangerines, sweet oranges, and tangelos) from Peru is
subject to certain conditions before entering the United States to
prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States. The
regulations require the use of information collection activities,
including inspections by national plant protection organization
officials from Peru, grower registration and agreement, fruit fly
trapping, monitoring, and recordkeeping, and a phytosanitary
certificate.
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 18.621848 hours per response.
Respondents: National plant protection organization officials of
Peru and growers of citrus fruit in Peru.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 53.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 11.226415.
Estimated annual number of responses: 595.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 11,080 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 26th day of August 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-20286 Filed 8-29-08; 8:45 am]
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