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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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November 17, 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.
Agricultural Research Service
Title: USDA Biological Shipment
Record—Beneficial Organisms.
OMB Control Number: 0518–0013.
Summary of Collection: The
Biological Control Documentation
Program records the importation and
release of foreign biological control
agents. Provision of the data is entirely
voluntary and is used to populate the
USDA ‘‘Release of Beneficial Organisms
in the United States and Territories’’
(ROBO) database.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Agricultural Research Service will
collect information using forms AD–
941, 942 and 943, on the biological/
control and taxonomic research program
by recording the introduction and
release of non-indigenous biological
control organisms in the pollinators in
the United States. If information were
not collected there would be no
systematic method for the collection of
such information.
Description of Respondents: Federal
Government; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 40.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 10.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–27604 Filed 11–19–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
November 17, 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)
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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: User Fee Regulation, 7 CFR 354
and 9 CFR 130.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0094.
Summary of Collection: The Food,
Agriculture, Conservation and Trade
Act of 1990 authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to
prescribe and collect fees to cover the
cost of providing certain Agricultural
Quarantine and Inspection (AQI)
services. The Act gives the Secretary the
authority to charge for the inspection of
international passengers, commercial
vessels, trucks, aircraft, and railroad
cars, and to recover the costs of
providing the inspection of plants and
plant products offered for export. The
Secretary is authorized to use the
revenue to provide reimbursements to
any appropriation accounts that incur
costs associated with the AQI services
provided. APHIS will collect
information using several APHIS forms.
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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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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 17, 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.
Agricultural Research Service
Title: USDA Biological Shipment Record--Beneficial Organisms.
OMB Control Number: 0518-0013.
Summary of Collection: The Biological Control Documentation Program
records the importation and release of foreign biological control
agents. Provision of the data is entirely voluntary and is used to
populate the USDA ``Release of Beneficial Organisms in the United
States and Territories'' (ROBO) database.
Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Research Service
will collect information using forms AD-941, 942 and 943, on the
biological/control and taxonomic research program by recording the
introduction and release of non-indigenous biological control organisms
in the pollinators in the United States. If information were not
collected there would be no systematic method for the collection of
such information.
Description of Respondents: Federal Government; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 40.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 10.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27604 Filed 11-19-08; 8:45 am]
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