Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Swine and Swine Products From the European Union, 70954-70955 [E8-27850]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
70954
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 227 / Monday, November 24, 2008 / Notices
sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES
holding contracts with rates
significantly higher than current timber
market rates due to a drastic reduction
in forest products markets. The relief
options include: (a) Contract
cancellation or rate determination, (b)
substitution of the Bureau of Labor
statistics producer price index specified
in the contract, (c) rate redetermination
following substitution of index, (d)
extension of contracts using the
hardwood lumber index, and (e)
extension of Market-Related Contract
term Addition time limit for certain
contracts.
Need and Use of the Information: To
obtain the benefits of these options,
National Forest System timber sale
purchasers are required to provide
information of the timber sale name,
contract number, purchasers name,
rationale for request (selection from list
of established options), witness
signatures, certification, signature and
corporate seal. Forest Service will use
forms including but not limited to FS–
2400–70 and FS–2400–71 to collect the
information.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 347.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (one time).
Total Burden Hours: 83.
Forest Service
Title: Subsistence Harvest Patterns in
Prince William Sound.
OMB Control Number: 0596—New.
Summary of Collection: In 1989,
Prince William Sound (PWS), the heart
of the Chugach National Forest was
severely impacted by the Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill (EVOS). In the aftermath of the
spill, federal and state trustees were
awarded criminal and civil restitution
funds to help with the recovery and the
evaluation of the recovery that includes
traditional practices of subsistence
harvest, which is still listed as
‘‘recovering.’’ Subsistence harvest is an
important part of the rural Alaskan
lifestyle. The Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act requires that
federal land managers consider the
effects of management on subsistence
activities. Recreation use is increasing
in the Sound raising concern that
increased competition and rapid growth
in commercial and independent
recreation may be negatively impacting
subsistence activities through direct
competition for resources from sport
fishers and hunters, but also indirectly
by displacing subsistence harvesters
from traditional harvest areas. Residents
from the four communities of PWS
(Chenega, Cordova, Tatitlek and
Whittier) who are subsistence eligible
VerDate Aug<31>2005
19:32 Nov 21, 2008
Jkt 217001
will be consulted through individual
household interviews.
Need and Use of the Information:
Respondents will describe harvest
practices and any recent changes in
such activities due to other users or
changes in species availability. The
results of this survey (funded by EVOS
criminal restitution dollars) will provide
information on recovery and restoration
activities undertaken by both the EVOS
trustees and local resource managers
relative to current and projected levels
of human use. The study provides an
opportunity to assess the recovery of the
subsistence human service injured and
redistributed by the EVOS, as well as
how the Chugach National Forest
managers can further enhance recovery.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 530.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (one time).
Total Burden Hours: 196.
Forest Service
Title: Southern Appalachian Forest
Management Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0596—New.
Summary of Collection: The Healthy
Forest Restoration Act (Pub. L. 108–148)
enabling legislation, Title IV (Insect
Infestations and Related Diseases)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to perform accelerated information
gathering regarding the development of
treatment strategies to protect forests
from damaging insects and diseases.
This study will provide credible,
science-based information to foresthealth protection managers regarding
the public acceptability of alternative
treatments strategies for protecting
hemlock forests on public forestland in
the eastern United States from the exotic
insect hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA).
Using random digit dialing the Forest
Service (FS) will collect the information
from individuals (heads of households).
Individuals agreeing to participate will
receive a questionnaire in the mail along
with additional information about the
purpose of the study. The organization
‘‘Friends of Great Smoky Mountain
National Park’’ has expressed an interest
in the program and researchers will use
identical phone-mail-phone protocols to
obtain information from members.
Need and Use of the Information: The
FS is seeking to determine the
appropriate level of effort to take to
protect hemlock forests on public land
in the eastern United States from the
HWA. The FS and university
researchers will collect and analyze
information regarding the value of the
hemlock forests located on public land
in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
from residents living within 500 miles
of Ashville, North Carolina. The data
and analyses will provide guidance to
public forest managers regarding the
value of ecosystem services supplied by
hemlock forests on the land that they
manage and the level of public support
for alternative hemlock forest-protection
programs.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (one time).
Total Burden Hours: 541.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–27805 Filed 11–21–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–11–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0128]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Swine and Swine
Products From the European Union
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 swine
and swine products from the European
Union.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before January 23,
2009.
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–
2008–0128 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–2008–0128,
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–
2008–0128.
E:\FR\FM\24NON1.SGM
24NON1
sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 227 / Monday, November 24, 2008 / Notices
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 swine and swine
products from the European Union,
contact Dr. James Davis, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, National Center for Import
and Export (Animals), VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 39, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 734–0694; or Dr. Lynette
McDuffie, Staff Veterinarian, National
Center for Import and Export (Products),
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 40,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–0689.
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 Swine and Swine
Products From the European Union.
OMB Number: 0579–0265.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture is authorized,
among other things, to prohibit or
restrict the importation and interstate
movement of animals and animal
products to prevent the introduction
into and dissemination within the
United States of animal diseases and
pests. Regulations governing the
importation of animals and animal
products into the United States are
contained in 9 CFR parts 92 through 98.
Regulations in parts 94 and 98
prohibit or restrict the importation of
specified animals and animal products,
including live swine, pork and pork
products, and swine semen, into the
United States to prevent the
introduction into the U.S. livestock
population of certain animal diseases,
including classical swine fever (CSF).
Sections 94.24 and 98.38 contain
regulations necessary to mitigate the
risk of introducing CSF into the United
States from a defined region of the
VerDate Aug<31>2005
19:32 Nov 21, 2008
Jkt 217001
European Union (‘‘the APHIS-defined
EU CSF region’’) and require the use of
information collection activities,
including certificates issued by animal
health authorities of the Member States
of the APHIS-defined EU-CSF region
stating that applicable provisions of the
regulations to prevent the introduction
of CSF into the United States via live
swine, pork and pork products, and
swine semen have been met.
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 this
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
information collection, 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
information collection 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 1
hour per response.
Respondents: Animal health
authorities of the APHIS-defined EU
CSF region.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 86.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 9.5.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 816.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 816 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.
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
70955
Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of
November 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8–27850 Filed 11–21–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0115]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
National Veterinary Accreditation
Program; Correction
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are correcting errors in
our notice to request an extension of
approval of an information collection
for the national veterinary accreditation
program. The notice was published in
the Federal Register on November 5,
2008 (73 FR 65820–65821, Docket No.
APHIS–2008–0115).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Lynn Thomas, Management Analyst,
Surveillance and Identification
Programs, NCAHP, VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 200, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 734–5777.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On November 5, 2008, we published
in the Federal Register (73 FR 65820–
65821, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0115) a
notice announcing the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection for the national
veterinary accreditation program. In the
notice on page 65820, under the
ADDRESSES section, the Web site to
submit comments and the APHIS docket
number were incorrect. This document
corrects those errors.
Correction
In FR Doc. E8–26385, published on
November 5, 2008, on page 65820, first
column, in the ADDRESSES section, make
the following corrections:
1. Under Federal eRulemaking Portal,
correct ‘‘https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS–
2007–0115’’ to read ‘‘https://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS–
2008–0115’’.
2. Under Postal Mail/Commercial
Delivery, correct ‘‘APHIS–2007–0115’’
E:\FR\FM\24NON1.SGM
24NON1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 227 (Monday, November 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70954-70955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27850]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0128]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Importation of Swine and Swine Products From the European
Union
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an information collection; comment
request.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 swine and
swine products from the European Union.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
January 23, 2009.
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-2008-0128 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-2008-0128, 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-2008-0128.
[[Page 70955]]
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 swine and swine products from the European Union,
contact Dr. James Davis, Senior Staff Veterinarian, National Center for
Import and Export (Animals), VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-0694; or Dr. Lynette McDuffie, Staff
Veterinarian, National Center for Import and Export (Products), VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-0689.
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 Swine and Swine Products From the European
Union.
OMB Number: 0579-0265.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the
United States Department of Agriculture is authorized, among other
things, to prohibit or restrict the importation and interstate movement
of animals and animal products to prevent the introduction into and
dissemination within the United States of animal diseases and pests.
Regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products
into the United States are contained in 9 CFR parts 92 through 98.
Regulations in parts 94 and 98 prohibit or restrict the importation
of specified animals and animal products, including live swine, pork
and pork products, and swine semen, into the United States to prevent
the introduction into the U.S. livestock population of certain animal
diseases, including classical swine fever (CSF).
Sections 94.24 and 98.38 contain regulations necessary to mitigate
the risk of introducing CSF into the United States from a defined
region of the European Union (``the APHIS-defined EU CSF region'') and
require the use of information collection activities, including
certificates issued by animal health authorities of the Member States
of the APHIS-defined EU-CSF region stating that applicable provisions
of the regulations to prevent the introduction of CSF into the United
States via live swine, pork and pork products, and swine semen have
been met.
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 this 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
information collection, 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 information collection 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 1 hour per response.
Respondents: Animal health authorities of the APHIS-defined EU CSF
region.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 86.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 9.5.
Estimated annual number of responses: 816.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 816 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 18th day of November 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-27850 Filed 11-21-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
