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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0135]
Notice of Request for Revision and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Animal Welfare
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision and 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 approval of a revision and
extension of an information collection
associated with Animal Welfare Act
regulations for the humane handling,
care, treatment, and transportation of
certain animals by dealers, research
facilities, exhibitors, carriers, and
intermediate handlers.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February
17, 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=APHIS2008-0135 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–2008–0135,
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–
2008–0135.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
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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 the Animal Welfare Act
regulations, contact Dr. Barbara Kohn,
Senior Staff Veterinarian, Animal Care,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–7833.
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: Animal Welfare.
OMB Number: 0579–0036.
Type of Request: Revision and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Welfare
Act (AWA or Act) (7 U.S.C. 2131 et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to promulgate standards and
other requirements governing the
humane handling, housing, care,
treatment, and transportation of certain
animals by dealers, research facilities,
exhibitors, carriers, and intermediate
handlers. The Secretary of Agriculture
has delegated the authority for
enforcement of the AWA to the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS).
The regulations in 9 CFR parts 1
through 3 were promulgated under the
AWA to ensure the humane handling,
care, treatment, and transportation of
regulated animals under the Act. The
regulations in 9 CFR part 2 require
documentation of specified information
by dealers, research institutions,
exhibitors, carriers (including foreign air
carriers), and intermediate handlers.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 2 also
require that facilities that use animals
for regulated purposes obtain a license
or register with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA). Before being issued
a USDA license, individuals are
required to undergo prelicense
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inspections; once licensed, a licensee
must periodically renew the license.
To help ensure compliance with the
AWA regulations, APHIS performs
unannounced inspections of regulated
facilities. A significant component of
the inspection process is review of
records that must be established and
maintained by regulated facilities. The
information contained in these records
is used by APHIS inspectors to ensure
that dealers, research facilities,
exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and
carriers comply with the Act and
regulations.
Facilities must make and maintain
records that contain official
identification for all dogs and cats and
certification of those animals received
from pounds, shelters, and private
individuals. These records are used to
ensure that stolen pets are not used for
regulated activities. Dealers, exhibitors,
and research facilities that acquire
animals from nonlicensed persons are
required to have the owners of the
animals sign a certification statement
verifying the owner’s exemption from
licensing under the Act. Records must
also be maintained for animals other
than dogs and cats when the animals are
used for purposes regulated under the
Act.
Research facilities must also make
and maintain additional records for
animals covered under the Act that are
used for teaching, testing, and
experimentation. This information is
used by APHIS personnel to review the
research facility’s animal care and use
program.
APHIS needs the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements contained
in 9 CFR part 2 to enforce the Act and
regulations. APHIS also uses the
collected information to provide a
mandatory annual report of animal
welfare activities to Congress.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for an additional 3
years.
This notice includes a description of
the information collection requirements
currently approved by OMB under
numbers 0579–0036 (Animal Welfare),
0579–0247 (Transportation of Animals
on Foreign Air Carriers [part 2
requirements]), and 0579–0254
(Inspection, Licensing, and Procurement
of Animals). After OMB approves and
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combines the burden for the three
collections under a single collection
(number 0579–0036), the Department
will retire numbers 0579–0247 and
0579–0254.
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
0.9737631 hours per response.
Respondents: Dealers, research
facilities, exhibitors, carriers, and
intermediate handlers; persons exempt
from licensing under the AWA.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 7,402.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 13.145906.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 97,306.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 94,753 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
December 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–2008–0130]
Notice of Request for Revision and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; National
Poultry Improvement Plan
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision and 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 approval of a revision and
extension of an information collection
associated with regulations for the
National Poultry Improvement Plan.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February
17, 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–
2008–0130 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–2008–0130,
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–
2008–0130.
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 associated
with the National Poultry Improvement
Plan, contact Mr. Andrew Rhorer,
Senior Coordinator, National Poultry
Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, 1498
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Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA
30094; (770) 922–3496. 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: National Poultry Improvement
Plan.
OMB Number: 0579–0007.
Type of Request: Revision and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the United States Department of
Agriculture is authorized to, among
other things, administer the National
Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), the
primary purpose of which is to protect
the health of the U.S. poultry
population. NPIP is a voluntary FederalState-industry cooperative program for
the improvement of poultry flocks and
products through disease control
techniques. Participation in all Plan
programs is voluntary, but flocks,
hatcheries, and dealers of breeding
poultry must first qualify as ‘‘U.S.
Pullorum-Typhoid Clean’’ as a
condition for participation in the other
Plan programs. The NPIP regulations are
contained in 9 CFR parts 56, 145, 146,
and 147.
In administering the Plan, APHIS
requires a number of information
collection activities and forms,
including VS Forms 1–23/1–23A,
Appraisal and Indemnity Claim for
Animals Destroyed or Materials
Destroyed/Continuation Sheet; VS Form
9–3, Report of Sales of Hatching Eggs,
Chicks, and Poults; VS Form 9–4,
Summary of Breeding Flock, Table-Egg
Layer Flocks, Meat-Type Chicken and
Turkey Slaughter Plants Participation;
VS Form 9–5, Report of Hatcheries,
Dealers, and Independent Flocks, TableEgg Producers, Meat-Type Chicken and
Turkey Slaughter Plants Participating in
the NPIP; VS Form 9–6, Report of
Salmonella Isolations to NPIP Official
State Agencies; VS Form 9–7,
Investigation of Salmonella Isolations in
Poultry; VS Form 9–8, Flock Inspection
and Check Testing Report; VS Form 9–
9, Hatchery Inspection Form; VS Form
10–3, Request for Salmonella
Serotyping; banding of sentinel birds for
identification prior to flock vaccination;
memorandums of understanding;
recordkeeping; and printing and mailing
to States, upon request, of computerized
printouts of interstate sales by hatchery
operators who ship large numbers of
small chick orders.
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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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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0135]
Notice of Request for Revision and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Animal Welfare
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision and 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 approval of a revision and extension of an
information collection associated with Animal Welfare Act regulations
for the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of certain
animals by dealers, research facilities, exhibitors, carriers, and
intermediate handlers.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
February 17, 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-2008-0135 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-2008-0135, 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-2008-0135.
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 the Animal Welfare
Act regulations, contact Dr. Barbara Kohn, Senior Staff Veterinarian,
Animal Care, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
734-7833. 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: Animal Welfare.
OMB Number: 0579-0036.
Type of Request: Revision and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA or Act) (7 U.S.C. 2131
et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate
standards and other requirements governing the humane handling,
housing, care, treatment, and transportation of certain animals by
dealers, research facilities, exhibitors, carriers, and intermediate
handlers. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated the authority for
enforcement of the AWA to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS).
The regulations in 9 CFR parts 1 through 3 were promulgated under
the AWA to ensure the humane handling, care, treatment, and
transportation of regulated animals under the Act. The regulations in 9
CFR part 2 require documentation of specified information by dealers,
research institutions, exhibitors, carriers (including foreign air
carriers), and intermediate handlers. The regulations in 9 CFR part 2
also require that facilities that use animals for regulated purposes
obtain a license or register with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA). Before being issued a USDA license, individuals are required to
undergo prelicense inspections; once licensed, a licensee must
periodically renew the license.
To help ensure compliance with the AWA regulations, APHIS performs
unannounced inspections of regulated facilities. A significant
component of the inspection process is review of records that must be
established and maintained by regulated facilities. The information
contained in these records is used by APHIS inspectors to ensure that
dealers, research facilities, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and
carriers comply with the Act and regulations.
Facilities must make and maintain records that contain official
identification for all dogs and cats and certification of those animals
received from pounds, shelters, and private individuals. These records
are used to ensure that stolen pets are not used for regulated
activities. Dealers, exhibitors, and research facilities that acquire
animals from nonlicensed persons are required to have the owners of the
animals sign a certification statement verifying the owner's exemption
from licensing under the Act. Records must also be maintained for
animals other than dogs and cats when the animals are used for purposes
regulated under the Act.
Research facilities must also make and maintain additional records
for animals covered under the Act that are used for teaching, testing,
and experimentation. This information is used by APHIS personnel to
review the research facility's animal care and use program.
APHIS needs the reporting and recordkeeping requirements contained
in 9 CFR part 2 to enforce the Act and regulations. APHIS also uses the
collected information to provide a mandatory annual report of animal
welfare activities to Congress.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities for an additional 3
years.
This notice includes a description of the information collection
requirements currently approved by OMB under numbers 0579-0036 (Animal
Welfare), 0579-0247 (Transportation of Animals on Foreign Air Carriers
[part 2 requirements]), and 0579-0254 (Inspection, Licensing, and
Procurement of Animals). After OMB approves and
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combines the burden for the three collections under a single collection
(number 0579-0036), the Department will retire numbers 0579-0247 and
0579-0254.
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 0.9737631 hours per response.
Respondents: Dealers, research facilities, exhibitors, carriers,
and intermediate handlers; persons exempt from licensing under the AWA.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 7,402.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 13.145906.
Estimated annual number of responses: 97,306.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 94,753 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 December 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-30213 Filed 12-18-08; 8:45 am]
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