Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Revision of Fruits and Vegetables Import Regulations, 77593-77594 [E8-30214]
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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 0579–0007 (National Poultry
Improvement Plan) and 0579–0305
(Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza;
Voluntary Control Program and
Payment of Indemnity). After OMB
approves and combines the burden for
both collections under a single
collection (number 0579–0007), the
Department will retire number 0579–
0305.
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
0.6159046 hours per response.
Respondents: Flock owners, breeders,
hatchery operators, commercial tableegg layer producers, meat-type chicken
slaughter plants, turkey slaughter
plants, and State veterinary medical
officers.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 12,222.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 13.772541.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 168,328.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 103,674 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.
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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–2008–0134]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Revision of Fruits and Vegetables
Import Regulations
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 to allow importation of new
fruits and vegetables into the United
States.
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=APHIS2008-0134 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–2008–0134,
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–
2008–0134.
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.
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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 importation of new
fruits and vegetables, contact Ms. Donna
West, Senior Import Specialist,
Commodity Import Analysis and
Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (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: Revision of Fruits and
Vegetables Import Regulations.
OMB Number: 0579–0293.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: As authorized by the Plant
Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture may
prohibit or restrict the importation,
entry, exportation, or movement in
interstate commerce of any plant, plant
product, biological control organism,
noxious weed, means of conveyance, or
other article if the Secretary determines
that the prohibition or restriction is
necessary to prevent a plant pest or
noxious weed from being introduced
into or disseminated within the United
States. This authority has been
delegated to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, which
administers regulations to implement
the PPA.
The regulations in Subpart—Fruits
and Vegetables (7 CFR 319.56–1 through
319.56–47) allow a number of fruits and
vegetables to be imported into the
United States, under specified
conditions, from certain parts of the
world. The regulations in §§ 319.56–4
and 319.56–5 provide for a notice-based
process for recognizing pest-free areas
and for approving the importation of
certain new commodities that, based on
the findings of a pest risk analysis, can
be safely imported into the United
States subject to designated
phytosanitary measures. Importation of
new commodities under this process
requires the use of information
collection activities, including the
issuance of permits and phytosanitary
certificates.
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
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affected agencies) concerning this
information collection activity. These
comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the information
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of our agency’s functions,
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
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
0.9615384 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers, exporters,
and foreign national plant protection
organizations.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 960.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2.16666.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 2,080.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,000 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. E8–30214 Filed 12–18–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0084]
Notice of Decision to Issue Permits for
the Importation of Fresh White
Asparagus From Senegal Into the
Continental United States
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public of
our decision to begin issuing permits for
the importation into the continental
United States of fresh white asparagus
from Senegal. Based on the findings of
a pest risk analysis, which we made
available to the public for review and
comment through a previous notice, 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 fresh white asparagus
from Senegal.
DATES:
Effective Date: December 19,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
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Shirley Wager Page, Branch Chief,
Commodity Import Analysis and
Operations Staff, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 734–8758.
Under the
regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 through
319.56–47, referred to below as the
regulations), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to
prevent plant pests from being
introduced into and spread within the
United States.
Section 319.56–4 of the regulations
contains a performance-based process
for approving the importation of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
Under that process, APHIS publishes a
notice in the Federal Register
announcing the availability of the pest
risk analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Following
the close of the 60-day comment period,
APHIS may begin issuing permits for
importation of the fruit or vegetable
subject to the identified designated
measures if: (1) No comments were
received on the pest risk analysis; (2)
the comments on the pest risk analysis
revealed that no changes to the pest risk
analysis were necessary; or (3) changes
to the pest risk analysis were made in
response to public comments, but the
changes did not affect the overall
conclusions of the analysis and the
Administrator’s determination of risk.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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In accordance with that process, we
published a notice 1 in the Federal
Register on August 18, 2008 (73 FR
48189–48190, Docket No. APHIS–2008–
0084), in which we announced the
availability, for review and comment, of
a pest risk analysis that evaluates the
risks associated with the importation
into the continental United States of
fresh white asparagus from Senegal. We
solicited comments on the notice for 60
days ending on October 17, 2008. We
received one comment by that date,
from a State department of agriculture.
The commenter agreed that the
mitigation measures described in the
pest risk analysis would be adequate.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we
are announcing our decision to begin
issuing permits for the importation into
the continental United States of fresh
white asparagus from Senegal subject to
the following phytosanitary measures:
• Each shipment of white asparagus
must be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate bearing the
following additional declaration: ‘‘The
white asparagus in this consignment has
been inspected and found free of
Cochliobolus pallescens (Curvulaia
pallescens).’’ The phytosanitary
certificate with the additional
declaration must be issued by the
national plant protection organization of
Senegal.
• Each shipment is subject to
inspection upon arrival in the United
States.
• The white asparagus must be a
commercial consignment as defined in 7
CFR 319.56–2.
These conditions will be listed in the
Fruits and Vegetables Import
Requirements database (available at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In
addition to those specific measures, the
fresh white asparagus will be subject to
the general requirements listed in
§ 319.56–3 that are applicable to the
importation of all fruits and vegetables.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and
7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of
December 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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1 To view the notice and the pest risk analysis,
go to https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0084.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0134]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Revision of Fruits and Vegetables Import Regulations
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 to allow importation of new
fruits and vegetables into the United States.
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-2008-0134 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-2008-0134, 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-2008-0134.
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 importation of
new fruits and vegetables, contact Ms. Donna West, Senior Import
Specialist, Commodity Import Analysis and Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (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: Revision of Fruits and Vegetables Import Regulations.
OMB Number: 0579-0293.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: As authorized by the Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture may prohibit or restrict
the importation, entry, exportation, or movement in interstate commerce
of any plant, plant product, biological control organism, noxious weed,
means of conveyance, or other article if the Secretary determines that
the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent a plant pest or
noxious weed from being introduced into or disseminated within the
United States. This authority has been delegated to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, which administers regulations to
implement the PPA.
The regulations in Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables (7 CFR 319.56-1
through 319.56-47) allow a number of fruits and vegetables to be
imported into the United States, under specified conditions, from
certain parts of the world. The regulations in Sec. Sec. 319.56-4 and
319.56-5 provide for a notice-based process for recognizing pest-free
areas and for approving the importation of certain new commodities
that, based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
imported into the United States subject to designated phytosanitary
measures. Importation of new commodities under this process requires
the use of information collection activities, including the issuance of
permits and phytosanitary certificates.
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
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affected agencies) concerning this information collection activity.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the information collection is necessary for
the proper performance of our agency's functions, 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 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 0.9615384 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers, exporters, and foreign national plant
protection organizations.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 960.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 2.16666.
Estimated annual number of responses: 2,080.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2,000 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. E8-30214 Filed 12-18-08; 8:45 am]
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