Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 4134 [E9-1321]

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 14 (Friday, January 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 4134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1321]


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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 14 / Friday, January 23, 2009 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 15, 2009.
    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.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Treatment for Fruits and Vegetables.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-New.
    Summary of Collection: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et 
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to regulate the 
importation of plants, plant products, and other articles to prevent 
the introduction of injurious plant pests. The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the fruits and vegetables 
regulations by revising the approved doses for irradiation treatment of 
imported fruits and vegetables. The regulation established a new 
minimum generic dose for the fruit fly family, reduced the minimum dose 
of irradiation for some specific fruit fly species, added 10 pests to 
the list of pests for which irradiation is an approved treatment at 
less than the generic dose, and provided for the use of irradiation as 
a treatment for cut flowers and foliage.
    Need and Use of the Information: Certain fruits and vegetables 
moved interstate from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands 
must undergo irradiation treatment. These requirements involve 
information collection activities, including the use of permits, 
certificates, request for facility approval, and package marking. If 
this information were not collected, it would seriously affect APHIS' 
ability to ensure that certain fruit and vegetables entering the United 
States from numerous countries do not harbor fruit flies or other 
insect pests that could cause serious damage to American agriculture.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 23.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 55.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Clementines from Spain.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0203.
    Summary of Collection: As authorized by the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7701-7772) (PPA), 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 (APHIS), which administers 
regulation to implement the PPA. The regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits 
and Vegetables,'' 7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56-8, prohibits or restricts 
the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States from 
certain parts of the world to prevent the introduction and 
dissemination of plant pests, including fruit flies.
    Under the regulations, clementines from Spain are subject to 
certain conditions before entering the United States to ensure that 
exotic plant pests, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are not 
introduced into the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
including a trust fund agreement, grower registration and agreement, a 
Mediterranean fruit fly management program, fruit fly trapping and 
control activities, recordkeeping, a phytosanitary certificate and box 
labeling to ensure that the cold treatment was successfully completed 
and also to ensure that no Mediterranean fruit flies are found in any 
of the shipment of clementines from Spain. Failure to collect this 
information would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that clementines 
from Spain are not carrying fruit flies.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,508.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 13,927.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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