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comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2009–0001.
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 National Animal
Health Reporting System, contact Ms.
Sandra Warnken, Program and
Management Analyst, Centers for
Epidemiology and Animal Health, VS,
APHIS, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building B
MS 2E6, Fort Collins, CO 80526; (970)
494–7193 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 Animal Health
Reporting System.
OMB Number: 0579–0299.
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) is authorized, among
other things, to prohibit or restrict the
importation and interstate movement of
animals and other articles to prevent the
introduction and interstate spread of
livestock diseases and to eradicate such
diseases from the United States when
feasible. In connection with this
mission, APHIS operates the National
Animal Health Reporting System
(NAHRS), which collects, on a national
basis, data monthly from State
veterinarians on the presence or absence
of diseases of interest to the World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
As a member country of OIE, the
United States must submit reports to the
OIE on the status of certain diseases in
specific livestock, poultry, and
aquaculture species. Reportable diseases
are diseases that have the potential for
rapid spread, irrespective of national
borders, that are of serious socioeconomic or public health consequence,
and that are of major importance in the
international trade of animals and
animal products. The potential benefits
to trade of accurate reporting on the
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health status of the U.S. commercial
livestock, poultry, and aquaculture
industries, include expansion of those
industries into new export markets, and
preservation of existing markets through
increased confidence in quality and
disease freedom. This data collection is
unique in terms of the type, quantity,
and frequency; no other entity is
collecting and reporting data to the OIE
on the health status of U.S. livestock,
poultry, and aquaculture.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of this information
collection activity for an additional 3
years.
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
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 4
hours per response.
Respondents: State veterinarians.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 50.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 12.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 600.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,400 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 4th day of
March 2009.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E9–5030 Filed 3–9–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0137]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; Plant
Protection and Quarantine; Official
Control Program
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an information
collection associated with Federal
recognition of a State’s plant pest
control or eradication program as an
official control program.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before May 11,
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=APHIS2008–0137 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–2008–0137,
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–
2008–0137.
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
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programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the Official Control
Program, contact Ms. Diane L. Schuble,
National Coordinator for Official
Control Programs, Emergency and
Domestic Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 26, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 734–8723. 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: Plant Protection and
Quarantine; Official Control Program.
OMB Number: 0579–XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: As authorized by the Plant
Protection Act (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 (APHIS).
As part of this mission, APHIS’ Plant
Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
program responds to introductions of
plant pests to eradicate, suppress, or
contain them through various programs
to prevent the interstate spread of plant
pests. APHIS’ plant pest control and
eradication programs qualify as ‘‘official
control programs,’’ as defined by the
International Plant Protection
Convention (IPPC), recognized by the
World Trade Organization as the
standard-setting body for international
plant quarantine issues. ‘‘Official
control’’ is defined as ‘‘the active
enforcement of mandatory
phytosanitary regulations and the
application of mandatory phytosanitary
procedures with the objective of
eradication or containment of
quarantine pests or for the management
of regulated non-quarantine pests.’’ As a
contracting party to the IPPC, the United
States has agreed to observe IPPC
principles as they relate to international
trade.
APHIS is aware that individual States
enforce phytosanitary regulations and
procedures within their borders to
address pests of concern, and that those
pests are not always also the subject of
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an APHIS response program or activity.
To strengthen APHIS’ safeguarding
system to protect agriculture and to
facilitate agriculture trade through
effective management of phytosanitary
measures, APHIS plans to begin a
process to allow a State to request
Federal recognition of that State’s
phytosanitary measures or activities as
an ‘‘official control program’’ to restrict
the spread of plant pests. Federal
recognition of a State’s pest control
activities will justify actions by Federal
inspectors at ports of entry to help
exclude pests under an official control
program in a destination State. This
process involves the use of information
collection activities, including the
submission by States of a protocol for
quarantine pests of concern and a
protocol for regulated non-quarantine
pests.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for 3 years.
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 80
hours per response.
Respondents: State plant health
regulatory officials.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 53.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 25.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,325.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 106,000 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.)
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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 4th day of
March 2009.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E9–5034 Filed 3–9–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0143]
Availability of an Environmental
Assessment for a Biological Control
Agent for Russian Thistle
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has prepared an
environmental assessment relative to
the control of Russian thistle, Salsola
tragus. The environmental assessment
considers the effects of, and alternatives
to, the release of a nonindigenous blister
mite, Aceria salsolae, for the biological
control of Russian thistle in the
continental United States. We are
making the environmental assessment
available to the public for review and
comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before April 9,
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–
2008–0143 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–2008–0143,
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–
2008–0143.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on the
environmental assessment in our
reading room. The reading room is
located in room 1141 of the USDA
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0137]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Plant Protection and Quarantine; Official Control Program
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an information collection associated
with Federal recognition of a State's plant pest control or eradication
program as an official control program.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May
11, 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-2008-0137 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-2008-0137, 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-2008-0137.
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
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programs is available on the Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Official
Control Program, contact Ms. Diane L. Schuble, National Coordinator for
Official Control Programs, Emergency and Domestic Programs, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 26, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-8723. 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: Plant Protection and Quarantine; Official Control Program.
OMB Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of an information collection.
Abstract: As authorized by the Plant Protection Act (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 (APHIS).
As part of this mission, APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine
(PPQ) program responds to introductions of plant pests to eradicate,
suppress, or contain them through various programs to prevent the
interstate spread of plant pests. APHIS' plant pest control and
eradication programs qualify as ``official control programs,'' as
defined by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC),
recognized by the World Trade Organization as the standard-setting body
for international plant quarantine issues. ``Official control'' is
defined as ``the active enforcement of mandatory phytosanitary
regulations and the application of mandatory phytosanitary procedures
with the objective of eradication or containment of quarantine pests or
for the management of regulated non-quarantine pests.'' As a
contracting party to the IPPC, the United States has agreed to observe
IPPC principles as they relate to international trade.
APHIS is aware that individual States enforce phytosanitary
regulations and procedures within their borders to address pests of
concern, and that those pests are not always also the subject of an
APHIS response program or activity. To strengthen APHIS' safeguarding
system to protect agriculture and to facilitate agriculture trade
through effective management of phytosanitary measures, APHIS plans to
begin a process to allow a State to request Federal recognition of that
State's phytosanitary measures or activities as an ``official control
program'' to restrict the spread of plant pests. Federal recognition of
a State's pest control activities will justify actions by Federal
inspectors at ports of entry to help exclude pests under an official
control program in a destination State. This process involves the use
of information collection activities, including the submission by
States of a protocol for quarantine pests of concern and a protocol for
regulated non-quarantine pests.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities for 3 years.
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 80 hours per response.
Respondents: State plant health regulatory officials.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 53.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 25.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,325.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 106,000 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 4th day of March 2009.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E9-5034 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
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