Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 31412-31413 [2010-13330]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31412-31413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13330]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 28, 2010.
    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: Imported Seed and Screening.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0124.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests 
from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not 
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported 
pests when eradication is feasible. The Plant Quarantine Act and the 
Federal Plant Pest Act authorizes the Department to carry out this 
mission. Under the authority of the Federal Seed Act of 1939, as 
amended, the USDA regulates the importation and interstate movement of 
certain agricultural and vegetable seeds. The Plant Protection & 
Quarantine Division of USDA's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) has established a seed analysis program with Canada that allows 
U.S. companies that import seed for cleaning or processing to enter 
into compliance agreements with APHIS. This program eliminates the need 
for sampling shipments of Canadian-origin seed at the border, and 
allows certain seed importers to clean seed without the direct 
supervision of an APHIS inspector. APHIS will collect information using 
forms PPQ 925, Seed Analysis Certificate and PPQ 519, Compliance 
Agreement.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
from PPQ 925 and PPQ 519 to ensure that imported seeds do not pose a 
health threat to U.S. agriculture. If the information were not 
collected there would be no way of preventing noxious weeds from 
entering the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,168.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,588.

Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service

    Title: Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0160.
    Summary of Collection: Sections 901-905 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901) authorizes the 
Secretary of Agriculture to issue guidelines for regulating the 
commercial transportation of horses to slaughter by persons regularly 
engaged in that activity within the United States. To fulfill this 
responsibility, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
established regulations in title 9, part 88 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The minimum standards cover among other things the food, 
water, and rest provided to these horses while they are in transit; and 
to review other related issues that may be appropriate to ensuring that 
these animals are treated humanely. Implementing these regulations 
entails the use of information collection activities such as providing 
business information, completing an owner-shipper certificate and 
continuation sheet, and maintaining records of the owner/shipper 
certificate and continuation sheet.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect the following 
information: (1) Shipper's name and address and the owner's name and 
address; (2) description of the transporting vehicle, including the 
license plate number; (3) a description of the horse's physical 
characteristics, including its sex, coloring, distinguishing marks, 
permanent brands, electronic means of identification, or other 
characteristics that can be used to accurately identify the horse; (4) 
the number of the USDA back tag that has been applied to the horse for 
identification purposes; (5) a statement of the animal's fitness to 
travel, which must indicate that the horse is able to bear weight on 
all four limbs, is able to walk unassisted, is not blind in both eyes, 
is older than 6 months of age, and is not likely to give birth during 
the trip; (6) a description of anything unusual with regard to the 
physical condition of the horse, such as a wound or blindness in one 
eye, and any special handling needs; (7) the date, time, and place the 
horse was loaded on the conveyance; and (8) a statement that the horse 
was provided access to food, water, and rest prior to transport. This 
information is helpful in those instances in which APHIS must conduct a 
trace back investigation of any possibly stolen horses or because of 
disease.

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    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,203.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-13330 Filed 6-2-10; 8:45 am]
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