Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants, 31748-31749 [2010-13445]
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Animals, AOVSA, NCIE, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale MD
20737; (301) 734-8695. For copies of
more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 8512908.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Interstate Movement of Certain
Land Tortoises.
OMB Number: 0579-0156.
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) regulates the
importation and interstate movement of
certain animals and animal products to
prevent the introduction into or
dissemination within the United States
of pests and diseases of livestock.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 93
prohibit the importation of the leopard
tortoise, the African spurred tortoise,
and the Bell’s hingeback tortoise to
prevent the introduction and spread of
exotic ticks known to be vectors of
heartwater disease, an acute, infectious
disease of cattle and other ruminants.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 74
prohibit the interstate movement of
those tortoises that are already in the
United States unless the tortoises are
accompanied by a health certificate or
certificate of veterinary inspection. The
certificate must be signed by an APHIS
accredited veterinarian and must state
that the tortoises have been examined
by that veterinarian and found free of
ticks.
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 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,
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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 2.0
hours per response.
Respondents: APHIS accredited
veterinarians, U.S. tortoise breeders,
members of tortoise adoption
organizations.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 50.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 10.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 500.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 1,000 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 28th day
of May 2010.
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-2010-0053]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Artificially Dwarfed
Plants
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
regulations for the importation of
artificially dwarfed plants.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 3,
2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
(https://www.regulations.gov/
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and to view supporting and related
materials available electronically.
∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send one copy of your comment
to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0053,
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. APHIS2010-0053.
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 for the
importation of artificially dwarfed
plants, contact Mr. Gregg B. Goodman,
National Postentry Quarantine
Coordinator, Quarantine Policy,
Analysis, and Support, PHP, PPQ,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60,
Riverdale MD 20737; (301) 734-0948.
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: Importation of Artificially
Dwarfed Plants.
OMB Number: 0579-0176.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Plant Protection
Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit
or restrict the importation, entry, or
interstate movement of plants, plant
products, and other articles to prevent
the introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service.
The regulations contained in
‘‘Subpart–Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots,
Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products’’
(7 CFR 319.37 through 319.37-14)
prohibit or restrict the importation of
living plants, plant parts, and seeds for
propagation.
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Among other things, the regulations
require artificially dwarfed plants
imported into the United States to be
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate issued by the government of
the country of origin. This certificate
must contain declarations that certain
conditions were met in the country of
origin to protect against the infestation
of the plants by longhorned beetles and
other plant pests.
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
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
0.2533333 hours per response.
Respondents: Plant health officials of
exporting countries, importers.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 30.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 5.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 150.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 38 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 28th day
of May 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0033]
International Standard-Setting
Activities
Office of Food Safety, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice informs the public
of the sanitary and phytosanitary
standard-setting activities of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission (Codex), in
accordance with section 491 of the
Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as
amended, and the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act, Public Law 103–465,
108 Stat. 4809. This notice also provides
a list of other standard-setting activities
of Codex, including commodity
standards, guidelines, codes of practice,
and revised texts. This notice, which
covers the time periods from June 1,
2009, to May 31, 2010, and June 1, 2010,
to May 31, 2011, seeks comments on
standards under consideration and
recommendations for new standards.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by either of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
Web site provides the ability to type
short comments directly into the
comment field on this Web page or
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
• Mail, including diskettes or CD–
ROMs, and hand- or courier-delivered
items: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, Room 2–2127,
George Washington Carver Center, 5601
Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD
20705.
Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name and docket number FSIS–
2009–0033. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made
available for public inspection and
posted without change, including any
personal information, to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to comments
received, go to the FSIS Docket Room at
the address listed above between 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Please state that your comments refer
to Codex and, if your comments relate
to specific Codex committees, please
identify those committees in your
comments and submit a copy of your
comments to the delegate from that
particular committee.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Stuck, United States Manager for
Codex, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Office of Food Safety, Room 4861, South
Agriculture Building, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3700; Phone:
(202) 205–7760; Fax: (202) 720–3157; Email: USCodex@fsis.usda.gov.
For information pertaining to
particular committees, the delegate of
that committee may be contacted. (A
complete list of U.S. delegates and
alternate delegates can be found in
Attachment 2 to this notice.) Documents
pertaining to Codex are accessible via
the World Wide Web at the following
address: https://
www.codexalimentarius.net/
current.asp. The U.S. Codex Office also
maintains a Web site at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/
Regulations_&_Policies/
Codex_Alimentarius/index.asp.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
was established on January 1, 1995, as
the common international institutional
framework for the conduct of trade
relations among its members in matters
related to the Uruguay Round Trade
Agreements. The WTO is the successor
organization to the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). U.S.
membership in the WTO was approved
and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
was signed into law by the President on
December 8, 1994. The Uruguay Round
Agreements became effective, with
respect to the United States, on January
1, 1995. Pursuant to section 491 of the
Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as
amended, the President is required to
designate an agency to be ‘‘responsible
for informing the public of the sanitary
and phytosanitary (SPS) standardsetting activities of each international
standard-setting organization.’’ The
main organizations are Codex, the
World Organisation for Animal Health,
and the International Plant Protection
Convention. The President, pursuant to
Proclamation No. 6780 of March 23,
1995 (60 FR 15845), designated the U.S.
Department of Agriculture as the agency
responsible for informing the public of
SPS standard-setting activities of each
international standard-setting
organization. The Secretary of
Agriculture has delegated to the Office
of Food Safety the responsibility to
inform the public of the SPS standardsetting activities of Codex. The Office of
Food Safety has, in turn, assigned the
responsibility for informing the public
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0053]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants
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 for the importation of
artificially dwarfed plants.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 3, 2010.
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-2010-0053) to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send one copy of
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0053, 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-2010-0053.
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 for the
importation of artificially dwarfed plants, contact Mr. Gregg B.
Goodman, National Postentry Quarantine Coordinator, Quarantine Policy,
Analysis, and Support, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60,
Riverdale MD 20737; (301) 734-0948. 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: Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants.
OMB Number: 0579-0176.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.),
the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products,
and other articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination within the United States. This
authority has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service.
The regulations contained in ``Subpart-Nursery Stock, Plants,
Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products'' (7 CFR 319.37 through
319.37-14) prohibit or restrict the importation of living plants, plant
parts, and seeds for propagation.
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Among other things, the regulations require artificially dwarfed
plants imported into the United States to be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate issued by the government of the country of
origin. This certificate must contain declarations that certain
conditions were met in the country of origin to protect against the
infestation of the plants by longhorned beetles and other plant pests.
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 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 0.2533333 hours per response.
Respondents: Plant health officials of exporting countries,
importers.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 30.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 5.
Estimated annual number of responses: 150.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 38 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 28\th\ day of May 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-13445 Filed 6-3-10: 8:45 am]
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