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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0055]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; National
Animal Health Monitoring System;
Dairy Heifer Raiser 2010 Study
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
initiate an information collection to
support the National Animal Health
Monitoring System Dairy Heifer Raiser
2010 Study.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 25,
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-2010-0055) 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-2010-0055,
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. APHIS2010-0055.
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.,
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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 Dairy Heifer Raiser
2010 Study, contact Ms. Sandra
Warnken, Management and Program
Analyst, Centers for Epidemiology and
Animal Health, VS, APHIS, 2150 Centre
Avenue, Building B MS 2E3, 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) 8512908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:
National Animal Health Monitoring
System; Dairy Heifer Raiser 2010 Study.
OMB Number: 0579-xxxx.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) is
authorized, among other things, to
protect the health of our Nation’s
livestock and poultry populations by
preventing the introduction and
interstate spread of serious diseases and
pests of livestock and for eradicating
such diseases from the United States
when feasible. In connection with this
mission, APHIS operates the National
Animal Health Monitoring System
(NAHMS), which collects nationally
representative, statistically valid, and
scientifically sound data on the
prevalence and economic importance of
livestock diseases and associated risk
factors.
NAHMS’ national studies have
evolved into a collaborative industry
and government initiative to help
determine the most effective means of
preventing and controlling diseases of
livestock. APHIS is the only agency
responsible for collecting data on
livestock health. Participation in any
NAHMS study is voluntary, and all data
are confidential.
APHIS plans to conduct the Dairy
Heifer Raiser 2010 Study in cooperation
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with the Dairy Calf and Heifer
Association (DCHA) and participating
States. Because the respondent universe
or population cannot be precisely
defined, APHIS has asked DCHA and
participating States to assist in
identifying and contacting dairy heifer
raising operations. This is a small
population that has never been studied
previously. We believe this population,
which includes small farm operations,
is important because the movement of
animals between these operations and
commercial dairy operations could
potentially facilitate the transmission of
critically important diseases, such as
tuberculosis (TB) and bovine viral
diarrhea (BVD). The 17 States targeted
for the study participated in the
NAHMS Dairy 2007 Study and account
for approximately 82 percent of the
dairy cow population in the United
States and 80 percent of U.S. operations
with dairy cows.
The purpose of this study is to collect
information through a questionnaire to:
∑ Provide preliminary information on
animal health and management
practices for dairy heifer raising
operations.
∑ Evaluate the biosecurity risks
associated with the dairy heifer raising
operations, e.g., commingling cattle
from multiple operations and exposing
young cattle to Mexican cattle.
∑ Assist in the development of a
biosecurity assessment that can be used
to evaluate the risk of disease
transmission, e.g., TB and BVD, on dairy
heifer raising operations.
The study will consist of a
questionnaire to be mailed to and
completed by participating producers or
administered by APHIS-designated data
collectors (primarily personnel from
participating States). The information
collected through the Dairy Heifer
Raiser 2010 Study will be analyzed and
organized into descriptive reports for
DCHA members and each participating
State and a summary report. Information
will be disseminated to and used by a
variety of constituents, including
producers, veterinarians, stakeholders,
academia, and others. The data will
help APHIS address emerging issues
and examine the impact of selected
animal health management practices.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of this information
collection activity for 3 years.
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The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
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
0.878 hours per response.
Respondents: Dairy heifer raisers in
17 States.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 1,000.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,000.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 878 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 20th day
of August 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0073]
Fiscal Year 2011 Veterinary Import/
Export Services, Veterinary Diagnostic
Services, and Export Certification for
Plants and Plant Products User Fees
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
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ACTION:
Notice.
This notice pertains to user
fees charged for import- and exportrelated services that we provide for
animals, animal products, birds, germ
plasm, organisms, and vectors; for
certain veterinary diagnostic services;
and for export certification of plants and
plant products. The purpose of this
notice is to remind the public of the
user fees for fiscal year 2011 (October 1,
2010, through September 30, 2011).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on Veterinary Diagnostic
program operations, contact Dr.
Elizabeth Lautner, Director, National
Veterinary Services Laboratories, VS,
APHIS, 1800 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA
50010; (515) 663-7301.
For information on Veterinary
Services import and export program
operations, contact Ms. Carol A.
Tuszynski, Director, Planning, Finance
& Strategy, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;
(301) 734-0832.
For information on plant and plant
product export certification program
operations, contact Mr. William E.
Thomas, Director, Quarantine Policy,
Analysis & Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD
20737-1231; (301) 734-5214.
For information concerning user fee
rate development, contact Mrs. Kris
Caraher, Section Head, User Fees
Section, Financial Services Branch,
FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
734-0882.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Veterinary Import/Export User Fees
The regulations in 9 CFR part 130
(referred to below as the regulations) list
user fees for import- and export-related
services provided by the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
for animals, animal products, birds,
germ plasm, organisms, and vectors.
These user fees are authorized by
section 2509(c)(1) of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990, as amended (21 U.S.C.
136a), which provides that the Secretary
of Agriculture may establish and collect
fees that will cover the cost of providing
import- and export-related services for
animals, animal products, birds, germ
plasm, organisms, and vectors.
The veterinary import/export user
fees are found in §§ 130.2 through
130.11 and §§ 130.20 through 130.30 of
the regulations and cover the following:
∑ Any service rendered by an APHIS
representative for each animal or bird
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receiving standard housing, care, feed,
and handling while quarantined in an
APHIS-owned or -operated animal
import center or quarantine facility;
∑ Birds or poultry, including zoo birds
or poultry, receiving nonstandard
housing, care, or handling to meet
special requirements while quarantined
in an APHIS-owned or -operated animal
import center or quarantine facility;
∑ Exclusive use of space at APHIS
Animal Import Centers;
∑ Processing import permit
applications;
∑ Any service rendered by an APHIS
representative for live animals
presented for importation or entry into
the United States through a land border
port along the United States-Mexico
border;
∑ Any service rendered for live
animals at land border ports along the
United States-Canada border;
∑ Miscellaneous services;
∑ Pet birds quarantined in an animal
import center or other APHIS-owned or
supervised quarantine facility;
∑ The inspection of various import
and export facilities and establishments;
∑ The endorsement of export health
certificates that do not require the
verification of tests or vaccinations;
∑ The endorsement of export health
certificates that require the verification
of tests and vaccinations; and
∑ Hourly rate and minimum user fees.
On October 1, 2010, the veterinary
import/export user fees for fiscal year
2011 will take effect. You may view the
regulations in 9 CFR part 130, which
includes charts showing all of the fiscal
year 2011 veterinary import/export user
fees, on the Internet at Regulation.gov,
at (https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/main?main=
DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0073).
Veterinary Diagnostic Services User
Fees
User fees to reimburse APHIS for the
costs of providing veterinary diagnostic
services are also contained in 9 CFR part
130. These user fees are authorized by
section 2509(c) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as
amended (21 U.S.C. 136a), which
provides that the Secretary of
Agriculture may, among other things,
prescribe regulations and collect fees to
recover the costs of veterinary
diagnostics relating to the control and
eradication of communicable diseases of
livestock and poultry within the United
States.
Veterinary diagnostics is the work
performed in a laboratory to determine
whether a disease-causing organism or
chemical agent is present in body
tissues or cells and, if so, to identify
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or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
[[Page 52504]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0055]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
National Animal Health Monitoring System; Dairy Heifer Raiser 2010
Study
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New 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 initiate an information collection to support the National
Animal Health Monitoring System Dairy Heifer Raiser 2010 Study.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
October 25, 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-2010-0055) 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-2010-0055, 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-2010-0055.
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 Dairy Heifer
Raiser 2010 Study, contact Ms. Sandra Warnken, Management and Program
Analyst, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, VS, APHIS, 2150
Centre Avenue, Building B MS 2E3, 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 Monitoring
System; Dairy Heifer Raiser 2010 Study.
OMB Number: 0579-xxxx.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorized, among
other things, to protect the health of our Nation's livestock and
poultry populations by preventing the introduction and interstate
spread of serious diseases and pests of livestock and for eradicating
such diseases from the United States when feasible. In connection with
this mission, APHIS operates the National Animal Health Monitoring
System (NAHMS), which collects nationally representative, statistically
valid, and scientifically sound data on the prevalence and economic
importance of livestock diseases and associated risk factors.
NAHMS' national studies have evolved into a collaborative industry
and government initiative to help determine the most effective means of
preventing and controlling diseases of livestock. APHIS is the only
agency responsible for collecting data on livestock health.
Participation in any NAHMS study is voluntary, and all data are
confidential.
APHIS plans to conduct the Dairy Heifer Raiser 2010 Study in
cooperation with the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) and
participating States. Because the respondent universe or population
cannot be precisely defined, APHIS has asked DCHA and participating
States to assist in identifying and contacting dairy heifer raising
operations. This is a small population that has never been studied
previously. We believe this population, which includes small farm
operations, is important because the movement of animals between these
operations and commercial dairy operations could potentially facilitate
the transmission of critically important diseases, such as tuberculosis
(TB) and bovine viral diarrhea (BVD). The 17 States targeted for the
study participated in the NAHMS Dairy 2007 Study and account for
approximately 82 percent of the dairy cow population in the United
States and 80 percent of U.S. operations with dairy cows.
The purpose of this study is to collect information through a
questionnaire to:
Provide preliminary information on animal health and
management practices for dairy heifer raising operations.
Evaluate the biosecurity risks associated with the dairy
heifer raising operations, e.g., commingling cattle from multiple
operations and exposing young cattle to Mexican cattle.
Assist in the development of a biosecurity assessment that
can be used to evaluate the risk of disease transmission, e.g., TB and
BVD, on dairy heifer raising operations.
The study will consist of a questionnaire to be mailed to and
completed by participating producers or administered by APHIS-
designated data collectors (primarily personnel from participating
States). The information collected through the Dairy Heifer Raiser 2010
Study will be analyzed and organized into descriptive reports for DCHA
members and each participating State and a summary report. Information
will be disseminated to and used by a variety of constituents,
including producers, veterinarians, stakeholders, academia, and others.
The data will help APHIS address emerging issues and examine the impact
of selected animal health management practices.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this information collection activity for 3 years.
[[Page 52505]]
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as 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 0.878 hours per response.
Respondents: Dairy heifer raisers in 17 States.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 1,000.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,000.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 878 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 20\th\ day of August 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-21292 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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