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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
0.045736 hours per response.
Respondents: Federal, State, and local
agencies and the public who request
services from WS or engage in wildlife
damage management projects with WS.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 89,902.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.01295.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 91,066.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 4,165 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 23rd
day of August 2010.
Gregory Parham
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0084]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; National
Animal Health Monitoring System;
Sheep 2011 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 Sheep 2011 Study.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 26,
2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
(https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/
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main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2010-0084) 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-2010-0084,
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. APHIS2010-0084.
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 Sheep 2011 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.
Title: National Animal Health
Monitoring System; Sheep 2011 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
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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 Sheep
2011 Study as part of an ongoing series
of NAHMS studies on the U.S. livestock
population. The 22 States targeted for
the study account for 85 percent of the
ewe inventory in the United States on
January 1, 2010, and on 70 percent of
farms in the United States with one or
more ewes. The purpose of this study is
to collect information, through
questionnaires and biologic sampling,
to:
∑ Describe trends in sheep health and
management practices from 1996 to
2011.
∑ Describe management and
biosecurity practices used to control
common infectious diseases, including
scrapie, ovine progressive pneumonia,
Johne’s disease, and caseous
lymphadenitis.
∑ Estimate the prevalence of
gastrointestinal parasites and
anthelmintic resistance.
∑ Estimate the prevalence of
Mycoplasma ovipneumonia in domestic
sheep flocks. Relate presence of the
organism in blood and nasal secretions
to clinical signs and demographic and
management factors.
∑ Facilitate the collection of
information and samples regarding
causes of abortion storms in sheep.
∑ Determine producer awareness of
the zoonotic potential of contagious
ecthyma (soremouth) and the
management practices used to prevent
transmission of the disease.
∑ Provide serum to include in the
serological bank for future research.
The study will consist of a series of
on-farm questionnaires, with biologic
sampling, that will be administered by
APHIS-designated data collectors. The
information collected through the Sheep
2011 Study will be analyzed and
organized into descriptive reports.
Information sheets will be derived from
these reports, and the data 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 economic impact of selected animal
health management practices.
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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
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
0.8840854 hours per response.
Respondents: Sheep producers in 22
States.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 5,500.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.7285454.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 9,507.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 8,405 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 23rd
day of August 2010.
Gregory Parham
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0065]
Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for
the Importation of Fresh Mango Fruit
From Pakistan Into the Continental
United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our decision to begin issuing permits for
the importation into the continental
United States of fresh mango fruit from
Pakistan. Based on the findings of a pest
risk analysis, which we made available
to the public for review and comment
through a previous notice, we believe
that the application of one or more
designated phytosanitary measures will
be sufficient to mitigate the risks of
introducing or disseminating plant pests
or noxious weeds via the importation of
fresh mango fruit from Pakistan.
DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Donna L. West, Senior Import
Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 734–0627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1
through 319.56–50, referred to below as
the regulations), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to
prevent plant pests from being
introduced into and spread within the
United States.
Section 319.56–4 contains a
performance-based process for
approving the importation of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
Under that process, APHIS publishes a
notice in the Federal Register
announcing the availability of the pest
risk analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Following
the close of the 60-day comment period,
APHIS may begin issuing permits for
importation of the fruit or vegetable
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subject to the identified designated
measures if: (1) No comments were
received on the pest risk analysis; (2)
the comments on the pest risk analysis
revealed that no changes to the pest risk
analysis were necessary; or (3) changes
to the pest risk analysis were made in
response to public comments, but the
changes did not affect the overall
conclusions of the analysis and the
Administrator’s determination of risk.
In accordance with that process, we
published a notice 1 in the Federal
Register on June 17, 2010 (75 FR 34422,
Docket No. APHIS–2010–0065), in
which we announced the availability,
for review and comment, of a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation into the
continental United States of fresh
mango fruit from Pakistan. We solicited
comments on the notice for 60 days
ending on August 16, 2010. We received
19 comments by that date, from
nurseries, exporters, private citizens, a
marketing agency, and a State
department of agriculture. All of the
commenters supported the importation
of fresh mango fruit from Pakistan under
the conditions described in the risk
management document.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we
are announcing our decision to begin
issuing permits for the importation into
the continental United States of fresh
mango fruit from Pakistan subject to the
following phytosanitary measures:
• The mangoes must be irradiated
with a minimum absorbed dose of 400
gray.
• If irradiation is applied outside of
the United States, each consignment of
mangoes must be inspected jointly by
the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of Pakistan and
APHIS inspectors and accompanied by
a phytosanitary certificate issued by the
NPPO of Pakistan. The phytosanitary
certificate must document that the
consignment received the required
irradiation treatment. The phytosanitary
certificate must also contain an
additional declaration that states: ‘‘This
consignment was inspected jointly by
APHIS and Government of Pakistan
inspectors, and found free of
Xanthomonas campestris pv.
mangiferaeindicae.’’ To be consistent
with International Plant Protection
Convention standards, treatment
specifics, including the application of
400 Gy dose, will be located in the
treatment section of the phytosanitary
1 To view the notice, the pest risk analysis, the
risk management analysis, and the comments we
received, go to https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0065.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0084]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
National Animal Health Monitoring System; Sheep 2011 Study
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New 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 initiate an information collection to support the National
Animal Health Monitoring System Sheep 2011 Study.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
October 26, 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-2010-0084) 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-2010-0084, 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-2010-0084.
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 Sheep 2011
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; Sheep 2011 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 Sheep 2011 Study as part of an ongoing
series of NAHMS studies on the U.S. livestock population. The 22 States
targeted for the study account for 85 percent of the ewe inventory in
the United States on January 1, 2010, and on 70 percent of farms in the
United States with one or more ewes. The purpose of this study is to
collect information, through questionnaires and biologic sampling, to:
Describe trends in sheep health and management practices
from 1996 to 2011.
Describe management and biosecurity practices used to
control common infectious diseases, including scrapie, ovine
progressive pneumonia, Johne's disease, and caseous lymphadenitis.
Estimate the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites and
anthelmintic resistance.
Estimate the prevalence of Mycoplasma ovipneumonia in
domestic sheep flocks. Relate presence of the organism in blood and
nasal secretions to clinical signs and demographic and management
factors.
Facilitate the collection of information and samples
regarding causes of abortion storms in sheep.
Determine producer awareness of the zoonotic potential of
contagious ecthyma (soremouth) and the management practices used to
prevent transmission of the disease.
Provide serum to include in the serological bank for
future research.
The study will consist of a series of on-farm questionnaires, with
biologic sampling, that will be administered by APHIS-designated data
collectors. The information collected through the Sheep 2011 Study will
be analyzed and organized into descriptive reports. Information sheets
will be derived from these reports, and the data 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 economic impact of
selected animal health management practices.
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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 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 0.8840854 hours per response.
Respondents: Sheep producers in 22 States.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 5,500.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.7285454.
Estimated annual number of responses: 9,507.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 8,405 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 23\rd\ day of August 2010.
Gregory Parham
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-21455 Filed 8-26-10: 8:45 am]
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