Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 65446 [2010-26812]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65446]
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[FR Doc No: 2010-26812]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 19, 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: Importation of Clementines, Mandarins, and Tangerines From 
Chile.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0242.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, 
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States 
or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United States. The 
regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56 through 
319.56-8) prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and vegetables 
into the United States from certain parts of the world, to prevent the 
introduction and dissemination of plant pests, including fruit flies. 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the 
fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation, under 
certain conditions, of clementines, mandarins, and tangerines from 
Chile into the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that some plants or 
plant products are accompanied by a phytosanitary inspection 
certificate that is completed by plant health officials in the 
originating or transiting country. APHIS will use the information on 
this certificate to determine the pest condition of the shipment at the 
time of inspection in the foreign country. This information is used as 
a guide to the intensity of the inspection that APHIS must conduct when 
the shipment arrives. Without the information, all shipments would need 
to be inspected very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more 
time; this would slow the clearance of international shipments.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 44.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 162.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Animal Disease Traceability: Tribal Nations Using Systems 
for Location Notification.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0327.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8301-8317) is the primary Federal law governing the protection 
of animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 
authority to detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of 
livestock or poultry. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's 
(APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) safeguards U.S. animal health through 
a variety of activities including disease control. One important part 
of disease control is animal disease traceability. Animal disease 
traceability means being able to document the movement history of an 
animal throughout its life. To help trace animals, APHIS has made 
several systems available to States and Tribes for managing the 
issuance of unique location identification numbers including the 
Standardized Premises Registration System and a Tribal Premises 
Registration System. States and Tribes can elect whether to use one of 
the APHIS's systems. Tribes can designate which premises registration 
system they would like to use, if any, by completing VS 1-63, Tribal 
Location Identification System Implementation Request.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the information 
provided on VS 1-63 to contact the respondents and help them use the 
premises registration system they selected. The information also helps 
ensure that when multiple parties claim to represent Tribes in managing 
location identification information, USDA only deals with those 
entities the Tribe has officially recognized. If this information was 
not collected, APHIS' ability to address traceability needs specified 
to Tribes would be significantly hampered.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 25.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 31.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-26812 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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