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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0110]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Customer/Stakeholder Satisfaction
Surveys for the National Animal Health
Monitoring System and the National
Veterinary Services Laboratories
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
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
request extension of approval of an
information collection to conduct
surveys of customer/stakeholder
satisfaction for both the National
Animal Health Monitoring System and
the National Veterinary Services
Laboratories.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February
15, 2011.
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–
2010–0110 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–2010–0110,
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–
2010–0110.
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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 Customer/
Stakeholder Satisfaction Surveys,
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:
Customer/Stakeholder Satisfaction
Surveys for the National Animal Health
Monitoring System and the National
Veterinary Services Laboratories.
OMB Number: 0579–0339.
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 Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to protect the health of our
Nation’s livestock, poultry, and
aquaculture 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. This
authority has been delegated to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS).
In connection with this mission,
APHIS operates the National Animal
Health Monitoring System (NAHMS),
which collects, on a national basis,
statistically valid and scientifically
sound data on the prevalence and
economic importance of livestock,
poultry, and aquaculture disease risk
factors.
NAHMS national studies have
evolved into a collaborative industry
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and government initiative to help
determine the most effective means of
preventing and controlling diseases of
livestock, poultry, and aquaculture.
APHIS is the only agency responsible
for collecting national data on livestock,
poultry, and aquaculture health.
Participation in any NAHMS study
(including these surveys) is voluntary,
and all data are confidential.
The National Veterinary Services
Laboratories (NVSL) assists the NAHMS
by providing testing services for many
of the NAHMS projects. Primary
functions of the NVSL also include
providing diagnostic support for
domestic diseases, potential foreign
animal diseases, import/export
programs, disease surveillance, and
disease eradication efforts. The efforts of
the NVSL are an essential part of
preventing and controlling diseases of
livestock, poultry, and aquaculture.
Information from the NAHMS studies
is disseminated to and used by
producers, animal health officials,
private practitioners, animal industry
groups, policymakers, public health
officials, media, and educational
institutions to improve the health and
welfare, quality, and marketability of
our Nation’s livestock, poultry, and
aquaculture.
Customer/stakeholder surveys are
used to:
• Gather information from producers
and other information users on the
usefulness of studies and reports,
• Minimize producer burden,
• Increase response rates,
• Improve report quality and
relevance to producers’ and
stakeholders’ needs, and
• Improve laboratory performance.
The NAHMS staff will obtain
feedback from Study Participant
Surveys and NAHMS Descriptive
Reports Surveys, and NVSL staff will
obtain feedback from the annual NVSL
Performance Surveys. Feedback from
these surveys will be used to improve
NAHMS Descriptive Reports and to
evaluate customer/stakeholder
satisfaction in an effort to increase
participation rates for NAHMS studies.
The NVSL surveys will help to monitor
the NVSL’s performance. Producers and
stakeholders who participate in the
NAHMS program, customers who
utilize information from the NVSL, and
customers who read NAHMS reports
will benefit from more effective
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programs and timely, relevant
information.
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 burden on 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
0.24870 hours per response.
Respondents: Livestock, poultry, and
catfish producers; information users;
NAHMS Descriptive Report Recipients;
Animal Health Report recipients;
practicing veterinarians; animal
importers/exporters; State and
independent laboratories.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 22,500.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 0.31666.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 7,125.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 1,772 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.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of
December, 2010.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
Del Norte Resource Advisory
Committee (RAC)
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Forest Service
Dixie Resource Advisory Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meetings.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Dixie Resource Advisory
Committee will meet in Cedar City,
Utah. The committee is meeting as
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L 110–343) and
in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of this meeting is to make
recommendations for Title II projects.
DATES: January 20, 2011, 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES: January 20, 2011 meeting
will be held at Paiute Tribe of Utah
Headquarters, 440 North Paiute Drive
(200 East), Cedar City, Utah. The public
is invited to attend the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenton Call, RAC Coordinator, Dixie
National Forest, (435) 865–3730; e-mail:
ckcall@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting is open to the public. The
following business will be conducted:
(1) Welcome and committee
introductions; (2) Review of project
proposals; (3) Category discussion of
proposals; (4) RAC discussion and
decision on proposals, and (5) Public
comment on any propopals. Persons
who wish to bring related matters to the
attention of the Committee may file
written statements with the Committee
staff before or after the meeting. Public
input will be accepted by the RAC
during the meetings.
SUMMARY:
Dated: December 10, 2010.
Robert G. MacWhorter,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Del Norte Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
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Crescent City, California. The committee
meeting is authorized under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination (SRS) Act (Pub. L. 110–
343) and in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held January
11, 2011, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Del Norte County Unified School
District, Redwood Room, 301 West
Washington Boulevard, Crescent City,
California 95531.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Dellinger, Committee
Coordinator, Six Rivers National Forest,
at (707) 441–3569; e-mail
adellinger@fs.fed.us.
The
meeting is open to the public. Through
presentations and/or revised proposals,
the public will present clarification on
previously submitted Title II project
proposals to the RAC. The RAC will
vote on projects to recommend for
funding. There will also be a public
comment opportunity.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: December 10, 2010.
Tyrone Kelley,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2009 Management and
Organizational Practices Survey.
Form Number(s): MP–10002.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 25,000.
Number of Respondents: 50,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 30
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau
plans to conduct the Management and
Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS)
as a one time inquiry with possible
future annual data collection pending
funding. This survey will utilize the
Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
survey panel collecting information on
management and organizational
practices at the establishment level.
Data obtained from the survey will
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0110]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Customer/Stakeholder Satisfaction Surveys for the National
Animal Health Monitoring System and the National Veterinary Services
Laboratories
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 extension of approval of an information collection
to conduct surveys of customer/stakeholder satisfaction for both the
National Animal Health Monitoring System and the National Veterinary
Services Laboratories.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
February 15, 2011.
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-2010-0110 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-2010-0110, 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-2010-0110.
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 Customer/
Stakeholder Satisfaction Surveys, 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: Customer/Stakeholder Satisfaction
Surveys for the National Animal Health Monitoring System and the
National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
OMB Number: 0579-0339.
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 Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to protect the health
of our Nation's livestock, poultry, and aquaculture 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. This authority has been delegated to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
In connection with this mission, APHIS operates the National Animal
Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), which collects, on a national basis,
statistically valid and scientifically sound data on the prevalence and
economic importance of livestock, poultry, and aquaculture disease 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, poultry, and
aquaculture. APHIS is the only agency responsible for collecting
national data on livestock, poultry, and aquaculture health.
Participation in any NAHMS study (including these surveys) is
voluntary, and all data are confidential.
The National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) assists the
NAHMS by providing testing services for many of the NAHMS projects.
Primary functions of the NVSL also include providing diagnostic support
for domestic diseases, potential foreign animal diseases, import/export
programs, disease surveillance, and disease eradication efforts. The
efforts of the NVSL are an essential part of preventing and controlling
diseases of livestock, poultry, and aquaculture.
Information from the NAHMS studies is disseminated to and used by
producers, animal health officials, private practitioners, animal
industry groups, policymakers, public health officials, media, and
educational institutions to improve the health and welfare, quality,
and marketability of our Nation's livestock, poultry, and aquaculture.
Customer/stakeholder surveys are used to:
Gather information from producers and other information
users on the usefulness of studies and reports,
Minimize producer burden,
Increase response rates,
Improve report quality and relevance to producers' and
stakeholders' needs, and
Improve laboratory performance.
The NAHMS staff will obtain feedback from Study Participant Surveys
and NAHMS Descriptive Reports Surveys, and NVSL staff will obtain
feedback from the annual NVSL Performance Surveys. Feedback from these
surveys will be used to improve NAHMS Descriptive Reports and to
evaluate customer/stakeholder satisfaction in an effort to increase
participation rates for NAHMS studies. The NVSL surveys will help to
monitor the NVSL's performance. Producers and stakeholders who
participate in the NAHMS program, customers who utilize information
from the NVSL, and customers who read NAHMS reports will benefit from
more effective
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programs and timely, relevant information.
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 burden on 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 0.24870 hours per response.
Respondents: Livestock, poultry, and catfish producers; information
users; NAHMS Descriptive Report Recipients; Animal Health Report
recipients; practicing veterinarians; animal importers/exporters; State
and independent laboratories.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 22,500.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 0.31666.
Estimated annual number of responses: 7,125.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1,772 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 13th day of December, 2010.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-31705 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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