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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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August 10, 2011.
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Export Certification,
Accreditation of Non-Government
Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0130.
Summary of Collection: The
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) is responsible for
preventing plant diseases or insect pests
from entering the United States, as well
as, the spread of pests not widely
distributed in the United States, and
eradicating those imported when
eradication is feasible. The Plant
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.),
authorizes the Department to carry out
this mission. In addition to its mission,
APHIS provides export certification
services to ensure other countries that
the plants and plant products they are
receiving from the United States are free
of plant diseases and insect pests.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information for
applications submitted by operator/
owner of a non-government facility
seeking accreditation to conduct
laboratory testing or phytosanitary
inspection. The application should
contain the legal name and full address
of the facility, the name, address,
telephone and fax numbers of the
facility’s operator, a description of the
facility, and a description of the specific
laboratory testing or phytosanitary
inspection services for which the
facility is seeking accreditation. If these
activities are not conducted properly,
APHIS export certification program
would be compromised, causing a
disruption in plant and plant product
exports that could prove financially
damaging to U.S. exporters.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; State, Local and
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 300.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Tomatoes from
Spain, Chile, France, Morocco, and
Western Sahara.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0131.
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Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C.
7701—et seq.), the Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized to carry out
operations or measure 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. Regulations authorized
by the PPA concerning the importation
of fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the word are
contained in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through
319.56–50). These regulations allow
tomatoes from Spain, Chile, France,
Morocco, and Western Sahara to be
imported into the United States (subject
to certain conditions).
Need and Use of the Information: The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) will collect information
using the phytosanitary certificate
certifying that the tomatoes were grown
in registered greenhouses in a specified
area of the exporting country. APHIS
uses the information on this certificate
to determine the pest condition of the
shipment at the time of inspection in
the foreign country. Without this
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: 34.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,704.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Karnal Bunt; Revision of
Regulations for Importing Wheat.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0240.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–
7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants and plant pests to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), domestic Karnal bunt
regulations are contained in SubpartKarnal Bunt (7 CFR 301.89–1 through
301.89–16). Karnal bunt is a fungal
disease of wheat. Karnal bunt is caused
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by the smut fungus Tilletia indica
(Mitra) Mundkur and is spread by
spores, primarily through the movement
of infected seed.
Need and Use of the Information: In
order for APHIS to verify that the
articles are being imported in
compliance with the regulations, the
articles would have to be accompanied
by a phytosanitary certificate issued by
the national plant protection
organization of the region of origin. The
certificate must include a declaration
stating that the regulated articles
originated in areas where Karnal bunt is
not known to occur, as attested to either
by survey resulting or by testing for
bunted karnals or spores.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 600.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material
from Canada.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0257.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–
7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants and plant pests to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The Animal
Plant and Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) have established restrictions on
the importation of pine shoot beetle host
material into the United States from
Canada. Pine shoot beetle (PSB) is a pest
of pine trees. It can cause damage in
weak and dying trees where
reproductive and immature stages of
PSB occur, and in the new growth of
healthy trees. PSB can damage urban
ornamental trees and can cause
economic losses to the timber,
Christmas trees, and nursery industries.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect the information
using Compliance Agreements, Written
Statements, and Canadian Phytosanitary
Certificates to protect the United States
from the introduction of pine shoot
beetle and other plant diseases.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,340.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 94.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
South Central Idaho Resource
Advisory Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The South Central Idaho
Resource Advisory Committee will meet
in Jerome, Idaho. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343)
(the Act) and operates in compliance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act. The purpose of the committee is to
improve collaborative relationships and
to provide advice and recommendations
to the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with the title II
of the Act. The meeting is open to the
public. The purpose of the meeting is to
review project applications for funding.
DATES: The meeting will be held August
31, 2011, 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Idaho Department of Fish and Game,
319 S 417 E, Jerome, Idaho 83338.
Written comments may be submitted as
described under Supplementary
Information. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at the Sawtooth
National Forest, 2647 Kimberly Road
East, Twin Falls, Idaho. Please call
ahead to (208) 737–3200 to facilitate
entry into the building to view
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Thomas, Designated Federal Official,
Sawtooth National Forest, 208–737–
3200, and jathomas@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.
Requests for reasonable accomodation
for access to the facility or proceedings
may be made by contacting the person
listed For Further Information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following business will be conducted:
Review project applications for funding.
The meeting agenda may be previewed
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at the following Web site: https://fs.usda.
gov/sawtooth. Anyone who would like
to bring related matters to the attention
of the committee may file written
statements with the committee staff
before or after the meeting. The agenda
will include time for people to make
oral statements of three minutes or less.
This time will be set aside on the
agenda as Public Forum. A summary of
the meeting will be posted at https://fs.
usda.gov/sawtooth within 21 days of the
meeting.
Dated: August 9, 2011.
Julie A. Thomas,
Federal Designated Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency
of the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), invites comments
on this information collection for which
RUS intends to request approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
SUMMARY:
Comments on this notice must be
received by October 14, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michele L. Brooks, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5168 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202)
720–8435.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
information collection that the Agency
is submitting to OMB as a revision to an
existing collection. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
DATES:
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Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 10, 2011.
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: Export Certification, Accreditation of Non-Government
Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0130.
Summary of Collection: The Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for
preventing plant diseases or insect pests from entering the United
States, as well as, the spread of pests not widely distributed in the
United States, and eradicating those imported when eradication is
feasible. The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), authorizes
the Department to carry out this mission. In addition to its mission,
APHIS provides export certification services to ensure other countries
that the plants and plant products they are receiving from the United
States are free of plant diseases and insect pests.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information for
applications submitted by operator/owner of a non-government facility
seeking accreditation to conduct laboratory testing or phytosanitary
inspection. The application should contain the legal name and full
address of the facility, the name, address, telephone and fax numbers
of the facility's operator, a description of the facility, and a
description of the specific laboratory testing or phytosanitary
inspection services for which the facility is seeking accreditation. If
these activities are not conducted properly, APHIS export certification
program would be compromised, causing a disruption in plant and plant
product exports that could prove financially damaging to U.S.
exporters.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; State,
Local and Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 300.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Tomatoes from Spain, Chile, France, Morocco,
and Western Sahara.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0131.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7
U.S.C. 7701--et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
carry out operations or measure 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. Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the
word are contained in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-
1 through 319.56-50). These regulations allow tomatoes from Spain,
Chile, France, Morocco, and Western Sahara to be imported into the
United States (subject to certain conditions).
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect information using the
phytosanitary certificate certifying that the tomatoes were grown in
registered greenhouses in a specified area of the exporting country.
APHIS uses the information on this certificate to determine the pest
condition of the shipment at the time of inspection in the foreign
country. Without this 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: 34.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,704.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Karnal Bunt; Revision of Regulations for Importing Wheat.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0240.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant pests
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or
their dissemination within the United States. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS), domestic Karnal bunt regulations are
contained in Subpart-Karnal Bunt (7 CFR 301.89-1 through 301.89-16).
Karnal bunt is a fungal disease of wheat. Karnal bunt is caused
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by the smut fungus Tilletia indica (Mitra) Mundkur and is spread by
spores, primarily through the movement of infected seed.
Need and Use of the Information: In order for APHIS to verify that
the articles are being imported in compliance with the regulations, the
articles would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate
issued by the national plant protection organization of the region of
origin. The certificate must include a declaration stating that the
regulated articles originated in areas where Karnal bunt is not known
to occur, as attested to either by survey resulting or by testing for
bunted karnals or spores.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 600.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material from Canada.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0257.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant pests
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or
their dissemination within the United States. The Animal Plant and
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have established restrictions on the
importation of pine shoot beetle host material into the United States
from Canada. Pine shoot beetle (PSB) is a pest of pine trees. It can
cause damage in weak and dying trees where reproductive and immature
stages of PSB occur, and in the new growth of healthy trees. PSB can
damage urban ornamental trees and can cause economic losses to the
timber, Christmas trees, and nursery industries.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect the information
using Compliance Agreements, Written Statements, and Canadian
Phytosanitary Certificates to protect the United States from the
introduction of pine shoot beetle and other plant diseases.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,340.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 94.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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