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require each SNAP household members
who is not exempt shall be registered for
employment by the State agency at the
time of application and once every
twelve months thereafter, as a condition
of eligibility. This requirement pertains
to non-exempt SNAP household
members age 16 to 60. Each State agency
must screen each work registrant to
determine whether to refer the
individual to its E&T Program. States’
E&T Programs are federally funded
through an annual E&T grant. Both the
Food Stamp Act and regulations require
States to file quarterly reports about
their E&T Programs so that the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) can monitor
their performance.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS
will collect quarterly reports about their
E&T programs so that the Department
can monitor State performance to ensure
that the program is being efficiently and
economically operated. Without the
information FNS would be unable to
make adjustments or allocate
exemptions in accordance with the
statute.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 26,083.
information is not collected, the State
SNAP agencies could not obtain waivers
of time limits contained in Section 6(o)
of the Act.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government;
Individuals or household; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 48.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion, Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,308.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) PreScreening Tool.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0519.
Summary of Collection: Consistent
with Section 5 of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977, the Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) has initiated this program to
enable potential Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly
known as the Food Stamp Program)
applicants to assess their eligibility and
the order of magnitude of the potential
benefit they may qualify for. This PreScreening Tool also enables citizen
advocacy groups to help constituents
assess their benefit eligibility. This will
also help the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program fulfill its role as a
means-tested program in accordance
with Section 5 of the Food Stamp Act
and Part 273 of the SNAP regulations.
Food and Nutrition Service
Need and Use of the Information:
Title: Waivers Under Section 6(o) of
This SNAP Pre-Screening Tool will be
the Food and Nutrition Act.
accessible to the public as an online
OMB Control Number: 0584–0479.
Web-based system. The user will be
Summary of Collection: Section 824 of prompted to enter household size,
the Personal Responsibility and Work
income, expenses and resource
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, information, and the tool will calculate
Public Law 104–193 (PRWORA)
and provide the user with an estimated
establishes a time limit for the receipt of range of benefits that the household may
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
be eligible to receive. This information
Program (SNAP) (formerly known as the will help FNS determine the degree and
Food Stamp Program) benefits for
type of system usage as well as potential
certain able-bodied adults who are not
areas for further study.
working. The provision authorizes the
Description of Respondents:
Secretary of Agriculture, upon a State
Individuals or households; State, Local,
agency’s request, to waiver the
or Tribal Government; Not-for-profit
provision for any group of individuals if institutions.
the Secretary determines ‘‘that the areas
Number of Respondents: 396,000.
in which the individuals reside has an
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
unemployment rate of over 10 percent
On occasion.
or does not have a sufficient number of
Total Burden Hours: 66,132.
jobs to provide employment for the
Food and Nutrition Service
individuals.’’
Need and Use of the Information: The
Title: FNS User Access Request Form.
Food and Nutrition Service uses the
OMB Control Number: 0584–0532.
Summary of Collection: The Office of
information provided by State SNAP
Management and Budget Circular No.
agencies to evaluate whether the
A–130, Appendix III, Security of
statutory requirements for a waiver of
the SNAP time limit have been met and Federal Automated Information
Resources, dated February 8, 1996,
to determine specifically whether the
established a minimum set of controls to
designated areas’ unemployment rate is
be included in Federal automated
over ten percent or if there is a lack of
information security programs.
sufficient jobs available. If the
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Establishing personal controls to screen
users to allow access to an authorized
system is directed in this appendix. The
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) User
Access Request Form, FNS–674, is
designed for this purpose and will be
used in all situations where access to an
FNS computer system is required,
where current access is required to be
modified, or where access is no longer
required and must be deleted. Users
who access FNS systems are: State
agencies, other Federal agencies, FNS
Regional offices, FNS Field offices, FNS
Compliance Offices, staff contractors,
and FNS headquarters staff.
Need and Use of the Information: The
State Coordinator is responsible for
ensuring that State users and entities
comply with the FNS Information
Systems Security Guidelines and the
Procedures Handbook 702 developed for
State systems for their use in
maintaining proper controls over FNS
security features used by State clients.
The information to be collected is:
Name, e-Authentication ID, telephone
number, home zip code, email address,
contract expiration date, temporary
employee expiration date, office
address, State/locality codes, system
name, form type, type of access, action
requested, comments and special
instructions. If access were not granted,
users would be denied access to systems
needed to deliver FNS programs.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government; Federal
Government; Businesses or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 225.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 73.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
December 7, 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
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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 Plant and Health Inspection
Service
Title: Select Agent Registration.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0213.
Summary of Collection: The Public
Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
were signed into law June 12, 2002. This
law is designed to prevent, prepare for
and respond to bioterrorism and other
public health emergencies. The law
requires individuals possessing agents
or toxins deemed a severe threat to
animal or plant health, or to animal or
plant products, to be registered with the
Secretary of Agriculture unless they
have been specifically exempted. The
registration process entail the use of a
number of separate forms designed to
obtain critical information concerning
individuals or facilities in possession of
certain agents or toxins, as well as the
specific characteristics of the agents or
toxins—including name, strain, and
genetic information.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) will collect information
to determine the biosafety level of an
entity as well as the entity’s biosecurity
situation. The collected information will
also be used to ensure that appropriate
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safeguard, containment, and disposal
requirements commensurate with the
risk of the agent or toxin are present at
the entity, thus preventing access to
such agents and toxins for use in
domestic or international terrorism. If
the information were not collected,
APHIS efforts to more aggressively
prevent a bioterrorism event in the
United States would be compromised.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; State, Local and
Tribal Government; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1,163.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,290.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Pale Cyst Nematode; Quarantine
and Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0322.
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) amended the ‘‘Domestic
Quarantine Notices’’ in 7 CFR part 301,
subpart titled ‘‘Potato Cyst Nematode’’
(§ .86 through 301.86.9, referred to as
the regulations) by quarantining parts of
Bingham and Bonneville Counties, ID,
due to the discovery of the Potato Cyst
Nematode there and establishing
restrictions on the interstate movement
of regulated articles from the
quarantined area.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information using
certificates, limited permits and
compliance agreements to prevent the
spread of PCN and to ensure that
regulated articles can be moved safely
from the quarantined area without
spreading PCN. If APHIS did not collect
this information, the spread of PCN in
the United States could result in a loss
of domestic or foreign markets for U.S.
potatoes and other commodities.
Description of Respondents: Farms;
Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 152.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 342.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Baby Squash and
Baby Courgettes from Zambia.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0347.
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Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C 7701), 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. APHIS
amended the fruits and vegetables
regulations to allow the importation into
the continental United States of baby
squash and baby courgettes from
Zambia. As a condition of entry, both
commodities would have to be
produced in accordance with a systems
approach that would include
requirements for pest exclusion at the
production site, fruit fly trapping inside
and outside the production site, and
pest excluding packinghouse
procedures. Both commodities would
also be required to be accompanied by
a phytosanitary certificate with an
additional declaration stating that the
baby squash and baby courgette have
been produced in accordance with the
proposed requirements.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information using
the following: Physanitary Certificate,
Records and Monitoring, Labeling on
Cartons and Inspection of Greenhouses.
Without this information, all shipments
would need to be inspected very
thoroughly, thereby requesting
considerably more time.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profits; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Revision of Hawaii and the
Territories Fruits.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0346.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701), 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) has
amended the regulations pertaining to
the interstate movement of fruits and
vegetables to consolidate requirements
of general applicability and eliminate
redundant requirements, update terms
and remove outdated requirements and
references, and make various editorial
and nonsubstantive changes to the
regulations to make them easier to use.
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Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will use the following forms and
activities to collect information: PPQ
530, PPQ 586, PPQ 519, Labeling for
Pest Free Area, and Inspection &
Certification. If APHIS did not collect
this information or if APHIS collected
this information less frequently, the
spread of dangerous plant diseases and
pests that occur in Hawaii and the
territories could cause millions of
dollars in damage to U.S. agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profits; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 8,646.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Longan from
Taiwan.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0351.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701), 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. APHIS
amended the fruits and vegetables
regulations to allow the importation of
commercial shipments of fresh longan
with stems from Taiwan into the United
States. As a condition of entry, the
longan will be subject to cold treatment
and special port-of-arrival inspection
procedures for certain quarantine pests.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will use the following
information collection activities to
allow the import of commercial
shipment of fresh longan with stems
from Taiwan into the United States:
Phytosanitary Certificate, Inspection by
NPPOs in Taiwan and Stamping of
Boxes. Failing to collect this
information would cripple APHIS
ability to ensure that longan from
Taiwan are not carrying plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profits; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 12,004.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 22.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
December 7, 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 and 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),
Washington, DC,
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) 720–8681.
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.
Forest Service
Title: Forest Products Free Use
Permit, Removal Permit and Cash
Receipt, and Sale Permit and Cash
Receipt.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0085.
Summary of Collection: Individuals
and businesses that wish to remove
forest products from national forest
lands must request a permit. 16 U.S.C.
551 requires the promulgation of
regulations to regulate forest use and
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prevent destruction of the forests.
Regulations at 36 CFR 223.1 and 223.2
govern the sale of forest products such
as Christmas trees, pinecones, moss, and
mushrooms. Regulations at 36 CFR
223.5 through 223.11 authorize the free
use or sale of timber or forest products.
Upon receiving a permit, the permittee
must comply with the terms of the
permit at 36 CFR 216.6 that designate
the forest products that can be harvested
and under what conditions, such as
limiting harvest to a designated area or
permitting harvest of only specifically
designated material.
Both the Forest Service (FS) and
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) will use the
Forest Products Removal Permit and
Cash Receipt to collect information.
Need and Use of the Information:
Using forms FS–2400–1/BLM–5450–24,
FS–2400–4 and FS–2400–8, FS and
BLM will collect the name, address and
tax identification number from persons
applying for permits. The information
will be used to keep a record of persons
buying forest products and to determine
if the applicant meets the criteria under
which free use or sale of forest products
is authorized by the regulations and to
ensure that the permittee has not
received product values in excess of the
amount allowed by regulation in any
one fiscal year and complies with the
regulations and terms of the permit.
This information is also needed to allow
FS compliance personnel to identify
permittees in the field. Without the
forest product removal program,
achieving multiple use management
programs such as reducing fire hazard
and improving forest health on the
National Forest would be impaired.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 151,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 19,998.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
December 7, 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,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 7, 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
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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 Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Select Agent Registration.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0213.
Summary of Collection: The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 were signed into law June 12,
2002. This law is designed to prevent, prepare for and respond to
bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. The law requires
individuals possessing agents or toxins deemed a severe threat to
animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products, to be
registered with the Secretary of Agriculture unless they have been
specifically exempted. The registration process entail the use of a
number of separate forms designed to obtain critical information
concerning individuals or facilities in possession of certain agents or
toxins, as well as the specific characteristics of the agents or
toxins--including name, strain, and genetic information.
Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect information to determine the
biosafety level of an entity as well as the entity's biosecurity
situation. The collected information will also be used to ensure that
appropriate safeguard, containment, and disposal requirements
commensurate with the risk of the agent or toxin are present at the
entity, thus preventing access to such agents and toxins for use in
domestic or international terrorism. If the information were not
collected, APHIS efforts to more aggressively prevent a bioterrorism
event in the United States would be compromised.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; State,
Local and Tribal Government; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1,163.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,290.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Pale Cyst Nematode; Quarantine and Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0322.
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) amended the ``Domestic Quarantine
Notices'' in 7 CFR part 301, subpart titled ``Potato Cyst Nematode''
(Sec. .86 through 301.86.9, referred to as the regulations) by
quarantining parts of Bingham and Bonneville Counties, ID, due to the
discovery of the Potato Cyst Nematode there and establishing
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the
quarantined area.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using certificates, limited permits and compliance agreements to
prevent the spread of PCN and to ensure that regulated articles can be
moved safely from the quarantined area without spreading PCN. If APHIS
did not collect this information, the spread of PCN in the United
States could result in a loss of domestic or foreign markets for U.S.
potatoes and other commodities.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 152.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 342.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Baby Squash and Baby Courgettes from Zambia.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0347.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C
7701), 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.
APHIS amended the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the
importation into the continental United States of baby squash and baby
courgettes from Zambia. As a condition of entry, both commodities would
have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would
include requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit
fly trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest excluding
packinghouse procedures. Both commodities would also be required to be
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional
declaration stating that the baby squash and baby courgette have been
produced in accordance with the proposed requirements.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using the following: Physanitary Certificate, Records and Monitoring,
Labeling on Cartons and Inspection of Greenhouses. Without this
information, all shipments would need to be inspected very thoroughly,
thereby requesting considerably more time.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Revision of Hawaii and the Territories Fruits.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0346.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701), 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) has amended the regulations
pertaining to the interstate movement of fruits and vegetables to
consolidate requirements of general applicability and eliminate
redundant requirements, update terms and remove outdated requirements
and references, and make various editorial and nonsubstantive changes
to the regulations to make them easier to use.
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Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following forms
and activities to collect information: PPQ 530, PPQ 586, PPQ 519,
Labeling for Pest Free Area, and Inspection & Certification. If APHIS
did not collect this information or if APHIS collected this information
less frequently, the spread of dangerous plant diseases and pests that
occur in Hawaii and the territories could cause millions of dollars in
damage to U.S. agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 8,646.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Longan from Taiwan.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0351.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701), 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.
APHIS amended the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the
importation of commercial shipments of fresh longan with stems from
Taiwan into the United States. As a condition of entry, the longan will
be subject to cold treatment and special port-of-arrival inspection
procedures for certain quarantine pests.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following
information collection activities to allow the import of commercial
shipment of fresh longan with stems from Taiwan into the United States:
Phytosanitary Certificate, Inspection by NPPOs in Taiwan and Stamping
of Boxes. Failing to collect this information would cripple APHIS
ability to ensure that longan from Taiwan are not carrying plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 12,004.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 22.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-31862 Filed 12-12-11; 8:45 am]
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