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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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December 21, 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
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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Bovine Brucellosis Class Free
State and Certified Brucellosis-Free
Herds; Revisions to Testing and
Certification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is
the primary Federal law governing the
protection of animal health. The law
gives the Secretary of Agriculture board
authority to detect, control, or eradicate
pests or diseases of livestock or poultry.
The Secretary may also prohibit or
restrict import or export of any animal
or related material if necessary to
prevent the spread of any livestock or
poultry pest or disease. In connection
with this mission, Veterinary Services
(VS) participates in the Cooperative
State-Federal Bovine Brucellosis
Eradication Program, a national program
to eliminate bovine brucellosis from the
United States. Brucellosis is an
infectious disease, caused by bacteria of
the genus Brucella that affect both
animals and humans.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) will collect information
using the brucellosis management plan
and the Memorandum of
Understanding. The information
provided by these documents is critical
to APHIS’ mission to prevent the
introduction or spread of bovine
brucellosis. Failure to collect this
information would cripple APHIS’
ability to conduct an effective StateFederal Cooperative Brucellosis
Eradication Program.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 3.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,800.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
December 22, 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), New Executive Office Building,
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 publication 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.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Field Crops Objective Yield.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0088.
Summary of Collection: The primary
function of the National Agricultural
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Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare
and issue current official State and
national estimates of crop and livestock
production. General authority for these
data collection activities is granted
under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204.
This statue specifies the ‘‘The Secretary
of Agriculture shall procure and
preserve all information concerning
agriculture which he can obtain * * *
by the collection of statistics * * * and
shall distribute them among
agriculturists’’. Data is collected
provides yield estimates for corn,
cotton, potatoes, soybeans and wheat.
The yield estimates are extremely
important because they’re used in
conjunction with price data to estimate
production and in making policy
decisions in agricultural sectors.
Need and Use of the Information:
NASS will collect information on
sample fields of, corn, cotton, potatoes,
soybeans, and winter wheat. The
information will be used by USDA to
anticipate loan receipts and pricing of
loan stocks for grains. Farmers and
businesses use the production estimates
in marketing decisions to evaluate
expected prices and to determine when
to sell.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Monthly during growing season.
Total Burden Hours: 2,820.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0118]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Small Lots of Seed
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
SUMMARY:
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regulations for the importation of small
lots of seed into the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February
27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0118–
0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0118, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://www.
regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0118 or
in our reading room, which 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) 6902817
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on regulations for the
importation of small lots of seed into the
United States, contact Dr. Arnold
Tschanz, Senior Plant Pathologist/Risk
Manager, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
734–5306. 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: Importation of Small Lots of
Seed.
OMB Number: 0579–0285.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict
the importation, entry, or interstate
movement of plants, plant products, and
other articles to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The
regulations contained in ‘‘Subpart–
Plants for Planting’’ (7 CFR 319.37–1
through 319.37–14) prohibit or restrict,
among other things, the importation of
living plants, plant parts, and seed for
propagation.
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These regulations allow small lots of
seed to be imported into the United
States under an import permit with
specific conditions, including seed
packet labeling, as an alternative to a
phytosanitary certificate requirement.
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 the burden of 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
0.035576923 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers, horticultural
societies, arboreta, and small business.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 1,600.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 13.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 20,800.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 740 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 19th day of
December 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 22, 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), New Executive Office Building,
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 publication 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.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Field Crops Objective Yield.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0088.
Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National
Agricultural
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Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue current official
State and national estimates of crop and livestock production. General
authority for these data collection activities is granted under U.S.
Code Title 7, Section 2204. This statue specifies the ``The Secretary
of Agriculture shall procure and preserve all information concerning
agriculture which he can obtain * * * by the collection of statistics *
* * and shall distribute them among agriculturists''. Data is collected
provides yield estimates for corn, cotton, potatoes, soybeans and
wheat. The yield estimates are extremely important because they're used
in conjunction with price data to estimate production and in making
policy decisions in agricultural sectors.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information on
sample fields of, corn, cotton, potatoes, soybeans, and winter wheat.
The information will be used by USDA to anticipate loan receipts and
pricing of loan stocks for grains. Farmers and businesses use the
production estimates in marketing decisions to evaluate expected prices
and to determine when to sell.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly during growing season.
Total Burden Hours: 2,820.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-33285 Filed 12-27-11; 8:45 am]
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