Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 9620 [2012-3713]

Download as PDF 9620 Notices Federal Register Vol. 77, No. 33 Friday, February 17, 2012 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. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES February 13, 2012. 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:08 Feb 16, 2012 Jkt 226001 the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Title: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host Materials from Canada. OMB Control Number: 0579–0142. Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported pests when eradication is feasible. Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to regulate the importation of plants, plant products, other articles to prevent the introduction of injurious plant pests. The Plant Protection and Quarantine a program within USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for ensuring that these regulations are enforced. APHIS will collect information using phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin, written statement and a compliance agreement from individuals both within and outside the United States. Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to ensure that importing foreign logs, trees, shrubs, and other articles do not harbor plant or insect pests such as the gypsy moth. Failing to collect this information would cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure that trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of other items imported from Canada do not harbor gypsy moths. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or households; Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 2,146. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 81. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–3713 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Public Availability of FY 2011 Service Contract Inventories Office of Procurement and Property Management, Departmental Management, Department of Agriculture. AGENCY: Notice of public availability of FY 2011 Service Contract inventories. ACTION: In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–117), Department of Agriculture is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of the FY 2011 Service Contract inventory. This inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that were made in FY 2011. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance issued on November 5, 2010 by the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP’s guidance is available at https:// www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ omb/procurement/memo/ servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf. Department of Agriculture has posted its inventory and a summary of the inventory on the Office of Procurement and Property Management homepage at the following link: https://www.dm.usda.gov/ procurement/. SUMMARY: Al ˜ Munoz, Office of Procurement and Property Management, at (202) 720– 1273 or by mail at OPPM, MAIL STOP 9304, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–9303. Please cite ‘‘2011 Service Contract Inventory’’ in all correspondence. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Signed in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2012. Lisa M. Wilusz, Director, Office of Procurement and Property Management. [FR Doc. 2012–3708 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–98–P BILLING CODE 3410–34–P PO 00000 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1

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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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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 13, 2012.
    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 Gypsy Moth Host Materials from Canada.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0142.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests 
from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not 
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported 
pests when eradication is feasible. Under the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
regulate the importation of plants, plant products, other articles to 
prevent the introduction of injurious plant pests. The Plant Protection 
and Quarantine a program within USDA's Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for ensuring that these 
regulations are enforced. APHIS will collect information using 
phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin, written statement 
and a compliance agreement from individuals both within and outside the 
United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
ensure that importing foreign logs, trees, shrubs, and other articles 
do not harbor plant or insect pests such as the gypsy moth. Failing to 
collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that 
trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of other items imported from Canada 
do not harbor gypsy moths.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; 
Individuals or households; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,146.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 81.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-3713 Filed 2-16-12; 8:45 am]
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