Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Swine Hides, Bird Trophies, and Deer Hides, 50981-50982 [2012-20739]
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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
0.4654 hours per response.
Respondents: State animal health
officials, producers and owners
(including animal and feedlot owners),
and accredited veterinarians.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 5,000.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 11.9532.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 59,766.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 27,818 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 17th day of
August 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0056]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Swine Hides, Bird
Trophies, and Deer Hides
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
ACTION:
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
the importation of swine hides, bird
trophies, and deer hides.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 22,
2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-00560001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0056, 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-2012-0056 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) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the regulations for the
importation of swine hides, bird
trophies, and deer hides, contact Dr.
Tracye Butler, Assistant Director, NCIE,
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3340.
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 Swine Hides,
Bird Trophies, and Deer Hides.
OMB Number: 0579–0307.
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 Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture is authorized,
among other things, to prohibit or
restrict the importation and interstate
movement of animals and animal
products to prevent the introduction
SUMMARY:
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into and dissemination within the
United States of livestock diseases and
pests. To carry out this mission, APHIS
regulates the importation of animals and
animal products into the United States.
The regulations are contained in title 9,
parts 91 through 99, of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 95
(referred to below as the regulations)
prohibit or restrict the importation of
specified animal products into the
United States to prevent the
introduction into the U.S. livestock
population of certain contagious animal
diseases. Section 95.5 of the regulations
contains, among other things, specific
processing, recordkeeping, and
certification requirements for untanned
hides and skins and bird trophies.
The regulations require that
shipments of hides be accompanied by
certificates showing their origin and
certifying that the hides are from areas
free of certain animal diseases.
Shipments of ruminant hides from
Mexico must be accompanied by written
statements indicating that the hides
were frozen for 24 hours and treated for
ticks. Shipments of bird trophies must
be accompanied by certificates of origin
certifying that the trophies are from
regions free of exotic Newcastle disease
and highly pathogenic avian influenza.
These activities help ensure that the
products do not harbor disease or ticks.
We have increased the estimated
annual burden after reviewing the
regulations and current data. When
comparing the regulations with the
information collection activities, we
found that the reporting of certificates
for hides and skins from certain regions
was omitted from past information
collections.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for 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
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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
0.1997 hours per response.
Respondents: Federal animal health
authorities in certain regions and
foreign exporters of certain animal
byproducts.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 191.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 3.7225.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 711.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 142 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 17th day of
August 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–20739 Filed 8–22–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0062]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Foreign Quarantine Notices
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 an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
regulations to prevent the introduction
or spread of foreign plant pests into or
within the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 22,
2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
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SUMMARY:
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#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012–00620001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0062, 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-2012-0062 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) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on foreign quarantine
regulations, contact Mr. Matthew
Rhoads, Director, Regulation, Permit,
and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–2018. 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: Foreign Quarantine Notices.
OMB Number: 0579–0049.
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 or
prohibit 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. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), which administers regulations
to implement the PPA. Regulations
governing the importation of plants,
fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds,
unmanufactured wood articles, and
other plant products are contained in 7
CFR part 319, ‘‘Foreign Quarantine
Notices.’’
In administering the regulations,
APHIS collects information from
persons both within and outside the
United States who are involved in
growing, packing, handling,
transporting, and importing articles
regulated under part 319.
For example, many plants or plant
products may not be imported until the
person wishing to import them receives
a permit from APHIS. The person
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wishing to import these items must first
fill out a permit application. We
consider the permit application process
extremely important, since the
information on the application enables
us to determine whether the items for
import represent a potential pest threat
to U.S. agriculture.
Under certain circumstances, we also
require importers to supply us with
other types of information. We require,
for example, that containers used to
import various plants or plant products
be marked in a certain way so that our
inspectors can accurately identify them
and match them to their accompanying
documentation.
We require that certain shipments be
accompanied by a phytosanitary
inspection certificate, which is a
document completed by plant health
officials in the originating country that
attests to the condition of the shipment
with respect to plant pests at the time
it was inspected prior to its export to the
United States. We use this important
information as a guide in determining
the intensity of the inspection we must
conduct when the shipment arrives in
the United States.
This and other information we collect
is vital to helping us ensure that
imported plants and plant products do
not harbor plant pests or noxious weeds
that, if introduced into the United
States, could cause millions of dollars in
damage to U.S. agriculture.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities for 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
0.2993 hours per response.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0056]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Importation of Swine Hides, Bird Trophies, and Deer Hides
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 an extension of approval of an information
collection associated with the importation of swine hides, bird
trophies, and deer hides.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
October 22, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0056-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2012-0056, 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-2012-
0056 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) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the regulations for
the importation of swine hides, bird trophies, and deer hides, contact
Dr. Tracye Butler, Assistant Director, NCIE, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3340. 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 Swine Hides, Bird Trophies, and Deer Hides.
OMB Number: 0579-0307.
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 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the
United States Department of Agriculture is authorized, among other
things, to prohibit or restrict the importation and interstate movement
of animals and animal products to prevent the introduction into and
dissemination within the United States of livestock diseases and pests.
To carry out this mission, APHIS regulates the importation of animals
and animal products into the United States. The regulations are
contained in title 9, parts 91 through 99, of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 95 (referred to below as the
regulations) prohibit or restrict the importation of specified animal
products into the United States to prevent the introduction into the
U.S. livestock population of certain contagious animal diseases.
Section 95.5 of the regulations contains, among other things, specific
processing, recordkeeping, and certification requirements for untanned
hides and skins and bird trophies.
The regulations require that shipments of hides be accompanied by
certificates showing their origin and certifying that the hides are
from areas free of certain animal diseases. Shipments of ruminant hides
from Mexico must be accompanied by written statements indicating that
the hides were frozen for 24 hours and treated for ticks. Shipments of
bird trophies must be accompanied by certificates of origin certifying
that the trophies are from regions free of exotic Newcastle disease and
highly pathogenic avian influenza. These activities help ensure that
the products do not harbor disease or ticks.
We have increased the estimated annual burden after reviewing the
regulations and current data. When comparing the regulations with the
information collection activities, we found that the reporting of
certificates for hides and skins from certain regions was omitted from
past information collections.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities for 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
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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 0.1997 hours per response.
Respondents: Federal animal health authorities in certain regions
and foreign exporters of certain animal byproducts.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 191.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 3.7225.
Estimated annual number of responses: 711.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 142 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 17th day of August 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-20739 Filed 8-22-12; 8:45 am]
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