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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0100]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; APHIS Student
Outreach Program
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and 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 a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s Student
Outreach Program.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 5,
2013.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!document
Detail;D=APHIS-012-0100-0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0100, 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-2012-0100 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
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sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.
For
information on documents associated
with the APHIS Student Outreach
Program, contact Mr. Kenneth Johnson,
Director, Office of Civil Rights, Diversity
and Inclusion, Office of the
Administrator, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 92, Riverdale, MD 20737; (202)
799–7012. 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: APHIS Student Outreach
Program.
OMB Number: 0579–0362.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS’)
Student Outreach Program is designed
to help students learn about careers in
animal science, veterinary medicine,
plant pathology, and agribusiness. The
program allows participants to live on a
college campus and learn about
agricultural science and agribusiness
from university professors, practicing
veterinarians, and professionals working
for the U.S. Government.
The Student Outreach Program is
designed to enrich students’ lives while
they are still in their formative years.
APHIS’ investment in the Student
Outreach Program not only exposes
students to careers in APHIS, it also
gives APHIS’ employees the opportunity
to meet and invest in APHIS’ future
workforce. Students chosen to
participate in the Student Outreach
Program will gain experience through
hands-on labs, workshops, and field
trips. Students will also participate in
character and team building activities
and diversity workshops. Two programs
currently in the Student Outreach
Program are Ag-Discovery and
Safeguarding Natural Heritage Program:
Strengthening Navajo Youth
Connections to the Land.
The Safeguarding Natural Heritage
Program focuses on activities within the
environs of the communities of the
Navajo Nation. To participate in this
program, students must submit an essay,
letters of recommendation, and an
APHIS Form 120, which includes the
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student application, parental release
form, and a health history/emergency
medical information form.
Ag-Discovery was established by
APHIS prior to the Safeguarding Natural
Heritage Program. To participate in this
program, students must submit an essay,
letters of recommendation, and a
completed APHIS Form 119, which
includes the student application,
parental release form, student contract,
and letter of recommendation template.
These information collection activities
were approved under the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number 0579–0362. Including the
information collection activities
associated with the Safeguarding
Natural Heritage Program will add
approximately 100 respondents and 200
total annual burden hours.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities, as revised, 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
5.636363 hours per response.
Respondents: Full-time students (12
to 17 years of age, depending on the
program).
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 1,100.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,100.
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Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 6,200 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 13th day of
December 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–31567 Filed 1–3–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0079]
Guidelines for the Control of
Tuberculosis in Elephants
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service intends to use the
2010 guidelines issued by the United
States Animal Health Association to
assess compliance with the animal
welfare regulations as related to
elephant tuberculosis as well as to aid
users in their compliance with those
regulations. We accept these guidelines
as meeting the requirements in the
Animal Welfare Act and are making
them available for review. We welcome
comment on our intention to utilize the
guidelines as a means of assessing
compliance with our regulations.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 5,
2013.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!document
Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0079-0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0079, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
The guidelines and any comments we
receive on this docket may be viewed at
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0079 or in our
reading room, which is located in Room
1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with
ADDRESSES:
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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: Dr.
Barbara Kohn, Senior Staff Veterinarian,
Animal Care, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737–1234;
(301) 851–3751.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C.
2131–2159, AWA) authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary)
to promulgate rules and standards and
other requirements governing the
humane handling, housing, care,
treatment, and transportation of certain
animals by dealers, exhibitors, research
facilities, and other regulated entities.
The Secretary has delegated the
responsibility for enforcing the AWA to
the Administrator of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS). The APHIS Animal Care
program ensures compliance with AWA
regulations and standards. Regulations
established under the AWA are
contained in 9 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3.
Currently, part 2 consists of subparts A
through I, which contain regulations
pertaining to licensing and registration
of dealers, exhibitors, and research
facilities, and standards for veterinary
care, identification of animals, and
recordkeeping.
The Attending Veterinarian and
Adequate Veterinary Care regulations
contained in Subpart C and Subpart D
are performance standards that do not
prescribe specific measures to be
undertaken in order to be in compliance
with those regulations. Pursuant to the
regulations, research facilities, dealers,
and exhibitors are required to provide
‘‘adequate veterinary care’’ to the
animals in their custody. A research
facility, dealer, or exhibitor that
employs a part-time attending
veterinarian (rather than a full-time
attending veterinarian) must do so
under ‘‘formal arrangements’’ that ‘‘shall
include a written program of veterinary
care.’’ Each research facility, dealer, and
exhibitor is required to ‘‘establish and
maintain programs of adequate
veterinary care.’’ In 1998, APHIS
adopted the use of a document entitled
‘‘Guidelines for the Control of
Tuberculosis in Elephants’’ developed
by The National Tuberculosis Working
Group for Zoo and Wildlife Species in
order to address the emerging issue of
tuberculosis in elephants and to provide
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the licensees and registrants with
concrete ways to meet the standards
established in subpart D with regard to
elephant tuberculosis. This guidance
document has been modified at various
times since then in order to incorporate
new information and to improve
recommended practices. These
guidelines have been utilized by APHIS
to monitor and address elephant
tuberculosis under the AWA.
In November 2010, the Tuberculosis
Committee of the United States Animal
Health Association (USAHA), which has
taken over administration of the
guidelines from The National
Tuberculosis Working Group for Zoo
and Wildlife Species, approved
revisions to the guidelines. Following
the release of the 2010 revised
guidelines, USAHA submitted a
recommendation to APHIS for the
implementation of the newest version of
the guidelines, ‘‘Guidelines for the
Control of Tuberculosis in Elephants
2010.’’ We have reviewed the revised
guidelines and find them to be in line
with the requirements of the AWA. We
have determined that the 2010
guidelines are useful to determine
whether research facilities, dealers, and
exhibitors meet the regulations’
minimum requirements for the
provision of ‘‘adequate veterinary care’’
to elephants and the establishment and
maintenance of programs of adequate
veterinary care for elephants with
respect to tuberculosis. We have
therefore determined that it is
appropriate for APHIS to continue to
utilize these guidelines to assess
compliance with the regulations in 9
CFR subparts C and D. We welcome
comments from the public regarding
this determination to use the guidelines
in this manner. Given that APHIS is not
the author of the document, we are
unable to make changes to specific
provisions contained in the guidelines.
Accordingly, we are seeking comments
on the overall suitability of the
document as a means of assessing
compliance with our regulations in 9
CFR subparts C and D.
Copies of the document are available
on the Internet via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0079, on
the Animal Care Web site at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/
index.shtml, or from the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0100]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; APHIS Student Outreach Program
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and 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 a revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service's Student Outreach Program.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
5, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-012-0100-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2012-0100, 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-
0100 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 documents
associated with the APHIS Student Outreach Program, contact Mr. Kenneth
Johnson, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Diversity and Inclusion,
Office of the Administrator, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 92, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (202) 799-7012. 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: APHIS Student Outreach Program.
OMB Number: 0579-0362.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS')
Student Outreach Program is designed to help students learn about
careers in animal science, veterinary medicine, plant pathology, and
agribusiness. The program allows participants to live on a college
campus and learn about agricultural science and agribusiness from
university professors, practicing veterinarians, and professionals
working for the U.S. Government.
The Student Outreach Program is designed to enrich students' lives
while they are still in their formative years. APHIS' investment in the
Student Outreach Program not only exposes students to careers in APHIS,
it also gives APHIS' employees the opportunity to meet and invest in
APHIS' future workforce. Students chosen to participate in the Student
Outreach Program will gain experience through hands-on labs, workshops,
and field trips. Students will also participate in character and team
building activities and diversity workshops. Two programs currently in
the Student Outreach Program are Ag-Discovery and Safeguarding Natural
Heritage Program: Strengthening Navajo Youth Connections to the Land.
The Safeguarding Natural Heritage Program focuses on activities
within the environs of the communities of the Navajo Nation. To
participate in this program, students must submit an essay, letters of
recommendation, and an APHIS Form 120, which includes the student
application, parental release form, and a health history/emergency
medical information form.
Ag-Discovery was established by APHIS prior to the Safeguarding
Natural Heritage Program. To participate in this program, students must
submit an essay, letters of recommendation, and a completed APHIS Form
119, which includes the student application, parental release form,
student contract, and letter of recommendation template. These
information collection activities were approved under the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number 0579-0362. Including the
information collection activities associated with the Safeguarding
Natural Heritage Program will add approximately 100 respondents and 200
total annual burden hours.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information
collection activities, as revised, 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 5.636363 hours per response.
Respondents: Full-time students (12 to 17 years of age, depending
on the program).
Estimated annual number of respondents: 1,100.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,100.
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Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 6,200 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 13th day of December 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-31567 Filed 1-3-13; 8:45 am]
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