Privacy Act Systems of Records; Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System, 54445 [2013-21449]
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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 Plant
Protection and Quarantine, a program
within USDA’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), enforce
these regulations. APHIS requires
artificially dwarfed plants that are
imported into the United States to have
been grown under certain conditions in
greenhouses or screen houses within
nurseries registered with the
government of the country where the
plants were grown.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information from the
phytosanitary certificate to state that the
plants were: (1) Grown for at least 2
years in a nursery that is registered with
the government of the country of export;
(2) grown in pots containing only sterile
growing media; (3) grown on benches at
least 50 cm above the ground; and (4)
inspected (along with the nursery itself)
at least once each year by the plant
protection service of the country of
export. The collected information will
enable PPQ to verify that the imported
plants were grown under conditions
that helped keep the plants free from
infestation by certain longhorned
beetles and other pests. APHIS also uses
the information on this certificate to
determine the pest condition of the
shipment at the time of inspection in
the foreign country. Without the
information, all shipment would need to
be inspected very thoroughly, thereby
requiring considerably more time. This
would slow the clearance of
international shipments.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government
Number of Respondents: 30
Frequency of Responses: Reporting;
On occasion
Total Burden Hours: 38
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Plants for
Planting
OMB Control Number: 0579–0279
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, exportation, or
movement in interstate commerce of
plant pests and other articles 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) regulations contained in
‘‘Subpart-Plants for Planting,’’ §§ 319.37
through 319.37–14 (referred to as the
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regulations), restricts among other
things, the importation of living plants,
plant parts, and seeds for propagation.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS requires that some plants or
plant products be accompanied by
either a phytosanitary inspection
certificates with additional declaration
statements, grower registration and
agreements, and production site
registration for the export program.
APHIS uses the information on these
certificates to determine the pest
condition of the shipment at the time of
inspection in the foreign country. This
information is used as a guide to the
intensity of the inspection that APHIS
must conduct when the shipment
arrives. Without this information,
APHIS could not verify that the
imported plants for planting do not
present a significant risk of introducing
plant pests into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal government
Number of Respondents: 60
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion
Total Burden Hours: 559
On August
9, 2013, we published a notice in the
Federal Register (79 FR 48642–48644,
Docket No. APHIS–2012–0104) of a
proposed new system of records to be
added to our inventory of records
systems subject to the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended. The system of
records that was the subject of the
notice was the Phytosanitary Certificate
Issuance and Tracking System, USDA–
APHIS–13. We published this notice in
error, as we had previously published
the same notice 1 on June 24, 2013 (78
FR 37775–37777). We received no
comments during the comment period
for the June 2013 notice, and the system
was adopted on August 5, 2013.
Therefore, in this document, we are
withdrawing the August 9, 2013, notice
from publication.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
Forest Service
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Wrangell-Petersburg Resource
Advisory Committee; Meeting
ACTION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0104]
Privacy Act Systems of Records;
Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and
Tracking System
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of a proposed new
system of records; withdrawal.
AGENCY:
We are withdrawing a Privacy
Act System of Records notice published
on August 9, 2013, (78 FR 48642–
48644). The system of records was the
Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and
Tracking System, USDA–APHIS–13.
The August 9, 2013, notice was a
duplicate notice published in error; in
this document, we are withdrawing the
August 9, 2013, notice from publication.
DATES: Effective September 4, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Christian B. Dellis, Export Services,
Plant Health Programs, Plant Protection
and Quarantine, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–2154.
SUMMARY:
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Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
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The Wrangell-Petersburg
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet by video-teleconference in
Wrangell, Alaska and Petersburg,
Alaska. The committee is authorized
under the Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self-Determination Act (the
Act) and operates in compliance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The purpose of the Committee is to
improve collaborative relationships and
to provide advice and recommendations
to the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of
the Act. The meeting is open to the
public. The purpose of the meeting is to
review progress of previously funded
projects and, if the Act is reauthorized,
to review project proposals and make
recommendations for allocation of
anticipated Title II funding to projects.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 8
a.m. to 12 p.m., or until business is
concluded.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Wrangell Ranger District office at
525 Bennett Street in Wrangell, Alaska,
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. APHIS-2012-0104]
Privacy Act Systems of Records; Phytosanitary Certificate
Issuance and Tracking System
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of a proposed new system of records; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: We are withdrawing a Privacy Act System of Records notice
published on August 9, 2013, (78 FR 48642-48644). The system of records
was the Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System, USDA-
APHIS-13. The August 9, 2013, notice was a duplicate notice published
in error; in this document, we are withdrawing the August 9, 2013,
notice from publication.
DATES: Effective September 4, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christian B. Dellis, Export
Services, Plant Health Programs, Plant Protection and Quarantine,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2154.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 9, 2013, we published a notice in
the Federal Register (79 FR 48642-48644, Docket No. APHIS-2012-0104) of
a proposed new system of records to be added to our inventory of
records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. The
system of records that was the subject of the notice was the
Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System, USDA-APHIS-13.
We published this notice in error, as we had previously published the
same notice \1\ on June 24, 2013 (78 FR 37775-37777). We received no
comments during the comment period for the June 2013 notice, and the
system was adopted on August 5, 2013. Therefore, in this document, we
are withdrawing the August 9, 2013, notice from publication.
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\1\ To view the notice, go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0104.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-21449 Filed 9-3-13; 8:45 am]
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