Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health; Meeting, 28477-28478 [2014-11275]
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(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
0.0402 hours per response.
Respondents: Christmas tree industry,
nursery industry, and the national plant
protection organization of Canada.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 2,340.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 2,340.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 94 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 12th day of
May 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
determined that the Committee is
necessary and in the public interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
R.J. Cabrera, Designated Federal Officer,
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 34,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3478.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA, 5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby
given that the Secretary of Agriculture
intends to renew the Secretary’s
Advisory Committee on Animal Health
(the Committee) for 2 years. The term
for the renewed charter will extend from
August 23, 2014, to August 22, 2016.
The Committee advises the Secretary
on strategies, policies, and programs to
prevent, control, or eradicate animal
diseases. The Committee considers
agricultural initiatives of national scope
and significance and advises on matters
of public health, conservation of
national resources, stability of livestock
economies, livestock disease
management and traceability strategies,
prioritizing animal health imperatives,
and other related aspects of agriculture.
The Committee Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson are elected by the
Committee from among its members.
Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of
May 2014.
Malcolm A. Shorter,
Acting Assistant Secretary for
Administration.
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Service
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Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Animal Health; Meeting
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AGENCY:
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0030]
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Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Animal Health; Intent To Renew
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
We are giving notice that the
Secretary of Agriculture intends to
renew the charter for the Secretary’s
Advisory Committee on Animal Health
for a 2-year period. The Secretary has
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This is a notice to inform the
public of an upcoming meeting of the
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Animal Health. The meeting is being
organized by the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service to discuss
matters of animal health.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June
18 and 19, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the United States Access Board
Conference Room, 1331 F Street NW.,
Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
R.J. Cabrera, Designated Federal Officer,
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Animal Health (the Committee) advises
the Secretary of Agriculture on matters
of animal health, including means to
prevent, conduct surveillance on,
monitor, control, or eradicate animal
diseases of national importance. In
doing so, the Committee will consider
public health, conservation of natural
resources, and the stability of livestock
economies.
Tentative topics for discussion at the
upcoming meeting include:
• United States and U.S. Department
of Agriculture antimicrobial resistance
efforts.
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) nonregulatory
approaches.
• Filling gaps in foreign animal
disease (FAD)/emerging pathogen
preparedness.
• Emergency management and
assessing foot-and-mouth disease
preparedness.
• Animal disease traceability followup: Progress and challenges with
implementation.
• Trade/regionalization review of the
United States and Canada Regulatory
Cooperation Council (RCC) bilateral
recognition of zoning for FADs (RCC
Action Plan and the FAD zoning work
plan).
APHIS, which is organizing the
meeting, asks that those planning to
attend the meeting inform APHIS by
registering in advance. To register, visit
the Committee’s Web site at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/animalhealth/
sacah/ and click on ‘‘Register for a
Meeting.’’ Attendees should be prepared
to provide picture identification and
sign the visitor log at the lobby
concierge before proceeding to the
United States Access Board conference
room. Persons attending meetings at the
Access Board are asked to refrain from
using perfume, cologne, and other
fragrances (see https://www.accessboard.gov/the-board/policies/fragrancefree-environment for more information).
Other Public Participation
Members of the public may also join
the meeting via teleconference in
‘‘listen-only’’ mode. Participants who
wish to listen in on the teleconference
may do so by dialing 1–800–619–4303,
followed by a public passcode, 9564942.
This notice of the meeting agenda is
given pursuant to section 10 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(5 U.S.C. App. 2).
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Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of
May 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0012]
Notice of Request for an Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection:
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Food Safety and
Inspection Service’s intention to request
an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback on service delivery by the
Food Safety and Inspection Service. The
Office of Management and Budget
prepared and published the first notice
for comments on the original
information collection.
DATES: June 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested
persons to submit comments on this
notice. Comments may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
Web site provides the ability to type
short comments directly into the
comment field on this Web page or
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.:
Send to Docket Room Manager, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, Patriots Plaza 3,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Mailstop 3782, Room 8–163B,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
• Hand- or courier-delivered
submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3,
355 E. Street SW., Room 8–163B,
Washington, DC 20250–3700
Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name and docket number FSIS–
2014–0012. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made
available for public inspection and
posted without change, including any
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personal information, to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background
documents or comments received, go to
the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza
3, 355 E. Street SW., Room 8–164,
Washington, DC 20250–3700 between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina
Kouba, Paperwork Reduction Act
Coordinator, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Room 6067, South
Building, Washington, DC 20250;
Telephone: (202)690–6510.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means for
the Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) to garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Agency’s commitment to improving
service delivery.
By qualitative feedback, we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions
but not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences, and expectations; provide
an early warning of issues with service;
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training, or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. This collection
will allow for ongoing, collaborative,
and actionable communications
between the Agency and its customers
and stakeholders. It will also allow
feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
FSIS will only submit a collection for
approval under this generic clearance if
it meets the following conditions:
• The collection is voluntary;
• The collection is low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
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respondent) and is low-cost for both the
respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collection is non-controversial
and does not raise issues of concern to
other Federal agencies;
• The collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of FSIS (if
released, FSIS must indicate the
qualitative nature of the information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collection
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
This type of generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably
actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
program performance.
As a general matter, this information
collection will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
FSIS currently has approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for this information collection.
This approval is for 2,700 burden hours,
based on our initial request to OMB in
April 2011. We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for 3 years.
Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.25
hours per response.
Respondents: Individuals and
households; businesses and
organizations; State, local, or Tribal
government.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0031]
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health; Meeting
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice to inform the public of an upcoming meeting
of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health. The meeting is
being organized by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to
discuss matters of animal health.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June 18 and 19, 2014, from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the United States Access Board
Conference Room, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. R.J. Cabrera, Designated Federal
Officer, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 34, Riverdale, MD 20737.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal
Health (the Committee) advises the Secretary of Agriculture on matters
of animal health, including means to prevent, conduct surveillance on,
monitor, control, or eradicate animal diseases of national importance.
In doing so, the Committee will consider public health, conservation of
natural resources, and the stability of livestock economies.
Tentative topics for discussion at the upcoming meeting include:
United States and U.S. Department of Agriculture
antimicrobial resistance efforts.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
nonregulatory approaches.
Filling gaps in foreign animal disease (FAD)/emerging
pathogen preparedness.
Emergency management and assessing foot-and-mouth disease
preparedness.
Animal disease traceability follow-up: Progress and
challenges with implementation.
Trade/regionalization review of the United States and
Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) bilateral recognition of
zoning for FADs (RCC Action Plan and the FAD zoning work plan).
APHIS, which is organizing the meeting, asks that those planning to
attend the meeting inform APHIS by registering in advance. To register,
visit the Committee's Web site at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animalhealth/sacah/ and click on ``Register for a Meeting.'' Attendees
should be prepared to provide picture identification and sign the
visitor log at the lobby concierge before proceeding to the United
States Access Board conference room. Persons attending meetings at the
Access Board are asked to refrain from using perfume, cologne, and
other fragrances (see https://www.access-board.gov/the-board/policies/fragrance-free-environment for more information).
Other Public Participation
Members of the public may also join the meeting via teleconference
in ``listen-only'' mode. Participants who wish to listen in on the
teleconference may do so by dialing 1-800-619-4303, followed by a
public passcode, 9564942.
This notice of the meeting agenda is given pursuant to section 10
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
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Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of May 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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