Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Black Stem Rust; Identification Requirements for Addition of Rust-Resistant Varieties, 33713-33714 [2014-13738]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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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.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by July 14, 2014 will
be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725–17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. 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
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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.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal Plant and Health Inspection
Service
Title: Plants for Planting Regulation.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0190.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (PPA) (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. The
regulations in 7 CFR Part 319 prohibits
or restricts the importation of certain
plants and plants products into the
United States to prevent the
introduction of plant pests and noxious
weeds. The regulations contained in
‘‘Subpart-Plants for Planting,’’ §§ 319.37
through 319.37–14, restrict, among other
things, the importation of living plants,
plant parts, and seed for propagation.
The nursery stock regulations require
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) to collect information
from a variety of individuals who are
involved in growing, exporting, and
importing nursery stock.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information to
ensure that plant pests are not
introduced into the United States. The
information APHIS collects serves as the
supporting documentation needed to
issue required PPQ forms and
documents that allow importation of
nursery stock. APHIS requires a permit
for the restricted articles to ensure that
plant pest and plant diseases are not
introduced into the United States.
APHIS uses this information to
implement and invoke the requirements
of the Plant Protection Act.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 94.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 646.
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Black Stem Rust; Identification
Requirements for Addition of RustResistant Varieties
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0043]
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
the black stem rust quarantine and
regulations.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 11,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0043.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS-2014-0043, 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-2014-0043 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 black stem rust
quarantine and regulations, contact Dr.
Prakash Hebbar, National Program
Manager, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 160, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–2228. For copies of more
detailed information on the information
DATES:
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collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Black Stem Rust; Identification
Requirements for Addition of RustResistant Varieties.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0186.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: 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, 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.
Black stem rust is one of the most
destructive plant diseases of small
grains that is known to exist in the
United States. The disease is caused by
a fungus that reduces the quality and
yield of infected wheat, oat, barley, and
rye crops by robbing host plants of food
and water. In addition to infecting small
grains, the fungus lives on a variety of
alternate host plants that are species of
the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and
Mahonia. The fungus is spread from
host to host by wind-borne spores.
The black stem rust quarantine and
regulations, contained in 7 CFR 301.38
through 301.38–8 (referred to below as
the regulations), quarantine the
conterminous 48 States and the District
of Columbia and govern the interstate
movement of certain plants of the
genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and
Mahonia, known as barberry plants. The
species of these plants are categorized as
either rust-resistant or rust-susceptible.
Rust-resistant plants do not pose a risk
of spreading black stem rust or of
contributing to the development of new
races of rust; rust-susceptible plants do
pose such risks.
Paragraph (b) of § 301.38–2 provides
the requirements for the submission of
a request to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service to add a
variety to the list of rust-resistant
barberry varieties in the regulations. A
request must include a description of
the variety, including a written
description and color pictures that can
be used by an inspector to clearly
identify the variety and distinguish it
from other varieties. This requirement
helps to ensure that State plant
inspectors can clearly determine
whether plants moving into or through
their States are rust-resistant varieties
listed in 7 CFR 301.38–2.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of this information
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collection activity 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 4
hours per response.
Respondents: Nurseries.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 4.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 8.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 32 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 6th day of
June 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0013]
Notice of Availability of an Evaluation
of the African Horse Sickness Status
of Saudi Arabia
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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We are advising the public
that we have determined that Saudi
Arabia is free of African horse sickness
(AHS). After reviewing the
documentation submitted by Saudi
Arabia in support of its request and
considering other factors, the
Administrator of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service has
determined that AHS is not present in
Saudi Arabia. We are making that
determination, as well as an evaluation
we have prepared in connection with
this action, available for review and
comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 11,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0013.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2014–0013, 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-2014-0013 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: Dr.
Chip Wells, Senior Staff Veterinarian,
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
Sanitary Trade Issues Team, National
Import Export Services, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale,
MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–3317.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The regulations in 9 CFR part 93
(referred to below as the regulations)
prescribe the conditions for the
importation into the United States of
specified animals to prevent the
introduction of various animal diseases,
including African horse sickness (AHS).
AHS is a fatal viral equine disease that
is not known to exist in the United
States.
Part 93, § 93.308 contains
requirements governing the importation
of horses, mules, zebras, and other
equids from regions where AHS exists
in order to prevent the introduction of
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0043]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Black Stem Rust; Identification Requirements for Addition
of Rust-Resistant Varieties
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 black stem rust quarantine and
regulations.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 11, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0043.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0043, 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-2014-
0043 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 black stem rust
quarantine and regulations, contact Dr. Prakash Hebbar, National
Program Manager, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 160, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 851-2228. For copies of more detailed information on
the information
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collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Black Stem Rust; Identification Requirements for Addition of
Rust-Resistant Varieties.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0186.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: 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, 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.
Black stem rust is one of the most destructive plant diseases of
small grains that is known to exist in the United States. The disease
is caused by a fungus that reduces the quality and yield of infected
wheat, oat, barley, and rye crops by robbing host plants of food and
water. In addition to infecting small grains, the fungus lives on a
variety of alternate host plants that are species of the genera
Berberis, Mahoberberis, and Mahonia. The fungus is spread from host to
host by wind-borne spores.
The black stem rust quarantine and regulations, contained in 7 CFR
301.38 through 301.38-8 (referred to below as the regulations),
quarantine the conterminous 48 States and the District of Columbia and
govern the interstate movement of certain plants of the genera
Berberis, Mahoberberis, and Mahonia, known as barberry plants. The
species of these plants are categorized as either rust-resistant or
rust-susceptible. Rust-resistant plants do not pose a risk of spreading
black stem rust or of contributing to the development of new races of
rust; rust-susceptible plants do pose such risks.
Paragraph (b) of Sec. 301.38-2 provides the requirements for the
submission of a request to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service to add a variety to the list of rust-resistant barberry
varieties in the regulations. A request must include a description of
the variety, including a written description and color pictures that
can be used by an inspector to clearly identify the variety and
distinguish it from other varieties. This requirement helps to ensure
that State plant inspectors can clearly determine whether plants moving
into or through their States are rust-resistant varieties listed in 7
CFR 301.38-2.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this information collection activity 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 4 hours per response.
Respondents: Nurseries.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 4.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 2.
Estimated annual number of responses: 8.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 32 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 6th day of June 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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