Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 8055 [2015-02988]

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 8055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02988]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 9, 2015.
    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 March 
16, 2015 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 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.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Baby Squash and Baby Courgettes from Zambia.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0347.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, 
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States 
or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United States. 
APHIS fruits and vegetables regulations allow the importation into the 
continental United States of baby squash and baby courgettes from 
Zambia. As a condition of entry, both commodities would have to be 
produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include 
requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly 
trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest excluding 
packinghouse procedures. Both commodities would also be required to be 
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional 
declaration stating that the baby squash and baby courgette have been 
produced in accordance with the proposed requirements.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
using the following: Physanitary Certificate, Records and Monitoring, 
Labeling on Cartons and Inspection of Greenhouses.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Eggplant from Israel.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0350.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant and Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operation or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, 
or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States not known 
to be widely distributed throughout the United States. APHIS' fruits 
and vegetables regulations allow the importation of commercial 
shipments of fresh eggplant from Israel. As a condition of entry, the 
eggplant must be grown under a system approach that would include 
requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly 
trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest-excluding 
packinghouse procedures.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following 
information activities to allow for the importation of commercial 
consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel into the United States while 
continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine 
pests: Phytosanitary Certificate (foreign) Trapping Records; Inspection 
of Pest-Exclusionary Structures by Israel NPPO's, Labeling of Boxes, 
and Approved Pest-Exclusionary Structure. Failure to collect this 
information would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that eggplant from 
Israel is not carrying plant pests.
    Description of Respondents: Foreign Government, Business and other 
for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 5.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-02988 Filed 2-12-15; 8:45 am]
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