Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Hawaiian and Territorial Fruits and Vegetables Regulations, 15548-15549 [2015-06725]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2015–0014]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Hawaiian and
Territorial Fruits and Vegetables
Regulations
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 regulations for the
interstate movement of fruits and
vegetables from Hawaii and the
territories.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before May 26,
2015.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0014.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2015–0014, 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-2015-0014 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
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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 regulations for the
interstate movement of fruits and
vegetables from Hawaii and the
territories, contact Mr. David Lamb,
Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist,
RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–2159. For copies of more
detailed information on the information
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Hawaiian and Territorial Fruits
and Vegetables Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0346.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to 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. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), which administers regulations
to implement the PPA.
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Regulated Articles From Hawaii and the
Territories’’ (7 CFR 318.13–1 through
318.13–26), APHIS prohibits or restricts
the interstate movement of fruits and
vegetables into the continental United
States from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands to prevent plant pests and
noxious weeds from being introduced
into and spread within the continental
United States.
The regulations contain requirements
for a performance-based process for
approving the interstate movement of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
imported subject to one or more
designated phytosanitary measures and
for acknowledging pest-free areas. These
requirements involve information
collection activities, including limited
permits, inspections to issue limited
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permits, inspections of production
areas, transit permits, compliance
agreements, inspection and certification,
labeling for fruits and vegetables
produced in pest free areas, written
requests for facility approvals, trapping
and surveillance, and recordkeeping. In
addition, the activities of packaging,
marking, identification, and certification
of sweet potatoes from Hawaii are also
included.
This notice includes a description of
the information collection requirements
currently approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
OMB control numbers 0579–0198 and
0579–0281. Therefore, we will
consolidate them into one collection
(0579–0346). In addition, we have also
added recordkeeping to this collection.
As a result of consolidating 0579–0198
and 0579–0281 under 0579–0346, and
upon approval of this collection by
OMB, APHIS will retire numbers 0579–
0198 and 0579–0281.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities, as described, 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 0.47
hours per response.
Respondents: Wholesalers and
producers of fruits and vegetables;
growers, shippers, and exporters in
Hawaii, U.S. Territories, and State plant
regulatory officials; and irradiation
facility personnel.
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Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 302.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 81.5.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 24,626.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 11,749 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 18th day of
March 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2015–0009]
Retail Exemptions Adjusted Dollar
Limitations
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the dollar limitations on the amount of
meat and meat food products, poultry,
and poultry products that a retail store
can sell to hotels, restaurants, and
similar institutions without
disqualifying itself for exemption from
Federal inspection requirements. In
accordance with FSIS’s regulations, for
calendar year 2015, the dollar limitation
for meat and meat food products is
being increased from $70,400 to $76,900
and for poultry products from $57,100
to $58,200. FSIS is changing the dollar
limitations from calendar year 2014 to
reflect price changes for these products,
as evidenced by the Consumer Price
Index.
DATES: Effective Date: April 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina
Kouba, Issuances Staff, Office of Policy
and Program Development, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room 6067,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250;
(202) 690–6510.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry
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Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451
et seq.) provide a comprehensive
statutory framework to ensure that meat,
meat food products, poultry, and
poultry products prepared for commerce
are wholesome, not adulterated, and
properly labeled and packaged.
Statutory provisions requiring
inspection of the preparation or
processing of meat, meat food, poultry,
and poultry products do not apply to
operations of types traditionally and
usually conducted at retail stores and
restaurants when those operations are
conducted at any retail store or
restaurant or similar retail-type
establishment for sale in normal retail
quantities (21 U.S.C. 661(c)(2) and
454(c)(2)). FSIS’s regulations (9 CFR
303.1(d) and 381.10(d)) elaborate on the
conditions under which inspection
requirements do not apply to retail
operations involving the preparation of
meat and meat food, and processing of
poultry and poultry products.
Sales to Hotels, Restaurants, and
Similar Institutions
Under these regulations, sales to
hotels, restaurants, and similar
institutions (other than household
consumers) disqualify a retail store from
exemption if the product sales exceed
either of two maximum limits: 25
percent of the dollar value of total
product sales or the calendar year dollar
limitation set by the Administrator. The
dollar limitation is adjusted
automatically during the first quarter of
the year if the Consumer Price Index
(CPI), published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, shows an increase or decrease
of more than $500 in the price of the
same volume of product for the previous
year. FSIS publishes a notice of the
adjusted dollar limitations in the
Federal Register. (See 9 CFR
303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and
381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b).)
The CPI for 2014 reveals an annual
average price increase for meat and meat
food products at 9.24 percent and for
poultry products at 1.97 percent. When
rounded to the nearest $100, the dollar
limitation for meat and meat food
products increased by $6,500 and the
dollar limitation for poultry products
increased by $1,100. Because the dollar
limitation of meat and meat food
products and poultry products
increased by more than $500, FSIS is
increasing the dollar limitation on sales
to hotels, restaurants, and similar
institutions to $76,900 for meat and
meat food products and to $58,200 for
poultry products for calendar year 2015,
in accordance with 9 CFR
303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and
381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b).
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
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[[Page 15548]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0014]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Hawaiian and Territorial Fruits and Vegetables
Regulations
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information
collection; comment request.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 regulations for the
interstate movement of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii and the
territories.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May
26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0014.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2015-0014, 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-2015-
0014 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 regulations for
the interstate movement of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii and the
territories, contact Mr. David Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 851-2159. For copies of more detailed information on
the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS'
Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Hawaiian and Territorial Fruits and Vegetables Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0346.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to 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. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), which administers regulations to implement the PPA.
Under the regulations in ``Subpart--Regulated Articles From Hawaii
and the Territories'' (7 CFR 318.13-1 through 318.13-26), APHIS
prohibits or restricts the interstate movement of fruits and vegetables
into the continental United States from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands to prevent plant pests and noxious weeds from being introduced
into and spread within the continental United States.
The regulations contain requirements for a performance-based
process for approving the interstate movement of commodities that,
based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, can be safely imported
subject to one or more designated phytosanitary measures and for
acknowledging pest-free areas. These requirements involve information
collection activities, including limited permits, inspections to issue
limited permits, inspections of production areas, transit permits,
compliance agreements, inspection and certification, labeling for
fruits and vegetables produced in pest free areas, written requests for
facility approvals, trapping and surveillance, and recordkeeping. In
addition, the activities of packaging, marking, identification, and
certification of sweet potatoes from Hawaii are also included.
This notice includes a description of the information collection
requirements currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for OMB control numbers 0579-0198 and 0579-0281. Therefore, we
will consolidate them into one collection (0579-0346). In addition, we
have also added recordkeeping to this collection. As a result of
consolidating 0579-0198 and 0579-0281 under 0579-0346, and upon
approval of this collection by OMB, APHIS will retire numbers 0579-0198
and 0579-0281.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, 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 0.47 hours per response.
Respondents: Wholesalers and producers of fruits and vegetables;
growers, shippers, and exporters in Hawaii, U.S. Territories, and State
plant regulatory officials; and irradiation facility personnel.
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Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 302.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 81.5.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 24,626.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,749 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 18th day of March 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-06725 Filed 3-23-15; 8:45 am]
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