Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Citrus From Peru, 64385-64386 [2015-27099]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural Marketing Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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October 19, 2015.
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC; New Executive Office
Building, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC, 20503. 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.
Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
November 23, 2015. Copies of the
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submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720–8681.
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.
Title: Application for Plant Variety
Protection Certificate and Objective
Description of Variety.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0055.
Summary of Collection: The Plant
Variety Protection Act (PVPA)
(December 24, 1970; 84 Stat. 1542, 7
U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) was established to
encourage the development of novel
varieties of sexually-reproduced plants
and make them available to the public,
providing intellectual property rights
(IPR) protection to those who breed,
develop, or discover such novel
varieties, and thereby promote progress
in agriculture in the public interest. The
PVPA is a voluntary user funded
program that grants intellectual property
ownership rights to breeders of new and
novel seed-and tuber-reproduced plant
varieties. To obtain these rights the
applicant must provide information that
shows the variety is eligible for
protection and that it is indeed new,
distinct, uniform, and stable, as the law
requires. Applicants are provided with
applications to identify the information
that is required to issue a certificate of
protection.
Need and Use of the Information:
Applicants must complete the ST–470,
‘‘Application for Plant Variety
Protection Certificate,’’ and the ST–470
series of forms, ‘‘Objective Description
of Variety’’ along with other forms. The
Agricultural Marketing Service will use
the information from the applicant to be
evaluated by examiners to determine if
the variety is eligible for protection
under the PVPA. If this information
were not collected there will be no basis
for issuing certificate of protection, and
no way for applicants to request
protection.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 86.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Other (varies).
Total Burden Hours: 2,907.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2015–0059]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of
Citrus From Peru
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 importation of citrus
from Peru.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before December
22, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2015-0059.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2015–0059, 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-2015-0059 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,
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please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.
For
information on the importation of citrus
from Peru, contact Mr. Juan (Tony)
´
Roman, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, RCC, IRM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 851–2242. 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: Importation of Citrus From
Peru.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0289.
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, including
fruit flies, into the United States or their
dissemination within the United States.
Regulations authorized by the PPA
concerning the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States from
certain parts of the world are contained
in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7
CFR 319.56–1 through 319.56–73).
In accordance with § 319.56–41, the
citrus (grapefruit, limes, mandarins or
tangerines, sweet oranges, and tangelos)
from Peru is subject to certain
conditions before entering the
continental United States to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States. The regulations require
the use of information collection
activities, including inspections by
national plant protection organization
(NPPO) officials from Peru, grower
registration and agreement, fruit fly
trapping, monitoring, recordkeeping,
and a phytosanitary certificate.
Since the last approval of this
collection, we have adjusted the
estimates of burden to more accurately
reflect the number of grower
registrations and agreements, the
number of hours for recordkeeping, the
number of respondents for
phytosanitary certificates, and to
account for activities that were omitted
from the last collection (fruit fly
management program, reinstatement of
production sites, permits, and
certification and recertification of cold
treatment carriers).
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
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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
7.382 hours per response.
Respondents: NPPO of Peru and
importers and growers of citrus fruit in
Peru.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 31.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 137.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 4,245.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 31,339 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 19th day of
October 2015.
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–2015–0012]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the
Importation of Fresh Pitahaya From
Israel Into the Continental United
States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our decision to authorize the
importation of fresh pitahaya fruit from
Israel into the continental United States.
Based on the findings of the pest risk
analysis, which we made available to
the public to review and comment
through a previous notice, we have
concluded that the application of one or
more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the
importation of fresh pitahaya fruit from
Israel.
DATES: Effective October 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Nicole Russo, Assistant Director,
Imports, Regulations, and Manuals,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–
2159.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through
319.56–73, referred to below as the
regulations), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to
prevent plant pests from being
introduced into or disseminated within
the United States.
Section 319.56–4 of the regulations
contains a performance-based process
for approving the importation of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis, can be safely
imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
Under that process, APHIS publishes a
notice in the Federal Register
announcing the availability of the pest
risk analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Following
the close of the 60-day comment period,
APHIS may begin issuing permits for
importation of the fruit or vegetable
subject to the identified designated
measures if: (1) No comments were
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0059]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of Citrus From Peru
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and 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 a revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with importation of citrus from Peru.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
December 22, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0059.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2015-0059, 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-
0059 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,
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please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the importation of
citrus from Peru, contact Mr. Juan (Tony) Rom[aacute]n, Senior
Regulatory Policy Specialist, RCC, IRM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2242. 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: Importation of Citrus From Peru.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0289.
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, including fruit
flies, into the United States or their dissemination within the United
States. Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the
world are contained in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR
319.56-1 through 319.56-73).
In accordance with Sec. 319.56-41, the citrus (grapefruit, limes,
mandarins or tangerines, sweet oranges, and tangelos) from Peru is
subject to certain conditions before entering the continental United
States to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States. The regulations require the use of information collection
activities, including inspections by national plant protection
organization (NPPO) officials from Peru, grower registration and
agreement, fruit fly trapping, monitoring, recordkeeping, and a
phytosanitary certificate.
Since the last approval of this collection, we have adjusted the
estimates of burden to more accurately reflect the number of grower
registrations and agreements, the number of hours for recordkeeping,
the number of respondents for phytosanitary certificates, and to
account for activities that were omitted from the last collection
(fruit fly management program, reinstatement of production sites,
permits, and certification and recertification of cold treatment
carriers).
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (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 7.382 hours per response.
Respondents: NPPO of Peru and importers and growers of citrus fruit
in Peru.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 31.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 137.
Estimated annual number of responses: 4,245.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 31,339 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 19th day of October 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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