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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0019]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Scrapie in
Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement
Restrictions and Indemnity Program
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 current regulations
for the interstate movement of sheep
and goats and an indemnity program to
control the spread of scrapie.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before June 28,
2016.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0019.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0019, 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-2016-0019 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 domestic regulations
to control the spread of scrapie, contact
Dr. Diane Sutton, National Scrapie
Program Coordinator, Sheep, Goat,
Cervid & Equine Health Center,
Surveillance, Preparedness and
Response Services, VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 851–3509. 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: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats;
Interstate Movement Restrictions and
Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0101.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture is authorized, among
other things, to prohibit or restrict the
interstate movement of animals and
animal products to prevent the
dissemination within the United States
of animal diseases and pests of livestock
and to conduct programs to detect,
control, and eradicate pests and diseases
of livestock.
Scrapie is a progressive, degenerative,
and eventually fatal disease affecting the
nervous system of sheep and goats. Its
control is complicated because the
disease has an extremely long
incubation period without clinical signs
of disease and no known treatment.
APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 79
restrict the interstate movement of
certain sheep and goats to control the
spread of scrapie, and 9 CFR part 54
contains regulations for an indemnity
program, flock cleanup, testing, and a
Scrapie Flock Certification Program
(SFCP).
The scrapie disease control program
information collection activities include
cooperative agreements; grants;
memorandums of understanding; APHIS
forms for inspection and epidemiology
data; applications to participate in the
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SFCP; flock plans; post-exposure
management and monitoring plans;
record suspect/dead animals; scrapie
test records; applications for indemnity
payments; certificates, permits, and
owner statements for the interstate
movement of certain sheep and goats;
applications for premises identification
numbers; applications for official APHIS
identification; designated scrapie
epidemiologist training; and other
program-related activities.
In addition, we are adding
information collection activities that
were previously overlooked as being
part of the current domestic scrapie
program 1 that include State responses
associated with certificates of veterinary
inspection, private laboratory requests
for approval, responses by breed registry
associations, epidemiology and
identification compliance reporting,
declination to respond, certification of
completion of epidemiology training,
and disposal cost information. We have
adjusted the estimates of burden
accordingly. In addition, the adjusted
estimates also reflect increases in
identification tag orders and the number
of specimen submissions per laboratory
to better represent our current activities.
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,
1 This notice and the information collection
activities described are for the current regulations
and not the amendments to the regulations
described in the proposed rule published
September 10, 2015 (FR 54660–54692, APHIS–
2007–0127).
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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 1.19
hours per response.
Respondents: Flock owners; market
owners, operators, or managers; dealers;
slaughter plant owners, operators, or
managers; feedlot owners, operators, or
managers; tag manufacturers; managers
of producer organizations; accredited
veterinarians; and State animal health
authorities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 166,000.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 5.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 854,694.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 1,021,526 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.
Responses and respondents include
recordkeeping and record keepers,
respectively.)
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 25th day of
April 2016.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–10122 Filed 4–28–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act (Title VIII,
Pub. L. 108–447)
Carson National Forest, USDA
Forest Service.
ACTION: Notice of new fee site.
AGENCY:
The Carson National Forest is
proposing to charge a $175 fee for the
overnight rental of the Aldo Leopold
House and a $50 fee for the overnight
rental of the Lagunitas Guard Station.
Neither facility has been available for
recreation use prior to this date. Rentals
of other cabins in the Southwestern
Region have shown that people
appreciate and enjoy the availability of
historic rental cabins. Funds from both
the rentals will be used for the
continued operation and maintenance of
each of the facilities. These fees are only
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proposed and will be determined upon
further analysis and public comment.
DATES: Send any comments about these
fee proposals by August 2016 so
comments can be compiled, analyzed
and shared with a Recreation Resource
Advisory Committee. Should the fee
proposal move forward, both rentals
will likely be available May 2017.
ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, Carson
National Forest, 208 Cruz Alta Road,
Taos, NM 87557.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Cuevas, Recreation Fee
Coordinator, (505) 842–3235.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement
Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed
the Secretary of Agriculture to publish
a six month advance notice in the
Federal Register whenever new
recreation fee areas are established.
This new fee will be reviewed by a
Recreation Resource Advisory
Committee prior to a final decision and
implementation.
Currently no Federal or State agencies
in the state of New Mexico offer overnight rentals of this type. Arizona, the
neighboring state in Region 3, provides
several historic properties for public
rental and that program has become
very successful.
The house consists of a 4 bedroom
Craftsman Style Bungalow home that
was built by Aldo Leopold in 1912
when he was the new Forest Supervisor
on the Carson National Forest for
himself and his new wife Estella Luna
Ortero Bergere. The Leopold House is
located in the small village of Tres
Piedras New Mexico and is a one and
a half story home with a large front
porch. The interior of the first floor has
four rooms that include a dining room,
kitchen, library and bedroom. A large
stone fireplace is the focal point of the
home. The upstairs of the home
includes 3 bunk style bedrooms. The
home was restored by volunteers and
the Forest Service in 2005 and has
running water, electricity, propane heat
and is fully furnished.
The Lagunitas Guard Station is a
small single room cabin located in a
remote setting approximately 20 miles
west of Tres Piedras New Mexico. It is
a simple facility, with no electricity,
trash service or running water. The
Guard Station is located adjacent to the
small primitive Lagunitas Campground
and the Lagunitas Lakes. For those
visitors willing to make the long drive,
the setting will not disappoint.
A business analysis of the Aldo
Leopold House and Lagunitas Guard
Station has shown that people desire
having this sort of recreation experience
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on the Carson National Forest. A market
analysis indicates that the $175/per
night fee for the Leopold House and
$50/per night for the Lagunitas Guard
Station is both reasonable and
acceptable for this sort of unique
recreation experience.
People wanting to rent either facility
will need to do so through the National
Recreation Reservation Service, at
www.recreation.gov or by calling 1–877–
444–6777. The National Recreation
Reservation Service charges a $9 fee for
reservations.
Dated: April 19, 2016.
James Duran,
Carson National Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2016–10039 Filed 4–28–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Tahoe National Forest; Placer County,
California; Squaw Valley to Alpine
Meadows Base-to-Base Gondola
Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In September 2015, the Tahoe
National Forest (TNF) accepted an
application from Squaw Valley Ski
Holdings, LLC which proposes to
install, operate, and maintain an aerial
ropeway system connecting the Squaw
Valley and Alpine Meadows ski areas.
This proposal also included an
alteration to current avalanche
mitigation techniques including the
installation of Gazex® exploders.
Implementation of the proposal would
require an amendment to an existing
Special Use Permit (SUP) issued for the
operation and maintenance of Alpine
Meadows Ski Area (Alpine Meadows).
The proposal is consistent with Alpine
Meadows’ current Master Development
Plan (MDP) and passed the screening
criteria for consideration to use National
Forest System (NFS) lands and amend
the existing permit consistent with
Forest Service land use regulations.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by May
31, 2016. The draft environmental
impact statement is expected in winter
2016 and the final environmental
impact statement is expected in summer
2017.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Eli Ilano, Tahoe National Forest
Supervisor, c/o NEPA Contractor, P.O.
Box 2729, Frisco, CO 80443. Comments
may also be submitted on the project
SUMMARY:
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or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0019]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement
Restrictions and Indemnity Program
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 the current regulations for the
interstate movement of sheep and goats and an indemnity program to
control the spread of scrapie.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June
28, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0019.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2016-0019, 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-2016-
0019 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 domestic
regulations to control the spread of scrapie, contact Dr. Diane Sutton,
National Scrapie Program Coordinator, Sheep, Goat, Cervid & Equine
Health Center, Surveillance, Preparedness and Response Services, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3509.
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: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement Restrictions
and Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0101.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized, among other things, to
prohibit or restrict the interstate movement of animals and animal
products to prevent the dissemination within the United States of
animal diseases and pests of livestock and to conduct programs to
detect, control, and eradicate pests and diseases of livestock.
Scrapie is a progressive, degenerative, and eventually fatal
disease affecting the nervous system of sheep and goats. Its control is
complicated because the disease has an extremely long incubation period
without clinical signs of disease and no known treatment.
APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 79 restrict the interstate movement
of certain sheep and goats to control the spread of scrapie, and 9 CFR
part 54 contains regulations for an indemnity program, flock cleanup,
testing, and a Scrapie Flock Certification Program (SFCP).
The scrapie disease control program information collection
activities include cooperative agreements; grants; memorandums of
understanding; APHIS forms for inspection and epidemiology data;
applications to participate in the SFCP; flock plans; post-exposure
management and monitoring plans; record suspect/dead animals; scrapie
test records; applications for indemnity payments; certificates,
permits, and owner statements for the interstate movement of certain
sheep and goats; applications for premises identification numbers;
applications for official APHIS identification; designated scrapie
epidemiologist training; and other program-related activities.
In addition, we are adding information collection activities that
were previously overlooked as being part of the current domestic
scrapie program \1\ that include State responses associated with
certificates of veterinary inspection, private laboratory requests for
approval, responses by breed registry associations, epidemiology and
identification compliance reporting, declination to respond,
certification of completion of epidemiology training, and disposal cost
information. We have adjusted the estimates of burden accordingly. In
addition, the adjusted estimates also reflect increases in
identification tag orders and the number of specimen submissions per
laboratory to better represent our current activities.
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\1\ This notice and the information collection activities
described are for the current regulations and not the amendments to
the regulations described in the proposed rule published September
10, 2015 (FR 54660-54692, APHIS-2007-0127).
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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,
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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 1.19 hours per response.
Respondents: Flock owners; market owners, operators, or managers;
dealers; slaughter plant owners, operators, or managers; feedlot
owners, operators, or managers; tag manufacturers; managers of producer
organizations; accredited veterinarians; and State animal health
authorities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 166,000.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 5.
Estimated annual number of responses: 854,694.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1,021,526 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. Responses and respondents include recordkeeping and
record keepers, respectively.)
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 25th day of April 2016.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-10122 Filed 4-28-16; 8:45 am]
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