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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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December 19, 2016
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 are
requested regarding (1) 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) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
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 January 23, 2017
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.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats;
Interstate Movement Restrictions and
Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0101.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is
the primary Federal law governing the
protection of animal health. The law
gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad
authority to detect, control, or eradicate
pests or diseases of livestock or poultry.
The Secretary may also prohibit or
restrict import or export of any such
animal or related material if necessary
to prevent spread of any livestock or
poultry pest or disease. The AHPA is
contained in Title X, Subtitle E,
Sections 10401–18 of P.L. 107–171, May
13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002. Scrapie is a
progressive, degenerative, and
eventually fatal disease affecting the
central 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 there is no test for the
disease and/or known treatment. The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) restricts the interstate
movement of certain sheep and goats to
help prevent the spread of scrapie
within the United States. APHIS has
regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an
indemnity program to compensate
owners of sheep and goats destroyed
because of scrapie.
Need and Use of the Information: The
regulations necessitate the use of a
number of information collection
activities including, but not limited to,
applications for participation in the
Scrapie Flock Certification Program;
various plans for infected and source
flocks; scrapie test records; application
for indemnity payments; certificates;
permits; and applications for APHISapproved eartags, backtags, or tattoos,
etc. Without this information, APHIS’
efforts to more aggressively prevent the
spread of scrapie would be severely
hindered.
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Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not for Profit; and
State, Local, or Tribal Government;
Number of Respondents: 166,000.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,021,528.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Pork-Filled Pasta.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0214.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is
the primary Federal law governing the
protection of animal health. The law
gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad
authority to detect, control, and
eradicate pests or diseases of livestock
or poultry. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is
responsible for protecting the health of
our Nation’s livestock and poultry
populations by preventing the
introduction and interstate spread of
serious diseases and pests of livestock
and for eradicating such diseases from
the United States when feasible.
Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD) is a
highly contagious disease that resists
both environmental factors and common
disinfectants. SVD rarely results I
mortality in infected swine and does not
cause severe production losses.
However, the disease can have a major
economic impact since eradication if
costly and SVD-free regions often
prohibit imports of swine, pork, and
pork products from affected regions.
Need and Use of the Information: A
certificate must be completed and
signed by the issuing official, and
contains such information as the origin
of the meat used in the product, the
name and location of the facility that
processed the product, and the
product’s intended destination. APHIS
regulations contain specific requirement
for the processing, recordkeeping, and
certification procedures for pork-filled
pasta products exported to the United
States from SVD-affect regions. Without
the information, it would significantly
cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure that
pork-filled pasta from certain regions
poses a minimal risk of introducing SVD
into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; and Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 5.
Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
ACTION:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Shelled Peas
from Kenya.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0302.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq.), 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. The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) fruits and vegetables
regulations allows the importation of
shelled garden peas from Kenya into the
continental United States while
continuing to protect against the
introduction of quarantined peas.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS requires that some plants or
plant products be accompanied by a
phytosanitary inspection certificate that
is completed by plant health officials in
the originating or transiting country.
APHIS uses the information on the
certificate to determine the pest
condition of the shipment at the time of
inspection in the foreign country. This
information is used as a guide to the
intensity of the inspection APHIS
conducts when the shipment arrives.
Without the information, all shipments
would need to be inspected very
thoroughly, thereby requiring
considerably more time. This would
slow the clearance of international
shipments.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0088]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Permanent, Privately Owned Horse
Quarantine Facilities
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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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
regulations for permanent, privately
owned horse quarantine facilities.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February
21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0088.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0088, 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-2016-0088 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
permanent, privately owned horse
quarantine facilities, contact Dr. Ellen
Buck, Equine Import Specialist,
National Import Export Services, VS,
4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 851–3361. For copies of
more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Ms.
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2483.
SUMMARY:
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Title: Permanent, Privately Owned
Horse Quarantine Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0313.
Type of Request: 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 United States
Department of Agriculture is authorized,
among other things, to prohibit or
restrict the importation and interstate
movement of animals and animal
products to prevent the introduction
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into and dissemination within the
United States of livestock diseases and
pests. To carry out this mission, APHIS
regulates the importation of animals and
animal products into the United States
based on the regulations in 9 CFR parts
92 through 98.
The regulations in part 93 require,
among other things, that certain
animals, as a condition of entry, be
quarantined upon arrival in the United
States. APHIS operates animal
quarantine facilities and also authorizes
the use of quarantine facilities that are
privately owned and operated for
certain animal importations.
The regulations in subpart C of part
93 pertain to the importation of horses
and include requirements for privately
owned quarantine facilities for horses.
For permanent, privately owned
quarantine facilities, these requirements
entail certain information collection
activities, including environmental
certification, application for facility
approval, service agreements, requests
to APHIS concerning withdrawal of
facility approval, notification to APHIS
of facility closure, compliance
agreements, security instructions,
security breach notification, alarm
notification, lists of personnel, signed
statements, daily logs and
recordkeeping, and requests for
variance.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities 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 0.16
hours per response.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
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
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 19, 2016
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
are requested regarding (1) 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) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 January
23, 2017 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: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement Restrictions
and Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0101.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to
detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or
poultry. The Secretary may also prohibit or restrict import or export
of any such animal or related material if necessary to prevent spread
of any livestock or poultry pest or disease. The AHPA is contained in
Title X, Subtitle E, Sections 10401-18 of P.L. 107-171, May 13, 2002,
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Scrapie is a
progressive, degenerative, and eventually fatal disease affecting the
central 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 there is no test for the disease and/or
known treatment. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
restricts the interstate movement of certain sheep and goats to help
prevent the spread of scrapie within the United States. APHIS has
regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an indemnity program to compensate
owners of sheep and goats destroyed because of scrapie.
Need and Use of the Information: The regulations necessitate the
use of a number of information collection activities including, but not
limited to, applications for participation in the Scrapie Flock
Certification Program; various plans for infected and source flocks;
scrapie test records; application for indemnity payments; certificates;
permits; and applications for APHIS-approved eartags, backtags, or
tattoos, etc. Without this information, APHIS' efforts to more
aggressively prevent the spread of scrapie would be severely hindered.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not for
Profit; and State, Local, or Tribal Government;
Number of Respondents: 166,000.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,021,528.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Pork-Filled Pasta.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0214.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to
detect, control, and eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or
poultry. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is
responsible for protecting the health of our Nation's livestock and
poultry populations by preventing the introduction and interstate
spread of serious diseases and pests of livestock and for eradicating
such diseases from the United States when feasible.
Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD) is a highly contagious disease that
resists both environmental factors and common disinfectants. SVD rarely
results I mortality in infected swine and does not cause severe
production losses. However, the disease can have a major economic
impact since eradication if costly and SVD-free regions often prohibit
imports of swine, pork, and pork products from affected regions.
Need and Use of the Information: A certificate must be completed
and signed by the issuing official, and contains such information as
the origin of the meat used in the product, the name and location of
the facility that processed the product, and the product's intended
destination. APHIS regulations contain specific requirement for the
processing, recordkeeping, and certification procedures for pork-filled
pasta products exported to the United States from SVD-affect regions.
Without the information, it would significantly cripple APHIS' ability
to ensure that pork-filled pasta from certain regions poses a minimal
risk of introducing SVD into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; and
Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 5.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Shelled Peas from Kenya.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0302.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.), 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. The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) fruits and
vegetables regulations allows the importation of shelled garden peas
from Kenya into the continental United States while continuing to
protect against the introduction of quarantined peas.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that some plants or
plant products be accompanied by a phytosanitary inspection certificate
that is completed by plant health officials in the originating or
transiting country. APHIS uses the information on the certificate to
determine the pest condition of the shipment at the time of inspection
in the foreign country. This information is used as a guide to the
intensity of the inspection APHIS conducts when the shipment arrives.
Without the information, all shipments would need to be inspected very
thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time. This would slow
the clearance of international shipments.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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