Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program, 5530-5531 [2017-01023]
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for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of
January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–01014 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0106]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
the Cooperative Agricultural Pest
Survey.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 20,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2016-0106.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0106, 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-2016-0106 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 Cooperative
Agricultural Pest Survey, contact Dr.
Robert Baca, Assistant Director,
Permitting and Compliance
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Coordination, Compliance and
Environmental Coordination Branch,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 150,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2292.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Cooperative Agricultural Pest
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0010.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Plant Protection
Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized, either
independently or in cooperation with
the States, to carry out operations or
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
control, prevent, or retard the spread of
plant pests and noxious weeds that are
new to or not widely distributed within
the United States. This authority has
been delegated to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
To carry out this mission, APHIS’
Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
program has joined forces with the
States and other agencies to create a
program called the Cooperative
Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS). The
CAPS program coordinates efforts
through cooperative agreements with
the States and other agencies to collect
and manage data on plant pests, noxious
weeds, and biological control agents,
which may be used to control plant
pests or noxious weeds.
This program allows the States and
PPQ to conduct surveillance activities to
detect and measure the presence of
exotic plant pests and weeds and to
input surveillance data into a uniform
national system. Among other things,
this allows APHIS to obtain a more
comprehensive picture of plant pest
conditions in the United States.
The CAPS program involves certain
information collection activities, such as
cooperative agreements, pest detection
surveys, a disclosure form, a form for
determination of specimens, and
various application forms.
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
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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 0.24
hours per response.
Respondents: State cooperators
participating in CAPS and not-for-profit
organizations.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 54.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 271.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 14,634.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 3,573 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 11th day of
January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–01020 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0111]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Federally Recognized State Managed
Phytosanitary Program
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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
SUMMARY:
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request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
Federal recognition of a State’s plant
pest containment, eradication, or
exclusion program as a Federally
Recognized State Managed
Phytosanitary Program.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 20,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2016-0111.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0111, 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-2016-0111 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 Federally
Recognized State Managed
Phytosanitary Program, contact Dr.
Robert Baca, Assistant Director,
Permitting and Compliance
Coordination, Compliance and
Environmental Coordination Branch,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 150,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2292.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federally Recognized State
Managed Phytosanitary Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0365.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or
interstate movement of plants, plant
products, or other articles if the
Secretary determines that the
prohibition or restriction is necessary to
prevent a plant pest or noxious weed
from being introduced into or
disseminated within the United States.
This authority has been delegated to the
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS).
As part of this mission, APHIS’ Plant
Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
program responds to introductions of
plant pests to eradicate, suppress, or
contain them through various programs
to prevent their interstate spread.
APHIS’ plant pest containment and
eradication programs qualify as ‘‘official
control programs,’’ as defined by the
International Plant Protection
Convention (IPPC), recognized by the
World Trade Organization as the
standard-setting body for international
plant quarantine issues. ‘‘Official
control’’ is defined as ‘‘the active
enforcement of mandatory
phytosanitary regulations and the
application of mandatory phytosanitary
procedures with the objective of
containment or eradication of
quarantine pests or for the management
of regulated non-quarantine pests.’’ As a
contracting party to the IPPC, the United
States has agreed to observe IPPC
principles as they relate to international
trade.
APHIS is aware that individual States
enforce phytosanitary regulations and
procedures within their borders to
address pests of concern, and that those
pests are not always also the subject of
an APHIS response program or activity.
To strengthen APHIS’ safeguarding
system to protect agriculture and to
facilitate agriculture trade through
effective management of phytosanitary
measures, APHIS initiated the Federally
Recognized State Managed
Phytosanitary (FRSMP) Program, which
establishes an administrative process for
granting Federal recognition to certain
State-managed official control programs
for plant pest eradication or
containment and State-managed pest
exclusion programs. (The FRSMP
Program was previously referred to as
the Official Control Program.) Federal
recognition of a State’s pest control
activities will justify actions by Federal
inspectors at ports of entry to help
exclude pests that are under a
phytosanitary program in a destination
State. This process involves the use of
information collection activities,
including the submission of a petition
for protocol for quarantine pests of
concern, a petition for regulated nonquarantine pests, State cooperative
agreements, and audit review annual
accomplishment reports.
We are asking OMB to approve 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
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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 34.7
hours per response.
Respondents: State plant health
regulatory officials.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 7.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 7.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 243 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 11th day of
January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–01023 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0111]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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
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request an extension of approval of an information collection
associated with Federal recognition of a State's plant pest
containment, eradication, or exclusion program as a Federally
Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
20, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0111.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2016-0111, 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-
0111 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 Federally
Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program, contact Dr. Robert
Baca, Assistant Director, Permitting and Compliance Coordination,
Compliance and Environmental Coordination Branch, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 150, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2292. For copies of
more detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms.
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0365.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products,
or other articles if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or
restriction is necessary to prevent a plant pest or noxious weed from
being introduced into or disseminated within the United States. This
authority has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS).
As part of this mission, APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine
(PPQ) program responds to introductions of plant pests to eradicate,
suppress, or contain them through various programs to prevent their
interstate spread. APHIS' plant pest containment and eradication
programs qualify as ``official control programs,'' as defined by the
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), recognized by the
World Trade Organization as the standard-setting body for international
plant quarantine issues. ``Official control'' is defined as ``the
active enforcement of mandatory phytosanitary regulations and the
application of mandatory phytosanitary procedures with the objective of
containment or eradication of quarantine pests or for the management of
regulated non-quarantine pests.'' As a contracting party to the IPPC,
the United States has agreed to observe IPPC principles as they relate
to international trade.
APHIS is aware that individual States enforce phytosanitary
regulations and procedures within their borders to address pests of
concern, and that those pests are not always also the subject of an
APHIS response program or activity. To strengthen APHIS' safeguarding
system to protect agriculture and to facilitate agriculture trade
through effective management of phytosanitary measures, APHIS initiated
the Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary (FRSMP) Program,
which establishes an administrative process for granting Federal
recognition to certain State-managed official control programs for
plant pest eradication or containment and State-managed pest exclusion
programs. (The FRSMP Program was previously referred to as the Official
Control Program.) Federal recognition of a State's pest control
activities will justify actions by Federal inspectors at ports of entry
to help exclude pests that are under a phytosanitary program in a
destination State. This process involves the use of information
collection activities, including the submission of a petition for
protocol for quarantine pests of concern, a petition for regulated non-
quarantine pests, State cooperative agreements, and audit review annual
accomplishment reports.
We are asking OMB to approve 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 34.7 hours per response.
Respondents: State plant health regulatory officials.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 7.
Estimated annual number of responses: 7.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 243 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 11th day of January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-01023 Filed 1-17-17; 8:45 am]
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