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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 13 / Monday, January 23, 2017 / Notices
Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of
January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–01388 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0112]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of
Unshu Oranges
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
importation of Unshu oranges.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 24,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0112.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0112, 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-2016-0112 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
importation of Unshu oranges, contact
Dr. Robert Baca, Assistant Director,
Permitting and Compliance
Coordination, Compliance and
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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: Importation of Unshu Oranges.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0173.
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. As authorized
by the PPA, the United States
Department of Agriculture, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
regulates the importation of citrus fruit
from certain parts of the world as
provided in ‘‘Subpart—Citrus Fruit’’ (7
CFR 319.28).
In accordance with these regulations,
APHIS allows the importation of Unshu
oranges from certain regions into the
United States under certain conditions
to prevent the introduction of plant
pests into the United States. These
conditions involve the use of
information collection activities,
including markings, registrations,
permits, and certificates.
The information collection
requirements above are currently
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control
Number 0579–0173, Importation of
Unshu Oranges, and OMB Control
Number 0579–0418, Importation of
Fresh Unshu Oranges From Japan into
the United States. After OMB approves
this combined information collection
package (0579–0173), APHIS will retire
OMB Control Number 0579–0418.
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
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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 0.08
hours per response.
Respondents: Growers and
packinghouses of Unshu oranges, and
the national plant protection
organization of the exporting region.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 27.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2,469.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 66,663.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 5,585 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 13th day of
January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–01389 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0048]
Addition of the Republic of Korea to
the List of Regions Affected by
Contagious Equine Metritis
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have added the Republic of
Korea to the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) list
maintained on the APHIS Web site of
regions considered affected with
contagious equine metritis (CEM). We
took this action because of the
confirmation of CEM in the Republic of
Korea.
SUMMARY:
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Effective Date: The addition of
the Republic of Korea to the APHIS list
of regions considered affected with CEM
is effective retroactively to May 7, 2015.
DATES:
Mr.
Javier Vargas, Import Risk Analyst,
National Import Export Services, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 38,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3300;
Javier.Vargas@aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
regulations in 9 CFR part 93 (referred to
below as the regulations) prohibit or
restrict the importation of certain
animals into the United States to
prevent the introduction of
communicable diseases of livestock.
Subpart C—Horses, §§ 93.300 through
93.326, pertains to the importation of
horses into the United States. Sections
93.301 and 93.304 of the regulations
contain specific provisions for the
importation of horses from regions
affected with contagious equine metritis
(CEM), which is a highly contagious
venereal disease of horses and other
equines caused by an infection with the
bacterium Taylorella equigenitalis. A
list of regions that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
considers to be affected with CEM or
that trade horses freely with a region in
which CEM exists without testing for
CEM is maintained on the APHIS Web
site at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animaland-animal-product-importinformation/ct_animal_disease_status.
APHIS receives notice of CEM
outbreaks from veterinary officials of the
exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE),
or from other sources the Administrator
determines to be reliable. On June 19,
2015, the veterinary authorities of the
Republic of Korea reported to the OIE
that subclinical infections of T.
equigenitalis had been confirmed in 17
horses held in 7 locations in Jejudo on
May 7, 2015.
In response to this outbreak, APHIS
added the Republic of Korea to the list
of regions where CEM exists or is
reasonably believed to exist. As a result,
horses and other equines from the
Republic of Korea are subject to APHIS
import restrictions designed to mitigate
risk of CEM introduction into the
United States. These restrictions are
effective retroactively to May 7, 2015.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–8317;
21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7
CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of
January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–01394 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0092]
Concurrence With OIE Risk
Designations for Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our preliminary concurrence with the
World Organization for Animal Health’s
(OIE) bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) risk designations
for seven regions. The OIE recognizes
these regions as being of negligible risk
for BSE. We are taking this action based
on our review of information supporting
the OIE’s risk designations for these
regions.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 24,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0092.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0092, 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-2016-0092 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: Dr.
Roberta Morales, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation
Services, National Import Export
Services, VS, APHIS, 920 Main Campus
Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606;
(919) 855–7735.
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The
regulations in 9 CFR part 92 subpart B,
‘‘Importation of Animals and Animal
Products; Procedures for Requesting
BSE Risk Status Classification With
Regard To Bovines’’ (referred to below
as the regulations), set forth the process
by which the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) classifies
regions for bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) risk. Section 92.5
of the regulations provides that all
countries of the world are considered by
APHIS to be in one of three BSE risk
categories: Negligible risk, controlled
risk, or undetermined risk. These risk
categories are defined in § 92.1. Any
region that is not classified by APHIS as
presenting either negligible risk or
controlled risk for BSE is considered to
present an undetermined risk. The list
of those regions classified by APHIS as
having either negligible risk or
controlled risk can be accessed on the
APHIS Web site at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/
animalhealth/animal-and-animalproduct-import-information/import-liveanimals/ct_bovine_spongiform_
encephalopathy. The list can also be
obtained by writing to APHIS at
National Import Export Services, 4700
River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD
20737.
Under the regulations, APHIS may
classify a region for BSE in one of two
ways. One way is for countries that have
not received a risk classification from
the World Organization for Animal
Health (OIE) to request classification by
APHIS. The other way is for APHIS to
concur with the classification given to a
country by the OIE.
If the OIE has classified a country as
either BSE negligible risk or BSE
controlled risk, APHIS will seek
information to support concurrence
with the OIE classification. This
information may be publicly available
information, or APHIS may request that
countries supply the same information
given to the OIE. APHIS will announce
in the Federal Register, subject to
public comment, its intent to concur
with an OIE classification.
In accordance with this process, we
are giving notice in this document that
APHIS intends to concur with the OIE
risk classifications of the following
countries:
• Regions of negligible risk for BSE:
Costa Rica, Germany, Lithuania,
Mexico, Namibia, Romania, and Spain.
The OIE recommendations regarding
each of the above countries can be
viewed at https://www.oie.int/animalhealth-in-the-world/official-diseasestatus/bse/list-of-bse-risk-status/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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[FR Doc No: 2017-01394]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0048]
Addition of the Republic of Korea to the List of Regions Affected
by Contagious Equine Metritis
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have added the Republic of
Korea to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) list
maintained on the APHIS Web site of regions considered affected with
contagious equine metritis (CEM). We took this action because of the
confirmation of CEM in the Republic of Korea.
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DATES: Effective Date: The addition of the Republic of Korea to the
APHIS list of regions considered affected with CEM is effective
retroactively to May 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Javier Vargas, Import Risk
Analyst, National Import Export Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3300;
Javier.Vargas@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 93 (referred
to below as the regulations) prohibit or restrict the importation of
certain animals into the United States to prevent the introduction of
communicable diseases of livestock. Subpart C--Horses, Sec. Sec.
93.300 through 93.326, pertains to the importation of horses into the
United States. Sections 93.301 and 93.304 of the regulations contain
specific provisions for the importation of horses from regions affected
with contagious equine metritis (CEM), which is a highly contagious
venereal disease of horses and other equines caused by an infection
with the bacterium Taylorella equigenitalis. A list of regions that the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) considers to be
affected with CEM or that trade horses freely with a region in which
CEM exists without testing for CEM is maintained on the APHIS Web site
at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/ct_animal_disease_status.
APHIS receives notice of CEM outbreaks from veterinary officials of
the exporting country, from the World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE), or from other sources the Administrator determines to be
reliable. On June 19, 2015, the veterinary authorities of the Republic
of Korea reported to the OIE that subclinical infections of T.
equigenitalis had been confirmed in 17 horses held in 7 locations in
Jejudo on May 7, 2015.
In response to this outbreak, APHIS added the Republic of Korea to
the list of regions where CEM exists or is reasonably believed to
exist. As a result, horses and other equines from the Republic of Korea
are subject to APHIS import restrictions designed to mitigate risk of
CEM introduction into the United States. These restrictions are
effective retroactively to May 7, 2015.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a;
31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-01394 Filed 1-19-17; 8:45 am]
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