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HPAI can strike poultry quickly without
any warning signs of infection and, once
established, can spread rapidly from
flock to flock. HPAI viruses can be
spread by manure, equipment, vehicles,
egg flats, crates, and people whose
clothing or shoes have come in contact
with the viruses. In addition, HPAI
viruses can remain viable at moderate
temperatures for long periods in the
environment and can survive
indefinitely in frozen material. One
gram of contaminated manure can
contain enough virus to infect 1 million
poultry.
Newcastle disease is a contagious
disease of birds and poultry caused by
a paramyxovirus. Newcastle disease, as
defined in § 94.0, is one of most
infectious diseases of poultry in the
world. A death rate of almost 100
percent can occur in unvaccinated
poultry flocks. Newcastle disease can
also infect and cause death even in
vaccinated birds and poultry.
APHIS’ regulations prohibit or restrict
the importation of unprocessed bird and
poultry products and byproducts from
regions that have reported the presence
of HPAI or Newcastle disease, and
contain permit and quarantine
requirements for pet birds and U.S.
performing or theatrical birds and
poultry returning to the United States.
In addition, there are also restrictions
concerning importation of live poultry
and birds that have been vaccinated for
certain types of Newcastle disease, or
that have moved through or originate
from regions where HPAI or Newcastle
disease is considered to exist. These
regulations require the use of a number
of information collection activities,
including various APHIS forms,
application of seals, agreements,
notarized declarations or affirmations,
notification of signs of disease in a
recently imported bird, cooperative
service agreements, and recordkeeping
by processing establishments.
We are asking 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;
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(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 0.55
hours per response.
Respondents: Foreign federal
government officials and owners of
U.S.-origin pet birds and performing or
theatrical birds or poultry returning to
the United States, and U.S. importers of
bird and poultry carcasses, parts,
products and byproducts (bird blood,
bird tissues, etc.) of birds and poultry
and eggs (other than hatching eggs) from
certain regions.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 973.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 3.81.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 3,707.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,041 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0044]
Notice of Availability of an Evaluation
of the Classical Swine Fever, Foot-andMouth Disease, Swine Vesicular
Disease, and Rinderpest Status of
Cyprus
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we are proposing to recognize
Cyprus as being free of foot-and-mouth
disease, rinderpest, and swine vesicular
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disease, and as low risk for classical
swine fever. This proposed recognition
is based on evaluations we have
prepared in connection with this action,
which we are making available for
review and comment.
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-2016-0044.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0044, 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-2016-0044 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.
Ingrid Kotowski, Regionalization
Evaluation Services, National Import
Export Services, Veterinary Services,
APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite
200, Raleigh, NC 27606; (919) 855–7732;
Ingrid.Kotowski@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to
below as the regulations) govern the
importation of certain animals and
animal products into the United States
to prevent the introduction of various
animal diseases, including classical
swine fever (CSF), foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD), swine vesicular disease
(SVD), and rinderpest.1 The regulations
prohibit or restrict the importation of
live ruminants and swine, and products
from these animals, from regions where
these diseases are considered to exist.
Within part 94, § 94.1 contains
requirements governing the importation
of ruminants and swine from regions
where rinderpest or FMD exists and the
1 The World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) recognizes rinderpest as having been globally
eradicated, and recommends that countries not
impose any rinderpest-related conditions on import
or transit of livestock and livestock products. In
addition, the OIE recently delisted SVD as a disease
of concern for international trade. However, APHIS
continues to regulate for rinderpest and SVD
through its import regulations for animals and
animal products.
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importation of the meat of any
ruminants or swine from regions where
rinderpest or FMD exists to prevent the
introduction of either disease into the
United States. We consider rinderpest
and FMD to exist in all regions except
those listed in accordance with
paragraph (a) of that section as free of
rinderpest and FMD.
Section 94.9 contains requirements
governing the importation of pork and
pork products from regions where CSF
exists. Section 94.10 contains
importation requirements for swine
from regions where CSF is considered to
exist and designates the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS)-defined European CSF region
as a single region of low-risk for CSF.
Section 94.31 contains requirements
governing the importation of pork, pork
products, and swine from the APHISdefined European CSF region. We
consider CSF to exist in all regions of
the world except those listed in
accordance with paragraph (a) of § 94.9
as free of the disease.
Section 94.11 of the regulations
contains requirements governing the
importation of meat of any ruminants or
swine from regions that have been
determined to be free of rinderpest and
FMD, but that are subject to certain
restrictions because of their proximity to
or trading relationships with rinderpestor FMD-affected regions. Such regions
are listed in accordance with paragraph
(a) of that section.
Section 94.12 of the regulations
contains requirements governing the
importation of pork or pork products
from regions where SVD exists. We
consider SVD to exist in all regions of
the world except those listed in
accordance with paragraph (a) of that
section as free of SVD.
Section 94.13 contains importation
requirements governing the importation
of pork or pork products from regions
that have been declared free of SVD as
provided in § 94.12(a) but supplement
their national pork supply by the
importation of fresh (chilled or frozen)
meat of animals from regions where
SVD is considered to exist, or have a
common border with such regions, or
have trade practices that are less
restrictive than are acceptable to the
United States. Such regions are listed in
accordance with paragraph (a) of
§ 94.13.
Section 94.14 states that no swine
which are moved from or transit any
region in which SVD is known to exist
may be imported into the United States
except wild swine imported in
accordance with § 94.14(b).
The regulations in 9 CFR part 92,
§ 92.2, contain requirements for
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requesting the recognition of the animal
health status of a region (as well as for
the approval of the export of a particular
type of animal or animal product to the
United States from a foreign region). If,
after review and evaluation of the
information submitted in support of the
request, APHIS believes the request can
be safely granted, APHIS will make its
evaluation available for public comment
through a document published in the
Federal Register. Following the close of
the comment period, APHIS will review
all comments received and will make a
final determination regarding the
request that will be detailed in another
document published in the Federal
Register.
The Republic of Cyprus 2 submitted a
request to APHIS to evaluate the CSF,
FMD, SVD, and rinderpest status of the
country. In response to this request,
APHIS conducted a qualitative risk
assessment to evaluate Cyprus with
respect to these diseases. Based on this
evaluation, APHIS recognizes Cyprus to
be free of FMD, SVD, and rinderpest,
and low risk for CSF. APHIS has also
determined that the surveillance,
prevention, and control measures
implemented by the European Union
(EU) and Cyprus, an EU Member State,
are sufficient to minimize the likelihood
of introducing CSF, FMD, SVD, and
rinderpest into the United States via
imports of species susceptible to these
diseases or products of those species.
Our determinations support adding
Cyprus to the Web-based list of regions
comprising the APHIS-defined
European CSF region, which APHIS
considers to be low risk for CSF, and to
the respective Web-based lists of regions
APHIS considers free of FMD, SVD, and
rinderpest.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 92.2(e), we are announcing the
availability of our risk assessment of the
CSF, FMD, SVD, and rinderpest status
of Cyprus for public review and
comment. We are also announcing the
availability of four environmental
assessments (EAs) and a finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) 3 which has
been prepared in accordance with: (1)
The National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality for
2 The geographic scope of the action is limited to
the Republic of Cyprus excluding those areas of the
Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the
Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective
control.
3 The FONSI for Cyprus incorporates by reference
EAs prepared for Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, and
Hungary that addresses the potential environmental
impacts of CSF, FMD, SVD, and rinderpest for EU
Member States. We are making these EAs available
for review with this document.
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implementing the procedural provision
of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3)
USDA regulations implementing NEPA
(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA
Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part
372). The evaluation, EAs, and FONSI
may be viewed on the Regulations.gov
Web site or in our reading room.
(Instructions for accessing
Regulations.gov and information on the
location and hours of the reading room
are provided under the heading
ADDRESSES at the beginning of this
notice.) The documents are also
available by contacting the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Information submitted in support of
Cyprus’ original request is available by
contacting the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
After reviewing any comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the disease status of Cyprus
under consideration with respect to
CSF, FMD, SVD, and rinderpest and the
import status of susceptible animals and
products of such animals in a
subsequent notice.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781–
7786, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0105]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Horses, Ruminants,
Swine, and Dogs; Inspection and
Treatment for Screwworm
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 regulations for the importation of
horses, ruminants, swine, and dogs from
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0044]
Notice of Availability of an Evaluation of the Classical Swine
Fever, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Swine Vesicular Disease, and Rinderpest
Status of Cyprus
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we are proposing to recognize
Cyprus as being free of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, and swine
vesicular disease, and as low risk for classical swine fever. This
proposed recognition is based on evaluations we have prepared in
connection with this action, which we are making available for review
and comment.
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-2016-0044.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2016-0044, 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-
0044 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. Ingrid Kotowski, Regionalization
Evaluation Services, National Import Export Services, Veterinary
Services, APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606;
(919) 855-7732; Ingrid.Kotowski@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred
to below as the regulations) govern the importation of certain animals
and animal products into the United States to prevent the introduction
of various animal diseases, including classical swine fever (CSF),
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), swine vesicular disease (SVD), and
rinderpest.\1\ The regulations prohibit or restrict the importation of
live ruminants and swine, and products from these animals, from regions
where these diseases are considered to exist.
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\1\ The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) recognizes
rinderpest as having been globally eradicated, and recommends that
countries not impose any rinderpest-related conditions on import or
transit of livestock and livestock products. In addition, the OIE
recently delisted SVD as a disease of concern for international
trade. However, APHIS continues to regulate for rinderpest and SVD
through its import regulations for animals and animal products.
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Within part 94, Sec. 94.1 contains requirements governing the
importation of ruminants and swine from regions where rinderpest or FMD
exists and the
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importation of the meat of any ruminants or swine from regions where
rinderpest or FMD exists to prevent the introduction of either disease
into the United States. We consider rinderpest and FMD to exist in all
regions except those listed in accordance with paragraph (a) of that
section as free of rinderpest and FMD.
Section 94.9 contains requirements governing the importation of
pork and pork products from regions where CSF exists. Section 94.10
contains importation requirements for swine from regions where CSF is
considered to exist and designates the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)-defined European CSF region as a single
region of low-risk for CSF. Section 94.31 contains requirements
governing the importation of pork, pork products, and swine from the
APHIS-defined European CSF region. We consider CSF to exist in all
regions of the world except those listed in accordance with paragraph
(a) of Sec. 94.9 as free of the disease.
Section 94.11 of the regulations contains requirements governing
the importation of meat of any ruminants or swine from regions that
have been determined to be free of rinderpest and FMD, but that are
subject to certain restrictions because of their proximity to or
trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected regions. Such
regions are listed in accordance with paragraph (a) of that section.
Section 94.12 of the regulations contains requirements governing
the importation of pork or pork products from regions where SVD exists.
We consider SVD to exist in all regions of the world except those
listed in accordance with paragraph (a) of that section as free of SVD.
Section 94.13 contains importation requirements governing the
importation of pork or pork products from regions that have been
declared free of SVD as provided in Sec. 94.12(a) but supplement their
national pork supply by the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen)
meat of animals from regions where SVD is considered to exist, or have
a common border with such regions, or have trade practices that are
less restrictive than are acceptable to the United States. Such regions
are listed in accordance with paragraph (a) of Sec. 94.13.
Section 94.14 states that no swine which are moved from or transit
any region in which SVD is known to exist may be imported into the
United States except wild swine imported in accordance with Sec.
94.14(b).
The regulations in 9 CFR part 92, Sec. 92.2, contain requirements
for requesting the recognition of the animal health status of a region
(as well as for the approval of the export of a particular type of
animal or animal product to the United States from a foreign region).
If, after review and evaluation of the information submitted in support
of the request, APHIS believes the request can be safely granted, APHIS
will make its evaluation available for public comment through a
document published in the Federal Register. Following the close of the
comment period, APHIS will review all comments received and will make a
final determination regarding the request that will be detailed in
another document published in the Federal Register.
The Republic of Cyprus \2\ submitted a request to APHIS to evaluate
the CSF, FMD, SVD, and rinderpest status of the country. In response to
this request, APHIS conducted a qualitative risk assessment to evaluate
Cyprus with respect to these diseases. Based on this evaluation, APHIS
recognizes Cyprus to be free of FMD, SVD, and rinderpest, and low risk
for CSF. APHIS has also determined that the surveillance, prevention,
and control measures implemented by the European Union (EU) and Cyprus,
an EU Member State, are sufficient to minimize the likelihood of
introducing CSF, FMD, SVD, and rinderpest into the United States via
imports of species susceptible to these diseases or products of those
species. Our determinations support adding Cyprus to the Web-based list
of regions comprising the APHIS-defined European CSF region, which
APHIS considers to be low risk for CSF, and to the respective Web-based
lists of regions APHIS considers free of FMD, SVD, and rinderpest.
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\2\ The geographic scope of the action is limited to the
Republic of Cyprus excluding those areas of the Republic of Cyprus
in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise
effective control.
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Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 92.2(e), we are announcing the
availability of our risk assessment of the CSF, FMD, SVD, and
rinderpest status of Cyprus for public review and comment. We are also
announcing the availability of four environmental assessments (EAs) and
a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) \3\ which has been prepared
in accordance with: (1) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality for implementing the procedural
provision of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), (3) USDA regulations
implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS' NEPA Implementing
Procedures (7 CFR part 372). The evaluation, EAs, and FONSI may be
viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site or in our reading room.
(Instructions for accessing Regulations.gov and information on the
location and hours of the reading room are provided under the heading
ADDRESSES at the beginning of this notice.) The documents are also
available by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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\3\ The FONSI for Cyprus incorporates by reference EAs prepared
for Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, and Hungary that addresses the
potential environmental impacts of CSF, FMD, SVD, and rinderpest for
EU Member States. We are making these EAs available for review with
this document.
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Information submitted in support of Cyprus' original request is
available by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the disease status of Cyprus under consideration
with respect to CSF, FMD, SVD, and rinderpest and the import status of
susceptible animals and products of such animals in a subsequent
notice.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701-7772, 7781-7786, 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.
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