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to document areas, States, or regions of
the country that are free from disease.
Traceability helps APHIS determine
those disease-free zones, thus enhancing
the marketability of U.S. livestock.
The regulations for animal disease
traceability are located in 9 CFR part 86.
Under the regulations, unless
specifically exempted, livestock moved
interstate must be officially identified
and accompanied by an interstate
certificate of veterinary inspection or
other documentation. The regulations
specify approved forms of official
identification for each species but allow
livestock to be moved between any two
States or Tribes with another form of
identification as agreed upon by animal
health officials in the two jurisdictions.
This identification requirement
improves APHIS’ ability to trace
livestock if a disease is detected.
Development and implementation of
the animal disease traceability
framework continues to be a partnership
involving APHIS, States, Tribes, and
industry. States and Tribes enter into
cooperative agreements with APHIS to
implement their traceability activities.
Also, within the animal disease
traceability framework, the National
Uniform Eartagging System (NUES)
gives a nationally unique identification
number for animals that need official
identification. To distribute and use
official identification eartags using the
NUES, APHIS requires several
information collection activities that we
are including in this information
collection.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve 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,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
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Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.09
hours per response.
Respondents: State, Tribal, and
territorial animal health officials;
accredited veterinarians; breed and
registry associations; producers;
livestock market operators; and harvest
facility employees.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 197,302.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 53.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 10,513,557.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 939,085 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 22nd day of
March 2017.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2017–0013, 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-2017-0013 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 swine health
protection program, contact Dr. John
Korslund, Staff Epidemiologist,
Surveillance, Preparedness, and
Response, Veterinary Services, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 46, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 851–3468. For copies
of more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Ms.
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0013]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Swine Health
Protection
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 swine health
protection program.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before May 30,
2017.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0013.
ADDRESSES:
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Title: Swine Health Protection.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0065.
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.
The Swine Health Protection Act (the
Act) prohibits the feeding of garbage to
swine intended for interstate movement
or foreign commerce or that
substantially affect such commerce
unless the garbage has been treated to
kill disease organisms. Untreated
garbage is one of the primary media
through which numerous infectious and
communicable diseases can be
transmitted to swine. APHIS’
regulations promulgated under the Act,
which are located at 9 CFR part 166,
require that garbage intended to be fed
to swine must be treated at a facility that
holds a valid permit to treat the garbage
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and must be treated in accordance with
the regulations.
As part of its swine health protection
program, APHIS conducts a
pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program
in cooperation with State governments,
swine producers, swine shippers, herd
owners, and accredited veterinarians.
The program identifies PRV-affected
swine, provides herd management
techniques, and has eliminated PRV in
commercial production herds. However,
APHIS periodically finds infected swine
when swine are exposed to feral swine
or other swine that have had exposure
to feral swine.
The regulations in 9 CFR parts 71 and
85 facilitate the PRV eradication
program and general swine health by
providing requirements for moving
swine interstate within a swine
production system. (A production
system consists of separate farms that
each specialize in a different phase of
swine production such as sow herds,
nursery herds, and finishing herds.
These separate farms, all members of the
same production system, may be located
in more than one State.)
The regulations for the feeding of
garbage to swine and for the PRV
eradication program require the use of a
number of information collection
activities, including the creation of food
waste reports; the completion of
applications to operate garbage
treatment facilities and
acknowledgement of the Act and
regulations; garbage treatment facility
inspection; cancellation of license by
State animal health officials; request for
a hearing; cancellation of license by
licensee; notification by licensee of sick
or dead animals; notification by licensee
of changes to name, address, or
management; swine health protection
program inspection summary; permit to
move restricted animals; owner-shipper
statement; certificate of veterinary
inspection; accredited veterinarian’s
statement; embryo and semen
shipments; identification for swine
moving interstate; swine production
system health plan; interstate movement
report and notification; cancellation or
withdrawal of a swine production
system health plan; appeal of
cancellation of a swine production
system health plan; shipment to
slaughter seal; appraisal and indemnity
claim form; report of net salvage
proceeds; herd management plans; and
recordkeeping.
The information collection
requirements above are currently
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under OMB control
numbers 0579–0137 (Swine Health
Protection) and 0579–0065 (Swine
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Health Protection). After OMB approves
this combined information collection
package (0579–0065), APHIS will retire
OMB control number 0579–0137.
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
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 1.89
hours per response.
Respondents: Owners/operators
(licensees) of garbage treatment
facilities, herd owners, food
establishments, accredited
veterinarians, and State animal health
authorities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 27,050.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 31.55.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 853,318.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 1,614,460 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 23rd day of
March 2017.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Tonto National Forest; Gila County,
AZ; Pinto Valley Mine Environmental
Impact Statement
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement for
approval of a mining plan of operations
for the Pinto Valley Mine, notice of
public scoping, and request for scoping
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Tonto National Forest
(TNF) is preparing an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate and
disclose the potential environmental
effects from approval of the Mining Plan
of Operations (MPO) submitted by Pinto
Valley Mining Corp. (PVMC), for
operations on National Forest System
(NFS) land associated with expansion of
an existing open pit copper and
molybdenum mine, the Pinto Valley
Mine. An amendment to the Tonto
National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan (Forest Plan, 1985, as
amended) may be required.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received no later
than April 27, 2017. Public scoping
meetings will be held on April 18 at
Superior Junior/Senior High School, 100
Mary Drive, Superior, Arizona and April
20 at Miami Junior/Senior High School,
4739 S. Ragus Rd., Miami, Arizona from
5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Pinto Valley Mine EIS Comments, 2324
E McDowell Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85006.
Comments may also be sent via email to
Comment@pintovalleymineeis.us, or via
facsimile to (602) 225–5302, ATTN:
Pinto Valley Mine EIS Comments.
Written and oral comments may also be
submitted during scoping meetings that
will be held by the U.S. Forest Service
(Forest Service) on April 18 and 20.
Additional details may be found at the
Pinto Valley Mine EIS Web site at
https://www.pintovalleymineeis.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judd
Sampson, Interim Project Manager, at
602–225–5272 or juddsampson@
fs.fed.us during normal business hours.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PVMC
submitted the proposed MPO for
approval by the Forest Service in May
2016. The proposed MPO was submitted
in accordance with Forest Service
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0013]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Swine Health Protection
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 swine health protection
program.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May
30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0013.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2017-0013, 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-2017-
0013 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 swine health
protection program, contact Dr. John Korslund, Staff Epidemiologist,
Surveillance, Preparedness, and Response, Veterinary Services, APHIS,
4700 River Road, Unit 46, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3468. 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: Swine Health Protection.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0065.
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.
The Swine Health Protection Act (the Act) prohibits the feeding of
garbage to swine intended for interstate movement or foreign commerce
or that substantially affect such commerce unless the garbage has been
treated to kill disease organisms. Untreated garbage is one of the
primary media through which numerous infectious and communicable
diseases can be transmitted to swine. APHIS' regulations promulgated
under the Act, which are located at 9 CFR part 166, require that
garbage intended to be fed to swine must be treated at a facility that
holds a valid permit to treat the garbage
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and must be treated in accordance with the regulations.
As part of its swine health protection program, APHIS conducts a
pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program in cooperation with State
governments, swine producers, swine shippers, herd owners, and
accredited veterinarians. The program identifies PRV-affected swine,
provides herd management techniques, and has eliminated PRV in
commercial production herds. However, APHIS periodically finds infected
swine when swine are exposed to feral swine or other swine that have
had exposure to feral swine.
The regulations in 9 CFR parts 71 and 85 facilitate the PRV
eradication program and general swine health by providing requirements
for moving swine interstate within a swine production system. (A
production system consists of separate farms that each specialize in a
different phase of swine production such as sow herds, nursery herds,
and finishing herds. These separate farms, all members of the same
production system, may be located in more than one State.)
The regulations for the feeding of garbage to swine and for the PRV
eradication program require the use of a number of information
collection activities, including the creation of food waste reports;
the completion of applications to operate garbage treatment facilities
and acknowledgement of the Act and regulations; garbage treatment
facility inspection; cancellation of license by State animal health
officials; request for a hearing; cancellation of license by licensee;
notification by licensee of sick or dead animals; notification by
licensee of changes to name, address, or management; swine health
protection program inspection summary; permit to move restricted
animals; owner-shipper statement; certificate of veterinary inspection;
accredited veterinarian's statement; embryo and semen shipments;
identification for swine moving interstate; swine production system
health plan; interstate movement report and notification; cancellation
or withdrawal of a swine production system health plan; appeal of
cancellation of a swine production system health plan; shipment to
slaughter seal; appraisal and indemnity claim form; report of net
salvage proceeds; herd management plans; and recordkeeping.
The information collection requirements above are currently
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control
numbers 0579-0137 (Swine Health Protection) and 0579-0065 (Swine Health
Protection). After OMB approves this combined information collection
package (0579-0065), APHIS will retire OMB control number 0579-0137.
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 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 1.89 hours per response.
Respondents: Owners/operators (licensees) of garbage treatment
facilities, herd owners, food establishments, accredited veterinarians,
and State animal health authorities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 27,050.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 31.55.
Estimated annual number of responses: 853,318.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1,614,460 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 23rd day of March 2017.
Jere L. Dick,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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